Nanking Under Threat as Communists Press Siege
Communists reinforce to 25,000 as they cut the Nanking Pengpu railway and threaten isolation of Nationalist forces near Nanking. Gen Chang Kang links north forces, claiming 20,000 Communist casualties in recent attacks while both sides deploy their best troops toward the Suchow Suhsien Yungcheng front.
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Nanking
U.P
Pengpu
Hungtze Lake
Pukow
Chang Kang
Suhsien
Central
Suchow- Suhsien-Yungcheng
Kiangsu
Shantung Peninsula
Yungcheng
Lieu Shih
Chiu Ching Chuan
Lulau
Sun Yuan Liang
Hosha-Koshuraoko
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mayor Defends Pueblo Gardens Sewer Connections
Mayor E T Houston defends Pueblo Gardens sewer hookup amid city overload. He says connections are handled case by case and denies secret council action. The discrepancy contrasts with earlier records showing opposition and later position shifts by city engineers and officials.
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Pueblo Gardens
Country Club Road
22Nd
17Th Streets
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
Glenton C. Sykes
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Forrest G. Priser
Priser
Menlo Park
Explosions at Kansas Power Plant Black Out Topeka
Nine killed and 16 injured as blasts shook the Kansas Power and Light Co plant near Tecumseh, leaving Topeka without power for hours. About 150 workers were on site including 60 power plant staff, as fires broke out and chaos followed the initial explosions.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas Power and Light Co
Tecumseh
Here
L. R. Beaver
Holiday Sales Drop Below Forecasts
The Federal Reserve Board reports department store sales fell four percent from last year with a nationwide drop of two to eight percent across regions. Officials cite price resistance and living-cost pressures, while last minute shopping hopes surface amid unseasonable weather and inflation cooling signs.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
FRB
Boston
San Francisco
Federal Reserve
Buckingham Palace Denies King George VI Leg Amputation
London December 10 United Press reports Buckingham Palace denied that an American doctor planned to amputate King George VI's leg. The king suffers from Buerger's disease and a palace spokesman said no such visit or procedure was planned.
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London
U.P
Buckingham Palace
George VI
Buerger
Subzero Wave Chilling Nation
A pre winter cold wave drives temperatures to midwinter lows across the north central states. Readings include 25 below at Pembina North Dakota and -17 at Duluth Minnesota with -14 at Alexandria and -9 at Minneapolis. Snow accompanies the shift to colder as Great Lakes and Ohio valley feel the chill.
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Chicago
North Central States
Pembina
N. D
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ohio Valley
Duluth
Minn
Alexandria
Minneapolis
Mason City
Montana
Great Lakes
Churchill Urges Israel Ties and End to Boycott
London December 10 Winston Churchill urged Britain to end its sulky boycott of the new state of Israel and push for full diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv. He spoke in a 70 minute foreign affairs debate praising Anglo American unity and Eisenhower while warning on the east west cold war and the need to address Russia before atomic arms advance.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Israel
House of Commons
Russia
Spain
United Nations
Palestine
House
Tel Aviv
United States
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
Eisenhower
Europe
Spy Paper Findings Shake Brooklyn House Mystery
Congressional investigators heard that the pumpkin papers lay hidden for a decade in a Brooklyn dumb waiter shaft. Chambers named a hollowed pumpkin on a Maryland farm as a later storage site, while Levine linked the documents to a Communist spy ring.
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Washington
Congressional
Brooklyn
Nathan L. Levine
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Maryland
New York
Justice Department
House UN- American Activities Committee
Sunday Radio Changes Tone CBS NBC Shuffle in Year End
A year end reshuffle shifts Jack Benny from NBC to CBS affecting Sunday night slots. Gene Autry moves to 8 30 p m Saturday on CBS Christmas day. Spike Jones to 6 30 p m Sunday on CBS with Percy Faith Jane Frohman moving to Friday 10 30 p m. Alice Faye and Phil Harris reportedly move to CBS Jan 2 after Benny. NBC contemplates Horace Heidt slot after Benny.
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New York
Jack Benny
NBC
CBS
Tucson
Benny
Gene Autry
Spike Jones
Percy Faith
Jane Frohman
Jones
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Benney
Amos 'N’ Andy
Horace Heidt
California To Change Time First Of Year
Governor Earl Warren announced California would set clocks back to Pacific standard time at 2 a m on January 1. Proclamation to follow. He cited many requests for the switch from daylight time and noted few objections, aside from Pasadena tournament officials worried about New Year confusion.
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Sacramento
U.P
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Tournament of Roses
Pasadena
Air Force expands to sixty group strength during Berlin airlift
Washington report notes the Berlin airlift speeds U S air force expansion to 60 groups with three overseas unit redeployments. The 317th troop carrier wing shifts from Tachikawa Japan to Germany adding about 1 050 men. Five transport wings operate in Berlin on a permanent basis under the plan to reach 66 groups by next June.
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Washington
Air Force
Japan
Germany
Panama Canal
Berlin
Tachikawa
Europe
Far East
Continental
United States
13 Year Old Shot In Card Game Feud In Detroit
Detroit police report a quarrel over a card game left 13 year old Raymond Updyke dead from a shotgun blast. Jack Thomas 14 and Russell 12 claim the knife threat prompted the accident while attempting to defend the dog. The youths were detained for juvenile authorities as investigators piece together the events.
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Detroit
Raymond Updyke
Raymond
Jack Thomas
Russell
James N. McNally
Homicide
Branton
Jack
Stella Uholic
Alex
Cincinnati
Thelma Price
Clyde
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek Seeks U.S. Aid From Truman
President Truman meets Mme Chiang Kai-Shek at Blair House for tea after her appeal for fresh aid to China. She and Secretary Marshall pressed for U S support while officials question China leadership recovery and possible military reassessment.
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Washington
Truman
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Blair House
Tucson
Mme. Chiang
Marshall
Mr. Truman
State Department
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