Continue Hunt For Red Spies In Senate Era
Congressional spy investigators seek at least two more couriers in Communist espionage rings. The un-American Activities Committee plans an all-out hunt in the new session to fill in gaps around Elizabeth Bentley and Whittaker Chambers. Mundt notes doubt on timing but supports questioning Bentley and Chambers again for leads.
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Washington
Congressional
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Chambers
Miss Bentley
Reds
FBI
Mundt
Communist Party
Senate
South Dakota
House
McClellan
UN American Activities Committee
Welles
Roosevelt
Oxon Hill
Brooks Kerby
Henry
Kerby
Mr. Welles
Mathilde Townsend
Laurence Duggan
State Department
New York
Duggan
Whittaker Chambers
Justice Department
Former Jap Minister Sentenced To Prison
Tokyo reports former Agricultural Minister Rikizo Hirano sentenced to 10 months in prison for violating purge orders. He was convicted in district court for failing to report ties with Kodo Kai while filing to run for office.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Rikizo Hirano
Hirano
Kodo Kai
The
Imperial Way
Prisoners Bluff Warden in Denver Jail Escape Plot
Six inmates hid in the mess hall at Denver county jail and bluffed Warden Steve DeAngelis into ordering the gates open after binding three guards. One inmate carried a key and the group fled on foot. one of the six remained at large Monday.
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Denver
Denver County Jail
Steve DeAngelis
Death Subs For Santa As 4 Die In Mountain Cabin
Four members of a Santa Barbara family died from apparent oxygen deprivation after a sealing heater and closed vents in a cold mountain cabin froze them while awaiting Christmas. Dr. Jerome Schnedorf, 36, his children Judy, 8, and Tommy, 3, and his mother died. Mrs. Mary Schnedorf, 34, and another child Jerry, 10, survived in serious condition. A note on a table and unopened gifts under the tree accompanied the scene in Big Bear California.
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Big Bear
Calif
A.R
Santa Barbara
Jerome J. Schnedorf
Judy
Tommy
Mary Schnedorf
Jerry
Ed Doyle
Santa Claus
Schnedorf
Josephine Schnedorf
Hungary Arrests Catholic Leader Mindszenty in Arrest
Budapest reports Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungary’s Catholic primate, was arrested on espionage treason and black market currency charges. The government portrays him as reactionary amid ongoing clashes with the church, while Vatican sources note no confirmation and caution.
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Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Ministry of Interior
Mindszenry
Lajos Dinnyes
Erno Gero
Gero
Mindszenty
Ondras Zakar
Vatican City
Sumner Welles Recovering After Collapse in Freezing Weather
Former undersecretary of state Sumner Welles was reported in serious but not critical condition after collapsing during a Christmas Eve stroll. He improved since found beside a frozen brook, with heart and circulation gradually stabilizing and no sign of foul play.
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Washington, D.C
U.P
Sumner Welles
Welles
50-MB-50s Ready To Go On Arctic Flight
Crews of five Davis Monthan air force base B-50 bombers prepare for a test flight to Fairbanks Alaska to operate under arctic conditions. At the same time recovery teams have retrieved the bodies of all 10 crew members from a B-50 crash near Eielson air force base in Alaska. Lt Col William C Bacon leads the 65th bomb squadron detachment. Four planes from the 63rd squadron returned to base on Saturday.
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Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Alaska
Eielson Air Force Base
Tucson
65Th
43Rd
William C. Bacon
Davis Monthan
Horthy and Family Leave Switzerland for Portugal Exile
Adm. Nicholas Horthy age 80 ex regent of Hungary departs Vevey by train with his wife daughter in law and grandson. The party, who arrived from Germany on December 18, plans to sail from Genoa later in the week to Portugal to establish a new exile residence.
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Vevey
Switzerland
Nicholas Horthy
Hungary
Genoa
Admiral
Germany
Portugal
Coast Guard rescues two from Argentinian tanker El Capitan
Two crewmen from the severed stern of the Argentinian tanker El Capitan were saved by the coast guard cutter Agassiz. The stern was located by the cutter Cherokee, which relayed the discovery at 8 a.m. in fogbound conditions.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
el Capitan
Agassiz
Cherokee
UN observers accuse Israel of breaking Palestine truce
UN observers in Palestine report Israel opened hostilities in the Negev against Egyptian forces violating the truce. Ralph Bunche said he had no knowledge of provocation. Egypt urged an emergency council review as Dutch and Indonesian issues also loom.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Holy Land
Negev Desert
UN Security Council
Ralph J. Bunche
Council
Bunche
Negev
Indonesia
Netherlands
Egypt
Seven Senators Seek New Trial for Ilse Koch
A senate committee urged reopening or transferring Ilse Koch’s case for a fresh punishment. They criticized the reduced four year sentence and urged trial in a U S military court or in German courts for crimes against Germans. The report cites killings beatings tortures starvations and indignities and notes lamp shade orders from tattooed inmate skins.
