Truman Plea for Emergency Powers At Next Session
Washington December 22 AP President Truman seeks emergency power to reshuffle federal agencies. Senate group informally deter action pending study after closed doors talks with Charles E Wilson the new defense mobilizer. House moves to New Year’s Day for reorganization bill while defense spending bill advances. Wilson says effects on consumer goods depend on military needs and is still analyzing the issue.
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New Defense Mobilizer
Wilson
Defense Department
Chrysler Accents Car Price Freeze
Price Stabilizer Michael V. Di Sale announced Chrysler canceled a price increase on the 195y model cars restoring prices to December first levels. ESA official said he was gratified by Chrysler President L Colbert for accepting the agency stopgap price freeze. He noted General Motors had not official notice but would likely align with the rollback edict.
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Michael V. di Sale
Chrysler Company
Economic Stabilization Agency
L. Colbert
Chrysler
ESA
General Motors
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Excess Profit Tax Approved by Conferees
A House Senate conference committee approved a 3.3 billion boost in corporation taxes with a 77 percent excess profits levy aimed at funding defense and curbing inflation. The measure raises the top normal corporate rate to 47 percent above 25 thousand dollars and imposes a retroactive excess profits tax from July 1 1950, expiring July 1 1953 unless renewed.
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Washington
House-Senate
iAmerica
Senate
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Doctor Speaks Combat Training for Medical Men
Captain Peter Scoles of Oceanport New Jersey, twice wounded in Korea, urged basic combat training for medical personnel. Speaking at the Pentagon he described frontline actions by medics in the 7th Regiment 1st Cavalry Division, emphasized self defense and protection of wounded, and called for more and larger helicopters for evacuation. He noted Geneva Convention allowances for medical personnel to bear arms when necessary.
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Oceanport
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Scoles
Pentagon Daily
Voice Missing in Yale Pageant Angel Dies of Leukemia
In Sthe lville Tow a on December 22 a three year old girl Margaret Ruth Holmgren was to play an angel in a Yale Christmas pageant. She died today from acute leukemia after a Rochester trip with her parents Albert and Mrs Holmgren. The family, expecting a February baby, held a quiet preview at home before her passing.
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Rochester
Minn
Albert Holmgren
Margaret
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Russia speeding up atom bomb output, lawmakers told
Wessington December 22 AP reports congressional action on the multibillion defense program spurred by a grim warning of Russia’s intensified atomic effort. Chairman Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission testified on the $20.4 billion emergency defense bill, with Senate votes pushing the measure through wartime speed.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Senate
House
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Finletter
Marshall
Navy
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Clifton
Cates
Marine Corps
Court Rules CBS Color Telecasts Delayed to April First
Chicago December 22 A federal appeals court ruled in favor of CBS color television but barred the start of color telecasts until April 1. The 2 to 1 decision upheld the FCC approval and dismissed RCA’s bid to overturn it, keeping the injunction in place pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Walter J. LaBay
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Court to decide who gets 315000 radio jackpot
A brief note indicates the court will determine the receiver of a 315000 radio jackpot. The item appears within the Teletype roundup and cites page references and surrounding content across the paper’s sections.
Christmas reunion as Alaska miner comes home for boy
In Chicago nine year old Bobby Hiner, who had sent Santa a letter from La Porte Indiana asking to be dropped in Alaska to see his father, was joyfully reunited with Andrew Hiner, an injured miner. La Porte businessmen coordinated with Northwest Airlines to fly him from Alaska to Midway Airport for the holiday.
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Bobby
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Andrew Hiner
Northwest Airlines
Jan Porte
Taylor Ray
Leonard GC
Kolb
Chicago
Air Line
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Chinese Communists Reject New U N Cease Fire Plea
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai denounces a six point U N cease fire proposal, demanding foreign troops withdraw from Korea, U N admittance for the Red regime, and rejection of the plan as unlawful. He accuses the Arab Asiatic nations of being deceived by an American trick, and notes Peiping’s delegation was not allowed to participate in U N decisions. Continued on Page A 5.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Red China
Chou
Lake Succcess
Shek
U. S
Big Three Approve Russian Plan for Four-Power Talks
Western powers accepted Russia’s offer to hold a four-power meeting if the Kremlin agrees to broaden the agenda beyond Germany. Notes dispatched to Moscow propose U N delegates set the time and place, with February talks in New York tentatively discussed.
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Kremlin
Germany
Moscow
U. N
AGEDY
New York City
Brussels
Andrei
A. Gromyko
Austria
Paris
Berlin
France
Britain
United States
Truman Leaves for Independence
President Truman departed Washington in white Christmas weather to spend Christmas in Independence Missouri delaying at Kansas City due to the snow. He planned to return to Washington and broadcast two Christmas messages one to Americans and one to the world from the White House grounds at 5 15 p m Washington time.
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Truman
Independence
Kansas City
White House
Long Beach
Weather summary for night and morning fog and sun
Night and morning fog with low clouds give way to hazy afternoon sun. Little temperature change expected as high and low remain near current values.
Foe Attacks Mounting on West Front
Tokyo report says Red forces push near Korea's 38th Parallel as UN cease-fire talks stall. MacArthur warns of a major Chinese offensive possible at any hour. Evacuation of about 25 000 civilians from Hungnam continues amid heavy shielding fire.
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Tom Lambert
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South Korea
Republic of Korea
Foul Play Hinted in Trailer Death
Firemen rescued Mrs Emma Murrah of Matador Texas from a burning trailer and she was taken to hospital with throat injuries and possible neck fracture. Capt Garner Brown homicide detail investigates whether death was murder. Victim was visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ben Tingle of Wilm ar.
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Picture in a Minute Radiation Telltale
Polaroid Corp reveals a compact atomic radiation telltale about the size of a matchbook. A tiny device uses photographic film and chemical jelly to print a black and white exposure picture within a minute, ranking exposure from none to high with letters A to Ly. The Army Signal Corps will run it, costing under $1, for military use. public distribution is not yet available.
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Polaroid Corp
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
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