Truman Faces Compromise With Hostile Congress
President Truman must concede to a Republican and Southern Democrat coalition as the 82nd Congress begins. Foreign policy and defense plans, including Europe’s Marshall Plan windup and a Pacific defense pact, dominate agenda battles amid McCarthy fire and criticism of Acheson.
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Mr. Truman
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Eee
Europe
Guy G. Gabrielson
GOP
Far East
State Acheson
McCarthy
Rwis
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
U S Planes Bomb Spans Sinuiju 90 Percent Destroyed
U S carrier air strikes hit bridges at Sinuiju across the Yalu as 60 000 Chinese troops in Manchuria and North Korea are cited. Ground units report Chinese forces as main barrier to the frontier while three Korean officers describe vanished North Korean troops and ongoing Chinese engagement.
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China
United Nations Security Council
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Tokyo
Korea
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Yalu River
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Sinuiju
Philippine Sea
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Republic
Chongchon River
Republic of Korea
U.S
Tokchon
Central Korea
Pakchon
Chosin Reservoir
Bodies recovered from Northwest Airlines crash in Montana
Flashlights guided exhausted men to retrieve remains of 22 aboard a Northwest Airlines Martin 202 that crashed into the Homestake Pass north wall in a blizzard. Bodies were carried over the Continental Divide and transported by train to a staging area in Butte after the crash.
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Butte
Mont
Continental Divide
Northwest Airlines
Homestake Pass
Five Year Old Girl Killed by Washing Machine Accident
In Philadelphia a five year old girl Essie Sanders was electrocuted when a washing machine wringer caught her hand and pushed fingers into an electric socket. Her mother Mrs Jane Sanders age 22 was doing laundry at the time.
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Philadelphia
Essie Sanders
Jane Sanders
Repeat Performance in Messenger Want Ad Rents Apartment
Mrs Arthur Boyles Jr recalls posting a Messenger Want Ad for a modern private efficiency apartment with utilities paid and rent 65 dollars per month. Ads drew quick tenants, proving the market power of classified listings for rentals.
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Arthur Boyles, Jr
7 Pine Place
Messenger Advertisers
Phone Union Strikes Across the Bell System Coast to Coast
About 33 thousand phone equipment workers in 44 states walk out as a CIO Communications Workers of America strike begins at dawn and spreads nationwide. Picket lines form at exchanges and warehouses while some operators cross lines or work in emergency mode under federal mediation efforts. The labor action targets nearly 300,000 union members including telephone operators and could disrupt long distance service in major cities.
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NEW York
Bell Telephone
CIO Communications Workers of ‘America
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Des Moines
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
New York City
Akron
Elections At a Glance Overview of House Senate Governors results
Latest results show Democrats hold the Senate 49 47 with 54 42 present. House remains Democratic 234 199 with 1 undecided and 1 independent. Governors see Republicans winning 22 with six gains. Democrats 10. Undecided 1 Arizona. old lines report Democrats 29 Republicans 19.
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Missouri
Idaho
Maryland
Illinois
Pennsylvania
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California
Old House
Denver 28 Car Pileup Tasked Police Too Busy
A snowstorm caused a 28 car pileup on a South Denver hill after one car skidded. police, overwhelmed with traffic calls, advised drivers to straighten out the rest themselves as there were no injuries.
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Denver
Atomic materials used in newsprint production
Newsprint from a Quebec mill was produced with radioactive iodine drawn from Canada's Chalk River stockpile. Arthur A. Schman of St. Catharines, Ont., president and general manager of Quebec North Shore Paper Company, announced the test run at Baie Com eau on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Canada
Chalk River
Ont
Quebec
Baie Comeau
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Arthur A. Schman
St. Catharines
Taft gains prestige as Mr Republican after Ohio win
Senator Robert A. Taft earns the title Mr Republican after winning 84 of 88 Ohio counties. He defeated Joseph T. Ferguson amid Labor opposition and Truman aid, posting a record Senate vote and expanding his stature as a GOP leader and potential presidential contender.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman Administration
Joseph T. Ferguson
Taft
Congress
Truman
Truman Faces 1952 Dilemma After Election Setbacks
President Truman maintained a cheerful front after Democratic losses in elections that trimmed the party’s margins. He has not ruled out running again in 1952, though no clear successor or campaign plan has emerged and party leaders weigh what went wrong.
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My Mary
Truman
Senate
House
National Committee
Nina Warren Fights Polio
Nina Warren daughter of Governor Earl Warren appeared to be beating polio. The 17-year-old was paralyzed from the hips down and hospitalized Tuesday morning. Governors plans for a San Francisco election night program were canceled as Nina's condition prompted tears from the Warren family and friends. Four specialists reported her temperature dropping and no extension of trouble, with Nina radiating her usual happy disposition.
