Ike Calls Shipboard Conference With Cabinet Aide Meet
President-elect Dwight D Eisenhower plans a historic at sea conference aboard the cruiser Helena with five key cabinet nominees and advisers to discuss ending the Korean War. The group led by John Foster Dulles will also include George H. Humphrey Douglas McKay Lucius D. Clay and others. The meeting aims to digest Korea material quickly and decide how to combat Soviet communism worldwide.
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Bob Considine
Eisenhower
Helena
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
High Seas
Wake Island
Korea
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of Treasury
George H. Humphrey
Cleveland
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
Lucius D. Clay
Joseph W. Dodee
Detroit
Emmet J. Youhey
C. D. Jackson
Fortune Magazine
Jim Hagerty
Hagerty
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Herbert Brownell
Dulles
McKay
Humphrey
Wake
Pearl Harbor
Allies Opposed to Expanding Korean War Plans
Allied leaders in the Korean conflict reportedly oppose any action widening the war even inside Korea. The stance shapes the looming talks between President-elect Eisenhower and Secretary of State designate John Foster Dulles. Dulles met with top officials in Washington before boarding the Helena at Wake Island.
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Washington
America
Korea
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Helena
Dulles
Wake Island
David Bruce
John Allison
H. Freeman Mathews
James A. van Fleet
North Korea
Shopping Center In Des Moines Swept by Fire
A blaze swept the 250 foot front of Roosevelt Shopping Center in Des Moines Saturday night. Fire Chief C L Slade put losses at 200000 with potential to reach 500000, destroying or damaging ice cream shops candy shops dentists offices beauty salons and apartments. An explosion in a rear ice cream shop or food locker preceded a rapid northward fire through 12 establishments. Two firefighters were overcome.
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Des Moines
Roosevelt
Brock
Hamilton
Bermuda
Havana
Bill Campfield
Maynard Boatwright
Cation Resort
West Side
42Nd St
Rollins Ave
Crocker St
T. S. Stoner
Isaac Bucksbaum
Grinnell Merchant
Heed Keeler
Cuban Air Crash Victims Mostly From Latin Lands
An exploding Cuban Airlines DC-4 bound from Madrid to Havana crashed after takeoff near Bermuda. Of 41 aboard 37 died, with four survivors including Orlando Lopez Suarez and Alicia Shank. Notable victims include pilot Captain Luis Sastre and second in command Captain Rene de Ayala, brother of Cuba’s ambassador to France.
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U.S. Air Force
Coast Guard
Orlando Lopez Suarez
Suarez
Alicia Sbank
Cuban Airlines
Pan American
Madrid
Havana
Moon
Luis Sastre
Sastre
Cuba
Rene de Ayala
Lgmmand
France
Hector de Ayala
Benson Says Farmers Should Stand On Their Own Feet
Ezra Taft Benson, named secretary of agriculture, told a Portland press conference that farmers do not want to be wards of the government. He backed a wheat growers league resolution urging the government to avert disaster rather than guarantee profits.
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Portland
Ore
Ezra Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Eisenhower
Oregon Wheat’ Growers ‘League
Four Tots Die In House Fire In Tulsa
Four small children killed in a Tulsa house fire that swept a bedroom while both parents were away. Victims were Mike Haney 5, Roger 2, and twins Mark and Terry 3. Fire officials said the blaze started while the father was out seeking work and the mother was shopping.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mike Haney
Roger
Mark
Terry
Jerry C. Haney
Haney
Young Motorist Rescues Girl in Car Hijack
Los Angeles report says 23 year old Joe Graffio forced to drive by a kidnapper with a gun. When the assailant ordered Graffio’s companion into the back seat, Graffio crashed into a street lamp and overpowered the intruder. The gunman fled and Graffio returned the girl to her sorority house.
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Los Angeles
INS
Joe Graffio
Graffio
Ito
Anita Irene Block
Eisenhower warns on Pearl Harbor anniversary alert stance
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Americans to stay strong and alert to deter future Pearl Harbor shocks. He spoke during an 18 hour TV fundraiser for United Cerebral Palsy, reading a letter to a cerebral palsy patient and stressing a shared cause of a strong free America. Stars assembled for the Marathon ITV show at ABC studios.
