Truman Attlee discuss Korea in high level talks
Washington reports say President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee discussed possible courses in Korea under three scenarios including a Dunkirk type evacuation though no decision was made. Bradley warned any reference to evacuation related only to extreme northeast troops moving to a beachhead.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Korea
MacArthur
U.N
Omar N. Bradley
Senate Foreign Relatons Committee
Bradley
House Passes Excess Profits Tax Measure
The House approved an excess profits tax aimed at 1951 revenue of about 4.6 billion dollars, retroactive to July 1. The 378 to 20 vote sends the bill to the Senate with possible changes before a White House signature.
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Washington
House
Senate
George
D-Ga
White House
U. S
Truman
House Wars and Means Committee
Rep
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Congress
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Business Committee
Weather Man Warns of Snow and Cold Wave Toward Thursday
Groggy after last week's blizzard the Bluefield area faces a new cold wave with five to six inches of snow by evening. The cold spell begins tonight and lasts through Thursday with temperatures near zero and strong winds. Monday brought flurries and sleet as streets iced over, though the snowfall stayed light. The forecast calls for a high of 28 degrees.
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Bluefield
Mercury
U. S
Deadly Proximity Fuse Bombs Used In Korea
Marine Corsair planes have used proximity fuse bombs in Korea with outstanding results. A first marine air wing spokesman said the fuse detonates before impact, effective against troops in foxholes. Fragmentation causes severe casualties directly beneath the blast.
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Korea
Marine Corsair
First Marine Air Wing
Sawyersville Sixth Graders Adopt Sick Boy As Pen Pal
Pittsburgh boy Michael Calfi 14, severely burned, found new friends among Sawyersville Grade School sixth graders in Buchanan County Virginia. Seventeen boys adopted him as a pen pal writing individually after Mrs. Bernard Watson’s class requested address help.
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Michael Calfi
Anne Draskovich
Buchanan County
Virginia
Sawyersville Grade School
Michael
Daily Telegraph
Sawyersville
Pittsburgh
Mike
Bernard Watson
Collins Sees No Use For A Bomb In Korea
General J Lawton Collins U S army chief of staff says there is no worthwhile tactical use for the atomic bomb in Korea He declines to discuss the military situation further noting a new development since Chinese forces entered the war He flies over the northwestern front and comments on the Eighth Army's ability to handle potential Chinese enveloping moves.
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Bradley
Charles G. Ross
London
United Nations
Korea
Ross
Seoul
J. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Collins
U. S
Eighth Army
Taft Demands More Asia Information
Senator Taft urged President Truman to provide more information on U S policy in Asia and Europe. He called for a public report after Truman finishes talks with British Prime Minister Attlee to explain national facing issues and strategy.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Asia
Europe
Senate
Republicans
Attlee
Rent Controls Bill Delayed in House Action
Washington reports the house rules committee rejected clearing a 90 day rent control extension for debate by 6 to 5. Democratic leaders planned to take up the measure tomorrow while the banking committee favored passage 17 to 3. The bill would push decontrol to March 31 unless extended and rent controls would lapse December 31 otherwise.
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House
House Rules Committee
House Banking Committee
Congress
Senate
Rules Committee
Sabath
D-Ill
Senate Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Toledo
Ohio
30 000 Yanks Face Death Or Captured In Korea Front
Allied forces in northeast Korea face a Chinese Red offensive with about 30,000 U S troops potentially trapped. The battle concentrates near Hungnam and Wonsan as Marine and Seventh Infantry divisions withdraw. MacArthur notes rising tempo of enemy movements and new reinforcements approaching. Aircraft strike enemy concentrations while UN forces shift south toward the 38th parallel and prepare to evacuate civilians from Seoul.
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Wonsan
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Hamhung
First Marine Division
Seventh Infantry Division
MacArthur
Changjin Reservoir
Eighth Army
Fifth Airforce
Taedong
U. P. Combat Cargo Command
Seoul
38Th Parallel
Republic of Korea
Seoul-Inchon
Asian nations seek halt to clashes in Korea crisis
Eleven nations including India and the Philippines appeal to China and North Korea to avoid crossing the 38th parallel and request time to seek a settlement. The appeal, transmitted to Wu Hsiu-Chuan in New York, urges a halt to forces and a push for negotiations as the UN aims to convene an emergency full assembly.
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New York
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Burma
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Yemen
Indonesia
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Truave Lie
U. N
Coplon Granted New Trial By Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court ruled Judith Coplon's arrest without a warrant illegal and ordered a new trial while upholding the charge of spying for Russia. The court kept the indictment, citing plain guilt, and noted potential disclosures from wiretaps and informants. Coplon faces a new trial in New York on a 15 year sentence alongside a separate Washington count for stealing government secrets.
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Judith Coplon
Russia
United States Court of Appeals
Miss Coplon
FBI
New York City
Washington
Valentin A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Gubitchev
Charles G. Ross Dies at 65 in White House Desk
Charles G. Ross longtime St. Louis Post Dispatch journalist and Truman press secretary collapsed at his desk in the White House at 5:50 p.m. EST. The 65 year old had known the Trumans since Independence Missouri and won a 1931 Pulitzer for a report on the nation’s plight.
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Charles Ross
Washington
Charles G. Ross
White House
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Independence
Missouri
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Myrtle Bergheim
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Florence Griffin
John Bruce Ross
Walter W. Ross
St. Louis
Blair House
U N Opens Meditation Room Amid Crisis at Lake Success
The United Nations, besieged by crises, opened a dimly lit meditation room at Lake Success. It was created by order of Secretary General Trygve Lie following requests from church groups for a quiet place for delegates, staff, and visitors to reflect on threats to peace.
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Lake Success
U.N
Trygve Lie
Deer Hunter Found Dead On Peters Mt
Peterstown West Virginia December 5 One of two Monroe county deer hunters missing for 24 hours was found dead near Peters Mountain on the Virginia border. Howard Underwood Jr. of Lindside was located four miles from his home with head injuries and a wedged foot between rocks. The body was found by searchers Thomas Carter and Thomas Sexton. Clinton Davis of Oakvale remained missing since they left a car near Lindside yesterday morning.
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Monroe County
Here
Howard Underwood, Jr
Near Lindside
Virginia
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Thomas Sexton
Oakvale
Underwood
Clinton Davis
Lindside
Ford and GM Increase Auto Prices Across Lineup
Detroit reports Ford Motor Company raises prices on Ford Mercury and Lincoln models by 87.50 to 165, following General Motors move to hike 1951 model costs. Henry Ford II notes no prior plan to raise prices, while costs rise. UAW critic Walter Reuther says GM could have absorbed costs with profit. GM withholds exact 1951 prices.
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Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Henry Ford II
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Recommendations For Medical School Delayed
A West Virginia legislative interim committee postponed for 30 days any recommendations on a four year medical and dental school. Senate president W Broughton Johnston and members cited fluid wartime conditions as the reason. The committee plans to reconvene early next month or by January 11 after the legislature convenes.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
W. Broughton Johnston
Senate
Johnson
Senate confirms two nominees for key posts
The Senate confirmed Dr. Alan Valentine of New York as economic stabilization administrator and John D. Small of New York as chairman of the munitions board, both without opposition.
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Senate Today
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New York
John D. Small
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