Truman Says GM Must Abide by Law
President Truman asserted General Motors car prices will be fixed as the Economic Stabilization Administrator directs, following a GM halt on 1951 Chevrolets Cadillacs and Pontiacs after a rollback order under the Defense Production Act. He discussed broader mobilization, wartime powers, and Eisenhower’s upcoming European defense role.
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Washington
Truman
General Motors
General Motors Corp
Alan Valentine
Valentine
UN Diplomats Hope for China Reply in Korea Talks
United Nations cease fire panel appeals to Communist China to resume talks as Wu Hsiu chuan prepares to fly from Tokyo to Peiping. The three member commission offered to travel anywhere to keep negotiations alive amid Wu's rejection of the first appeal.
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Lake Success
United Nations
China
Korea
Red China
Wu Hsiuchuan
Peiping
British Overseas Airways
London
Moscow
Benegal N. Rau
India
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Nasrallah Enetzam
Iran
General Assembly
America
Formosa
Man Killed by Train Near Willmar in Snowbound Crash
Fred Knott 47 died Monday when his car stalled at a crossing one mile east of Willmar after a blinding snow. The collision involved a Great Northern train. Knott lived less than a half mile from the scene.
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Willmar
Fred Knott
Great Northern
Here
Truman Defies Calls to Fire Acheson at News Conference
President Truman said he refuses to dismiss Secretary of State Acheson amid Republican demands. He invoked Lincoln and stressed unity during a time of peril, asserting communism would gain if Acheson were removed and calling charges against him false with no basis in fact.
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Truman
Acheson
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Seward
Mr. Acheson
Dean Acheson
Air Guards to Be Summoned for Federal Service
The air force will call five air national guard groups and supporting units into federal service on February 1. Specific unit and base assignments remain undisclosed due to security. Five guard groups have already been activated since October, with two more ground divisions added recently by the defense department.
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Washington
Airforce
Air National Guard
Defense Department
National Guard
Reds Press Down on Slim Beachhead
Allied forces pound Hungnam area as Chinese and Korean Reds press the beachhead in northeast Korea. U S airpower dumps Yonpo airfield and engineers destroy supplies and disabled aircraft. Red divisions mount limited attacks but are repelled by artillery and naval fire. refugees report looting in Hamhung and civilians fleeing.
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Tokyo
Slim Hungnam
Korea
United States
Airforce
Aban
Doned Yonpo
Hungnam
10Th Corps
Col
William Quinn
Crisfield
Hamhung
Sea of Japan
Hungnam Port
US Troops Possible Training at Camp Ripley This Summer
Camp Ripley near Little Falls may be used to train federal troops in June, July, and August. Adjunct Gen Joseph E. Nelson said inquiries came from Fifth Army HQ in Chicago and noted current 13 000 acres fall short of the 40 000 to 45 000 needed for a full infantry division. He cited potential access to 8600 acres of tax forfeited land and 8000 more acres plus 2000 acres of school trust lands if the legislature approves.
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ST. Paul
Ripley
Little Falls
Adj
Joseph E. Nelson
Fifth Army
Chicago
Nelson
Tram Hearing Set Thursday in Twin Cities Transit Fight
In Minneapolis a federal court hearing is set for 10 a m Thursday to rule on a restraining order delaying a stockholders meeting over control of the Twin Cities streetcar system. Judge M M Joyce will hear further arguments as Fred Ossanna and Charles Green lead opposing stockholder groups. Philip Fitzgerald St Paul a company vice president filed the restraining order alleging violations of securities laws in proxy campaigns.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
M. M. Joyce
Fred Ossanna
Charles Green
Philip Fitzgerald
St. Paul
Fitzgerald
Ossamna
Security and Exchange Commission
Cold Mass Hangs Over Rochester
Temperatures rose above zero in Minnesota overnight with light snowfall in several areas. The Rochester low was 3 above, while Duluth 5 and the Twin Cities 9. North Dakota remained cold with Devils Lake at 7 below and Bis marck at 34 above.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
North Dakota
Rochester
Duluth
Alexandria
Bemidji
St. Cloud
Twin Cities
Devils Lake
Redwood Falls
Lemmon
S. D
Huron
Bismarck
N. D
Eisenhower to Head European Defense Force Next Year
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower is slated to become supreme commander of an integrated European defense force, with President Truman announcing intensified American forces to join his command. Eisenhower, then president of Columbia University, plans to depart for Europe early next year to organize the international army during a Brussels meeting of North Atlantic powers.
