Eisenhower Opens War Cabinet Talks Aboard Helena
President-elect Dwight Eisenhower began a formal conference with aides aboard the heavy cruiser USS Helena en route to Hawaii. The meeting, to discuss Korea and other plans, continues at Pearl Harbor with military leaders and advisers after arrival.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight Eisenhower
Wake Island
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Pearl Harbor
John Foster Dulles
Gov
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Interior
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Treasury
Lucius Clay
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
C. D. Jackson
Emmet Hughes
White House
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Arthur Radford
Pacific
Wake
Peatl Harbor
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
California Storm Slams Northern California Over Weekend
A weekend storm in Northern California brought wind rain and snow, causing five deaths and stranding 1370 passengers on seven trains. Roads and communications were disrupted as rivers flooded lowlands. by nightfall officials reopened key highways and rescued stranded motorists. The storm's dead included a man and two children near Ukiah and a pedestrian in Humboldt County.
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San Francisco
California
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Here
Ukiah
Russ Tulla
Logan Trever
Bobby
Humboldt County
Mendocino County
Woodacre
Marin County
Kay Park
Tahoe City
UN Planes Plastering Red Lines Over Korea Fight Escalates
Hundreds of Allied warplanes swarmed North Korea in a major air strike. U S Fifth Air Force claimed F86 Sabres destroyed a MIG 15 near Sinuiju and helped bag seven Reds on a single day, the busiest in three months. B26 bombers opened with dawn strikes on trucks, destroying 125 vehicles. Six bridges and rails were ruined. Maj. Edwin Heller and Lt. Woodworth earned credit for the MIG kill. Marine and Australian warplanes joined raids, while Chinese infantry pressed Sniper Ridge before being repelled by South Korean forces after a two hour clash.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sinuij
U. S. Eighth Army
Sniper Ridge
Air Force
Sabre
Maj
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Woodworth
St. Rockford
Marine
Republic of Korea
Red
Blaze Sweeps AF Barracks Five Killed
Rapid City Base suffered a fatal blaze that swept a two story barracks killing five Air Force officers and injuring six others. Notables include Ist Lt Jerome A Weinshankansas City legal officer and 2nd Lt Robert W Wooten Jr March Field California. Paul W Beers Benicia California. Other names withheld pending next of kin confirmation.
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Rapid City
S. D
Air Force
Rapid City Air Force Base
John Rycroft
Yonkers
N. Y
Paul W. Rous
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ohio
Denver
Fitzsimmons Military Hospital
72Nd Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Ist
Jerome A. Weinshankansas
Robert W. Wooten Jr
March Field
Calif
Army
Paul W. Beers
Benicia
Arsenal
Warren rules out self for Nixon Senate seat
California Governor Earl Warren said he will not appoint himself to fill the U S Senate seat vacated by Richard Nixon next January. He intends to pick a comparatively young man who can gain seniority and will make the selection around January 1 as Nixon becomes vice president. Warren was in Arizona for the Western States Governors Conference in Phoenix.
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Tucson
Ariz
California
Earl Warren
U. S
Senate
Richard Nixon
Warren
Sen. Nixon
Phoenix
Walters Trial Delayed in German Abduction Case
In Frankfurt a court martial for U S Army Pvt Eugene Walters 31 charged with abducting an American school girl was postponed today to next Monday delaying proceedings and testimony in the high profile case.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Eugene Walters
Talking Horse Aids Search For Missing Rhode Island Boy
A 27 year old talking horse known as Lady Wonder is asked to help locate 9 year old Gary Hayman who vanished from the Exeter Street School near Providence on September 23. The horse answers via a typewriter like device and indicates the boy is alive and possibly in Kansas. Local authorities urge caution about relying on animal testimony.
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Richmond
Rhode Island
Gary Hayman
Exeter State School
Providence
Benjamin Hayman
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Lady Wonder
Twe
The
Times-Dispatch
Bill McKilwain
Lady
Mellwain
Gary
Kansas
Matson
Dewing
Pittsfield
Mass
Claudia Fonda
United States and Britain clash over Tunisian question at UN
At the United Nations in New York the United States seeks a midline stance on Tunisia while Britain and France clash over UN debate on Tunisian administration. Philip Jessup to present US position in the political committee amid calls for a Tunisian home-rule commission. France boycotts the committee. UK presses competence questions as Arab Asian nations push for direct Israel Arab talks. Red China and North Korea respond to Korea truce appeal, delaying further UN steps.
