Reds Demand Isles Held by U N Troops
United Nations commander Vice Admiral C Turner Joy told Communist negotiators that airfields are the only military facility to be restricted during a Korean armistice while pledging no reinforcements or increased armaments. Nam Il pressed to seize all islands north of the cease fire line, claiming they lie beyond the demarcation. The UN reaffirmed its arms freeze and inspection demands as talks continued with no ultimatum issued.
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Adm
C. Turner Joy
U. N
Nam I
Reds
Foy
U.N
Korea
Nam
Joy
W. WN
William P. Nuckols
Manchuria
Alfies
Nuckols
Bridges Favored as Senate GOP Leader After Wherry Death
Washington December 1 speculation centers on Sen Bridges New Hampshire as a possible compromise for the GOP floor leader role after Sen Kenneth Wherrys death. Bridges said he is not a candidate but did not rule out serving if party factions deadlock. Funeral services for Wherry set for Nebraska Monday with discussions among Republican senators to follow.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Bridges
New Hampshire
Phoenix
Ariz
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Douglas
Doll
Portland
Ore
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fred Vinson
Charleston
W. Va
Everett Dirksen
Dirksen
Harald E. Stassen
Stassen
Minnesota
Tait
Daniel C. Gainey
Stassen For President
Roy Bunn
University of Pennsylvania
Dunn
St. Paul
Senate Gop
Congress
Cleanup drive underway as polio cases rise in Odessa
In Odessa Texas the city planned a Monday cleanup drive closing businesses to combat polio as cases climbed to 50 with nine deaths. Four new cases emerged yesterday and 38 were diagnosed in November. Schools faced emptier rooms while theaters and churches urged limited attendance for those under 16. Eight patients remained hospitalized locally, others were in Abilene Big Springs Plainview Dallas and San Antonio. Parents moved children to other cities to avoid contagion.
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Odessa
Texas
Abilene
Big Springs
Plainview
Dallas
San Antonio
Odessa American
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tlinois
Santa Calls Cramp Syracuse Phones in Christmas Jam
In Syracuse on December 1, thousands of eager children dialed Santa Claus at a department store headquarters. The volume overloaded the local telephone system as fuses blew and exchanges failed, leaving many kids disappointed and business affected by the mix up of numbers.
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Syracuse
Santa Claus
Jolly Old Gentleman’s
Over Optimism Hit in War on Polio
Basil O'Connor warned against over optimism in polio immunization efforts. He spoke at a National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis leaders meeting in Hagerstown Maryland noting the campaign across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Pennsylvania runs a full month starting next month.
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Hagerstown
National Foundation For
Basil O'Connor
Gba
Ee Times
Maryland
Virgina
West Virginia
Bennett Ivania
Lifeboat survivor recalls eight deaths on Amphitrite
A survivor said eight people died as the yacht Amphitrite sank after leaving Morehead City bound for Port. The navigator reportedly jumped overboard due to thirst. Luttrell, a 1944 US Military Academy graduate, had bought the vessel in New York and ran a cargo business in St Thomas.
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Luttrells
Frazier
Morehead City
Bort
Charleston Harbor
Coast
Cane Fear
N.C
Coast Guard
Luttrell
U. S Military Academy
New York
St. Thomas
Torrance Surplus Deal Under Fire
Government owned Torrance aluminum plant equipment sold for about 6 million dollars per set. War Assets chief Larson denied the Post Dispatch report as false and said an investigation by the Senate subcommittee will determine if a broader probe is needed. He argued the sale was reviewed by Justice and bid competition occurred.
