Release of Four American Airmen Delayed
Four U S Air Force crewmen detained in Hungary since November remain unreleased as Hungary delays a response to a U S offer of paying 120000 in fines for their release. The airmen Capt Dave H Henderson Capt John J Swift T Sgt Jess A Duff and Sgt James A Elam face fines of 30000 each and possible three months in prison if not paid.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
United States
George Abbott
United States Legation
Budapest
United States Air Force
Germany
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dave H. Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
John J. Swift
Glen Falls
N. Y
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
James A. el
Stassen Enters Race for GOP 52 Nomination
Harold E. Stassen announced he will seek the 1952 Republican nomination joining Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gov. Earl Warren who had already entered. The former Minnesota governor and University of Pennsylvania president outlined six policy aims including a modern gold standard and unity among workers, farmers, and employers. The address was delivered at a Friends of Stassen Committee dinner in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
United States
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Minnesota
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Stassen
Friends of Stassen Committee Fsc
Car Production to Be Cut Again in 1952
Washington announced that controlled materials for the auto industry will be substantially cut in the April-June 1952 quarter. Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann said the exact figures are not set, with copper shortages serving as the main bottleneck. Industry leaders plan a meeting to discuss unemployment implications in Detroit.
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Washington
Manly Fleischmann
Defense
Detroit
Fleischmann
DPA
Grunewald Linked to Justice Dept and Alien Property Office
Attorney General McGrath said Henry Grunewald known as The Dutchman once worked as an investigator for the Justice Department and the Republican National Committee and also for the Alien Property Office. Grunewald testified before the King House committee on tax scandals but refused to answer questions. Senator Wiley had sought details on his government ties.
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Washington
McGrath
Henry
the Dutchman
Wiley
Justice Department
Grunewald
Kefauver Urged as Head of Government Clean House
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee is urged by Sen. O'Conor to be named chief investigator for a government housecleaning commission. The plan calls for strong executive authority and congressional subpoena power, with Truman considering a three member panel amid staffing uncertainties and recent chairmanship withdrawals.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Truman
O’conor
D-Md
Kefauver
Senate
O'Conor
Tennessee Democrat
Executive Branch
Congress
Thomas F. Murphy
New York
Mr. Truman
New York Times
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions expected in Butte on Friday into Friday night with lows around 15 at the Airport and 25 at the School of Mines, highs near 28. West of Divide remains partly cloudy and mild with highs 25 to 30. East of Divide faces cloudiness and light wintry showers with warmer highs 25 to 45 and west winds 15 to 30 mph.
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School of Mines
Divide
Steel Workers Postpone Nationwide Strike to January Convention
The CIO United Steelworkers vote to keep 650,000 members on the job as contracts expire. A Jan 3 convention in Atlantic City will decide the next move after federal mediation stalled. President Truman welcomed the postponement and hopes for no strike.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Union
CIO
United Steelworkers
Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
Philip Murray
USW
Independence
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
China Targets Ancient Beliefs in Crackdown Across South China
Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese Communist forces assault Taoist priests in Kwangtung and attack family and Earth god shrines across rural southern China. Priests were driven from Cloud Hill temple, land seized, and temple incense and bronze burners ordered melted for state use.
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Hong Kong
China
Kwangtung
South China
Cloud Hill Temple
Ngauwan
Peoples
Reds
Montana murder defendant sues author for 150000
Wilhelm August Becker, 82, charged with murder in Walter Murray’s death, sues author Hugh Coburn and Dell Publishing Co. for 150000 claiming Front Page Detective misrepresented him as the "old hateful mad poisoner of Last Chance Gulch" in a article.
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Helena
New Jersey
Detective
Wilhelm August Becker
Walter Murray
Hugh Coburn
Becker
Last Chance Gulch
Dell Publishing Company
Dunellen
N. J
Hundred-Year-Old Butte Woman Reflects On A Long Life
Mrs. Jacqueline Daly marks her 100th birthday at 444 West Broadway as grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren gather. Born December 28 1851 in Chancellorsville Virginia she recalls Civil War times and figures like Robert E Lee Stonewall Jackson Jubal Early and Jeb Stuart as part of her adventuresome life stories.
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Jacqueline Daly
Thomas F. Daly
Mrs. Daly
Grandma Daly
Butte
Chancellorsville
Jacqueline Higgerson
Walter Higgerson
Virginia
South
South Carolina
Fort Sumter
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jubal Early
Jeb Stuart
Nathan Forrest
West Broadway
Gen
Confederacy
Egypt Turmoil Grips Cairo as Pro British Advisers Spark Riots
Stone throwing and torch waving students clash with police in Cairo and Alexandria for a second day against two pro British advisers to King Farouk. At least 23 students and two officers injured, total riot victims for two days rising to 56. Unrest prompts closure of all universities and many schools amid government assurances.
