Reds Lose Two MIGS Over Korea Frontline Sky Battle
U S Sabre fighters and other jets engaged north of the Yalu River, shooting down one MIG-15 and damaging two others. Capt. Charles C. Carr of Las Vegas credited with the downing, while Lt. Edmund G. Hepner shared damage credits. Missouri Battle Ship joins West Coast offensive along Korean frontier as ground actions around Pinpoint Hill and Jane Russell Hill yield Chinese casualties.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Yalu River
North Korea
Manchuria
Charles C. Carr
Las Vegas
Nev
Inchon
Haeju Peninsula
Pinpoint Hill
Jane Russell Hill
Mediators Win Settlement In Dock Strike
New York—Federal mediators announced an agreement to end a six day AFL dock strike on the East Coast. Mediator John A Burke said a compromise wage settlement had been reached between three small locals after a negotiating session that began yesterday.
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New York
John A. Burke
Philadelphia Seaport Labor Tieup Impacts Major Piers
A rail car loader and three AFL International Longshoremen locals tied up most of Philadelphia's largest piers as a new contract was agreed subject to ratification. The deal runs through year end and secures a 32 cent hourly wage increase after initial demands of 42 cents and employer counteroffer of 25 cents. Wages before the agreement ranged from $1.87 to $2.20 an hour for weighers, scalesmen, and samplers across the three locals.
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Philadephia
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Atlantic Coast
Emeros
American Flighmasters Association
Burke
Proposes Tougher Penalties for Traitors
Incoming Senate Foreign Relations head Sen. Wiey of Wisconsin urges the United States and allies to punish traitors and high level subversives more than a wrist tap. He calls tightening statutes in the U S United Kingdom Canada France and other free nations and cites the Alger Hiss case as an example of a legal loophole due to statute of limitations.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Sen. Wiey
R-Wis
U. S
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Free Countries
Alger Hiss
Ying
Fire at Cebu Leaves 10,000 Homeless in Philippines
Manila reports a large Cebu City fire destroying a residential area. One child is missing, about 10,000 displaced, and damage is unofficially pegged at 1.5 million dollars.
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Manila
Cebu
Philippines
Anti-Filibuster Senators Ready To Face Showdown
Senators in Washington urged immediate changes to Senate rules to end filibusters though faced opposition from Southern Democrats and many Republicans. The clash centered on Rule 22 requiring two thirds to end debate, with Sen Jenner proposing a two thirds of those present and voting threshold.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
House
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Jenner
Rind
Senate Rules Committee
Weintraub resigns from UN amid Communist charges
David Weintraub, 48, economist and director of the UN Division of Economic Stability and Development, quits under pressure from State Department claims he is disloyal or under Communist discipline. He denies the charges, citing desire to spare the UN embarrassment. Secretary General Trygve Lie accepts his resignation and notes his past contributions.
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United Nations
N.Y
David Weintraub
U. N
State Department
Weintraub
New Yorker
Trygve Lie
World Organization
Lie
U. N. Division of Economic Stability and Development
Senate
Internal Security
Express Train Derailed Near Council Bluffs Iowa
A Chicago and North Western Overland Limited passenger train derailed near Council Bluffs Iowa, with the last 11 of 13 cars leaving the tracks a half mile from the station. About 175 passengers were aboard. no serious injuries reported as the train slowed to 20 mph. Cars and track sustained damage but none overturned.
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Council Bluffs
Chicago & North Western
Father approves separation surgery for conjoined twins
In Duesseldorf Germany the father of 18 month old Siamese twins Rosemarie and Lotte Knath joined at the tops of their heads has given permission for a separation operation. Dr Peter Roettgen of Bonn University Clinic is preparing to perform the surgery modeled after the Brodie twins operation in Chicago.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Brodie
Chicago
George Knaath
Peter Roettgen
Bonn University Clinic
Rosemarie
Lotte
Dodge Plans Budget Cuts Under Eisenhower Team
Joseph M. Dodge, named Eisenhower’s budget director, begins talks with Republican Cabinet designees to trim President Truman’s 1954 budget. He says no 60 day miracles and expects early April budget revisions to Congress, while noting the outgoing administration prepared the current request.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Joseph M. Dodge
Eisenhower
Truman
Dodge
Congress
Detroit
Budget Bureau
Dodger
Truman Warns Hydrogen Bomb Tests Signal New Era
President Truman declared that U S thermonuclear tests have unleashed vast new explosive power and warned of a future with even greater destructive potential. He cautioned that war could wipe out millions and urged strength to press Soviet leaders toward realism.
