Eisenhower and MacArthur Meet to Discuss Korea Peace
President elect Eisenhower and General MacArthur, once foes and now allies, held a two hour luncheon at the home of John Foster Dulles to discuss a peaceful settlement to the Korean conflict. MacArthur said the talk resumed a long friendship and they hope for fruit from their discussions.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Korea
General MacArthur
Commodore Hotel
Dulles
Far East Command
Truman
Weather Forecast and Local Updates
A playful weather note says mostly sunny and warmer this afternoon with no rain, credited to the weather lady who is the Weatherman's wife. A doctor’s return date slides to Friday while Wednesday brings another 0.2 inch rain, totaling 5.37 inches for the season, above last year’s 2.13 inches.
Not Guilty Asserts Kid Quotes Killing in Los Angeles
The Kid Faulkner surrendered to sheriff’s deputies at the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles after a Grand Jury indictment charged him and Royce J. Bushong with conspiracy to violate election laws. He posted 5000 bond and declared I’m not guilty, quoting Kipling’s If for stance. Bushong posted 1000 bond and awaits a preliminary hearing Friday. Faulkner, 52, born in New Mexico, described as a business promoter.
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Ted
Mexico
Tod
Kid Mexico
Faulkner
Sheriff's Deputies
Hall of Justice
Los Angeles
Royce J. Bushong
Signal Hill
Philip H. Richards
Bushong
Signal Hilt Improvement Association
Rudyard Kipling
Set
Ward Hallinen
Sheriff's Fugitive Detail
New Mexico
L A C SAYS The Lattimore Case Indictment of Owen Lattimore
The Lattimore case shows a grand jury indictment for perjury tied to Communist associations. The piece notes McCarthy’s past charges and contrasts post election calm with ongoing loyalty investigations. The article hints indictments spreading beyond McCarthy’s claim.
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Owen Lattimore
United States
White House
State Department
Sen
McCarthy
Lattimee
Federal Loyalty Board
Surprise Witnesses to Testify in Lattimore Perjury Trial
FBI sources say a number of surprise witnesses, including some from abroad, will testify in the perjury trial of Owen Lattimore. The 52 year old Johns Hopkins professor was indicted Tuesday on seven counts of lying during Senate Internal Security Subcommittee testimony. Lattimore is scheduled to plead Friday at 10 a.m.
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Washington
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Justice
Department
Johns Hopkins
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Justice Department
Lattimore
State Department
Tenitatively
Pair claimed to slaughter Naperville children in Milwaukee
Milwaukee police watched docks for a couple who allegedly boasted they slaughtered two Naperville children missing since December 7. A Ludington Michigan hitchhiker named Thomas Halik, 42, described the man as 36 and the woman as 30. A water-filled quarry was drained in a search.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Naperville
Ludington
Mich
J. C. White
Rothbury
Thomas Halik
Halik
Boost Steel For Schools Cars and Trucks Expansion
Washington government authorizes automakers and civilian industries to raise steel use to 70 percent of prewar levels in the second quarter of next year. The Defense Production Administration says the boost will enable production of 1,250,000 passenger cars and 315,000 trucks, plus expanded construction of schools hospitals power and transportation facilities and public works. It will also aid the atomic energy program and housing, with 9,000 freight cars monthly and a possible rise to 1,500,000 cars if steel is available. Second quarter copper and aluminum allocations are set at 50 and 55 percent of prewar levels respectively.
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Washington
Ralph Trigg
DPA
Allies smash training center and supply hubs in Korea
Allied warplanes hit the Yangsan officers training headquarters and three Communist supply centers in North Korea on Wednesday night. B-29s faced anti-aircraft fire and night fighters but scored good strikes, while B-26 bombers attacked sites near Sohung and Hong jwon. Fifth Air Force said fighter-bombers destroyed 65 trucks heading to the front and Sabres shot down one MIG with four more MiGs damaged across four dogfights. Ground clashes remained minor as air action dominated the week.
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Seoul
North Korea
Far East Air Forces
Yangsan
Yongsan
Korea
Anju
Sohung
Hongjwon
Fifth Air Force
Manchurian
Eighth Army
I Spelled $ . Nick Our Boy Jim Eats Up $4.33
A city editor dares a reporter to test holiday spirit by spending nine cents. Jim visits a French restaurant where a lone diner spends $4.33 on a Christmas meal, pondering the need to reveal a true holiday balance. The scene unfolds with tension as the check arrives.
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Nick
Jim
Long Beach
Victor Hugo
Red Radio Threats Seoul Christmas Propaganda Broadcast
Central Front Korea reports Chinese Communist propaganda on Wednesday night predicting Seoul’s fall by Christmas. Aimed at U S troops near White Horse Mountain, the broadcast opened with Bing Crosby and others, then English French and Korean voices urged surrender with a promise of humane treatment and listed unidentified POWs. A woman named Ida, said to live in Puerto Rico, was cited in a message asking her husband to return home. Leaflets accused U N commanders Clark and Harrison of delaying peace.
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Central Front
Korea
Seoul
Bing Chesby
Nelson Eddy
Jeannette MacDonald
U. S
Ida
Puerto Rico
Reds
U. N
Mark W. Clark
William K. Harrison
Youthful Wife Found Slain Near Mobile Home
In Mobile area a 22-year-old mother, Mrs. Willie Lee Trueblood, was found beaten and shot behind her suburban home. A 16-year-old boy was arrested, but authorities withheld details. Bloodhounds continued to sweep marshland behind the residence for the killer's trail. An autopsy said she was struck with a blunt weapon and shot, a bullet entering the temple.
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Mobile
Ala
Willie Lee Trueblood
Herman Blaike
Tom Henderson
Woman killed by freight train while shooing dog
In Los Angeles Mrs. Wil sie Brown, 50, was struck and killed when she tried to shoo her dog from a Pacific Electric right of way. She apparently failed to notice an approaching freight locomotive Wednesday.
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Los Angeles
Wilsie Brown
Pacific Electric
Head Joined Babies Fate Undecided
In Chicago a 15 month old pair, Roger Lee and Rodney Dee Brodie, were separated after a 1144 hour operation at the Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute. The spokesman said the outcome is not yet known and post operative risk remains high.
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Chicago
Roger Lee
Rodney Dee Brodie
iMoline
Stamey Olson
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Ilinois
Tago
University
Royt Brodie
50 Facing Death In Shipwreck Near Kalmar
The Swedish navy minesweeper Orskar ran aground off the southeast coast near Kalmar in almer Sound. Heavy seas hinder lifeboats as 50 crewmen face a very critical situation with the engine room reportedly under water on the 330 ton vessel.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Orskar
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L.B
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AP and
U.P
Jack Fisher
Jersey City
N. J
San Francisco
Sgt. Fisher
St. Nick
Red Radio
Mount Sinai Hospital
Cleveland
Brodie
Royt
Kalmar
Almer Sound
Oland
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