There ia a nationwide counterfeit warnlq toniaht -- the diacloaure of a new false ■oney 1aa1. Recent newe ha ■ told of a coanterteit ■ ob operatiDI in lew York: but that i1n•t the only one. Tonight'• new• tell• of another ou\fit ■anufacturin1 bad ■ oD•J in Chicago - phoney ca1h that haa been appeariDI ia widely aeparated areaa, all the way out to the Pacific Coaat. The Secret SerYice report• that t•o P•••••• of the Chioago counterfeit are under arre1t, bat tie 10Yernaent deteotiYea baYe aot yet been able to ti_. th• plaat where it ia ■ ade - and, uattl tbe priatl.._ aaobiaery baa been 1ei1ed..,. the output•• ■a, oontin••• Tb• Secret SerYice ••ti ■at• that tbe ■■ a ■ ouat in the hand• of the public ■ igbt run into •ailliona of dollar••• The work■anabip ia deacribed a1 excellent, olo•• oopiea ot real ■ oney. Tti•r• are ~ difference• between~•• lort and Chicago Yarietie1, but they ha•• tbia in••••• coa■ on - they are tea and twenty dollar billa. IIPIQ ■AQI A aew break in that faaoaa espionage ca1e. A late atory fro■ Waabington infor■e u1 tbat~bittak■r Cbaabera haa brought forward several hundred copie1 of eeoret docu ■ ente atolea fro■ the State Depart■ent bJ th• ied under1round.) Senior ldltor of Tl■• M•aaaine, who aad• •••••tional cbara•• of red 11pionage in tbe gowern■eat.~e acoa1ed Alger 11 . . , a toraer official of the State Departaeat, aad la ao beia1 aaea by Biaa to the tune of S••••ty-fi•• tao••••d dollar• tor libel.) The eto17, ae 11••• out, by the ooa■ itt•• oa aa-Aaericaa &otiYitiea toniebt, ia that the ••oret doouaeata ••r• oopied OD ■ iorofil ■ and concealed oa a far■ owned by lhittaker Cbaabere at le•t■ inater, Maryland. T be{coa■ittee tell• bow Cbaabera took inYeatigator, Robert Striblia, ~ ~ ) hi ■ to the far■ bou•e,Aand l• bi ■ to a dried pu ■ pkin. Be lifted the cap off the pu ■ pkin and took fro■ the hollow space inside• roll• of ■ icrofil■.} lltlQIAGE - 2 These w e re hurried to laahington - where at laa\ report■, they were still being reprodaoed. ( The ■ icrofila i• ahown to include all aor~• or aecret doou ■enta ot the State Depart■ent ) - like confidential co ■■unicationa between the Secretary of State and Aaerioan A■tia1aadora. Tb• oo ■■ ittee 1\at•• tbat Ulla 11th• final oonclu•i•• proof of red ■■J ■i eapiona1• la tbe State Departaent. The clincbiq ••idenoe - oat of the pa■pki•'• ■ oath. a Ber• ia/atill later an1l•. Alier Biaa, aeo ■■ li by lbittater Cba■bera, ba1 Ju ■ t ■ tated that bi ■ 1•"1•• toaad oat aboat tke ■ iorotil■ oopi•• of ■eoret doou ■ enta - and that be p••••d tb• word along t• tie Congre ■ 1ional oo ■■ itt••· QQIPID MlSSLil liere'a a vision, whicb aouoda lite tantaa7, io the••• real■ or the puab-butteo war. It e■ anatea tr ... General lclaroe7, bead ot tbe aerial ■ aterial co ■■ and - who ordinarily ian't a drea ■er. General laclaroey aaid today t h a t ~ Puabbattoo war ia not juat around tbe corner, aad ,~- - went oo to predict - guided ■ iaailea na•l1at1q b7 the atara. Tbe General pointed out that the probl•• ia aoouracJ. low to 1•i•e tbe 1uided ■ iuile oorreo\lJ ~• a diataat taraet. •Tne pr•i1ia1 aolatioa• ~• aal4 ••••• to be auto■atic cele1tlal ne•i1atloa.• Tb• ■l•1lle would c~•l7 a 1••&•' tbat woul• A aiabt the atara. •An auto ■atio oeleatial ••l1atioa a7at••• he explain,, •would do the Job of a 1kipper on a aailin& •eaael.• lhicb ral••• a 1tartllng vision ot tlyiDI ato ■ ic bo ■ba guided b7 the atara. IILITABY IIIP91it In lishington today, the high bras s was told to keep quiet - . this time on the subject of the ailitary budget. Pre ident Truaan bas•• sent sharp orders, which today were passed around by defenee s.cretar7 Forrestal to the Ar■y, Navy and Air Force. !he Pre s ident ba s li ■ ited the Defense Budaet to fifteen billion dollars, which tile top oo ■ mand tbinta is - not enou1h. lapeciall7 fl7in1 &A"C. .,,--~ tL.. ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - - ~ officer.I, r want that eventy group Air rorce; lbile the fifteen billion dollar budget will not per■ it ■ ore than tift7 or fifty-one groupe. The hi&h brasa bas not been protain1 out loud in public. But their pri•ate co ■ laiats b••• been leaking out - accidentally or deliberately. Complaint ~ - that the fifteen billions are not eaougb ta for adequate national defense. Hence today• ~ pre s idential order - · top talking about the budget. SOBSTITOTE ICBAELANGELO -------------------------- A United St a tes N a•y cruiser is to bring a statue to this country -- a s culpture by Michaelangelo. A replica, a s ■ aller version of the giant eighteeD toot DaTid, being brought here on loan -- to be placed OD exhibition at the lational Gallery in laahingtoa. Michaelangelo's Da•id, the laraer •eraioa, ••• an astoniahin& exploit. T he ator7 is told ho• in Florence they had a hag• block of aarble, od4 iD shape; and wanted so ■ ething don• with it -- though ita tor■ waa auch aa to be a probl•• for a aoulptor. An ear.lier ■aster tried his band at the Job, bat gaYe it up. ~o the huge chunk of ■ arble la7 for forty 7eara -- a hard•• task than •••r, beoau•• it was partly oarTed. Then Michaelana•lo took the aatter in haad -- and aolTed the problea of the cramped and twisted•••• of marble -- carTing it into the colossal ua•id. In doing this, be fashioned the replica, which •ill seen in Washington. tlRIA-~ The latest froa laa•ington -- Preai••nt Truaan and larearet pla7ing the••*•• piano. Ia a father aad daughter duet they rattled ott ao■etbla1 good and old-taahionecl -- the Jean7 Lind Polka. Thia i• the headline tr• the dinner 1i•en bJ tbe lational Presa Club toni1bt -- a tather-daa1bter ~fit-r.-~ I A ~ - ~ ~ • ~•••""~ Hitherto the Pr••• Club baa bad it• affair• tor father• am aona. bat ••e father• co ■plal••• . -- baYilll oal7 dau1htera, lite Preaideat Tr•••• tor eza■ple. So they were tbe ' chiet ••••ta at toai1bt•• oelebratioa, aad beadliaed the oooaaion with a aualcal outbreak. Dau1bter •ar1aret la of ooarae a ainger, but ahe caa play the piaao too aad did toni1ht aloac with the Preaident. IIAIIII B•r•'• a new kind of buain•••• a pri••t• weather bureau, a oo ■pany in Boatoa that ••11• iatoraation and prediction, of rain and abine, ator■ aad aaow. Of courae, tbe go•ernaeat weather bur••• 4oea that too - but the priYate concern p~rtora• a apeolal job. There are two partner•, Joha lallaoe aad Ja■e• •••••••••their ideatit7 11••• a ol•• to the •bole tbi~. Jou lallaoe waa a ••Jor la th• Air loroe 4ar1a1 tb• war,• ■eteoralo1i1t who worked oat~• 1reat probl•• of tb• •l••••t• that oonfroate4 D-D•J ia•••loa of Eraao~. Al10 oa tbe weather prediotlo•• for the t111•i C that oarrie4 th• ato■ is bo ■b to llroahi■a. ~ Ju•• laa1a ••• a ••raeaat whoa• experieaoe ••• la the aorth~aettiaa •P wartiae weather atationa la I Labrador and ~affia Ialaad. After th• war waa o•er, · th• for■ er ••Jor ••• the for■er aergeaat were ooatroated ~y tbe probl•• ta■ iliar to ■any an ex-G.I. la the 1er•ioe, they ha• , , , , ••• 2 b••• traiaed in• lot of apeoiali1ed taowledge, had aoquired a •kill. So what to do about it? Tb•J aot together and ••t up in buaine•• in Boatoa •• weather aerohanta, goin1 aroaad ••lllac tbeir produot. !bey oontraoted to proYide ■ore detail1, ■or• 1peoiali1ed intoraatioa than ia oontaiaed ia the reaular report ■ ot the weather bureau. Th•J 1ot buai•••• fro ■ tb• Loa1 Ialand lallroa• wbioh, laat year, •u oaa1ht bJ a bllaaard, \raia aerYioe badly i ■peded - atora warniq aot far eaoa1l ia adYanoe. !nother ouatoaer ia a oontraotor, who 1•t• aa