Review Board Questions John Vincent Loyalty
The Loyalty Review Board says there is reasonable doubt about career diplomat John Carter Vincent's loyalty and recommends firing. The State Department suspended him and sent him home from Tangier while President Truman may reconsider the case. The board also cleared John Paton Davies Jr. of loyalty concerns and cited Vincent's past praise of Chinese Communists and ties to suspected Communists.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
John Carter Vincent
State Department
Truman
Acheson
Vincent
Paris
Review Board
Tangier
Loyalty Review Board
John Paton Davies Jr
Davies
U.S. High Commission
Germany
Department
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
North Atlantic Alliance
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Senate
Communist Party
Eisenhower to Meet New Zealand Premier on Pacific Pact
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower will confer with New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland in New York on the Pacific defense alliance that includes the United States Australia and New Zealand. Observers hint Britain may join the alliance described as the NATO of the Pacific. Leslie Munro accompanies Holland with Eisenhower’s press secretary signaling talks on the pact.
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New York
Pacific Defense Alliance
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
Holland
London
Winston Churchill
Australia
British Foreign Office
Britain
NATO
County Highway Police Expansion Proposed By Committee
La Crosse County law enforcement officials recommended adding two squad cars and two officers to the county highway police force. The County Board committees backed the plan to hire two more officers and purchase two new squad cars, pushing the force to 13 members and 8 cars if approved.
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la Crosse
Walter Affeldt
Highway 53
Christopherson
Wright
Merritt Gibson
la Crosse 4Th Ward
Terpstra
Onalaska
Highway Committee
la Crosse County
Gibson
Stamper Re elected President of Letter Carriers Group
Tommy Stamper was re elected president of the Miami P A branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers for a third term yesterday. He leads as head of the local carrier group in Florida.
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Tommy Stamper
Miami
Fla.p
National Association of Letter Carriers
Spearman Girl, 7, Becomes Town Heroine in Police Standoff
Nancy Ownbey, seven, saved her mother and stopped a car after a wreck in Amarillo area. She refused to surrender her mother’s purse and billfold to a police officer, arguing the license was needed and challenging the officer’s authority. Her uncle, W R Hill, intervened and produced the documents. Nancy did not thank the officer.
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Spearman
Tex
Amarillo
Nancy Ownbey
Nancy
Jim Steve
Robbie
Robert J. Ownbey
Mrs. Ownbey
W. R. Hill
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight and Wednesday
For La Crosse and vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. No important change in temperature. Low tonight 14. High Wednesday 34.
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la Crosse
POW Uprising Ends in 84 Communist Deaths on Pongam Island
SAM SUMMERLIN reports from PONGAM ISLAND South Korea how US and South Korean guards killed 84 civilian POWs during a mass breakout attempt by 4500 Reds. Guards 300 strong used machine guns rifles carbines and bayonets in 55 minutes while prisoners sang and chanted. Two Americans three South Koreans and 118 prisoners were injured. Lt Col George P Miller head of the island’s 9200 North Korean captives condemned the action saying they brought it on themselves and the tension has vanished.
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Sam Summerlin
Pongam Island
South Korea
U. S
George P. Miller
Columbus, O
U.N. Holds Firm as POW Issue Sparks Standoff
The United States refuses compromise on Korean prisoners and vows no new peace proposals unless POWs are not forced home. China’s rejection of the UN plan to break the deadlock drew sharp notes, with France and Britain lamenting the move and studying the 3000 word note from Beijing.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
State Department
Korea
General Assembly
France
Britain
U. N
Peipings
China
Red
U.N
Red China
Oregon School Refuses Custody of Dolores Stone 17
Oregon officials refuse custody of Dolores Stone 17 as she remains in County Jail on third degree murder charges. Stone’s disorderly conduct led to transfer to Taycheedah Women's Prison to free space for Dolores Vinson 16 who also faces murder charges. Four soldiers in the Walla case have pleaded or scheduled hearings as trials unfold.
