Quick End To Control Laws Seen
Washington AP reports President Truman may issue an executive order before Jan 3 ending price and wage controls. Senate Banking Chair Maybank says he has information Truman is considering this move. Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods resigns effective Nov 30 amid criticism of the controls law. He wants Congress to overhaul the law to reduce special interests and ensure equal sacrifice. He notes possible rollback of beef ceilings and suspension of certain clothing cartons.
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Washington
Truman
J. Sen. Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Charleston
Tighe E. Woods
Congress
Woods
Maybank
White House
Parole Board Denies Alger Hiss Parole Bid
The U S Parole Board denied Alger Hiss parole after a hearing at Lewisburg Penitentiary. Dr George G Killinger board chairman said the board unanimously voted to deny the application after reviewing the official record. Hiss is serving a five year term for perjury related to denying possession of secret government documents to Communist agents.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
U. S. Parole Board
State Department
George G. Killinger
Hiss
Lewisburg
Board of Parole
Killinger
Ten Airmen Die in Crash Near Comox B C
A Royal Canadian Air Force Lancaster bomber on a supply flight crashed and burned near Comox British Columbia late Monday. Eight of the 10 aboard died, three crew and five passengers. The pilot and co pilot survived badly injured. Wreckage remained afire as investigators prepared to search for unrecovered bodies. Names were not released and the cause was undetermined.
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Comox
B.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Man Held in Probe of Airman's Death
Wright-Pat officials say Airman 3 C Fletcher Jarvis of New York City is being held as investigators probe the death of Sgt. Orville W. Chittum of Roanoke Virginia after a midweek brawl at a Bellfontaine NCO club. Police say Chittum died Sunday from a head wound after a fight in which a bottle was used.
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Dayton
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Fletcher Jarvis
New York City
Orville W. Chittum
Roanoke
Bellfontaine Non-Commissioned Officers
Bellefontaine
A. D. Paden
Chittum
Five Day Forecast Sees Near Normal Temperatures
The forecast calls for average temperatures with normal highs from 43 to 48 and lows 28 to 31. Mild start, colder late Wednesday and Thursday. Rain expected Wednesday and again late in the week, totaling about one inch.
Alleged Reds Held in Mexico City Secret Arrests
Secret police seized two alleged communists in Mexico City on Monday. The arrests were described as covert actions, with authorities identifying the suspects as members of a communist group.
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Mexico City
Lice
Thanksgiving in Korea May Be Eisenhower Trip
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters buzzed with speculation he may spend Thanksgiving Day in Korea with the GIs. A security blackout prevents details but several indications point to a trip to the war zone as Gen. Mark Clark arrived in Seoul to help coordinate his arrival. Eisenhower announced his resignation as Columbia University president effective Jan. 19 and prepared two other key designations for Senate confirmation. He also loosened today’s schedule for friends relatives and Columbia officers after a busy period visiting UN headquarters meeting with Vice President-elect Nixon Benson and Adams and other officials.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Senate
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Utah
White House
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
Mark Clark
Far East
Seoul
Eisenhower
Columbia University
United Nations
Richard M. Nixon
Benson
Adams
Military search scrambles Gulf of Alaska for lost C124 Globemaster
Anchorage reports a sweeping search by Air Force Navy and Coast Guard for a missing C124 Globemaster and its 52 crew near Middleton Island after it vanished Saturday. A sighting of wreckage turned out to be driftwood and seaweed, ending the excitement.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Gulf of Alaska
Middleton Island
Churchill Dulles Contact Teases Wartime Talks
An exchange of cables over the weekend hints at a potential meeting between Winston Churchill and John Foster Dulles. The message released by Eisenhower’s headquarters shows Churchill inviting dialogue with Dulles and expressing willingness to discuss matters.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dulles
Churchill
Taft Names Cabinet Post Recommendations for Eisenhower
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio says he has sent his recommendations for the three unfilled cabinet posts to President-elect Eisenhower. He did not reveal the names at a Columbus news conference or at the Ohio Farm Bureau Convention. Eisenhower has not named a labor secretary a commerce secretary or postmaster general. Taft assumed Arthur Summerfield would lead the Post Office Department.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Senate Policy Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio Farm Bureau Convention
Gen
Eisenhower
Labor
Commerce
Arthur Summerfield
Post Office
Raids Open 30th Month of UN Korean War Actions
On the Central and Western Fronts British Australian raiders clash with Chinese troops in an eight hour fight. Allied forces recaptured two outposts near Jackson Heights as Gen Clark and Van Fleet confer with Barcus. Tempers rise with 85 trucks destroyed on supply routes and Eisenhower visit anticipated.