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Torrance
Calif
Aluminum Co. of America
Alcoa
Larson
War Assets Administration
Post Dispatch
House
Ways and Means
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
the Post
Internal Revenue Bureau
Landurant Torrance Corp
Nathan
L. B.land Co
New York
Dalien Steel Products Corp
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Landulant
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hoey
D-N. C
Shelby
N. C
Associated Press
Department of Justice
United States
Senate
Unionist Warns on WSB Policy in 1940s Baltimore
CIO vice president Allan S. Haywood urged a change in the Wage Stabilization Board policy amid mounting profits and rising living costs. Speaking to delegates at the Maryland Industrial Union CIO convention, he warned that profiteering must be curbed or wages must rise, and urged vigilance over steel industry trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
CIO
Wage Stabilization Board
Allan S. Haywood
Maryland Industrial Union of the
Overseas air fare cut eyed by transatlantic talks
In Nice, France, December 1, delegates from major airlines reported nearing agreement on a tourist-class fare that would reduce ocean flight prices by about 30 percent. John W Branker, chairman of the International Air Transport Association, said committees were close to a deal after earlier bitter discussions and that prospects look very optimistic.
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Nice
France
Dew 1
Traneau
John W. Branker
International Air, Transport Association
France Plans Budget Aid Boost as U S Promises 600 Million
Paris reports easing of austerity after U S officials promise 600 million dollars in aid for 1951 52. Finance Minister Mayer relays to cabinet that Congress may need a new appropriation in January. Basic direct economic aid set at about 200 million with most funds via U S spending in France on ARMS and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Robert Buron
Dean Acheson
W. Averell Harriman
Rene Mayer
Mayer
Buran
U. S. Govern
Ment
Congress
Buron
U. S
Byron
Truman
Fullerton Bike Rider Is Killed In Riverside Driver Claim
A bike rider, Frazer, was killed in a collision with a truck driven by George P. Copeland of Riverside. Copeland, 43, said Frazer crossed the center line. Frazer's companion Vern Quick, 19, of Santa Ana, was slightly hurt. both were taken to Santa Ana Community Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Lee Allingsworth
Flower St
Costa Mesa
Newport Blvd
15Th St
Helen Wyatt
Dennis
McLaren St
Norwalk
George Salesbury
Knowland seeks cease fire inquiry over Korea directives
San Francisco December 1 Senator William F Knowland demanded a full inquiry into military directives that caused confusion about a reported cease fire in Korea. He argues the American public should receive a full story and urged Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Richard B Russell to obtain the complete directives file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Willam F. Knowland
Korea
California Republican
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Knowland
Russell
Sen
Army Shakes Up Far East Command
Washington reports a routine Far East command shuffle involving 13 generals. Lt Gen William Hogey will depart Korea for a U.S. assignment, Maj Gen Henry Hodes moves to command a Korea combat division, and Maj Gen William Harrison In succeeds him at 8th Army. Other changes place Gen Claude Ferenbaugh, Gen Willard Wyman, Gen Roderick Allen, Gen Whitfield Shepard, Gen Clovis Byers, Gen Williston Palmer, Gen Lyman Lemnitzer, Brig Gen Ridgely Gaither, and Brig Gen John Elmore in new Far East and Korea roles as the United States reorganizes its forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Far Eastern
William M. Hogey
9Th Corps
Korea
United States
Henry S. Hodes
8Th
United Nations
8Th Army
William K. Harrison
Sth
Fort Dix
N. J
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
Hodes
U. N
7Th Infantry Division
Willard G. Wyman
Inteligence
3Th
Roderick R. Allen
16Th Corps
Japan
Whitfield
P. Shepard
Far East Command
Clovis E. Byers
10Th Corps
Williston B. Palmer
2Nd Armored
Far East
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
11Th Airborne Division
Fort Cambell
Ridgely Galther
Xmy
11Th Airborne
Gaither
John. A. J. Elmore
Austria
Satellites Armies Grow By Bounds In Europe
Western intelligence reports indicate Bulgarian and Albanian armed forces have expanded significantly while Bulgaria modernizes with MIG15 jets and morale stays high. Satellite armies, including Bulgaria and Albania, are growing faster than Russia’s own forces, with Bulgaria at 160,000 to 180,000 and Albania building a capable force as Greek and Yugoslav intrigue continues.
