Snowstorm Grips Northern States From Minnesota To Coast
Snow spread across the North and Midwest with Chicago reporting about four inches. Three traffic deaths occurred in the Chicago area as slippery highways produced crashes. Snow covered most of the east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, with varying depths and disruptions across states from New Jersey to West Virginia and Maryland’s Bowie track canceled racing.
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Minnesota
Atlantic Coast
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
New York
New Jersey
Newland
Bowie Track
Maryland
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Louisiana
California
Donner Summit
Soviet Cease-Fire Demand Defeated in U N Assembly
Western and neutral nations backed India's Korea peace plan while 41 of 60 members voted against a Russian cease-fire proposal that also pressed for forcible repatriation of prisoners. Only the Soviet bloc supported the Russian plan. 12 nations abstained as the Indian compromise moves toward final vote.
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United Nations
N. Y
India
Korea
U. N. Assembly
Orient
Red China
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Attorney General orders grand jury probe of Owen Lattimore
Attorney General McGranery announced a federal grand jury investigation of Johns Hopkins University professor Owen Lattimore who has drawn Congressional scrutiny for his State Department connections.
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Washington
McGranery
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Heating Oils and Christmas Offer at Local Shops
Oil Heat Inc advertises immediate delivery of Kerosene No 2 and No 4 fuel oil with phone numbers 3877 and 3855. Colonial Art and Craft Shop promotes unusual Christmas cards, gift wrappings, and decorations near the Winchester Post Office. Tax reminders and layaway plans are noted by local jewelers Hodgson and Brown and Winchester officials J W Hollis and Harry McCann.
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J. W. Hollis Treas
Winchester
Harry McCann Treas
Prederien County
Hodgson and Brown Jewelers
Snowy December Sparks Retail Rush In Winchester
Snow coats Winchester as shoppers flood downtown with decorations and extended store hours starting Monday. Police report rising traffic since November 15 and expect further crowds ahead of a December 15 night opening parade and Santa Claus party on Court House Plaza.
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Winchester
Loudoun St
Retail Merchants Association
Santa Claus
Courthouse Plaza
James Wilkins
City Plaza
WINC
George Washington Garage
Boscawen St
Cameron
Rouss Ave
Frederick County Court House
One Inch Snowfall In Winchester Area Last Night
A fresh inch of snow fell last night in the Winchester area, ending the three inch total from Saturday. Temperatures dipped to 18 and 25 degrees with most sun melting snow. roads were slick but no accidents reported and state plows limited to Route 50 Gore section. Snow was widespread across the region with continued cold and chances of more precipitation.
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Winchester
State Department of Hghways
Gore
Route 50
Associated Press
Old Dominion
State Highway Department
Bedford County
O Conor Demands Dismissal of Coe
Sen. Herbert O Conor D Md urged the dismissal of IMF secretary Frank Coe after Coe refused to say if he ever was a Communist or anti American spy. The Senate internal security subcommittee reopened hearings into alleged American Communists in the United Nations and its agencies. Six more IMF staffers were subpoenaed as Coe disclosed a denied passport and a request from Secretary Snyder to fire him.
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New York
International Monetary Fund
Hag
Herbert R. O’conor
Coe
State Department
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Washington
Ivar Rooth
Sweden
Epuuetes
U. N
Reds Flood U S With Christmas Tree Ornaments
Senator Wiley cites a Soviet driven scheme flooding the United States with Christmas tree ornaments. He tallies 75 million imports and up to seven million dollars in sales that enrich Red lands while American troops fight in Korea. He calls for a boycott against Soviet made ornaments as inferior and subsidized.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
United States
U. S
Redlands
Wisconsin
Ameri
Korea
Vietminh Attacks Repelled Around Na San Base
French forces repelled a series of Vietminh assaults on Na San in Northwestern Indochina. Vietminh crews, estimated at 7,000 in one attempt, suffered heavy losses as French air power, with over 100 sorties, bombed surrounding hills while Vietminh strength around Na San grew to about 18,000.
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Hong Kong
Na San
Indochina
Vietminh
Stevenson to Be Guest of Trumans at White House
Gov Adlai Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, will be the guest of President and Mrs Truman at the White House tomorrow and Thursday nights. He arrives from Atlantic City after memorial services for Philip Murray and will confer with the President, attend Truman’s farewell dinner for his Cabinet, and depart Friday morning for Illinois.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
White House
Atlantic City
CIO
Philip Murray
Mlinois
Eisenhower Completes Cabinet with Durkin and Weeks
President elect names Martin Durkin of Chicago as labor secretary and Sinclair Weeks of Boston as commerce secretary. Durkin, 58, formerly AFL journeymen president, is the first labor union official chosen for the post. Weeks, 59, chairs the Republican National Finance Committee and leads Massachusetts business interests. Walter Williams of Seattle named under secretary of commerce. Durkin vows to support the administration and work as a team member.
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New York
Eisenhower
AFL
Martin P. Durkin
Chicago
Labor
Sinclair Weeks
Boston
Commerce
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Durkin
Adlai E. Stevenson
Secretary of Labor Post
Labor Movement
AFL United Association of Journeymen
United States
Canada
Weeks
Republican National Finance Committee
Massachusetts
GOP
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Jr
White House
Vandenberg
Walter Williams
Seattle
Citizens For
CIO
George Meany
APL
Republican National Committee
First National Bank of Boston
Illinois
Gov. Henry
John Stelle
Dwight Green
Weather Outlook for Virginia Period December 3 to 7
Richmond AP reports extended Virginia weather outlook. Temperatures average a few degrees above normal with a cool start followed by a rising trend. Rain or snow ends Wednesday with rain likely toward the weekend, totaling about one half inch.
