Smash Attack Near Seoul by Communist Night Invasion
American fighters and antiaircraft guns repelled the largest Communist night air attack in the Korean War. Eleven Red fighters moved south in a bid to intercept President-elect Eisenhower’s plane. Fifth Air Force said its planes engaged and repelled the raid but could not release exact shootdown figures. Radar guided allied night fighters toward the enemy.
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Seoul
Korea
Dwight Hisenhower
Fifth Air Force
Severe Quakes in South Sea Recorded
Seismograph readings at Fordham University logged two strong shocks described as quite bad. First quake at 6 00 25, second at 6 02 34. Estimated distance from New York about 000 miles in the Pacific south of the Philippines.
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New York
Fordham University
Pacific
Philippines
Cuban air liner explodes and crashes near Bermuda
A Cuban liner called Star of the Fast exploded and plunged into the sea off Hamilton Bermuda killing 37 of 41 aboard. Four badly hurt survivors were rescued by U S Coast Guard and crash boats. The Madrid Havana route liner carried AB passengers and eight crew members with no Americans aboard.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S. Coast Guard
Air Force
Cubana Ling
Tlavana
Madrid
Havana
Bermuce
Pan American World Area
Cubana
Cuba
Mexico
Kindrey Field
U.S. Air Force
St. George's
Coast Guard
Kindley Field Hospital
Santa Maria
Azores
Sey
Weather forecast for tonight and Sunday
Partly cloudy tonight with little temperature change. Sunday will be windy after noon with a high near 60 degrees.
Gas Blast Kills 11 Children in Pittsburgh and North Creek
AP report details a delayed natural gas blast in Pittsburgh that destroyed a three story home, killing six Moulis children and two adults. Firefighters later found five Olden children dead in a North Creek cabin fire caused by an overheated stove as two younger children survived.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Moulis
Moullis
Stephen Adley
David
Richard
Lois
James
Geary
Robert
Moulis
Rose
North Creek
Harold Olden
Here
Albert and
Allen
Ellis
Oldens
Hollis
Daniel
Leo Allen
Olden
Bank Robbery Suspect Nabbed After Long Beach Trace
A smooth talking 23 year old Robert M. Smart robbed the Bank of America branch at First Street and Pine Avenue of 1260 dollars in daylight. Astoria police captured him after a telegraph inspired exchange with Long Beach Robbery detail investigators.
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Astoria
Cre
Long Beach
Robert M. Smart
Bank of America
First St
Pine Ave
C. M. Leding
Smart
Western Union
C. A. Wiggins
Fiery Crash Kills Four Teenagers in Somerset
Four high school pupils returning from a dance were killed when their sedan skidded 35 feet down a slope to railroad tracks and burst into flames in Somerset Pennsylvania. Victims Millie Matthews Bernice Hoover Richard Hoburn and John Moore Jr., all of Somerset, were in the senior class dance crowd. The car was driven by Moore and owned by his father, John B Moore Sr.
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Somerset
Millie Matthews
Bernice “Hoover
Richard Hoburn
John B.moore Ju
Somerset High School
Pennsylvania
Moore
John B. Moore Sr
Industry Men Blast Truman in Resignations
The Wage Stabilization Board collapsed as seven industry members resigned in protest of President Truman's coal wage decision. They said the action makes wage controls a sham and warned the future of the program depends on replacements. Archibald Cox quit as WSB chair in protest. Meyer Ryder was named public member.
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Washington
Chicago
WSB
Truman
John L. Lewis
John ZL. Lewis
Eisenhower
Archibald Cox
Charles C. Killingsworth
Cox
Meyer S. Ryder
Detroit
Tllinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
West Germany approves peace treaties and army pact
West Germany's Parliament approved the peace treaty and the European army pact after an 18 hour session, deciding to adjourn to await a court ruling on the constitutionality of rearmament. The vote, a political decision, paves the way for 500000 men to rearm in return for sovereignty, with the final reading postponed to late January.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower Visit Sparks Frontline Cheers from GIs
A young U S soldier who shook Ike's hand vows not to wash for six months, as Eisenhower tours the snowy Korean front with Omar Bradley and other senior leaders. Troops hope the President elect can push toward a ceasefire or truce, amid mixed views on achievable outcomes.
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Sam Summerlin
Seoul
Dwight Eisenhower
Pfc. Skudiarek
Avon
Eisenhower
Herman C. Fuller
New Orleans
Ike Dulles Begin Talks Aboard Cruiser Monday
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and John Foster Dulles plan talks aboard the USS Helena as it sails toward Wake Island to shape policy on Korea and the Far East. Dulles will travel from the U S to the ship by helicopter and join others close to the new administration amid heavy seas and gale winds. The voyage occurs as McKay is designated to be interior secretary, announced Friday night.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
U. S
E Dulles
Willey
Wake Island
United States
mid-Pacific
Jim Hagerty
Eisenhower
Korea
Dulles
Salem
Ore
Douglas McKay
Blind man robbed on bridge then burglarizes home
Willis J. Barshaw, 69, of 106 Mariposa Ave, nearly blind, was robbed on the W Ocean Blvd bridge at about 9:20 p.m. A gun was pointed at him and $15 taken from his wallet, the last of his pension. Back home, a burglar entered silently and took a radio and clothing.
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Willis J. Barshaw
Mariposa Ave
W. Ocean Blvd
Barshaw
MacArthur Sees Clear Korea War Solution
Gen. Douglas MacArthur told the National Association of Manufacturers there is a clear and definite solution to the Korean conflict and that it can be executed without heavy losses or broader war risk. He referenced President-elect Eisenhower, praising his mission to seek an honorable end to the crisis, while offering no public details on the plan.
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NEW York
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
MacArthur
National Association of Manufacturers
Far East
Fisenhower
Tie That Customer Robs Tie Bazaar During Holiday Hold up
In San Francisco a Tie Bazaar clerk was forced to teach a customer various knots before he robbed the store of 158 dollars amid a crowded holiday shopping period. The suspect left after the theft, with authorities urged to investigate the incident.
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San Francisco
Tie Bazaar
Ike’s Korea Visit Film Materials Flown Home
Newsreel film radio tapes and photographs of the Eisenhower Korea visit were loaded for the United States Friday aboard the Pan American transport plane in the hold with 3000 canaries and a dog.
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Lokyo
Uwifi
Eisenhower
Korea
United States
McKay Heads Off Likely to Pacific Conference
Salem Oregon Governor McKay, newly named Secretary of Interior, left via unrecorded means en route to a possible mid Pacific meeting with President-elect Eisenhower. Eisenhower announced aboard USS Helena he would stop at Wake Island during a Korea mission. McKay missed the Phoenix governors conference train and vanished before aides could explain his plans.
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Salem
Ore
Gay
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Helena
Wake Island
McKay
Phoenix
Portland
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Melway
Classifieds and Arts Guide Reference Note
Community paper lists where to find sections including Boyle Page A-7 Churches A-5 A-7 Classified Ads B-2 to B-87 Comics B-8 Crossword B- A Financial A- Obituaries A-5 Radio TV A-2 Shipping A-3 Sports A-8 4-9 Theaters A-10 and various page labels Temp and Titles on A-3.
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