Churchill Urges End to Britain's Israel Boycott
In a House of Commons debate Churchill urged Britain to end the sulky boycott of Israel and push for full diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. He called for easing East‑West tensions, settling with Russia, and advancing Anglo American unity praising Eisenhower's leadership.
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Churchill
Britain
Israel
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Russia
Spain
United Nations
Palestine
House
Tel Aviv
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chiang Extends Martial Law Across China
Chiang Kai-shek announces extended martial law to almost all of China under nationalist control with the exception of the far western provinces and Formosa. The move comes as civil war intensifies with Communist forces threatening Nanking Peiping and Shanghai. Red troops reportedly try to sever nationalist communications behind the Hwai river.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Formosa
Peiping
Hwai River
Yangtze
No Fatalities Reported In Chicago Hotel Fire
Fire swept the Hubbard Hotel on North Clark Street driving dozens into the street. Early reports said there were no fatalities with one man hospitalized from smoke. Flames shot 50 feet into the air as the brick hotel burned across the Chicago River from the loop.
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Chicago
Hubbard
North
Clark Street
Chicago River
Loop
All Weather Flying Division to Remain at Clinton Base
Officials at Clinton County Air Force Base deny rumors the AWFD will move. Col J Francis Taylor confirms the base remains permanent. The piece notes the season’s first snow brings cheer to Wilmington high school students Hector and Henri Escalona, formerly of Cuba, as their first snow.
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Clinton County Air Force Base
CCAFB
Col
J. Francis Taylor
AWFD
Wilmington High School
Hector and
Henri Escalona
Cuba
Harry S. Truman
Carlos Piio Socarras
Washington
Nine Men Killed In Kansas Power Plant Blast
A string of explosions at the Kansas Power and Light main plant near Topeka killed nine workers and injured sixteen. The Tecumseh plant fire cut electricity citywide for hours as rescue crews searched debris. Officials cite possible gas odor and have not yet determined the cause.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Kansas Power and Light Company
Tecumseh
Here
Hannah Heads Blanchester Business Group
D. Ben Hannah was elected president of the Blanchester Business Bureau at a meeting attended by 38 businessmen. Officers named include Stanley Dorsey as vice president Melville Snider secretary Dr Blonion Jordan treasurer and nine board members. A dues committee was formed to report next Thursday at 8 PM at Blanchester School. Decoration of village streets has been completed by the group.
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D. Ben Hannah
Blanchester Business Bureau
Stanley Dorsey
Melville Snider
Blonion Jordan
Stanley Swigert
Howard Curless
Joe Dewey
David Spence
Sam B. Nicely
Board of
Hannah
Jack Ferris
Howard Wolffrum
Donald Berwanger
Donald Goodwin
Ed. Thompson
Blanchester School
Killings After Job Argument at Northern Pacific Shop
In St Paul Minnesota five railway shop workers were shot during a dispute over boiler covers. John J Hill 54 killed four colleagues T R Williams 65 W L Butler 44 Arthur Buhrman 48 and Joseph T Murray 65 then killed himself. The incident followed a refusal to replace boiler covers after a state inspection.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Northern Pacific Railway
John J. Hill
T. R. Williams
W. L. Butler
Arthur Buhrman
Joseph T. Murray
Hill
Death Toll in Kiangya Disaster Reaches 3920
Shanghai reports 400 more Chinese among the missing in the Kiangya steamer explosion and sinking. The death and missing total climbs to 3920, the worst civil maritime disaster in modern history.
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Shanghai
Christmas Rush Begins At Local Postoffice
Christmas rush at Wilmington Postoffice starts soon says Postmaster James F. Smith. Mail volume up 30 percent from last year and air mail parcels offer quicker delivery before Christmas with parcels mailed before December 15 reaching destinations on time. Extra help funded and six WWII veterans, including five Wilmington College students, assist with deliveries. Correct addressing is stressed to avoid undelivered packages and costly directory searches. Local office closes at noon Saturday and stays open until 6 PM on the same Saturday.
