Ban on Copper Items Extends to Household Goods in NPA Order
The High Point Enterprise reports the NPA broadening its ban on copper used in household items from alarm systems to cleaning tools and office hardware. Substitution remains risky as further restrictions on substitutes may follow. Penalties reach up to 810,000 fine or one year in prison for noncompliance. The scope includes trinkets, fixtures, and a mix of everyday products with many exceptions and appeal provisions.
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Harrison
Bionton Oun Toment
Enn
New Aid in Chemo Brings Hope Against Cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins, backed by the American Cancer Society, pair aminopterin with the citrovorum factor to reduce toxic effects while targeting malignant cells. Tests in mice and initial human use show diminished toxicity and halted cancer growth, though doctors warn it is not a cure. The compounds, produced by Lederle, remain investigational.
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American Cancer Society
Johns Hopkins
AMA Journal
Shep Sey
Sebach
Lederleboratories
Pearl River
N. Y
Council Urges Clear War Economy Goals and Controls
A wartime economic council urges definite production goals focused on defense and warns fiscal policy must curb inflation. It endorses price and wage controls, heavy excise taxes on scarce goods, excess profits and progressive income taxes, and large defense-related taxes to mobilize production without sacrificing growth.
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Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
CIO
Assembly Delivers Big Program Budget Forecasts and Reforms
The assembly outlines a sweeping agenda for 1951 including tax policy changes, sales tax exemptions, and a larger budget than the current year. Proposals target highway expansion, prison sentencing for drunkenness, city street maintenance, and pollution controls while defense measures and agency reforms are discussed.
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Corona Scott
Eee
Budget Commission
Highway Patrol
Proposa Study Commission
Acheson Outlines 1952 Policy Principles
Secretary Acheson urged 1952 policy fundamentals focusing on friendship with allies, readiness to deter threats, continued aid aligned with military strength, and U.N. peace efforts. He advocated unity at home, full public backing, and swift defense strengthening in response to Korea’s lessons. No sacrifices are too great for national future.
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Wera
U. S
U.N
Soviet Union
Peties
Korea
Acheson
15 Year Old GI Missing In Action From Texas Base
The Defense Department reports 15 year old Hugh P. French, a private with the Seventh Infantry, is missing in action since December 4. Family says he hoped to join the army and was set to return to the United States for discharge because of his youth.
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Childress
Tex
Hugh P. French
French
United States
Two Injured In English Street Collision At Night
Two men were slightly injured when cars collided at English Street and Albertson Road last night. Wesley Mills 29 of 804 East Green was driving without lights, causing the crash. Mills cited for driving with improper equipment. Passenger in Mills car Vidal? Hancock Jr. 25 High Point Route 5 was treated for facial cuts. Sherman Hancock Route 5 also injured with facial cuts but refused care.
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English Street
Albertson Road
E. D. Young
Dolphus Hancock Jr
High Point Rt. 5
Wesley E. Mills
East ‘Green
Mills
Memorial Hospital
Sherman Hancock
Route 5
Young
High Point
Hancock
Chaplain Claims Reds Fired Deliberately on Ambulance
Catholic Chaplain Cornelius J. Griffin, a Korean War casualty recovering in Oakland Naval Hospital, says Communist troops fired on an American ambulance near the Chosin reservoir on December 6. He recalls the driver receiving communion moments before the ambush and notes the bullet lodged in his shoulder.
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Oakland
Calif
Cornelius J.griffin
Oakland Naval Hospital
Cary
Thom
Bane
Griffin
Worthington
Ohio
Tucson
Ariz
Chosin Reservoir
Don’t Throw Away Those Xmas Cards
United Cerebral Palsy Associations seeks Christmas cards for occupational therapy. Executive Director Karl Van Meter says children reuse the bright colors by cutting figures and pasting them on paper or simply handling the cards. Cards should be mailed to United Cerebral Palsy at 50 West 57th Street, New York.
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New York
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
Karl van Meter
United Cerebral
West 57Th Street
New Y Te. Ee
Pleven Wins Confidence Vote on Rearmament Plan
The French National Assembly backed Premier Rene Pleven's rearmament program with a confidence vote on new taxation. The tally was 314 to 223 with roughly 100 abstentions.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Rene Pleven
Prayer For Guidance Endorsed By Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson said Americans show moral strength by praying for divine guidance in the crisis. He cited President Truman's call for a crusade of prayers across faiths for services dedicated to freedom and spiritual belief in God and brotherhood.
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Washington
Acheson
Truman
Reds Set to Open Major Offensive North of Seoul
The report notes Chinese and North Korean units totaling over 1.3 million troops in North Korea and Manchuria. Allied forces fought a four hour hill battle 27 miles north of Seoul and repelled an outpost loss, while claiming 21 Chinese killed and 15 wounded. The front along the 38th parallel thickens as General MacArthur warns of a full scale attack between January 1 and 10.
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Seoul
Associated Press
William C. Barnard
United Nations
Chunchon
Goi
38Th
MacArthur
U. N
North Korea
Manchuria
Red China
Dow Jones Buys Chicago Journal of Commerce
Dow Jones and Co Inc parent of the Wall Street Journal acquired the Chicago Journal of Commerce from New York City based Journal of Commerce Corp The Chicago Journal of Commerce will become a Chicago edition of the Wall Street Journal starting January 2.
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Chicago
Chilcago
Dow Jones and Co., Inc
Wall Street Journal
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Journal of Commerce Corporation
New York City
New York Journal of Commerce
Chicago Financial Daily
Chicagoees
Congress Nears End on War Powers and Agency Reform
The 8ist Congress nears its end with a stalled measure granting President Truman power to revise consolidate and expand executive agencies and renegotiate defense contracts. Opposition centers on agency reshuffle provisions while contract renegotiation faces little resistance. A second bill, already Senate passed, would revise the railway labor act to allow union shop clauses, with fate still uncertain.
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Truman
Mr. Truman
Schue Bz
Senate
Demented Vet Kills Four in Akron Area Hospital
A veteran, described as demented, killed four people at a hospital near Cleveland before planning to flee to Denver. He told the sheriff he dreaded the examination and had bought a bus ticket, then attempted to sneak away early this morning. The victims include Clyde Morrow and his sister Georgianna, ages 2 and 1, with their grandparents also present on the floor.
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Tion Hospital
Cleveland
Denver
Colo
Snodgrass
Estape
Akron
Clyde Morrow
Georgianna
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Gine Make and Mat Company
Pleven
DOW Jones
Sam
Demented Vet
Oldsmobile
DEALE
Highland Motors, Inc
Main Street
General Motors
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