Attlee vows no appeasement of China. stand with Korea
Prime Minister Attlee told the National Press Club there will be no appeasement of Communist China as Korea continues. He stressed unity with the United States, promising that as long as U N forces fight in Korea the British flag will fly beside the Stars and Stripes. He urged calm in policy and long term aim of world peace and international law.
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Attlee
Britain
China
National Press Club
Korea
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Itlee
United States
United Nations
Charlie Ross Dies at Post
Charlie Ross, longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter and Truman press secretary, died at his desk from a heart attack at 5:50 pm. He was 65 and had become the president’s voice in day to day news briefings, remembered for loyalty to reporting the truth. Steph en Early appointed temporary press secretary to replace him.
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Truman
Stephen T. Early
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Charles G. Ross
Charlie Ross
Harry S. Truman
United States
Ross
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Americans Debate Korea Crisis and Means of Action
Americans express urgent need for action over Korea while differing on methods to meet the threat. Editors and leaders across the country propose firm stand, UN action, or troop withdrawals, with calls for arbitration and peacekeeping under the United Nations.
Asian Middle East Appeal Urges China Halt at Korea Parallel
India, Philippines and Pakistan initiate a direct appeal to Peiping through Wu Hsiu-chuan for Chinese forces to halt at the 38th parallel to avert a broader war. The UN votes 51 to 5 to place a halt resolution on its emergency program as Vishinsky criticizes the move.
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General Assembly
China
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Asia
India
Siral N. Rau
New York
Pravda Claims Moscow Victory Teaches MacArthur Lesson
Pravda asserts Russia defeated German armies at the gates of Moscow in 1941 and says General MacArthur has not mastered that lesson. The dispatch frames the historic defeat as a warning and contrasts it with current military leadership.
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German Exchange Student Jumps To Her Death
A 22 year old German exchange student Eva Rose Lehrbecher of Bruchsal died after jumping from a New York City apartment window. She had been exhausted and despondent, traveling with Sebastian Sommer, son of art professor Dr Clemens Sommer. The incident followed a Tuesday night stay with Sommer’s sister on 82nd Street. Her mother in Germany was notified.
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Aork City
Eva Rose Lehrbecher
Bruchsal
New York
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Ariend
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Miss Lehrnbecher
Germany
Ea Sa
Administration Expected to Ask 5 Billion for Western Defense
President Truman is expected to ask Congress for a 5 billion dollar Western defense aid package for the next fiscal year to accelerate fortification against communism. Officials say the figure would raise total NATO and allied arms outlays to about 10.5 billion in three years and may rise if industry output speeds up.
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Edward F. Bomar
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Truman
Congress
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Ruhr
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Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Villagers Ordered to Flee Erupting Mount Etna
In Sicily, villagers of Renazzo and Milo were ordered to evacuate as lava from Mount Etna advanced through chestnut groves toward Renazzo. Fire crews from Catania and Messina prepared to assist with moving residents and their belongings.
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Snow and Cold Grip Midwest And Spread Into the South
A winter storm spans from North Dakota to the Texas Gulf coast, bringing sub zero readings in the Dakotas and Nebraska Iowa and Kansas. Snowfalls were heavy in Minnesota with 12 inches at Duluth and 11 at Minneapolis. Chicago and Kansas City each reported about two inches Shifting cold air widened the blast toward Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Tennessee Pennsylvania and parts of Maryland and Virginia with Mississippi and Alabama in its path.
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House-Approved Profits Tax Bill Faces Senate Revisions
The 378-20 House approval of an excess profits tax bill prompts Senate action with Sen. George predicting major changes. GOP rivals seek to substitute a different bill, but the administration measure is likely to reach President Truman before year end. The base plan taxes 75 percent of corporate profits above 85 percent of the 1946-49 earnings average, effective for earnings since July 1.
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Inflation fear and wage price controls urged in Senate
Senator Capehart called for freezing all prices and wages at current levels as Maybank urged immediate steps to halt inflation to protect the US economy. Maybank, chairman of the banking committee, said hearings began on the Oct. 16 Fed order as stabilization officials may act by April 1, 1951. Kilgore proposed Eisenhower as overall Pacific commander and more Korea troops amid push for faster UN withdrawal.
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Attempt to Help Trapped Marines Stopped by Reds
Allied Eighth Army halted its retreat and dug in for a new west Korean stand near Pyongyang. American, South Korean, British, and Turkish forces faced a major Chinese push while supplies reached trapped marines south of Changjin reservoir. General Collins cautioned the Eighth Army could handle its task as ground convoys struggled through deep Chinese lines.
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Fanna
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Stock Market Gains On Automobile Demand And Shipments
Demand for automobile issues boosts stocks with prices rising a few cents to about $1 a share. Motors, General Motors, Chrysler and Studebaker gain as U S Steel Bethlehem Goodyear Sears Roebuck Caterpillar Douglas Distillers Seagrams Kennecott Santa Fe Standard Oil rise. New United Nations line halts retreat and digs in against Red China.
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Refugees Flee Ahead of Chinese Red Army in Korea
Thousands of refugees flee toward Seoul as Chinese forces advance, with trains crowded from Pyongyang north toward the 38th parallel. Civilians cling to cars and equipment, halted at Kumchon while military orders divert them toward the capital. Captain C. L. Andress of San Angelo describes a crowded, perilous scene.
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Pentagon weighs grave Korea halt as evacuation options rise
A high Pentagon official and Gen. Omar Bradley warned that diplomacy in Korea faces slim chances against China's million-man army. They described no firm plan to halt fighting with allied forces and discussed potential evacuations if defense lines fail, while stressing current movements concentrate troops in a northeast beachhead.
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Congresal Committee
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Mysterious animal marauding in Illinois
In Princeville Peoria county farmer Fred Perdelwitz report a huge unknown predator has killed over 50 livestock since raids began weeks ago. He describes an awful roar like a lion and tracks as large as a hand, with nightly incursions that include calves lambs and chickens. He even says the creature circled him one night before vanishing.
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