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Richmond
Virgina
Temperaure
170 382 Federal Jobs Reserved for Republicans
The Civil Service Commission says 170 382 federal jobs will be available for patronage, mostly small positions. The announcement, based on a survey, was made yesterday in Washington.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Virginia Legislature Convenes in Special Session on Reapportionment
Governor Battle urged the General Assembly to approve a committee plan to reapportion Virginia 115 districts as required by the state constitution. The plan favors urban areas adding two senators and five delegates at rural districts' expense. Battle praised lawmakers for steady action and opened with tributes to Lt. Gov. Collins and Del. Stickley.
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Richmond
Battle
General Assembly
Virginia
Special Assembly
Tidewater
L. Preston Collins
del. James O. Stickley
Harrisonburg
Collins
Commonwealth
Stickley
Radio Stations Planned to Aid Air Raid Communications
The White House announced a plan to keep 2,500 standard AM radio stations on air during raids with frequencies shifted to guide aircraft while TV FM and amateur stations shut down. The program, developed by Air Force Civil Defense and FCC experts, aims to maintain public instruction and emergency coordination without broadcasting silence.
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Washington
White House
Air Force
Civil Defense
Federal Communications Commission
U. S
Air Defense Command
Winchester Storages Hold 662000 Bushels of Apples December 1
Apple stocks in Winchester four storage plants totaled about 662000 bushels on December 1, down from 773314 a year earlier. Winchester Cold Storage holds 405900 bushels, Virginia Storage 137779, while Robinson and Old Mill report lighter, unreported totals. The market remained quiet with mixed demand for grades and bulk stock.
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Winchester
Virginia
Virginia Apple
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage
Old Mill Cold Storage
Prin
Cipally
Delmer Robinson
Robinson
Douglas Cather
Old Mill Storage
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Winchester-Martinsburg
Caritas
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Joseph Nunan
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicts former Internal Revenue Bureau chief Joseph D. Nunan Jr. on income tax evasion charges for unpaid taxes totaling 91086.60 during 1946 to 1950. The case follows an earlier indictment of Daniel A. Bolich, deputy under Nunan.
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Washington
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Internal Revenue Bureau
Atty
Brooklyn
Daniel A. Bolich
Nunan
All-Out Offensive Demanded by Rhee
South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee urged an immediate all out offensive to expel Chinese forces from North Korea. He claimed victory possible without Japanese or Chinese Nationalist troops and argued the Soviet Union would avoid world war, while warning that failure means certain death.
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Rhee
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
North Korea
Russia
Soviet Union
Yalu River
Kremlin
United States
TV Viewers May See New Born Baby Tonight
Denver reports NBC will air a nationwide program from 9 30 to 10 p m EST featuring a Caesarean birth at Colorado General Hospital University of Colorado. Viewers will watch the delivery and initial infant care on over 40 stations.
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Denver
Sholder
American Medical Association
Colorado General Hospital
University of Colorado
NBC
Blanton Named Virginia Democratic State Chairman
State Sen. Thomas H. Blanton, 57, a Bowling Green banker and lawyer, was chosen chair of the Virginia Democratic Party by the Central Committee. He succeeds T. Nelson Parker and urged party unity and reconciliation after internal tensions from the Stevenson campaign era.
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Richmond
Virginia
Democrats
Thomas H. Blanton
Blanton
Bowling Green
Democratic Central Committee
T. Nelson Parker
Parker
Stevenson
Eisehower
Stevenson-Sparkmaner
American jet ace downs seventh MIG in North Korea
Lt. James F. Low of Sausalito Calif. shot down a MIG 15 in a North Korea air battle deep in Red territory. The clash involved two U S Sabre jets and two MIGs and marked Low's seventh victory of the war.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Honsan
Yangdok
Triangle Hill
Taft criticizes Durkin labor secretary pick
Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft branded Martin Durkin's selection as secretary of labor by President-Elect Eisenhower as an incredible appointment. Taft noted Durkin was a Truman Democrat and argued the move leaves many Democrats without cabinet representation while empowering Eisenhower's opponents.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Martin Durkin
Eisenhower
Taft
GOP
Durkin
Herbert Brownell
Trumat
Air Force C47 Crashes With 13 Aboard in California
An Air Force C-47 with 13 men aboard apparently crashed in the San Bernardino Mountains at about 8 000 feet. Deputy Loring Poleman reported a large mountain fire near the crash site seen around 4 a.m. Smoke remained at daybreak above the snowline. The craft, based at Offutt AFB Nebraska, departed Davis Mountain AFB Tucson en route to March AFB, amid heavy storm.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Sheriff's Office
Loring Poleman
Victorville
Here
Offutt Afb
Omaha
Neb
Davis Mountain Air Base
Tucson
Ariz
March Air Base
Reuther Poised to Lead CIO in Bitter Presidential Fight
Walter P. Reuther appeared set to become CIO president after a heated battle at the convention. The Auto Workers leader claimed an overwhelming victory as rubber and oil workers unions backed him, potentially forcing a convention vote on Thursday for the successor to the late Philip Murray.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
Cios
CIO
Auto Workers Union
Eee Wine
Allan S. Haywood
Reuther
Haywood
Philip Murray
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Labor Post
Edward Morse
Weather Outlook
Ike
Walter A. Bowman
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph Nunan
National Broadcasting Company
Thomas Blanton
Ohio
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