Acheson Testifies On Laxity Charges Before Congress
Secretary of State Acheson appears before a House subcommittee amid reports of laxity in keeping subversives off UN staff. Witnesses from the Justice Department discussed loyalty cases and plans for a new FBI led field loyalty investigation of UN personnel who are U.S. nationals. The State Department will relay derogatory findings to the UN and allow appeals to a Loyalty Review Board.
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Washington
Acheson
House
United Nations
John D. Hickerson
Justice
Chelf
D-Ky
State Department
New York
Malone
FBI
U. S
Trygve
Secu Tun Pesvals
Adria Fisher
Sta Department
Fisher
Clearine
Truman
Frank Chelf
Kentucky
Center Right
House Judiciary Subcommittee
New York Federal Grand Jury
Justice Department
New York Grand Jury
Joseph A. Cahill
Jeff
Corinne Geist
Grand Jury
Center Left
Charles J. Harsany
Lie Plans Panel to Probe US Employees for Loyalty
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie plans a three man panel to assess charges of disloyalty among American staff. He demands complete evidence from the State Department, aiming to avoid employing anyone proven disloyal. FBI reports could underpin the panel’s case, with potential appeals to the UN Administrative Tribunal if proof is lacking.
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United Nations
N.Y
Trygve Lie
State Department
U.S
Washi
FBI
Lie
New Yorkers Face Transit Strike Today
Millions of New Yorkers brace for the city’s largest private bus strike as the CIO Transport Workers Union set a New Year’s Eve stoppage starting at midnight. TWU President Michael J. Quill rejected arbitration while Mayor Impellitteri and officials pursue peace efforts with eight private bus firms.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
TWU
Michael J. Quill
City Board of Estimate
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Peace Nearer, Truman Says
President Truman said world peace outlook is better than a year ago as the cold war improves. He noted no new Korean War plan has been submitted and cannot discuss any such plan unless ready to implement. He will address the nation by radio and TV on January 15 from 10:30 to 11:00 p.m. EST.
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Washington
Truman
Here He Comes to Collect Weekly Paper
A reader vows to always pay on time for weekly newspaper delivery to support the Messenger carrier who buys his papers. The writer notes not wanting to affect the boy’s earnings by late payments and expresses gratitude for reliable service in all weather.
Bidault Fails In Cabinet Bid Effort In Paris
Rene Mayer, veteran Radical-Socialist, seeks to form a new coalition cabinet after Antonine Pinay’s resignation. Bidault, four attempts in as premier, failed to secure enough support as France’s government remains unstable following budget disputes.
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Paris
Rene Mayer
Antonine Pinay
France
Pinay
Georges Bidault
Jury Clears Student of Explosion Blame
A 17 year old Ohio State University student from Arnold is absolved of blame in a fatal natural gas explosion and fire that killed six Moulis children. An Allegheny County coroner's jury ruled the tragedy an accident and also cleared Equitable Gas Co. of blame.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio State University
Robert Moulis
Allegheny County
John Liput
Arnold
Equitable Gas Co
Traffic Death Toll for 1952 Nears 38000
The National Safety Council forecasts 1952 traffic fatalities at least 38 000, the fourth or third highest on record, with December deaths potentially lifting the total. Ned H. Dearborn warns New Year celebrants as 11 months show 34 500 deaths.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U. S
Alleged Bond Jumper Caught in Kentucky Flight Recaptured
Louisville police recaptured 21-year-old Gerdis Hill, a Negro, who escaped from Alabama bondsmen after being handcuffed to a car steering wheel while they fetched sandwiches. Hill freed himself, prompting the quick capture about three miles away.
