Attlee and U S Talk Open Path to Peace Talks
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee offered to negotiate with Russia and China on Korea and other issues but rejected appeasement. They urged rapid military buildup for the free world unless Moscow and Red China modify conduct, and stressed Europe defense and a peaceful Far East settlement.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Russia
China
U.S
Britain
Free World
New York
Ottawa
London
Europe
Far East
U. S
Rural Policeman Shot To Death At Fayetteville
Fayetteville reports Ester L. Lewis, a rural policeman, was shot four times with a .38 pistol and found dying on the Fayetteville Raleigh road. Sheriff Leon L. Guy said Lewis had just arrested James Shelton Truelove, 26, a former convict, in a dog-killing case involving his estranged wife. Witnesses saw the pair in the officer’s jeep near the scene. The suspect fled the area as a manhunt began.
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Fayetteville
Gambaciacal County
Ester L. Lewis
Fayetteville-Raleigh
Leon L. Guy
Lewis
James Shelton Truelove
Truelove
Guy
Vishinsky to blast U S in UN debate on Korea today
At Lake Success Russia's Andrei Vishinsky is set to condemn alleged American aggression in Korea. Col. Ben Lim of Korea replies that the war is a global Communist plot. The 60 member UN committee weighs a resolution calling for Chinese Communist forces out of Korea and frontier respect. Cubas Gutierrez denounces Vishinsky as a mountebank. US delegate Gross says no vote expected today. many Asian and Middle Eastern delegations urge slow action awaiting Peiping's reply. Observers note tone may hint at Peiping Moscow decisions regarding peace prospects.
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Lake Success
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Korea
Ben Limb
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Vishinsky
Peiping
Cuba
Gustavo Gutierrez
United States
Britain
France
Norway
Ecuador
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Asia
Middle East
Red China
Moscow
Ten Year Old Florida Boy Slain in Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale Florida December 9 lawmen hunted a brutal killer after Roger Folwell a ten year old boy was found slain in a wooded island district near his home. He had head injuries bruises and a possible claw hammer attack noted by pathologist Dr A Cronkite. Det Sgt said the assault appeared savage with the boy clutching hair and missing two days prior. Folwells neighbors and relatives said the family recently moved from Forest Hills Long Island and the boy’s father a retired American Overseas Airlines flight captain.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Roger Oered
A. Cronkite
el General Hospital
Tor
Roger
R. L. Folwell
Folwell
Forest Hills
L. I
Fayson Lake
American Overseas Airways
Two Teachers Die In Crash Near Fayetteville
Two North Carolina teachers were killed when their car collided with a tractor trailer on highway 15 A, six miles southwest of Fayetteville. Victims were J. B. Raby a 39 year old agricultural teacher from Peachland and D. B. Johnson a 47 year old teacher and farmer from Polkton. The truck driver Harvey Cecil Hughes 18 of Atlanta escaped injury. Coroner Joe Pinkston noted no charges. he could not determine which vehicle was at fault. A last will and testament was found on Johnson noting date December 9.
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Fayetteville
North Carolina
Here
Joe Pinkston
J. B. Raby
Peachland
D. B. Johnson
Polkton
Harvey Cecil Hughes
Atlanta
Hughes
Pinkston
Iiving
Johnson
Marshall Questions On Korean War Intelligence Shortfall
Secretary of Defense Marshall faced Senate questioning on the breakdown of U S military intelligence in Korea. Senators pressed whether Chinese forces outnumbered UN troops and if Gen Douglas MacArthur or staff knew what was coming before the offensive began.
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Washington
Marshall
Oon
Cordon
R.-Ore
Senate Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
McCarran
Appropriations
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Senate
Truman Attacks Music Critic Over 'Flat' Review
President Truman wrote a letter to music critic Paul Hume of The Washington Post condemning his review of Margaret Truman's concert. The president’s ardent letter, described as blunt and personal, compares Hume to a gutter snipe and calls for a new piece of beefsteak if they ever meet. The missive, written on White House stationery and signed H S T, drew wide attention.
