Air Strikes Mark Korea War Action
U S air forces bombed frontline positions and supply routes in Korea while heavy weather hampered operations. Night missions destroyed over 100 supply vehicles in a 12 hour period as truce talks missed their deadline and a new cease-fire line was to be drawn. North Korea reported missing and captive soldiers and exchanged prisoner mail amid continuing peace efforts.
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Korea
United States Air Force
U.S.A.F
Panmunjom
United Nations
U.N
Lee Sang Cho
Red
Rear Ad. RE. Libby
North Korea
Reds
United Nations Command
Army historian quotes on Korea War atrocities and prisoner treatment
Official Army historian Major Roy E. Appleman states that North Koreans committed most battlefield atrocities against American servicemen while Chinese troops are trained to treat prisoners humanely and to take them alive for information.
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Roy E. Appleman
Sidelights on crime and oddities in three cities
In Wytheville a police chief, after declaring effort to recover a stolen car, admitted embarrassment at the failure. In Philadelphia, William Crossan found no blaze or intruder after a man warned his home was on fire, panic and emptying cash yielded to a fruitless search. In Newark, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. celebrated a one-millionth gold plated gas meter installed in a residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Crossan
Crossan
Newark
N. J
Public Service Electric and Gas Co
Senate probes two get-rich schemes tied to agriculture department
A Senate Agriculture Committee probe explores two alleged schemes involving department staff. One concerns leasing surplus government buildings at Camp Crowder Mo for grain storage profit. the other a pool speculating in oil and gas rights on department lands. Witnesses, mainly in St. Louis and Kansas City, face possible testimony in a full hearing.
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Senate
Department of Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellender
D.-La
Agriculture Department
Williams
R.-Del
Kem
R-Mo
Camp Crowder
Aiken
R.-Vt
Agriculture Committee
St. Loui
Kansas City
Riculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Id Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Four American fliers fined in Hungary for border violations
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky pressed the case in Paris and Hungary held a military court trial, fining the four Americans 360000 agrins each about 39000 dollars. If unpaid, three months in prison loomed. Washington weighed Hungary’s offer to swap their release for 120000 dollars as private citizens offered to raise funds. Diplomatic officials doubted the U.S. would let the airmen serve jail time.
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Hungary
Andrei Vishinsky
Paris
Vishinsky
Washington
U.S
Miers
Iran Premier Mossadegh seeks loan to stave Iran crisis
Iran premier Mossadegh, facing dwindling foreign exchange and halted British oil revenues, urged Iranians for 10 million dollars over two months while Cuba and Czechoslovakia engage in oil talks. He also floated a national loan up to 40 million dollars as elections proceed.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Czechoslovakia
Tehran
Mossadegh
Budget Outlook 1952 Promises Lower Spending
Washington forecasters predict a 1952 federal budget possibly near 83 billion dollars with deficits and debt to be key election year issues. Aiming to reduce outlays below earlier talks, officials expect about 70 to 80 billion in current and forthcoming measures, while price controls and wage policy face legislative review. President Truman may present a budget around 83 billion, with history making potential for the era.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Michael V. DiSalle
Eisenhower Drive Opens in Shoreham Hotel Suite
In Washington a decorated five room Shoreham Hotel suite became the Ike for President operations center as Sen. James Duff announced a groundswell for Eisenhower to seek the Republican nomination. Kefauver weighs a bid while Stassen announces in Philadelphia forging paths toward 1952 contests. Taft Texans draft Eisenhower?
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Washington
Shoreham
James Duff R.pa.jj
Ike
Eisenhower
Duff
Harold E. Stassen
Philadelphia
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Kefauver
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Tisket
Churchill Warns Britain Faces Three Year Fight With No Easy Way Out
Winston Churchill told Britons there is no simple path through current troubles and urged a three year mobilization against national bankruptcy before departing for the United States. He warned Britain must fight largely alone, with limited American aid in defense. He forecast further bad news when Parliament meets next month as Conservatives prepare proposals likely to provoke campaign outcry.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Churchill
U.S
America
New Year's Day and Historic Anniversaries in January
A garbled listing notes dates around January with events such as New Year’s Day and Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation anniversary. It mentions Paul Revere’s birthday and multiple bowls like Rose, Sugar, Cotton and Orange in various cities, plus references to Georgia and Utah admissions to the Union and Burma’s Independence Day.
