Administration orders voluntary price freeze to curb costs
Washington reports the Economic Stabilization Administration calls for a nationwide voluntary price freeze and wage guidelines to curb pay boosts. It asks west coast oil firms to suspend a 25 cent per barrel crude increase and several refineries to forgo rises in gasoline and other products. Officials warn evaders face mandatory controls later and note enforcement will rely on consumer reports.
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Washington
Economic Stabilization Administration
ESA
Wu calls UN cease-fire bid trickery in farewell
Gen Wu Hsiu Chuan of Communist China denounces UN cease-fire efforts as trickery as he departs Idlewild for home. He wishes Americans a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year while saying China will continue to strive for peace. He cites the Security Council defeat of a Wu Soviet-proposed plan demanding U.S. halt to aggression in Formosa and Korea withdrawal of foreign troops.
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Security Council
Soviet Union
United States
Formosa
China
Korea
Taft Fights War Powers Push In Lame Duck Session
Washington December 19 President Truman sought two WWI era war powers the House Judiciary Committee approved swiftly with near unanimous support. Taft opposed moving fast in a short lame duck session while Lucas pressed for immediate action and McClellan set hearings.
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Taft
Washington
Truman
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
D-Ny
Tommies In Korea Sponsor Yule Wish
British soldiers in Korea, a unit from the 29th Independent Infantry Brigade, sponsor a Christmas message to friends back home. The advertisement, published in the London Times, extends holiday wishes from frozen foxhole front lines.
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Tommies
Korea
Yule
London
London Times
29Th Independent Infantry Brigade
GM Plea to Relax Car Price Freeze Rejected
Washington reports the government refused for now General Motors plea to ease the mandatory price freeze on new cars at December first levels. The decision keeps the existing price controls in force for the time being.
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Washington
General Motors
Accused Robber To Be Returned
Herbert Sewell Jr is held in the Chattanooga county jail facing three Mercer county felony warrants for armed robbery felonious assault and car theft. Nash described the plan luring him to Allen Street and stealing 60 dollars a wrist watch an overcoat and a 1948 Buick convertible. Sewell waived extradition to West Virginia as Lt. Leon French and Patrolman Paul Carty prepared to return him to Mercer county after a wreck near Chattanooga. The wrecked Buick remains in a Sweetwater garage unusable.
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Herbert Sewell, Jr
Chattanooga, Tenn
West Inia
Bluefield
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Leon French
Paul Carty
Mercer County
Sewell
Lane Nash
Mercer
Allen Street
Nash
Sweetwater
Tenn
White Christmas Prospects Bright
Huntington West Virginia weather forecast predicts a general snow by Wednesday and again by the weekend. Temperatures are expected to run six to ten degrees below normal keeping the ground white for Christmas Monday.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Building Materials Prices Cease Rising, Commerce Dept Says
The commerce department said today that building materials are the only product group with prices that have stopped rising. It noted a pinch in building supplies as the rate of construction levels off in its December survey of current business.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Reds Pressing On Hungnam Beachhead Amid Fierce Attacks
U S troops on the shrinking Hungnam perimeter repelled two new Communist assaults with Allied air and naval support. Artillery pounded attackers, about 200 Koreans killed, a Chinese battalion penetration repelled, Yonpo airfield abandoned for a closer strip. East front patrols continued as Seoul prepared civilian evacuations. Sabre jets clashed with MIG 15s over Sinuiju, marking another high speed air duel.
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U. S
Hungnam
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
United Nations
Seventh Division
U. S. Eighth Army
MacArthur
Seoul
Air Force
Manchurian
Sinuiju
Law to close broadcasting stations in air raids
Washington December 19 congressional leaders were asked to grant the government powers to close radio television or other broadcasting stations in case of an air attack on American cities. The request from the defense department urged passage of a law applying to all broadcasting outlets that could guide enemy planes or missiles.
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Washington
Congress
Defense Department
Lawyers Seek New Appeal For Alger Hiss
Lawyers for Alger Hiss asked a federal appeals court to rehear his perjury conviction, a routine step before potential U S Supreme Court review. The move comes on December 19 in New York as part of the ongoing case.
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New York
Alger Hiss
U. S. Supreme Court
Truman Refuses To Fire Acheson
President Truman refused Republican demands to dismiss Secretary of State Acheson saying Communism, not the United States, would be harmed by his loss. He defended Acheson as shaping policy against Communism and noted Acheson would be among the first to be shot if Communism prevailed. Acheson was in Brussels at a NATO meeting.
