UN Orders Cease-Fire in Indonesia as Negev Battle Rages
The report from Tel Aviv states Israeli land and air actions continued in the western Negev amid ongoing fighting with Egyptian forces. Egypt claims repulsed a Jewish air attack in southern Palestine as a larger offensive seeks to force a peace or retreat across the border. Ottawa notes Canada recognizes Israel as de facto and paves path to de jure ties. Weizmann and Ben-Gurion are referenced in diplomatic context.
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Negev
Pal
Yesterd
Palestine
Ottawa
Canada
Israel
Ich
Soviet
Russia
Chaim Weizann
David Ben-Gurion
Court Rules In Conspiracy Case
The Fifth district court of appeals ruled that four persons charged with conspiracy to use public funds for private purposes may seek a change of venue from Meigs County. Dan Hartinger and three co defendants face charges tied to Meigs county funds used for gravel and pond projects. Prosecutor Peeples lamented the ruling but said he will not pursue indictments in Meigs County. Fire damaged Elks lodge 324 in Covington, Kentucky, causing about $20,000 in damage.
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Fifth District Court of
Apeals
New Lexington
Meigs County
Dan Hartinger
J. E Hartinger
E. E. Follrod
J. E. Hartinger
Beatrice McClintock
Letartalls
S' Meigs County
Dana Peoples
Megs County
Pomeroy
Peepies
Peeples
John C. Bacon
Bacon
Wrecked Plane on Greenland Icecap
Washington reports a Navy rescue effort for a wrecked plane on the Greenland icecap. A night attempt by helicopter and transport aircraft is hindered by bad weather with heavy winds and snow. Five days expected to reach the scene as weather grounds most air and sea assets. Admiral Louis S. Denfeld orders rapid assistance and deployment.
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Greenland
Christ
Westerday
Reds Dominate Northern China
Chinese Communist radio reports Red troops have captured Kalgan and advanced near Peiping and Tientsin as Nationalist forces retire north of the Yangtze. Observers say Nationalist will to fight in North China is fading, with defenses built mainly to keep troops busy rather than to confront Reds.
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Harold K. Miles Nanhing &F
China
Yangtze
Peiping
Tientsin
Soldi
Io Chiang Nai-shek
San Francisco
Red
Ralgan
Manchuria
Kalgan
Tangku
North China
Lin Piao
Fu Tso
Lin Pang
Poe
Ten Die In Crash Of New Bomber Near Fairbanks
Ten airmen perished when the Air Force’s new four engine B-30 bomber crashed while returning from Arctic testing. The wreckage was found in a timbered area ten miles south of Wilson base after a plane spotted burned remains. The 60 ton aircraft was one of five assigned from Davis-Monthan Arizona for high altitude trials.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Japan
Wilson Air Force Base
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Aziz
U S Proposes Restart of Austrian Treaty Talks in London
United States proposes Britain France Russia and the U S resume negotiations on an Austrian peace treaty around January 7 in London. Samuel Reber, chairman of the Big Four Foreign Ministers Council, announces the move and asks the secretary general to convey the proposal. The Austrian government has indicated favorable replies from the four powers to resume the talks and reestablish Austrian independence.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
London
Samuel Reber
State Department
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Reber
Council
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bec
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Mane
Pope Warns War Threat Persists in Christmas Message
In a Christmas address from Vatican City Pope Pius XII warned that the world moves toward two opposed poles seeking peace but risking it. He cautioned against the idea that peace can be bought at any price and noted the postwar era has brought hard times while the Catholic church endures.
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Vatican City
Pius
Fid
Pame
Weather Update Snow and Cold Continue Tonight
A fragmentary forecast notes snow and continued cold tonight with moderate to extreme conditions. Central regions face Saturday snow with a likely afternoon accumulation and chill through the day. Potentially light to moderate accumulations noted around 1 pm in central areas.
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Satur
MacArthur frees 13 top Japanese war criminals in amnesty
General MacArthur ordered a Christmas amnesty releasing 13 high ranking war crime suspects from Sugamo prison. Among those freed were former cabinet members and Pearl Harbor figures. Tojo and others had been executed hours earlier. One man remained under house arrest.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Sugamo
Hideki Tojo
Pearl Harbor
Shumei Okawa
Hayao Tada
China
Kumataro Honda
Towo
Yeakachjiro Suma
Madrid
Tojo
Peak Harbor
Xoni
Mura
Terashima
Kisaburo Ando
Hazuo Aohi
Greater East Asia
Ntt
Alva C. Carpenter
Prank Goes Wrong Leaves Youth Burned at Gas Station
Vaughn Grant, 16, of South Zanesville, was severely burned at a Gulf service station after noon when he touched a match to his trousers while a station operator lit a gas tank. Grant volunteered to help, though not regularly employed, and witnesses described the incident as the result of two pranks.
