China Blockade Talk in Truman Attlee Discussions
Washington reports say President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee seriously consider a blockade of China's coast if UN troops are driven from Korea. Acheson proposed the idea. Attlee was cool but willing to discuss. Officials say talks may extend, with the two leaders seeking Anglo American unity on Far East policy and possible Korean settlement terms.
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Freighter Joseph Sinks Off Macao In South China Sea
A Philippine freighter named Joseph radioed it was sinking off Portuguese Macao in the South China Sea. Marine authorities reported other ships in the vicinity, including the SS Edward Luckenback, aiding in the search and rescue likely for about 40 crew.
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Macao
South China Sea
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Snow Storm Slams Ohio And Midwest States
Snow blankets southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky snarling traffic and halting bus and streetcar service. Forecasts warn a third gale with 50 mph winds, with flood-stage cautions along southeastern coast. Temperatures drop in Dayton, sleet to snow in places, pages warn more snow across the Midwest and Tennessee as schools close and roads stay shut.
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Mississippi Valley
Etna eruption forces evacuations in Sicilian villages
Mt Etna unleashes lava flows driving the evacuation of about 2,000 residents from Renazzo and Milo. Explosions from crater vents shake the area as red hot lava consumes homes, trees ignite, and brickworks burn. A fleet of 120 trucks moved villagers to safety as danger to Milo grows.
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Eggs May Hit Dollar A Dozen, Dealer Says
Cincinnati AP reports eggs may reach one dollar a dozen as wholesale prices rise. Ungraded and wholesale grades jumped two to eight cents per dozen from yesterday, with commercial graded extra large at 64 to 71.5 cents per dozen wholesale, up from 58 to 63 cents. One dealer, who asked to stay unnamed, predicted the $1 mark but declined to be identified.
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Cincinnati
Reuther attacks defense controls and price limits
Labor leader Walter Reuther accused the government of mobilizing for defense and failing to curb runaway inflation through a meat-axe approach. He urged immediate home front mobilization including genuine price controls and condemned recent steel and auto price hikes as selfish corporate profit moves. He criticized installment credit restrictions as inadequate, calling them a rich man's racket and urging price controls to stabilize the economy.
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Federal Reserve Board
France pushes UN action on Chinese intervention in Korea
At Lake Success France led a Western bid in the United Nations General Assembly Political Committee for top priority consideration of Communist China's role in Korea. France and co sponsors urged Peiping troops withdrawal from Korea and anticipated a quick vote, while Russia opposed the move.
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United Nations
China
General Assembly
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Hetping
India
Benegal N.rau
WR Hsiu-chuan
Rau
Peiping
Nine Years Since Pearl Harbor Stirs World Course
Washington reflects on December 7, 1941 nine years later as the United States solidifies leadership in a world still torn by war. The article notes U S strength, UN creation, and fears of renewed global conflict with China, Russia, and potential atomic threats shaping future battles.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
America
United Nations
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Malaya
Trapped Troopers Forge Link-Up Near Sea
Allied forces braced on a new defense line 25 miles south of fallen Pyongyang as a million-man Chinese Red expeditionary force pressed forward. The Eighth Army faced heavy odds with 100,000 attackers and reserves behind them, while Marines and doughboys fought through blizzards northeast of Changjin reservoir. Wonsan garrison pulled out under bombardment. Hungnam-Hamhung became Allied escape routes. In the northwest, a line from Chinnampo to Koksan marked a new front as Koto and Hagaru battles continued against Chinese forces.
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Hagaru
Associated Press
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Yudam
Changjin Reservoir
U.S. Seventh Division
Edw Gardner Dies Suddenly At Hamilton
Edward J. Gardner former Congressman for the district died suddenly early this morning after a heart attack at his home 822 Minor Ave Hamilton He was rushed to Hamilton Mercy Hospital but died shortly after arrival He had not been in ill health Survivors include his widow and two children Services set for 9 30 a m Monday at Culligan s Funeral Home and 10 a m at St Anne s Church burial in St Mary s Cemetery Hamilton He served in the House 1945 46 and was active in local politics including city council and as vice mayor He opposed a city waterworks plan and helped defeat its funding
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Gardner
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National House of Representatives
Butler County
Butte County
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Culligan
Game But Battered Leathernecks Link Up At Koto
Marines linked up at Koto after a brutal 22 mile march from Yudam facing heavy Chinese resistance in zero weather and snow. Col. Homer L. Litzenberg said casualties were moderate as wounded arrived by tank and truck. Marines, exhausted and frostbitten, prepared to press on toward Hamhung Hungnam, but remained defiant and determined to break free despite being surrounded.
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Hagaru
Homer L. Litzenberg
Washington, D.C
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Hamhung-Hungnam
Navy
Governor Demands Roosevelt County Draft Board Resign
In Helena Montana AP two Roosevelt County draft board members urged no further drafts until the atom bomb is used. Governor John W. Bonner called their stance mutiny. Chairman B R Taylor refused to halt drafts, while Bert Floman urged using atomic weapons.
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Bert Floman
GOP Senators Weigh Acheson Ouster Move
Republican leaders agreed to let all 48 GOP senators vote on a formal request for Secretary of State Acheson’s resignation or replacement. A Taft led subcommittee will draft a replacement resolution while a Tuesday conference of all Republican senators will discuss foreign and military policy as a broader issue.
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R-Nyi
Wherry
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New Jersey
Foreign Relations Committee
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Alee
Great Britain
Court Upholds Hiss Perjury Conviction in Appeal
The U S Court of Appeals largely affirms Alger Hiss conviction for perjury, after his denial of passing government secrets to Whitaker Chambers. He was sentenced to years in prison, but remains free on $10,000 bail pending appeal.
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C Tion
Alger Hiss
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Hiss
Bank hold-up in Washington nets forty thousand dollars
Three gunmen robbed a National Metropolitan Bank branch in a fashionable Washington area and fled with about 40000 in cash. London reported the Atlantic Pact delegates agreed on plans to include German troops in Western defense forces for Europe.
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