Thanksgiving Dinner Reimagined By Front Line Troops
Soldiers on the Korea front improvise for Thanksgiving with substitutions such as sweet potatoes in place of pumpkin and 3.2 beer for wine. Captain Robert R. Birkhimer seeks flowers in Seoul, while Sgt. Charles Efinger plans sweet potato filling. One mess kit risks overloaded plates as 1-c Robert Couch outlines a full menu including celery hearts and mince pie.
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Central Front
Korea
Navy
Robert R. Birkhimer
Salinas
Calif
Seoul
Birkhimer
Charles Effinger
St. Louis
Robert Couch
Jackson
Solon Advises McGrath to Quit
In Los Angeles on November 21, Representative Patrick J. Hillings urged Attorney General Howard McGrath to resign to restore public confidence in the Justice Department. He accused the department of blocking an honest corruption probe across federal agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Los Angeles
Howard McGrath
Patrick J. Hillings
Department of Justice
Hillings
Justice Department
Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Solons Split on Eisenhower Politics after Europe trip
Two House armed services committee members returned from Europe and North Africa with opposing views on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as a possible presidential candidate. Rep. Norblad of Oregon, a Republican, says Ike will be available, while Rep. Passman of Louisiana, a Democrat, predicts he will not be. The lawmakers agreed they spoke with Ike but not about politics.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Europe
North Africa
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rep. Norblad
Oregon
Rep
Passman
Louisiana
Ike
Eisenhower
Kern Labor Councils Resist Bridges Entry
Two Kern County labor councils prepared to block the Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union from moving into the county. A packed Kern County Labor Temple heard officials say ILWU already has a foothold. Publisher Array Holling warned Bridges' men were promising Phillips Foundry workers six hour straight time pay with overtime for the other two hours.
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Bakerlyvield
U.P
Kern County
Harry Bridges
Labor Council
Building Trades Group
Kern County Labor Temple
ILWU
Array Holling
Kern County Labor Journal
Bridges
Phillips Foundry
Reds Accused of Murders In Korea Conflict
Pusan, Korea, Nov 21 AP. South Korea accused the Communists of a campaign of murder unmatched in modern history. The government charged Reds slaughtered over 250,000 Koreans and 7,000 captured Republic of Korea soldiers. It said North Korean and Chinese Reds committed the killings and that millions in North Korea are starving and frozen. Reds allegedly marked anti-Communist Koreans for destruction and confiscated food, clothing, and bedding to prove loyalty.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
Republic
Republic of Korea
Robert T. Oliver
U. S
Reds
United Nations Command
North Korea
Actor Committed to State Hospital
Oakland November 21 P Harold G Cornsweet 37 once a Hollywood bit player was committed to Mendocino State Hospital for the period of his insanity He faced charges of kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon after terrorizing his estranged wife and two children He pleaded innocent by reason of insanity today withdrew the first plea waived trial and asked the judge to proceed The trial lasted about 12 minutes before psychiatrists testified and the judge committed him to Mendocino Hospital
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Oakland
Harold G. Cornsweet
Onetme
Hollywood
Mendocino State Hospital
Cornsweet
Charles W. Snook
Walter Rapaport
Agnews State Hospital
Floyd O. Due
Snook
Mendocino Hospital
Rumors of King Intervening in Tax Cases Debunked
Washington November 21. A House committee said rumors that Rep. King D Calif intervened in three Southern California tax cases are unfounded. Subcommittee chair Combs Texas said hearings found no evidence of irregularities and no skullduggery. Names of involved parties not disclosed at this time.
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House
Rep. King
D.calif
California
Rep. Combs
Dtexas
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue Bureau
King
Combs
John D. Wilheit
Thomas A. Gregory
Clifton Sr
Charles J. Jones
Jones Bros
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Gregory
O’brien
D.M
Curtis
R-Neb
Byrnes
R-Wis
UN officials seek U S Russia meeting behind scenes
UN permanent American delegate Russell Austin urged behind the scenes talks with Moscow while denouncing Frussia’s disarmament plan as nonsense. He warned against widening the Korean war and said the free world cannot be dragged into war to prevent war, noting hope for eventual real disarmament.
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United States
Russia
Austin
U. N
Frussia
Vermont
Free World
Cold-Numb East Promised Relief
The coldest weather yet for the season gripped the east and southeast with subzero readings in Phillipsburg and Kane Pennsylvania and a 26 degree high in New York City. Forecasters expected warming by Thanksgiving though western regions faced continued snowfall and cold air from Canada, with scattered rain and flurries across the south and Atlantic coast.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Kane
Ridgway
Saranac Lake
New York
Elmira
Buffalo
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Burlington
Stokes Forest
New Jersey
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New Orleans
Augusta
Canada
Montana
North Dakota
Plains States
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Appalachians
New England
NATO adopts American rifle for all NATO forces
An informed source says NATO military chiefs agreed on adopting the U S Army M 1 Garand rifle as the standard firearm for NATO forces. The decision was reportedly finalized at a closed meeting yesterday with Adenauer and U S military leaders present.
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NATO
Adenauer
Adenauer and Acheson Confer on Germany's Future Role
In Paris Navy 21 Secretary of State Dean Acheson and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer talked for nearly three hours on Germanys future place and strength in the world. Adenauer said he was very satisfied with the outcome and if all talks with Western ministers have the same results all four may be content. The exact subject was not disclosed but sovereignty restoration was believed to be a major topic.
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Paris
Navy
U.S
Dean Acheson
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
U. Ss
Embrreys
Adenauer
Acheson
Actress Anne Jeffreys Weds Actor Robert Hart Sterling in NY
New York news reports that actress Anne Jeffreys aged 24 married actor Robert Hart Sterling aged 35 today, by Supreme Court Justice S Samuel Di Falco. Jeffreys had a prior marriage to May Joseph R Serena annulled, and Sterling's marriage to actress Ann Sothern ended in 1948.
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New York
Anne Jeffreys
Supreme Court
S. Samuel di Falco
Robert Hart Sterling
Miss Jeffreys
May
Joseph R. Serena
Sterling
Ann Sothern
Reds ok peace plan in principle
The subcommittee discusses armistice terms with North Korea expressing in principle agreement yet questioning wording on a withdrawal timetable and the demilitarized zone. If a full armistice is reached within 30 days, forces withdraw to pre month lines. otherwise the cease fire line advances with the battle line.
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Lee San Cho
Hodes
Nichkols
Wuckels
U. WN
MiGs Challenge Allied Superiority
In ongoing cease fire talks the MIG 15 is praised as a superior fighter by General Vandenberg. He notes Communist pilots can outrun US planes, and cautions that Soviet technicians may have mastered high speed aircraft to equal or surpass current US capabilities. He mentions B 29 losses in Korea and questions atomic targets in the Far East.
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Wamsi
North Korea
United States
Korea
Vandenberg
Russia
Midnight Fry Incident Burns Seaside Patient
Police report George A Crip pen, 31, of 423 Esther Street, suffered second degree burns to his left foot from hot grease while making eggs at midnight. He received treatment at Seaside Hospital.
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George
George A. Crippen
E. Esther St
Seaside
Truman Attacks GOP Foreign Policy and Special Interests
President Truman and Taft clashed over campaign financing and foreign policy. Truman warned of well funded Republican attacks and predicted a heavy spending election, while Taft accused the administration of corruption and urged vigilance against a Democratic bid for power.
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Taft
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Cincinnati
Truman Party
Faith
Congress
CIO
AFL
Key West
Fla
National Women’s Democratic Club
Democratic Party
GOP
Republic
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