No-Man's Land Raids Hit Chinese as UN Forces Strike Deep
UN infantry moved into no-man's-land on the western front and killed or wounded 53 Communist soldiers near Panmunjom after a surprise raid. Weather grounded many planes but MIGs later attacked, and Okinawa based B 29s struck two main Red depots dropping 140 tons of bombs on Chongju. Across the front 20 NK troops were killed or wounded in brief clashes. one US Sabre jet was shot down this week.
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Korea
North Korea
U.N
Anchor Hill
Chongju
Manchuria
Kyomipo
Pyongyang
5Th Air Force
Truman Says His Peace Efforts Averted World War
President Truman reflecting before leaving office says his seven year drive for peace and his UN backed policy kept the world from a third world war. He cites Greece Turkey aid the Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift and mutual security as lasting achievements amid Korea’s stalemate. He regrets no major powers to curb postwar inflation but plans to support Eisenhower with a wait and see approach.
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Truman
White House
Korea
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
Greece
Turkey
Berlin
State Department
Congress
Mundt Sees Dixie Voice Shaping Eisenhower Legislation
Sen. Mundt of South Dakota predicts the 83rd Congress will rely on a coalition of Republicans and conservative Southern Democrats to shape Eisenhower proposals. He says civil rights measures face tough odds, and the Solid South no longer controls the Democratic Party. The senator notes thin party margins in both chambers and doubts immediate GOP gains in Dixie politics.
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Eisenhower
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Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
FEPC
Truman
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Solid South
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Florida
Virginia
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Morse
Oregon
Vienna
Tidelands
Dixie
South
Democratic Party
Roy D. Jones Named Oxford Acting Sheriff
Oxford officials appointed Roy D. Jones longtime Production and Marketing Administration chairman to fill the unexpired term of the late Sheriff E P Davis who died suddenly.
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Oxford
Roy D. Jones
E. P. Davis
Churchill to Meet Ministers Before U S Sail and Jamaica Visit
Churchill summons his cabinet from Christmas break for a candid Washington meeting with President-elect Eisenhower and will also visit Truman in Washington. He plans to discuss Korean War policy and European defense with Eisenhower, while maintaining an informal Jamaica rest period.
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London
Winston
Churchill
New York
Eisenhower
Truman
Washington
United States
Jamaica
Ashington
Josef Stalin
American Congress
Violent Death Toll in North Carolina Rises Over Christmas
The Associated Press reports North Carolina saw at least 19 violent deaths from Christmas Eve 6 p m to Friday midnight. Seven were by shootings, seven in traffic accidents, and five from other causes. Notable incidents include a Ennice man and his stepson in a rifle dispute, a Yadkin County shooting, a Winston-Salem patient dying after hospital arrival, and a 10-year-old girl fatally injured by a swing collapse in Asheville.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
P. C. Collins
Robert Hurshellgins
Guy Collins
Yadkin County
A. F. Moxley
Jussah
East Bend
Winston- Salem
Pleas Garrett Griffin Jr
Winston-Salem
Eugene Pickett
Chapel Hill
Durham- Chapel Hill
William Roy Griffin
Pine Bluff
Asheville
Sandre Hardin
Re elected to board of Charlotte Federal Reserve Bank
George Crouch of Charlotte and Jonathan Woody of Waynesville were re elected to the Charlotte branch board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Crouch serves as chairman of Union National Bank and Woody as president of First National Bank of Waynesville.
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Charlotte
George 5. Crouch
Jonathan Woody
Waynesville
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Crouch
Union National Bank
Woody
First National Bank of Waynesville
Ike Informs Stalin UN Open to Any Peace Plan
President elect Eisenhower told Premier Stalin through John Foster Dulles that United Nations channels are open to any peace plan he may offer. Dulles declined to set a meeting with Stalin and said Ike will decide whether to confer with Russian diplomats. Churchill will leave by ship for talks with Eisenhower and Truman in Jamaica after year end.
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Stalin
New York
Eisenhower
Josef Stalin
United Nations
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Dulles
New York Times
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LaGuardia
Winston Churchill
London
Churchill
Truman
Jamaica
J. Truman
Commons
Gun Moll Talks to Jury In Brinks Investigation
An unidentified 25 year old blonde described as the girl friend of two Brinks robbers testified before a federal grand jury in Boston. She said she knew George Killeen and Louis the Pig Ava and claimed no confirmation of naming any gang member. Killeen was killed four months after the robbery and Ava died six months later of a heart attack in Lynn Massachusetts. She also knew Joseph O Keefe.
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Porink
George Killeen
Louis the Pig
Ava
Killeen
Lynn
Mass
Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
Poston
Contempt cited gangster linked to grand jury probe
A gangster cited for refusing to answer grand jury questions was loaned from a Pennsylvania prison where he served for possession of a small arsenal. A Rhode Island convict named as a potential witness amid resumed hearings is tied to a Brink’s case. Alfred J. Gagnon, 41, serving a jewel theft sentence, signed a statement after the January 17, 1950 holdup admitting a three-man mastermind plot. Carlton M. O'Brien of West Warwick, R I, was murdered three days later.
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Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Alfred J. Gagnon
Carlton M. O'Brien
West Wardwich
R. L
Gagnon
O’keefe
Keefe
Mary A. Hooley
Probers Say Caudle Was Honorably Motivated
A House judiciary subcommittee praised T Lamar Caudle as honorably motivated yet weak and scapegoated, noting his eight days of testimony amid a broader probe of the Justice Department. The panel faulted Caudle for poor judgment and personal loyalties while defending his public service amid controversy over a mink coat gift and outside influence.
