Headlong Drive Costly To Reds Amid Korean Front Push
Communist Chinese attacks pressed into the shrinking Allied beachhead in northeast Korea and aimed at annihilating U S Tenth Corps. Red infantry and cavalry charges, aided by tank and air counterattacks, kept advancing toward the Hamhung Hungnam coastal area, despite heavy casualties and ongoing evacuations cited by Moscow radio and Reuters.
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Associated Press
OKYO
Korea
U.S
10th corps
Sea of Japan
Hamhung- Hungnam
CROSS 38th PARALLEL
Moscow
U 5
Hamhung
Morea areca
Reuters
South Kotvan
Republicans push to oust Dean Acheson as secretary of state
Republican leaders in the House adopted a resolution calling for the removal of Dean Acheson. The measure, approved overwhelmingly at a closed party meeting, urges changes in state department personnel and policies. Senate Republicans may act later.
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RASHINGTON
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Dean Acheson
house party
Truman
Acheson
state department
Senate Republicans
house
Contempt Charges Instituted Against Rail Yard Strikers
The government will bring contempt proceedings against Chicago and other city yard workers striking despite court orders. The move could impose heavy fines on the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen as the strike disrupts rail freight, mail, and express shipments with embargoes spreading from Chicago to St. Louis and Washington.
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CHICAGO
foir Tiiia railiroad
Howard McGrath
United States
Washington
Cleveland
express
Railway Express Agency, Inc
St. Louis
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company
Gary
Ind
south
Canada
cripp
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
Confirmed: Two Southern Alberta Judicial Appointments
Justice Minister Garson announced two district court appointments in Southern Alberta. John Howard Sissons of Lethbridge becomes chief judge of the district court. Manley J. Edwards of Calgary, former Liberal MP for Calgary West, is appointed a district court member effective January 1. Edwards served in the Commons from 1940 to 1945.
Peter Fraser Laid to Rest in Wellington Funeral
Crowds watched a gun carriage carry the casket of former New Zealand prime minister Peter Fraser to Karori cemetery after a funeral service at a Presbyterian church. He died Tuesday and thousands filled the streets unable to enter the church.
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riage
Peter Fraser
Karori
Presbyterian church
New Zealand
Churchill in Copenhagen At Oskar Davidsons Back Room
Ottawa Journal correspondent Rondon notes Churchill’s visit to the back room of Oskar Davidsen's on Aa boulevard, famed as Copenhagen's great sandwich house with over 200 varieties. The room once hosted Danish patriots who plotted resistance to the Nazi occupation. The piece hints at continued coverage on page 22.
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Copenhagen
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Aa boulevard
Ottawa Journal
Rondon
Hitler
Initial payment on frozen wheat may be last one says minister
Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister I C Nollet told farmers at the Saskatchewan Farmers Union convention that the initial payment for frozen wheat likely will be the final one. He warned farmers to face reality as frozen wheat was unsuitable for milling and would only serve as livestock feed.
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SASKATOON
I. C. Nollet
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan C.C.F
Saskatchewan Farmers' Union
Canada
Expect Truman Call On Nation For Sacrifices
Chrysler joins in price boosts for 1951 autos raising tags by 80 to 195 dollars above 1950 models. The Detroit report notes General Motors and Ford already announced increases as Chrysler becomes the last of the big three to set 1951 prices.
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CHRYSLER
DETROIT
Chrysler Corporation
General Motors
Ford
Seek End Fighting In Korea
United Nations cease-fire committee invites U S delegate Ernest A Gross to luncheon to discuss Korea truce. Talks may involve Peiping envoy Wu Hsiu Chuan with no decision yet on visiting China. Later reports suggest a 1950 General Assembly session and military build up, with calls for a national emergency and a 4,000,000 man force.
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NEW YORK
United Nations
United States
Ernest A. Gross
Gross
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Peareen
canada
PEIPING
general assembly
China-Korea
assembly
Lake Success
Jacob A. Malik
Formosa
40 Day Christmas Recess Approved for Parliament
Parliament adjourned for a 40 day Christmas recess in London with Deputy PM Herbert Morrison setting January 23 as the return date. He pledged to recall MPs immediately if an emergency arises.
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LONDON
Herbert Morrison
Five Found Dead in Gas Filled Car on Hillside
Hollywood reported a tragedy as police discovered a station wagon on a hillside road with four children and their mother, Mrs. Margaret Rowney, dead inside. A vacuum-cleaner hose appeared connected from the exhaust pipe to the car interior, indicating possible suicide pact or murder suicide.
