Eisenhower Named Supreme Commander of European Defense
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower was named to head the integrated European defense force, with plans calling for 55 to 60 divisions plus air and sea units by 1953 end. President Truman announced the appointment after NATO allies urged a U S officer lead, citing Eisenhowers proven leadership in World War II and his suitability for the post. He is currently president of Columbia University and previously stated he would accept if offered.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Supreme Command
Eisenhower
Europe
Ike
United Defense Force
Acheson
Brussels
North Atlantic Council
European Defense Force
Pact Council
U. S
Columbia University
IEE
Reds Push Allied Lines as Hungnam Defenses Hold Fast
United States naval, air and ground forces blasted Red concentrations around Hungnam port in northeast Korea. U S and allied air power reported heavy clashes with large Red forces, while jets clashed with Mig-15s near Sinuiju. The Yonpo Airfield was abandoned by U S forces as engineers destroyed and disabled remaining aircraft and supplies.
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Tokyo
United States
Hungnam Port
Korea
Navy
Marine
Hungnam
10Th Corps
North Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Missouri
Rochester
St. Paul
Sea of Japan
Adm
E. C. Ewen
Sinuiju
Earle E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
U.S
Yonpo
Allies Grant Air Force in Germany under Atlantic Pact
Western Germany will be allowed its own air force under an Atlantic Pact defense plan. The 12-nation pact aims for an international army of 55 to 60 divisions plus air and sea arms, reaching 1,000,000 in 1953. Germany would contribute 25 units of about 6,000 troops each. The Bonn government would receive political and economic concessions, with talks to begin on German contributions.
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Brussels
Belgium
Germany
Russia
West German
Europe
Bonn
Atlantic
West
United States
Britain
France
U.S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Talks on rail wage dispute continue with White House pressure
Washington reports persistent White House pressure kept ongoing talks between railroads and four large unions. After a second night of bargaining, Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman announced some progress and a third meeting was set for today as government seizure of the roads remains in effect.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Middleton Sworn In as 118th Ohio Supreme Court Judge
Henry A. Middleton of Toledo took the oath of office to become a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt administered the formal oath, naming Middleton the 118th member of Ohio’s highest court.
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Columbus
Henry A. Middleton
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Court
Carl V. Weygandt
Middleton
Service Want Ad Keeps Selling and Renting Results
Mr. Robert F. McDaniel of Point Pleasant asks for another week of Service Want Ad. He offers new and used sewing machines for sale with liberal trade in allowance and repairs. Point Pleasant, W Va, 2401 Monroe Ave., phone 154 M. Messenger Want Ads deliver results. Just call 0242 for placement.
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Messenger
Robert F. McDaniel
Point Pleasant
Robert McDaniel Sewing Machine Exchange
Monroe Ave
W. Va
GM seeks modification of car price rollback
Auto industry leaders head to Washington for talks with Economic Stabilization Agency on GM request to modify the price rollback. President Truman says GM car prices will be fixed per ESA guidance. GM halts 1951 Chevrolet Pontiac and Cadillac sales as dealers are told no new models until the order is reviewed.
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Detroit
Washington
General Motors
Economic Stabilization Agency
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Truman
ESA
Corporation
Michael V. DiSalle
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Cadillac
Chinese Nationalists See World War in 51
Chinese nationalist leaders in Formosa say World War III would break out in 1951 with little hope for compromise with Russia, Korea, or elsewhere.
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Taipei
Formosa
Russia
Korea
Extended Forecast Columbus Five Day Ohio Weather Summary
Five day forecast for Columbus shows temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below normal with a normal high of 32 and low of 16. Colder midweek, warmer by weekend, with 4 to inch of precipitation as snow flurries Wednesday and Saturday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Oyunday
Crop targets for 1951 set to raise farm output
Washington reports 1951 crop production aims require at least a 10 percent increase in food livestock feed and fiber over this year. The Agriculture Department outlines programs to exceed 1948 record farm output as war concerns loom. This year’s harvest topped forecasts and became the third largest on record.
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Agriculture Department
GE Westinghouse Refuse Wage Talks
General Electric and Westinghouse rejected a CIO IUE demand for immediate wage increase talks amid a potential government wage price freeze. The unions had pressed for substantial raises following last summer's gains of about 10 to 12 cents an hour. James B. Carey led the union, seeking a new pay raise after the Milwaukee convention.
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Washington
Prospect
General Electric
Westinghouse
CIO Union of Electric Workers
James B. Carey
Cio-Iue
Milwaukee
Truman Says He Will Not Dismiss Acheson
President Truman refused to dismiss Secretary of State Dean Acheson during a news conference. He recalled Lincoln’s refusal to dismiss Seward and warned that removing Acheson would aid communism, calling Acheson one of the first targets of enemies of liberty and Christianity.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Seward
State Acheson
George Gillette Dies Founder of Citizens Research
George W. Gillette, founder and executive secretary of Citizens Research, Inc. in Columbus, died yesterday after a brief illness. He was 75.
