Truman May Put Fair Deal Bills In Annual Speech
President Truman may reuse parts of his Fair Deal program in the State of the Union addressing Korea defense and Western Europe. He will likely seek emergency powers, higher military outlays, revised drafts, and rent controls while Alaska and Hawaii statehood moves await Senate action.
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Washington
Congress
Independence
82Nd Congress
Korea
Western Europe
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Alaska
Hawaii
House
Senate
Mr. Truman
Yugoslavia
House-Senate
Youth Slays Pals' Mother in Christmas Day Killing
In Louisville a 19 year old, Patrick Eugene Thomas, is charged with murder for the stabbing of Marie Z Moriarty, mother of two of his friends. He said memories blur and he attacked with a knife then beat her with a rolling pin as her sons neared home. He lived near the Moriarty residence and was with Bernard and William Moriarty when the incident occurred after a party. A blood stained rolling pin and knife were found in an alley by his half brother Mel Samples.
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Louisville
Treanseng
Patrick Eugene Thomas
Marie Z. Moriarity
Thomas
Moriari
Tufts on the rocks Hollywood marriage derailed
Actor Sonny Its and Barbara Tufts announce marital problems and plan to file for divorce after consulting a lawyer.
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Tufts ON Rocks Hollywood
Sonny Its
Barbara Tufts
Papal Extend Holy Year Prompts Global Prayer
Vatican announces extension of Holy Year to 1951 in Per Annum Sacrum. Pope Pius XII signed the bull on Christmas Day as Anno Santo ends, urging Catholics worldwide to intensify prayers for world peace amid growing dissension.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
L'Osservatore Romano
Vatican
St. Peter's Throne
Rome
North States Thrashed by Snow and Cold Wave
The Associated Press reports a major wintry storm sweeping the northern half of the nation from Montana to New York and Pennsylvania. Snow totals hit seven inches in Chicago with four to seven inches elsewhere while temperatures plunged to 17 below zero in North Dakota and Minnesota and 11 in South Dakota.
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Associated Press
Montana
Dakotas
Great Lakes
New York
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Michigan
Chicago
North Dakota
South Dakota
New England
Nebraska
Missouri
Oklahoma
Kansas
Phoenix
Ariz
Snow Covers Ohio As Forecast Warns Of More
A light to heavy blanket of snow covered Ohio with 1 to 6 inches already on the ground and 3 to 5 more inches expected in the north, 1 more inch in central and south areas. Roads were passable though slick, winds drifted in northwest Ohio, and temperatures ranged around 20 degrees in the south and 15 in the north. The Weather Bureau projected continued cold, flurries, and more snow through Thursday and Friday with seasonal temperatures 3 to 6 degrees below normal.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Akron
Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Marion
Dayton
Findlay
Chillicothe
Nation records large Christmas holiday death toll
The nation counted a staggering 664 deaths from violent accidents over the three day Christmas holiday. Traffic fatalities rose above 500, the highest since 1936. Mishaps on icy and snowy highways killed 515 people, while miscellaneous causes added 149 more.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Council
Woman Forces Way Into Flynn Home in Hollywood
In Hollywood, a woman forced entry at Errol Flynn’s mansion. She chased a maid, toppled barbecue furniture into a pool, and damaged the patio. Officers said the intruder claimed Flynn has been bothering her and her daughter for three years.
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Errol Flynn
Julie Miller
Europe
W. R. Beck
L. E. Harvey
Beck
Flynn
Services Held For Gen Walker After Jeep Death in Korea
Private services were held today for Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker commander of the U S Eighth Army killed in a jeep accident in Korea on Saturday. Family and intimate friends attended the rites at the Chapel Center in Wewehama where he resided. The body will be sent to the United States December 30 for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Tokyo
Walton H. Walker
U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
Wewehama
Walker
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Air Force plans fourfold buildup by 1953
Washington AP reports Undersecretary John A. McCone says the Air Force is expanding its emergency mobilization to four times prewar strength across aircraft, training, bases, and equipment. The immediate two year plan doubles groups and personnel, with production rising from 110 to over 150 combat planes monthly and bases reopening.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
John A. McCone
United States
Body of Youth Found in Lake Melrose Florida
The body of Gary Eddington a 19 year old University of Florida freshman missing since December 10 was recovered from Santa Fe lake yesterday. Richard Robbins also 19 of West Palm Beach remains missing after a sailboat capsized two days earlier. Eddington’s mother Mrs Leonard Clayton lives in St Petersburg and his father C F Eddington is in Columbus Ohio.
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Melrose
Fla
Gary Eddington
University of Florida
Santa Fe Lake
Eddington
Richard V. Robbins
West Palm Beach
Robbins
Leonard Clayton
St. Petersburg
C. F. Eddington
Columbus, Ohio
International Army Begins Recruitment for Eisenhower HQ
Paris AP dispatch reports recruitment for General Eisenhower's international army headquarters has begun though no home is chosen. Secretaries are hired with fluency in German French and English. An American planning staff surveys potential sites including Versailles and Fontainebleau as possible HQ locations.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
International Army
Eisenhower
Versailles
Allied Expeditionary Force
SHAEF
Fontainebleau
Western Union Military Alliance
Lord Montgomery
Europe
Tide of Toys Drive Initiated by American Legion
Washington AP The American Legion launches a Tide of Toys drive to aid Europe's needy children. Last year posts collected about 3 million play items.
