Wage and price controls near certain under Korea crisis
Washington officials say price and wage controls are inevitable, depending on setting up administration. Enforcements viewed as heavy. emergency steps discussed but not decided. Government moves include hold on auto price increases and 60 to 90 day extensions of rent controls. Administrative debate favors selective over across the board controls.
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Charles Ross
White House
Economic Stabilization Administration
General Motors
Ford
Senate
House
Detroit
Early
Truman
Alan Valentine
Ford Motor
Violent Windstorm And Floods Struck Bluefield Area
A violent windstorm with heavy rains lashed Bluefield and surrounding counties, gusts 50 to 55 mph cut power and telephone service, wrecked roofs including Seyler Lumber plant, flooded streets and basements, and prompted AEP crews to work through the day. The storm also caused river flooding on the Beaver Creek and Blue Stone river, threatening infrastructure and the town hall area.
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Bluefield
J. C. Compton
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Welch Daily News
Mercer
Tazewell
McDowell
Seyler Lumber Company
AEP
South Bluefield
Virginia
Seyler Company
Beaver Creek
North College Avenue
New Town Hall
Virginia Avenue
Forth College
Hearing resumes at capital on bid for phone rate hike
Public Service Commission audit tests Bluefield Telephone dividend level. W C Reddy testifies the last year dividends near seven to nine percent of stock value. Cities Welch Bluefield Princeton McDowell Mercer protest proposed increase. Hearing continues with reaction from Bluefield officials.
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Charleston
W. C. Reddy
Welch
McDowell County
H. A. Hanson
Bluefield Telephone
Central Electric and Gas
Princeton
Hanson
Bluefield
Jerome Katz
McDowell
Mercer
West Virginia
Government Seeks 25 Year Sentence for Gold in Espionage
Philadelphia December 7 The government urged that Harry Gold be sentenced to 25 years in prison for espionage. U S District Judge James P McGranery postponed the sentence to 11 am. Gold 39 year old research chemist admitted delivering atomic secrets to Russian agents and pleaded guilty. FBI arrested him May 23 and he acted as a go between in supplying secrets from Klaus Fuchs the British spy.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
U. S
James P. McGranery
Gold
U.S
Gerald A. Gleeson
Gleeson
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Haggard
Hamilton
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
U. S. Supreme Court
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chester Pne
Bank Robbers Strike Washington Bank for 40 Thousand
Three men wearing colored silk handkerchiefs as masks robbed the Spring Valley branch of the National Metropolitan Bank in an exclusive Washington neighborhood at noon. They fled with an estimated 35 000 to 40 000, no one hurt. Manager Francis P. Hildebrand supervised vault access.
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Washington
Spring Valley
National Metropolitan Bank
Francis P. Hildebrand
Maryland
Shepherd Park
Hamilton National Bank
Connor Named To Fuels Post
Interior Secretary Chapman appoints Charles W. Connor of Charleston West Virginia as administrator of the defense solid fuels administration. Edward Klett will become deputy to represent the anthracite coal industry as the new agency plans to ration coal if shortages arise.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
Chapman
Charles W. Connor
Charleston
W. Va
Defense Solid Fuels Administration
Connor
Edward Klett
Wilkes-Barre
Klett
New
Solid Fuels Administration
Armco Steel Corp
Montcoal
Dan Wheeler
Interior Department
Anthracite Institute
Haddock Mining Co
Alden Coal Co
Austin Urges UN Stand on Korea Against Communist Pressure
Warren R. Austin told the United Nations that the organization will not yield to force in Korea and must demand withdrawal of aggressors. He warned the crisis could trigger a third world war and urged a moral judgment against aggression anywhere. The debate opened as sponsors of a peace plea awaited a response from Peiping.
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Austin
U. N. Assembly
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations
Korea
United Nations Organization
Middle East
Peiping
Turkey
Thailand
Vishinsky
Soviet
Ukraine
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Red China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
U. N
Manchuria
U. S
China
Attlee
MacArthur
United States
Britain
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
Chiang Supports Invasion by Nationalist Forces
Chiang Kai Sun che said he favors an invasion of the Chinese mainland by Nationalist forces from Formosa with coordinated action from United Nations naval and air forces. He told radio interviewer Robert Montgomery the move would meet a concerted guerrilla and troop response and rally forces under Communist control.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
United Nations
Chiang
Robert Montgomery
China
Montgomery
O Broadcasting Co
Ike warns US may draft all young men for war
General Dwight Eisenhower told about 20 000 troops at Camp Pickett Virginia that the United States may be forced to place all young men back in uniform as aggressor nations unite against free peoples. He urged preparation and unity while noting the nation already has some in uniform and others may be called.
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Ike
Camp Pickett
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S
Eisenhower
43Rd Infantry Division
Pearl Harbor
Mark Clark
Army Field Forces
United States
Columbia University
Allied Forces
Europe
Washington
Truman and Attlee Mull Naval Blockade of Red China
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee held a crisis talks in Washington at the White House session lasting over an hour. Officials said they near agreement on broad measures to curb Communist threats with a sixth option, a possible naval blockade of the Chinese coast, still under discussion.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Korea
Stephen T. Early
Attlee
United States
Korea War Casualties Rise by 1414 in Week
The defense department reports an weekly casualty increase of 1,414 bringing total American toll in Korea to 32,442 with 5,616 known dead. The list covers through December 1 and notes gaps due to notification delays. It details killed in action 5,038, wounded 22,337, and 5,067 missing in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Tokyo
United Nations
Trapped Yank: Escape Route Sought in Korea Action
U S Marines and soldiers fight out of Koto and press toward the sea as Chinese Reds block the road. The Eighth Army builds a defense line from Koksan to the Yellow Sea while the Hungnam escape port remains a distant objective.
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Eighth Army
Koksan
Yellow Sea
Pyongyang
Hungnam
Wonsan
Changjin Reservoir
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S
Koto
Tokyo
38Th
Chinnampo
Pyomcyane
Manchurian
MacArthur
U. N
Manchuria
Taedong River
Red
38Th Parallel
North Korea
South Korea
Koksan-Chinmampo
AAU backs universal training for teen youths
Columbia, Mo. December 7 educators from the Association of American Universities urged universal military training and service for teen-aged youths. They warned of high level tension for the next decade and said U S military strength could help prevent global war.
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Columbia
Association of American Universities
AAU
United States
Many States and Cities Unready For A Bomb Threat
Officials say many states and cities are woefully unprepared for possible atomic bomb attacks and lack even a part of the money needed. Most agree quick action is necessary but question parts of a 3.1 billion federal civil defense plan. Financing the state share is the big puzzle as budget strains may force new heavy taxes.
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Chicago
Appeals Tribunal Upholds Conviction of Alger Hiss
The U S circuit court of appeals unanimously upholds the perjury conviction of Alger Hiss former state department adviser at Yalta. Hiss vows to continue through further steps to overturn the verdict signaling possible appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Alger Hiss
New York
State Department
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hiss
Roosevelt
Yalta
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