Death of Lt General Walker in Korean Front Collision
Lt Gen Walton H. Walker was killed in a jeep collision with a South Korean truck on a road near Seoul. The Eighth Army moved to relieve command as Maj Gen Milburn and Lt Gen Ridgway prepared to assume leadership while Walker’s body was transported toward Tokyo for air transport.
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Seoul
Korea
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Tth
Commonwealth Brigade
Paul Maurer
Ninth Corps
Vincennes
Ind
United Nations
Walker
Clayton Tyner
Belton
Keenan
George S. Patton
France
Japan
Christmas Parties Bring Santa to 2000 Local Children
The 1950 Community Christmas Tree events in Bluefield lift spirits for about 2000 youngsters with Santa gifts. One Ramsey auditorium program doors open 1:30 PM, party starts 2:00 PM for ~1200 children. A Genoa junior high event serves 400 to 450 colored children at 12:30 PM, while Virginia side activities occur outdoors at the library starting 3 PM.
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Marion Wall
Santa Claus
Bluefields
Santa
WHIS
Ramsey Auditorium
Bluefield
W. Va
Genoa Junior High School
Virginia
Hopes Dim For White Christmas In West Virginia
The Associated Press reports no snow is expected in West Virginia for Christmas. The weather bureau revised forecasts to show no precipitation. Partly cloudy and cold conditions are forecast with near-freezing highs in the north and slightly above in the south.
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Associated Press
West
Liner Batory's Boss Taken Into Custody
New York December 23 immigration agents detained Roman Kutylowski president of the Polish owned Gdynia America Line Inc upon arrival by air. The company operates the liner and the ship Communist Gerhart Eisler to flee the United States.
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New York
Roman Kutylowski
Gdynia America Line, Inc
Gdynia America
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Grim holiday start as 178 killed nationwide
By Saturday evening 178 violent deaths were recorded for the holiday period including 146 traffic and 32 miscellaneous. The National Safety Council warned of a high traffic toll, with 438 crashes from Friday noon to Saturday afternoon and many drunk driving arrests, while a Crystal Lake Wisconsin fire claimed a mother and two children after holiday tree trimming.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Crystal Lake
Wis
Ivydale Woman Dies In Traffic Mishap
Ivydale West Virginia December 23 Mrs Madge Reed 30 of Glenville was killed when ejected from a car that hit an icy roadway on state route 16 about 10 am The vehicle was driven by her husband and the incident involved state police Corporal T S Myers said.
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Ivydale
W.va
Madge Reed
Glenville
Guard Ory State Police
T. S. Myers
Clay County
Daily Telegraph Staff Answers Phone For Santa
A newsroom call reveals Santa Claus is busy preparing for tonight’s global toy delivery. The young caller asks to speak with Santa, who is too occupied. the lad leaves a note about a new idea for a cowboy suit.
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Daily Telegraph
Santa Claus
Santa
Suspicions Yield Christmas Present in California
Mrs. William Havek of Redding telephoned Dr. Harper Thorpe to report a stomach ache and summoned him to her home. The doctor found a new-born baby in her arms. She had suspected pregnancy and mentioned a Christmas gift in disbelief.
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Redding
Calif
William Havek
Harper Thorpe
Lewis 3 Day Week Upheld By Examiner
Trial examiner Arthur Leff of the National Labor Relations Board ruled that the three day work week imposed by John L. Lewis on the coal industry in 1949 was legal under Taft H artley law. He recommended dismissal of most charges but found illegal union shop and welfare fund provisions during negotiations and urged a public non Communist affidavit by Lewis before final action.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Arthur Leff
NLRB
Lewis
Leff
United Mine Workers Union
Trucker and Three Youths Die After Jumping Into Claytor Lake
Three Pulaski county men Hoover Shelton 21 Donnie Jarrells 20 and Junior Jarrells 19 and a one ton truck vanish after the vehicle veers off a bridge into Claytor Lake near Pulaski Virginia early today. Rescue efforts persist through 30 feet of cold water as grapplers fail to raise the sunken truck.
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Pulaski, Va
Pulaski County
Claytor Lake
Hoover Shelton
Elmer Shelton
Donnie Jarrells
Mack Jarrells
Junior Jarrells
Preston Jarrells
Hiwassie
School For the Blind
Staunton
Ridgway Leaves for Korea to Command Eighth Army
Lt General Matthew B Ridgway departs to assume command of the Eighth Army in Korea after the death of Lt General Walter H Walker in a jeep accident. The 55-year-old airborne expert leaves his post as army deputy chief of staff for administration and tells his wife good night at the airport before flying.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Korea
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Walter H. Walker
Walker
Priday
Ridgway
Darling
Pentagon
Gen. Walker
Gen. Collins
MacArthur
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Collins
Normandy
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Army
Washington, D. C
Red Offensive To Get Rolling By Christmas
Chinese and Korean forces push toward Seoul as MacArthur warns of a major winter attack. Fifteen NK divisions along the border ready to strike, with up to 125000 additional Chinese troops reported. Lt. Gen. Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and command passes to Maj. Gen. Frank Milburn as the front braces for renewed fighting.
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Seoul
Chunchon
Yonchon
Sariwon
Northeast Korea
Hungnam
MacArthur
U. S
Eighth Army
Frank E. Milburn
U. S. First Corps
Ridgway
Manchuria
Fourth Field Army
North Korea
Chogeve
Baby Boy Body Found in City Dump
The decomposed body of a baby boy about three or four months premature was found in Marmet municipal dump. Ada Strickland of Rush Creek located the body at 3:45 p.m. State Trooper S E Tribbet and Kanawha Coroner Goff Lilly said the race was hard to determine due to discoloration and an inquest was sought to identify the parents. The body had likely been placed there two or three days earlier along U S Route 119.
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Charleston
W. Va
Marmet
S. E. Tribbet
Ada Strickland
Rush Creek
Kanawha
Goff Lilly
U. S. Route 119
Film Star Loses Fur Coat Gems To Thief
New York police report Marilyn Maxwell had a mink coat worth 2000 dollars 800 dollars in cash and jewelry stolen from her Warwick hotel apartment early Friday. Maxwell had just returned from Korea where she entertained servicemen with Bob Hope.
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New York
Marilyn Maxwell
Warwick Hotel
Miss Maxwell
Korea
Bob Hope
How Long Do Free Nations Have Before Reds Strike
Washington reviews the crisis as world powers push for a western defense rampart. The Brussels decisions target a slow to moderate build of a European army, with aims of one million troops and three million total defense forces by 1953, while diplomacy seeks time for peaceful settlements and unity.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Korea
Pacific
Kremlin
U.S
London
Paris
Brussels
West
Britain
France
Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.N
Pope Pius XII backs unity of free peoples for peace
In a Christmas broadcast from Vatican City on December 23, Pope Pius XII endorsed the union of free nations for self defense and urged mutual trust in international affairs. He voiced support for easing East–West tensions and said the church seeks friendly relations between East and West, stressing shared heritage and future contributions.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Union of Free Peoples
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First Corps
Yokohama
Sam Sims Walker
Jong
Pusan
Inchon
Pyongyang
Two Bluefields
Genoa
Batory
Examiner
Sunchon
Yellow Sea
Miles
Gen. Ridgway
38Th Parallel
Red Army
Chogye
North
South Korea
Peiping Rday
State Acheson
Capitol
Pope Pius Indorses
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