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Vaughn Grant
Zanesville
Gulf
Linden Avenue
West
Monroe Street
Young Grant
Safare
Grant
Nesses
Kly
White Christmas Predicted Here Across Regions
Snow forecast dominates Christmas plans as four to six inches are expected late today into tomorrow in central and southern Ohio and across the West. Residents prepare, churches plan services, and Avondale Children’s Home hosts one of its most elaborate holidays with gifts for children. Elsewhere, San Francisco sees only light patches while California reports rare pre Christmas snow in Beaumont and San Jose area.
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Avondale Children’s Home
Avondale
Ohio
California
Weather Bureau
Sierra Nevadas
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Truman Christmas Broadcast From White House
President Truman planned a nationwide radio address from his Missouri home to mark Christmas Eve. A 35 foot tree on the White House south lawn would be lit during a ceremony with carols and Marine Band music in Washington. Snow blanketed the grounds as Truman spoke by telephone with Lovett and noted the tense international scene. Meanwhile in Cleveland three men abducted and beat F W Woolworth store official Thomas J. Gillespie to force access to a safe, but fled when their car tire blew out.
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Truman
Missouri
White House
Washington
Marine Band
Hi Harry
Lovett
Tru
Cleveland
F. W. Woolworth Castore
Thomas J. Gillespie
Gillespie
Middletown Company Donates Cash To Scout and Group
Middletown firm Armee Steel Corp gave 324 500 in cash to a Boy Scout troop and a junior achievement group to support their programs. The donation was announced yesterday.
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Middletown
Armee Steel Corp
Hs Bor
Yesterdarpany
Yule Observance Takes Unusual Twist in Many American Cities
American communities show diverse Christmas customs from a Basque sheep-herders ball in Boise to carolers in Nashville the Old Christmas in Rodanthe and an international Rotary guest plan in upstate New York. Beacons Hill light display and Santa in Atlantic City promote holiday spectacle coast to coast.
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Associated Press
Boise
Idaho
Nashville
Tenn
New York
United Naions
Lake Success
NJ .Y
Mil
Binghamton
Johnson City
Endicott
Boston
Massachusetts State House
Old
Beacon Hill
Nevada
Atlantic City
Santa Claus
Probers End Spy Hearings End of Year Signals Next Steps
Washington reports say congressional spy hearings conclude for the year with plans for a new or renewed probe in 1949. Reps Mundt Nixon oppose reforms while others urge hearings protections and witness input. The panel is set to issue reports and prepare for future investigations. RANGOON BURMA headhunters revolt near Burma China border armed with bows and arrows
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Congress
House
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
Calif
Comitee
Angel Tost
cDov R-Pa
Rankin
Fundit
Old Air
Rangoon
Burma
Nation
Was
Yunnan
China
Russia Presses Charges as Dutch Combat in Indonesia Rises
In Paris the UN Security Council votes amid quiet amid abstentions on a cease fire and release of captured Indonesian leaders. Batavia reports Dutch forces extending a police action against republican areas with 19 soldiers killed and 43 dying since the campaign began.
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Security Council
Indonesia
Netherlands
Taw Republic
Sunda
Russia
Belgium
Argentina
Ukraine
France
Batavia
Java
United Nations
Good Offices
Australia
GOC
Fire Forces 200 From Lorraine Hotel In Chicago Basement
A basement fire at the Lorraine hotel in Chicago drives more than 200 guests from rooms as cold 20 degree air chills the building. Firemen report the blaze confined to the basement and say cause is undetermined. One woman injured by glass during escape, with trapped wrist injuries. main stair and exit window jammed. Hotel at 411 South Wabash Avenue. Esther Hurt, a 22 year old waitress, is among named individuals in the report.
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Chicago
Lorraine
Joop District
Oke
South Wabash Avenue
Esther Hurt
Costly Jewels Lost At Same Residence
Two valuable jewels vanish from a single home within two weeks. Dorothy A. Walker first reported a $37,000 diamond necklace missing yesterday she reports a second loss a $37,000 diamond brooch once owned by Mrs Rosita Winston wife of a New York real estate operator.
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Dorothy A Walker
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