Two Men Arrested as Truman Is Put Under War Security
Wartime security measures surrounded President Truman as he traveled to the Army Navy game in Philadelphia. Police and Secret Service detained two men for questioning after a warning remark near the President’s car.
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Hiladelphia
Secret Service
Harry Karr
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Truman
Deastica Iy
Washington
Et Service
Municlpal Stadium
British French Premiers Center on World Crisis
The British and French prime ministers met in London on December 2 to discuss the Korea crisis and European defense amid Attlee’s effort to secure policy unity with President Truman. Attlee and Rene Pleven, joined by Bevin and Schuman, explored German rearmament and joint policy to back Truman talks.
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London
Britain
France
Attlee
Truman
Korea
Attlees
Rene Pleyen
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Mr. Truman
Three Ship Lines Reject China Cargo
Three major transpacific steamship companies have halted cargoes to ports in Communist China. American President Lines Pacific Transport Lines and Pacific Far East Lines disclosed the moves, with Pacific Far East continuing outbound traffic via Taku Bar in port of Tientsin. Officials said exiting costs could rise for each freighter by bypassing Taku Bar.
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China
J Lines
Pacific Transport Ones
Pacific Far East Lines
Pacific Far East
Red China
Taku Bar
Richard McLaren
Pacific Transport
Tientsin
North
Atom bomb stockpile in U S Putat 700
New York reports America holds a stockpile of about 700 atomic bombs according to Look magazine. The piece notes uncertain prospects for the hydrogen bomb, cites increased plutonium production at Hanford and uranium 233 growth at Oak Ridge, and discusses possible South Carolina tritium plants aiding bomb manufacture.
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America
Look Magazine
Stephen White
New York Herald Tribune
White
Europe
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Blakeslee
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
Wash
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Gordon Dean
AEC
South Carolina
Young GI Escapes Trapping Reds Near Changjin Reservoir
An unnamed 21-year-old private first class from the 1st Regiment, Seventh Infantry, recounts a breakout from a Chinese Red trap on the northeast Korea front. He describes constant mortar and gunfire, then escaping with others to railroad tracks and rescue by planes and Marines while noting that those who stayed were killed.
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Korea
Changjin Reservoir
C Lass
Seventh Infantry Division
Nine Churchmen Convicted on Spy Counts in Prague
Nine Roman Catholic clergy including a bishop and two abbots were found guilty of espionage and high treason in Prague for an alleged Vatican plot to overthrow Czechoslovakia's Communist government. Sentences ranged from 10 years to life, with fines up to 100,000 crowns. The court also noted appeals and the clerics’ testimonies of repentance.
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Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Pankrac
Jan Opasek
Brenov
Stanislav Zela
Olomouc
Stanislav Jarosimek
Strahov
Checks on Way to Service Families
Washington reports that 200000 family allowance checks will be mailed next Monday to Army and Air Force enlisted personnel families and 90000 more will go out on December 15 as the program begins.
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Washington
Air Force
Army
Weather patchy clouds tonight and tomorrow with light winds
Patches of low cloudiness and variable high thin cloudiness tonight and tomorrow. Slightly warmer tomorrow. Light variable winds becoming westerly at 8 to 15 mph tomorrow afternoon.
Cadets Upset by Navy in 14-2 Football Shock
Philadelphia report details Navy’s 14-2 upset over Army ending a seven year wait. Bullet Bob Zastraw starred as Navy broke Army’s long unbeaten run in a dramatic season finale impact.
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Navy
Philadelphia
Bullet Bob Zastraw
Army
Army Chief Flies to Tokyo to Meet MacArthur
Army Chief Collins travels to the Far East for talks with General Douglas MacArthur. Ambassador Warren Austin leaves Lake Success for State Department discussions with Secretary Acheson. Dean Rusk to brief ambassadors on Far East developments. Collins travels with Cabell and Low and aims to align Army support for MacArthur’s command.
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Acheson
U.N
Warren Austin
Army
Collins
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Austin
Lake Success
State Department
Dean Rusk
Washington
Charles P. Cabell
Air Force
F. S. Low
Naval Operations
Army Department
MacArthur
Tokyo
Civilian Defense Head Flies to Washington for Talks
California civilian defense director General W. M. Robertson flies to Washington to confer with federal officials. He criticizes delays in setting up civilian defense and says slow pace slows California's program. He left Sacramento last night and will return next Saturday.
