Hard Talk In Korea IX Panmunjom talks sink to bitter accusations
Panmunjom talks deteriorate into name calling with observers fearing a breakdown. Gen. Omar N Bradley says complete military plans ready if truce collapses as both sides trade accusations over airfield rehabilitation prisoner of war camps and potential repatriation options.
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Panmunjom
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.N
Kangdong
Pyongyang
Panmunom
Peiping
Red
Alan Winnington
San Francisco
Ridgway
U. S
Mukden
Manchurian
Navy plans ten 0,000-ton supercarriers with atomic options
Secretary Dan Kimball says the Navy will build a series of ten 0,000-ton supercarriers, one each year for a decade, with hopes some models will use atomic power. The Forrestal prototype, larger by about 15,000 tons, will be built at Newport News and feature a retractable island to maximize flight deck width for atomic bomb carrying planes. Army redesigns tanks aim to enhance production and combat superiority.
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Dan Kimball
Navy
Kimball
Forrestal
Newport News
Japan Resists Recognizing Red China Amid Trade Pressures
World This Week notes Japan remains firm against recognizing Communist China. Premier Yoshida tells U S envoy Dulles Japan will not recognize Peiping and seeks a peace treaty with China. Trade issues loom large as the U S leans toward Nationalist Formosa, while the Soviets push to influence Tokyo and widen economic ties with Sakhalin coal and other resources. Britain opposes Western moves affecting Japan Peiping relations, aiming to restore old trade with the mainland.
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Red China
Shigeru Yoshida
United States
John Foster Dulles
Japan
China
Aitawaliné
Soviet Union
Yoshida
U.S
Tokyo
San Francisco
Allied Council For
Supreme Commander
Allied Council
Sakhalin
Asia
London
Britain
Ed Peiping
England
Western Powers Balk at Vishinsky Agenda at UN Assembly
At the Paris session the western Big Three blocked Andrei Vishinsky’s plan for a simultaneous atomic ban and international control. They urged placing his proposal in the UN Disarmament Commission for study while the United States opposed immediate restrictions on nuclear use. Meanwhile five UN economic experts offered a blueprint to counter a potential recession from rearmament with commodity agreements and expanded lending to sustain development.
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United Nations General Assembly
Paris
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United Nations Disarmament Commission
United States
United Nations
U.N. Economic and Social Council
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Budget Message to Con- TOSS and Fleet Cold Weather Drills
President Truman submits the annual Budget Message to Congress while the Atlantic Fleet starts cold weather exercises in the northwest Atlantic. The Midwest Democratic Conference opens in Kansas City on Friday January 25, and on Saturday January 26 Australia’s federation anniversary marks the six states forming the Commonwealth in 1900.
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Truman
Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic
Kansas City
Commonwealth of Australia
Polio Vaccine Progress Marked by Three Virus Discovery
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports a three year global study has identified the three viruses causing polio. A vaccine, tested on monkeys and prepared at Johns Hopkins, can now enter human trials to cover all three viruses, not just one.
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National Foundation For
Johns Hopkins University
Jesse James Announces Re-Election Bid As State Treasurer
In Austin Texas Jesse James announced for re election as state treasurer. He is not related to the famous Missouri outlaw. In McKeesport Pennsylvania a second floor tenant entered a tavern with an unloaded shotgun and ordered the music stopped, was arrested and fined fifty dollars for disturbing the peace. In Hobart Oklahoma L A Foote aged 101 was granted a divorce from his wife Nannie aged 06. Grounds were they could not get along after some of their children now over fifty came to live with them.
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Austin
Tex
Jesse James
Missouri
McKeesport
Hobart
Okla
L. A
Foote
Nannie
Europe poised for Schuman Plan ratification push
West German Bundestag approves the Schuman Plan boosting Western Europe’s steel and coal pool. France and the Netherlands rapid passage in lower houses signals broad parliamentary support with upper chambers expected to follow. Belgium Luxembourg Italy likely to join as a federal administration forms a six nation pool. NATO reorganizes under Draper appointment with a cabinet level board anticipated.