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Sacramento
Nina Warren
California
Earl Warren
Warrens
San Francisco
Nina
U S Fast Tracks UN Charges Against Reds
The United States seeks swift UN action charging Chinese Communist intervention in Korea. Washington plans a resolution demanding the withdrawal of Chinese forces aiding North Korea and urging all governments to stop assisting the Reds. The Security Council may meet early to address the Korean issue despite delays.
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Washington
Security Council
Palestine
United States
Peiping
MacArthur
Lake Success
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
Austin
Council
Two Teens Die In Separate Portsmouth Auto Crash
Richard Carrington 17 of West Portsmouth died after being struck by a car driven by George Wartsbaugh 23 of Otway and containing passenger Paul Roberston 19. The vehicle ran off a viaduct after leaving the hospital area, Robertson suffered a broken neck and Carrington died from a skull fracture. Wartsbaugh was uninjured and not held.
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Portsmouth
State Highway Patrol
Richard Carrington
West Portsmouth
George Wartsbaugh
Otway
Paul B. Roberston
Carrington
Portsmouth General Hospital
Robertson
Wartsbaugh
Middleton Leads in Ohio Supreme Court Write‑In Race
Toledo attorney Henry W. Middleton leads the Ohio Supreme Court write‑in contest with 98,252 votes from 53 counties. Akron’s Arthur W. Doyle follows with 63,287 votes from 41 counties, then Faught, Annat, and other announced candidates with smaller totals.
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Henry W. Middleton
Toledo
Ohio Supreme Court
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Arthur W. Doyle
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Doyle
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W. H. Annat
Wooster
Ohio final ballot count reported for major offices
The Associated Press provides final vote totals for Ohio races. U S Senator Joseph T Ferguson leads Democratic tickets with 1 211 658 while Republican Robert A Taft has 1 642 537. Other results show Lausche 1 514 590 and Nye 1 354 157 with rivals close behind.
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Ohio
Associated Press
U. S
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert A. Taft
Frank J. Lausche
Don T. Ebright
George D. Nye
J. Eugene Roberts
Charles
George H. Bender
King Gustaf V Buried in Royal Stockholm Ceremony
King Gustaf V was laid to rest in Riddarholm Church beside Sweden’s ancient kings. The state funeral drew three kings three crown princes about 90 princes and 44 foreign chiefs of state as the 92 year old monarch who led Sweden 43 years ended a long reign.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf V
Riddarholm Church
Bandit Eludes Police After Store Hold-Up
A bandit robbed an Albers Super Market in Cincinnati and fled with $1000. He abandoned one car and escaped in another after forcing the owner at gunpoint for keys. Police from Cincinnati and Covington pursued but could not capture him, with a collision occurring during the chase.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Lake captain dies in Toronto harbor
Capt Harry Webster aged 57, a veteran Great Lakes sailor for 39 years, died in Toronto last night after a long career at sea. He commanded several vessels and was a well known figure among lake mariners.
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Toronto
Harry Webster
Great Lakes
GOP Controls Ohio Assembly
Unofficial returns show Republicans win commanding majorities in both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly for the term starting Jan. 1. Senate GOP 26, Democrats 6 with one race undecided. House GOP 95, Democrats 37 with three Cuyahoga races undecided. One Democratic victory was by an independent.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Frank J. Lausche
Senate
House of Representatives
Cuyahoga
House
Cuyahoga County
Missing Man Elected To Treasurer Post
In Hartford City Indiana a missing Democrat Lester Hiser won re election as Blackford County treasurer with 2460 votes to 1251 for opponent Luthern Brandt. Hiser has been missing since Oct 11 after his burning truck was found nearby and a state audit notes a substantial shortage in his accounts. Dennis Guy fills the unexpired term ending Dec 31.
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Hartford City
Blackford
Lester Hiser
Luthern Brandt
Hiser
Here
State Board of Accounts
Dennis Guy
Killinger Trial Begins Jury Is Selected
In Medina six men and six women were seated for the trial of 17 year old Gerald Killinger on a first degree murder charge. Final jury selection was expected soon as the case proceeds in Judge Windsor Kellogg's common pleas court with eligibility and capital punishment concerns shaping the voir dire.
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Medina
Gerald Killinger
Harold E. Mast
Windsor E. Kellogg
Common Pleas Court
Kellogg
Coal Pile Smolders Waiting On Chillicothe School
Chillicothe High School sent about 980 students home as workers removed a smoldering coal pile from the basement. Principal John A. Smith said classes will resume next Monday. A power shovel removed 50 tons of coal while staff in gas masks finish clearing the remaining 50 tons with shovels and wheelbarrows.
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Chillicothe High School
John A. Smith
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