Subversive List Draws Fire From UN-American Chair
House Un American Activities chairman J Parnell Thomas labels Attorney General Clark’s subversive list “utterly farcical” as he blasts a catalog of about 80 groups including the Communist party and German American Bund. Clark warns the list is not final.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
House Committee On un-American Activities
Atty
Gen
Clark
Thomas
Committee On un-American Activities
Communist Party
Bund
Ku Klux Klan
Columbians
American Youth Congress
American Youth For Democracy
Civil Rights Congress
Refugee Committee
Hollywood Writers’ Mobilization For Defense
Seth W. Richardson
Richardson
Truman
Voorhis
Midwest Ice Storm Disrupts Central Plains and Michigan
The ice storm damaged communications across central and western Kansas and parts of Iowa, then centered in central lower Michigan. Freezing rain and snow affected Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan while Maine and North Dakota posted the coldest readings. Over 50 Iowa communities lost telephone service and Northwestern Bell estimated damage at 250000 to 300000 dollars.
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Kansas
Iowa
Lower Michigan
New York State
Midwest
Maine
North Dakota
Pembina
N. D
Caribou
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Brownsville
Tex
Pacific Coast
North
Hollywood
Calif
California
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Des Moines
Stocks Slump Amid Sharp Market Declines
A blast of selling dragged leading stocks down one to eight dollars a share as ticker delays showed trades two minutes behind. Wall Street blamed pessimism over anti inflation measures and unsettled foreign affairs for the declines. Other items note a round the world flight, atomic plant labor talks, a refinery explosion, higher newsprint prices, GI bill cost pressures, a GI auction in Claremont, and Joe Louis weighing in against Walcott with 161⁄2 pounds advantage.
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New York
Wall Street
Battle reported as Communist forces mass in central China
KIUKIANG China reports a great battle in central China with one eyed Gen Liu Po-Cheng and Communist troops pouring from Ta Pieh mountain hideouts. Some observers say Liu aims to break through to Szechwan whose principal city is Chungking wartime capital.
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Kiukiang
China
Liu Po-Cheng
Ta Pieh Mountain
Liu
Szechwan
Wild West
Chungking
Arab Attacks Raise Tel Aviv Death Toll to 44
Arab attacks in Tel Aviv and across Palestine push the confirmed death toll to 44 over four days of violence. Arabs and Jews killed, hundreds wounded, Jerusalem damage estimated over $4 million. Demonstrations flare in Beirut and Cairo as partition plans spark regional mobilization.
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Palestine
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Egypt
Lebanon
Cairo
United Nations
League of Nations
Beirut
Vast aerial search scours Europe for missing DC-3
In the largest air hunt yet, 167 U.S. planes plus Swiss French and British aircraft combed 100000 square miles across five countries seeking an Army transport DC-3 and its 20 occupants lost a week earlier. Weather and terrain hindered ground teams as the effort intensified.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Pisa
Italy
Mediterranean
Paris
Austria
Air Force
Luxembourg
Pforheim
Coblenz
Strasbourg
Snow Maker Fails- But Snow Comes Anyway
Sun Valley officials tried to induce snowfall by scattering dry ice from an airplane. Publicity Director Jim Scanlan said clouds formed and a plane from Hailey dropped 50 pounds of dry ice over Ketchum Sun Valley, but snow fell hours later over a wider area, not limited to the sprayed zone.
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Sun Valley
Jim Scanlan
Hailey
Bob Savaria
Ketchum
Scanlan
House debate on reducing emergency foreign aid to 300 million
Rep. Jonkman of Michigan proposes an amendment to trim the administration’s emergency foreign aid from 597 million to 300 million. He accuses the State Department of overestimating needs in Italy Austria and France amid House and Senate actions and Republican opposition.