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Bundestag
Schuman
Bonn
Western
Europe
Robert Schuman
France
West Germany
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Italy
Council of Europe
Consultative Assembly
Strasbourg
Washington
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Truman
William H. Draper Jr
NATO
World leaders comment on tensions in Asia and Cold War risks
Sen Owen Brewster predicts no world war this year and says Russia fears war as much as the United States. Chester Bowles notes India’s southern Communist problem could be eased with better food. Gen Omar Bradley hopes for a decisive Korea armistice but warns against appeasement and paying too high a price.
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Owen Brewster
Russia
Chester Bowles
A. S
India
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
GOP San Francisco meeting flares in early election year
The Republican National Committee met in San Francisco as taft Warren and Stassen spoke while Lodge and Engel reported Eisenhower’s position. A delegate poll favored Taft among those willing to be quoted as backing a candidate. New Hampshire primaries loom as early test.
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Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Louisiana
Tennessee
Estes Kefouver
White House
Truman
New York
Wall Street Journal
Paris
Gen
Eisenhower
The
United States
the Journal
Western
Europe
America
Earl Warren
California
Harold £. Stassen
Minnesota
Robert A. Taft
David S. Ingalls
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Sen
Taft
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Primary Candidates File to Favor Both Parties
On March 11 delegates will be elected for the Republican and Democratic conventions. Six prominent New Hampshire figures have filed entries for the state primary, listing themselves as favorable to both major parties.
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New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Rescued in Blizzard Strain: 226 on Luxury Train
In the High Sierra mountains 226 people are stranded aboard a luxurious passenger train during a blizzard. The item highlights rescue efforts and the grim travel disruption in the remote region.
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Sierra
Gerald Templer
Malaya
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece
Turkey
Henrik Carlsen
Enterprise
Narriman
Farouk
Egypt
Congress Puts In Busy Second Week
Congress pressed through a week of action beyond bills with Churchill speech and Truman budget talk. The focus included a self rule for Washington DC facing southern opposition, while committees prepared measures for later action. The likely budget signals about 83 billion in new appropriations, with spending—up or down—predicted to shift as the defense and economic programs unfold.
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Britain
Winston Churchill
Bureau of Internal Revenue
District of Columbia
South Carolina
Sen. Johnston
Senate
House
Congress
Truman
U. S
Southeast Asia Tension Raises Red Invasion Fear
Asia jitters persist as reports from Hong Kong and Formosa claim Red China plans an invasion of Southeast Asia. Moscow accuses the United States Britain and France of pursuing new war ventures. Formosa says Red troops mass near South China bases awaiting a signal to move southward. The issue prompts a grand strategy session among Defense State Department leaders and allied officials.
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Southeast Asia
West
Chinese Defense Ministry
Formosa
South China
United States
U.S
Kremlin
Defense and
State Departments
Truman
Steel shortage and wage dispute cloud U.S. defense plans
U.S. steelmakers face a triple challenge: supply more steel to Britain, curb higher wages and prices, and cope with scrap shortages that have shut furnaces. Hearings resume in New York Feb 1 as the Wage Stabilization Board faces pressure to propose a price stance amid scraps and rationing.
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U. S
Britain
New York
Wage Stabilization Board
Middle East tensions rise as Britain faces Iran and canal clashes
British Middle East policy frays as Mossadegh refuses to close Iranian consulates despite a Jan 21 deadline. Across the Suez Canal Egyptian and British forces clash, killing over two dozen in a week of fighting. In Cairo, thousands of Fuad University students march to honor a slain classmate amid a tense mood. The British ambassador pleads for a halt to the consulate shutdown, but Mossadegh stands firm.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Suez Canal
Cairo
Fuad University
Canal Zone
Egypt
Tehran
Middle East
Mossadegh
Francis Shepherd
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