Major air battle roars as Chinese force fronts in Korea
U S Fifth Air Force describes the northwest dogfight as the war's largest air battle. Maj Gen Earle Partridge notes heavy enemy action with nine to twelve revived North Korean divisions near Chunchon, northeast of Seoul, after a Manchurian buildup. MacArthur cites divisions raised or rehabilitated since Allied pushes and disputes claims of Korean forces escaping VU N air strikes.
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Earle E. Partridge
U. S
Fifth Air Force
William J. Waugh
MacArthur
VU. N
Reds Threaten UN Beachhead In Northeast Korea
The United Nations beachhead near Hamhung Koto faces multiple Chinese probing attacks. Carrier air power and naval guns provide protection as Marine divisions push through Red traps along the Changjin reservoir region.
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Ae Heise
Swinton
Heavife Hong Valle
Hermanoes
Hambhune- Koto
Hamhung-Koto
U. S. First Marine
Changjin Reservoir
Noble urges counterattack to hold Korea gains
Harold J. Noble, first secretary of the ah gey od the a weary, tells 40,000 at a general armament rally in Seoul that United Nations forces in Korea will not yield an inch. He says allies will launch a counterattack to drive the enemy back.
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Seoul
Harold J. Noble
Korea
Noble
Smith Loses Tax Decision and Beer Wine Election Ruling
The court ruled that Smith loses a tax case against Hagwood and Emma Pippin versus John H Barker and wife. It also held Moore County beer wine election held illegally since it occurred 11 days after a municipal vote, and Habe Hoyle Sink should have enjoined the county board of elections. The decision did not state if the election could be thrown out or if beer and wine dealers may resume sales. In a separate opinion the court reversed a Charlotte man’s dynamiting plot against a radio transformer, Sterling L Hicks, and co defendant Lovell Morgan. Hicks received 18 to 24 months after a guilty plea. the court cited a fatal variance between indictment and proof.
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Emma&. Pippin
John H. Barker
Moore County
Hoyle Sink
Moorea
Charlotte
Sterling L Hicks
WBT
Hicks
Lovell Morgan
Columbia
S. C
Morgan
High Court
Rail Strike Spreads Threatens War Effort and Rail Yard Work
Railworkers strikes expand from Chicago yards as 10 000 join walkouts. A federal judge orders end to the stoppage and White House mediation faces delays. The shutdown halts freight, disrupts passenger service, and threatens Christmas mails as unions push for a 40 hour work week with 48 hours pay. Steel and other industries feel the impact amid four months of mediation.
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Chicago
Uno
Orderera
Brotherhood of Railroad
BRT
Washington T
Te House
John R. Steelman
Truman
White House
Steelman
National Eiweet Mediation Board
Peso
William J. Camp
Spirit of St. Louis Involved in Minor Wreck Near Altoona
The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Spirit of St. Louis rammed the rear of a derailed train at South Fork, 28 miles west of Altoona, knocking the diesel engine and two cars off the track. No one was aboard the derailed train.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of St. Louis
South Fork
Reds could expand European sabotage amid Cominform activity
U S intelligence says about 3000 Cominform agents operate in the Bonn Republic posing as satellite mission members or commercial firm reps with false passports. They aim to pressure Western Europe with strikes and sabotage in France and other nations, while demanding neutrality and awaiting conflict in 1951.
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U. S
Bonn Republic
Henri Lafond
Cominform
France
Lafond
Europe
United States
Soviet Russia
Military funding outlook and war risk discussions surface at hearings
Marshall and Mahon described production needs potentially reaching 50 billion dollars, rising to 100 billion if war expands. The 18 billion-dollar request to Congress includes 1.05 billion for the atomic energy commission and 84 million for TVA. House leadership plans swift action, while Omar N. Bradley noted the risk of a dangerous seed of conflict and moved up critical dates.
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Man
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
McCormack
Mass
Marshall
Dot
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Backyard Bomb Shelters Proposed In San Francisco
California civilian defense chief Maj. Gen. W. M. Robertson urged backyard bomb shelters for the San Francisco Bay Area with an estimated cost of about $100 each. He spoke to civil defense officers from 69 communities and noted fears mirrored the days before Pearl Harbor. San Francisco fired its authority voted to hire Camp Building Corp. to draft plans for a bomb proof ground garage beneath civic center plaza. Fred W. Moe, president of the New York firm, called it a model for the country.
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Oakland
Calif
California
San Francisco Bay Area
W. M. Robertson
San Francisco
Camp Building Corp
New York
Civic Center Plaza
Fred W. Moe
The
Corp
House of Lords Rules 360 Days Divorce Grounds
The House of Lords ruled that a husband may obtain a divorce if a baby was born 360 days after last seeing his wife, despite a lower court's denial. Lords noted some courts accepted long gaps between last intercourse and birth but called the idea of a normal child born 360 days later fantastic.
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House of Lords
London
Whales Mistaken Over Water Spouts Persist in Debate
A fragment notes confusion about whether whales spout water, clarifying that spouts are air jets rather than water jets. The passage hints at public misunderstanding and invites correction through scientific explanation.
Price Wage Control Urged by Senate Leader
Sigue ahoney, chairman, urges President Truman to implement general wage price controls immediately. He argues selective controls are too late and military mobilization will fail if inflation erodes defense dollars.
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Sigue Ahoney
D-Wyo
Senate House
Truman
Contre
Christmas Card Campaign Promotes Safe Driving
RALEIGH Dec 14 The State Highway Patrol will distribute 80 000 red and white Christmas cards urging motorists to drive carefully during the holiday season. Patrolmen begin passing them out Sunday. The front shows a patrol car and a map of the state with Merry Christmas New Year inside.
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Raleigh
State Highway Patrol
Record Number Christmas Tree Bulbs Produced
Westinghouse Electric Corp lamp division says 1949 saw 435 million Christmas tree bulbs made by American lamp makers. Demand doubled output with plants in Bloomfield New Jersey and Richmond, driven by more lights on indoor trees and growing outdoor lighting.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Westinghouse Electric Corp
American
Westinghouse
Richmond
Buchenwald guards executed tattooed inmates skins raised
German authorities report that prisoners were executed and skinned at Buchenwald after Ilse Koch noted their tattoos. Investigators allege the camp’s Red Wier collected tattooed skins to profit from hides and prompted executions.
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Augsburg
Gertrane
Buchenwald
Ilse Koch
Leaf prices steady at Raleigh market amid season trends
Raleigh December market news reports two flue cured tobacco markets continuing sales on the old belt. A Tuesday price trend was expected to hold with 514,774 pounds sold at 62. per hundred, down $2.60 from Monday and $13 below the season average.
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Raleigh
Dec
Old Belt
Convicts argue over Christmas tree on death row
At San Quentin a Christmas tree caused conflict on death row. Warden Clinton Duffy sent the tree in. Lewis Franklin Smith began decorating while Cary Chessman found the tree crooked and unfit. Smith clashed with Chessman, fracturing his hand. Chessman is jailed in solitary, while Smith and Allen were later hospitalized. Smith and Allen were tied to a separate murder at Folsom prison.
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Calif
Clinton Duffy
Lewis Franklin Smith
Cary Chessman
Smith
Chessman
Allen
Folsom Prison
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