Red Cross charges U N with Geneva breach over POWs
The International Red Cross accuses the United Nations command in Korea of denying food and medical care to certain sick prisoners of war at Pusan. Gen. Mark W. Clark replies that such aid remained available if prisoners moved to another compound. The State Department rejects the Geneva violation claim, saying actions aimed to prevent mass communist escapes. The report notes recent prison riots and Red Cross objections to concussive grenades.
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Clark
State Dept
Washington
Pentagon
International Red Cross
United Nations
Pusan
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Tokyo
State Department
U. N
Red Cross
Geneva
Robert E. Ward
Otto Lehner
Lehner
Lebner
Night Storm Delays Rescue of Ship Off Beirut
The 12,546 ton French liner Champellion broke in half on a reef near Sidon and ran aground near Beirut as darkness and gale conditions hindered a rescue. 328 aboard include 230 crew and 103 pilgrims headed to the Holy Land. Americans reported among passengers. Crews fought to secure a rescue cable while boats and lines failed under the gale.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Champolion
Sidon
Alexandria
Egypt
Messageries Maritimes
Holy Land
Mediterranean
Berut
Youth Awarded 10000 in Gas Valve Box Explosion Case
Federal Judge Ben Moore ruled Union Carbide & Carbon Co. negligent in the Oct. 26, 1951 gas valve box explosion that burned 14 year old Donald Warne Peters of Chesapeake. Damages awarded include 10000 to the youth and 3000 to Degbert W. Peters, father. The case stemmed from hospital and medical costs and pain and suffering claims.
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Ben Moore
Union Carbide & Carbon Co
Donald Warne Peters
Chesapeake
Sicmm
Degbert W. Peters
Donald
Young Peters
Carvide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Union
Pirates Rally Past Snort in Tight 16 5 Victory
The Santa Pirates edged the Snort team 16 to 5 in a competitive game. Key players delivered despite a challenging start, securing a come from behind win.
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Santa. Pirates
Probers Call for Trial Over Katyn Guilt Coverup
A House committee led by Rep Clayton Hissel urged possible court martial for Madden and demanded a full inquiry into Soviet guilt in the Katyn massacre. The panel asserted Russia killed 15 000 Polish officers and pressed for Moscow to face the International Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UNS
Conmittes
Clayton Hissel
Army
Khouse
Madden
D-Ind
Marcial
Pentagon
U. S
Congress
Korea
Ing
House Group
Russia
International Court
Germany
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Madden Committee
Roosevelt
U.N. Session Recessed Until February 24
United Nations delegates, weary after the longest all night session, recessed the seventh General Assembly meeting leaving decision on next steps until February 24. Lester B. Pearson closed the session at 4 45 a m EST after a 45 to 5 vote rejecting Russia s charges of mass killings of Communist prisoners on Pongam Island.
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ATL. Goldberg United Nations
U. N
United Nations
General Assembly
Korea
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
U. N. Assembly
Russia
U. S
Pongamn Island
Waterfront Operators Held In Pier Cleanup
Twenty waterfront workers were arrested on charges of racketeering and falsifying payrolls to aid gamblers and loan sharks at Brooklyn docks. The group includes four ex executives of the Atlantic Stevedoring Company. Bail set up to 25000. Trial scheduled January 12 before Judge Samuel Leibowitz. The indictments allege grand larceny forgery and conspiracy. Brooklyn District Attorney Miles F. McDonald announced the crackdown followed State Crime Commission hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Brooklyn
State Crime Commission
Atlantic Stevedoring Company
Samuel 5.Leibowitz
Brooklyn Rackets Grand Jury
Brooklyn Dist
Miles F. McDonald
Yanks Down 3 Red Planes Over Seoul Front
Sabre jets shot three Communist planes from North Korea yesterday afternoon as a quiet front held in pre Christmas conditions. Pre dawn Red probes against Allied lines on the Central and Eastern fronts were repulsed with no daylight fighting reported. Soviet style loudspeakers in Sniper Ridge blasted Christmas carols while garbled Voice messages failed to clarify the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yule Seoul
Ve—U
North Korskies
Sniper Ridge
Central Front
Seoul
DiSalle Seeks WSB Members To End Boycott
Michael V. DiSalle, sworn in as economic stabilizer for a four week term, said he would urge businessmen to end their boycott of the Wage Stabilization Board. He spoke on a radio program after taking the oath and mentioned letters sent to the president of the National Association.
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Washington
Det
Michael V. DiSalle
Wage Stabilization Board
Progam
Ofice
DiSalle
Natignal Assoc
Furn
Page & Cal
Holiday travel surge hit Charles area airports
Weather fears dominate plans as Charles area transportation firms report packed flights trains and buses for the holiday exodus. Airlines expect peak demand Dec 24 with additional rushes on Dec 28 and Jan 4 as travelers return.
