Attlee Arrives in Washington for Crisis Talks
British Prime Minister Attlee arrives in Washington for talks with President Truman to align policies amid the world crisis and to oppose Soviet moves. He accuses the Communist bloc of trying to wedge apart the allied nations while Korea remains a shared burden under the United Nations.
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Truman
Acheson, Marshall
W. Averell Harriman
Oliver Franks
United Nations
Korea
United States
British Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Europe
Middle East
South and
Southeast Asia
Far East
Rau
India China secret talks aim for Korea peace
New York AP report says India's Sir Benegal Rau and China's Wu Hsiu-Chuan held extended talks to seek a peaceful solution to Korean crisis amid UN pressure. Officials say negotiations are in a delicate stage and details may wait for governments to respond after meetings between Rau and Wu.
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New York
Korea
United Nations
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
China
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Sir Bengal
United States
UN General Assembly
Washington
West Berlin Defeats Reds in City Vote
West Berliners, facing Cold War pressure, posted a record 90.4 percent turnout in municipal elections. Socialists remained largest party with 653,974 votes, ahead of Christian Democrats 360,829 and Free Democrats 337,477, as leaders pledged a united three‑fact coalition despite losses.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
House of Deputies
Socialists
Eleanor Roosevelt Threat Called In Before Waldorf Event
A telephone threat warned that a man with a gun would shoot Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt if she appeared at the Bethel Hospital dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Police, including uniformed and plain clothes officers, mobilized around the hotel but no incident occurred.
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NEW York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Bethel Hospital
Senator Smith Calls for Atomic Bomb on Reds in Korea War
U S Senator Margaret Chase Smith urges using the atomic bomb in Manchuria if Russia and Red China do not halt the Korean War. Speaking at a Sunday forum at the University of Arizona, she decries U S public awareness and leadership understanding of the crisis.
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Tucson, Ariz
U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Ame
Manchuria
Russia
Red China
University of Arizona
Dazed Parents Refuse To Toss Children Six Are Smothered
Steubenville area fire kills six members of John Gall family at Johnny's Inn. Gall 39 and wife Anna 33 die with children Patricia 9 Bar 4 Joann 6 and John Jr 1 in second floor apartment as neighbors recount attempts to persuade a dazed father to throw the children to safety while the first floor fire damages only the inn below.
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Steubenville
Transcmirrad At
Lonvale
John Gall
Johnny's Inn
Gall
Anna
Patricia
Bar
Bar., 4, Joann, 6, and John, Jr
Frank Rose
Andrew
John
Dillonvale
Carlo Besece
Frank Cashie
Samet
Scientists Indicted for Contempt in Atomic Lab Case
A federal grand jury indicted three scientists who worked on the atomic bomb and two men identified as veteran Communist organizers for contempt of Congress. The five defendants include Steve Nelson and Marcel Scherer, linked to Red infiltration at the University of California radiation laboratory, and David Bohm Gio vanni Rossimanitz Irving Fox. The indictments stem from refusing to answer House Un American Activities Committee questions about Communist party membership. Nelson's indictment is the sole one making party membership the criminal basis.
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Washington
Congress
Steve Nelson
Western Pennsylvania
Canine
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Marcel Scherer
Nelson
David Coeur
Bohm
Giovanni Rossimani
Flier Dies Saving Others in Flaming Jet
Dallas First Lt. James Arthur Bradley of the National Guard died when he steered a burning F-84 jet away from a line of about 100 parked cars at the senior Field runway. Base commander Lt Col. B M Taylor said he would recommend Bradley for the Congressional Medal of Honor for likely saving many lives. An internal explosion moments after takeoff started the fire.
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Dallas
National Guard
James Arthur Bradley
B. M. Taylor
Bradley
Ohio River flood expected in East Liverpool and Marietta
The Ohio River, swollen by rain and melting snow, may crest near East Liverpool at seven feet above flood stage and reach 40 feet at Marietta, with roads closed across eastern Ohio. Cold weather could slow flows, but the river threatens downtown Marietta and parts of Cincinnati with rising water.
