Bilbo Admits Only Few Gifts Amid Senate Hearing
Senator Bilbo angrily denied taking money from war contractors and said gifts he received totaled only a Cadillac, a sofa, and lamps. He claimed the charges came from political foes and labeled some witnesses as conspirators while defending his loyalty to Mississippi constituents.
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John US. Cutter
Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Poplarville
Miss
Bilbo
Terry
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Homer Ferguson
R-Mich
Nation
Senate Republicans
Senate
Taft urges restraint to curb 1947 recession risk
Senator Taft told a reporter that business should keep prices down and labor should avoid unreasonable wage demands to prevent a possible 1947 recession. He heads the Republican Senate steering committee and urged President Truman to stress labor and management responsibility in keeping prices and wages steady. Truman disagreed with advisers on a potential dip in next year’s business.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Mine Operators Holding Session in Washington
The soft coal operators negotiating committee and additional operator reps met in a Shoreham hotel suite in Washington to discuss the possibility of reopening wage talks with John L. Lewis. The group remained together through the noon hour as lunch was brought to them.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Shoreham
Wage policy talks start as USW drafts demands
The CIO United Steel Workers committee finished a draft of wage demands, set to file strike notices with 44 companies. Negotiations begin around Jan 15 affecting 560,000 basic steel workers now and 1,000,000 total later, with wage raises, social insurance, and other benefits on the table.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
CIO
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
USW
Murray
South
Thick Weather Forces Halt In Marine Plane Missing Crew
Thick weather in the Mt. Rainier region halted the 10 day search for a missing Marine transport plane and its 32 crew members. Army Navy and coast guard search leaders gathered at Sand Point to map next steps.
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Seattle
Mt. Rainie
Marine Corps
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Sand Point Naval Airfield
One Dead and Bus Driver Hurt in Collision Near White Rock
A lumber truck and a school bus collided near White Rock, 18 miles northwest of Columbia. Sam Rowe, truck occupant, died. bus driver J Earl Wessinger was hospitalized in serious condition. Eight truck passengers were unhurt and three grammar school pupils, brothers, were bruised with teeth knocked out.
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Columbia
S. C
Whitet Rock
Here
Sam Rowe
J. Earl Wessinger
O'Neale
Laverne
Leland Eargle
Spring Hill School
Silverstreet
Southern Railway
White Rock
This
Richland
Chapin
Lexington County
China Pleased By U S Policy
Nationalist officials in Nanking welcomed President Truman's China policy statement as a clean bill of health for Chiang Kai-Shek's regime while noting the speech targeted critics of U S China policy. Chinese leaders urged faster UN arms reductions and a halt to U S troop involvement. rail service north of Peiping faced stoppages due to Communist attacks.
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Harold K. Miles
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Truman
China
Wang Ping-Nan
United States
Kuomintang
America
Wang Shih- Shieh
United Nations
Wang Shih-Chieh
National Assembly
Peiping
Mukden
Tientsin
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Sloan Proposes Strike Limits To Save Free Enterprise
Boston dispatch reports GM chairman Alfred P. Sloan Jr. urged the public to choose between a labor monopoly and democracy. He proposed a two point plan to curb strikes in the competitive area, limiting union jurisdiction by law and allowing collective bargaining to proceed despite strikes without outside interference.
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Boston
U.P
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors Corporation
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Sloan
Georgia Jury Unable To Place Lynch Blame
A federal grand jury said it could not identify any persons guilty of civil rights violations in the Walton county lynching of four Negroes on July 25. Judge T Hoyt Davis said he would recess the grand jury subject to recall if new information emerges.
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Athens
Walton County
U. S. District Court
T. Hoyt Davis
Truman Plans Flight Home For Christmas
President Truman will fly to Independence Missouri on Christmas day for a 24 hour stay with his family. A 3 17 p m MST national Christmas Eve message will be broadcast in connection with the White House tree lighting. Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret traveled by train to Missouri and will be there through the holidays before he returns to Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
White House
Mr. Truman
Margaret
Missouri
Capital
Churchill Attacks Labor Rule and Seeks Censure Vote
London Dec 19 Winston Churchill denounces the labor government as tyrannical and announced a parliamentary vote of censure to reassemble Jan 21. He cites plans to control farmers and take over railways while labor pushes price guarantees and wide powers to dispossess noncompliant landowners.