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Abraham Lincoln
Paul Revere
Pasadena
New Orleans
Memphis
Miami
Georgia
Utah
Burma
Sten Gun Alley violence disrupts Ismailia street
British officer and three soldiers are shot and wounded in Ismailia as Egyptian guerrillas target a street nicknamed Sten Gun Alley. Lt General Erskine orders a dusk to dawn curfew while Cairo accuses Britain of aggression and contemplates talks on the Western Four Power Command amid royal staff changes in King Farouk's palace.
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Ismailia
Suez Canal Zone
George Erskine
Cairo
Suez
Britain
Egypt
Middle East
Farouk
Watchdog group to vet military weapon prices
A civilian committee will monitor Uncle Sam’s weapon purchases including airplanes and tanks. The joint OPS and Defense Department plan calls for representation from OPS, the Munitions Board, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Defense Production Administration, and the GSA to review pricing policies and practices at all military levels. It will operate under a broader mobilization effort, focusing on price issues and providing periodic recommendations to procurement offices.
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Uncle Sam
Office of Price Stabilization
Defense Department
OPS
Munitions Board
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Production Administration
General Services Administration
UN General Assembly stalls on disarmament and German elections
The United Nations General Assembly prepares to reconvene in Paris amid stalled progress on disarmament and free elections in Germany. A new disarmament commission is set to be formed, but East-West divisions and Soviet demands for atomic control complicate prospects for a real settlement. The West seeks a staged census of armaments while proposing an inquiry into East and West Germany to gauge election viability. East Germans refuse UN access to their sector, limiting any potential breakthrough.
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United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Germany
General Assembly
Disarmament Commission
Soviet Union
West
West Germany
U.S.S.R
Assembly
U.N
United States
Empire State Building Sold to Roger Stevens Syndicate
The 102 story Empire State Building, 20 years old, sold for 51.5 million to a Detroit real estate man’s purchasing syndicate headed by Roger L. Stevens. Allan M. Hirsh, 73, Yale Boola Boola author, died. More than 743 died in accidental deaths over the Christmas weekend.
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Empire State Building
Roger L. Stevens
Detroit
Allan M. Hirsh
Yale University
Steel Crisis Deepens As USW Weighs Nationwide Strike
The nation’s steel market faced turmoil as CIO United Steelworkers met in Pittsburgh to decide on a possible nationwide strike by midnight December 31. Mills faced calls and visits to squeeze out metal before the deadline, with warnings of production shutdowns and prolonged restart times. President Truman urged mediation and Wage Stabilization Board settlement, while Philip Murray pressed for a contract advance including pay raises and union shop terms.
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CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Pittsburgh
Even & Short
Iron Age
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Philip Murray
USW
Mine Blast Kills 119 at Orient Mine No 2 West Frankfort
In West Frankfort Illinois on the eve of Christmas a blast roared through Orient Mine No 2 trapping miners. Rescue teams fought gas and coal dust as 119 were found dead and one miner was later reported alive. A federal inquiry looms amid questions about mine safety rules and inspection enforcement.
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West Frankfort
Orient
Federal Bureau of Mines
West aid pledged to Libya as nation gains freedom
Libya, the Arab state, will receive nearly 10 million dollars in grants from the United States Britain France and Italy over the next year. United Nations sponsors recognize Libya as the first Arab country to gain independence under UN support. Britain will provide about eight million, Italy one million, France six hundred thousand, and the United States two million.
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Libya
United States
Britain
France
Italy
United Nations
Mohammed Idriss el Senussi
United Kingdom
Monay
U.S
Fezzan
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