Eisenhower to Hear MacArthur Korea Plan Talks
President elect Eisenhower seeks MacArthur's views on ending the Korean War while aboard the USS Helena on the way to Hawaii. The exchanges reveal a possible meeting to align future policy, signaling a move to heal past tensions and gain the general's experience for Far East strategy. The messages emphasize desire for informal talks and ultimate peace in Korea and the region.
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Helena
Hawaii
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Korea
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Far East
Truman
U. N
Ike
Uss
Nam
United States
Defense
Eisenower
Shopping Days Till Christmas Hat and holiday gift ideas
Middletown stores offer a wide selection of hankies scarves blouses hose and other useful items for shoppers. With Santa coming soon shoppers are urged to preview gifts now and find affordable options for mom and the head of the family.
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Mom
Middletown
Santa
Pakistan Suggests UN Hear Tunisian Leader
The United Nations votes on inviting the Bey of Tunis to send a representative to participate in the debate on the French Tunisian question. Pakistan proposed quick appointment to express Tunisia’s views without a vote, while France remains absent and boycotts the debate. Delegates weigh Arab Asian calls for settlement under UN supervision and a moderate Latin American backed compromise urging restraint and dialogue.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N
Tunis
Pakistan
Itaat
Tunisia
France
United States
Assembly
Navy Planes Batter Beds Near Border
U S Navy war planes struck four major Communist rail and supply targets near Manchuria in the Korean War, reaching as close as 12 miles to Soviet Siberia and near Vladivostok. Targets included Honyang Musan Najin and Hyesanjin with extensive wreckage reported and a commander calling the actions well done.
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Seoul
U. S. Navy
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Honyang
Musan
Najin
Hyesanjin
Panther
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
Korea
Sea of Japan
Masan
Task Force 77
Navy
Far East Air Forces
Suiho
Yalu River
Rosenbergs Lose Latest Appeal Against Execution
A federal judge refused to stay the planned executions at Sing Sing for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan denied their bid to overturn the convictions and also rejected Sobell’s request to overturn his 30 year sentence.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Orton Sobell
Sobel
Alestraz
Soviet Union
Air Force sergeants accused in Sabre jet plot in Tokyo
Air Force OSI staged an undercover operation with Lt William Murphy to trap Sergeants Giuseppe Cascio and John Jones over alleged sale of F86E Sabre jet secrets. Cascio faces court martial risk over secrets and $46,000 in military payment certificates. Jones deemed insane and repatriated. Records show taped meetings in Korea and Japan, with arrests on September 21.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Guiseppe Cascio
John P. Jones
Associated Press
William L. Murphy
Upper Darby
Cascio
Jones
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
OSI
Japan
Korea
Murphy
Taegu
Sgt. Jones
Ambassador Hotel
Business Leader Seeks WSB Boycott in Wage Fight
Washington row over wage price controls grows as Laurence Lee of the U S Chamber calls for a boycott of Putnam efforts to refill the Wage Stabilization Board. Truman aims to keep controls or shift to a one man decision system as resignations cripple the board.
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Norman Walker
Washington
Truman
Roger L. Putnam
Wage Stabilization Board
Laurence F. Lee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Putnam
Lee
National Association of Manufacturers
WSB
Michael V di Salle
di Salle
Bernard Baruch
New York
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Marion Folsom
Eastman Kodak Company
Russia
Jpeace
Police Chief assails shippers over waterfront crime
New York police commissioner George P Monaghan blasted shipping firms for complacence on the port docks. He cited industry pressures, exconvict hires, and gifts to pier bosses as enabling rackets in a waterfront system worth about 350 million dollars annually, urging firms to replace complacence with guts.
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New York
George P Monaghan
State Crime Commission
Crime Commission
New Jersey
Port of
Monaghan
John E. Slater
Big American Export
Slater
Dulles Backed Hiss At Carnegie Report
Washington attorney John W. Davis testified that Dulles first recommended Alger Hiss for head of the Carnegie Foundation and that all reports on Hiss were favorable. Davis, a Carnegie trustee and 1924 presidential nominee, told a House subcommittee examining tax exempt foundations that no objections or disloyalty evidence surfaced against Hiss during committee reviews. He said Dulles urged the committee to look him over before naming him president.