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Rome
Russia
Red
Bulgaria
Korea
Albania
Bethal
Greece
antiCom
Yugoslavia
Tirana
Thailand's Rule Up to New Cabinet
A nine member military junta in Bangkok has toppled the Thai government and formed a handpicked cabinet led by Premier Pibulsonggram. The coup dissolved parliament, rewrote the constitution, and scheduled no election date while the regime awaits foreign recognition amid plans for a royal welcome ceremony for King Phumiphon and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Pibulsonggram
Phumiphon
Vorakarn Bhancha
Banda
U. S
Switzerland
Murdered girl's escort described in police briefing
Ha uppague N Dec 1 WP Police disclosed a description of a blond boy seen with Lyde Kitchener 12 Thursday about 40 minutes before her body was found. Two teachers identified the girl and said she waved to a boy walking with her on Lawrence Road at 4 p m. She was a junior high student found strangled in a wooded area with a gray scarf.
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Hauppague
Lyde Kitchener
Jane Schulte
Jane Filer
Lawrence Road
Miss Schulte
Lawrence Ra
Gram
Mar School
Filer
Boys Rescued From Fire Perish After Return Home
Leatherwood West Virginia's Ida Milam, 29, rescued her 11 month old daughter from a burning house while two boys aged 2 and 4 ran back inside. The mother escaped with the infant, and the lifeless bodies of Frankie and Douglas were later found in a bedroom.
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Leatherwood
W. Va
Daugher
Ida Milam
Frankie
Douglas
Baby Born as Dad's Car Strikes Nurses
Detroit on December first a speeding car veered into Herman Kelfer Hospital drive. John H Pauly shouted that his wife was delivering a baby as nurses Cleo Williams and Maureen Williams helped deliver a son weighing five pounds ten ounces. Both mother and child were admitted and doing well. Police let Pauly off with no ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Herman Kelfer Hospital
John H. Pauly
Cleo Williams
Maureen Williams
Blaine Pauly
Pauly's
Sailor Injured in Two-Car Crash Near Locust Avenue
A Navy sailor from Terminal Island, John K. Speeg, 26, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg after a driverless car crashed into a parked vehicle following a two-car collision at Sixth Street and Locust Avenue at 1:35 a.m. Barry Becker, 28, YMCA, was uninjured. Speeg was treated at Seaside Hospital. his status was listed as serious.
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John K. Speeg
Terminal Island
Barry Becker
YMCA
Sixth St
Locust Ave
Speeg
Seventh St
Eighth St
Spece
Seaside Hospital
Navy Hospital
Becker
Cohen to Remain in Jail Until Dec 11
Los Angeles gambler Mickey Cohen must stay in Los Angeles County Jail until at least December 11 after the Ninth U S Court of Appeals granted a stay and set a hearing on bail while his income tax evasion conviction is appealed. The government argued the $5,000 bail was insufficient and Cohen could abscond. Cohen was sentenced to five years and a $10,000 fine for tax evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
U. S. Court of Appeals
William Denman
Cohen
Denman
U. S
Ernest Tolin
Michael
Mickey) Cohen
Churchill Says He'll Ask No Loan in Talks with Truman
Washington December 1 Prime Minister Churchill states he will not seek financial aid during his talks with President Truman next month. Informed sources say no specific topics are set but a possible meeting with Stalin, and discussions may cover atomic weapons, the Russian problem, and British American partnership. Churchill has sent word he will not request money for Britain’s hard pressed country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dev
Winston Churchil
Rumen
Churchill
State Department
Stalin
Bandit Holds Up L A Bank Nine Employees and Nine Customers
In Los Angeles an armed robber looted Security First National Bank in East L A taking 5000 dollars after forcing a customer to place the money in a bag. He brandished pistols and ordered staff and patrons, then fled into a Christmas parade crowd as the alarm sounded. The same branch was previously held up last January but suspects were captured.
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Los Angeles
D. G. Houseman
Security First National Bank
M. W. Fermer
Shereft
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