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Washington
House
Jonkman
R-Mich
State Department
Italy
Austria
France
Senate
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Rep
Taber
59-Foot Plunge Injures Youth
Long Beach California December 5 The Navy apprentice seaman Russell H Dillender eighteen Tucson suffered a fractured arm and extensive cuts after a fifty five foot fall from a cliff at Santa Monica Beach City. He is listed in fair condition by the naval hospital. A 69 year old man found at the scene was held briefly for questioning but released without charge.
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Long Beach
Calif
Russell H. Dillender
Tucson
Navy
Naval Hospital Today
Marshall urges ministers to define German peace terms
London dispatch reports Secretary of State Marshall telling the foreign ministers' council to move beyond generalities and seek concrete aims from each delegation. He warned that a central German government would be a sham if Germany remains divided by occupiers and pressed for four power decisions without delay.
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London
Marshall
Germany
Molotov
United States
Eco
Marshall Arrives Early for Luncheon with Molotov in London
Marshal arrives an hour early for a luncheon with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and tours London with Ambassador Douglas. American sources cite a time misunderstanding. Marshall then meets Molotov at the Russian embassy after Molotov declines a U S luncheon invitation.
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London
Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
Molotov
U.S
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
W. Bedell Smith
Andrei Vishinsky
U S to Appeal Case Against WAC Durant
The government filed an appeal with the fourth U S circuit court of appeals over ex WAC Capt Kathleen B Nash Durant who was convicted in Germany of theft of the Hesse crown jewels. Judge Ben Moore had ordered her release from Alderson reform school after ruling she was civilian at the time of trial. Government lawyers contend she was never officially inactive.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fourth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Hesse
Germany
Ben Moore
Alderson
Reformatory
GOP Considers Own Price Bill
Washington news signals Senate Republicans drafting a rival anti inflation plan to replace Truman measures. The party aims a policy to lower living costs with voluntary price controls and rationing while arguing the administration program remains unsettled.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
France
Italy
Austria
House
Representatives
China
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
GOP
Sen
Taft
R-O
Senate Republican Policy Group
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
NAM President urges productivity to curb price rise
Morris Sayre of Montclair New Jersey elected NAM president at the 52nd annual congress urges greater work effort and limits foreign aid to four billion dollars saying labor should increase hours and productivity is the near term fix. He predicts no recession ahead and supports the outgoing program while warning against excessive foreign aid.
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New York
Morris Sayre
Montclair
N. J
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Sayre
Corn Products Refining Company
Waldorf-Astoria
Earl Bunting
Winchester
Congress
Slain Bride Found In Trunk Of Auto
In Livingston New Jersey a month old bride, Bernice Gold Gollobith 36 of Denville, was found strangled and stuffed in the trunk of an abandoned car on Northfield Road. Her husband Vincent A. Gollobith 45 of Denville is held for investigation though incoherent. The victim came from Lewisburg Pennsylvania where her parents reside. The report notes she wore a bright red coat and was found in the rear luggage compartment.
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Livingston
N. J
Northfield Road
New Jersey
Nelson Beck
Bernice Gold Gollobith
Denville
Vincent A. Gollobith
Rockaway
Gollobith
Lewisburg
Arthur Gold
Underground War On Russia Told
Wincenty Kwiecinski testified at his treason espionage trial that underground groups in 16 European countries united against Russia under the banner Meidzymorzy or Isthmus. He named Italy based headquarters led by Julius Poniatowski, a former Polish agriculture minister, and said operations spread through Poland Yugoslavia Italy Czechoslovakia the Balkans and the Baltic states with the aim to undermine Soviet rule. Six others faced trial with him.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wincenty Kwiecinski
Russia
Meidzymorzy
Isthmus
Italy
Julius Poniatowski
Kwiecinski
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Balkans
Estonia
Lithuania
Grapefruit Growers Defend Restricted Shipment Plan
Arizona grapefruit committee ready to thwart court challenges to a plan limiting shipments to 25 000 packed boxes biweekly. It aims to preserve prices by curtailing interstate movement into California and Texas markets while California growers join in the proration effort. Some members warn half the crop could waste but help avoid bankruptcy amid 30 to 40 million extra boxes produced nationwide. Independent shippers may challenge the plan citing interstate shipments crossing into California.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
California
August Grunow
Texas
Florida
Paul S. Burgess
University of Arizona College of Agriculture
Steel Barrier Installed On Empire State Building
The Empire State Building completed a three foot steel barrier atop the four foot parapet around the 86th floor observatory to deter would-be jumpers. Guards and plain-clothes officers report restraining seven people from leaping in the past four months.