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Glenn Williams
London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Bevin
New York
United Nations
Laborites
Churchil
Lauber
Truman Likely 1948 Democrat Nomination Scene
Washington dispatch notes Harry S. Truman as the leading figure for the 1948 Democratic ticket though no comment on acceptance is given. Analysts say a Republican year could shift the fight to party internal control, with Farley urging a leadership reshaping and discussions of Mead as a potential critic.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Repubblicans
House
Senate
White House
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
New York
Farley
New Deal Democratic Coalition
Sen
James M. Mead
New York Democrat
Fire kills six in Abe's lodging house blaze in Philadelphia
In near freezing weather a South Philadelphia lodging house fire left six dead and 40 injured as residents fled into the streets. Officials seek a witness who yelled fire and fled, hoping a clue will emerge about the cause. William Price, 48, was identified as the only victim.
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Philadelphia
George Gallagher
Gallagher
Abe
William Price
President Truman Warns China while Addressing Soviets
President Truman issues a warning to China and a message to the Soviet Union. He offers a half billion dollar incentive for Chinese reunification and states arms sales did not include weapons. The plan seeks a broadened government and UN role, highlighting risks to world peace.
McFarland Sees Chiang Refute Communist Pressure
Senator Ernest W. McFarland recounted meeting Chiang Kai-Shek in China who complained of Communist troubles. McFarland said he told Chiang that Democrats in America are bothered by Republicans, to which Chiang replied that Republicans “don’t carry guns.”
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Phoenix
Ernest W. McFarland
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
McFarland
Chiang
McFarland Audits Pacific Communications On Tour
Senator Ernest W. McFarland returns from a 15000 mile visit to the Philippines Japan China Korea Siam and Australia reporting serious condition of army and navy communications in the Pacific and Far East. He urges permanent air conditioned buildings and lasting bases for defense and defense fortifications.
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Phoenix
Army
Navy
Pacific
Far East
Ernest W. McFarland
Philippines
Japan
China
Korea
Siam
Australia
McFarland
United States
Byrd Discovers Ocean Floor Range On Antarctic Flight
Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd's expedition reports an uncharted underwater mountain range in the Pacific about 1,800 miles west of Chile. The feature rises more than two miles from the sea floor, stretches roughly 15 by 30 miles, and peaks at 990 feet below the surface near 26S 101W. Salay Gomez Island lies about 1,600 miles away.
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Mt, Olympus
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Pacific
Byrd
South American
Salay Gomez Island
Chile
Australia to join in Antarctic exploring mission
Prime Minister J. B. Chifley said Australia will send a naval ship with aircraft for a brief reconnaissance voyage in Antarctic territory next summer if possible. A U S naval task force led by Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd is en route to the Antarctic.
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Canberra
Australia
J. B. Chifley
Anarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Regents Finance Committee Meeting Announcement
The finance committee of the board of regents of the university and state colleges of Arizona will meet Thursday afternoon. Members include Sam H. Morris of Globe as chairman William Stevenson of Flagstaff and Cleon T. Knapp of Tucson. Afterward the university executive chaired by Knapp with Clarence E. Houston and Jack B. Martin will convene, and the board will meet at 10 am Friday.
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Board of Regents
The
University and State Colleges of Arizona
Sam H. Morris
Globe
William Stevenson
Flagstaff
Cleon T. Knapp
Tucson
Knapp
Clarence E. Houston
Jack B. Martin
Yale Party Fire Destroys Church
Fire destroyed the community Methodist Church in Duncan on Tuesday. Members planned a children's Christmas party while the fire started from a defective heater. The church had earlier been damaged by a flood and repainted, and has been without a pastor for months.
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Duncan
Community Methodist
UN debate on Balkans backs Greece borders scope
At the UN Security Council Andrei Gromyko urged restricting probes to Greece's border areas with Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia while expanding to inspect all of Greece. He argued Greece is to blame for internal turmoil and warned foreign intervention worsens the crisis. Kosanovic of Yugoslavia pressed for a civil war focus and doubted a border probe would solve Greece's troubles.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Balkans
Greece
Gromyko
UN Security Council
Council
Albania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Constantin Tsaldaris
U. S.S
Great Britain
U. S
Sava N. Kosanovic
Kasanovic
United States
Brazil
Poland
Famed French Scientist Paul Langevin Dies at 74
Paris obituary notes the death of Prof. Paul Langevin age 74 after a brief illness. Langevin, renowned for work in electro magnetism and sound, contributed major theories in physics and was a leading figure in French science.
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France
Paris
Paul Langevin
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