Allies Seek Korean Settlement as Blockade Threat Looms
Premier Attlee and President Truman weigh any reasonable Korean settlement while a blockade of the Red China coast is considered if UN forces falter. Western Europe arms drive gains momentum with Gen. Eisenhower eyed as supreme commander amid French debates on a unified defense and German troop inclusion.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
China
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
U. S
Defense Ministry
Europe
North State Telephone Granted $100,000 Rate Increase
North State Telephone of High Point received a $100,000 annual rate increase from the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which called the rise reasonable and praised the company's economy and progressiveness. The ruling also allowed Atlantic Coast Line Railroad to dismantle an enclosed Bowden platform in Duplin County.
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Raleigh
North State Telephone Company
High Point
State Utilities Commission
Sville
Randleman
North Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Bowden
Duplin County
Truman cancels news conference for Ross funeral
President Truman calls off his weekly news conference to attend the funeral of Charles G. Ross his longtime press secretary and friend. Private services are to be held at the Ross home in Chevy Chase Maryland following his death from a heart attack on Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Chevy Chase
GOP Policy Committee Takes No Direct Action Against Acheson
The 11 member Senate Republican policy committee met behind closed doors and took no direct action on Secretary of State Acheson. They plan to confer with all 43 Republican senators early next week on the Acheson issue and broader foreign policy matters.
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GOP
Acheson
Washington
Senate
Pe Pene Taft
Ohio
Truman
Asia
Europe
United Na
Tions
Korea
Ives
R-N. Y
Truman Fee
Republican Policy Committee
Crash Kills Rev. L. Bunn Olive in North Carolina
Rev. L. Bunn Olive, pastor of Forest Hills Baptist Church in Raleigh, died when the car he rode in skidded and overturned near Wards Corner on Route 421. His wife, hospitalized in Wilmington, was seriously injured and unable to talk. Coroner and highway patrol investigate.
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Burgaw
N. C
Raleigh
Wards Corner
Clinton-Wilmington
Pender County
Highway Patrol
Olive
Forest Hills Baptist Church
France Leads Western push on Communist China at U N
In the United Nations General Assembly Political Committee France urged top priority consideration of China's intervention in Korea. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky called the move unprecedented as debate continued on Formosa aggression. Indian delegate Rau reported no reply from Wu Hsiu Chuan and reiterated Asian and Middle East calls for a halt at the 38th parallel.
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France
United Nations
China
Korea
Russia
General Assembly
Jean Chauvel
Nce
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Chauvel
Formosa
U.N
Peiping
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Rau
Britain Not To Withdraw From Korea
Defense Minister Emanuel Shinwell told the House of Commons that Britain has no plan to withdraw from Korea. He warned of possible harder tidings at the front and cited 270,000 Chinese soldiers facing U.N. forces with 500,000 more in reserve. He praised allied efforts led by U.S. troops and noted the anxiety of families as Royal Marine commandos fight with American forces attempting to break from Chinese forces.
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London
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Korea
House U.N
U.S
Royal Marine
Universal Military Training Endorsed by Association
The Association of American Universities unanimously backed universal military training for all 18-year-olds. Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush, president of the University of Missouri, announced the resolution citing a decade of high tension and the need for U S military strength to help deter global war.
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Columbia
Association of American Universities
United States
Frederick A. Middlebush
University of Missouri
Association
Dr Bunche Sees UN Peace Path Amid War Shadow
In Berlin and Oslo, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche says a World War avert may hinge on the United Nations. He envisions the U N as the force to prevent aggressive adventures and confirms a Nobel Peace Prize tie in Stockholm. The trip includes a Vatican audience with Pope Pius XII.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Europe
Ralph J. Lunde
Crnoon
Oslo
Rome
Paris
U. N
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Bunche
United Nations
Pope Pius
Vatican
Trapped Marines Edge Toward Safer Koto After Cold Fight
U S Marines and 7th Division begin to break through Chinese lines toward Koto Korea after days of brutal, frigid combat from Yudam to Hagaru. Evacuation planes carry the wounded as the march continues amid snow and frostbite. Colonel Homer L. Litzenberg reports a rough night with moderate casualties.
