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November 22, 1952

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Headlines from November 22, 1952

GENERAL GETS DATA; Receives Briefing Books From the President on Nation's Top Secrets DANGER SPOTS SURVEYED Truman Had Volumes Drafted to Ease Transition Period for New Administration EISENHOWER GETS 3 BRIEFING BOOKS

By James Restonspecial To the New York Times

Reston repts Eisenhower gets 3-vol top-secret briefing handbook on Adm policies and plans in critical world areas; Truman had book prepared to ease transition; data reptdly avoid trying to justify Adm policies

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PLEAS TO EISENHOWER; New England and South Press for Cabinet Jobs -- Four Still Open WILSON GOING TO KOREA New Treasury Chief, Biggest Surprise Among Selections, Supported Taft in 1948 Slated to Have Posts Under Eisenhower EISENHOWER PICKS 3 MORE HIGH AIDES

By Leo Egan

Defense Sec-designate Wilson to accompany Gen

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Lie to See Attorney General On U. N. Subversion Inquiry; Lie Plans to See Attorney General On U. N. Subversion Investigations

By A. M. Rosenthalspecial To the New York Times

Lie conf with Wiley and US attys Cohn and Morris; agrees that disloyal Amers must be ousted; to conf with Atty Gen on issue

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BROWNELL TO SCAN ALL PENDING CASES; Incoming Attorney General to Give Special Attention to Those Involving Officials BROWNELL TO SCAN ALL PENDING CASES

By Unknown Author

Atty Gen-designate Brownell says he will give special attention to anti-trust suits

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Dulles Asks F. B. I. to Screen Him As Example to State Department

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Dulles asks FBI Dir Hoover to investigate him; says there will be 'no taint of suspicion about new State Dept'; Fed officials say Dulles had no choice about FBI probe; loyalty probe procedure revd

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1952A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashes into Mount Gannet, Alaska, killing all 52 aboard.^[†]

The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is a retired American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.

Historical Context for November 22, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people^[†]

Headlines from November 22, 1952

GENERAL GETS DATA; Receives Briefing Books From the President on Nation's Top Secrets DANGER SPOTS SURVEYED Truman Had Volumes Drafted to Ease Transition Period for New Administration EISENHOWER GETS 3 BRIEFING BOOKS

PLEAS TO EISENHOWER; New England and South Press for Cabinet Jobs -- Four Still Open WILSON GOING TO KOREA New Treasury Chief, Biggest Surprise Among Selections, Supported Taft in 1948 Slated to Have Posts Under Eisenhower EISENHOWER PICKS 3 MORE HIGH AIDES

Lie to See Attorney General On U. N. Subversion Inquiry; Lie Plans to See Attorney General On U. N. Subversion Investigations

BROWNELL TO SCAN ALL PENDING CASES; Incoming Attorney General to Give Special Attention to Those Involving Officials BROWNELL TO SCAN ALL PENDING CASES

Dulles Asks F. B. I. to Screen Him As Example to State Department

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