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Columbus
George W. Gillette
Citizens Research, Inc
Air Guards Called Feb 1
The Air Force will call five Air National Guard groups and supporting units into federal service on February 1. The designation of specific units and bases cannot be announced for security reasons. Five groups were already drafted in October as part of broader government actions.
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Washington—P
Air Force
Defense Department
National Guard
Senators Set Stage To Pass Tax Proposal
Senate leaders push for swift approval of a multi billion dollar excess profits tax bill with hopes to send it to the White House before nightfall Saturday. Some lawmakers expect final action may wait until after a Christmas recess.
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Washington
Senate
White House
GOP Demands Congress Pass on Acheson's Deals
Senators Taft and Wherry urged Congress review any major policy commitments by Secretary of State Acheson from the Brussels conference. They want congressional input on troop deployments in Western Europe and caution against actions near treaty making.
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GOP
Congress
Acheson
Washington
State Acheson
Brussels
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
North Atlantic
Europe
Truman
Achayon
White House
W. Averell Harriman
State Department
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
GOP Alloor
Sick Toledo railroad workers return to jobs after mass meeting
More than 100 operating employees who had notified three Toledo railroads they were too sick to work were back on duty today. They told supervisors they would be back yesterday after a closed mass meeting held less than 24 hours after leaving their jobs.
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Toledo
Counterfeiter Given FiveYear Sentence After 30960Year Maximum Mention
In Los Angeles Kenneth G. Hollands 24 pleaded guilty to counterfeiting 2004 counterfeit five dollar bills sold to a Secret Service agent. Federal Judge Peirson M Hall stated the maximum possible penalty was 30960 years but sentenced him to five years in prison plus five years probation.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Hollands
Peirson M. Hall
Hollands
Secret Service
Ohioans Welcome New Year Twice at Ohio Night Spots
Ohio residents may celebrate the new year twice this season as Columbus bars and hotels host parties on both Saturday and Sunday nights. Some venues close Sunday as state liquor laws limit 3.2 beer sales on Sunday due to the 1950s change.
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Columbus
Truman seeks broader wartime powers for mobilization
President Truman asked Congress for expanded wartime authority to reorganize bureaus and set up emergency agencies and allow renegotiation of defense contracts. Senators split on speed of action with McCarran cautioning a wait until the new Congress. The Economic Stabilization Agency pressed talks with meat firms and wage talks with auto industry leaders proceed as Reuther signals strong opposition to wage freezes.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Magnuson
D- Wash
Armed Services Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Economic Stabilization Agency
Michael V. DiSalle
ESA
Wage Stabilization Board
Cyrus S. Ching
Walter Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
UN offers new path to Korea cease fire talks
Lake Success AP United Nations diplomats hope Communist China will answer a plea to renew Korea cease fire negotiations. The three man commission urged talks and offered to travel to Peiping. Wu Hsiu-Chuan left for Peiping to return to London and Moscow.
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Peiping
Benegal N. Rau
India
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
General Assembly
Korea
China
Formosa
United Nations
Student Draft Plan Explained By Advisers
Advisers to the Selective Service Director outlined a plan to defer college students with top marks in brains or ability. They proposed a 2-A (S) classification for students whose professional training could be of value to national health and safety. The plan requires a high overall grade, a high rating from an accrediting school, and an essential job after graduation.
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Washington
Selective Service
Hershey
Korean President awards Walker top military honor
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee conferred the Korean Order of Military Merit with gold star on Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker for outstanding service.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Walton H. Walker
Mystery sphere dubbed The Thing baffles experts in New Mexico
An 18 inch metal sphere found in the Captain Mountains 130 miles southeast of Albuquerque confounds researchers at the University of New Mexico Institute of Meteoritics. Dr. Lincoln LaPaz reports the object with a dented duraluminum shell, a plastic-nylon pod, an alarm clock with a sensitive micro switch, photographic film packs, and possible origins from a missile or balloon.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Captain Mountains
Here
Lincoln Lapaz
Institute of Meteoritics
University of New Mexico
LaPaz
Ilford Limited
London
England
Red Embassy Prepares Fire Hose Safeguards in Washington
The Soviet embassy installs 75 foot fire hoses as a precaution against possible bomb raids. CIO leader James B. Carey calls it defense against bombing and criticizes non union plumbers hired for the work. Plumber J Shapiro says he secured the job on competitive bid and notes hoses are common in buildings though not legally required. The embassy declined to comment.
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Washington
James B. Carey
CIO Electrical Workers
Carey
Russia
J. Shapiro
Shapiro
Station Wagon Plays Part in Six Deaths
In Encino California the station wagon used by Mrs. Margaret Rowney to kill herself and her four children, six days earlier, held the body of Raymond Bennett, 36, found last night in the vehicle nicknamed The Brat Wagon. The Rowney home’s garage also contained the dead family pet Inky the cocker spaniel.
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Encino
Calif
Margaret Rowney
Raymond Bennett
Rowney
Inky
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Announces Indiana Harbor Expansion
The Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co announced a multi million expansion program for its Indiana Harbor works in East Chicago Indiana. The exact cost of the new installations had not yet been determined.
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C?p
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Indiana Harbor
East Chicago
Ind
Steel Company
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