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ST. Louis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Brussels
International Army
Ike
United Defense Force
Acheson
North Atlantic Council
Pact Council
U. S
Columbia _ university
Columbia University
Denver
Ohio
Transport With 37 Overdue at Manila
An American C 54 air transport plane with 30 passengers and seven crew was 10 hours overdue on a flight from Okinawa. The U S 13th Air Force based at Clark Field dispatched search planes over northern Luzon after the four engine plane sent a weather report 35 minutes before the 7 50 a m due time.
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Manila
Okinawa
U. S. 13Th Airforce
Clark Field
Luzon
Navy backs lunar mystery object as cosmic ray test sphere
The Navy tentatively claims the 18 inch metal sphere found in New Mexico is equipment from Project Skyhook used in cosmic ray research. A University of New Mexico meteorite chief notes the device arrived with an alarm clock and film, suggesting high altitude balloon tests rather than extraterrestrials.
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Navy
New Mexico
State University At
Albuquerque
Office of Naval Research
Lincoln Lopaz
Institute of Meteoritics
University of New Mexico
Skyhook
Williams and Sorenson Resign. Runquist and Justice Appointed
Alderman H. J. Williams of the second ward and police commissioner Harland Sorenson resigned to the city council. Erling W. Runquist was named to the aldermanic vacancy and Raymond Justice, from Hormel’s mechanical department, to the commission. Justice agreed to serve. Williams cites medical instructions for his resignation. The council approved resolutions thanking the pair, with Runquist’s appointment by unanimous vote.
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H. J. Williams
Harland Sorenson
Erling W. Runquist
Raymond Justice
The
Hormel Company
Sorenson
Williams
Runquist
Inquiry Set for January Investigation of Austin Police
The city council agreed to have the police civil service commission investigate 29 accusations against the Austin police department in the first week of January, likely January 4. Police Chief George Roope urged a full, public inquiry before his National Guard service.
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Austin Police Department
Police Civil Service Commission
R. A. Dunnette
George Roope
Council
National Guard
Frank Schultz
Roope
Austin
Schultz
M. G. Rolfson
Dunnette
Richard Kelly
Police Department
Police Commission
Martin A. Nelson
Pact Chiefs in Accord on International Army Plan
The 12 Atlantic pact nations agreed to organize an international army early in 1951 with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as supreme commander. The plan calls for 55 to 60 divisions plus air and sea arms, aiming for 1,000,000 troops by 1953 and German ground and air units under centralized command. Bonn would receive political and economic concessions in return.
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Brussels
Atlantic Alliance
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Pact
International Army
Russia
Germany
West German
Bonn
Bomb Found in Gay Package Left at Church
Police investigate a homemade bomb found in a gay decorated package addressed to a man 40 miles away at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in La Crosse. Monsignor Plecity reported anonymous threats after the discovery. the device was shot and exploded outside the city limits.
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LA Crosse
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
George Long
Victor Plecity
Nab lowan in Slaying Hunt
Kansas City police said they arrested Joseph A. Rogers of Collins Iowa on the slaying of Grace Del Vecchio who lived on his farm. Rogers, 32, signed a statement admitting the murder and waived extradition. He was found asleep in a rooming house and had used the name Allen Kirk. A pistol was found in his room. He faces murder charges in Des Moines.
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Kansas City
Kas
Joseph A. Rogers
Collins
Iowa
Grace del Vecchio
Rogers
Merle Dickerson
Allen Kirk
Bes Moines
del Vecchio
Pay raises awarded to 420 workers at Scott Atwater Co
About 420 production workers at the Scott Atwater Manufacturing Co. receive pay increases from five to twelve cents an hour after agreement between the company and the CIO International Union of Electrical Workers Local 1140.
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Minneapolis
Scott Atwater Manufacturing Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
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