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Independence
Truman
Brussels
Belgium
London
Washington
Acheson
Far East
Senate
House
North Atlantic Treaty Council
White House
Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
The
Tribune
McCarthy and Pearson Exchange New Epithets
Senate exchange heats as Senator McCarthy accuses Drew Pearson of being a political terrorist and character assassin. Pearson replies by mocking McCarthy with a jab about his initials meaning mental case and referencing Hat Stores, Inc. sponsorship.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Drew Pearson
Senate
Pearson
Adam Hat Stores, Inc
M. C
Congress
Speedy Redemption Urged For Christmas Tree Pledges
Community Christmas Tree assoc urges rapid submission of pledges from last Sunday's WHIS program to the radio station or Daily Telegraph office to fund toys and candy for Bluefield children. The 2000 on the party list will gather December 24 at Ramsey auditorium at 2 pm with doors at 1:30 pm. Virginia side events are at the library and Genoa junior high for colored children.
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Community Christmas Tree Association
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Virginia
Genoa Junior High School
Eisenhower to Lead Atlantic Pact International Army
Brussels and London reports say 12 nations unanimously approve an international army to defend Europe with Eisenhower as commander. The force, about 1,000,000 strong, will integrate West German troops and operate from Arctic to Mediterranean, with an international defense production board to coordinate munitions. Eisenhower will head SHAPE and appoint Gruenther as chief of staff while on indefinite leave from Columbia.
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Belgium
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arctic
Mediterranean
International Defense Production Board
William L. Batt, Sr
Philadelphia
Atlantic Pact Council
Truman
Eisenhower
Approval Of Big 4 Meeting Reported
Western foreign ministers Acheson Bevin and Schuman reported final approval of a Soviet bid for a new big four meeting. They met after the North Atlantic council session to discuss unification of divided Germany and broader east west problems, with drafts prepared in Paris.
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Belgium
U. S
State Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
North Atlantic Council
Russia
Germany
Paris
Washington
London
Senator proposes crime for trading with undeclared war foes
Washington December 19 Senator O Conor D Md proposed a bill to make trading with any country in an undeclared shooting war with the United States a crime. Violators would face up to five years in prison and a $10000 fine. The current law bans trade only with enemies in formally declared wars.
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Washington
O’conor
United States
O’'Conor
Eisenhower Says Army Is For Peace
General Dwight D. Eisenhower said his new command is formed to preserve peace with no belligerent purpose. He spoke at a news conference in St. Louis during an eight hour stopover en route to Denver and said leadership will be drawn from U S forces. He expects to head to Europe around January 1 and noted the staff will include Lt General Alfred M Gruenther as chief of staff. Headquarters locations were not decided with Fontainebleau and Versailles mentioned as possibilities.
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Europe
Germany
Austria
SHAPE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers
St. Louis
Alfred M. Gruenther
U. S. Army
Columbia University
Lord Montgomery
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Fontainebleau
Paris
Supreme Atlantic Command
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
United States
International Army
General Gruenther
U.S. Army
Air Force
Navy
Army
Versailles
Soviets Rushing To Build Up Navy
The Soviet Union is accelerating naval expansion, with reports of a 35,000 to 37,000-ton battleship and a second launched in March, plus another under construction. Jane's Fighting Ships cites about 350 to 370 submarines in service and 120 more building, with heavy cruisers and destroyers forming four fleet squadrons. The year 1950-51 naval estimates reach 15.4 billion rubles, about 3.85 billion dollars.
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London
Soviet Union
Jane
Jane's
U.S
Black Sea
Far Eastern
Baltic
Far East
Black Seas
Truman to send reinforcements to Europe for new Atlantic pact army
President Truman announced plans to reinforce Europe as part of a new Atlantic pact army. He did not specify numbers or timing, but reports suggest five to ten divisions could be deployed, boosting U S ground forces in Europe from 190000. Air National Guard groups will be called up Feb 1, defense cuts on tin use take effect, and Congress considers emergency mobilization powers.
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Congréss
House
Popes Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
Ilinois
Congress
Barkley
Expenditures Committee
Senator McClellan
D-Ark
Washington
Europe
International Army
Atlantic Pact
United States
U. S
Air Force
Air National Guard
Ill
82Nd Congress
Military High Command
National Guard
Capitol Hill
Martin
Rep
Crawford
R-Mich
Senate Bill Advances to Allow Union Shop on Railways
Washington December 19 the House Commerce committee approved 11 to 3 a Senate passed bill permitting the union shop on the railroads. The measure would amend the Railway Labor Act to let unions negotiate for a union shop and require all workers in the union’s jurisdiction to join and stay members. House rules previously blocked similar action, but sponsors seek recognition under a rarely used rule to bypass floor obstruction.
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House Commerce Committee
House
House Rules Committee
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