Chief Seeks Bigger Army and More A bombs
President Truman asked Congress for an additional 17.85 billion dollars for arms including atomic weapons to be provided at the fastest speed. The proposal covers 16.8 billion for rapid buildup of the armed forces and 1.05 billion to accelerate the atomic energy program. He spoke after meetings with congressional leaders and warned of grave world risk in Korea and a potential wider war.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United Nations
Korea
White House
Moscow
United States
Free Nations
Jong
Cancer ridden thieves steal two ducks at medical school
Galveston Texas December 1 authorities hunted thieves who stole two cancer infected ducks from a University of Texas medical school experimental pen. Police sought the pair as potential heroes in cancer research and broadcast warnings that eating the birds risked contracting cancer. Medical officials offered forgiveness if observers submitted to three years’ monitoring.
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Galveston
Texas
University of Nas Medical School
Medical School
R. Harrison Rigdon
Pact Chiefs to Meet to name Ike as Army head
North Atlantic military chiefs plan a meeting next week to decide on a unified European army led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Source reports say Germany regimental units will join the Western European integrated force, clearing the way for Ike to command. Truman urged immediate creation of a supreme European command in light of the Korean War.
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Washington
North Atlantic
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
France
Truman
Korea
Europe
Army Calls for 50 000 in February draft
Army announces a February draft call for 5 000 men, part of a total 1 300 000 drafted since September. Earlier calls began with 50 000 in September and October, rose to 70 000 in November, then dropped to 40 000 for December and January. Officers were in short supply due to the Korean War, affecting training capacity.
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Washington
Army
Weather forecast with light drizzle and variable winds
Drizles tonight and tomorrow morning with cloudy conditions and little temperature change. Light variable winds shifting to westerly at 10 to 20 mph tomorrow afternoon.
GI Rangers of the Hill Fight in Korea Nickname Heroism
A AP dispatch from 205 Northwest Front Korea dated December 1 profiles a volunteer unit of shoe clerks cooks bakers who called themselves Rangers. They trained behind lines and many died in combat while fighting with grit and dedication.
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Green
Hill
Orthwest Front
Korea
Rangers
U.S. Eighth Army
Unsan
Tokyo
Special Army
Pusan
U.N
Chongchon
Big Three Parley on Darkening Asia Crisis Indicated
London reports a possible Big Three talks among Attlee Truman Pleven and Schuman as the Far East crisis deepens. Attlee plans Washington talks on policy with the President while Pleven's status hinges on a Confidence vote in Paris. Rangers on Hill 205 near Unsan show battlefield courage as U.N. advances falter in Korea.
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Big Three
Asia
London
Attlee
Washington
Truman
Paris
Foreign Office
Rene Plevent
National Assembly
Plevent
Pleven
Robert Schuman
Far East
U N Assembly told it must act on Korea
The U N General Assembly was urged by President Nasrallah Entezam to address Korea after the Security Council failed to decide. The debate, held as fear of atomic war loomed, focused on how to remove Chinese Communist forces from Korea without triggering a world war.
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New York
Nasrallah Entezam
U. N. General Assembly
Security Council
Korea
Entezam
Assembly
Truman
Attlee
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
China
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Peiping
U. N
Moscow Envoy Due Home for Vacation
U S Ambassador Alan G. Kirk is scheduled to leave Monday for a two month vacation in the United States. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Kirk.
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Moscow
U.S
Alan G. Kirk
United States
Kirk
Trapped Yanks Fight Way Out of Red Net
U S Marines and Army infantrymen in northeast Korea battle to retreat as the Eighth Army braces for Chinese blows in the northwest. U S forces report no use of atomic weapons and say they are fighting every inch to withdraw under heavy air support and naval gunfire.
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Hporyo
U. S
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
MacArthur
Chinnes Dade
Reds All Over Place Say Pilots Gil s Retreating Before Chinese
Two Marine pilots in northeast Korea report American units retreating toward Hagaru along Chanejing reservoir as Chinese forces close in. Capt. Patterson describes intense armor and near-constant fire, predicting a nightfall reach to Hagaru. Lt. O Shea confirms Seventh and First Marine positions fighting south, facing snipers and tough terrain.
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Kun Keystone
Chongchon River
U. S
Republic of Korea First
Chongchon
Anju
Fede
Songchon
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Advanced
Li. N
U.S. First Marine Division
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Hagaru
Changjin Reservoir
Navy
Marine Corsair
A. P
Tom Stone
Tom Stone Yonfo
Northeast Korea
Chanejing
Northeast
Korea
First Marine Division
Russell G. Patterson Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Patterson
Robert J. O'Shea
Brooklyn
Seventh Marine Regiment
New Controls Inevitable Say Solons
Washington December 1 1950 AP President Truman names Mayor Michael DiSalle Toledo to head price administration sparking Congress predictions wage price controls will follow. Lawmakers disagree on timing but agree the move signals looming controls to aid war footing and civilian economy alike.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Michael V. Di8alle
Toledo
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
di Salle
Sen
Maybank
DS. C
Senate Banking Committee
Korea
Sen. O'Mahoney
D.- Wyo
Senate House Economic Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
DiSalle
Mike DiSalle
Americans Due to Leave Korea by Christmas Joke
A bulletin board at the U S First Calvary Division command post in Korea features a clipped headline declaring Americans will depart Korea by Christmas. The item is laughed at as a jokester clipping from a deck of cards.
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U. S
First Calvary Division
Korea
Restrictionsan Enormous War Handicap
Gen Douglas Mac Arthur says lack of authority to strike across the Manchurian border is an enormous handicap with no precedent in military operations. He notes the UN forces face a serious but not hopeless situation and plans a winter offensive starting Oct 20 to prevent a Chinese buildup. Officials say a single limiting order from Washington forbids attacks into Manchuria and Siberia, including air bombing of Communist centers there.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
U. N
Manchuria
Siberia
Mantesse
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