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Wilmington
James F. Smith
Smith
Congress
Wilmington College
Frank G. Wiener
J. W. Hiteman
Philip O. Rinehart
Lowell F. Frier
Eugene W. Williams
Maynard B. Ross
No Charge Filed In Boy's Hanging
Springfield report states John A. Smith aged 7 died from strangulation after body found in a clothes closet. Coroner Austin Richards declared the cause last night as police hold the boy's mother Minnie Elix and stepfather Roger Blix for questioning. no charges filed and they claim the boy hanged himself.
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Springfield
John A. Smith
Austin Richards
Minnie Elix
Roger Blix
Young Smith
Lawrence Abbott
Death of Former School Board Member Stout at 72
James J. Stout 72 a former member of Xenia city school board died of a cerebral hemorrhage today. He was formerly a coal dealer.
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Xenia
James J. Stout
Snow Clings To County Highways After Friday Freeze
Snow stayed on the ground after Friday’s fall marking a white Christmas hint in Linton County. Rain froze into sleet then snow causing slick roads as two trucks slid off the CCC Highway near Clarksville. Temperatures dipped to 18 above zero for a second night per observer Mrs. Ethel Haes while State crews salted main highways.
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Linton County
Mercury
Ethel Haes
CCC
Clarksville
Bruce W. Frye
State Highway Department
School Principal Cited into Court
Twinsburg high school principal Glen L. Powell was summoned before a justice of the peace to answer assault and battery charges after allegedly slamming a pupil against a wall. Powell, at the center of a week long school strike last month, was named in a warrant by Ronald Hegedish, whose son was reportedly involved.
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Twinsburg
Glen L. Powell
Twinsburg High School
Justice of the Peace Today
Powell
John Hegedish Hegedish
State Highway Department
Ronald
CAB Issues Report on Fatal Crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board found metal fatigue caused the right wing to fail in a Vultee V-1A crash near Somerset Pennsylvania on March 20 killing eight, including pilot Herman Burlingame III and his wife Ruth Burlingame. The wing separated in flight and the craft, en route to St Louis from Providence, plunged into a wooded area.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Somerset
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Herman F. Burlingame III
Wilmington
Burlingame
Ruth Lundy Burlingame
Clive E. Lundy
Martinsville
Kathleen
St. Louis
Providence
R. I
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Drowning Trial
In Hamilton a jury failed to reach a verdict on second degree murder for Lawrence E. Lowe 29 in the drowning of Vera Ingram 33 of Middletown after six hours deliberation. Judge Boli discharged the panel and a new trial was not immediately announced. The incident occurred July 5 at West Lake Middletown with Lowe claiming an accident while three state witnesses testified Lowe dragged the woman into the water.
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Hamilton
Lawrence E. Lowe
Vera Ingram
Middletown
P. P. Boli
West Lake
Lowe
Rhodes scholars named from 1948 U S college men
Princeton New Jersey December 10 Thirty two of a field of seven hundred U S college men tomorrow will be named as the nations 1948 Rhodes scholars.
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Princeton
N. J
U. S
Memorial at Park Entrance Seeks Clinton County Names
Mr and Mrs J W Denver Williams plan a memorial at the Denver Williams Jr Memorial Park entrance with an architect designing early next spring. They want to list Clinton county World War II dead and other local men, requesting relatives notify the News Journal of names to include or remove within a week. The News Journal notes 59 names from wartime records and 48 from the World War I Honor List, plus four additional Army men, to be considered.
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J. W. Denver Williams
Denver Williams, Jr
Williams
the News-Journal
Clinton County
News-Journal
War Department
News- Journal
Williamses
State rejects plan to revamp Ohio government
The Public Administration Service proposed centralization and abolition of elective offices but Ohio rejected the plan. Auditor Ferguson halted $14,277 in payments and withholds another $10,000, criticizing the consulting effort as impractical.
