United Nations planes smash bridges as troops seize transit hubs
U S and South Korean forces push forward four to five miles in northeast Korea capturing a road and rail center while bombers strike Yalu River bridges and Red staging areas. U S bomber raids target Chongjin Hap su and Kanggye with heavy bomb loads as patrols meet light opposition along the front.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chongjin
St. Paul
ROK
Hapsu
U. S Tenth Corps
Hyesanjin
Tokchon
Musan
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Kanggye
Manpojin
Huischon
Sinuiju
Acheson to Consult Republicans on Foreign Policy
Secretary of State Acheson said he would continue consulting Republican leaders on foreign policy and would gladly confer with Taft. He defended ongoing congressional reviews, opposed uprooting U S policy, and discussed Yugoslav aid, border discussions with China, and German defense unit questions. He outlined three standards for recognition: effective control, popular consent, and adherence to predecessor obligations.
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Washington
Acheson
Taft
Europe
State Department
U.S
Yugoslavia
Congress
Lake Successill
France
London
Security Council
China
Marion judge rules home solicitation ordinance unconstitutional
Common Pleas Judge Ralph Sugrue ruled an ordinance barring out of town salesmen from house to house calls in Marion unconstitutional. Roy and Company jewelers of Columbus sued the city after the measure passed as an emergency. A restraining order had been sought a few days after the ordinance's adoption.
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Marion
Common Pleas
Ralph Sugrue
Seneca County
Roy and Company Jewelers
Columbus
Columbus Jewelers
Paul D. Smith
Smith
Silver Star Awarded to Sgt. Jackson R. W. Eley
The Second Division awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action to Sgt. Jackson R. W. Eley of Union Ohio. His home address is listed as 519 North Walnut Street.
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Tokyo
Jackson R. W. Eley
Walnut St
Union
Ohio
Dwight Tudor Conviction Upheld by Highest Court
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld Dwight David Tudor’s murder conviction for the 1948 slaying of 14 year old Mary Ann Page near Springfield and set his electrocution date for December 22. The ruling centered on a jury instruction issue, determining the error was one of omission not commission. Tudor’s lawyers had sought a new trial after the Appeals Court.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Dwight David Tudor
Mary Ann Page
Springfield
Court of Appeals
Tudor
Common Pleas Court
Page
Danny
Boone Station
Supreme Court
Stark County Common Pleas
Appeals Court
High Court
Trains Crash in Queens Kills 12 Injures Dozens
A collision of two Long Island Rail Road trains in Queens killed twelve people and injured more than fifty. Eyewitnesses heard a roar and saw a flash of fire as the rear train rammed the front one. Passengers described chaos and screams amid the disaster cited near Jamaica Station and Rockville Centre.
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New York
Long Island Railroad
Queens Borough
Jeff Kaufman
Bellmore
N. Y
CBS Asks Courts To Lift Color Telecast Restraint
CBS filed a 58 page memorandum asking judges to rescind the restraining order delaying color telecasts. The network argues the delay costs the public millions and seeks immediate permission to start color programs that were slated to begin last Monday after a temporary order issued November 15.
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Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Hickenlooper Demands Acheson Resignation
Sen Hickenlooper of Iowa urged Secretary Acheson to resign and called for a thorough housecleaning of the State Department. He blamed prewar policies on China Formosa and Korea for the mess abroad.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Acheson
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Formosa
Korea
86 Day Strike Ends at Troy plant
Workers at Ho bart Manufacturing Co end a 36 day strike by accepting a raise of 10 cents an hour.
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TROY
Hobart Manufacturing Co
Survivor of Bataan Found Dead at Home
A partially blind survivor of the Bataan death march, William Lash, age 30, was found dead at his Cleveland home. Police report he apparently died from an overdose of sleeping pills. Lash suffered vision loss after 38 months in Japanese imprisonment.
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Cleveland
Bataan
William Lash
David E. Kerr
U S Justice Dept Files Case Against Communist Party
The Justice Department filed a petition with the Subversive Activities Control Board charging the Communist Party of the United States is run by the Soviet government. The 4800 word petition seeks registration disclosure of finances and names of members while noting the party is dominated by Moscow. Officials foresee a possible two year process with appeals.
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Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party of the
United States
Russia
Department
New
Subversive Activities Control Board
J. Howard McGrath
New York City
East 12Th St
William Z. Foster
Gus Hall
McGrath
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist International
Moscow
Communist “Action
Thanksgiving In America Amid War Turmoil
Americans pause Thanksgiving to thank God for blessings and pray for peace as President Truman urged prayers in churches and homes. Many are far from home in Korea or at distant posts while others train for any future danger.