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James F. Dent
Saf
the Gazette
Charles
Haliday
Charles Plumb
Capital
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Adenauer Warns of Soviet Satellite Attack Threat
Chancellor Adenauer warned Washington that Russia could strike Germany with Czech and Polish satellite troops, reducing global risk of a wider war. He said Germany favors integration into a European defense force rather than a national army, with troops from France Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Germany
Adenauer
Iss
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Soviet Russia
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Enc
Supreme Court
Dingell Proposes 100000 Miles of Super Highways
Rep. Dingell urges a 100000 mile system to link East West and North South directly. He estimates costs and plans to introduce a bill January 3 as new Congress convenes, but leaders doubt quick approval amid calls for economy and cuts.
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Dingell
Washington
Rep
D-Mich
U. S
New Republican Congress
Ex Reds Testify Foundations Fund Moscow Influence
Former American Communists Maurice Malkin and Manning Johnson testified before a House committee on Soviet influence in U S foundations. Malkin said an order from the 1928 World Congress urged Reds to penetrate cultural groups to gain funds, naming the Daily Worker and several foundations as infiltrated targets.
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Moscow
House
Maurice Malkin
Manning Johnson
Justice Department
Immigration and Naturalization Bureau
New York
Malkin
U. S
Communist Party
F . Cot
The
Daily Worker
Agitprop
Agitation and Propaganda Commission
Parts Central Committee
Garland
Helps Stokes Funds
Hecksher and
Rosehvaid
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Guggenheim Fund
Blast at BakeLite Plant Kills One, Hurts 24 in New Jersey
A dust explosion and fire at the Bake lite Company plant in Piscataway Township New Jersey killed Herman Ellis age 44 of New Brunswick and injured 24 others. The blast occurred at night in a large building with about a thousand workers reportedly present. Authorities believe dust particles sparked the blaze and the incident is under investigation.
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Piscataway Township
N. J
Bakelite Company
Herman Ellis
New Brunswick
Siue
Buildang
Tunnel Escapee Nabbed in Portland Shootout
Portland police shot and captured one of seven convicts who escaped from the Washington State Penitentiary. Ralph Courser, 45, listed as a robbery term inmate, was wounded through the neck around 2:30 p.m. and taken to a hospital where he was tentatively identified. Six other fugitives remained at large.
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Portland
Ore
Washington State Penitentiary
Ralph Courser
Candlelight Rites and Masses Slated in Area Churches
Christmas services are listed across area churches with Midnight Masses at Sacred Heart and St Anthony. St Anthony offers Mass of the Shepherds at midnight and various pre Mass choirs. St Agnes holds Midnight Mass at 12 implied with carols and traditional procedure.
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Pearl Masterson
the Gazette
Fe and Beautiful
Candlend
Christ
Chareston Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charleston
Aro És Sons
St. Anthony Church
Earl Driscoll
E. Chuber
Gesu Bambino
P. Yor
Adam
Adeste Videlis
V. Novello
Florence Turner-Maller
St. Anthony's
St. Agnes Church
St Church
MacCorkle
Ike Discusses Peril of Reds
President elect Eisenhower met with civilian experts led by Harvard’s James Conant to review how to deploy American manpower and dollars against Communism. The closed session included John Foster Dulles and Herbert Brownell Jr with Harold Stassen, planning for foreign aid and mutual security.
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Conant
Eisenhower
New York
N. Y
Harvard University
Jamesb. Conant
John Foster Dulles
Jo Be Herbert Brownell, Jr
Harld E. Stassen
Roger
Avalanche Kills 23 Vacationists in Austrian Pass
A bus carrying 31 holiday skiers was swept into an Alpine stream on the Arlberg Pass near Langen Austria killing 23 of the passengers and injuring four. Police say most victims are believed to be British travelers. Rescue teams moved the bodies to St. Theresia church as hospitals treated the survivors.
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Vienna
Austria
Aus
Tria
Arlberg
Sus
Langen
Zuers
Lech
St. Theresia
St. Anton
Page
Court Charges Recount Costs In Lyell Clay Case
The County Court allowed Lyell E B Clay to seek recount costs after he narrowed the lead held by Paul Hay ivick in the house of delegate race. The recount was paused to rearrange election supplies in the vault and to facilitate access between Loudon and Charleston Districts. An expedited recount with extra crews was proposed to tally multiple precincts at once. Democrats urged a quicker count to certify winners by the constitutional deadline.
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Herithat Lyell
Clay
House of Delegate
North
Paul Hayivick
Loudon
Taday
Charleston
J. Henry Francis, II
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Daniel J. Flood
D.-Pa
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WSB
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Pittsoureh
Jim Humphreys
Piedman
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Turon
Page & Cok
California
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
GOP
State Central Committee
Richard M. Nixon
LWP
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