Loss of Suchow Is Confirmed
Chinese communist forces confirmed capture of Suchow after evacuation of the nationalist base 211 miles northwest of Nanking. The Red radio reported the city taken last night, with 250000 troops retreating to relieve the 12th army group while observers estimate Suchow garrison at about 110000. Claire Chennault announced moving his China Air Transport Company headquarters to Canton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Suchow
Red Radio
12Th
Suhsien
13Th
Shanghai
Pi— Claire Chennault
China Air Transport Company
Canton
The Passing Show Rehearsal and Line Dynamics Feature
The piece reviews seating habits of repeat attendees at the Best Is Yet To Come Shows and notes season ticket holders securing front orchestra seats. It highlights jitterbug dancing by five college students led by Claudia Hatch and Marty Kramer, and discusses plans involving local couples that were not fully realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudia Hatch
Five By Five
Marty Kramer
Glen R. Murphy
Richard Swindler
Fred A. Murphy
Wilmington College
Mrs Starkey Is Honor Citizen at Clinton County Fund Drive
Hygienic Productions wrapped its eleventh charity show for a 25000 Community Service Fund aiding Clinton county. Rev Duffey introduced Mrs Earl Starkey as honor citizen. Kroger Babb presented pin and mixer. Ballots assigned for residents to choose among five fund projects. voting ends December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starkey
Clinton County
Murphy Theater
Charlie Fisk
Charlie
John R. Duffey
Earl Starkey
Cuba
Plastic Nose May Replace Iron Lung
A new plastic nose shown to the AMA acts as a compact breathing aid. It fits airtight over the nose and mouth and connects to oxygen or other gas mixtures via a wartime valve. It can perform life saving work previously done by the iron lung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
American Medical Association
Report Misses Early on Saturday
The News Journal asks Wilmington subscribers to call before 5 PM on Saturdays if the delivery is missed. The office closes at 5 and the Saturday edition prints at noon, so carriers should deliver before 3 PM except in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington News-Joural
News-Journal
West Coast Strike Settled Reds Seek To Keep Berliners From Voting
Berlin headlines report last minute communist scare tactics to deter Sunday elections in the western sectors. Soviet backed rump regime claims legality and pledges support while the U S removes liaison office equipment. Russia plans firing practice in the airlift corridor as fog continues to hamper ferries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Bishop Stamm Heads Council In United Church Leaders
Bishop John S. Stamm of Harrisburg Pa senior bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church was elected president of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. He succeeds Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati the first layman to hold the post. The council admitted the Romanian Orthodox Church in America and the Religious Society of Friends in Philadelphia area as members. Rev A Ward Applegate of Wilmington Friends Church is a delegate from the Five Years Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John S. Stamm
Harrisburg
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Charles P. Taft
Romanian Orthodox Church In
A. Ward Applegate
Wilmington Friends Church
Five Years Meeting of Friends
Governor Talmadge warns guards over Atlanta murder case
Gov. Herman Talmadge said he would call out the national guard if necessary to protect the widow of a murdered Negro. He noted no evidence had been produced yet as Joseph M. Goldwasser sought photostatic copies to link two white men to the ambush killing of Robert Mallard on November 20 near Lyons, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
National Guard
Joseph M. Goldwasser
Cleveland
Goldwasser
Robert Mallard
Amy James Mallard
Mallard
Lyons
Truman Not Planning Any Cabinet Changes
President Truman said he is not planning cabinet changes now but may shuffle membership later. He reflected on the November 2 victory, noted electoral votes from New York and the South, and dismissed pressure to count Southern votes. He avoided comment on Chiang Kai-shek talks and MacArthur China plans, joked about Dewey, and praised farmers labor and key aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
Truman
White House
New York
States Rights Party
Chiang Kai-Shek
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
China
Truman Halts Armed Forces Budget Talk
On White House orders the Air Force Navy and Army stop discussing the impact of the proposed 15 billion dollar military budget ceiling. The move follows publicity of service views on how the budget may affect spending and programs and directs extreme caution in comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
White House
Air Force
Army
Navy
Bride Found Dead in woods near Belington West Virginia
Relatives believe 23 year old Lucille Teter, who had been married five days, was accidentally shot while deer hunting near Belington Barbour County. Her body was found by searchers in dense underbrush near her sister Mrs Jacob Wilmoth's home after she failed to return from the woods yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour
Lucille Teter
Jacob Wilmoth
Teter
Wilmoth
Counterfeit $10 and $20 Bills Flood the Country
Government officials report a flood of counterfeit ten and twenty dollar bills reaching the United States with the potential total running into millions of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canton Sol icitor wary of Washington slick lawyers
Canton solicitor Thomas H. Nichols admitted arranging background material for his Federal Power Commission appearance to press Ohio gas needs. A mimeographed memorandum titled proposed testimony included sample questions and answers to adapt to local concerns for the Texas Gas Transmission Corp pipeline case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Texas Gas Transmission Corp
Texas
Middletown
Thomas H. Nichols
Canton
East Ohio Gas Co
Pearance
Ohio City
Ferguson Holds Up Hospital Project Funds in Columbus