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Tide of Toys
Legion
Washington
American Legion
Europe
Marines Rest and Rebuild in Korea After Hard Winter Campaign
Two weeks after brutal fighting near Changjin Reservoir, the First Marine Division in Korea enjoys a holiday pause. Replacements arrive, morale rises, and men relax with football, beer rations, and tents trimmed with wreaths. War sights linger as ambulances bear bullet scars and artillery stands ready, while cold air and absence of snow set a quiet, tense scene.
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Jack Macbeth
Hal Boyle
First Marine Division
Korea
Rock Island Imperial crashes into freight near Lineville
The Rock Island Imperial passenger train No 39 collided with westbound freight No 91 two miles east of Lineville Iowa. The engineer and fireman were severely injured and several passengers hurt but not seriously. Injured were taken to Trenton Missouri Hospital. The diesel unit overturned and caught fire. four or five cars derailed.
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Lineville
Rock Island
Senate panel probes food price hikes before deadline
The Senate Committee on Utilization of Farm Crops led by Senator Gillette Iowa races to finish an inquiry into sharp food price increases. They investigate sudden egg, meat, sugar, and coffee price shifts after President Truman declared an emergency with a January 31 expiry.
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Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Truman
Congress
Committee On
Mother and sons saved as Covington cafe burns
Covington Kentucky cafe owner Frank Gausepohl used a garden hose to save his daughter Blanche Willenberg and her five children from a three story frame building fire. Fire Chief Walter Salyers put damage at 12000 dollars and one firefighter was slightly injured in a three and a half hour blaze. The cause of the fire was not determined.
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Covington, Ky
Covington
Walter Salyers
Frank Gausepohl
Gausepohl
Blanche Willenberg
Howard
Alvin
Norbert
Clyde
Safey
Willenborgs
Hunt for Tug is Abandoned
The Coast Guard ended its week long search for the missing 80 foot tug Chem. Rear Adm. Roy L. Raney said Lake Erie tests show the vessel is no longer afloat. The crew of 12 left Buffalo and did not report at Dunkirk New York prompting a coordinated search by Coast Guard ships planes Air Force Navy Air Reserve and Erie County authorities. The tug was owned by Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Company of Detroit and captained by Heck Church of Lincoln Park Michigan.
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Coast Guard
Roy L. Raney
Ninth Coast Guard District
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Dunkirk
N. Y
Air Force
Navy Air Reserve
Erie County
Sheriff's Office
Dunbar and Sullivan Dredging Company of
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Heck Church
Lincoln Park
Mich
Battle Rages East of Kaesong as UN Holds Line
The ROK military reports intensified enemy contact along the front with forces reinforcing Kaesong and a fierce battle east of there along the 38th parallel. Chinese Communist troops concentrate near Yonchon, about 40 miles north of Seoul, while allied lines hold.
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Bill Shinn
SEOUL
Republic of Korea
ROK
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Yonchon
Pair Detained in Cincinnati in Check Forgery Case
An Aurora Illinois couple, Breck R Rightor, 33, and Alberta M Rightor, 27, were detained in a Cincinnati hotel. Detective Chief Clem Merz said they had cashed forged checks in about six states, with each check for 52 dollars and some change. The man allegedly wrote the checks while the woman cashed them, and Rightor had been employed by Rodgers and Company of Chicago before disappearing six weeks earlier.
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Clem Merz
Merz
Breck R. Rightor
Alberta M. Rightor
Exposition View
Aurora
Rightor
Rodgers and Company
Chicago
Righter
Relic Stolen From Westminster Abbey On Christmas Day
England and Scotland police hunt for the 336-pound stone of Scone taken from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day. Thieves allegedly left a splinter from the coronation throne and escaped amid a midnight break in, prompting a nationwide search with Scottish nationalists suspected.
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England
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Britain
Westminster Abbey
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Scone
Scoon
Northern Ireland
Vandals Wreck Two Rural Schools in West Virginia
In Summersville on Christmas Eve vandals used explosive cord to blast two small schoolhouses about 50 miles east of Charleston. One building was destroyed, the other damaged but repairable. damages estimated at 7,000 to 7,500 dollars for Green Valley three room school and 500 dollars for Buck Knob one room school. Police suggest two or more suspects familiar with explosives, not children.
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W. Va
G. C. McClain
Charleston
Nicholas County
Harry Straley
Straley
Green Valley
Buck Knob
Cart
Ridgway Takes Korea Command as UN Forces Stand Fast
Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway arrived in Tokyo to assume command of all Korean War troops, succeeding Gen. Walton Walker after his jeep accident. Allied forces regroup along a 120 mile front, with 10th Corps evacuated from Hungnam to southeast Korea. Chinese and Korean Reds mass along the 38th parallel awaiting a signal to strike.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Red China
North Korea
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Washington
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Eighth Ar
Korea
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Republic of China
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