Long Beach Fliers Aid Trapped Gls in Korea
Long Beach residents of the 452nd Bomb Wing aided U S Marines and Seventh Division troops near Changjin Reservoir in Korea. Brig Gen Luther W Swertser Jr ordered a full effort to break encirclement using B 26s, rockets, bombs, and strafing, with Corsair bombers supporting. The unit, activated August 10, first struck October 27, tallying heavy payloads in strikes that month and later missions. Lt Col Harry W Jordan of Long Beach, an insurance executive, serves as executive officer of the wing.
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Long Beach
452Nd
Air Force
Changjin Reservoir
Manchuria
Luther W. Swertser
432Nd
Ng Beach
North Korea
Planes Rescue 1700 Wounded Fighters in Hagaru Airlift
Unarmed Allied C-47 transport planes airlifted 1700 wounded Marines and Army infantrymen from Red-threatened Hagaru in north east to Japan. Greek pilots led by Flight Commander Andrew Gorenko participated in the mission, with 477 in the last group.
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Tokyo
Hagaru
Japan
Andrew Gorenko
Woman of the Year profile on Perle Masta
A brief item notes Perle Masta as Woman of the Year within the diplomatic corps. The notice appears among a page of Teletype news highlights with sections listing varied features from Christmas carols to classifieds and sports.
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Perle Masta
Diplomatic Corps
Yanks Mobility Saves Army From Complete Defeat in Korea
In Korea, December 4. The U N forces retreating from Pyongyang fight to avoid Chinese Red troops. The Eighth Army’s rapid mobile withdrawal prevented encirclement and destruction along the Chongchon River, offsetting losses from the three night assaults that began a week earlier. Continued fighting and a possible Tearguard action loom as forces regroup under Gen MacArthur.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Pyongyang
United Nations
U. N
Eighth Army
Res
Chongchon
MacArthur
Attlee Lands in Washington for Crisis Conference
British Prime Minister Attlee arrived in Washington to meet with President Truman as world crisis talks began in the White House cabinet room. Attlee brings 18 advisers while senior aides and officials including Acheson, Marshall, Snyder, Harriman, Jessup, Rusk, Perkins, and General Bradley join the discussions aiming to align policies and uphold right in a troubled global situation.
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Attlee
Clement Attlee
Truman
Washington
Pess Wirachote
Ashington
Flouse
Advinete
Atllee
Britain
Atlee
Charles Ross
White House
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
the Treasury
Snyder
W. Averell Harriman
W.stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Walter Gifford
London
Philip C. Jessup
Jersey
Gen
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nixon Sworn In as U S Senator
Nixon takes seat as Republican U S Senator after appointment by Gov. Earl Warren. Vice President Barkley administers oath as Senate convenes in temporary chamber. Nixon, in dark blue suit and red tie, is escorted to the desk by Sen. Knowland. He starts a six year term succeeding Sheridan Downey who resigned for health reasons.
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Washington
Der
Richard M. Nixon
Whittier
U.S. Senate
Barkley
Senate
Supreme Court
Nixon
Sen
Knowland
R.calif
Earl Warren
California
Sheridan Downey
D.-Calif
Distant Earth Shocks Recorded
Pasadena dispatch reports multiple major earthquakes over 72 hours, with four shocks of 7.14 magnitude or greater. Seismologists from Caltech note events likely in the Atlantic, Brazil, and the Pacific near the Solomons or New Hebrides, with readings from seismographs around 6,300 miles away.
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Pasadena
Charles. F. Richter
California Institute of Technology
Seismological Laboratory
Atlantic
Brazil
Pacific
Solomons
New Hebrides
Caltech
Weather Outlook With Wind Shift After Tonight
Cloudiness tonight gives way to mostly sunny conditions tomorrow. Temperature shows a lithe rise as the day progresses. Light variable winds increase, becoming southwest at 12 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Snyder Sees 50 Pct Boost in Spending
Washington December 4 AP Secretary of the Treasury Snyder warned that government outlays may jump to a 67.5 billion total next fiscal year starting July 1 due to vast defense costs and tax increases. He urged enactment of President Truman's excess profits tax and noted House substitutes would raise far less revenue. Snyder spoke to the Senate finance committee as House debate loomed, signaling a likely late vote and a reported November deficit of about 1.068 billion.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
House
House Committee
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
G. GO. P. Polices Committee
Tax
Martin
Korea
Senate
Qnay
Treasury
Floods Strain Northern California Across Multiple Rivers
Northern California faced renewed flood evacuations as the American, Kings, Kaweah, and Merced rivers rose after heavy rains. Tens of thousands fled homes near Sacramento and Merced while guard units bolstered dikes in Reno and Chowchilla. Authorities warned the crest would pass, scaling back fears of another $25 million toll.
