Air power plans outlined for European defense talks
U S officials signal rapid dispatch ability for promised air strength to NATO allies. The article notes buildup of U S air force in Europe, limited by Korea commitments, and outlines possible contributions to Western European defense including divisions from the Army and national guard options, with Navy and air force status in broad terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Europe
Far East
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States Army
Supreme Court to Review Conviction of 11 Top Communists
The Supreme Court agreed to hear the New York conspiracy conviction of 11 Communist leaders on December 4. The case centers on the 1940 Smith act making it a crime to advocate overthrow by force. The government asked only to review the Smith act's validity, while other complaints were set aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Reds
Harold Redina
High Court
Justice Department
Medina
U. S
U. S. Circuit Court
Red
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Congress
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
U S Rounds Up Top Alien Communists
The Justice Department began a nationwide roundup of alleged Communist agitators arresting 10 as the most active in propaganda. About 86 are slated for possible deportation with detentions at Ellis Island for up to six months if removal isn’t possible.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Department
Pres. Truman
Immigration Service
Chicago
Moses Resnikoff
Russia
International Workers Order
Vincent Andrulis
Vincent Andrulewicz
Lithuania
Vilnis
Communist Party
Ellis Island
New York
General Finds Massacre While Checking Rumor
Brigadier General Frank A. Allen of Cleveland, Ohio, ventured into Communist territory to verify reports about American prisoners killed near the Sunchon railway tunnel ten miles north of here. The raid resulted in at least 68 POWs slain, with 21 wounded survivors.
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Sunchon
North Korea
Sunchon Tunnel
Here
Frank. A. Allen
Cleveland
Ohio
State records show yearend spending surpasses income by 10 million
Madison report by Budget Director E C Giessel details expenditures of $207,387,333 against revenues of $200,992,189 for the year ending June 30 1950. An unspent sum of $4,128,213 raised total charges over receipts to $10,523, etc. Yet the state carried a June 30 1950 surplus of $38,819,993. Tax yields were higher boosting executive and revolving budgets and aiding localities with about $112.7 million in aids.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
E. C. Giessel
Monay
Giessel
PLC
Segregated Conservation Fund
Nash Motors Union OKs Five Year Contract in Kenosha Plant
Union members at the Nash Motors division plant in Kenosha ratified a five year contract for a two cent base pay raise and an eight cent cost of living adjustment. The pact retroactive to Sept 4 includes a four cent raise each June and quarterly COLA reviews tied to the labor department index. Other Nash locals in Milwaukee Grand Rapids and Santa Clara already approved the agreement.
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Kenosha
Wis
Nash Motors
UAW
Onosha
Nash
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids
Mich
Segundo
Calif
Department of Labor
Weather Outlook for Le Crosse Tonight to Tuesday
Fair conditions with some clouds tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight with a low near 35 degrees. Warmer Tuesday with a high in the afternoon.
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le Crosse
Loyalty Reviewer To Head 5-Man Red Control Board
President Truman named Seth W. Richardson to head a five member Communist control board with Peter C. Brown Charles M. LaFollette David J. Coddaire and Kathryn McHale as fellow members. The board enforces the anti subversive act requiring Communist groups to register or face penalties. The law allows penalties up to five years in jail if required.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Control Board
Seth W. Richardson
Richardson
Peter C. Brown
Brooklyn
Charles M. LaFollette
Indiana
Americans For Democratic Action
David J. Coddaire
Boston
Haverhill
Mass
Kathryn McHale
Logansport
Ind
Frank McHale
Congress
American Communist Party
Ing
Communist Party
New York
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Four Added To Chest's Honor Roll
Four names were added to the 1950 Community Chest honor roll, bringing the total to 121,709. Campaign chairman Glen H. Bowman noted the county groups have surpassed the top quota with 82 percent of the campaign fulfilled, and the drive continues through the week. County Clerk Esther Domke led the county group, with headquarters at the Community Chest office in the Linker Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen H. Bowm
Red Feather
Standard Oil Co
Exchange State Bank
Midwest Bottle Gas Co
Esther Domke
Bowman
Ngs
Community Chest Office
Linker Building
Cold air drives Mississippi Valley down to normal figures
Weather report notes arctic air settling over the northern Mississippi valley with temperatures near seasonal norms. Meteorologist A D Sanial forecasts a cloudy Monday night low around 35 and a milder Tuesday high near 58. First measurable snow lands in Land O Lakes three inches deep with flurries in Rhinelander Superior and surrounding areas.
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Mississippi Valley
A. D. Sanial
Mercury
la Crosse
Sanial
Land O'Lakes
Associated Press
Rhinelander
Superior
O’ Lakes
Park Falls
Grantsburg
Wausau
Eau Claire
Truman to Address United Nations General Assembly in New York
President Truman will depart by train Monday midnight for New York to speak to the United Nations General Assembly at 10 30 a m Tuesday CST. It is his second major foreign policy address since Wake Island talks with Gen. Douglas MacArthur after San Francisco remarks last Tuesday. Mrs Truman accompanies him.
