Truman warns of grave risk as China backs Korea
President Truman in a White House speech to a mid century conference on children and youth says China’s intervention in Korea and broader Communist schemes threaten world peace. He pledges UN cooperation and a world order based on fairness and justice while citing a massive rearmament program.
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Truman
China
Congress
U. N
Atic
Attlee
Britain
White House Conference
Korea
United States
United Nations
Tru
Snaioes
National Guard
Kaiser Frazer Granted Loan to Expand Defense Output
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved a 25 million loan to Kaiser-Frazer Co to stabilize auto production and shift to defense. Kaiser plans a San Francisco Bay Area plant for military products and shipbuilding, with conditions to cap car prices, cut output to 600 daily by Jan 1, and pursue defense work.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kaiser-Frazer Co
Henry J. Kaiser
San Francisco-Oakland
RFC
Kaiser - Frazer
Kaisers
Henry J’s
Taft Presses Truman for Direct Public Briefing on Korea Crisis
Sen Taft of Ohio urged President Truman to report directly to the people after talks with Prime Minister Attlee. He said GOP leaders were not consulted on policy and called for clear statements on the crisis to reduce public confusion. Democratic Sen Hoey urged troops withdrawal from Korea citing risk of general slaughter.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Taft
Rohio
Truman
Attlee
Great Britain
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Korea
Neaes
Blicans
Congress
Whery
Nebraska
GOP
Wiley
R.-Wis
Saltonstall
R.-Mass
White House
State Department
Hoey
North Carolina
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Fate of Two U S Divisions Is Uncertain
Tokyo dispatch details the perilous Northeast Korea front where the First Marine and Seventh Infantry Divisions face possible annihilation amid a tangled U N line. Maj Gen Almond's forces occupy disjoint sectors, with a single vulnerable river gorge road as a potential escape and Chinese pressure mounting along the Hagaru corridor.
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Stan Swinton
Tokyo
Seventh Infantry
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
10Th Corps
Edward Almond
Northeast Korea
U U. S
Wonsan
ROK
Republic of Korea
Chongjin
Marines
U. S. Seventh Army
Cranston Reservoir
Hagaru
River Gorge
Hamhung
U. N
Civil Defense Plan Seeks 3-Year $3.1 Billion Outlay
A three-year plan to bolster U S civil defenses at 3.1 billion dollars seeks 46 percent from states and locals, 2.25 billion for communal shelters with federal and state cost sharing. Senator Millikin questions final totals and federal share amid hearing by the atomic committee.
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Washington
Millikin
R.-Colo
Colorado
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Atomic Committee
James J. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Truman Attlee Back UN to Stabilize Korea and Seek Peace
A British informant reports President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee agreed UN forces should not seek open war with Communist China and would defend against a Korean withdrawal. They discussed a possible defense line to hold against Chinese pressure and negotiations with Peiping, aiming to avoid a larger war while considering Manchurian risks.
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Arthur Gavshon
Truman
Attlee
United Nations
Korea
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
MacArthur
Nist
China
U.N
Russia
Manchuria
Red China
Hong Kong
Indochina
Burma
Formosa
Japan
Peiping
Britain
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Commission
Yes
Red Korea
U. N
Taedong
Pyorgyang
Seoul
Miracles Attributed To Wonder Hormone ACTH
A skinless burn patient saved byACTH receives near miraculous recovery. The Arizona rancher’s son T C Gains endured extensive burns, shock, pneumonia, and later grafted skin take root. He walked for photos after 42 days and recovered complete healing by day 92 despite appendicitis.
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Associated Press Science of
Cleveland
American Medical Association
M. James Whitelaw
Phoenix
Ariz
T. C. Gains
Parker
Gains
Young Gains
Colorado River Indian Hospital
Santa Monica's
Whitelaw
Armour and Company
Six Countries Ask UN To Stop Chinese Reds
Six nations led by the United States and Britain asked the United Nations to fast track a debate on China’s intervention in Korea. The memorandum to Secretary-General Trygve Lie supported possible assembly action and outlined aims for a cease fire and negotiations, with key diplomats from India Britain Pakistan Israel Sweden and the Soviet Union attending a dinner with Trygve Lie.
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Assembly
Soviet Union
Korea
Pei
Sir Benegal v. Rau
India
Jis
Sir Benegal
Wu Hsiu-chuan
Lie
Gladwyn Jebb
Britain
Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
Pakistan
Israel
Moshe Sharett
Sven Grafstrom
Konstantin Zinchenko
Coun
Bitter Cold Wave Advances Across Midwest and South
Frigid air spreads from northern plains to the Rockies with sub zero readings. The cold front pushes into Oklahoma Kansas Iowa and the south as far as Tennessee Kentucky and Mississippi. Flood threats ease in upper Ohio valley while Northern California grapples with ongoing rainfall and lowland evacuations. Areas from Montana to the Dakotas report severe lows and rapid river declines accompany lingering storm conditions.
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Midwest
California
Mid-Continent
Plains
Rockies
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
North Central
Ohio River
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Texas Panhandle
Cutbank
Mont
Minot
N. D
Rapid City
S. D
U.S. and Korea bear brunt of Korea war casualties
An Associated Press tally shows United States forces accounting for the largest share of ground fighting and casualties in the Korean War. About 100000 Americans fought on land, with 31784 total casualties across services, including 4789 killed and 5198 missing. South Korean losses are also cited, with estimates of up to a million dead when including civilians.
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Associated Press
United States
United Nations
Korea
U. N
Stock Market In Modest Rally
A modest rally on Wall Street lifted prices slightly after a sharp drop tied to Korea developments and domestic controls. Leaders in the advance included U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Chrysler General Motors American Telephone Santa Fe Southern Railway Standard Oil NJ Goodrich Anaconda Copper Texas Co International Harvester Dow Chemical Douglas Aircraft Emerson Radio Zenith Westinghouse Electric.
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New York
United Nations
Korea
Washington
Wall St
U. S Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler General Motors
American Telephone
Santa Fe
UN May Try New Stand Near Seoul
The report says Gen. Omar N. Bradley told senators a Korea defense line may not be holdable and troop withdrawals now allow evacuation if needed. The briefing contrasted with optimistic notes about the situation, while Red China and North Korean advances threaten Pyongyang and Seoul.
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Seoul
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
United Nations
Korea
Bradley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Etna erupts again with lava streams threatening villages
Mt Etna belched smoke and flames in a fresh burst of activity threatening Milo Renazzi and Fornazzi on the eastern slope. Lava flowed from scores of vents down the mountain at about 60 yards per hour, with streams two to two and a half miles long remaining in the path of the lava.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Milo
Renazzi
Fornazzi
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