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Sacramento
High Sierra
Merced
Merrced
San Joaquin Valley
Luton District
Fresno
Kings County
Piedra
Visalia
Tulare Lake
Snelling
Merced Falls
Exchequer Dam
Weather Bureau
Nevada National Guardsmen
Reno
Truckee
Chowchilla
U.S 99
San Francisco
Guerneville
Weather Storm Strikes East Amid Flood Fears
An intense storm lashes the Weather-harried East with rain and snow across Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Officials warn of moderate winds and potential flooding as the Ohio River may rise. Residents hopeful for cold weather to curb runoff.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Maryland
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Blue Ridge Mountains
Whitetop Mountain
Hawksbill Creek
Luray
Shenandoah Valley
Delaware
Eastport
Maine
Jacksonville
Fla
Ohio River
Ohio Valley
Knowland Urges U N Expulsion of Soviets from UN
Senator Knowland called for the immediate expulsion of the Soviet Union from the United Nations. In a Peistin Senta speech he denounced appeasement toward China and urged aid to Nationalists while allowing General MacArthur to strike Communist bases in Manchuria. He warned that caving to aggression endangers freedom in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
R.calif
Soviet Union
United Nations
Peistin Senta
China
U.N
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Asia
Far East
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Free World
Siberia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
America
General Lawton Studies Korea Combat Zone Visit
Gen J Lawton Collins arrives at Eighth Army headquarters in Korea to inspect the combat zone. He plans to meet Gen MacArthur and top staff in Tokyo, with discussions on the military situation conducted in secret.
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Eighth Army
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Collins
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Santa Cautioned on Rented Sleigh Tale
In Kansas City on December 4 Santa Claus greeted children from a department store sleigh. Jeffery Miller, a ten year old, told Santa he had grandpa Everett Miller’s rented sleigh. Santa promised care, noting the sleigh’s rental.
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Santa
Kansas City
Santa Claus
Jeffery Miller
Jeffery
Everett Miller
U N Forces Retreat Below Pyongyang
U N troops fall back from near Pyongyang as a massive Chinese Communist offensive presses the front. The U S Eighth Army withdraws from 30 miles to about 10 miles north and east of Pyongyang amid heavy and costly fighting with Chinese forces.
Lie Invites Reds to Peace Party
New York December 4 Secretary General Trygge Lie invited Chinese Communist representatives to meet with top British and Indian U N delegates at his home that evening as part of a mediation move in the Korean conflict. A spokesman said representatives of Israel Sweden and Pakistan would also attend with an informal dinner to follow.
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New York
U. NL
Trygge Lie
U. N
Lie
Israel
Sweden
Pakistan
Allies Name China Regime as Korean Foe
The United States and five other nations formally asked the United Nations Assembly to take up the Chinese Communist intervention in Korea. The telegram to Secretary-General Lie signaled possible action by the steering committee and noted the move is an official U.N. matter.
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New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Korea
U. N
Trygve Lie
Assembly
Britain
France
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Security Council
Peiping
Washington
Attlee
Truman
Lie
Norw
United Kingdom
Central Peoples’ Government
People's Republic of Ching
India
Sir Benegal N. Raw
China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Sir Benegal
Central People’s Republic of China
U. S
Red China
Wall St Slumps After Korea Retreat
United Nations forces pull back in Korea triggers a Wall Street selloff. Stocks fall sharply with U S Steel General Motors Chrysler and Southern Pacific down more than $1, Texas Co Atlantic Refining Goodrich and American Smelting down over $2, Atlantic Coast Line near $3. Rubber crude futures also decline.
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New York
United Nations
Korea
Wall St
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
Atantic Refining
Goodrich
American Smelt
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Attlee Lands
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U.S
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Jacramento
Dominic Hordes
U.S. Eighth Army
Pyong
Taedong River
Walton H. Walker
Seoul
Leif Erickson
Republic of Korea
Inchon
A. FP
Ben Whitehead
Whitehead
Walker
U.S. Army
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
LU. S
Changjin
Almond
U. S. First Marine Division
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