Freeing Two Americans Weighed In North Korea Talks
Washington reported the United States agreed to meet North Korean terms to free two American men held since September 22. Alfred T. Meshter and Albert E. Willis, aboard the Kimball R. Smith, would be released if an American official arrives at 11 a.m. at the Aesong border. Other Americans remain missing, with no direct word on their status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
North Korea
Acheson
Pyongyang
State Department
Angus Ward
Mukden
China
United Nations
Soviet Bloc
Ward
Tientsin
North China Port
ECA
Alfred T. Meshter
Kinderhook
N. Y
Albert E. Willis
Brooklyn
Orient
Navy
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
North China
Tsingtao
Groves Says Spies Sought Atomic Secrets in WWII
Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves testified that the Soviet Embassy used spies to seek the atom bomb secret during World War II. He said he approved limited uranium shipments to Russia to locate Soviet sources and noted pressure to aid the Soviets, while denying missing secret documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Hopkins
Russia
House
American Activities Committee
Groves
U.S
U. S
Lend-Lease Administration
Capitol Hill
State Acheson
Army
Acheson
Panama Canal
U. S. Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Oak Ridge
H.H
Jordan
Lendlease
Roosevelt
Soviets
Fulton Lewis, Jr
House Committee
Lewis
Wallace
Gen Groves
Car Plunges Into Bluestone Dam Killing Ned Quinn
Ned T. Quinn a 34 year old Charleston man died when his station wagon plunged 400 feet down an embankment into Bluestone dam reservoir near Hinton West Virginia The body was found about 2 PM and the car pulled from the water Deputies believe Quinn was alone He left a Pipestem farm and store around 9 PM en route to Charleston He worked at Dupont in Belle and was an amateur photographer He is survived by his widow and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
W. Va
Ned T. Quinn
Charleston
Bluestone Dam
Funeral Home
Quinn
Pipestem
Summers County
Dupont Company
Belle
Bluestone Bridge
Associated Press
E. L. Hellems
Hellems
Alcoa Strike Ends After Wage Pension Insurance Pact
About 17,000 CIO United Steel workers at nine Alcoa plants halt work for two days. Agreement on wage adjustments pensions and insurance leads to plant reopenings and recall. The deal includes a $100 monthly minimum pension and shared social security costs for workers 55 with 25 years, plus comprehensive life and health benefits. Affected sites include New Kensington Baden Detroit Richmond and Bauxite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
CIO
United
New Kensington
Baden
N. C
Detroit
Mich
Richmond
Ind
Bauxite
Ark
Fish Safety Measure May Be Shock To Otters
Richmond report states the state commission of game and inland fisheries installed an electrified wire fence around the Stevensville fish hatchery in King and Queen county. Director I. T. Quinn says the fence is a spite measure to keep otters from preying on bass and bream fingerlings in hatchery waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Stevensville
King and Queen County
Commission
I. T. Quinn
Quinn
Cold Wave Hits Areas In Northern Midwest
A biting cold wave drives sub zero temperatures across northern Midwest with snow in Wisconsin Minnesota Northern Illinois New England and New York state. Temperatures fall to 15 below zero in parts of Minnesota and 5 to 10 below in northwest Wisconsin. Snow depths reach two to five inches in parts of Wisconsin and 10 inches in Cadillac Michigan six inches at Lake Placid New York. Ice on rapid transit rails slows traffic and one traffic death occurs in Michigan.
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Chicago
Midwest
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
New England
New York State
Iowa
Upper
Michigan
Cadillac
Mich
Lake Placid
N. Y
New York City
Atlantic Ocean
Rockies
Stolen Safe's Owner Tries To Be Helpful To Unknown Thieves
In Champaign Illinois on December 7 radio WDWS broadcast the safe combination of Ralph Russell's stolen safe from his used car lot. The safe carries no money but is a family keepsake and Russell urges burglars to return it undamaged and calls him for directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Ill
Wdws Today
Ralph Russell
Russell
Suspended Uniontown Officer Faces Morals Charge in March
A suspended Uniontown policeman William A. Parks age 26 must stand trial in March for alleged assault on a 14 year old girl. At a hearing before Alderman M. R. Gregg last night about 150 spectators packed the office and sidewalk as the city council planned to decide Tuesday on keeping the suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
William A. Parks
M. R. Gregg
Parks
Strike Halts Atomic Project at Oak Ridge
Wildcat strike by AFL construction workers halts two large atomic plants at Oak Ridge Tennessee delaying a 66 million and a 162 million project. About 3 000 workers idle including 2 220 on site and 1 400 Maxon employees. Union leaders and officials seek rapid return to work tomorrow per mediation service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge. Tenn
AFL
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
AEC
Maxon Construction Co
Dayton,c
Oak Ridge
Maxon
The
Knoxville Building Trades Council
C. A. Budnik
Seveal Crafts
R. W. Cook
Oman Construction Co
Nashville