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Seoul
Red Lines
Jackson Heights
Mark Clark
Tokyo
James A. van Fleet
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Glenn O. Barcus
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Clark
Eisenhower
Barcus
AP Corpeupanteg
Robert Tuckman
British First Commonwealth Division
Royal Fusiliers
Samchon River
Fusiliers
Royal Australian Regiment
Mechem Named Head of State Senate in Ohio
COLUMBUS Ohio Sen C Stanley Mechem 59 of Nelsonville was elected president pro tem of the Ohio Senate for the 100th General Assembly to convene Jan 3. He will preside when the lieutenant governor is absent and succeeds Sen Roscoe Walcutt. Mechem, in his sixth term, operates shoe stores in Athens and Nelsonville and is married with two sons and a daughter.
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Columbus
C. Stanley Mechem
Nelsonville
Ohio Senate
100Th General Assembly
Chamber
Mechem
Senate
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Thomas E. Bateman
Committee
Tom V. Moorehead
Zanesville
David Mck. Ferguson
Cambridge
Carl D. Sheppard
Akron
William H. Deddens
Cincinnati
Athens
Fairfield
Hocking
Morgan
Washington
Noble
Monroe
Charles
Yale Law School
William
George Drach
Endorses Service Study To Boost Armed Forces
Washington report says a citizens commission formed to help the armed services maximize fighting power of 3 600 000 uniformed personnel met with President-elect Eisenhower's blessing. Led by David Sarnoff of RCA, the 11 member group aims to cut desk-bound servicemen and raise combat effectiveness.
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Washington
Citizens Commission
Armed Services
Eisenhower
Citizens Group
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
OSU Agriculture Facades Labeled Inadequate By Farm Leaders
Ohio Farm Bureau leaders at their three day meeting debated parity and price support. Senator Taft urged trial and error pricing with a farm board, while Rep. Cooley advocated 90 percent parity. John W. Sims condemned OSU College of Agriculture facilities as inadequate and urged a real agricultural center for the state.
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OSU College of Agriculture
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
Robert A. Taft
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Taft
John W. Sims
Federation
Bureau
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Veterinary College
Four Escape B-50 Crash In Maryland
Edgewood Maryland four airmen remain missing after a B fifty bomber crashed into Boone's creek at Bush River. Salvage teams recovered the body of S Sgt Robert HB Lee of Springfield Ohio. four other crew members escaped.
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Edgewood
Bush River
Robert HB. Lee
Springfield
Boone’s Creek
Army Chemical Center
Ax Slayer To Face Three Judge Court
Vincent Nash, 38, accused of the 1944 ax slayings of his wife and four children, will stand trial before a three judge court on December 5. Nash pleaded innocent and declined a jury trial after Judge U S McGonagle ruled he was sane. He had been confined to Lima State Hospital since the killings.
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New Lexington
Vincent Nash
Nash
U. S. McGonagle
Lima State Hospital
Ava Gardner Stricken by Tropical Infection in London
Hollywood star Ava Gardner is reported ill with a tropical infection contracted during a film location visit in Xenya colony, prompting hospital care and rest in London while awaiting further news.
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Ava Gardner
London
Hollywood
Xenya Colony
AFL Names New Leader
Washington reports top AFL officials met to pick a new president after William Green’s death. George Meany, 58, is favored to succeed Green as the eight million member union’s leader while CIO leaders plan Friday talks on a replacement after Philip Murray’s death.
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AFL
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Meany
Washington
Green
CIO
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
Murray
Dan Tobin
AFL Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Teamsters
West Coast
Bill” Hutcheson
AFL Carpenters Union
Maurice
United Steelworkers
Shotgun Keeps Police at Bay
Cincinnati police wrestled Owen Warfield from his home after he waved a shotgun and held officers at bay for over five hours. His 16 year old son David knocked the weapon away and helped secure the entry, ending the standoff. Warfield, a 45 year old World War II veteran, was being served a lunacy warrant signed by his estranged wife Dora and was taken to a psychiatric ward.
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Cincinnati
Owen Warfield
Ad Warfield
David
Dora
Warfield
Americans Released After Two Days With Russians Near Berlin
Three American soldiers captured while rabbit hunting on the outskirts of Berlin were freed after two days in Soviet custody. They reported being questioned about military matters but treated well. A German girl, Ingeborg Rickens, was also released.
