Dutch Push Through Indonesia with Key Oil City, Prisons Reported
Dutch forces pushed toward Jogjakarta and reached the outskirts of Tjepu near Soerabaja as American trained marines seized the capital and high officials including Lt. Gen. Sudirman were captured. The UN committee accused the Dutch of breaking the truce and urged urgent Security Council action.
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Batavia
U.P
Tjepu
Soerabaja
Indonesia
Jogjakarta
United Nations Committee of Good Offices
UN Security Council
Paris
Renville
Security Council
Tuban
Republican Army
Sudirman
Soekarno
Mohammed Hatta
Hatt
Supreme Court Denies Plea of Jap War Lords
The U S Supreme Court refused to intervene in the Tokyo tribunal cases, rejecting appeals and declaring no U S authority to review or release the 24 Japanese wartime leaders including Tojo. The decision sustains death sentences but stays executions pending further action.
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Supreme Court
Washington
International Military Tribunal
Tojo
International Tribunal
MacArthur
Murphy
Rutledge
Jackson
High Court
Vinson
Black
Reed
Frankfurther
Douglas
Burton
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Koichi Kido
Takasumi Oka
Kenryo Sato
Shigetaro Shaimada
Shigenori Togo
Tokyo Tribunal
Heitaro Kimura
Akira Muto
Yoshijiro Umezu
Mamoru Shigemitsu
State Delays Land Leases in Arizona Controversy
Arizona State Land Commissioner O C Williams said releasing state lands will be delayed until the leasing fee dispute is resolved. Walter Maxwell of theArizona Education Association asked Gov Dan E Garvey and Williams to freeze applications. Williams explains holds trace to desire for equal rental of poor and good lands. A committee is drafting a bill for land reclassification and higher fees.
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Phoenix
O. C. Williams
Walter Maxwell
Arizona Education Association
Dan E. Garvey
Williams
Maxwell
Sayre Called By Probe Groups
Francis B. Sayre former assistant secretary of state was summoned to testify before a New York grand jury and a Washington congressional committee in espionage probes. He said no state department documents were stolen a decade ago and expressed willingness to testify, seeking DOJ guidance on postponement. Miss Anna Belle Newcomb Sayre's secretary also received a subpoena aboard the ship.
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New York
Francis B. Sayre
House
American Activities Committee
Washington
Sayre
State Department
Russia
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Grand Jury
Hoboken
N. J
Niew Amsterdam
United Nations Assembly
Paris
United States
Department of Justice
Congressional Committee
Anna Belle Newcomb
U S Assures Her Of Safety In National Security Letter
Philadelphia housewife Mrs Clarence F Hartman received a 1300 word reply from Secretary James F Forrestal after she questioned national security policy. He states there is no plan to abolish the FBI and the idea of a secret police force is distasteful to the Truman administration.
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Philadelphia
James F. Forrestal
Clarence F. Hartman
Forrestal
Truman
FBI
Hartman
President Truman
Secretary of Defense
Office of
Ski Plane May Try At Rescue
Officials directing rescue operations said they may use a ski equipped transport plane to reach 19 or more U S airmen stranded on Greenland ice cap. Seven marooned since Dec 9 after a C 47 forced landing. Rescue attempts with gliders and B 17s have failed or ended safely.
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ST. John’s
Mid
U. S
Greenland
Narsarssuak
Paratrooper Lada Escapes Berlin Army Stockade
Former paratrooper Edward J. Lada, known for crossing the Russian blockade for love, has disappeared from a U. S. army stockade in Berlin. MP's checked homes of two German girlfriends, including a mother of his two year old daughter, but found no trace. Lada faced illegal entry charges and had visited the U. S. consulate to seek a visa for his sweetheart and child.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lada
Lada
Newark, N. J
U.S
Ursula Schmidt
Ruth Riecki
Ruth
Army Stockade
New York Endures Third Worst Snowstorm in City History
A 19.6 inch snowstorm crippled New York and its suburbs from Dec 19 to 20, disrupting trains and flights and closing flights from LaGuardia. Mayor O Dwyer praised a white Christmas but called it too white as 18,340 workers shoveled streets. Six deaths cited from exertion.
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New York
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
U.P
William O’dwyer
Norfolk
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Washington, D. C
New York City
Long Island
New Jersey
Central Arizona Names Two Vice Presidents
Phoenix Dec 20. The Central Arizona Light and Power Co. named two new vice presidents over the weekend. George H Groh former chief engineer and general superintendent was named vice president in charge of operations. John T Kimball former assistant to the president was elected vice president. Henry B Sargent president announced the appointments.
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Phoenix
Wind winds derail baggage car on Colorado train
A baggage car derailed 28 miles north of Fort Collins as wind blew it off the tracks. Several other cars followed but remained on the right of way. No injuries were reported by Colorado & Southern agent Co. S Launchbaugh.
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FT. Collins
Colo
Here
Colorado and Southern
Co. S. Launchbaugh
Colorado & Southern
Britain Sets Four Year Plan to Reach Self Support
Britain announced a four year plan to mobilize men, money and materials to end the red by 1953. The white paper seeks self sufficiency as ERP aid winds down mid 1952. The program targets doubling oil output, coal up 25 percent, and peak agriculture to build a £100 million foreign exchange surplus by 1952 53.
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London
Britain
Europe
Commonwealth
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Paris
Reds Spy In Alaska Report Raises Alarm
Rep. Kersten says Alaska faces espionage risk with a Soviet information network near Nome and an active Communist presence. He urges tighter defense, cites a union council tied to a Communist party member in Anchorage, and calls for at least 16 000 combat troops for airfield defense.
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Washington
Kersten
Alaska
Russia
a_ house
China
Pacific
Nome
Communist Party
Fisheries
Anchorage
Alaskan
Urges Yuma Rent Control Be Kept
Phoenix December 20 Ward Cox of San Francisco regional expeditor says a survey shows Yuma’s population has tripled since 1940 and that construction and rental vacancies have not kept up with growth urging continuation of rent control in the area to be sent to national housing expeditor Tighe E Woods.
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Phoenix
Yuma
iTighe E. Woods
Ward Cox
San Francisco
Arizona cotton crop could set record in 1948
Phoenix dispatch reports the 1948 Arizona cotton crop may be the largest on record. The U S Department of Agriculture estimated the season just closed at 320000 bales, up 37 percent from last year, surpassing the previous record of 313000 bales ginned in 1937.
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Phoenix
Arizona
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Sun Fo signals openness to peace talks with Communists
In Nanking on December 20 Sun Fo announced a war cabinet and said his government would discuss an honorable peace with the Chinese Communist leaders if a just agreement could be reached He indicated willingness to begin negotiations while insisting on continuance of the fight until terms are acceptable.
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Nanking
U.P
Sun Fo
Sun
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yangtze River Line
Chiang
Su Yu
Tsinan
Kaoyu
Shanghai
Pengpu
Yangtze
George C. Marshall
United States
China
Wu Te-Chen
Buses Crash in Utah Kills 13 on Foggy Highway
Investigations into the Burlington Trailways bus crash near Tooele continue with Navy Army and company probes. Thirteen people died aboard two buses when they collided on U S highway 40, as 34 military personnel faced transport home for Christmas.
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Tooele
Utah
Burlington Trailways
Tooele County
H. Myers
Clearfield
Navy
J. B. Barnett
U.S. Highway 40
Salt Lake City
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