U S Halts Construction Funds To China Amid Peace Pivot
Recovery Administrator Paul G Hoffman announced a suspension of the 70 million dollar long range construction program for China after a White House session with President Truman. A small portion remains earmarked for engineering surveys. In Nanking Chiang Kai-shek faces a cabinet decision on peace with the Communists, with reports he will resign if peace is pursued and mediation may follow.
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Washington
UPR
Paul G. Hoffman
China
White House
Truman
Europe
Far East
Hoffman
Shanghai
Roger D. Lapham
Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Fo
United Press
Sun
Red
Chiang
Sullivan Case Now Dropped
Phoenix December 21 former Arizona attorney general John L Sullivan and co defendants Harry Hendricks and J P Christy had gambling conspiracy charges dismissed by Maricopa County Superior Judge Edwin Beauchamp at the request of Graham County attorney Max Layton The earlier conspiracies had resulted in prison terms but the Arizona Supreme Court later overturned those verdicts due to lack of proof of a conspiracy The dismissal does not affect Hendricks Navajo county conviction for attempting to bribe a public official and his 7 to 10 year sentence
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Phoenix
U.P
Maricopa County
Edwin Beauchamp
Atty
John L. Sullivan
Beauchamp
Max Layton
Graham County
Harry T. Hendricks
J. P
Jack) Christy
Sullivan
Hendricks
Christy
Arizona Supreme Court
Hendrick
Navajo County
Dutch Seek Control as Java Campaign Expands
Batavia Java Dec 21 Dutch forces press across central Java transport lines seizing Toeban Bodjonegoro Pati and Bojolali while Jogjakarta falls by air. Heavy fighting reports from Jokjakarta claim 52 Dutch paratroopers killed. UN officials seek status of 18 workers including Americans amid talks on a new interim regime.
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Batavia
Java
Toeban
Bodjonegoro
Pati
Bojolali
Soerrakarta
Jogjakarta
Singapore
Jokjakarta
Kebangjan
Soekarno
Soederiman
Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations
Kalieerang
UN Good Offices
Security Council
Merle Cochran
United States
Cochran
Republic
Frieda Earle
Greenville
S. C
Word Was Good As Bond To Deputies
Two Pima County deputies pursued a man on a California bound train after misidentifying Monta W. Guy alias Alcadia J. Leguna as a bad check suspect. The man denied the name and was later held in Cochise County jail on the forged check charge with $1,000 bond.
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Pima County
Monta W. Guy
Alcadia J. Leguna
Douglas
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Guy
Pruitt
Leguna
California
Floy
W. F. Mulfinger
Cochise
Bisbee
U S Files Suit Over Tidlands Coast Oil Rich Lands
Atty Gen Clark seeks federal jurisdiction over tidelands off Texas and Louisiana coastal waters. He asks the Supreme Court to apply paramount federal interest as in the 1947 California tidelands ruling. He moves to file original actions in the Court and to declare federal rights over lands and minerals underlying the Gulf of Mexico act.
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Washington
Atty
Gen
Clark
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
United States
California
Death Near For Tojo and Partners
Tokyo December 21 UP The plan for immediate execution of former Premier Hideki Tojo and six other war crime defendants is set as Gen Douglas MacArthur reports the U S Supreme Court rejection of appeals by six of the 25 defendants The court cited tribunal international composition and refused further review Allied HQ says MacArthur’s information office will announce executions when carried out with 24 hour coverage The time remains unknown expected around midnight Tuesday or dawn Wednesday with secrecy at Sugamo Prison Buddhist priest Nayayama to perform last rites Col M P Echols MacArthur spokesman says executions will be carried out in absolute secrecy
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Supreme Court
Tojo
Allied
MacArthur
Public Information Office
Echols
Tucson
Nobukatsu Hanayama
Sugamo Prison
M. P. Echols
Sugamo
Santa Claus Arrives in Tucson for Park Greeting
Santa Claus arrived in Tucson on Monday night by special bomber, reaching Davis Monthan Air Force Base at 7 30 p m and riding to Armory Park 15 minutes later. About 2000 children greeted him as MP escort and a Jeep led Kris Kringle to the crowd in a hour long program at the park.