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Truman
Korea
Equator
Arctic
Train Wreck Toll Hits 20 With Others Missing
In the Rockies a head-on collision between a troop train and a passenger train left 20 dead or missing and at least 61 injured. Four trainmen were killed and 14 soldiers were known dead with more missing. bad train orders blamed, as crews faced subzero conditions 312 miles west of Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Alta
Rockies
Shilo
Man
Canada
Special Service Force
Fort Lewis
Wash
Korea
Second Field Regiment
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
J. R. McMillan
Gosnell
Ex Kenyon Professor Dies in Tennessee
Mount Vernon reports Henry Titus West a Kenyon College faculty member in Gambier died Wednesday in Sewanee Tennessee at age 42 He taught German for 34 years from 1895 to 1937 Funeral services will be held in Gambier Friday.
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Mount Vernon
Henry Titus West
Kenyon College
Gambler
Sewanee
Tenn
West
Gambier
Bomb Explodes Killing Gambler Aide in Fort Worth
Nelson Harris 41, linked to the green dragon narcotics case, was killed when a bomb exploded as he started his car. His wife was fatally injured. Harris was named as an aid to Herbert Noble, a Dallas gambler whose wife died in a similar act months earlier. Police said the device had an extra heavy charge and seemed tied to the starter system.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Nelson Harris
Green Dragon
Harris
Herbert Noble
Dallas
A. C. Howerton
Star- Telegram
Houston
Truman Hosts Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess at Blair House
President and Mrs. Truman hosted Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha of Norway at a Blair House luncheon. Ambassador Munthe De Mor genstierne was ill and did not attend, represented by Madame De Mor genstierne. Attendees included Margaret Truman and Mr. and Mrs. Ache son.
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Washington
Truman
Crown Prince
Olav
Crown Princess
Martha
Norway
Blair House
Munthe de Morgenstierne
Madame de Morgenstierne
Margaret
Acheson
Lorain Youth Charged With Stealing Draft Cards
A 17 year old Lorain boy named Maurice L Ferraro was arraigned after being accused of stealing 38 blank draft registration cards from a Lorain draft board and selling 30 of them to teenagers for 50 cents each. The scheme allegedly helped buyers falsify age to obtain liquor and jobs.
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Cleveland
Lorain
Maurice L. Ferraro
Happy Stranger Bathes in Elizabeth Bathtub Case
A homeless man Walter Sweeney, 44, wandered into a woman's home and bathed in her tub. Police found him singing in the tub and jailed him overnight on a disorderly conduct charge before release in the morning. He claimed intoxication and no idea how he ended up there.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Walter Sweeney
Sweeney
Peace Body Attacks UN U S Policy in Warsaw Session
The Second World Peace Congress urged a five nation peace meeting with Communist China and criticized U S foreign policy and the UN in its final sessions. It backed a Korea troop withdrawal view and called for outlawing the atomic bomb and major arms cuts. Delegates elected 208 to the Council of the Defenders of Peace as crowds cheered Stalin's name in Victory Square.
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Warsaw
Poland
China
United States
United Nations
Congress
Soviet Russia
O. John Rogge
New York
Rogge
Council of the Defenders of Peace
Stalin
Victory Square
Korea
MacArthur
Giant B-36 Crash Lands Near Fort Worth
A B-36 bomber, with half its six engines out, crash landed on a farm 25 miles south of Fort Worth after attempting to return from a gunnery mission. Two crew members were killed, seven injured during bailout, and seven more were unaccounted for as the flames and ammunition detonations hampered firefighting efforts near Carswell Air Force Base.
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Fort Worth
Here
Carswell Air Force Base
Carswell
Eighth Air Force
Matagorda
Texas
Ohio Judges in Line For Raise in Salaries
Ohio common pleas and probate judges in counties overpopulated versus 10 years ago may receive retroactive pay raises. The attorney general's office indicated a ruling to adjust salaries to 1950 census figures, retroactive to April 1. Counties that lost population will see smaller increases. The office plans no ruling on county officials until asked for an opinion.
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Columbus
Ohio Common Pleas
Attorney General's Office
Barkley Enters Naval Medical Center for Checkup
Vice President Alben W. Barkley goes to Bethesda Naval Medical Center for a physical examination. He released a statement citing a recent political illness with chest cold and congestion as the cause of his condition.
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Alben Barkley
Naval Medical Center
Washington
Alben W. Barkley
Bethesda, Md
Ohio May Buy W. Va. Bridge
Governor Lausche says Ohio will study buying the Bellaire Ohio to Benwood West Virginia toll bridge. The bridge now owned by a private firm would be acquired by the Ohio Bridge Commission after cabinet talks. Tolls would continue until the purchase is paid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bellaire
Benwood
W.va
Ohio River
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio Bridge Commission
T. J. Kauer
Kauer
Sweeney in “fairly good” condition at Polyclinic Hospital
Secretary of State Charles F. Sweeney remained in fairly good condition at Polyclinic Hospital on Wednesday after being admitted last Thursday with an internal hemorrhage. He is under medical care and closely monitored as doctors assess his recovery.
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Cleveland
Charles F. Sweeney
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