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Oregon School For Girls
Dolores Stone
la Crosse
Oregon
Dist. Atty
John Bosshard
Miss Stone
Taychedah Women’s Prison
Stone
Taychedah
Dolores Vinson
Frank ‘Walla
Seward
Neb
National Guardsman
Miss Vinson
Bosshard
Vinson
Walla
Harold Dale Miller
Albany
Wis
Everette Forslund
Iron
Minn
Thomas Reilly
Detroit
Mich
Wayne Kamp
Postville
Grandmother Seeks Early Santa Gift for Ill Girl
Irene Davis of Caledonia wis asks Santa letters for her 6 year old granddaughter Babs Fuerstenberg who battles spinal cancer. The Samaritans group will send gifts or cards to the girl at Rt 1 Caledonia to brighten her Christmas as expenses strain the family.
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Santa Claus, Ind
Santa Claus
Babs Fuerstenberg
Caledonia
Wis
Irene Davis
Samaritans
Babs
Rt. 1
Waterfront Probe Targets Hoboken Mayor at NY Panel
New York crime investigators focused on Hoboken Mayor Fred M. DeSapio and Police and Fire Commissioner Michael Borelli during testimony on waterfront rackets. They alleged favors and jobs tied to Edward Florio and ILA Local 1247 amid a Hoboken pension of extortion and crime on the Hudson waterfront. Jersey City faced similar scrutiny as the inquiry moved ashore.
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New York
Hudson River
Jersey City
Fred M. DeSapio
Hoboken
N. J
DeSapio
New York State Crime Commission
Michael Borelli
Edward Florio
New Jersey
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Commission
Alfred Bell
New York State Commission
The
Crime Commission
Port of New York
Borelli
Anthony
Tony Mike) de Vincenzo
Florio
Public Works
George J. Fitzpatrick
DeVincenzo
Fitzpatrick
Ation
Four Navy helicopters rescue last crew from Grommet Reefer
In Leghorn Italy four US Navy helicopters from Midway and Leyte rescued the final 13 crewmen of the Grommet Reefer, bringing total saved to 39. The ship split on rocks during a gale, with 26 rescued by breeches buoy earlier and four seamen pulled from the sea by Italian boats.
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U.S
Navy
Leghorn
Italy
Stan Swinton Leghorn
Naval Academy
Annapolis
U. S
Midway
Leyte
Pisa
Brooklyn
U. S. Army Hospital
Leghorn Harbor
Serge Flushing
New York City
London
Military Sea Transportation Service
County Board Group Acts On City Proposal
La Crosse County seeks to sell county property near 4th and Vine to the City of La Crosse after a planning subcommittee study. Board members may transfer the land at no cost, with engineers outlining a triangular parcel in the northeast corner for the Mary Sawyer Memorial auditorium project.
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la Crosse
Peter G. Pappas
la Crosse 14Th Ward
4Th and Vine Streets
Common Council
Walter Affeldt
la Crosse 7Th Ward
Affeldt
Hare Old Evjen
Mary Sawyer Memorial
First Degree Murder Trial For Duffy Set
George C. Duffy 21 formerly of Waukon faces first degree murder charges in the shooting death of James Hackman 18 of Cedar Rapids. Trial date moved to December 29 after delay agreed by Judge Penningroth and defense. Duffy held without bond in Linn County jail and entered an innocent plea.
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Cedar Rapids
George C. Duffy
Waukon
James Hackman
Willis A. Glassgow
Duffy
Hackman
Charles Penningroth
James and
Sherman Hart
Linn County
Shirley Arnold
Miss Arnold
Iowa
Allamakee County
Senate leadership decision unlikely until after Christmas
Washington writer notes that no consensus emerged in talks on the Republican Senate leadership with Sen Bridges of New Hampshire and Sen Taft of Ohio leaving without announcements. Both indicated the issue would likely wait until after Christmas and the new Congress on January 3.
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Senate
Washington
Sen
Bridges
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Eisenhower Signals Offense in Korea After Speech
President-elect Eisenhower indicated the United Nations may strike an offensive in Korea, saying deeds matter more than words. Military leaders planned to urge a military path to end the stalemate as Panmunjom cease fire faded into renewed skirmishes. General Clark and General Van Fleet were ordered to hold, while Communists built up forces along the front.
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Robert Eunson
Tokyo
Eisenhower
United Nations
Korea
New York
United States
Mark Clark
Far East
Panmunjom
Clark
James A. van Fleet
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