Truman weighs national emergency as war threat grows
President Truman meets with congressional leaders to decide on declaring a national emergency. He plans a Friday night radio address outlining sacrifices and steps, including price and wage controls, as the nation faces the prospect of all-out war. Leaders from both parties discuss timing and scope of emergency actions.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
White House
Truman
Stephen T
Conrt Administration
Senate
Neb
Acheson
Seosmeey
Marshall
Rotary Treasury
Enlist Germans and Japanese Proposed by Rep Poage
Rep Poage urged opening U S army enlistments to Germans and Japanese arguing manpower in Western Germany and Japan could aid defense. The Farm Bureau convention also heard W Averell Harriman call for increased food production and Allan B Kline promote mobilizing all available labor.
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Dallas
Poage
D.-Tex
American Farm Bureau Federation
U.S
Germany
Japan
Farm Bureau
States
Puerto
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Allan B. Kline
House
Most Food Items May Escape Price Controls
The majority of family food items likely avoid government price ceilings for now, with only some meats rice and cottonseed oil above minimum levels. The 30 day prior to Korea War prices set parity as a baseline, while many products remain below ceilings, leaving little effect from new controls.
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Washington
Truman Spur Vote Probes Amid Election Concerns
President Truman says campaigns in five states are unusually low key, prompting Senate campaign committee probes. Chairman Gillette reports inquiries already in Utah and North Carolina, with Louisiana, Illinois and Indiana under nationwide review for campaign costs and defamatory literature.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Campaign Committee
Gillette
Iowa
Utah
North Carolina
Rep. Hebert
D.-La
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Hebert
Mr. Truman
Cracked view on socialized medicine sparks backlash
Opinion piece argues that socialized medicine could ease bodily pain but increase political and social strain. It cautions about government control and potential limits on personal choice, while framing the debate around access, costs, and public welfare.
Pact Chiefs Agree On Defense Plan
Pact leaders outline Western Europe defense plan as Atlantic allies press joint talks in Brussels. West Germany signals dissatisfaction with troop use terms while Bonn insists on equality in military participation with the United States Britain and France.
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Europe
Poge Organ Ae
Atlantic
Brussels
West Germany
Bonn
United States
Britain
France
Russians Move U N Staff From Morgan House
Russian United Nations staff are leaving the 50 room Morgan estate once home to J P Morgan. A mass exodus to Russia is discussed though a rental agent doubts all will depart together. Furniture from the house was moved to the former Soviet estate of George D Pratt and then returned for another load. Morgan Estates says no notice of moving yet. The original rental was fifteen thousand dollars yearly.
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Union
United Nations
J. P. Morgan
Russia
George D. Pratt
Andrie Y. Vishinsky
Morgan House
Jacob J. Kramer
Morgan Estates, Inc
U. N
Armed Forces Call for More Draftees and Earlier Inductions
The United States announces a new draft call boosting January and February quotas by 78 percent, bringing total calls to 370,000. The Army seeks 80,000 recruits in January and 80,000 in February to bolster forces for Korea and European defense, with potential further increases if emergency measures arise.
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Washington
Korea
Truman
Aoekes
Egg Prices Fall Abruptly In Retail Stores
New York stores cut egg prices 11 to 16 cents a dozen as wholesale prices slid 12 to 15 cents. Bohack and Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co lowered top grade large white eggs from 95 to 81 cents, while large mixed brown and white eggs dropped from 93 to 79 cents. Officials cited consumer resistance, fresh Canadian imports, and imminent government price supports ending December 31.
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New York
Rettail
H.C. Bohack Co
Bohack
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Britain Ends Marshall Aid On Jan 1 After Recovery
Britain will cease receiving Marshall Plan aid January 1 as the recovery of its economy reduces the need for foreign assistance. The decision, announced in parliament, marks Britain as the first to exit the postwar aid program begun in 1948 to rebuild Europe and counter communism.
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London
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
House of Commons
Europe
America
U. S
Washington
United States
Great Britain
William C. Foster
George C. Marshall
Plastic tube replaces gullet to aid starving man
Surgeons at Sinai hospital in Baltimore replaced a diseased gullet with a flexible plastic tube. The operation, first successful on a human, aims to provide a new esophagus lining and may offer alternatives for cancer patients and children who swallow caustic substances. Further cases and long term results remain to be evaluated.
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Baltimore
Sinai Hospital
Associated Jewish Charities
Edgar F. German
Ek van
As Hoffberger Laboratory
E Hospital
Berman
Hoffberger
Sinai
War talk and local crime in late December dispatches
Washington leaders push rapid armed strength buildup amid emergency warning while Taft signals cautious support. Detroit police say former Kalamazoo man Robert Hawkins confessed to the sex slaying of Carolyn Crown, WMU freshman. In Formosa, U S jets reassure Taipei amid fears over UN shifts. Ise Koch collapses again in Augsburg as reports end.
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Detroit
Kalamazoo
Carolyn Crown
Western Michigan College
Arnold
Robert Hawkins
Carolyn
Hawkins
60,000 Are Boarding Ships Today At Hungnam
About 60 000 allied troops evacuated Hungnam Korea streaming onto ships from docks and beaches amid a Chinese Red attack threat. Commanders expect heavier assaults before the last forces leave with U S Britain Puerto Rico and South Korea still holding the defense perimeter.
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Tenth Corps
Eighth Army
38Th Parallel
Seoul
South Korea
Sariwon
10Th Corps
Hamhung
U.N
Hungnam
Tokyo
Korea
W Mu S
George Burdick
le Calif
Re Bande
U. N
Sea of Japan
Arine Corsairs
1 AB
North Korea
East German Threat Doubted by Bonn Spokesman
In Bonn on December 13 a socialist spokesman warned an East German Communist threat to Germans aiding Western military policy would have little effect. Some Western officials worry about transit through the Soviet zone to West Berlin as new laws take effect. The spokesman noted the threat seems unlikely to derail talks on a unified Germany, following recent discussions at Prague.
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Russia
United States
Britain
Jacob A. Malik
U. N
Bonn
Germany
West Berlin
Otto Grotewhl
Konrad Adenauer
Prague
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