Agreement on Bombing Reds
Churchill and Truman agreed that UN aircraft may bomb beyond Communist borders if truce violations occur in Korea. Bombing would target air fields and supply lines, not areas, with cross-border action only if a truce is reached and violated. The plan reflects US UK caution to keep China and Russia from widening the war.
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Churchill
Truman
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Korea
United Kingdom
Manchuria
China
Republic of Korea
Southeast Asia
United States
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
Siberian
Russia
East
Mr. Churchill
Flooded California Cleans Up After 14 Year Deluge
Southern California digs out from the Pion storm with 7.37 inches in three days. At least 19 dead, millions in damages, 1,200 families evacuated, and parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties flooded up to four feet. Roads opening as crews clear debris and reopen arteries. Health officials warn of lingering sewage risks in the San Fernando valley.
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Los Angeles
California
Orange Counties
San Fernando Valley
A. K. Showalter
Alaska
Oters
George Uhl
Red Cross
Californi
Ridgway Visit Sparks Hope for New Korea Talks
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway returned from two days of high level talks at Munsan with Vice-Admiral C. Turner Joy that observers say could signal a renewed push to restart stalled armistice negotiations at Panmunjom. The talks followed a prior UN concession dropping aerial inspection demands and halting claims over North Korean coastal islands. Ridgway will relay Washington directives to Joy for a possible quick allied move.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Munsan
C. Turner Joy
United Nations Command
Ridgway
Joy
United Nations
Washington
Panmunjom
British Troops Use Big Guns In Three-Hour Port Said Fight
British troops pummelled the Port Said railroad station after a brief clash with Egyptian guerrillas. The exchange lasted about three hours as 17 pounder anti tank guns and heavy mortars were used against fighters taking cover in the station. The battle followed an Egyptian attack on a nearby British encampment on a golf course.
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Ismailia
Egypt
Reuters
Port Said
Musicians Win 15 Percent Pay Rise in Hollywood Pact
James Petrillo announced a new contract with top film industry executives in Miami Beach. The agreement covers more than 2,000 full and part-time movie musicians and raises base pay to 46 dollars for a three-hour recording session.
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Miami Beach
Fla
James Petrillo
Hollywood
American Federation of
Atom Dust For Bloodless Battles Being Studied
US radiological warfare experts study atomic dust as a nonlethal weapon to dehumanize enemy cities without mass destruction. The theory envisions bloodless victories if evacuees leave within 24 hours, with limited immediate harm but severe long term exposure risks for stragglers.
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Washington
Reuters
United States
Hasn Thirring
Europe
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
New Mexico
Plane Crash Off Queen Charlottes Kills Most aboard
A U S bound Northwest Airlines DC 4 with 40 soldiers and three crew crashed into the sea off Sandspit in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Seven survivors were rescued, others presumed trapped as searchers converge with lifeboats and a medical crew en route. The wreck occurred in heavy snow flurries with shallow water aiding possible escape.
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Sandspit
Queen Charlotte Islands
R.C.A.F
Northwest Airlines
Landspit
Point Grey
Labouchere
Moresby Island
Queen Charlotte
U.S. Coast Guard
Seattle
Coast Guard
Annette Island
Alaska
Cleans Out Attic Finds $13,000 Cache
Dr and Mrs Frank Valiquette cleaning their mother in law s attic discovered a box not empty. Inside they found a $100 bill and a stash of 13000 in hundred dollar bills.
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Sioux City
Frank Valiquette
Cold weather grips western Canada with isolated chinook
Weather shows a bloc of extreme cold across western Canada with southern British Columbia and extreme southwestern Alberta escaping the severest cold. No major change expected tomorrow as many districts stay well below freezing. Chinook conditions redevelop in southwestern Alberta tonight and continue through Sunday. Medicine Hat reports a mix of sun and clouds with light winds. Night lows near minus zero to single digits. highs around 15 below zero to zero across the region.
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Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Medicine
Churchill Leaves Washington After Atlantic Command Compromise
Prime Minister Churchill departs after talks with the United States yielding approval of an American commander for western sea power in the Atlantic while Britain gains concessions. The exchange includes steel for tin and aluminum, plus a broader naval reach to the 200 mile limit and potential Middle East command expansion including Turkey and Greece.
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Churchill
Britain
United States
Atlantic
Atlantic Command
New York
Bernard Baruch
Congress
Malaya
England
British Isles
Middle East
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Smilestones Demonstrator Egg Cooker Clarifies Timing
A demonstrator explains an electric egg cooker device claiming a teaspoonful of water per minute yields the desired doneness. The speaker asks for confirmation on whether the measure should be level or heaping for accuracy.
Seven Japanese women report US torture of husbands and sons
Pravda correspondent in Tokyo says seven Japanese women report United States court intelligence service arrested their husbands and sons on December 2 and have tortured them continually. The correspondent calls it one of many such episodes in Japan today.
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Moscow
Pravda
Tokyo
United States Courter-Intelligence Service
Japan
Four Die in Canadian National Head-On Freight Collision
Four CN Rail crew members died in a head-on crash of two freight trains near St Malachie Quebec at 5 20 am EST. Engine drivers and firemen perished. two other crewmen injured. The wreck occurred at Abenaki between Charny and Edmundston along the St Lawrence River.
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ST. Malachie
Que
Canadian National Railways
Dorchester
Abenaki
Canadian National
Charny
Edmundston
N.B
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
One Syllable, Many Meanings in Chinese Language
A note on Chinese language describing that every syllable carries multiple possible meanings depending on tone and context, with potential 10 or more interpretations for a single sound. It highlights ambiguity in spoken Chinese and the importance of characters for disambiguation.
Russian Press Supports U S Annexation of Canada
Moscow newspapers and the U S congressman Timothy Sheehan promoted a bill to study buying Canada for cash to fix Britain's debts. Canadians reportedly reacted calmly, but Soviet papers debated whether Canada would join as territories or as states.
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New York
Canada
United States
Izvestia
Trud
Moscow News
Timothy Sheehan
Chicago
Sheehan
Winston Churchill
Washington
Ing
Britain
Toronto
Ontario
Moscow
Tzvestia
Liberals Move to Rebuild After Coalition Collapse
In Victoria BC the Liberal government maneuvers after the 1941 Liberal Progressive Conservative coalition collapsed. Premier Byron Johnson seeks four new cabinet appointments including possibly Nancy Hodges as finance premier candidate, while Herbert Anscomb and three PC ministers resign. An early election is debated but likely delayed to summer or fall with dissolution first.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Byron Johnson
Herbert Anscomb
Anscomb
E. C. Carson
L. H. Eyres
Johnson
Gordon Sloan
Hijji
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