Churchill Seeks Role in Ike Stalin Talks as U S Caution
London indicates Churchill will push for full participant status in any Eisenhower Stalin meeting. American officials demand concrete Soviet proposals before any high level talks, including an end to the Korean War on Western terms. Churchill plans informal discussions in New York with Eisenhower, Baruch hosts, and a possible May formal meeting with Cabinet members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Churchill
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Moscow
West
New York
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Jamaica
United States
North Atlantic
Red China
Pacific
Hint Chiang Troops to Raid Mainland
In 1953 sources expect stepped up Nationalist operations from islands off the Red China coast. Reports say a Ta Chen Islands Army hospital bases guerrilla activity between Shanghai and Formosa, and Formosa opens a casualty hospital for front line cases. Nationalists hold three offshore islands southeast of Shanghai to Swatow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
Daily News Today
Ta Chen
Shanghai
Swatow
Hong Kong
Less Than Half of Home Goal Reached
The Housing and Home Finance Agency reported that of 98,029 defense housing units planned for 204 critical defense areas, 41,983 were under construction and 24,697 completed. By Dec. 17, 45 percent of total were under construction and 25 percent completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Heart Attack Victim and Rescuer Die in Christmas Tragedy
Shadyside residents Peter Schramm, 80, collapsed on Christmas night and died of a heart attack. Charles Boyd, 32, rushed to help and then suffered a fatal heart attack himself. Both men died on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shadyside
Peter Schramm
Charles Boyd
Schramm
Boyd
Caudle Termed Weak Official in House Report
A House judiciary subcommittee labeled T Lamar Caudle honorably motivated yet weak and a scapegoat in his 1951 firing by President Truman amid probes of the Justice Department. The panel criticized his judgment but defended his integrity while noting other officials’ roles and a mink coat episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caudle
Harry P. Snyder
Washington
House
Asst. Atty
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
Judiciary
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-Ny
Justice Department
Department of Justice
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Peyton Ford
Clark
Subcommittee
Rep. Rogers
Dcole
Mink Coat
Rogers
Treasury
Justice Departments
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Roger Slaughter
Edwards Montana Vanishes From Maps in 1953
In Edwards Montana the town will be removed from maps in 1953. Tourists driving across Central Montana find only a ranch house where Edwards is shown. The State Highway Department will eliminate the town from official maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Mont
Montana
State Highway Department
Grandma Thief Formerly Rich Bank Robber Arraigned
Ailing 52 year old Ethel Arata daughter of a once wealthy New York family faced arraignment as the grandma bank bandit. She admits two robberies in California banks Oct 17 and Nov 26 totaling 1469 dollars and says she gave away the loot. Her family notes she is ill and in need of medical care after her father’s fortune failed in the 1929 crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
Ethel Arata
U. S
Howard V. Calverley
Arata
France
Switzerland
California Bank
Citizens National Bank
Cristmas
Arcadia
Benjamin S. Catts
Hollywood
Robert Catts
Benjamin Catts
Philadelphia
Grand Central Palace
Ola McWhorter
Wilmington
Del
Mundt Sees GOP Southern Coalition Shape Next Congress
Senator Mundt predicts a Republican Southern Democrat coalition will drive major decisions in the 83rd Congress. He cites Eisenhower backed by Texas Florida Virginia and Tennessee and warns civil rights measures may face stiff resistance. He notes the Solid South has waned while party alignment tightens in a thinly divided Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
FEPC
Truman
Solid South
Texas
Florida
Virginia
Tennessee
Senate
House
Morse
Oregon
Tidelands
Dixie
South
Democratic Party
Democratic
Sen. Morse
GOP
Neighbors Help Fight Fire At Harveysburg Station
Harveysburg volunteers called in Waynesville firefighters after their firehouse caught fire and their hose failed. Waynesville crews arrived six miles away and brought the blaze under control within about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harveysburg
Waynesville
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Scali
Chiang
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Rep. Martin
New House
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Attorney General's Office
Kennedys
Mercor
Kennedy
Sustin
Cara
Sarasota Bay
Amertesa
Barasota
Ahy Park Supreme Wand Casa
Dorothy Perkins
Sra
Wold Drug Co
Home Federal Savings and Loan Association
North Main
Spring Velley
Minn
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!