Truman Proclaims National Emergency to Back Mobilization
President Truman proclaimed a national emergency and called on all Americans to unite behind a rapid mobilization. He outlined expanded powers under new and existing laws to speed defense production, curb inflation, and strengthen military forces. Aimed at forcing Russia toward peace, the plan includes price controls, higher taxes, longer work days, reduced civilian production, and a push to accelerate aircraft and armored vehicle output.
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Washington
Truman
Stephen Early
White House
Early
Mr. Truman
Russia
McCarthy Pearson Feud Flares Over Communism Clash
Senate sparring between Senator McCarthy and columnist Drew Pearson intensifies as they trade accusations of communism ties and libel threats. A prior clash at the Sulgrave Club is described along with Pearson’s acclaim from veterans groups and foreign leaders.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
Drew Pearson
Senate
Pearson
Mentator
Moscow
Senator
Wisconsin
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Swank
Sulgrave Club
America
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auriol
France
Premier de Gasperi
Italy
Strikers Return To Major Yards After Wage Talks
Striking railroad switchmen in Chicago and other cities went back to work ending a three day walkout. Some said no full agreement on issues. talks reportedly to resume after workers return. Truman appealed to end the unlawful strike as rail traffic slowly resumed nationwide.
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Washington
Battle Creek
Mich
Alexandria
Nashville
Pittsburgh
St Louis
Dallas
Tex
Truman
BRT
Knoxville
Nashville, Tenn
Dallas, Tex
Alexandria, Va
House Passes Defense Bill In Record Time
Washington AP reports the House rapidly approved a $17.809 billion emergency defense bill, moving to Senate action next week. Only one member spoke against it, Rep. Vito Marcantonio, and the measure raises total defense funding to $42 billion for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
House
Senate
Vito Marcantonio
New York
Appropriations Committee
Truman creates Office of Defense Mobilization
President Truman established the Office of Defense Mobilization to direct control and coordinate all mobilization activities. The new agency aims to unify civilian and military efforts in war production and manpower management.
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Washington
Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
White House Silent On Fire Acheson Demands
Republican demands that President Truman fire Secretary of State Acheson reach the White House and State Department with no comment. Senate Republicans push for his removal, while Truman plans to join Western Europe defense talks. Acheson shows no resignation intent. Millikin frames resolutions as public notice, not congressional action. Names include Lucas of Illinois, Martin of Massachusetts, Rayburn, Taft, and various senators.
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Truman
State Acheson
White House
State Department
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
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House
Martin
Massachusetts
Senate Republicans
Taft
Ohio
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Europe
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Congress
Millikin
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Langer
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H. Alexander Smith
Bus Drivers Get Hike In Cincinnati
Approximately 300 local Greyhound bus drivers in Cincinnati will share wage gains from a new contract with the AFL Motor Coach Employes union. Hourly workers gain seven cents. drivers receive 2.5 mills per mile. The pact covers 17,000 employees nationwide.
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Cincinnati
Greyhound Bus System
AFL Motor Coach
East German purge announced by Ulbricht for next year
Berlin AP reports Communist leader Walter Ulbricht declared that the party will undertake the greatest purge in its history in East Germany next year. He framed the move as essential to strengthen the regime and root out dissent.
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Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Truman Plan In Brief Mobilization Agenda Outlined
Washington AP reports President Truman's mobilization plan includes a national emergency proclamation, manpower expansion from 2.5 to 3.5 million, call-up of two National Guard divisions, expanded drafts, rapid defense production, price and wage controls on defense items, voluntary controls elsewhere, Wilson empowered for home-front mobilization, higher taxes, longer work hours, fewer civilian goods, and ongoing peace negotiations without yielding to aggression.
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National Guard
Truman
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
UN Forces Abandon Hamhung as Chinese Press Beachhead
Allied beachhead forces pulled from Hamhung as Chinese forces launched mass sea wave attacks. Defenders retreated to a ring around Hungnam port, while thousands of North Korean refugees fled toward the Allied line. Major General Soule described ferocious, repeated waves aimed at breaking positions as demoli tions blackened the sky.
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Hamhung
Hungnam Port
Sea of Japan
Namalitian Shanasachleetad
Robert H. Soule
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Soule
U. S
Hamhung-Hungnam
Stanwyck and Taylor end 11 year Hollywood marriage
Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor announce separation and mutual divorce plans in California. The pair, once seen as a stable match, say professional demands kept them apart and that there is no romantic involvement with others. Stanwyck is 43, Taylor 39.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Taylor
California
Ruby Stevens
Spangler Arlington Brugh
Pomona
Calif) College
Miss Stanwyck
Taylor
Rau to Explain Cease-Fire Terms to Chinese Envoy
India's Sir Benegal Rau will report Gen MacArthur's cease-fire terms to Wu Hsiu Chuan this weekend in exchange for Peiping's conditions. Wu and Chaio Kuan Hua met UNESCO secretary Trygve Lie at Lake Success, asking for a news conference at 3 p.m. today. The UN cease-fire committee, including Pearson and Enterman, seeks a basis for a truce after secret talks with Gross and Crittenberger. Pearson warned the assignment is not easy and may take time.
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India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
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Korea
China
Wu Hsiu- Chuan
Peiping
Chaio Kuan-hua
Trygve Lie
Lake Success
Lie
Rau
United Nation
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Nasrallah Enterman
Iran
General Assembly
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
William D. Crittenberger
MacArthur
Unified Command
Pearson
General Crittenberger
Mr. Gross
Two Boys Found After All Night Snow Search
In Canaan Connecticut state police and volunteers found 13 year old Douglas Black and 12 year old James Blodgett high on Canaan Mountain after an all night search. They were sheltering under a pine tree after spending the night in a blinding snow storm while trying to cut Christmas trees.
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Canaan
Canaan Mountain
Douglas Black
James Blodgett
Ohio Airmen Plan Merry Christmas For Czech Heroine
Three Ohio airmen who parachuted into German held Czechoslovakia in 1944 hid in the home of Julia Priboj, a Czech underground member, then helped her flee to Austria and later resettle in Ohio with a Christmas reunion planned. Priboj, cited for bravery, fled postwar Communist persecution and now travels from Vienna to Ohio. the airmen secured her safe resettlement and a permanent home near East Sparta.
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Austria
Ohio
Czechoslovakia
Julia Priboj
Priboj
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Frank Hrometz
East Sparta
Faulk
Weather forecast predicts colder east and milder west
The Weather Bureau forecasts the eastern half of the United States will be colder than usual for the next 36 days, while the western half should see above normal temperatures. The forecast was released today.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Prices rise again for Nash cars in 1951 model line
DETROIT AP reports Nash announced price increases from 69 to 98 dollars for 1951 models with reluctance. The move follows a prior jump from 29 to 98 dollars less than three months earlier, signaling persistent cost pressures on auto pricing amid postwar markets.
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Detroit
Nash
Cara
Pinza becomes father again at 58 in Santa Monca
Ezie Pinza, the bass matinee idol, and his wife Doris Leek Pinza welcomed their third child, a daughter named Gloria, weighing nine pounds 10 ounces. Mrs Pinza is doing well. The couple also has two older children, Celia, nine, and Pietre, six.
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Calif
Ezie Pinza
Gloria
Ping
Doris Leek
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