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Ohio River
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Liverpool
Ohio
Marietta
East Liverpool
U. S
Empire
Front
Monroe
U. S. 21
Whipple
Duck Creek
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Caldwell
Amesville
Athens
Coolville
Mill Creek
Little
Great Miami
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Reading
Columbia Avenue
Koenig Park
Smalley Road
Lockland
Tennessee Corporation
Ohio 126
Evendale
Woman sought in strangling case near Canton hotel
Police seek a brown haired brown eyed woman questioned in the strangling death of G. Jasper Le Masters 44 of New Philadelphia. His body was found by a four year old boy and his mother a cleaning woman. The victim was strangled with his own necktie and a dresser scarf. wallet and money missing. Le Masters registered as Mr and Mrs Robert Starr. The woman is described as about 28, five feet three, wearing a fur coat and dark hat. Le Masters was a WWII veteran and Hermcules Motors employee.
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Canton
G. Jasper le Masters
New Philadelphia
Richard Carter
Martha Carter
Edward C. Reno
Stark County
le Masters
William D. Harrison
Masters
Robert Starr
Hercules Motors Corporation
Three Navy fliers die in Asheville crash
Three crew members were killed and a fourth seriously injured when a Navy twin engine transport crashed into a mountainside 16 miles southeast of Asheville in driving rain. The aircraft was en route from Pomona Naval Air Base near Atlantic City.
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Asheville
N. C
Here
Pomona Naval Air Base
Atlantic City
Meat Choke Death in Cincinnati at Noon Meal
Earl Wrightsman aged 50 died after choking on a piece of meat during a Sunday noon meal in Cincinnati. Coroner Herbert P. Lyle reported the fatal choking, and Wrightsman was pronounced dead on arrival at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Earl Wrightsman
Herbert P. Lyle
General Hospital
Five UN divisions perised Chinese total 818000
AP dispatches report Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond crediting the Tenth Corps with linking up near the Changjin reservoir and inflicting heavy losses on Chinese forces. Allies retreat south from Pyongyang under heavy pressure as major Chinese forces threaten Ham hae Hungnam and a potential Seoul defense perimeter. Westward, Eighth Army plans a possible Seoul defense while noting the risk of a broader collapse on the peninsula. Northwest front reports 27 wounded Americans released, with some captives not returned.
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Korea
Edward M. Almond
Tenth Corps
Changjin Reservoir
Tokyo
Pyongyang
United Nations
Hamhae
Hungnam
Chang~ Jing
Manchuria
Changchon River
Leif Erickson
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Northwest Front
Korean War Crisis Deepens as China Sends More Troops
China's claimed 4 million man force is stretched, with 268000 in combat zones around Korea. President Rhee warns against concessions as Gen Collins and Gen MacArthur tour retreating UN forces. The Eighth Army withdraws south from Pyongyang, roads blocked, fires burning as defenses shift from Chongchon River line.
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China
Korea
Pyongyang
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
J. Lawton Collins
U. S
Tokyo
MacArthur
Eighth Army
Ninth Corps
Chongchon River
Mechanical Heart May Bring Dead Back To Life
A new artificial heart and lung machine may revive clinically dead patients. At Hahnemann Hospital, Dr. Charles Bailey and colleagues described a compact device tested on dogs, which kept a dog alive 71 minutes by pumping blood and oxygen. It uses a steel lung and pump, with all parts in a glass cabinet, but cannot yet be used on living people.
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Alton L. Blakeslef
Cleveland
Hahnemann Hospital
Philadelphia
Charles P. Bailey
Hahnemann
Ohio
American College of Chest Physicians
Bailey
House group speeds funds for armament
Washington AP reports the House Military Appropriations subcommittee moves to ready a 16.844 billion military request for next week’s House vote. The package includes 1.05 billion for the Atomic Energy Commission and 84 million for TVA, part of nearly 18 billion asked by Truman to counter Communist aggression. A special Armed Services meeting was set to assess if faster rearmament is needed amid Chinese offensives in Korea. General MacArthur says 800,000 Chinese Reds mass near North Korea and Manchuria borders. CIA head General Bedell Smith to brief on the crisis.
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Korea
House
Jis
Mahon
D-Tex
Appropriations
Atomic Energy Comemission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Truman
Military Appropriations
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Gaise
Douglas MacArthur
North Korea
Manchuria
Uns
United Nations
W. Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Coed Is Victim Of Sex Maniac In Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo County Sheriff Otto K Bruder ordered a statewide roundup of sex deviates after the body of 18 year old Carolyn Drown was found in a snowy cornfield. The Western Michigan College coed vanished after leaving her dorm Sunday night and was later discovered in a scarlet dress near a farmer’s property following a snowstorm.
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Mich
Carolyn
Otto K. Bruder
Kalamazoo County
Western Michigan College
Martin Schilling
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