Tie-up Threat Denounced by Nation's Chief
President Truman transferred the steel strike threat to the Wage Stabilization Board and urged continued production to defend the United States against its enemies. A 650,000 worker walkout was set for when the current contract expires December 31, with unions and companies urged to cooperate with the board.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
CIO
United States
Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairness
U. S. Steel
Tru Juan
Philip Murray
Joseph Short
Murray
United States presses Hungary on fliers fate
The United States engaged Soviet officials over the fate of four American airmen held in Communist Hungary. Hugh Cummings in Moscow and Valerian Zorin discussed the case as U S public opinion warned Hungary against trying the fliers as spies. George Abbott in Budapest protested actions against the crew while President Truman and State Department leaders weighed unusually severe options if diplomacy fails.
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Washington
United States
Hungary
Hugh Cummings
U. S
Moscow
Valerian A. Zorin
Kremlin
Cinta Manneria Siti
Cummings
Budapest
George Abbott
Truman
State Department
Oilman Divorced Pays $900,000 in Wichita Divorce
Wichita oilman Ed Adair granted an emergency divorce from Frances Adair by District Judge Howard C. Kline. The wife received a settlement exceeding $900,000, described as the largest in a Wichita divorce action. Frances Adair charged extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty.
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Wichita, Kan
Howard C. Kline
Frances Adair
Ed Adair
Wichita
Pat Warnick
P. K. Smith
Adair
Benefits From Health Welfare Plans Not Counted as Wages
Washington December 22 The Wage Stabilization Board ruled that employers may provide health and welfare benefits to workers and their families without counting the cost as part of wages within specified limits. Industry members dissented calling it inflationary. about 600 plans are awaiting approval. The move has administrator Putnam's backing and officials estimate total costs would be about 1 percent of business costs.
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Washington
Upl
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger L. Putnam
Obituary notices and forum items across pages C-8 to A-8
A compact notice cards range across newspaper sections including obituaries, public forum, radio and television, realty news in Southland Magazine, sports pages 8-3 to B-5, theaters on B-2, waterfront on A-8 and women’s activities in section C.
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Public Forum
Southland Magazine
Waterfront
Ex-Con Held as Swindler of 89 Banks
Mitchy Naumcheft, 40, an Oregon convict known as Mike A Maumcheff, was arraigned in Anaheim on grand theft charges for allegedly bilking 89 California banks of over $10,000 by short term loans and fleeing. His preliminary hearing is set for Dec 28. Police report prior forgery time in Oregon. A Santa Paula bank also charges him with $301 theft. Authorities plan to transfer him to Ventura County after processing.
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Anaheim
Xconvict
Oregon
Mitchy
Naumcheft
L. FP. Bonfat
California
Naumicheft
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Mike A. Maumcheff
Fillmore
Citizen's State Bank
Santa Paula
Naumcheff
Ventura County
Bank of America
Pottery Owner Lew Reese Surprises 1000 with $250000 Gift
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Scio Ohio Pottery Co owner Lew Reese distributed $250,000 in new currency to 1000 employees at the plant's Christmas event. The bonuses, tied to tenure, mark the first such windfall since 1946 after the 1947 fire halted earlier celebrations.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Lew Reese
Reese
Scio
Ohio
Scio, Ohio
32 Torn Bodies Pulled From Mine, 60 Sought
Article reports on Korean War prisoner exchange talks with United Nations and Communist China. It notes stalled armistice discussions, Red evasiveness, inspections at Pusan, and a call for faster replies on 1000 suspected Red captives. Airfield issues, casualties, and Red Cross travel appeals also appear.
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Korea
William P. Nuckels
Nuckels
Red Army
Jey
United Nations
Pusan
Italian Admiral Named Naval Commander in Central Mediterranean
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe appointed Italian Admiral Maxima Girosi as naval commander for the Central Mediterranean Sector. He will report to Southern Sector Commander Admiral Robert B. Carney and defend Mediterranean approaches to Italy and central Mediterranean islands.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
Europe
Maxima Girosi
Mediterranean
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers In
Robert B. Carney
U.S
Italy
Mediterranean Islands
Winter Deep Freeze Harsh Midwest Sidelined Travel
Nation endures first winter blast as midwest sees heavy snow and subzero readings. Bismarck records 22 below, Chicago near 2. Roads blocked by drifts, Millboro isolated, Joliet rescue helps 35 motorists. Snow and cold claim 265 lives across ten days.