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Washington
John W. Davis
John Foster Dulles
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Davis
Carnegie
House
Hiss
Carnegie Foundation
Carnegie Committee
United States
Hiss Davis
Dulles
UN Observing Human Rights Day at the United Nations
The United Nations marks its fourth Human Rights Day with speeches praising the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as delegates forego the usual symphony concert to save money during the Assembly session in New York.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Dutch Liner Maasdam Sinks Tanker After Collision
In Vlaardingen the Holland America liner Maasdam collided with a German tanker Ellen. Six members of the tanker's crew were believed lost. The Maasdam, en route from Rotterdam to New York with 600 passengers, sustained slight damage but continued to sea. The harbor circles report the 15000 ton Maasdam struck the 760 ton Ellen.
Thief In East Baltimore Gun Fails Under Pressure
A would be bandit in an East Baltimore grocery loses nerve as his revolver disassembles in his hand. He drops the bullet and is driven away after the clerk, Mrs. Fannie Beall, fights back with a butcher knife. He fires without obtaining any cash.
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Baltimore
Fannie Beall
Egypt abolishes 1923 Constitution sets path to republic
Cairo reform Premier Mohammed Naguib declares the 1923 constitution obsolete and announces a new charter. A constitutional committee will decide whether monarchy ends by amendment or referendum as Egypt debates replacing the dynasty that began in 1805 amid poverty and royal wealth.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Naguib
Farouk
Mohammed Aly
Funeral Services Set For Colonel Who Didn't Quit
Lt Col William H Isbell Jr 45 a Texas native from Gambrills Md led an infantry charge on Triangle Hill Korea and was killed A master sergeant called it the bravest thing I ever saw He was recommended for the Medal of Honor and his death ends a career that defied retreat in a pivotal Korea War action.
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Ft, Meade
Korea
William H. Isbell Jr
Triangle Hill
Seventh Division
Isbell
Texas
Gambrills, Md
Navy escort carrier Sitkoh Bay collides with Sea Fort
The U S Navy escort carrier Sitkoh Bay and the commercial steamer Sea Fort collided last night near San Diego but there were no casualties and both vessels reached port early today.
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San Diego
Calif
Sitkoh Bay
Sea Fort
Gunman Open Fire In Times Square Shootout
In Times Square a 37 year old gunman fired at police in a chaotic early morning gun battle. Seven people were wounded including the gunman and six others. Clarence O Sims of Cleveland was identified as the shooter and is wanted in Cleveland on an armed robbery charge.
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New York
Times Square
Clarence O. Sims
Cleveland
A Or
Midtown Manhattan
Sims
Cecil Johnson
Manhattan
Sim
Johnson
Robert Knox
Knox
James Kane
Kane
Cornelius O'Shea
Henry Cates
John Weinzimer
Long Island City
Queens
Michael Stutz
Bronx
Johnny Wallace
James E. McArthur
McArthur
Norwood
Cincinnati
Neal Ome
Doable
Obio
Columbus
Army to cut back medium tanks output in 1953
The Army announced a plan to reduce medium tank production by about 45 percent from the spring 1954 target. The shift aims to level production with no overallEquipment reduction, while trimming output of 24 ton trucks and light tanks by about 22 percent. The new schedule begins July 1, 1953, as Defense Secretary Lovett earlier indicated a move to a sustaining rate to maintain arsenals and keep plants operating.
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Washington
Army
Lovett
Defense Department
U. S&s
William Reeder
Secretary of Defense
Heuss Ends Request For Treaty Ruling
In Bonn West Germany President Theodor Heuss withdrew his request for a supreme court ruling on the nation s rearmament treaties. The move appeared to avert a court decision that could have scuttled plans for a European Army and threatened Chancellor Adenauer s government.
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Bonn
Germany
Theodor Heuss
Supreme Court
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Jap Charges U S Agents Held Him Captive For Year
Wataru Kaji a Japanese leftist writer told the Diet he was kidnapped and beaten by American CIC agents and held for more than a year. The U S Army denied the accusation saying he was detained briefly in 1951 and released before Japan's independence.
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U.S
Tokyo
Wataru Kaji
Counter - Intelligence Corps
CIC
U S. Army
Madde
Japan
Kaji
Shigeru Yoshida
Kozo Inomata
Diet
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Katsuo Okazaki
China
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