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Columbus
Chicago
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Public Administration Service of
Ohio Salary Study Commission
Study Commission
Ferguson
Department of Administration
Berlin Airlift Accelerates Air Force Expansion to Sixty Groups
The Berlin airlift prompts a rapid expansion of the U S Air Force to 60 groups with nine troop carrier units. The 317th Troop Carrier Wing will move from Tachikawa Japan to Germany, adding about 1 050 men en route to a permanent post. Four wings are in Europe, two in the Far East, three in the continental U S.
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Air Force
Japan
Germany
Panama Canal Defense System
Berlin
Tachikawa
Europe
Far East
Continental
United States
Truman To Meet With Mme Chiang On Aid For China
President Truman to receive Mme Chiang Kai-Shek at Blair House for tea as she urges deep American assistance to China. She met with Secretary Marshall after arriving December 1, with the White House indicating a serious ongoing study of the Chinese situation.
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Washington
Truman
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Blair House
White House
Mme. Chiang
Marshall
Surgeon Removes Own Appendix in Hamdorf Procedure
Dr Theodor Herr said he removed his own appendix using novocaine as a local anesthetic. He performed the operation in a half sitting position without a mirror, assisted by an aide. The next morning he rose and attended his patients.
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Hamburg
Germany
Theodor Herr
Hamdorf
Herr
Soviets Announce Death of Lt Gen I Y Babich
Red Star reports the death of Lt. Gen. I. Y. Babich wartime head of counter intelligence on the Northwestern Front. He later held a high post in the state security ministry at his death in Moscow on December 10.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
I. Y. Babich
Babich
Clerks Elect Miss Gregory Reelected at Ohio Convention
Miss Blanche Gregory clerk of courts was reelected as second vice president and named chairman of the membership committee at the Ohio Clerk of Courts Association convention in Columbus. Alfred Osborn county auditor was named a member of the executive committee at the Ohio Auditor's Association convention. Mathew B. Fife Frank Hunnecut and Turner Tedrick left Thursday for the county commissioner association three day convention.
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Blanche Gregory
Ohio Clerk of Courts Association
Columbus
Alfred Osborn
Ohio Auditor’s Association
Mathew B. Fife
Frank Hunniecutt
Turner Tedrick
County Commissioner Association
Fire Routs 300 Students At Baldwin Wallace College
A dormitory fire at Baldwin Wallace College in Cleveland forced the evacuation of about 300 students. Damage was limited to one room with losses estimated at 100 dollars for the room and 400 dollars for clothes.
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Baldwin-Wallace
Baldwin- Wallace College
Peron’s Party Leads Buenos Aires Election
President Juan D Peron’s party led by more than two to one over opposition groups as returns from Sunday’s election on constitutional issues continued in.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Quitting Time Editor cites Communist espionage probe
Washington dispatch reports Nathan L. Levine says pumpkin papers hid for a decade in a Brooklyn dumb waiter shaft. In New York Whitaker Chambers resigns as Time senior editor amid revelations about Communist espionage.
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Washington
Congressional
Brooklyn
Nathan L. Levine
Whittaker Chambers
New York
Sec
Time Magazine
Priscilla Hiss
Alger Hiss
Federal Building
Secrets of Friendly Nations Enter Probe
The House Un-American Activities Committee uncovered vital military secrets from friendly nations among stolen government papers. It implicated British battleships Chinese bombers and Argentine war materials, while clashing with the Truman Administration over probe leadership. Suspect number three from Appleton Wisconsin was ordered to a 2 PM hearing.
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Washington
Dec
House
Un-American Activities Committee
Truman
Appleton
Wis
Theodore Christianson Dies in Minnesota Heart Attack
Former Minnesota governor Theodore Christianson aged 65 died suddenly last night near Dawson Minnesota from a heart attack while visiting the area. The death was announced by local authorities and came as a shock to colleagues and residents.
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Dawson, Minn
Theodore Christianson
Minnesota
Dawson
Minn
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