Shadow Of War Falls Across Yule Spirits
Americans face Christmas with thoughts of Korea and home ties as President Truman and families observe quietly. Celebrations include Bethlehem PA 90 foot star, Montevideo MN train gifts for 2000 children, a Moravian church pageant in Hot Springs AR, and Union Square San Francisco Christmas broadcasts. Santa Clauses deliver toys at military stations and bases overseas to troops in Korea.
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Korea
Truman ‘New
Washington
Independence
Margaret
Bethlehem
Neal Cain
Garden Valley
Tex
San Francisco
Union Square
Shrine
Miami
Cortland
N. Y
Christ
Inbres
Carriers
Far East
Wherry Proposes Ring Russia with Free World Air Defense
Senator Wherry urged expanding free world air cover around Europe and warned U S defenses at home are inadequate He argued against a thin line of ground forces and signaled congressional battles over the administration plan to fund an international army in Europe Generals Collins favored air bases to defeat Russia and strengthen defenses in multiple regions.
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Washington
Wherry
R-Neb
United States
Russia
Europe
America
Congress
Truman
Appropriations Committee
GOP
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Collins
Cor Engi
Britain
North Africa
Middle East
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaii
Hemisphere
Herbert Hoover
Truman Sees Strong Chance for Must Legislation This Session
President Truman rated a better-than-even chance of enacting most of the must bills from the reluctant lame duck session. Despite Democratic losses in November, observers were surprised by Capitol Hill progress as the Senate had already cleared much of the major must legislation when it adjourned for holidays.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
Ancient Cavern Reveals B C Era Bones in Moaning Cave
UC archaeologists William J. Wallace and Donald W. Lathrop report a mass grave in Calaveras County’s Moaning Cave. The 200 foot shaft chamber yielded bones obsidian points pestles shells beads a pipe and animal bones dating roughly 1500 B C to 500 A D. They note corpses may have been placed from a ledge above and discuss Sierra Miwok burial practices.
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Berkeley
Calif
Calaveras County
William J. Wallace
Donald W. Lathrop
University of California
Archaeological Survey
Wallace
Order Aliens To Register Under 1950 Law
Washington warns all aliens in the United States to report within 10 days after January 1. They must notify the immigration and naturalization commissioner of current addresses and file yearly follow ups in the same period. Noncompliance risks prosecution. registration forms with alien numbers available at INS offices or post offices.
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Washington
United States
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
Immigration Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
Justice Department
Santa Rides Train To Cheer Polio Stricken Family
In Aurora Illinois a Burlington mail train crew and local workers brought Santa to the Lentz children. Seven year old David paralyzed by polio and sister Barbara 11, a neck down patient, received toys clothing and food as the train made unscheduled stops and gifts from Burlington employees funded the effort.
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Aurora
Ill
Burlington Railroad
Santa Claus
Irish Mail
Chicago
Batavia
North Aurora
David Lentz
Barbara
Tient
Burlington
La Crosse College Team Heads to Tampa for Cigar Bowl
La Crosse State Teachers College football squad, 45 players plus 15 extras, departs Wednesday morning from the municipal airport for Tampa to play Valparaiso in the New Year’s Day Cigar Bowl. Athletic Director Floyd Gautsch outlines plans with a DC4 flight via Atlanta, a six day stay, and pre game activities. The 50 piece band travels December 28 with appearances in Tampa, while local fans pledge strong support with over 1,600 in donations and nearly 1,200 from tag days.
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la Crosse
la Crosse State Teachers College
Tampa
Fila
Capital Airlines
Floyd Gautsch
Gautsch
Atlanta
Shrine Committee
la Crosse Group
Flordian
Clark van Galder
Florida
Indians
Valparaiso
Ind
Harmer Root
Root
Ridgway Set To Lead Eighth Army In Korea
Gen. Ridgway leaves for Korea to assume command of the Eighth Army after Gen. Walker dies in a Jeep accident. The 55 year old airborne expert is praised by Pace and Collins for his courage and tactical skill as the Pentagon confirms the assignment.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Korea
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Walton H. Walker
Ridgway
the Army
Pace
Dean Rusk
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
U. S
United Nations
Darling
Pentagon
Gen. Walker
Gen
Collins
MacArthur
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Walker
Normandy
West Point
Sicily
18Th Airborne Corp
Pacific
Japan
Eisenhower
Caribbean
Plane Crash Survivors Seen Near Wreckage
Survivors of a Mount Okanagan crash near Penticton, British Columbia, awaited a ground rescue as fog and snow hinder communications. The Canadian Pacific Airlines flight from Vancouver to Calgary carried 15 passengers and three crew. several survivors sheltered in the wreckage, a doctor summoned for medical aid. Royal Canadian Air Force spotter planes reported many may still be alive. Paratroopers aided in the rescue with supplies while adverse weather delayed the operation.
