Walker Dies in Jeep Crash In Korea Frontline
Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker commander of the US Eighth Army in Korea was killed when his jeep collided with a South Korean Army truck north of the stocky. The 61 year old Texan died after being rushed to a field ambulance. Walker had led UN ground forces at Pusan and the early Korean counteroffensive.
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Korea
Walton H. Walker
Eighth
Walker
George S. Patton Jr
Mannheim
Germany
William F. Dean
Taejon
Belton
Texas
Patton
United Nations
Pusan
Eighth Army
24Th Infantry Division
Dean
Wage freeze clamps auto industry as prices held
The government issued a wage stabilization order freezing auto industry wages at current levels through March 1 1951. The nine member board avoided escalator clauses and covered over one million workers, with carve outs for truck plants and used car sectors. General Motors paused and then unfroze Chevrolet Pontiac and Cadillac sales pending ESA rulings.
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ECA
ESA
General Motors
CIO
AFL
Chinese Reject UN Cease Fire Bid as Illegal
Tokyo dispatch reports Red China denounced the UN cease fire plan as illegal. Premier Chou En Lai demanded foreign troop withdrawal from Korea US withdrawal from Formosa and Red China’s admission to the UN before any cease fire. The Peiping radio carried the statement in Chinese and English and questioned the Arab Asian committee’s role.
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Chou En-lai
Peiping Radio
Red China
Korea
America
Formosa
Red Conquest
United Nations
Chou
UN Committee
Lake Success
Peiping
New York
Trygve Lie
Assembly
Nasrallah Entezan
Iran
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Mere N. Rau
India
Russians Invite Big Four Meeting To Ease Tensions
Western powers US Britain and France sent notes to Moscow proposing a new Big Four foreign ministers meeting to discuss all major issues not just German rearmament. They urged UN representatives to draft a basis for a full dress conference in New York while warning Russia over threats and defense moves in Europe.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
United Nations
York
Germany
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Council
Brussels
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Whidernight
Foreign Office
Card From Wife Proves Hubby Mailed the Stack
Wichita Kansas police lieutenant Warner Spann puzzled himself Friday after receiving a Christmas card from his wife. She explained it was among a stack of cards she asked him to mail days earlier as a double check that he had sent them.
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Wichita
Kan
Warner Spann
J. W. Wright
Matt Kerwin
Charlie C. Ryan
Rain May Turn Austin Baytown Football Game Muddy
Houston gridiron may become a canvas covered battle as rain threatens the Austin Baytown game. The article notes the field turning slippery and difficult for players, with officials watching the weather closely for kickoff conditions.
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Houston
Senate approves $3.3 billion excess profits tax in wartime plan
The Senate passed a 77 percent excess profits levy retroactive to July 1 1950 aiming to curb profits, fund defense, and curb inflation. The bill also raises the normal corporate rate to 47 percent and limits total tax to 62 percent of profits, with protections for small and essential industries. The measure includes an alternate capital base method and runs until July 1 1953.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Truman
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Approves Civil Defense Bill
The Senate approved a civil defense bill by voice vote setting coop erative planning among states towns and citizens for enemy attack. The plan calls for a three year program totaling 3 100 000 000 with powers to seize private property and designate target areas for bomb shelters. Public action depends on Christmas week session and New Year事 Day adjournment.
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Senate
House
White House
82Nd Congress
McCarran
D-Ney
Judiciary Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen. McCarran
Millard Caldwell
Florida
Truman
Shoes for barefoot Austin children need 800 more dollars
The American Statesman Shoe Fund must reach 2000 dollars to cover December through 1951, as Captain James D. Lemon of the Salvation Army reports the fund has 1255.75 dollars. Contributions from individuals and children boost aid to needy youngsters referred by teachers and PTA welfare groups. Donations can be delivered to the Salvation Army Center at 105 East Second.
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the American-Statesman
James D. Lemon
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PTA
Truman says time, not words, needed to meet world crisis
President Truman told a Kansas City Christmas dinner crowd that the American people are in excellent shape to meet the world crisis and that all they need is time. He urged reading about past leaders and warned against confusers while praising unity across parties and faiths. The visit closed with a homebound departure to Independence for a four day holiday.
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Truman
Mr. Truman
Roy Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Roy
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Roberts
Frank S. Hagamaty
Kansas
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Muehlebach Hotel
Mary Conclave
Red Cross of Constantine
Masonic Orders
Independence
US Rejects Hoover Plan to Pull Defense to Hemisphere
Secretary of State Acheson said the National Security Council rejected as catastrophic any policy to withdraw defenses from Europe and Asia to the Western Hemisphere. He cited Hoover's proposal to Gibraltar style lines from Britain to Japan and warned against surrendering to Soviet aggression. The council, including the President and top defense and state officials, has repeatedly rejected such a pullback as self-defeating.
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Acheson
Truman
Western Hemisphere
Herbert Hoover
United States
Gibraltar
Britain
Japan
Hoover
Europe
Asia
Russia
Nationals Council
Maces
Defense
National Security Resources Board
Dwight D. Eisenhower
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Ten Die In Amarillo Convalescent Home Fire Tragedy
A blaze at Walker Convalescent Home in the Pleasant Valley area near Amarillo killed ten aged residents, including two blind individuals, while 37 were saved. One visitor injured, water shortages hampered efforts, and most survivors were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital for observation.
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Pleasant Valley
N. P. Taylor
Amarillo
W. P. Vinson
Vinson
Margaret Baer
Tom Dennis
Memphis
Texas
Susie Parsons
Canyon
Chinese Reds Said In Indochina Fight
Reports from Hanoi say Chinese Communists may have joined Indochina’s civil war by aiding local Reds. Informants indicate Chinese fighters could be with an IndoChina regiment threatening the French right flank around Tonkin Province, despite De Lattre De Tassigny’s assurances.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
IndoChina
Tonkin Province
China
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Public Aid Keeps Yuletide Cheer Alive for Korean War Kin
Casualties from Korea cast a shadow over Christmas as families cope. Letters from grieving widows and projects by workers in Syracuse and Shelby gather gifts, cards, and support for children like Billy and Larry Weathers. Marines and families recall fallen fathers, with communities responding to ease the pain of loss.
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Associated Press
Korea
America
Billy
New York City
Santa Claus
New York Post Office
Santa
Syracuse
Shelby
N. C
Larry Weathers
Logan C Weathers
Weathers
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