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Mid- West
Bismarck
W. D
Chicago
Midwestern
North Central States
Appalachians
Atlantic Seaboard
Millbora
S. D
iState
Joliet, Il
U. S. Route 30
Normantown
Dolie
1000 Reserves to Get Regular Commissions
The Marine Corps said Secretary Lovett approved commissioning 1000 reserve officers as regular Marine officers. Details of the plan will be announced later.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
Yanks Down 87 Red Fighters in 90 Days
Tokyo report notes 87 MIG-15s shot down by American warplanes in three months Sept 21 to Dec 20. Air Force losses totaled 399 fighters and 4 bombers with 3 others. 185 MIGs destroyed overall in the Korean war. Allied planes flew 256 sorties by noon as heavy air activity resumed.
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Tokyo
Far East
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
North Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
The
156 Die Violent Yuletide Deaths
The Christmas period opened with 156 fatalities from traffic crashes fires and other accidents as the Associated Press tallied counts starting at 6 pm Friday. Traffic deaths led with 125 victims followed by 22 in fires and 9 from miscellaneous causes amid hazardous travel conditions in the central region.
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Associated Press
Portland Driver Is Crushed Under Car Incident
Portland Oregon December 22 A motorist Myron D. Yax 42 was thrown from his car after a collision at an intersection. The car ran over him and climbed onto his chest before a service station operator used a jack to lift the vehicle. He survived with a shoulder fracture and cuts to head and legs.
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Portland
Orc
Myron D. Yax
Army chartered 60 planes to speed veterans home for Christmas
In San Francisco on December 22 the Army rushed over 2800 Korea veterans home for Christmas. The plan used 60 chartered planes plus trains to move travelers, straining facilities as many veterans faced long waits. Nonmilitary transport was jammed, with airports crowded and trains filled toward the Midwest and East. A second transport, the Gen. Daniel Sultan, was set to dock with 1500 more passengers from the Far East.
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San Francisco
Korea
Army
Breckenrid
Woodford
Middlewest
Daniel Sultan
Navy
Far East
Edwin D. Patrick
Peak
San Francisco Earonday
Jan Lert
Syilian Pas
Traffic deaths rise in California and Arizona cold snap
The nation faces extreme cold increasing dwelling fire hazards from overheated systems. California recorded 16 traffic fatalities including four college students and two sailors in a Needles collision with one survivor. The Dana College students from Blair Nebraska named Peggy Kinnion, 20, among the travelers. Arizona’s death toll reached 12 in auto accidents.
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California
Arizona
Needles
Dana College
Blair
Neb
Peggy Kinnion
Lynwood
Egypt Raiders Burn British Embassy Car
Cairo reports that Egyptian civilians likely guerrilla liberation battalions set fire to a British embassy car on the Cairo Suez road. The vehicle, with diplomatic plates, was halted at a roadblock about ten miles from the city, and the driver was involved in the incident.
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Cairo
Egypt
Cairo-Suez
Workers Toil Amid Deadly Gas Fumes
WEST FRANKFORT Ill Dec 22 AP thirty two burned and torn bodies recovered as officials sought volunteers to reach about sixty more believed trapped or dead after a coal mine explosion. Rescue workers in gas masks moved through fumes to reach blast victims. Officials warned deaths could rise toward or beyond one hundred. Four injured taken to a hospital included Paul Donahue Clarence Short O Ziegler Ralph Kent and Ray Summers. The mine has more than 12 miles of tunnels and produces 3 000 000 tons yearly. trapped miners were two miles from the shaft.
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West Frankfort
Ill
John R.foster
Tol
Paul Donahue
Johnston City
Clarence Short
O' Ziegler
Ralph Kent
Marion
Ray Summers
Benton
Summers
Foster
B 29 Crash Fatal for One Airman in Michigan
A B 29 Superfortress crashed near Flint Michigan killing one airman. Seven others parachuted to safety. The aircraft reportedly traveled from Minneapolis toward Jeans Air Force Base Rome before engine trouble caused the crash. The dead man in the wreckage wore a name tag reading R D Phelps. witnesses believed he was the copilot and he was decapitated in the tangled parachute.
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Flint
Mich
UPA
Air Force
Minneapolis
Jeans Air Force Base
Rome
George F. Cech
Public Information
Belfridge Air Force Base
R. D. Phelps
Rebels Protest Dixie Flag Display Sparks Controversy
In Louisville Kentucky on December 22 outraged rebels urged action over a patchwork display of the Dixie banner. Ransom Bassett of Kappa Alpha Order criticized flags on windshields neckties and even on girls bras and panties sold in stores drawing strong Southern sentiment and calls for restraint.
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Louisvelle
Ransom
Bassett
Kappa Alpha Order
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