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New York
Empire State Building
Solons To Set Indians Free
Washington reports forecast early 1948 action on bills to emancipate ten Indian tribes from federal control. The measures would end restrictions on property and money, liquidate tribal holdings, and distribute proceeds while granting full citizenship. The Klamath in Oregon would be covered in one Morse and Cordon bill. Butler covers nine others.
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Washington
Butler
R-Neb
Sens. Morse
Cordon
Oregon
Mission
Montana
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Paris Strikes Leave City With Water And Lights Out
Paris endures a rough day as water pressure falls from strikes and a second strike cuts the lights. Subways halt under blackout, forcing workers to rely on crowded taxis or buses while streets overflow with uncollected garbage, creating hurdles at every corner.
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Paris
Rioting Sweeps Southern France As Communist Strikes Grow
Rioting and open revolt against the government spread through southern France with Communist led strikers seizing major cities. The General Confederation of Labor demanded to meet President Vincent Auriol, who agreed to receive the delegation Friday evening as violence and sabotage rise in the provinces. Paris stayed largely calm with sporadic clashes between police and strikers.
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Paris
U.P
France
General Confederation of Labor
Vincent Auriol
Martial law imposed as Marseille and Paris strike paralyze France
Ten thousand French colonial troops imposed security in Marseille as 1.2 million civil service workers walk out nationwide. Rail traffic halted, St Charles station besieged, security forces beat back protesters while city traffic freezes under roadblocks. Three civil service groups begin a five day strike over wage reclassification, with broader unrest across southern France and coal regions.
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Paris
U.P
Marseille
France
St. Charles
Film Writers Now Indicted Over Communist Allegations
Ten movie writers producers and directors were indicted for contempt of congress for refusing to answer if they are or have been communists. Named are Albert Maltz Dalton Trumbo Samuel Ornitz John Howard Lawson Ring Lardner Jr Herbert Biberman Robert Adrian Scott Lester Cole Alvah Bessie Edward Dmytryk. Eight face an additional count for refusing to say if they belong to the Screen Writers Guild. They refused to answer about Communist ties during October hearings.
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Washington
Congress
Albert Maltz
Dalton Trumbo
Samuel Ornitz
John Howard Lawson
Ring Lardner
Herbert Biberman
Robert Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
Alvah Bessie
Edward Dmytryk
Screen Writers Guild
House Committee On un-American Activities
Ford Decent Sort: Reuther Recalls Helpful UAW CIO Talk
Walter Reuther called Henry Ford II a very decent sort of a citizen after an unscheduled Detroit meeting at UAW CIO headquarters. They discussed general problems including steel, inflation, and foreign aid without touching on collective bargaining. The UAW CIO leadership, re-elected Reuther, oversees about 106,000 Ford production workers under contract.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Henry Ford II
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Auto
Philip Murray
Washington
Ford Motor Co
Young Ford
Young Reuther
George Edwards
Edwards
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Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Oak Ridge, Tenn
EL Segundo
James EK. Morris
Sandard Oil Co
Toronto
Abitibi Sales Co., Ltd
Abitibi
Power & Paper Co., Ltd
Canada
Claremont Calif
Claremont College
Joe Louis
Jersey
Joe Walcott
Madison Square Garden
Walcott
Vincent Nardiello
New York State Boxing Commission
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