Dulles Urges Counter-Attack Based Global Defense Plan
New York dispatch reports John Foster Dulles arguing a single Gibraltar defense is flawed and urging a coordinated economic political and military line around the Soviet world. He said the free world must ring the Soviet orbit with strength, warn of encirclement dangers, and avoid relying on a pure static frontier. He spoke for himself not the state department during a Mutual network broadcast and cited the Hoover isolationist suggestion as a cautionary contrast.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
America
State Department
Truman
United States
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Europe
Asia
Dulles
Hoover
Hoovers
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
Free World
Soviet
Soviet Union
Auto Cutbacks Inch Up as Plants Idle in Shortage
Detroit reports GM adds four plants to an eight factory shutdown list due to material shortages. Buick Olds Pontiac plants in Wilmington Framingham Atlanta and Kansas City remain closed until Jan 8 along with Linden NJ. Ford Packard Studebaker also cut production as defense orders surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Esii
Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac
Wilmington
Del
Framingham
Mass
Atlanta
Linden
N. J
Southgate
Calif
Ford, Packard
Studebaker
Ford
Metuchen
coln-Mercury
Packard
Henry Fonda Weds Third Wife Susan Blanchard
Actor Henry Fonda, 43, married Susan Blanchard, 22, yesterday in New York. Blanchard is the step daughter of Oscar Hammerstein and the widow of Fonda’s prior wife Frances Seymour Brokaw who died by suicide eight months ago. Fonda has two children, Peter and Jane, from his previous marriage to Margaret Sullivan.
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New York
Henry Fonda
Susan Blanchard
Oscar Hammerstein
Fonda
Frances Seymour Brokaw
Beacon
N. Y
Peter
Jane
Margaret Sullivan
Four Little Sisters Burned To Death in Indiana
In Bedford Indiana on December 29 four young sisters, the eldest six, perished in a two room house fire despite three rescue attempts by their father Edward Beavers and a neighbor. The tragedy occurred as firefighters were summoned to the scene to battle the blaze.
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Bedford
Ind
Edward Beavers
Anonymous Letter Points Toward Missing Coronation Stone
An anonymous letter to a Glasgow newspaper claims to offer a clue to the whereabouts of Britain's missing Stone of Scone. The letter asks that the relic be returned to authorities with conditions, and cites faults in a Westminster watch as proof of good faith. Police continue searches, dredging Hyde Park's Serpentine for the stone amid ongoing speculation of a Scottish nationalist motive.
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London
Glasgow
Britain
George VI
Scotland
Westminster Abbey
Scotland Yard
Hyde Park Lake
Scone
Edward I
Cobalt Curbs Hit Radio And TV Makers Hard
Washington reports rigid cobalt controls will cut civilian use in January to one third of 1950 levels. Purchases over 25 pounds require National Production Authority approval from February 1. Restrictions may delay color television and impact speaker production as shortages hit multiple metals. and regional price wage offices planned by ESA.
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Washington
Radio- Television Manufacturers Association
Color TV
Economic Stabilization Agency
Labor Department
Management-Labor
ESA
Management Labor
New York
Boston
Richmond
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Cleveland
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Denver
Francisco
Seattle
Dallas
X. 3
Federal Reserve Board
W C Fields Estate Settlement Reaches Compromise
A Dallas man, William Rexford Fields Morris, claimed paternity of W C Fields and won a rehearing leading to a compromise settlement. The parties filed a petition and Superior Judge McKay planned to rule January 16, with Morris to receive a substantial sum for withdrawing a one third share claim. amount not revealed.
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Los Angeles
W. C. Fields
Dallas
Tex
William Rexford Fields Morris
Fields
Bessie Chatterton Poole
District Court of Appeals
William R. McKay
Morris
Woman from West Virginia Identified in Cabin Death
State police identified the woman victim in a death by self inflicted murder at a Greensburg tourist cabin as Mrs Clarissa Helm 41 of Baxter West Virginia. Roy W Huey 50 a carpenter of Watson Virginia shot her then killed himself. Proprieter Charles Anderson found the bodies yesterday after the couple checked in under the name Robert Johnson and wife.
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Greensburg
Clarissa Helm
Baxter
W. Va
Roy W. Huey
Watson
Huey
Charles Anderson
Chuck
Robert Johnson
Five Children Die In Blazing Home Fire Blamed on Heater
In London Ontario a fire destroyed the Bezeau home killing five children aged 2 to 12. Parents and three other children were burned and shocked. Firemen were hampered by a frozen hydrant as an oil heater explosion is blamed for the blaze.
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London
Ont
Wesley Bezeau
Rail Engineers Demand More Favorable Terms In Peace Pact
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers demands more favorable terms in a three year peace pact between railroads and four unions. BLE officers will return to Washington to push for improved terms while Trainmen Firemen Conductors meet within ten days to review the plan. The agreement, negotiated under government operation since August, includes wage increases and a 40 hour week with future implementation and cost of living adjustments based on CPI changes.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ington
John R. Steelman
White House
BLE
James P. Shields
Washington
Steelman
Trainmen News
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
BRT
E Firemen
David B. Robertson
Ice and Snow Plague Hits East and South
The Associated Press reports an extensive ice storm and freezing rain across the east and deep south causing hazardous driving conditions. Five deaths occurred in Alabama and Louisiana crashes while New England foresees up to six inches of snow by Saturday and New York area airports report flight cancellations.