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Washington
Truman
Paul Hume
Wa Post
Hume
Margaret Truman
Washington Daily News
Westbrook Pegler
New York
Pegler
United States
Bernard Baruch
White House
GOP Senators Arm Nationalists to Counter Chinese Reds
Three Republican senators Taft Smith and Knowland urged arming Chiang Kai-shek forces to fight Communists. They criticized leaving Formosa to the United Nations and urged U S arms to Nationalists for guerrilla warfare on the mainland. Secretary Acheson was to explain Formosa policy at a Senate session.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
Taft
Ohio
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Knowland
California
United Nations
Truman
Attlee
China
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations
Korea
Seventh Fleet
Formosan
Precautions Taken In The Far North
Alaska military forces will conduct a quick alert today at Fort Richardson and Elmendorf. A three hour exercise will test defense against a simulated airborne invasion while Ed Johnson from Seattle reports on Shemya island blackout drills near the Aleutians.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Ed Johnson
Seattle
Shemya Island
Aleutians
Shemya
Chatka Peninsula
Johnson
Northwestern Airlines
Korea
Anchorage
Alaska
Fort Richardson
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Government pressure spurs auto price rollback talk
Washington reports that the administration urged General Motors and Ford to withhold price increases after wage and raw material cost rises. GM soon raised prices on several models from 60 to 80 dollars per Chevrolets while Ford announced increases from 87.50 to 165 dollars across its lines. Valentine warned a mandatory action could follow if voluntary efforts fail, as the wage-price freeze remains unlikely for now.
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Washington
Tretien -Wersing
Ge Coma Valentine
Eral Motors
Wilson
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Senger
Hier
Vulung
A V. DiSalle
Cyrus W. Ching
Valentine
U S Anti Aircraft Troops Headed for Worcester Arrival
Britain's defense ministry announced three battalions of U S army anti aircraft troops will arrive soon at Worcester in England's midlands. The units come from Fort Bliss Texas Fort Meade Maryland and Fort Winfield Scott California.
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Britain
London
Defense Ministry
Worcester
England
Midlands
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort Meade
Fort Winfield Scott
Calif
Sabotage disrupts Seattle naval transport during Korea duty
A large naval transport returning from Korea was sabotaged at a Seattle dock this week. Navy and civilian investigators hunt for saboteurs as the ship, initially identified as the Gen A W Greely, suffers extensive damage at five sites while under security. The vessel is being repaired at Bremerton naval shipyard as authorities caution against releasing further details.
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Seattle
Korea
Navy
M. O. Eaton
Military Sea Transportation Service
MSTS
North Pacific
Eaton
A. W. Greely
Greely
Orient
Bremerton Navy
Puget Sound
Slayer of Police Captain Dies After Gun Battle
In Saginaw Michigan Lawrence Nelson a parolee and alleged killer of Police Captain Daniel P Waters died at St Marys hospital from police bullet wounds after a gun fight that also left two officers seriously wounded. Nelsons girlfriend Sylvia Van Conant 35 linked him to a slaying last month in the daylong shooting spree. The injured officers were Alvin R Johnson 44 and Detective Clarence Dietzel 52.
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Saginaw, Mich
Lawrence Nelson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Nelson
Sylvia van Conant
van Conant
Daniel P. Waters
Alvin R. Johnson
Clarence Dietzel
Saginaw General Hospital
Seven Die As 3 Car Crash Rocks Monson Mass
A rain swept highway collision in Monson Massachusetts left seven dead and five seriously injured in a three car crash early today. Police said occupants of a jeep were trapped and had to be cut free with acetylene torches.
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Monson
Mass
Four Die in Subfreezing Chicago Flat Fire at 31st Street
Four unidentified Black men perished in a blaze that swept a four story flat at 124 East 31st Street on the near south side of Chicago in subfreezing weather. Several residents escaped as witnesses feared others were trapped inside.
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Chicago
Near South Side
East 31St Street
Christmas Trees Sail Into Philadelphia From Nova Scotia
The 63 year old three masted schooner A Christmas Trees docked in Philadelphia bringing 40 000 Christmas trees from Nova Scotia. Skipper Louis Kennedy compared the voyage to a great green haystack afloat.
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Philadelphia
Nova Scotia
Louis Kennedy
Warplanes and Artillery Struggle to Reach Trapped U S Troops
Renewed air and artillery action targets the Chinese forces blocking the escape route for about 20 000 American troops near Koto and Hungnam. General As m defense lines hold as a rescue column advances amid mounting enemy pressure and a potential mass evacuation plan.
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Olen Clements O
Edward M
10Th Corps
Koto
United Nations
Hungnam
Changjin Reservoir
Ian Swinton
U. S
Pact Military Chiefs Meet in London on Germany role
Washington reports North Atlantic Treaty nations plan a London meeting next Tuesday to decide how Germany may share in anti Communist defenses and a likely appointment of General Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander. The talks follow a prior dispute over German unit sizes.
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London
Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Bradley
North Atlantic Council of Duties
Council of Deputies
Eisenhower
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