ad•anoe notice ot aa7 1uddea tr•••• · • •~iol • •1• apoil newl7-poared ooncrete. a oaad7 oo■paa1 waata warainc of beat wa•••• beoau•• cbocolate1 oaa•t be packed when tbe tber■o ■eter bit• ei1bt7. Tb• two foraer Air loroe weather abarka got a Job fro ■ a ■•• ln1land 7aohtaaaa, who••• oat to wia a aailin1 race. Be paid th•■ to predict the direotioa and the velocity ot th• wind otf Marblehead. Be won the race. IQIDIBLIII In a Canadian law co•rt, a deoi1ion waa giYtn today in what certainly ia - a b o rderline caae. Marcel lacbabee waa found guilty of Yiolating the tor•i1a exchange re1ulation1 of Canada. The technicalitl•• ••r• a bit abatru1e, but the borderline a1pect i1 graphic and dra ■ atic. larcel operate• a 1rocer7 atore aituated right aaaot on tbe boundar7 between Canada and tbe Unit•• Stat••• The borderliae run• r~bt tbrou1b the ■ iddl• of laroel'• arooery atore. lben larcel 1tand1 behini bi• oouater, be i• in Ca ■ ada-whtle the cu1to ■er1 aaroaa tbe oounter~in the Uaited Stat••• So laroel, ia ~ pa11ia1 oat the dail7 1rocerie1, really doe••• export ~••i••••• lhioh al10 prowide1 po11ibilitie1 of forei1• exohan1• Yiolation1-Canadian aad ! ■ erioan ■ oae7. Today Marcel waa - gi••• hi• choice of a year la Jail or a 1even hundred dollar tine - a fine that •o•ld eat up coneiderabl• profit of that borderline grooer7 atore. 1001 B•r••• a ••rnina - that the boo■ ••1 be aboat over. It eaaaatea froa a Harvard eoonoaiat, Profeaaor tioider. ie tella bu•i•••••en to get read7 tor a receaaion. Thia, he advi•••• doea not aeea to •• iaaineat, not right away. But the preaeat boo■, ,aaed oa iaflatioa, ia about over, aad a alaap aa1 oo■e - wbioi coaaervative baaineaa ••• aboald be prepared tor. So ••1• the profeaaor. . 1aog11 ■a ! •114 1hootia1 affra7 ia a baa ia T•••••••• - beoauae ot tbe ••1regation iaaae. A aegro aat do•• beaid• a white•••• aad the7 1ot into aa arg••••t - the wbit• aan deaandin1 that the ••1ro lea•• the ,eat. Tb• ••1r•1atioa ia•a• oaae to a oliaax, •b•• botl ire• piatola, wil' aa4 tbeJ ~ aad atarted 1hootln1. Th•l• ala••• •••oee••• ia hittin1 other pa•••••••• ■ 01tl7--la a f•an\io aoeae of ' terror aboard the •ollla1 ba1. Tb• •bite ■aa ••• •o•aiei, aai ae •••• fl•• other people. Toai1bt ,oth 1•a-ti1lter1 ••• la gosx, BICA An explanation ia gi•en today ot a re■artable pbeno■enon ·•nation aboliahing ita aray. Tbe oouatrr - Coata Bica, Central Aaerioa. Tb~n tbe deer•• to ent tbe ar■r ia the aore aurpriain1 becauae the preaent 1o~ern■ ent took power•• a reault ot a recent ar■ed reYolution. throwin& out the preYioua Preaideat an• puttin1 iD a new one. TodaJ Preaident r11aere1 re■arked that the allitarr toroe which placed hi ■ in power oonaiat1 of or•1nar7 citisen1 wbo toot up ar■ 1 to oYertbro• a ■ilitari1t rea/ie~ 1upported bJ Co■■ani1t1. Solt'• oalr natural for thi1 ar■y ot oiYilian1 to go ~o ■ e •h•• \be war la o•er. Lite the A■ erioaa olti•••• G.I'• after Yictor7 in the Second lorld lar.- 10 ••1• th~ new J Pre1ideat ot Coata Bica. He do•• not beli••e that the •••11 central A■ erioan Bepublic need• an ara, - tb• lational Polio• rorce will be 1utficient. MoreoYer, he ••1• that•• aray i• dangerou1 - the ••1 thing• uaually 10 in Latia A■ erica. •why,• be a,ka, •should profeaaional ■ ilitary ~AITA IJCA 2 oliqu•• arro1ate to th••••l••• the right to aullifJ th• will of the people aa expr••••d at the poll•t• rurtheraore, aa ar■J ia •x~•n•i•• - and the •~••J ••••• will 10 into publio aohoola and education. Coata lioa, in the aountaina ot Central laerioa, ha• loa1 b••• taown •• the ao•t enli1~t•••• of Latia-laerioaa l•p•blioa, aad aow prodao•• what oertaialJ 1• a aoweltJ ia \bl• poat war worl• - \~• ara, a~oli•he4. [OLLQl~§IA BICA In other parta of Central Aaerica things are not •o ••rene, aa ia indicated by late newa of aerial 1unfire againat California boata out tuna-tiablng. Three tuna-boata were looting for ga■ e fiab seventeen ■ ilea off the coast of licaragua, wbea a plan• fl•• over and ■acbine-gunned the■• lobodJ bart apparently, but plentJ of excit••••. 