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Santa Claus
Tucson
Old Pueblo
Arctic
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Armory Park
St. Nick
Santa
Reggie Russell
Davis-Monthan
North Pole
City Plans Truckway and Sewer Plant Financing
City to proceed with two major projects the truck freeway and the new sewerage disposal plant funded by bond issues of 850 000 for the freeway and 1 500 000 for the sewerage system. Council approves specifications for the disposal plant with 10 000 000 gallon capacity and grants land appraiser authority for 150 parcels along the truck route. Routine matters include salary raises for city officials and liquor license actions.
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Accea Ey
Martin, Jr
Martin
Headman
Ferguson & Carollo
Lloyd Wixcon
Carl Hitt
Paul Cella
Thomas J. Elliott
Joseph McAllister
C. V. Budlong
Harold J. Willis
Elsa Hanna
Joy Bagshaw
Vito E. T. Mule
Tucson
West Broadway
John H. Hardy
East Third Street
Peter M. Kusian
Dallas Radio Towers Fall at KRLD Station
Dallas radio station KRLD suspended programs after its two 478 foot towers collapsed near Garland, about 15 miles east of Dallas. The incident occurred at 3 30 a m while the station was off the air. manager Clyde Rembert offered no explanation for the collapse. The Dallas Times Herald owns KRLD.
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Dallas
Tex
KRLD
Clyde Rembert
Garland
The
Dallas Times Herald
Predict Snow For New York
A light snow was forecast for Tuesday afternoon and evening as New York shook off a 19.5 inch storm. The northeast saw about twenty deaths, with 20,000 snow removers pressed into action while airports and transit slowly recovered from the weekend blizzard.
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New York
Taft Seen as Likely GOP Policy Chief in Senate
Washington dispatch notes Sen. Taft of Ohio appears secure as chair of the GOP policy committee, a role that would keep him shaping the party’s stance against President Truman’s proposals. Analysts foresee possible pressure from insurgent liberals while veterans may broaden the committee.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Sen Ives
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Interior
Ives
Duggan Death Tied to Spy Probe Rumors
Laurence Duggan 43 an ex State Department official and Institute of International Education president died after a 16 story fall in Manhattan the day before a spy probe appearance. Investigators called the death undetermined pending further inquiry while testimony linked him to leaks of confidential information to Red spies.
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New York
State Department
Laurence Duggan
Manhattan
Duggan
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
House Committee On un-American Activities
Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Institute
Francis B. Sayre
Institute of International Education
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Carnegie Foundation
Alger Hiss
Levine Mundt
Cordell Hull
Isaac Don Levine
Plain ‘Talk
Levine
Mundt
Chambers
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Quentin Roosevelt Killed in Hong Kong Crash Report
Shanghai dispatch reports Quentin Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, on a CNAC C 54 sky master that crashed near Basalt island ten miles from Hong Kong. The CNAC vice president was en route on business. family in Shanghai holds out hope he survived the tragedy.
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Shanghai
Quentin Roosevelt
Hong Kong
Theodore Roosevelt
Chinese National Airlines Corp
Basalt Island
Roosevelt
CNAC
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
China
Yangtze River
Jefferson
Associated Press
Berlin Plan Creates Three Power Admin For West Berlin
The United States Britain and France announce a three power Berlin government excluding Russia. French commander Gen Jean Ganeval states the quadripartite administration can resume if Soviet authorities agree, while Western leaders note Soviet disruption last July 1 and affirm changes require all four governments.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Jean Ganeval
Komandatura
Mead to Return to Tucson for 19th Arizona Legislature
Senator J. B. Mead, recovering from fatigue illness, plans to return to Tucson the first week in January. He expects to be present for the January 10 opening of the 19th Arizona state legislature after a physical checkup in Pine Bluff, Arkansas where he vacationed since October.
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J. B. Mead
Pine Bluff
Ark
Tucson
Arizona
Pima County
Mead
Arkansas
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U.S
Veterans’ Administrator
Joe Mineo
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
National Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Tucson Veterans Hospital
G. T. Gardell
Gray
Justin E. Gaines
Carroll B. Peake
Veterans Information Division
San Francisco
Army
Chet W. Wadsworth
Hosital
E. B. Mooman
Scotty Woolord
Earle
U. S
By Bob Brooks
J. O. Niemann
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Kusian
State Liquor Department
Presbyterian Church
Council
Congress
Mrs. Roosevelt
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