Roads of Retreat for Americans in Korea
HAL BOYLE and American troops describe a grim pullback in Korea as the Eighth Army withdraws from a failed offensive on the Manchurian border. From the air the retreat looked dignified, but the ground tale holds fatigue, loss, and resolve to fight again despite mounting casualties and uncertain homefront prospects.
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Hal Boyle
North Korea
America
United States Army
United Nations
Eighth Army
Cecil H. Scott
Fort Worth
Tex
British Egypt talks over treaty defend Suez canal gateway
London reports Britain engages Egypt in formal talks led by Foreign Secretary Bevin to preserve British troop presence and canal security amid Egyptian demands to cancel the Anglo-Egyptian treaty. Bevin rejects unilateral denunciation while emphasizing shared defense and sovereignty.
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London
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Africa
Ernest Bevin
Cairo
Canal
Bevin
Mohamed Salah el Din Bey
Salah el Din Bey Costa
MacArthur Reassesses Red Forces in Korea and Manchuria
General MacArthur estimated about 4,000,000 Chinese and Korean troops under arms with 810,000 Reds massed in Korea and Manchuria. He detailed force groupings including the fourth field army and north China units moving toward the front. He suggested long planning with troop movements and referenced additional 200,000 troops en route north.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
North Pee
China
Manchuria
North Korea
United Nations
Yalu River
Fourth Field Army
North China Special Army
3Rd Field Army
Tumen River
Wich
Soviet Siberia
Mrs Roosevelt Threatened at Waldorf Astoria Dinner
New York December 4 An anonymous telephone warned a man with a gun would shoot Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt at the Bethel hospital dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Police mobilized guards around the ballroom and speakers table. No incident occurred.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Waldorf-Astoria
Bethel Hospital
New Heart and Lung Machine Shown By Alton L Blakeslee
A compact artificial heart and lung machine, described by Dr. Charles P Bailey at an Ohio College of Chest Physicians meeting, may revive clinically dead patients during operations. Tested on dogs, the device kept a canine alive 71 minutes by circulating blood and oxygen before the heart resumed work. The machine, stored in a small glass cabinet, aims to enable new chest procedures and treatments, though it cannot yet be used on living people.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Cleveland
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Charles P. Bailey
Hahnemann
Ohio
American College of Ches
Thas
Bailey
UN Forces Rethink Withdrawal as Chinese Pressures Grow
UN troops set a rearguard shield 10 miles north of Pyongyang amid a bitter southward retreat. Chinese forces, estimated at 268,000, threaten Hamhung Hungnam and a possible line around Seoul and Inchon as General MacArthur and Gen. Collins review the situation in Tokyo and Korea.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Walton H. Walker
U. S
Eighth Army
Chongchon River
MacArthur
Korea
Manchuria
Central China
U. N
Hamhung
Hungnam
10Th Corps
Changijin
Tom Stone
Reservoir
Northwest
Leif Erickson
Republic
Inchon
Erickson
Walker
Red
North Korea
South Korea
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
Jyongyans
Ang
Russia
Stalin
Kim Il Sung
U.N
Weekend Fires Claim Thirty Lives Across US
The Associated Press reports at least 30 people died in weekend residential fires, wiping out several families. Incidents include a Dillonvale Ohio inn residence, Osceola Arkansas plantation family, Fulton New York oil stove blaze, Watertown New York grease heater accident, Jacksonville Florida death in ashes, Emmitsburg Maryland log house explosion, Bogalusa Louisiana meresene fire, Rochester Michigan oil burner blast, Houston Texas hotel room blaze, Buffalo New York second floor fire, and Oaksville New York farm home fire.
