Surging Chinese Force Battles US Jets Over Manchuria
The Washington report details a 30 minute air duel as American F80 Shooting Stars guard a recon plane, shooting down at least one Red jet near Antung Manchuria while avoiding Manchurian airspace. General MacArthur notes North Korean units rebound amid Chinese support and ongoing front actions near Chunchon.
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Earle E. Partridge
Fifth Air
Red Air Force
Antung
Man
Churia
Yelu River
Sinuiju
Korea
Red Manchuria
Washington
Air Force
China
Soviet Union
MacArthur
Manchuria
United Nations
Kanggye
Red
Fifth Division
Chunchon
Seoul
26 AF Officers Picked for Stars
President Truman nominated 26 air force officers for temporary promotions to major general and brigadier general. The list names Warren R. Carter Winchell Hagerman John A Samford Emery Wetzel and several colonels with positions at Scott Air Force Base Maxwell Fort Worth Carswell Fighter Bases and the Air Command Staff School among others with ages and hometowns noted.
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Washington
Truman
Air Force
Senate
Warren R. Carter
Winchell
Texas
Flying Air Training Command
Scott Air Force Base
John A. Samford
Hagerman
N. M
Air Command and Staff School
Air University
Maxwell Base
Jacob E. Smart
Ridgeland
S. C
32Nd Air Division
Hunter Harris Jr
Athens
509Th Bomb Wing
Gabriel P. Disosway
Wichita Falk
Frederick J. Day
Fresno
Calif
Charles J. Bendley Jr
Bell Center
Ohio
15Th Air Force
Frederic E. Glantzber
Springfield
Mass
India's Man of Iron Vallabhbhai Patel Dies After Stroke
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel aged 75 known as India's Man of Iron and deputy prime minister died late Thursday night after suffering a heart attack. He joined Gandhi's movement in 1916 and rose to national leadership as Nehru's powerful ally.
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Bombay
India
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Jawaharalal Nehru
Patel
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Defense budget push signals rapid mobilization into 1952
Congress hears that June totals near 41.5 billion with Truman expected to declare a national emergency. Vinson calls for 4,000,000 in uniform by mid-1952, possible draft expansion and longer service. Marshall warns limits, aims to near war footing while fearing long cold war costs.
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D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Korea
Pres Truman
Defense Marshall
Vinson
Defense
George C. Marshall
United States
Kremlin
House
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Marshall
United Nations
Carl Vinson
Congress
AIR Force
Thomas K Finletter
Gordon P. Saville
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Navy
Secy
Russia
Subcommittee
George H. Mahon
White House
Tobey
R-N.h
Capitol Hill
Stennis D
Senate
Stennis
Representative Richards
D-S.c
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pres. Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Strike Stymies Christmas Mail In Some Areas
Scores of loaded cars are stranded east and west of Chicago and St Louis as a partial embargo aims to curb mailing during the Christmas season. The strike cripples mail distribution with airlifted pouch mail and threats of more disruption across rail lines.
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Chicago
Campbell
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. P. Kennedy
BRT
Samuel Vander Hei
Frank W Coyle
St. Paul
Washington
St. Louk
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Milwaukee Road
Post Office Department
John M. Redding
St. Louis
St. Luis
Milwaukee
Truman
Husband Shot and Wife Abducted in Santa Fe Case
Santa Fe police pursue Lucian H. Harris after a construction worker and his wife are attacked. Harris allegedly abducted the wife after a shotgun attack, while Lancelot Brown Jr. lies critically wounded. authorities warn the woman may be in mortal danger and have filed an assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Santa FE
N. M
Lucian H. Harris
Lancelot Chubley Brown Jr
Deri N. M
Mrs. Brown
Ben Martinez
Martinez
Harris
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brown
Dalton Canyon
Automobile Headlight Adjustment Guideline
If headlights fail to make an approaching car visible at 50 feet they are improperly aimed. The rule emphasizes proper beam alignment for night driving safety.
Kin to Austin Marines Forming Pass the Word Organization
Austin area families of Marines form a kin group to ease anxiety through information exchange. Veterans discuss combat readiness, Korea battles, and how Marines use cover to reduce casualties while planning to elect officers at the next meeting in January.
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Austin
Marine Corps
Korea
Haynes
Major Haynes
Koto Marine
Emmett Shelton
Marine First Division
Avetin
Marine Reserve
John E Allen
Allen
George Dacy
Peleliu
Darcy
William M. Parks
Roy Kizer
Lake Austin Boulevard
Edwin Kizer
Japan
Shelton
Ex-Gl Homer Cook Freed of 9 Charges
In MERNBERG Germany on December 14 the US Court of Appeals freed Homer Cook on nine of twenty charges including assault armed robbery and jailbreaking The court reduced his sentence by 30 months from years and two months leaving about 14 years to serve before he can marry his German sweetheart Anna Sporer aged 21
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Mernberg
Germany
US Court of Appeals
Homer Cook
Cook
Anna Sporer
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