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Berlin
Ingeborg Rickens
Bullet Misses Indianapolis Beauty In Home Shooting
Police debated whether a shot that narrowly missed Virginia Ann Johnson at her Butler University home came from the road outside or from a hunter's stray fire. The sophomore was inside when the bullet shattered a picture window and missed her by about six inches.
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Indianapolis
Virginia Ann Johnson
Butler University
Plot to Sell Secret Jet Data Charges Red Top Gun
S Sgt Giuseppe Cascio nine year Air Force veteran is charged with conspiring to sell secret information about the F86 jet used in Korea. The case ties to Sgt John P. Jones of Manchester Massachusetts, arrested September 21. Jones is considered insane and not charged yet. Cascio could face life imprisonment if convicted with trial no date set.
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TOKYO
Guiseppe Cascio
U.S. Air Force
America
Korea
Air Force
Cascio
49Th Air Base
John P. Jones
Manchester
Mass
Jones
Far East Air Forces
U. S
Tucson
Ariz
Taber Says AEC Budget Exceeds Needs
Rep John Taber asserts the Atomic Energy Commission budget is way beyond their need and calls for closer scrutiny by congressional budget chiefs. His study of four months of fiscal year expenditures suggests annualized appropriations could be lower, covering AEC and four other federal agencies.
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Auburn
N. Y
John Taber
Atomic Energy Commission
Congressional Budget Chiefs
House Appropriations Committee
Taber
AEC
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
The
Mutual Security Administration
Interior Department
High Court Refuses To Bar Red's Trial
The Supreme Court refused to block the Pittsburgh trial of communist organizer Steve Nelson and four others charged with plotting to teach or advocate overthrow of the U S government by force. They sought a stay and transfer due to alleged public passion against communists in Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Steve Nelson
United States
Nelson
Benson Aim More Trade for Farm Aid Policy
President elect Eisenhower selects Ezra T. Benson to lead agriculture, signaling a shift from price support toward expanding markets. Benson, a marketing expert from Salt Lake City, favors some price supports but emphasizes reducing federal aid by improving marketing of farm goods domestically and abroad.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ezra T. Benson
Salt Lake City
Charles F. Brannan
Truman
Benson
New York
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
Government suspends pork wholesale price ceilings
Washington reports the government suspended wholesale ceilings on pork products as OPS officials meet with meat industry representatives to discuss potential retail beef ceiling rollbacks. Price Stabilizer Tighe Woods had told Congress he planned the pork suspension. Pork prices run below ceilings with ample supply.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Tighe Woods
Congress
Chillicothe Man To Speak At Athens Banquet Tonight
Athens High School honors its 1952 football squad at a banquet in the school auditorium this evening. Jim Hall of Chillicothe will be guest speaker, announced by Principal Don Thomann. Event starts at 4 30 p.m.
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Athens High School
Jim Hall
Chillicothe
Don Thomann
Adams Named No 1 Assistant to General Eisenhower
Governor Sherman Adams of New Hampshire is named by President-elect Eisenhower to be assistant to the President. The $20,000 a year post positions him as eyes and ears of the president, liaison to Cabinet members, and adviser with frequent access to the chief executive. The role evolved from the World War II war mobilization director post.
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Gov
Sherman Adams
Washington
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Adams
John R. Steelman
Truman
Ents
White House
Soviet Union rejects Indian plan at UN on Korean POWs
In New York the Soviet Union rejected India's compromise on POW repatriation, arguing for immediate ceasefire and a peace conference. U.S. and Britain clash over plan details as experts push for top consideration by the General Assembly's Political Committee while Panmunjom fate remains unresolved.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
India
General Assembly
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
V. K. Krishna Ya
U. S
Dean Acheson
Menon
Vauge
United States
Vishinsky
Anthony Eden
Acheson
Britain
Assembly
Russia
Wintry Blast Hits Arizona and Southwest Regions
A winter storm swept the Southwest with sub zero cold in parts of Arizona and New Mexico. Snow fell in Southeastern New Mexico and Northern Texas while Montana reported below zero temperatures. In Winslow Arizona and Zuhi Pueblo New Mexico readings rose above freezing, Tucson stood at 36 above.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Mid-Continent
Montana
Winslow
Ariz
Zuhi Pueblo
N. M
Tucson
Sister Kenny Rallies Sydney Doctors Optimistic
Sister Elizabeth Kenny, world famous nurse, rallied Monday and doctors in Sydney expressed optimism about her recovery.
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Kenny
Sydney
Australia
Elizabeth Kenny
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