Artillery barrages and raids greet new year front
On the 155 mile Korea front the United Nations fought back Communist patrols as New Year’s Day opened. A brief clash near Korangpo left 10 Reds dead and 12 wounded while Allied guns and battleships targeted war plants at Chongjin. Sabre jets patrolled northwest Korea with several MIG engagements reported and December totals showed Allied planes down 27 MIGs with two Sabres lost.
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United Nations
Korangpo
Eighth Army
U.N
Navy
Missouri
Chongjin
Siberia
Korea
Fifth Air Force
B&O Denies Publishing False Report
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad denied it ever misled about its finances amid an 11 count federal indictment charging false reports to the ICC and RFC dating to 1943. President Roy B White said a detailed statement will follow, as the case faces potential fines up to 110000.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and O
Roy B. White
Baltimore
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corp
RFC
Mee Granery
White
B. and
ICC
Congress
Sen. Tobey
RNH
Senate
Tobey
New Year's Dance Aids Drivers With Wrecker Service
Ennis Texas: Lakeside Country Club hosts a New Year s dance with free wrecker service to keep guests from getting cars stuck on the recently graded road to the club. Club officials feared members would stay away and hired a wrecker to patrol the road until attendees reached home.
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Ennis
Tex
Lakesife Country Club
Russia Hands Changchun Railway to Communist China
Soviet press reports that Russia transferred control of the Changchun railway in Manchuria to Communist China. The ceremony in Harbin featured Soviet ambassador A. S. Panyushkin and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai, marking a transfer per the Feb 14 1950 Soviet Chinese agreement.
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Moscow
Russia
Changchun
Manchuria
China
Harbin
Panyushkin
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Siberia
Yellow Sea
Two Dead in Costa Rica Earthquake Reports
Unconfirmed Red Cross reports from San Jose indicate at least two deaths in a Tuesday earthquake in Costa Rica. The messages also mention a number of missing persons and extensive property damage.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Red Cross
Central American
ROK Officials Begin 20 Day London Goodwill Tour
Clarence Ryee spokesman for the Republic of Korea and three top Seoul newspaper editors departed Pusan for London for a 20 day goodwill mission to England.
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Seoul
Clarence Ryee
Republic of Korea
Pusan
London
England
Polio Victim To Get New Home In 30 Days
In Park Ridge Illinois a ground breaking ceremony kicked off a fast tracked five room ranch style home for Mary Elizabeth Kitsmiller 27 crippled by polio since 1951. Mayor Alfred Haake led the event as volunteers prepare a concrete foundation funded by donations with $2607 raised so far. Her husband James 28 is estranged and a maintenance suit exists. eviction actions spurred the effort to give her a safe residence for her and her son James G.
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Chicago
Park Ridge
Mary Elizabeth Itsmiller
Alfred Haake
James G
Clarence A. Tillema
Kitsmiller
Marion Kitsmiller
Evanston
Ben Sears
James
Prayers and Toast Ring In 1953 World Welcomes New Year
A war weary world welcomed 1953 with prayers for peace and toasts from Times Square to private homes. Leaders Truman Eisenhower Churchill voiced hopes for the new year while crowds in Manhattan faced sleet and snow. Churches drew large midnight gatherings and turnout varied by weather coast to coast.
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New York
Times Square
Globe
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
England
United States
Manhattan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Episcopal
St. John the Divine
Grand Jury Probe of UN Workers in Doubt by U S Officials
Washington hearing on renewing a grand jury probe into alleged Communist infiltration among United Nations staff faced conflicting views from Justice Department witnesses. Acheson defended screening efforts while promising tighter security measures and FBI checks for all current and prospective U N employees.
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New Grand Jury
U.S
Washington
House
America
United Nations
Justice Department
U. S
Myles J. Lane
New York
Charles B. Murray
James P. McGranery
Ments
Acheson
U. N
Sen. O'Conor
Senate
O'Conor
State Department
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
U.N
FBI
Trysoe Lie
Truman
Ramspeck Resigns as Civil Service Commission Chairman
President Truman accepts the resignation of Robert Ramspeck after nearly two years as CCC chairman. The White House lauds his leadership for expanding the merit system and improving morale among federal workers. Ramspeck, a former Georgia congressman, plans private employment and will announce his plans in about two weeks.
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Washington
Robert Ramspeck
Truman
Civil Service Commission
Ramspeck
Congress
Georgia
Officials Mapping Mobilization Plan For Possible War
Rubinstein fights deportation as the Court of Appeals blocks Ellis Island removal until at least Monday. The 45 year old Russian born financier faces deportation under a 1947 draft dodging conviction while his lawyers seek injunctions and further court review to keep him in the United States.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Serge Rubinstein
Ellis Island
U. S. Court of Appeals
Rubinstein
Atty
Justice Department
Portugal
U. S
U. S.istrict Court. They Could Then Seek An Injunction Against McGranery
Edward Ennis
New York
Court of Appeals
United States
Reuther Rejects Opposition to GOP in New Administration
CIO President Walter Reuther, recuperating in Detroit, rejects reckless opposition to the Eisenhower administration. He pledges CIO cooperation and urges management to avoid restrictive labor laws, stressing constructive aims and fair bargaining.
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Washington
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Detroit
Eisenhower
Record of marriages and divorces in Los Angeles 1952
Los Angeles County marriage license bureau reports 1952 totals with 30 177 marriages and 29 496 divorces as the divorce courts edge toward a final decision amid a close figures contest.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Pentagon drafts three year mobilization plan for wartime
A three year industrial mobilization blueprint is being drawn up in the Pentagon and civilian defense agencies. It calls for new laws and appropriations to permit standby plants that would form an industrial arsenal idle until a new M Day.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Pentagon
Youngster found Dead In Barrel In Arkansas
Mary Head, a 5yearold girl, was found murdered in a homemade rain barrel at her home in DESARC Arkansas. Sheriff Hamilton sought her stepfather James W Head who disappeared Monday. Mrs Linda Head is held for questioning. The child had burns and bruises, with drowning listed as the cause of death.
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Desarc
Ark
E. 0
Hamilton
James W. Head
Linda Head
Mary Head
Little Rock
Anderson Nettleship
Head
Explosion in Chilean Seaport Oxygen Plant Kills About 30
VALPARAISO explosion at an oxygen tank factory early today leaves about 30 dead and over 200 injured according to initial police reports.
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Chilean
Valparaiso
Couple Starts New Year With 75th Anniversary
BOSWELL Okla A 102 year old blind former slave and his 92 year old wife celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in a small three room house in southern Oklahoma Their son Wiley Eli Miller 64 handles chores The couple recall former life on a farmer’s Arkansas homestead and migration for health and work Their pension incomes fund a modest life and simple garden meals as they reflect on faith and enduring love.
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Boswell
Okla
Kendrick L. Miller
Miller
Millers
Oklahoma
Wiley Eli Miller
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