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United Nations
N. Y.P
U. S
Britain
France
U. N
Philip Jessup
Truman
U. N. Assembly
Selwyn Lloyd
Middle East
Special
Woman Too Busy To Treat Truman Like President
Mrs Aleen Knierim a 51 year old Democrat at Cincinnati Union Terminal rejected President Truman and paid for a newspaper with his dollar. She later realized the bill bore his signature as Truman’s train stopped in Cincinnati en route to Independence Missouri for Mrs Wallace’s funeral.
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Cincinnati
Aleen Knierim
Presioe Truman
Union Terminal
War Comes as Air Force Rises in Britain
Editor notes this is the first of three articles on the U S Air Force in Britain after four years of Cold War tension. The piece surveys bases from Scotland to Manchester, 45000 airmen, 28 installations, and forces from U S, Royal Air Force, and Canadian Air Force operating together amid warnings of potential swift counterattack readiness.
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U. S
Britain
London
America
U. S. Third Air Force
Seventh Air Division
Russia
Scotland
Manston
Gland
Moscow
Pilot saves new airliner from crack-up near Fallon
Irvin Kravitz piloted a Trans World Airways Super-Constellation from Chicago to San Francisco when two of four engines failed over Eastern Nevada. He made an emergency landing at a Navy auxiliary strip in Fallon as brakes failed, the right gear collapsed, and the craft skidded to a stop on two wheels and a wing tip. All 44 aboard were unharmed.
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Fallon
Nev
Chicago
San Francisco
Transworld Airways
Irvin Kravitz
Kravitz
Associated Press
Trygve Lie Sees Little Real Hope For Korean Peace
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie says in a Norwegian broadcast there is little hope for peace in Korea. He notes UN efforts exhausted and claims the Soviet Union with four Communist nations is isolated, urging world opinion to influence the armistice decision.
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Oslo
Norway
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Norwegian State Broadcasting System
Korea
Republic of
South Korea
Lie
Soviet Union
Eisenhowers wife lays wreath on Pearl Harbor Day
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower placed a wreath on the soldiers memorial in Great Neck New York village green during Pearl Harbor Day ceremonies and stood in silent prayer for about 30 seconds She said she prayed for the men in Korea and for her husband’s guidance.
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Great Neck
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Dead Man Rises To Greet Rescue Crews
Oklahoma City detectives sought the mangled body of Arthur E. Tarver after a freight train cleared seven cars. Tarver, 53, later explained he had lain still until the cars passed, then rose and greeted responders with a remark and a minor head cut reported by hospital staff.
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Oklahoma City
Arthur E. Tarver
Tarver
Putnam Aims At Retaining Wage Lids
Washington reports economic stabilizer Roger Putnam seeks to hand over functioning wage controls to the Eisenhower administration even without a wage board. Industry groups quit in protest over Truman handling of coal wages, leaving a logjam of about 12 000 wage petitions before the WSB. Union leaders warn of protests if wage curbs persist while calls grow for suspension of controls.
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Washington
Roger Putnam
Eisenhower
Putnam
Boston
Chicago
Truman
Kentucky-Ohio
Defense
Henry Fowler
AFL
George Meany
WSB
Meany
CIO
Walter Reuther
Prison mutiny at New Mexico State Prison stalls hostage swap plan
Armed convicts seized two guards at the New Mexico State Prison in Santa Fe prompting a large security surround. Ninety guards and state police ringed the facility while negotiations and a potential car exchange for the hostages remained unresolved.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico State Prison
Morris Abram
Fog Lifts as London Clears After Four Day Smog
Foggy London begins to lift revealing sun after four days of deadly smog. Traffic resumes as buses and subways move toward normal. milk and food supplies flow again while crime surges and power shortages strain the city.
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London
Phil Clarke
Thames
Trucker Loses $1508 Billfold Off Georgia Beach
W. E. Conner, a Roanoke Virginia trucker, dropped his $1508 billfold into the Atlantic at St Simons Island and was left with 14 cents. He, his wife, and his 10 year old son spent the night on the shore hoping for a washup while a guard boat and a swimmer traced the tide but the billfold disappeared unlike the hopeful family.
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ST. Simons Island
Virginia
W. E. Conner
Roanoke
Conner
Coast Guard
Rt. 2
Roon Poreane
Riots Kill Several in Casablanca Morocco Protests
In Casablanca today two Frenchmen and at least twenty Moroccans were killed during riot clashes as independence demonstrations surged in the French North African protectorate. The violence marked a deadly turn in escalating unrest as calls for independence intensified.
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Casablanca
Morocco
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