Why Daddyl Is Fighting for America in Korea
A Long Beach father, HMC Jack E. Thompson of the First Marine Division, writes Thanksgiving Day letters to his 5 year old daughter Patsy Jo from Korea. He explains Americans fight Communists to keep freedoms at home, recalling comforts like shoes, heat, running water, a home, school, and medical care. He notes his 11 years in the Navy and past WWI service off Casablanca.
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Mass airlift evacuates over 1000 wounded in Chosin Front
UPI reports from ORTHEAST FRONT Korea that Marine and Air Force pilots evacuated more than 1000 wounded Marines and soldiers from the Chosin Reservoir area. Large transports began Friday, despite enemy fire and poor weather, with 1st Lt. Bobby Carter flying 144 wounded.
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Truman Picks Navy in Upset Victory Scene
President Truman watched Navy defeat Army 14 to 2 in Philadelphia marking another era of his alleged habit of backing the underdog. He sat in a Navy box amid security as the presidential party traveled by special train back to Washington after the game.
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Girl 8 fatally hurt by tree limb in Boston
Eightyearold Jacqueline Woodcock died from blood loss after a tree branch severed an artery in her thigh as she climbed down from a sevenfoot wall. Police said the girl was impaled on the branch and freed by officers but died en route to City Hospital.
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Fire Charred 300 Homes in Kagoshima Japan
A major blaze in Kagoshima on Kyushu Island destroyed 300 homes and left about 1000 people homeless as of Sunday in Tokyo.
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Britain and France Seek Early Korean Peace Parley
Britain and France press for an early settlement with Soviet Russia and Red China over Korea and related crises. In London Pleven and Attlee agreed on UN aims and a broader four power approach, with Pleven remaining in London as Attlee heads to Washington for talks with Truman.
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Price wage curb at once resisted by Symington
Washington December 2 top administration official W Stuart Symington head of the National Security Resources Board told Congress that current economic controls should be given more time to work before wage price curbs are imposed He warned future world developments could alter his view Symington spoke to the Senate banking committee in a closed session urging a stopgap extension of the federal rent control law His testimony was made public later as debate grew in Congress over whether selective controls should be applied to certain goods and industries American for Democratic Action issued a statement calling for action including price controls
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Old Sol Melts Ohio's Deep Snow
Bright sunshine lifted temperatures to as high as 70 degrees across Ohio melting snow drifts from last week's blizzard the worst in 37 years. Columbus reached 57 Cincinnati 66 while Cleveland saw slush from two feet of snow paralyzing traffic and industry. the day marked the first general relief statewide.
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Tornado Hits Two Towns in Illinois
A tornado struck Greenville and nearby Mt Olive in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring at least 22. Victims were Mrs Esta McFarland and Mrs Mary Ward of Greenville and Philip Horn, 69, of Bellwood. Homes and barns were damaged, with more than 25 Greenville residences wrecked.
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Christmas Custody Battle Ends Hard but Joyful Christmas
In Essemer Alabama Mrs. J B Sessions held a small farewell Christmas with Jewel Virce Edwards before the 4-year-old is returned to her biological mother Vinla Edwards after a state supreme court ruling. The case involves a past sale of the child for 500 and prior foster death and legal actions.
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United States imposes controls on war goods exports
The United States imposed midnight Sunday export controls on all shipments destined for Red China Hong Kong and Macao and extended licensing to goods moving through U S ports to Russia and allied states The move aims to curb supplies that could reach Communist areas and follows consultations with the State Defense and other agencies Foreign shipments through U S ports including the Panama Canal must clear cargo with American officials The Commerce Department expects minimal disruption since such material represents a small share of transit trade
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TV Viewers to See X-ray From Johns Hopkins Science Review
In Baltimore on Tuesday night a doctor will peer through an X-ray into a patient’s chest as 11,000,000 viewers in New York Chicago Washington Columbus and Baltimore watch. The Dumont Network will televise the diagnostic demonstration at 8 30 p m using a new X-ray machine unveiled on The Johns Hopkins Science Review.
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FBI Seeks Widow of Dope Ring Victim in Fresno Case
OS ANGELES December report says the FBI issued an all points bulletin for Marie, widow of Abe Davidian a key narcotics ring witness slain in Fresno last February. Agents say they cannot serve her with a federal warrant and seek her whereabouts.
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Tibetan Battle Reported With Heavy Casualties
A Kalimpong dispatch to the New Delhi Statesman reports a Tibetan battle in which forces of the Dalai Lama and Red Chinese invaders suffered heavy casualties, with further details not yet confirmed.
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Forces Withdraw North of Pyongyang Amid Chinese Push
United Nations forces began withdrawing from a defense line 30 miles north of Pyongyang as thousands of Chinese Communist troops pressed in. U S Seventh Division pulled back from the Manchurian border while First Corps said space is being traded for time to cover Eighth Army retreat. The Ninth Corps also withdrew from Songchon area as estimates put 18,000 Chinese troops massed west of Songchon for a drive on Pyongyang.
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Berliners Vote Against Communism Amid Night Long Line
In Berlin, citizens braved cold to cast ballots as anti Communist sentiment dominated the encircled city. Voters, including workers ordered to labor shifts, formed long lines before dawn while police reported arrests of 21 Red agitators but no violence as election officials expected turnout above 80 percent to repudiate communism.
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Stassen Starts Tour to Tokyo for Asia Africa Europe studies
Harold E. Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania began a round world flight in Minneapolis aboard a Northwest Airlines plane for Tokyo. He will confer with General Douglas MacArthur before continuing to India to study conditions in Asia Africa and Europe.
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Harbor Department projects drive near five million total
The day’s highlights show Harbor Department plans totaling nearly $5,000,000 over the next five months. Also listed are Christmas gift efforts with one thousand families aided by the Clearing House and every patient at Veterans Administration Hospital to receive a gift this Christmas, with 45 parties already planned.
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