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Jack MacBeth
Koto
U.S
7Th Division
Changjin Reservoir
MacBeth
Tenth Corps
Korea
Tokyo
Homer L. Litzenberg
Washington, D. C
Blonde's Body Found At Danish Consulate In Chicago
The body of 27 year old Marion Herben was found in the eighth floor suite of Jorn Ahlers Danish vice consul in the Gold Coast area. Police say she took 12 sleeping tablets and Ahlers provided a signed statement and was released.
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Chicago
Jorn Ahlers
John Leabheater
Marion Herben
Ahler
Gold Coast
Near North Side
Doctor Luce Named Family Doctor of the Year
Canton Massachusetts physician Dr Dean Sherwood Luce 74 earned the American Medical Association honor after completing hospital rounds. He learned of the award upon returning to his office and grinned for the AP Wirephoto.
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Dean Sherwood Luce
Canton
Mass
American Medical Association
Allies to Stand North of 38th Parallel in Korea
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied forces will make a defensive stand north of the 38th parallel in northwest Korea from Konsan to Chinmampo. The 70 mile wide area includes main highways and rail toward Seoul as rapid retreat continues and commanders assess positions north of the line.
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Tokyo
Korea
38Th Ring
Konsan
Chinmampo
Yellow Sea
Pyongyang
Seoul
Pyonevene
North Korea
MacArthur
Death Sentence For Curtiss Shedd
Curtiss Shedd was sentenced to die in the state gas chamber on January 26 for the murder of 14 year old Johnnie Mae Boyter and her eight year old sister Jo Ann. The 31 year old ex convict from Valhalla South Carolina stood quietly as the verdict was read after 45 minutes of deliberation. He confessed to strangling the two girls near Highlands on August 3 and to killing their father John Bo from Valhalla a few hours earlier. Defense says appeal will be filed.
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Franklin
Curtiss Shedd
Johnnie Mae Boyter
Jo Ann
Valhalla
S. C
Macon
Shedd
Highlands
John Bo
High Blood Pressure Not Always Hypertension Rule
Dr. Arthur M. Master of Mount Sinai says many readings labeled high may be normal when age and sex are considered. He notes lower hypertension limits rise with age and gender, suggesting not to lower blood pressure within the new normal range. Separate report adds Dr. Arthur J. Horesch links childhood behavior issues to allergies and early treatment improving outcomes.
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Cleveland
Arthur M. Master
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
American Medical Association
Horesch
Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Evacuation and new defense line on Korean front
Allied forces brace on a new defense line 25 miles south of Pyongyang as Chinese Red forces advance. The retreating Eighth Army fights amid blizzards and shifting positions near Wonsan, Hungnam, and the northeast focus of operations around Hamhung and Chinampo.
Stock Market Extends Rally Into Third Session
The New York market extended the rally in early December with favored issues rising about a dollar a share. American Locomotive jumped as high as 20.25 after word of a 100 million dollar government order for 500 modified General Patton tanks. Other gains included Chicago & North Western Frisco Atlantic Coast Line Southern Pacific U S Steel International Telephone Anaconda Copper Dow Chemical Westinghouse Electric Sinclair Oil and Johns Manville.
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New York
Chicago & North Western
Frisco
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Pacific
U. S. Steel
International Telephone
Anaconda Copper
Dow Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
Sinclair Oil
Johns-Manville
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By John M. Hightower
Wonsan
Wonsan Harbor
U. S. 7Th Fleet
North
James J. Metcalfe
Pearl Harbor
Field Enterprises, Inc
Menara
Hk Siblican
United States Senate
Crash
Rev. L. B. Olive
Britain
Yudam
Hagaru
U. S. Seventh Division
Blonde
Ahlers
By Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Mentneet
le Seyer
Marines
Doughboys
Hamhung
ES Hungnam
San
Sewae
10Th
Chinnampo
Koksan
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Spyce
Cael
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