United States imposes broad sanctions on Communist China
The United States announces sweeping sanctions freezing Chinese assets in the United States and barring American ships and planes from China. The move aims to prevent funds used against the UN in Korea and tightens a ban on cargo to Red China. Treasury will catalog Chinese and North Korean property as of next Monday. Gen Wu Hsiu chuan denounces UN cease fire measures and urges withdrawal of foreign troops, signaling a tough position in Korea.
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United States
China
State Department
United Nations
Korea
Commerce Department
Red China
U. S
Hong
Portugese
Treasury
U.N
Department
Formosa
South Korea
Security Council
Korean People's Army
Freight and Parcel Post Embargoes Are Lifted
The three day railroad strike ended under pressure from President Truman and federal courts. Embargoes on Christmas packages and parcel post were lifted as workers returned to yards in Chicago and other cities. Rail movement resumed and officials projected normal freight by Sunday or Monday while negotiations remained limited.
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Truman
Pee Office Department
Michael Lyeste
BRT
Igoesen
Washington
Cleveand Management Light
Pittsburgh
Boston
Los Angeles
K. Va
Knoxville
Nashville
Tenn
Osheville
N. C
St. Louis
Alexandria
Seaboard
Terminal Railroad Association For
Cotton Textile Industry Needs 100000 More Workers
The textile information service says U S cotton mills would require about 100000 additional workers for an all out war effort. If running at 1942 production levels output could reach about 153 billion square yards, with current employment around 472000 in early 1950. Industry leaders urge immediate measures to assure staffing for maximum production.
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New York
Textile Information Service
The
Trade Organization
Ralph E. Loper Co
Textile Engineers
Greenville
S. C
Fall River
Mass
Southeast
New England
Army
Air Force
Air Force To Get Special Emphasis In National Build Up
President Truman’s emergency program will shift emphasis from army expansion to strengthening the air force. Officials indicate the air arm’s growth could exceed current plans, with no real ceiling on size as manpower and funding are expanded.
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Air Force Ofcia
Ey Ae
Air Force
Sony Ay
Air Thom
Finletter
House
Attlee Vows Atom Bomb Deterrent Amid Peace Talks
Prime Minister Attlee told a radio audience the atomic bomb must not be used lightly but its existence serves as a deterrent. He urged a negotiated settlement in Korea and defended defenses that do not undermine economies. He emphasized responsible decision making shared by free peoples.
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Britain
Truman
Korea
Jme
Atlantic
UN Forces Withdraw Closer To Hungnam
Tokyo. Dec 17. Attacking Chinese Communists press to within three miles of Hungnam, the U. S. beachhead, as Hamhung falls and 100,000 Reds move through snow. U N artillery and carrier air support hold the line while engineers destroy bridges and tunnels to slow the advance. More details on page eight.
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Korea
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U. S. Army
Tom Lambert
U. S. Seventh Division
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St Reet
38Th Parallel
Korean Peninsula
West
Eighth Army
Ungnam
Acheson to Lead Atlantic Pact Talks in Brussels
Secretary of State Acheson sails for Brussels to join an Atlantic pact defense meeting amid White House backing. President Truman remains firm, viewing Acheson as essential to his foreign policy. Republican adviser John Sherman Cooper will accompany, and will join U.N. delegation duties.
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Acheson
Brussels
Truman
Acecon
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Cooper
Atlantic Foreign Ministers
U. S
United Nations
New York
Per
Senate
House
Soviets Warn Britain and France Over German Rearming
Moscow reports say the Soviet Union warned Britain and France that their stance on rearming western Germany violates wartime agreements and threatens peace. Notes delivered to ambassadors cite shared responsibility and reference the Potsdam accord with the United States and Britain.
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Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
United States
South Koreans Accused of Mass Executions Protest to United Nations
Three American churchmen appealed to the UN commission on Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea to halt mass executions of alleged Korean collaborators. They cited eyewitness accounts of killings and cited official tallies of deaths and sentences, including claims of 578 executions in five days and 37 executions on a given morning.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations Commission
James Plimsoll
Australia
U. N. Commission On Unification and Rehabilitation of
Uncurk
Chough Pyong Ok
Plimsoll
William E. Shaw
Delaware
George M. Carroll, Ariest
Maryknoll Monastery
New York
Patrick O'Connor
St. Columbus Mission
Omaha
Neb
O'Connor
National Catholic News Service
Republic of Korea
Lee Ho
Hing
Government Orders Roll Back New Car Prices Nationwide
President Truman proclaims a national emergency and orders mandatory price controls to roll back new car prices to December 1 levels. The auto industry reacts with mixed approval as stabilization efforts widen to curb inflation while excluding trucks. GM calls the move discriminatory. Ford pledges compliance. Nash-Kelvinator notes inflationary pressures.
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Ae Stabilization Agency
Saale
ESA
Detroit
Ernest R. Breech
Ford Motor Company
Ford
General Motors
Tory
Chrysler
George Romney
Nash-Kelvinator
Ee Eetor
Alan Valentine
Michala
Senate Finance Boosts Corporation Income Levy
Senate Finance Committee boosts the excess profits tax to 75 percent of earnings above 1946–1949 average, raises the surtax to 22 percent, retroactive to last July, with a target to raise first year revenues around 2.9 to 3.4 billion dollars and aims for White House submission by Friday.
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House
Senate
Truman
Congress
George
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Mittee
White House
Colin F. Stam
Tydings Accuses Butler Of Fraud In Maryland Election
Senator Millard E. Tydings charged his opponent John Marshall Butler with deliberate false statements during the Maryland campaign. Butler countered that Tydings used misleading literature. both traded accusations as Gillette investigates campaign conduct.
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Washington
Millard E. Tydings
John Marshall Butler
Republican Butler
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Gillette
Utah
Ohio
Tydh
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
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