Marines Drive Through Freezing Hell to Final Retreat
From the Korean front, Marines led a 12 day withdrawal, Linkup with Third Division forces completed despite frostbite and heavy Chinese resistance. Major General Oliver P. Smith commands the operation, praised as a model withdrawal with 10 Americans killed and 27 wounded, while Chinese losses reached into the tens of thousands.
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Sawyer
Hun
Dreds
Lewis
Chesty) Puller
Meade
Hamhung-Hungnam
Fort Benning
Army
Hagaru
Sudong
Taejon
Ohio Town Suffers Heavy Fire Damages
A major city blaze in Zanesville Ohio damaged the four story Starr Sarestens Store the upper floors of a nearby bank and two more buildings. Authorities estimated total damage up to 1 500 000 with 26 injuries as the fire burned over three hours and drew aid from 11 communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
O. 10
Starr Sarestens
Evening Serenade and Music Schedule Brief
A fragmented radio schedule lists programs including El Alborada Musical at 4 and 6:40, Blue Bas Bon in Mexico at 12:30, and Notte Bettie and Evening Serenade with various times. The readable items show musical segments and times but lack full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivas Das
Eojum
Peace
Notte Bettie
Nobel Prizes Awarded To Men From Four Nations In 1960
The ceremony honored nine laureates in medicine chemistry and physics from four nations. Henry Hench and Edward Kendall of Mayo Clinic and Tadeusz Reichstein of Basel received medicine honors for adrenal cortex hormone work. Kurt Adler and Otto Diels were praised for the synthesis method advancing organic chemistry. Speakers urged writers and scientists to confront human truths and endure. Hench also brought his wife, children, and mother-in-law to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
Goran Liljestrand
Caroline Institute of Medicine and Physiology
Philip S. Hench
Edward C. Kendall
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Tadeusz Reichstein
University of Basel
Switzerland
Liljestrand
Hench
Kurt Adler
Otto Diels
Germany
Arne Fredga
Upsala University
Fredge
Mary
Susan
Philip
John
Mrs. Kahler
Marines and GIs Reach Port After Harsh Mountain Crossing
A Marine and a GI unit reach a port after sunrise patrols from Koto toward Harmhung in subzero conditions. One platoon suffers moderate casualties while the others move a two mile stretch south of Koto. Engineers rebuild a blown bridge as the column advances under difficult, icy, cliffed terrain.
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Koto
Harmhung
Hagaru-Koto
Earier
Floyd Ward
Evansville
Ind
Seoul
Davinee
Centex Prepares for Fair Weather Across Texas
Central Texas will see normal conditions for a few days with fair skies. Monday and Tuesday bring cool nights and mild days. East Texas also stays fair and warmer in the north Monday, with Monday mostly sunny then partly cloudy Tuesday. West Texas follows similar trends with no temperature changes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas
Weather Bureau
East Texas
West Texas
Austin
Masia Pia Tod
Egil
Buchenwald Beast Moved to Psychiatric Ward
Ilse Koch the "Beast of Buchenwald" now on trial for Nazi atrocities has been moved to Augsburg hospital’s psychiatric ward after reportedly going berserk in her cell. Widowed former wife of the Buchenwald commandant, she faces charges tied to sadistic activities at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augsburg
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Eight Governors to Attend Houston Oil Meeting
Five governors and three governors elect are slated to attend the Interstate Oil Compact Commission annual meeting in Houston with two days of sessions on oil and gas conservation. A special committee will discuss steel supplies during the national emergency with speakers A W Thompson H B Fell and Dan Howar. Governor Allan Shivers will formally open the meeting Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
A. W. Thompson
H. B. Fell
Muskogee
Oxfa
Dan Howar
Thompson
National Oil Weil Drilling Contractors Association
Fell
Petroleum Association of Howard
Tulsa
Warren Petroleum Company
Texas
Allan Shivers
Pier Arkanses Bear
Pralines Highlight Christmas Treats From Lamme's
Local note notes Lamme's at 919 Jane V offering pralines as a Christmas treat. References festive sweets and a holiday gift appeal.
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Lamme's
Jane v
Polio Foundation Head to Speak at Austin Luncheon
Basil O Connor president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis arrives in Austin for a Monday luncheon at the Commodore Perry Hotel his only Texas appearance. He will brief state and local officials on the polio crisis and the financial deficit from three years of outbreaks.
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Basil O’connor
New York City
Commodore Perry
O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Austin
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
NFIP
Warm Springs Foundation
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Finley Institute of Americas
Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation
The
Human Engineering Laboratory
National Vitamin Foundation, Inc
American Museum of Health
American National Red Cross
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Ioen
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Judy Janese
Beas
Rob Poole
Estergen
Ted
Mily
Glenn Brown
R. Murrow
Mt Ae Carlisle
Taylor Barlow
Generum
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Fellows
Clarence Redford
Taylor Glass
Glass
Laura Ellen
Redford
Travis
Boy Scout
Capitol Area Council
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Centex
Countryaire
Rio Grande
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Price’s Hall
Dallas Hiway
HUB Sutter
Eitner
Parson Spoxe
Joel McCrea
Jimmy Terry
TOM DURANTE + MOORE - DRAKE
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Gloria Swanson
Erich von Stroweim
Alamo
Anpert
V. Davis
Guadalupe
Polio Foundation
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League of Red Cross Societies
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Sissy Cobh Albert
Robert Ey
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Ruth Warrickcllen
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Lew Ayres
Louis Wolheim
Ama Hales
Lewis Maestone
William Bendix
Rod
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Ruth Roman
Patricia Neal
Eleanor Parker
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Errol Flynn
Ann Sheridan
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