Government pushes for controls as auto makers reject halt
Washington and Detroit battle inflation fears as GM and Ford refuse to suspend 1951 price hikes. Alan Valentine, Di Salle, and Ching state no immediate wage price freeze, but warn measures possible. Baruch and O Mahoney urge swift, broad controls while industry pushes voluntary restraint.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford
C. E. Wilson
Alan Valentine
Henry Ford II
Ford Motors
Valentine
Michael V. di Salle
Cyrus W. Ching
Congress
DiSalle
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Detroit
Chevrolet
Stray dog leads to body of Mercer man on mountain
A hungry collie guided searchers to the frozen body of Clinton Davis, 25, of Oakvale, missing since Monday after deer hunting with a companion on Peters Mountain. Davis died of exposure in sub-zero temps. his companion died from injuries and exposure. The dog, not Davis’s, led a 150-strong search party to the Virginia–West Virginia border area in Giles County Virginia and Monroe County West Virginia. Davis leaves three children and a wife. his body was found with his gun near a fire’s ashes two and a half miles from where the car was found.
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Stray Dog
Mercer
Willard Hess
Clinton Davis
Oakvale
Theaine Slanas
Datare
Lindside
Monroe County
Peters Mountain
Davis
Virginia
Giles County
W. Va
Emory Johnson
Jand
S. A. Tuck
Basil Brown
Narrows
Tuck
Underwood
Lewis Hilton
Sam Coles
Gold Bond
Elton Sivley
Princeton
Brown
Hilton
Sivley
Ralph
Claudie Davis
General Collins Optimistic On Korea Front
General J Lawton Collins army chief of staff expressed optimism that American forces in Korea will avoid further serious losses. He spoke after returning from the front and said he would report findings to the joint chiefs of staff. The army sped up training and cancelled a general 10 day Christmas furlough, while allowing extra leaves at commanders discretion. Selective Service chief Major General Lewis B Hershey said draft figures and draftee names would continue to be released to the public.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Collins
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Truman
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Communist Party
Senator Russell
D-Ga
Rosenberg
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Ralph de Sola
Senate
U N Rumored Ready To Quit Korea By Sea
Rumors of a sea withdrawal by U N forces in northeast Korea circulated as Maj Gen Edward M Almond and Vice Adm C Turner Joy met after a day of heavy fighting. U S Marines and infantrymen pressed toward Hungnam while Eighth Army reported progress, with air forces striking Communist convoys and new threats to the breakout column emerging near the Changjin reservoir.
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Tokyo
C. Turner Joy
United Nations Naval Forces
Korea
Hungnam
U.N
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Northeast
U.S
Edward M. Almond
U.S. Tenth Corps
Adm
U.N. Naval
Joy
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Fleet Marine Forces
Eighth Army
Priday
Koto
Changjin
U.S. First Marine Division
Hagaru
Kow
Red
Pyongyang
38Th Parallel
Fifth Air Force
Tenth Corps
Fees Of Phone Rate Increase Heard By PSC In Charleston
West Virginia public hearings examined Bluefield Telephone Co proposed rate hike to raise annual pretax income by about 21 475.78, claiming a six percent return. Opposing cities Bluefield Welch Princeton and McDowell chamber urged denial as witnesses outlined higher charges across Bluefield Welch and Welch counties.
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PSC
Charleston
W. Va
Bluefield Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Welch
Princeton
McDowell County
Fred Edwards
Bluefield Certified Public Accountant
Edwards
Used Car Dealer Held After Christmas Day Robbery
Lane Nash, a Mercer garage salesman, was lured to a Allen street house by a Negro customer promising a car. He was robbed of $60 cash, a wrist watch, an overcoat, shoes and a 1948 green Buick convertible, after being threatened with a knife and bound for two hours before freeing himself. Police seek Hubert Sewell Jr. on armed robbery, car theft and felonious assault warrants.
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Lane Nash
Mercer
Allen Street
Nash
Hubert Sewell, Jr
Sewell
Chattanooga
Brice
West Allies push defense, split on China UN seat
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee signaled a rapid westward buildup to meet Communist threats while offering no agreement on China’s UN seat. They outlined six points including continued aid to noncommunist nations, unity against aggression, and opposition to Red China’s UN admission though Britain backs Peiping’s seat.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Korea
United States
New York
Ottawa
China
Britain
Peiping
United Nations
White House
Southeast Asia
Far ‘East
Formosa
Truman Threatens To Beat Up Music Critic Over Voice Critique
President Truman wrote a blistering White House letter to Washington Post critic Paul Hume after a negative review of Margaret Truman’s Constitution Hall concert. The missive, published in part, insulted Hume and compared him unfavorably to others, prompting confirmation from White House officials and comments from Hume defending his critique.
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Truman
Washington
Margaret
White House
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Miss Truman
Constitution Hall
Washington Daily News
Westbrook Pegler
H.S.T
Hume
Charles G.ross
Italians To Take Over 3 Destroyer Escorts
A group of 228 Italian navy personnel arrived in New York en route to Norfolk to assume command of three destroyer escorts provided by the United States under the mutual defense assistance program.
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New York
Norfolk, Va
United States
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Reds
O'Mahoney
U. S
D-Wye
Senate-House Economic Committee
Maybanks
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Howard Underwood, Jr
Commie
Marion Herben
Jorn Ahlers
Chicago
John Leabeater
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
TOR
By Don Seagle
Soviet Union
Stalin
Colorado
John L. Lewis
Russia
Lewis
Trusman
Drew Pearson
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