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California
Washington, D. C
Gen. Robertson
Washington
Overwhelming Enemy Faces Allied Armies
Gen MacArthur declared an undeclared war between United Nations forces and Chinese Communists allied with remnants of the Japanese defeated Korean army. He cited about 600,000 Communist troops in Korea, with 500,000 in action and half in attacks on UN forces near the Yalu River. Allied strength remained uncounted, with estimates around 116,000 in the northwest.
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MacArthur
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Korea
Jaze Ing
South Korea
Iese
Yalu River
U. N
Fire Fatal to Four in Philadelphia Tenement Blaze
Four siblings died from burns and smoke inhalation in a South Philadelphia four story tenement fire. Eight other residents were injured or burned. The deceased were Juanita Ector, 15, Emma 6, Frank 12, and Robert 14.
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Juanita Ector
Emma
Frank
Robert
Man Spends Week in Snowbound Car Near Busy Cleveland Street
Edward Andras, 26, survived seven days in his car after becoming stormbound near a main Cleveland street. He ate snow to stay alive, lost weight from 135 to 90 pounds, and was treated at Lakeside Hospital in guarded condition as doctors feared gangrene but hoped for full recovery. Patrolmen found him after a passerby alerted them to a man in a snowbound automobile.
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Ohio
Edward Andras
Andras
Lakeside Hospital
Carl F. Fieicher
Albert Zamborg
Berlin Braces for Red Violence as Voting Nears
West Berlin authorities mobilized a 138000 strong police force to guard the election amid threats from Red agitators. Riot squads were stationed at Allied sector stations and prepared with tear gas and hoses. Allies urged civilian abstention to show a free vote while East German Reds threatened penalties for voting.
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West Berlin
Johannes Stumm
West
Truman
Truman Attlee Talks Open Tuesday
The State Department said President Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee will confer over a two housing period Tuesday and Wednesday next week. Press Officer Michael McDermott reported Attlee will spend Monday with British embassy officials and that talks with Truman will begin Tuesday.
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State Department
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Michael McDermott
Mr. Truman
Allies Face Dunkerque-Style Move on Korea East Coast
Tokyo dispatch reports United Nations forces near Pyongyang may abandon the city as a Chinese and North Korean Communist buildup around 600000 strong threatens annihilation. MacArthur outlines odds for about 150000 UN troops while China and North Korea amass up to 250000 additional fighters from the Yalu. Airlift plans are dropped amid this crisis.
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Pyongyang
Dunkerqué
Korea
38Th Parallel
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Yalu River
U. S. First. Marine Division
Chinese Red Delegate Holds Parley On Korean Crisis
Chinese Communist Delegate Chen Chiao met for half an hour with United Nations Secretary General Tryve Lie in New York as U N Assembly plans consider a stand by rather than mid December adjournment Nasrallah Entezam to call the shots. An hour later Jacob A Malik spoke in private with UN aide Andrew Cordier as Lie presses for a fast Korean solution.
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New York
Chen Chiao
United Nations
Tryave Lie
Lie
U. N. Assembly
U.N
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
U. N
Andrew Cordier
Che
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Cordier
China Nationalists Failed Landing Reported
Hong Kong dispatch cites the Chinese Red News Agency claiming 900 Nationalists were repulsed on November 21 at Cheklang coast. It reports 90 killed or wounded, 40 fled inland and were eliminated, 110 captured, with the rest driven back to sea. The raid is attributed to the Chekian peoples anti Communist unit.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Red News
Cheklang
Christmas Carol feature and varied pages listed
The page list enumerates sections including A Christmas Carol on pages A-9 and A-10, Churches on A-7 and B-9, Classified ads on B-4 to B-8, Comics on A-6, Financial on A-4 and A-5, Obituaries on B-4, Radio and television on 8-4, Schools on A-3, Shipping on A-4, Sports on 8-2 and 8-3, Theaters on A-10, and tides temperatures on Po.
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