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Louisville
Jefferson County
Alabama
Birmingham
Detroit
Gerdis Hill
Hill
Texan Wins Liars Crown at Burlington Liars' Club
The Burlington Liars' Club named 1952's World Champion Liar, rewarding Dallas, Texas teller 3C Harry V. Cummings for a tall tale about Japanese mosquitoes. Honorable mention went to Fred Craven of Atlanta for a dog and gun story.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Ananias
Harry V. Cummings
Dallas
Fred Craven
Atlanta
Craven
Youth Held In Hocking Knife Case
Logan Ohio county sheriff investigates motive after 15 year old parolee John West knifed widow Cecile Howland at her Buena Vista Road home. Howland in fair condition at Lancaster Fairfield Hospital. West, formerly of Hamilton County, was found hiding in a Griner barn haymow after fleeing.
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Logan
Boys Industrial School
Hocking County
Cecile Howland
Buena Vista Road
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
John West
Hamilton County
John McGiffen
Howland
Big Wide World Shrouds Expectant Mother Suspect
In Geneva New York a young red haired expectant mother sat in jail claiming three marriages and plans to wed her current husband’s brother. Police say she used bogus checks totaling about 1500 dollars and faces arraignment. She was identified in Buffalo as Lois Weston 23 of Youngstown Ohio and may face similar charges in Ithaca and Philadelphia.
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Geneva
N. Y
Buffalo
Lois Weston
Youngstown
Ithaca
Philadelphia
Train collision injures twenty six near Oklahoma border
A Kansas City Southern freight train and a Frisco passenger train collided late Tuesday just across the Oklahoma border in Oklahoma seven miles south of here. Twenty six people were injured and hospital care was needed for only one. The passenger locomotive ended up on top of the freight engine. the cause was not immediately determined.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Frisco
Here
Arkansas
Oklahoma
14 Injured as Span Opens Prematurely at Tower Bridge
London dispatch reports fourteen people were injured when Tower Bridge opened unexpectedly during a bus crossing. Passengers were hurled to the front as the bus slid to the far side, with injuries described as slight. The bridge’s central roadway splits to lift for ship passage upriver.
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London
Tower Bridge
Crestline Police Chief Retires After 30 Years Service
Crestline Colorado announces the retirement of Police Chief Paul Kindinger aged 57 after a career spanning three decades in law enforcement. He plans to end active duty in February and pursue new activities.
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Crestline, CO
Crestline
Paul Kindinger
Abe
Superforts Strike Vital Red Targets On Korean Front
Allied air force and ground combat opened the last day of 1952 on Korea with 21 B29 Superforts from Japan and Okinawa dropping over 700 tons of explosives on an ore processing plant near the Yalu River and a key supply center near Sinanju. Red night fighters challenged the raid as patrols and battles continued on the Western and Central Fronts yielding 1814 Red casualties in the week ending December 28.
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Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Yalu River
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Red
Choak-tong
Uiju
Yalu
Wollywon
Air Force
Eighth Army
Court Delays Quick Ouster Of Rubinstein
Three federal judges temporarily halted Serge Rubinstein’s deportation to Ellis Island. The 45 year old New Yorker, once jailed for draft dodging, could be ordered to surrender before midnight. The U S Court of Appeals may rule this afternoon on preventing the Justice Department from taking him into custody.
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Rubinstein
Washington
Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
U. S. Court of Appeals
Justice Department
Atty. Gen. McGranery
New York
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Court of Appeals
Lynch Free Report Issued from Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Alabama report says no lynchings in the United States in 1952 in the first lynch free year since 1882. President D Patterson warns that police brutality and killings persist and a renewed mob spirit shows in beatings floggings arson and bombings.
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Tuskegee
Ala
United States
Tuskegee Institute
D. Patterson
Conduct Rites Today For Catholic Prelate
Venice dispatch notes the Gondola of the Dead carrying Cardinal-designate Carlo Agostini to his grave. A funeral cortege along the Grand Canal will be led by more than 30 bishops. Agostini, named among 24 new cardinals by Pope Pius XII, died Sunday at 64 from leukemia.