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HOLLYWOOD
Margaret Rowney
Trapped Miner Alive After Slide Near Selleck
In Selleck Washington a coal miner named John Wolti age 54 was heard alive by rescue crews after a rock slide that trapped him for a day and two nights. Joe Bertelli of the rescue team reported hearing Wolti's voice and the trapped man asked when they would extract him. Authorities, initially pessimistic, provided no immediate details on escape but noted the difficult rescue with limited openings and protective timbers.
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SELLECK
Wash
John Wolti
Joe Bertelli
Wolti
Seattle
Wolfz
Patel Dies at 75 as India's Deputy PM Succumbs
Sardar Vallabhai Patel, 75, deputy prime minister and key Congress leader, died in Bombay after a heart attack. He had arrived from New Delhi for treatment of heart and abdominal problems and passed away at 9:40 am. Patel was seen as the No 2 architect of the Republic, alongside Nehru, Gandhi, and Nehru, in the independence triumvirate.
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Sardar Vallabhai Patel
India
Congress Party
Sardar Patel
New Delhi
Patel
Republic of India
Nehru
Mohandas K Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Early Lethbridge Newsman Dies
Herbert Harding Currie Ti of Nelson BC died Thursday night at his Nelson home. He retired as managing editor of the Nelson News in October 1949. A Nova Scotian Currie came from the Winnipeg Tribune to help pioneer Southern Alberta journalism in Lethbridge on the Southern Alberta Daily News around 1906 07. He edited the Nelson Daily News after 1909, later worked in Washington and Oregon papers, served four years overseas in the Canadian Army, and returned to the Nelson paper in 1919. He is survived by his widow and son Ian of Fort Pine BC. Lethbridge oldtimers recall Currie on the Southern Alberta Daily News staff in its early days. The paper was based near Fifth Street S between Third and Fourth Avenues. Captain W Wilson Irwin was business manager during the short life of the Daily News and drove one of Lethbridge's first automobiles.
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NELSON
Herbert Harding Currie
Alberta
Nelson News
Currie
Winnipeg Tribune
Lethbridge
Nelson Daily News
Washington
Oregon
Ian
Fort Pine
Protestants Urged To Pray on Dec 31
New York dispatch reports Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill urged Protestants to join in prayer on Sunday December 31 for a peace described as the fruit of righteousness. The appeal comes from the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States, representing about 31 million members across 25 Protestant and Orthodox groups.
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NEW YORK
Henry Knox Sherrill
National Council of the Churches of Christ
United States
Mrs Arthur Pitre Charged With Murder in Air Disaster
Mrs Arthur Pitre a 42 year old sister of Genereux Ruest and associate of J Albert Guay was charged with murder in the Canadian Pacific Airlines disaster that killed 23 people in September 1949. Her arraignment set for February 12, the indictment signed by Premier Du Plessis as attorney general. She sobbed in court as the accusation read and was called to the prisoner’s box after Justice Fernand Choquette took the bench.
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QUEBEC
Arthur Pitre
Genereux
Guay and
Ruesi
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Fernand Choquette
Albert Dumontier, KC
Survivors Of Canoe River Wreck Flown East
Fifteen soldiers from the Canoe River train disaster are being airlifted to military hospitals across Canada for Christmas with families. The RCAF Dakota will stop in Winnipeg Toronto Montreal Halifax and St John’s as the gunner unit from the 2nd Field Regiment RCHA is dispersed to home bases.
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EDMONTON
RCAF
Canoe River
army special force
2nd Field Regiment
RCHA
Rockies
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Halifax
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Two clerics disarm robber at church safe in Toronto
Two Anglican clergymen overpowered a man surprised at a church safe in St. Mary the Virgin. Detectives charged John J. Murphy, 55, with attempted theft and possession of burglar’s tools. Murphy denied aiming for church wine, producing a bottle of domestic wine as proof.
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TORONTO
Church of
St. Mary the Virgin
John J. Murphy
Murphy
Mountie Killer Is Hanged
Montreal dec 15 joseph olander alias thomas rossier was executed for the murder of rcmp constable alexander gamman during a May bank holdup in beaver hall toronto bank. olander captured near the canadian border after the shooting. he faced the gallows at bordo jail and died shortly after midnight. He had been known as the montana badman and used several aliases.
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Joseph Olander
Thomas Rossier
R.C.MSP
Alexander Gamman
Olander
Otander
Bordeau
Montana
R.C
Holy Trinity Church
Winnipeg
United States
Canada
U.S
Gamman
Beaver Hall
Bank of
Big battle rages in northeast Korea coast
A major engagement unfolds as Chinese reinforcements push UN forces along the Hungnam front. American outposts were overrun and lines abandoned while mortar fire terrifies the defense zone. reports note Chinese assaults pressing toward the sea.
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