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Washington
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Senate
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
United States
Germany
Frau Koch
Ferguson
Sens
Bricker
Ohio
Hoey
D-Nc
Ives
RNY
McClellan
D-Ark
O’conor
D-Md
Thye
R-Minn
Army
Lucius D. Clay
Koch
Six Die In Roaring Fire In Barre Cottage
In Barre Massachusetts a early Sunday fire destroyed a one and a half story cottage on Petersham road killing six people. Francis G Wales 34 Lydia 31 and their children Francis Jr 10 George 7 Belle May 3 and Ralph Smith 65 of Boston were all dead. Fire officials believe the mother grandfather and children were trapped upstairs while Wales slept on a couch on the first floor.
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Wales
Retired Court Clerk John W. Walker Dies at 72
John W. Walker, 72, former U.S. district court clerk in Tucson, died Sunday at 1009 East Speedway. He served 29 years as Tucson clerk and retired March 31, 1947. Survivors include his wife, a stepson in Seattle, and Masonic lodge members. Funeral arrangements by Parker Mortuary.
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Parker
John W. Walker
U.S. District
Tucson
East Speedway
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana State Bar
State Supreme Court
Arizona
Walker
Territorial Court
Tombstone
U.S. District Court
William H. Sawtelle
Albert M. Sames
Howard C. Speakman
Auguste Walker
H. T. Orebaugh
Seattle
Free and Accepted Masons
High Winds And Raging Seas Slow Greenland Rescue Effort
Aboard the USS Saipan en route to Greenland the carrier slowed repeatedly as winds up to 100 mph battered the ship. Seventeen aircraft damaged and crew seasick, with five life rafts torn loose, threatened the rescue of 13 stranded air force men. Better weather expected Monday but conditions could worsen past Cape Cod.
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Saipan
Greenland
Norfolk
Joseph L. Kane
Kane
Sapan
Cape Cod
Britain Has Coldest Day Of The Year
Britain recorded its coldest day of the year as temperatures fell to 28 in London and 18 at Mildenhall. Frozen ground forced postponements of two hurdle races and several rugby and soccer matches, with forecasters predicting warmer weather and rain later.
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London
Britain
Mildenhall
Dutch Claiming Further Gains in Java and Sumatra
Dutch forces reported advancing in Java and Sumatra with mopping up operations around Soekakarta and Magelang. They claimed occupation of Laboehan Menes Plosso and Ft. Van Der Cappellen and said Republicans were fleeing to the mountains. Two Dutch fighters and 19 killed 43 wounded since last nine years of police action. Prisoners executed in Magelang were found by Dutch troops. one inspector noted they did nothing against the republic. The UN security council said observers would try to monitor cease fire observance but may not separate internal measures from hostilities.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Netherlands Army
Soekakarta
Magelang
Central Java
Laboehan
Menes
West Java
Plosso
East Java
Ft. van der Cappellen
The
Hague
Paris
Netherlands
Indonesia
Republic
UN Good Offices
Security Council
Council
Killers Set Off 44 State Alarm
A 44 state police alert was issued for two men charged with the Christmas eve rape slaying of Mrs. Lillian Rich Brackett of Plainville Connecticut. The victim was buried and later found. suspects Therrien and St James face manslaughter and aggravated assault charges. Others at the boarding house were held on breach of peace.
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Bristol
Conn
Lillian Rich Brackett
Plainville
Joseph W. Therrien
George St. James
Rose Lombardi
Carmen
Everett Kirschner
Chiang Heads War Crime List in Nanking Broadcast
NANKING December 27 Communist radio aired a list of war criminals headed by Chiang Kai-shek and top national leaders to be punished by a peoples court. Officials warned such action closed the door to negotiated peace while fighting intensified around Nanking and Shanghai.
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Nanking
China
Peoples Court
Chiang Kai-shek
Madame Chiang
Sun Fo
Chiang
Peoples
Communist High Command
Nanking-Shanghai
Wuhu River
Wuhu- Hweichow
Wuhu
Kaoyu
Tu Li-Ming
Pengpu
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
Peiping
Moosa
Peipinng
Peipins
Kalgan
Mongolia
Shanghai
Central Daily
People of
Soviet Accord Held Possible
President Truman accused Soviet Russia of blocking peace settlements during a testimonial luncheon for Eddie Jacobson in Kansas City. He warned contracts are not sacred to the Soviet government and said he will spend the next four years seeking an understanding with Soviet leaders to secure permanent peace.
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Kansas City
Truman
Soviet Russia
Eddie Jacobson
Jacobson
129Th Field Artillery
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San Juan
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U. S. Army
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Royall
Clay
Robert Murphy
M. Fawzi
Fawzi
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