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New York
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Pearl
Eisenhower
Korea
United Cerebral Palsy Organization
Ike
United Cerebral Palsy Crusade
Vivian Principe
Bloomfield
N.J
American Broadcasting Company
Czechs Demand Recall of Israeli Minister
Vienna reports Czechoslovakia seeks the recall of A. Leon Kubavy the Israeli minister to Prague as persona non grata. Kubavy linked to the Slansky trial where top Communists were executed or imprisoned. He is in Tel Aviv awaiting a report on Czechoslovakia's attacks on Israel and Zionism.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Leon Kubavy
Radio Prague
Kubovy
Rudolph Slansky
Kubery
Tel i Aviv
Pomp to Mark Transfer of U S Archives
Washington readers will witness a ceremonial move as the U S Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are transported to a bomb proof vault. The journey on Constitution Avenue features an armored car tanks a full military escort color guards and service flags. An army band air force units and GI personnel will provide honors.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Constitution Avenue
United States
Coast Guard
Army Band
Air Force
G.i’s
Lady G.i.'s
Light Rain with Snow Predicted Sunday Night
Des Moines reports southerly winds and high clouds across Iowa with light rain possibly mixed with snow Sunday night and Monday. Temperatures ranged from 28 at Mason City to 48 at Lamoni as low clouds lingered in the northeast.
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Des Moines
Towans
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Iowa
Mason City
Dubuque
Lamoni
Chicago Girl Weds Welsh Author in Nairobi Ceremony
Mrs. John Sonsteby of Chicago announced that her daughter aant married Richard Llewellyn, author of How Green Was My Valley, in Nairobi Kenya. The bride, daughter of the late John J. Sonsteby Chicago municipal court chief, met Llewellyn in Hollywood where she was his secretary. He was in Africa for a movie scenario.
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Chicago
INS
John Pe Sonsteby
Aant
Richard Llewellyn
Green
My Valley
Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Lbridge
John J. Sonsteby
Llewelawn
Hollywood
Putnam Hopes To Salvage Controls As WSB Falls
The Wage Stabilization Board collapsed after industry members resigned, accusing President Truman's coal pay order of making wage stabilization a sham. Putnam plans to salvage some form of wage control and may appoint new industry members to carry on pending cases.
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Washington
INS
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Putnem
Mr. Truman
John EL. Lewis
Court Decrees Walking Schedule To End Dog Feud
In New Rochelle New York Acting City Judge Edward Kennedy ordered a walking timetable for Demon the Doberman Pinscher and Fellow the Irish Setter to prevent meetings. The decree provides a ten minute cushion between outings and aims to stop further confrontations.
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New Rochelle
WN. Y
Demon
Mary Sorokin
Paul D. Perutz
Kennedy
Mann
Perutz
U.N. Pleads With Reds To Accept Truce
United Nations urges Communist China and North Korea to adopt India's peace plan as a basis for Korean war talks. Lester B. Pearson sent a long cable urging acceptance to support prisoner of war settlement and durable peace in Korea. China and Russia oppose the plan over POW repatriation.
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United Nations
China
North Korea
India
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. General Assembly
Pearson
Korea
General Assembly
Russia
Communist
Chou En-Lai
U.N
Iowa Farm Bureau Train Delayed by California Snow
The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation special train bound for Seattle faced a heavy snow delay at Dunsmuir California. A SP spokesman said the Shasta Daylight was halted by gale winds, with plans to pull the train to Redding as conditions worsened.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Seattle
Dunsmuir
Calif
Chuck Forbes
Forbes
Oregon-California
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Shasta
Klamath Falls
Ore
Redding
iShasta Mountain Range
Piano aboard USS Helena linked to Eisenhower era
A small piano was placed aboard the cruiser USS Helena in spring 1950 for President Truman's Alaska trip. The voyage was canceled, but the instrument remained on board. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower was aboard later, though he was not a pianist.
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Helena
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
Truman
Alaska
Eisenhower
Missing $4000 mink coat at Killian's Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police investigate the theft of a silver blue fur coat valued at 4000 from Killian's Fur Department. The 46 inch unlined mink, on display since Wednesday, belonged to Murray Reiff and Sons and had been seen on the rack as late as 3 pm Saturday. Detectives Matias Long and Capt. Kuba continued inquiries Saturday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Killian
John Kuba
Murray Reiff
Reiff
Icapt
Kuba
Killian's
George Matias
Gale Long
Kuba J
Favorable Reports to Be Required for Diplomats
Senator Wiley announced a sweeping shakeup of the U S diplomatic service under the Eisenhower era. He said the FBI will vet all ambassadors and other U S representatives abroad and urged higher standards beyond political patronage. He spoke after talks with Eisenhower and Dulles and warned against “awful duds” in foreign posts.
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Washington
INS
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Eisenhower
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Congress
John Foster Dulles
New York
Dulles
Foreign Service
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hmass
Hisenhower
United States
United Nations
FBI
U.N
Trygve Lie
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
There Are Hundreds of Ways of Making Money
A humorous exchange features two politicians debating methods to earn money. The first proclaims many paths exist yet only one honest, prompting the second to question. The punchline lands as the first retorts that the opponent would fail to recognize it.
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