'I'll Skipper• figured, what undoabtedlJ ••• t,be trut,h -- tbat the Nicaraguan plane aistook thea for •••••l• of rewolut1onista. They broke oat their Aaerican flag• in a hurry, whereupon the plane fl•• off - after aaking the ■ iatate ot flguriq that the taaa tiaber■ ea were on tbei~ ••Y to land iaaar1••t• on the coaat of licaragua. l be latest fro ■ China states that the Nationalist Governaent bas thrown one hundred and fift7 thousand fresh troops into the battle sound of ~ucbow -- the great railroad center, which aurrendered to the Chin••• Red Ar■7. (word fro■ Banking ia that nearly a ■ lllion soldier• are in de1peaate battle, a1 the 1•4• try to dri•e to the Yangtae -- the Manking-~han1hai Ri••rlioe. ) aoat.b raahi•1 froa , ... of t.be ID ·••hiaatoa, la4••· Cbi••· . . ~~--~ ••4• her plea to4a7 - •i•itla1 Seoretar7 of State laraball at t.~• lalter Ree4 Boapital, where the aecretar7 la h••iq a ••41oal check up. Th•J had a loq talt, ■ore than t~r••••Dd•a•half boar• - with the wife of the China•• war-leader pre ■ entin1 her arau ■ ent for all oat Aaerioaa ai& aaaioat the Reda. lhat ••• the reault? ladaae Cbian1 Iai-Shek aa7a - •1ncouraging.• Then talking to newsaen, 1be qualified tbat by addina: •1 would like to••• anybody who baa •••n General Marehall, wbo baa oot been eacour•1•••• I I, 1, The Uaite4 latioaa h••• proloqed the lite et, t~e little !!•••bl7, tbe •••11 ver.aion of the 1..•••ral a1aeabl7s, authorized to •••tat ••1 ti ■• aad ooaal4er. - aa, queatioa. The purpoae of the little •••••bly i• - - to do aoaethia1 aboat tbe 8o•i•t ••to, wbiob ao oft.ea teadlook• tbe SeouritJ Council. T~• So•ieta N ~1\terlJ oppoaed ~o tbe idea, aad todaJ ta Pari1 all 11& led wot•• were oaat a1aiut•- tb• otura la iawor. I j11LJrt The Berlin airlift &iYea ua the lateat tbia1 in aYiation - jet propelled aaowplowa. One diffioaltJ ot winter - ti ■ •-flying coa• when bli1aarda bury tbe air~aae-raawaya deep under dritta ot white. Bat tbe airlift baa found the answer - jet ayiation. Tb•1 ■ount a Jet ti1htar plane oa • tract, ••• driw• aloa1 witb t~• jet •n1in• goia1 - 10 tbat the ,1a•t fro■ the exhaaat hi\a the 1aow oa the ra•••J• O•• feature of Jet ia the i ■•••••lJ hi1h te■perat•r• of tbe exhauat and the tre■eacloa1 foroe with whioh i~• 1•••• are driY~D - th• power that oaa propel a pl••• ~·•" at~••p•r•oaio 1peed. So yoa oaa 1■•&1•• what happ••• to ti• aaow-baat oa a raaway, when hit by tb• tier, • i ~ . t r •• o . . J• • Today o•• &ir Force offioer aaid:•L•t ••r ••o•• t~••• 1ad1•t• will ■elt or blow away tb• anow aa4 drJ t~• raawaya all ia one operation. They'll do it. h• t •• t,b. tr"cka can driY• up and clown.• a4cle4, ••• ta• • CHEWING GU The n w puppet ime n th e Sovi t · ect or of B e rlin i n the j ob with prompt cti n, making laws. Th ' s bec am e e vident when today a German new pap r re o rter was , top~d by a po liceman in t he o v i et z or, e . hat w s hi · off enc e ? He w a s chewing gum. The Red p liceman told him sternly: "Chewing g um is A m erica. It is now against the law here.• The Berlin crisis is focused on that new puppet administration in the Soviet zone, and its fir s t decree are directed again r. t American influences -- one edict being against chewing gum. I don't know that munching jaws are the typic 1 symbol of our Am e rican culture, but the Reds appear to think so. ~ W ~ - Y"'- --u,ep ( A , 4 _ ~ - - J..... ' / . .......... .. LTP.1948.12.03i.pdf LTP.1948.12.03ii.pdf