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Justice Department
Caudle
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Peyton Ford
Clark
House
Endurin
Subcommittee
Rep
Rogers
Dcole
Cngneet
Washington
Ime
Attorney General's Office
New York
Jacob Landau
Umstead Birthday Testimonial Dinner Planned in Kinston
About 225 people are expected at a testimonial dinner for Gov elect William B. Umstead at Southwood School in Kinston on December 30 at 7 p m. Umstead’s friends sponsor the event. Before military service in 1917 he taught school in Kinston.
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Kinston
William B. Umstead
Southwood
Umstead
Guerrillas Hold Out Under Fire Near Red River Delta
In Indo-China near the Red River delta, guerrilla fighters entrenched in flooded fields resisted French fire as the Ninth Infantry rebel unit, cut off by Foreign Legion and French Union forces in a Christmas operation near Bui Chu, faced heavy casualties and attempted escapes. French planes and artillery pounded positions in Operation Bretagne amid reports of large rebel activity and terror campaigns in the 100,000 villages area.
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Red River
Ninth Infantry
Foreign Legionnaires
Bui Chu
Here
Bretagne
Caudle Happy Over Report on House Subcommittee Findings
WADESBORO reporter says former assistant attorney general T. Lamar Caudle welcomed a House Judiciary subcommittee report labeling him honorably motivated yet weak and a scapegoat in his 1951 firing. He compared the Chelf Keating panel to Dreyfus vindication and praised the committee as fair and serious.
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House
Asst. Atty
T. Lamar Caudle
Truman
Caudle
House Judiciary
Chelf
Subcommittee
Treasury and Justice Dept Face Criticism Over Dismissals
A long inquiry faulted actions by Gerald Cauldle and others in 1946 to 1948 on dismissals tied to outside activities and alleged interference in the Justice Department. The Kan sas City vote fraud case involved disrupted routines and stolen ballots after Enos Axtell’s 1946 primary victory backed by President Truman.
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Treasury
Justice Partments
Clark
Justice Department
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Truman
Rep
Weekend Cold Wave Grips Central U S and West
A cold front extends from the Central Rockies to the Atlantic as sub zero readings spread across the Midcontinent. Minnesota and South Dakota report readings as low as seven below, with flurries in the Great Lakes and Dakotas. Northern California and Oregon face snow and rain, winds hit 70 mph near Cape Mendocino, and heavy rain drenches the San Francisco Bay area.
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Duluth
Fau Claire
Wis
Gr Forks
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Russell
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Oklahoma
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Dakotas
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Oregon
Weed
Mt. Shasta
Cape Mendicino
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Weather figures note chilly night and warm day
The low tonight is 0 degrees with a high of 45 degrees tomorrow. Today's high was 14 and last night’s low was 0. Sunset is at 5:15 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 7:40 a.m.
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Amheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columile
Denver
Detroit
Little Rock
Memphis
Miami
Utilities Commission to hear Southern Bell rate request
Raleigh dispatch notes the Utilities Commission will resume a hearing Monday on Southern Bell Telephone Co. rate increase. Southern Bell argued for a 3.43 million dollar hike, later stating a need of 4.17 million to secure a 7.25 percent return after adjustments. The October hearing covered the company’s side and public input occurred before a Christmas pause.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southern Bell
Hertford County Wins 1952 County of the Year Award
Greensboro 4 H reporters announce Hertford County selected as County of the Year for 1952 in the State Rural Progress Campaign with special reference to Negroes. A T College and state agencies sponsored the contest. The county will receive $500 from Dr. Clarence Poe to fund a lasting rural project.
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Greensboro
Hertford County
A & T College
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
Amvets Leader Seeks Statewide Veterans Bonus Referendum
Dunn scene reports state commander Paul R. Hester proposing the 1953 General Assembly let North Carolina voters decide on a soldiers bonus in a state-wide referendum. He says confusion over Amvets stance persists and urges a final answer by referendum.
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Dunn
The
Amvets
General Assembly
North Carolina
Paul R. Hester
Greensboro industrialist urges curtailment of aid to Germany
Greensboro industrialist M. A. Arnold returned from his fourth trip to Germany where he said Germans are getting on their feet. He served on an international jury selecting architects for a 1,000 unit Ruhr Valley project and urged channeling all current aid into defense activity.
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Germany
M. A. Arnold
Mutual Security Agency
West Germany
Ruhr Valley
Arnold
P Hase
Raleigh man dies by suicide at Durham hotel
Roscoe Leonard Walker a 57 year old Raleigh man jumped from the 12th floor of a Durham hotel. Coroner Dr Horton ruled death self inflicted and said a note to his wife directed to check a green box for important papers. Walker had 20 years with a Columbus Gabobtii company as district manager for North Carolina Virginia and Maryland.
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Durham
Raleigh
Roscoe Leonard Walker
Bottling Company
Durham County
R. A Horton
Walker
Raleigh budget panel may push teacher pay raise
The Raleigh Budget Commission, asked to cut state employee costs, is expected to recommend a teacher pay scale similar to state workers. Current teacher salaries with A certificates run 2200 to 3100 dollars yearly while groups push 2600 to 4100. Governor elect Umstead backs a ten percent rise for state workers but hasn’t stated a position on teachers.
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Rarthens Budget Commission
North Carolina Education Association
United Forces For Education
William B. Umstead
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