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Venice
Italy
Carlo Agostini
Grand Canal
Msgr
Agostini
Pius XII
January Forecast From Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau forecast for the next 20 days predicts January will bring below normal temperatures in the eastern third of the U S and Gulf states while most of the remaining regions see above normal readings.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
U. S
Gulf States
Eisenhower Reaches Accord on Jobs and Farm Policy
President elect Eisenhower, in two hour talks with Senate leaders, won tentative consensus on appointment procedures and farm policy. Senator Taft endorsed consultative staffing. Senator Young dropped opposition after discussions with Eisenhower and Benson over a 90 percent parity target for 1954 price supports.
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Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Congress
Teft
Martin Durkin
Ohio
Taft
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
GOP
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Young
Aid Eisenhower
Chiang Troop Use Is Urged in Korea War
A House Armed Services subcommittee urged deploying Chinese Nationalist troops to Korea when ready for combat and called for expanded training and equipment for South Korean forces. The panel, led by Rep. Brooks, toured the Pacific and visited Chiang Kai-shek’s Formosa refuge.
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Washington
U.S
House Armed Service
Rep
Brooks
D-La
Pacific
Formosa
Identical Triplets Born in Newport Tennessee
Identical triplets three girls were delivered by Caesarean section in Newport Tennessee by Mrs Roy B Brown. Dr Glenn Shults said the babies are doing fine and the birth occurs about once in 35300 births.
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Newport
Tenn
Glenn Shults
Roy B. Brown
Churchill boards liner for Eisenhower talks in America
British Prime Minister Churchill sailed from Southampton aboard the Queen Mary to meet President-elect Eisenhower in New York for Korea and other world issues. He plans calls on President Truman before a Jamaica holiday, accompanied by Mrs Churchill after a London to Southampton journey.
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England
Churchill
Queen Mary
Eisenhower
Korea
Truman
Jamaica
New York
London
Anthony Eden
Mental Patient Shotgun Victim in Cleveland Home
Richard Kulhanick, about 42, an escapee from Cleveland State Hospital, was killed by John J. Blazek, 62, when Kulhanick brandished a butcher knife and charged at two men in a rooming house owned by Kulhanick's father. The elder and other occupants were aroused as the attack began.
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Cleveland
Richard Kulhanick
Cleveland State Hospital
John J. Blazek
Kulhanick
Frank
Biazek
Jenkins Again Seeks Ohio Refund of 1.3 Million
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins seeks a federal refund of 1,338,161 dollars that he says was unlawfully withheld from Ohio 14 years ago. He plans to reintroduce a bill to pay Social Security funds for October 1938 tied to a dispute between Gov. Davey and the Roosevelt administration. The action centers on investigation practices and Civil Service compliance amid political clashes.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Jenkins
Davey
Harry Hopkins
Bizarre bid aboard lost plane ends in deaths
An armed Red agent hijacked a Philippine Airlines DC-3 en route from Northern Luzon to Apari, killed two crew members aboard Quemoy Island near the Red mainland, then surrendered to Nationalist forces. The 23-year-old Hung Tsu Chun was brought to Taipei under guard as seven passengers survived.
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Formosa
Philippines
China
Quemoy Island
Hung-Tsu-Chun
Taipei
Hung
Fukien
Philippines Air Line
Pal
Quemoy
Mary Alice Ireton
Bethel
Red
Carlos Barranda
Luzon
Apar
Ucene
Eduardo Diago
Pedro Perlas
Perlags
Felix Gaston
Gaston
Delay Verdict On Spies Plea In Rosenberg Case
New York The Rosenbergs Julius and Ethel face the electric chair the week of January 11. Judge Kaufman said he may delay the execution to permit a clemency appeal, giving the defense time to seek action from the White House before Eisenhower’s January 20 inauguration.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
New York City
Eisenhower
Irving R. Kaufman
White House
Despondent Bridegroom Ends Life in Boise Hotel
Leonard Edge, 32, a newlywed honeymooning in Boise, killed himself with dynamite in a hotel room. Coroner Clyde Summers said a stick of dynamite hidden under a pillow exploded with a blasting cap. Edge's bride had left for Parker before the blast. notes found indicate despondency.
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Boise
Idaho
Clyde Summers
Leonard Edge
Paker
Edge
Summers
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