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Washington
Truman
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
San Francisco
Charles Ross
Mrs. Truman
Opposition to Drafting Vets and Inactive Reservists
Portage Wisconsin Monday American Legion executive committee urged drafting all non veterans and raising age limit from 26 to 32. They also rejected a proposal to buy former home of General MacArthur for state headquarters and named Jerome E Host as state commander.
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Portage
Wis
State
American Legion
Jerome E. Host
Whitefish Bay
J. Gen
Ur MacArthur
Milwaukee
New Gas From Lignite Might Power Industry For Centuries
University of North Dakota reports a novel gas from lignite perfected by the U S Bureau of Mines and the university. A $750000 lignite laboratory tests a red hot steel bottle process that turns most lignite into gas usable for gasoline diesel engines ammonia waxes dyes and even edible fats while reducing water content in the fuel.
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Dustry
University of North Dakota
U.S Bureau of Mines
United States
Bureau of Mines
A. C. Burr
John C. Holtz
W. H. Oppelt
Plureau
L. C. Harrington
University
North Dakota
Indirect Curbs Bring Approval From Symington
Washington — W. Stuart Symington, head of the inflation program, urged that indirect controls be tested before sweeping price and wage curbs are imposed. He cited higher taxes and credit controls as examples while noting aluminum may soon come under such measures. He said rushing to broad controls could be dangerous and that cooperation could let indirect policies work.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Symington
ROK Forces Reach 50 Miles From Manchurian Border
South Korean forces push within fifty miles of the Manchurian frontier as ROK divisions drive north from Pyongyang toward the border. Red Korean remnants retreat toward Kanggye while prisoners and massacres are reported by Allied sources.
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Seoul
Korea
Kanggye
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
United Nations
Eighth Division
Pukchang
Pyongyang
U. S. Eighth Army
Huichong
Manchuria
Red
Russia rejects Truman peace plan in Pravda critique
Pravda denounces President Truman's four peace demands as rude and ridiculous. It asserts the United States must change policy to avert war and accuses the US of seeking an unchecked arms race while Russia pushes for arms reduction and a firepower peace pact.
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Moscow
Russia
Truman
Soviet Union
San Francisco
Pravda
Communist Party
United States
Europe
West
Ussr
Two Ohio Guardsmen Die In Plane Crash
Ohio national guardsmen George Deisler age 30 of Antwerp and Warren Edward Phillips age 28 of Hicksville were killed when their two seater plane crashed in a farm field 11 miles northwest of Van Wert. They appeared to be en route to Camp Atterbury Indiana for training and were attempting a forced landing after taking off from Paulding. The plane a civilian Taylor craft was demolished.
Madison Four In Music Contest Finishes Third
The Minorettes from Wisconsin placed third in a world championship women’s barbershop quartet contest held Saturday in Chicago. The Shades of Harmony of Racine finished fifth while Harmony Belles of Arcadia, California, won the contest.
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Madison Foursome
Chicago
Minorettes
Wis
Shades of Harmony
Racine
Harmony Belles of
Holder Of 85 Year Bonds May Put Virginia In A Bind
In Richmond Virginia Mrs Benny Walker of Vinton found two 1000 bond certificates in her attic dated about 1861 or 1864. If 1864 the bonds are worthless due to the 14th amendment. If 1861 records were destroyed and no records exist. State Treasurer Jesse W Dillon says records were lost but the state would pay any debt. Walker estimates at six percent compound interest the bonds could be worth 250000.
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Richmond
Benny Walker
Vinton
Commonwealth of Virginia
Virginia
Jesse W. Dillon
Commonwealth
Dillion
Walker
Four U S GIs Escape Red Prison Train Reach Air Base
Four young American GIs who escaped from a Red prison train less than a day before mass killings reached a rear air base en route to Japan. Included is Sgt. John A. Parsell Jr of Foxboro Wisconsin, captured July 27. Parsell estimates about 156 Americans died on the Seoul to Pyongyang march, 50 shot and 100 from wounds and exposure. He says his group reached Pyongyang October 17, two days before U N forces entered the Red capital.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
John A. Parsell, Jr
Frank Holsclaw
Foxboro
Wis
Parsell
Pyongyang
United Nations
Red Capital
Massacre Report Emerges Near Sunchon After Cold Trail
Assistant divisional commander Allen drives from Pyongyang to Sunchon with the task force to verify rumors of a railroad tunnel massacre. A South Korean colonel uncovers seven starving bodies beside the track, as investigators press to confirm further victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Allen
Pyongyang
Sunchon
First Cavalry Division
Missing atomic expert Pontecorvo may have fled to Russia
Helsinki reports indicate Italian born scientist Dr Bruno Pontecorvo disappeared while on vacation from England. His passport remains with Finland interior ministry and there are unconfirmed accounts he sailed to Leningrad aboard a Russian ship.
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Helsinki
Finland
Britain
Bruno Pontecorvo
Russia
Ministry of Interior
Stockholm
Rome
Il Tempo
Pontecorvo
Leningrad
England
Harwell
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