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson ordered a halt on all bills for the Apple Creek state school hospital project until a dispute between State Public Works Director George B. Sowers and architect Joseph A. Gattozzi is resolved. Harold Wendelken was sent to audit actions and a report is expected in a week or ten days. Ferguson also plans a legislative inquiry into the proposed five million dollar state office building negotiations. He withholds three vouchers for 200 each to the Columbus Real Estate Board for site appraisal totaling 576 400 and notes he opposed release of that sum by the controlling board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Apple Creek
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Wayne County
George B. Sowers
Joseph A. Gattozzi
Cleveland
Harold K. Wendelken
Sowers
Gattozzi
Frank J. Lausche
Department of Public Works
Columbus Real Estate Board
Mystery purse loss follows string of misfortunes
An advertisement in Port Huron reveals a purse containing $3,000 lost between Mt. Clemens and Yale. Elderly couple Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lacyk, who moved from Detroit seven years ago, faced crop failures, cattle disease, and a barn fire before losing their life savings on the way home to pay a mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale, Mich
Port Huron
Jack Lacyk
Detroit
Here
Mt. Clemens
Home
Six Children Die As Wisconsin Home Burns
In Oshkosh Wisconsin six young children perished when a late night fire destroyed the Carpenter residence. Police say an oil heater ignited the kitchen and flames blocked access to the bedroom where the children slept. Mrs Carpenter was reportedly away working a night shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Arnold Carpenter
Carpenter
Fliers Extend Endurance Flight Toward World Record
In Fullerton California Dick Riedel and Bill Barris pressed toward a world endurance flight record after logging 300 hours at 3 22 A M. today as part of their sustained airborne attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fullerton
Calif
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
Soviet Opposes Little Assembly In UN vote at Lake Success
The United Nations Assembly, facing Russian opposition, decided to keep the little assembly for another year at Lake Success. Soviet sphere nations will continue their boycott begun in 1947. The UN also endorsed a U.S. proposal for broader conciliation on Arab and Jewish boundaries in Palestine, excluding the Bernadotte plan and last year’s partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Little Assembly
Lake Success
United States
United Nations
Palestine
Mahoney Calls Caucus of New Democratic Senators
Senator Margaret A. Mahoney of Cleveland, ranking Democrat in the Ohio Senate, issued a call for a caucus of newly elected Democratic senators on Tuesday at 10 A M in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Margaret A. Mahoney
Cleveland
Ohio Senate
Attending Southwestern Health Meeting
Dr. Roger M. Gove and Dr. R. E. Wehr spoke at a Southwestern Ohio health conference in the courthouse auditorium. Gove urged a warm parent child relationship and described the Miami Valley Center's mental health work and clinics for education, prevention, and treatment. He noted referrals from doctors and agencies and called for a broad education program within schools and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Curthouse
Roger M. Gove
Upper Miami
Gove
Miami Valley Center
Miami County Hygiene Association
Mutual Defense Pact of 19 American Republics In Effect
Costa Rica completes ratification joining 19 nations in a noon ceremony signaling the Pan American Union that the Rio drafted mutual defense pact is now in force. The accord aims to shield the Americas from aggression and was negotiated in August 1947 at Rio de Janeiro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hemisphere
Rio de Janeiro
Mario Esquivel
Pan American Union
Americas
Truman
United States
Canada
Last of Five Unions Accept New Contract
San Francisco dec 3 all night talks ended a west coast strike as the last of five unions reached terms with CIO Radio Operators and Pacific American Shipowners Association Ratification meetings were held and four ships released for Christmas cargo to Hawaii and the Philippines The radio operators contract runs three years with a 10 percent wage rise from 295 to 325 a month plus ship shifting pay Other unions also settled including CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards and Independent Marine Firemen with pay increases and three year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
West Coast
Omar Hoskins
CIO
Pacific American Shipowners Association
Hawaii
Philippines
CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards
Marine Firemen
CIO Marine Engineers
Referendum on Coach Expected at Wisconsin Campus
The University of Wisconsin Student Board prepared to receive a petition calling for a referendum on whether Harry Stuhldreher should be retained as head football coach. The board learned enough signatures were collected to force a campus vote. The Badgers closed the season with two wins and seven losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Harry Stuhldreher
Badgers
Celler Pushes Probe of Insurance Firms as Economy Menace
Rep. Celler of New York calls insurance companies a menace to the nation and urges a full House Judiciary Committee investigation to curb their powers. He spoke to reporters about targeting firms in a nationwide inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Celler
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Unidentified plane fires on San Diego tuna clippers off Nicaragua
In a Dec 3 dispatch from San Diego, an unidentified plane fired on three San Diego tuna clippers off the Nicaragua coast. Harold Gray, executive manager of the American Tunaboat Association, disclosed the detail today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Nicaragua
Harold Gray
American Tunaboat Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orchestra
Mrs. Earl Starkey
By &. C. Clinton
The
News- Journal
Wilbur Hall
Rene
Freddy Day
Reds
Bishop Stamm
Bulletin
Thomas E. Dewey
Farmers and Labor
Barkley
Brannan
Tobin
Belington
W. Va
Auditor
Southwestern Health Meeting
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!