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East Georgia
New England
Matick
Mass
Alabama
Louisiana
Charleston
S. C
Detroit
Weather Bureau
New York
la Guardia Field
Rockies
Florida
Far West
Pacific Northwest
New Hampshire Youth A Champion Nimrod
Harold H. Bond a 17 year old high school student from Lebanon New Hampshire was praised as perhaps the state's mightiest nimrod after he killed a 200 pound boar and hauled the carcass two miles out of the Blue Mountain forest reservation despite the hog outweighing him by sixty pounds.
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Lebanon
N. H
Harold H. Bond
Bond
Blue Mountain Forest Reservation
Voter Participation Follows Long-Term Decline Says Analyst
Bertram M. Gross of the Council of Economic Advisers tells the American Political Science Association that 50 years ago turnout was higher than today. He cites 74 percent in 1900 versus 54 percent in 1948, and notes a continuing fall along with calls for reform and study of registration, soldier and absentee voting, voter barriers, and electoral college changes.
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Washington
Bertram M. Gross
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Gross
Truman Signs Anti-Merger Bill Into Law
President Truman signed an anti merger bill amending the 1914 Clayton act to ban asset purchases that weaken competition. The measure closes a gap since 1914 and aims to curb monopolies with enforcement promised by the Federal Trade Commission. Senator O Mahoney cited a halted merger between Carborundum and Minnesota Mining.
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Truman
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Congress
Carborundum Co
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Fire Devastates Staunton McCrory Store Roof Collapses
A late evening blaze at Staunton Virginia’s McCrory five and ten cent store destroyed much of the three story building. Firefighters from Staunton Augusta county and Waynesboro battled the flames for about an hour with the roof collapsing. No injuries reported though employees were in the building during the fire. Cause undetermined and damage estimate unavailable.
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Staunton
McCrory
Augusta County
Waynesboro
FCC Examiner Bans Church Radio License in Independence
A federal examiner ruled a church may not receive a radio station license used to promote its faith. J. D. Bond stated such a license would violate church state separation, as FCC cannot judge church teachings. The decision becomes final in 40 days unless objections are filed. the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sought the Independence Missouri station.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Examiner
J. D. Bond
FCC
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Independence, Mo
Round The Clock Air Raids Hit Commies
Tokyo reports 24 hours of aerial pounding with 450 Far East air force sorties on Friday. Communist forces in Korea suffer an estimated 500 casualties and 1,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. Weather clear.
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Tokyo
Korea
George Stratemeyer
Far East Air Force
Communists Dent Allied Line Near Seoul In Korean Drive
Communist probing units dented the eastern sector of the United Nations line in Korea and moved closer to Seoul in the west. North Korean Red units pushed four to ten miles south of the 38th parallel in the east as a full assault did not materialize today.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Seoul
U. N
38Th Parallel
Imijin River
MacArthur
North
South Korea
Eighth Army
United States
East Central
Chunchon
Sesman
Insula
Hungnam
Pupyong
Value Of Seized Assets Unknown In China
Value of American assets seized in China by the Red regime may run to 200 million dollars but the total probably will never be determined. Firms had written off property in Shanghai to nominal values and some missions ceded properties to Chinese authorities.
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Hong Kong
China
Shanghai
Washington
Commerce Department
Reds
Leaflets Urge Reds Quit War
Tokyo reports United Nations planes drop counter propaganda leaflets on Chinese and Korean Communist troops in Korea. The Chinese leaflet claims a secret Soviet treaty would reduce China's population by 100 million and accuses the Red government of causing floods and famine while rejecting aid.
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Tokyo
Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
Soviet Union
China
Communista
Full Generalship Sought for Walker in Posthumous Honor
President Truman asked Congress to posthumously promote General Walton H. Walker to full general. Walker commanded the U S Eighth Army in Korea and was killed in a jeep accident December 23.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Waiton H. Walker
Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Firing of Mingo County Deputies Tangles Local Politics
Four Mingo County deputies were dismissed or resigned amid a political dispute. Sheriff Thurman Chambers cited neglect of duty and drinking as reasons, while President Ed Jude of the county court labeled the charges as baloney. The court delayed action as Chambers reshaped his staff, naming E. O. Chambers, David Phillips, and Allan Cline as replacements and approving W. A. Curry as chief field deputy.
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Thurman Chambers
Jude
Associated Press
Joe Wayne Hatfield
R. D. Ferrell
John Keesee
Andy Marcum
Chambers
Riley Varney
Ambers
Charles W. Ferguson
E. O. Chambers
David Phillips
Allan Cline
W. A. Curry
Circuit Court
Varney
Curry
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Rock of Gibraltar
American Association For the United Nations
Mutual
Spurns
Cadillac
Ward
Automotive Reports
Cobalt
Curbs
Ban
West Virginia
Deyo Williams
U. S. Army
THE
South
South Carolina
New Hampshire
Nimrod
Staunton, Va
FCC Examiner
Commies
Mingo County
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