President Truman Urges Greater Sacrifice In Tonight Speech
President Truman plans a 10 30 p m radio television address urging Americans to unite behind intensified sacrifices to expand free world military strength. Congress faces demands for concrete manpower and production goals as the government announces a half billion dollar atomic energy site near Paducah Kentucky and Pace warns military spending may need more than the current request.
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Liz Taylor to file divorce suit against Nick Hilton
Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, nearly 19, announced she will file for divorce from Nick Hilton early next year. She cited irreconcilable differences after an 18 month marriage. Hilton, 23, is in the hotel business with his father, Conrad Hilton, and was away hunting in Texas.
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Dewey urges full mobilization to fight Communism now
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey called for immediate national mobilization to curb Soviet aggression. He urged universal military training, a 100 division U S Army, 80 group Air Force and full Navy strength, plus general registrations for national service and two years of universal training.
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Russia
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Wilson Accepts War Production Post for United States
Charles E. Wilson, president of General Electric, has accepted a call to head a new wartime production agency under President Truman. He previously served as executive vice chairman of the World War II War Production Board. The agency will unify control units now scattered across government departments.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
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War Production Board
Truman
President considers emergency measures and military buildup
Administration officials discuss declaring an emergency with possible 4,000,000-man armed forces and long term defense spending. Pace testified to Congress that the emergency bill is already overtaken by events while AEC hearings reveal plans for two gaseous diffusion plants and a South Carolina project costing 600 million dollars or more.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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South Carolina
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Walcott
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House Group Okays Truman Arms Budget
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to approve the full 16.845 billion defense request. It did not cut defense funds but trimmed amounts for Atomic Energy, Aero Nautics, TVA, and the Subversive Activities Control Board, creating a 18.033 billion omnibus measure for later action.
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House Appropriations Committee
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Midwestern Cold Snap Brings Subzero Lows and Snow
The Midwest and parts of the East face colder air with subzero lows forecast in the north central region. Minnesota may see lows around 20 below and Illinois near 5 below as Canadian air pushes south. Snow covers the cold belt from the Ohio Valley to the upper Mississippi while fog blankets the lower Mississippi Valley and southeast states.
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Chrysler Hikes Prices as Curbs Move Closer
Chrysler announced 1951 model price increases across cars and trucks after Ford and Geneva Motors boosts. The move follows government talk of wage price controls and includes new engineering features and tooling costs. The company signed a five year cost of living contract adding about 20 million yearly, with wage boosts for 100,000 workers.
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Jealous Suitor Kills Husband and Kidnaps Bride
In Santa Fe New Mexico a 52 year old ex suitor Lucian Harris killed Lancelot Chubley Brown Jr with buckshot outside the Brown family home and abducted Aupline Brown 24. Police fear for her life as Harris leads a trail with a 12 gauge shotgun and a 30 30 rifle. A deadly pursuit follows amid roadblocks and the threat of a gunfight.
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Christmas Paper and High School Stage Upgrades
Sunday features announce IT'S CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY at Crystal Tissue Company and LEMON-MONROE HIGH SCHOOL adding front space for bigger stage productions after year start. Middletown citizens explore a tropical fish pool amid heavy snow and Middletown's fishing center profile. Page one Society Sunday previews Charity Ball queen's day with student nurses in Middletown.
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Lemon-Monroe High School
Middletown
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Government moves to punish railroad yard strike
The U S government will seek contempt against striking yardmen in Chicago and other centers after court orders were ignored. Attorney General McGrath said actions may target the union with heavy fines. The strike disrupts parcel post and express shipments, with embargoes affecting Chicago and St Louis.
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White House
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Post Office Department
Alexandria
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Strike Hits Freight and Mail as Embargo Spreads
A partial embargo disrupts Washington operations and parcel post in hundreds of post offices. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen seeks a 40 hour week at 48 hours pay for yard workers, amid a strike that halts freight and mail, shuts several blast furnaces, and slows industrial output.
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Gary
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Post Office Department
Air Parcel Post
Air Raid Warning Signals Set Up by Civil Defense
The Civil Defense Administration establishes a uniform air raid warning system. A red alert signals imminent attack from key Air Force stations with three minutes of fluctuating sirens or short blasts. All clear comes from three steady one minute blasts with two minutes of silence.
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Federal Civil Defense Administration
Keypoint Air Force
Chinese Close In On Hungnam Port Threatens U S Army
AP report from Tokyo describes Red Chinese forces pressing a shrinking beachhead at Hungnam and Hamhung in northeast Korea. About 2,500 attackers surge onto American tanks, threatening 60,000 Allied troops with heavy combat.
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Tom Lambert
U.S
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Samuel G. Karl
Dallas
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U.S . First Marine
House Republicans Call for Acheson Ouster
A GOP resolution adopted at a closed House session urges President Truman to fire Secretary of State Dean Acheson. It blames the State Department for lost confidence and calls for a thorough housecleaning and policy changes. Senate Republicans planned a formal no confidence vote as Taft and Ives proposals circulate.
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Ives
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Martin
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Seppe Gop Policy Committee
Millikin (Cole
Secret Service fears new assassination attempt on Truman
A. E. Baughman told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the Secret Service faces possible further threats to President Truman. He urged full funding for added protection and labeled Blair House a fire trap and unsafe for security.
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