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Penticton
B. C
Mount Okanagan
Here
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Royal Canadian Airforce
Vancouver
Calgary
R.C.A.F
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Mostly cloudy Sunday with gradually falling temperatures. A cold wave moves in Sunday night into Monday morning. Lows Monday night expected to drop 5 to 8 degrees below zero.
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la Crosse
No Editions Of Tribune Monday
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish on Monday Christmas day. No editions will be issued that day due to the holiday.
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Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Crash Kills Four at Green Cove Springs Navy Base
An automobile crashed into a tree Friday killing four people including two women and two sailors. Victims include Evelyn June Henry 20 of Johnson City Tennessee and Mrs Smith of Granite City Illinois. Sailors are William A Rogers 25 and Alidore Leon Marmonde 19 both stationed at the Green Cove Springs navy base.
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Green Cove Springs
Fla
Evelyn June Henry
Johnson City
Tenn
Navy
William A. Rogers
Mary Kathleen Rogers
Waynesville
N. C
Alidore Leon Marmonde
Henry J. Marmonde
Theriot
Christmas Spirit Tempered Justice in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a judge, moved by Christmas spirit, told Margaret Robinson a 24 year old inmate she was terminally in error about her sentence. The same holiday spirit touched another inmate serving time for forgery, who pleaded she could not go home and must return to jail for a county Yule program where she would sing with a choir and trio.
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Los Angeles
Margaret Robinson
Owever
Moral Forces Of World Mobilized To Face Enemy
President Truman says the United States is mobilizing moral forces worldwide to oppose the enemies of honor and truth led by Russia and Communist China. He urges Catholics Protestants Jews and other groups to unite for a world that upholds decency and safety, noting Walker's Korea death as a national loss.
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Truman
Kansas City
Russia
China
Genghis Khan
Tamerlane
Washington
United States
Tibet
Protestant Catholic Churches Hold Special Christmas Rites
Protestant and Catholic churches in La Crosse plan Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services reflecting the peace on earth theme. Local pastors announce sermons and observances at Calvary Baptist First Baptist Seventh Street Baptist First Congregational St John’s Evangelical and Reformed and St Joseph’s Cathedral with choir and candlelight components.
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Christendom
Jesus
Christ
la Crosse
Fred R. Lemmert
Seventh Street Baptist Church
Seventh and
Ferry Streets
Washburn School
First Congregational Church
Frederick W. Hyslop
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
West Avenue
Market Street
Richard Meyer
Raymond Plamadore
Holy See
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
John P. Treacy
Charles H. Herbers
Joseph B. Marx
Msgreorge A. Hammes
Chester F Wrzaszczak
Edward J. Sobczyk
James P. Finucan
John P. Trant
R. B. Horschak
J. D. Kelly
M. J. Seinfelder
Karl A. Schaettle
John J. Erickson
Joseph Noelke
John W
Canada Sends Cold Wave Hits Midwest Forecast
A Canadian cold air mass pushed into Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin with northwest winds up to 50 mph. Temperatures were expected to drop to 10 below to 15 below by Christmas with a likely hazardous freeze and few snow flurries in the north.
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Chicago
Canada
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Northwest
Midwest
The
Mercury
New York
Maine
Reveal Red China Had War Plans Before Korean Invasion
Hong Kong reporting cites first complete translation of a Canton speech by Gen Yeh Chien ying on Oct 6. It states China planned Korea operation at least three weeks before volunteers crossed the border and argues Europe would be the primary battlefield in World War III.
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China
Hong Kong
Red China
Canton
Korea
Yeh Chienying
North Korea
Yeh
South China Military District
Kwangtung Province
Sixth Field Army
Reds
All High Central Committee
Party
Politburo
Red Army
Europe
East Asia
MacArthur
Walker
Peiping
United Nations
Red
Tokyo
Chou En-lai
United States
Eighth Army Braces For New Korean Offensive
Eighth Army in Tokyo braces as Chinese and Korean Red forces edge toward Seoul. MacArthur warns of sufficient mass for a major offensive while Walker is killed in a jeep incident. Hungnam siege tightens as MiG-15 jets clash with Sabres in Korea.
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Tokyo
Korea
38Th Parallel
Eighth Army
Seoul
MacArthur
Red Army
Chogye
North
South Korea
Associated Press
William J. Waugh
Chunchon
Hungnam
Walton H. Walker
Walker
Manchuria
Fourth
North Korea
America
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