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Cairo
Egypt
Farouk
Alexandria
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Mustapha al Nahas Pasha
Hafez Afifi Pasha
Britain
Abdel Fattah Amr Pasha
Amr
Court of St. James
Sixty-two Million Covered by Social Security
The Social Security Administration reports 62,000,000 workers covered after 15 years of operation. Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing and aides say three of four mothers and children are protected and would receive monthly payments if the wage earner died. Two of five people over 65 not working receive retirement payments.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Oscar R. Ewing
Twins from Kimberly file twin divorce suits in Twin Falls
Twin brothers Samuel David Alldritt and Jonathan K Alldritt, who married sisters Lillie May Durham and Betty Norene Durham six months earlier, filed divorce complaints in Twin Falls. They allege identical reasons stating their wives declared they no longer loved them and left home, with the husbands claiming their spouses were cross and quarrelsome during the brief marriages.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Kimberly
Filer
Samuel David Alldritt
Lillie May Durham
Jonathan K. Alldritt
Betty Norene Durham
Charge Will Be Filed Today in Slaying Case
County Attorney James Freebourn said a charge will be filed Friday against Sidney Count 35 in the fatal Christmas beating of Jean Count 26 with whom he had lived 13 months. He planned further questioning Friday morning as a formal inquest continues and deputies seek the victim’s mother Mrs Rubye Hunter of San Jose Calif.
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James D. Freebourn
Sidney Count
Butte
Bill Dalling
Sheriff's Office
General Delivery
San Jose
Calif
Hunter
Dalling
James Freebourn
Ed Foley
Count
Utah
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Four American Airmen Die In Itazuke Base Crash
Four U S airmen killed and 26 injured when a United States Air Force C47 transport crashed on takeoff from Itazuke air base in southern Japan. The plane carried 23 aboard and seven on the ground were hurt when it hit a maintenance hangar. A Japanese worker was injured. Six injured were in serious condition. The twin engined aircraft had reached about 100 feet before losing control and crashing.
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Tokyo
U?p
United States Air Force
Itazuke
Japan
Romania Executes Four Convicted Spies
Romania announced the firing squad executions of four Romanians convicted by a military court of spying for the United States. A fifth man killed himself by swallowing poison. The five parachuted into Romania’s Fagarash mountains from a United States plane that departed Greece on October 18.
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Bucharest
Romania
U.P
United States
Fagarash
Greece
Reds Intimate That These Missing Soldiers Are Dead
UN negotiators pressed the Communists for a full accounting of more than 50 000 unlisted Allied prisoners and received a grim inkling of their fate death by disease or exposure. Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho said few if any prisoners are alive. Talks on prisoners and armistice terms continued in Panmunjom with no progress.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Lee Sang Cho
Panmunjom Priday
Peiping
Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
William C. Barnard
Red Troops Drive Allies From Christmas Hill on Front
Chinese infantry amid knee deep snow captured Christmas hill on the eastern front after a three day battle described as the largest local offensive since the lull began with the cease fire line. The hill near Mundung valley saw 500 Chinese attackers as U S Sabre jets renewed air strikes over North Korea and nearby targets.
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Spoul
United States Army
Mundung
North Korea
Far East Air Force
Namsi
Sunchon
Pyongyang
Pardon Board Cuts Prison Terms in Montana
Everett Pat Trotter of Phillips county received a full pardon on a three year sentence for second degree assault. The board also reduced sentences for nine Deer Lodge prisoners including Ray Stegall from Liberty county who saw a three year forgery term cut to one year nine months, and Montford R. Lewis of Valley county whose two year grand larceny term was shortened by one year.
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Helena
Everett Pat Trotter
Phillips County
Deer Lodge
Ray Stegall
Liberty County
Clifton L. Parr
Park County
Larry Bruno
Teton County
Clarence O. Dugger
Silver Bow County
Marvin Olson
Beaverhead County
A. E. Boylan
Claude Blair
Hill County
Montford R. Lewis
Valley County
Carl John Riggs
Gallatin County
Burglar Riotous Spree Smashed Eggs Poured Goods
A frustrated burglar at Pinckneyville Illinois on Thursday smashed 10 dozen eggs in a cafe, dumped vanilla on the chili ham pork and beef roasts, hurled three cream pies, and sprayed tea flour and sugar on the floor and a sack of sugar into silverware.
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Pinckneyville
Ill
U.P
Army Opposed to Britain Accepting Lighter Rifle Standard
Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md Dec 27 Observers including British officers watched demonstrations of the new .30 caliber experimental light rifle. U S officials said the army will keep the .30 caliber size for standard infantry rifles, citing power advantage over Britain’s proposed weapon and the Soviet 7.62 mm rifle.
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United States
United States Army
Russia
Britain
United States Ordnance
Believe Woman Is Sixth Victim of Phantom Gunman
Mrs. Audrey Murdock, 42, was critically wounded in her Garvey home as a phantom sniper terrorized eastern Los Angeles County for months. The gunman’s pattern matched five prior cases and investigators said she may be the sixth victim.
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Havre
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Lewistown
Livingston
Allies Press
Commies
Bruce W. Hamilton
Minneapolis
Minn
Koje-Do Isle
Pusan
Hisao Egoshi
Thomas Francis Daly
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Pardon Board
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