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Associated Press
Dillonvale
Ohio
John Gall
Anna
Osceola
Ark
W. R. Dyess
Dyess
Don Blodgett, Jr
Watertown
N. Y
Bettie Peeler
Jacksonville
Fla
Velma Henning
Emmitsburg
Grace Elizabeth Wills
Bogalusa
Luther Graves
Rochester
Mich
Leola ‘Blair
Houston
Tex
William F. Watson
Buffalo
Walter Johnson
Oaksville
Lawrence Johnson
Wall Street Slumps as United Nations Korea Retreat Triggers Selloff
A selling wave sweeps Wall Street after U N forces retreat in Korea. Major stocks fall one to three dollars, with U S Steel General Motors Chrysler and Southern Pacific down over one dollar and Atlantic Coast Line leading losses above three dollars. Commodities tumble as rubber hits the daily limit and cotton dips before recovering. Bond loans slide one to two points amid broad weakness in foreign bonds.
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New York
United Nations
Korea
Wall Street
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
Atlantic Refining
Goodrich
American Smelting
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Kes
UN Assembly Asked To Take Up Red Fight
The United States and five other nations urged the United Nations to treat the Chinese communist intervention in Korea as urgent. A telegram to Secretary General Trygve Lie signed by the US Britain France Norway Cuba and Ecuador requested action. The six sponsors previously backed the Soviet vetoed security council resolution urging Peiping to withdraw troops.
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New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Korea
U.N
Trygve Lie
Assembly
Britain
France
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Security Council
Peiping
Attlee Arrives in Washington for Truman Talks
British Prime Minister Attlee arrives in Washington for talks with President Truman to align policies amid the world crisis and to uphold democratic standards. The leaders, with aides, plan discussions on Korea and global tensions as the United States and United Kingdom face shared responsibilities.
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Cominform
United Nations
Korea
United States
British Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Europe
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Far East
Truman
Local Man Caught After Fifth Prison Break Try
A Winston-Salem rum runner was shot by accident as six convicts escaped from prison camp 810 near Yackinvill e. Five were recaptured or fled in rain and darkness, with three still at large. Convicts named include Wyse F Cummings, Ha Mabe, Lee Lansford, Jack Hansil, George R Hamby, and Robert Lee Bailey. Bailey, serving 10 to 16 years for rape assault, was among the escapees v.
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Yackinville
Winston-Salem
Worth Cummings
Ckey Mill Road
Huntsville Bridge
Esca
M. J. Nm
810
Here
Brown
Ha Mabe
Winston- Salem
Lee Lansford
Princeton
W. Va
Jack Hansil
Concord
George R. Hamby
Surry County
Robert Lee Bailey
High Point
Wyse F. Cummings
South
Marshall Street
Hamby
Bailey
Cummings
High Pointer
East
Russell Street
Unprepared America Ponders Defense by Max Hall
A national view of Civil Defense from World Wars I and II outlines past enemy attacks and defense measures. It recalls U boats off Cape Cod, shelling near Santa Barbara and Astoria, incendiary bombs near Brookings, and air raid scares in major cities. It notes 1942 OCD creation, its leaders LaGuardia and Landis, and wartime budgeting limits.
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Max Hall
Washington
U. S
Cape Cod
Roosevelt
Santa Barbara
California
Astoria
Oregon
Brookings Oregon
Seattle
Los Angeles
San Francisco
New York
Pacific
Lakeview
FBI
Florida
Long Island
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Office of
Civilian Defense
OCD
Congress
F. H. LaGuardia
James M. Landis
New York City
Allied Policy Talks Seen Boosting Western Unity
DeWitt Mackenzie argues the Washington meeting between President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee could strengthen allied solidarity as the Korean crisis tests Western fears of American policy. He notes Britain and France demand consulting on atomic use and favor avoiding war with Communist China, preferring negotiation to appeasement to protect global stability.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Washington
Truman
Attlee
United States
Paris
London
China
Britain
France
America
Asia
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Field Enterprisee
All Rights Reserve
Fulton, N. Y
Irene Brown Everson
UN Assembly
Cathay
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
White House
Acheson, Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
Lucas
Illinois
Great Britain
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