Tenn
Omar Company
Middle Tennessee
M. L. Boyr
Oman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
E. F. Hitchcock
Knoxville
J. C. Kerr
Building Trades Council
Hitchcock
Father Shoots His Three Children in Alexandria Tragedy
John S. Conner 39 killed his three children Cecilia 5 Michael 9 and Stephanie 11 with a single .20 gauge shotgun blast in the kitchen of the Conner apartment in Cameron Village Alexandria Virginia He surrendered to police saying he knew what he had done and that he planned to kill himself but changed his mind Conner a Fort Belvoir civil service worker and West Point graduate cited years of depressive episodes and an obsession that his children would inherit his disability Police charged him with murder in all three deaths Dr John Sims certified the children died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
John S. Conner
Conner
United States Military Academy
West Point
Hawes
Corner
Cecilia
Michael
Stephanie
John Sims
Conners
Cameron Village
Fort Belvoir
Edgar Sims
Sims
Maestro Toscanini Refuses Italian Honor
Rome December 7 Maestro Arturo Toscanini declined an honorary lifetime senator position offered by President Luigi Ein audi in recognition of his musical achievements. Ivanoe Bonomi said he received Toscanini’s telegram stating the appointment conflicted with his feelings, while Toscanini added he is always ready to serve the fatherland and asked not to misread his refusal as unkind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Arturo Toscanini
Luigi Einaudi
Toscanini
Ivanoe Bonomi
Senate
Bonomi
Parma
Italy
United States
Rex Beach Minds Fatal End at Lakeside Retreat
Rex Beach, 72, famed author of robust man novels, killed himself with a pistol at his Florida lakeside retreat. Cancer of the throat plagued him for two years, doctors had said no chance of recovery. Beach’s body was found by his nurse. funeral plans pending. Surviving are two brothers and a sister-in-law. Born in Michigan, he moved with his family to Tampa as a child and later studied at Rollins College and the Chicago College of Law.
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Sebring. Fla
Rex Beach
Tania Simonian
Rex Beach Lake
Beach
Robert Fox
J. Howard Livingston
Broward Coker
Peer Beach
Raleigh
N. C
Fred Stone
Los Angeles
Christopher Beebe
Winnetka
Ill
Tiwood
Mich
Rex
Tampa
Fla
Rollins College
Winter Park
Chicago College of Law
Coal Leaders Clash as Lewis Reaches Some Deals
Washington reports John L. Lewis announced new soft coal contracts with operators producing 5,000,000 tons annually and with Kentucky truck mine owners. Operators mocked the agreements as minor gopher holes while Lewis eyed industry wide expansion and a welfare fund board with Miss Josephine Roche and Howard Showalter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Kentucky
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Battle
Whitney Budd Warner, Jr
Cleveland
Wwrner Collieries Co
John Owens
United Mine Workers
Warner
Owens
New York
UMW
Josephine Roche
Welfare Fund Trustee Board
Miss Roche
Howard W. Showalter
Fairmont
W. Va
Showalter
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Charlies I. Dawson
Louisville
Ezra van Horn
Lewismeers
Dawson
van Horn
Yeager Describes Supersonic Flight Armchair Sensation
West Virginia native Captain Yeager, air force test pilot, explains in an exclusive Dayton Daily News interview at Wright Patterson base that flying the X-1 at speeds exceeding sound feels like sitting in an armchair. He notes the cockpit moves with the aircraft and only engine noise remains loud. exit from trans sonic range is targeted to avoid shock waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
West Virginia
Charles
Chuck) Yeager
Air Force
Muroc Field
Calif
West Hamlin
W. Va
Dayton Daily News
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Yeager
Herbert Shaw
The
Daily News
Shah of
Iran
Wright-Patterson Field
Pair Dragged Mile By Horses In Desert Revenge
In Gallup New Mexico on December 7 a Navajo man Raymond Warner was charged with assault with intent to kill for dragging two tribe members Dan Hill 60 and Roy Hill 30 tied to a team of horses for over a mile in the desert. The elder Hill was left on the Santa Fe main line tracks after fainting. Roy Hill was released when another man Garcia arrived. The Hills suffered severe injuries described as horrendous with injuries to backs ears and faces. Dan Hill said the attack was for revenge. his son had been convicted previously of statutory rape with a suspended sentence.
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Gallup
N. M
Raymond Warner
Marianna Lake
Here
Warner
Dan Hill
Roy
Hill
D. F. Mollica
McKinley County
Santa Fe
Roy Hill
Mollica
Garcia
Crime Comics Banned in Canada Senate Passes Bill
Ottawa reports a senate approved bill banning crime comic books despite strong opposition. The House of Commons had backed the measure unanimously and royal assent is expected later this week to make it law.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate
House of Commons
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ALCOA
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John Agar
Agar
Linda Susan
NEA Telephoto
Oak Ridge Construction
Russell Hawes
Janet
James Nairy
Marian Pool
Young Nairy
Thomas Kennedy
Kennedy
Ralph E. Taggert
Taggert
Union
Indiana
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