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Truman
Washington
United States
State of the Union
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Congress
Eniwetok
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Stalin
Lodge Predicts Smooth Transition In Government
President elect Eisenhower's liaison Henry Cabot Lodge predicted a very smooth transition from Truman to Eisenhower on January 20. Lodge reported to Eisenhower at the Commodore Hotel and praised his grasp of upcoming problems. Churchill meetings and State Department picks for under secretary and assistant secretary were outlined, with Dulles and Aldrich arranging talks at Baruch’s home.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Commodore Hotel
Lodge
Gen. Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Korea
Churchill
England
Tony
Manhattan
Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Baruch
Dulles
Aldrich
Great Britain
State Department
Donald B. Laurie
Quaker Oats Company of
Chicago
Carl W. McCardle
Philadelphia Bulletin
McCardle
Department
Voice of America
Laurie
Peru
Decatur
Ala
Princeton
James C. Hagerty
McCardile
Prime Minister's Korea Remarks Stir Senate Debate
In Washington senators react to Winston Churchill remarks on Korea. Senator Bridges says he will discuss Smathers proposed invitation for Churchill to address a joint session, while Taft notes many letters from mothers opposing sending U S troops to Korea. Churchill warns of possible stalemate and Britain opposes indefinite extension.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Sen
Stathers
D-Fla
Senate House
Bridges
Churchill
New York
Eisenhower
Korea
Britain
Watkins
Utah
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Smathers
Taft
Fiery Blast At Gas Plant Kills Four in Sheridan
A massive explosion at a Sheridan synthetic gas plant killed four men and injured three. Two follow up blasts, smoke, and fear of more eruptions from butane propane and gasoline created a blaze that firefighters battled for hours. Authorities identified the dead as J. B. Harvey E. E. Hillhouse Ralph Rabb and N. W. Beard, all of Sheridan. injured were not named. The blast occurred about 8 45 a m as day shift began, with 12 to 16 workers on shift and an estimated 25 in the plant. The blast shook towns up to 20 miles away and knocked people off their feet 12 miles distant.
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James H. Wooten
Columbus
J. B. Harvey
E. E. Hillhouse
Ralph Rabb
N. W. Beard
Sheridan
D. Wooten
Dr. Wooten
Rock Island
Rosenberg Lawyers Map Clemency Appeal
New York counsel for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg filed a clemency petition to President Truman after assurance it would not halt further legal moves. The condemned couple, scheduled for the Sing Sing electric chair on January 14, sought mercy with a stay of execution offered if the petition reached the White House by Saturday.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Truman
Mrs. Rosenberg
Sing Sing
Irving R. Kaufman
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Paducah Dry Goods
A four story Paducah Dry Goods Co. store in downtown Paducah Ky was wiped out by a fire early today. The blaze is described as the largest in the city’s history, causing extensive damage across the commercial block.
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Paducah
Paducah Dry Goods Co
Arbitration ends strike by 10000 Singapore naval workers
Representatives of 10,000 striking workers at the British naval base in Singapore voted to end their 10 day walkout and submit the wage dispute to arbitration. The strike delayed maintenance on Royal Navy ships bound for Korean waters amid demands for pay equal to Singapore municipal workers.
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Singapore
Tokyo Trial Turned Over To Defense
The prosecution rested in the Dorothy Krueger Smith murder case as Gen. Walter Krueger’s daughter pleads innocent of fatally stabbing Col. Aubrey Smith in their Tokyo home. Defense counsel plans witnesses to show emotional distress. a motion to dismiss was denied.
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Dorothy Krueger Smith
Tokyo
Col
Aubrey D. Smith
William C. Barnard
U. S. Army
Smith
Gen
Walter Krueger
Aubrey Smith
Howard S. Levie
Sophia Slovak
Gardner
Mass
Far East Command
Helen Humanensky
Pittsburgh
GI Set For Warpath with ND Division in Korea
Pvt. Robert Johnson of Detroit adopts the Indianhead nickname of his division and sports a Mohawk haircut as the unit prepares for action in Korea.
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Korea
Robert Johnson
Detroit
Ohio House panel backs 84 million prison expansion fund
The House Finance Committee in Columbus unanimously approved an emergency measure to appropriate 84 million dollars to expand state prisons after inspecting riot damage at the Ohio Penitentiary. The 20-0 vote prompts a possible Monday vote as the legislature resumes.
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Columbus
House Finance Committee
Ohio
J. F. McClure
Ashland
House
Ralph W. Alvis
John H. Lamneck
Glattke
Samuel L. Devine
R Franklin
Ralph W.) Alvis
McClure
Statehouse
General Assembly
Kenneth A. Robinson
Marion
House Judiciary Committee
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Senate
Finance
Sesby
Gs Licking
Missing C-46 plane with 37 soldiers over Idaho
A chartered two engine C-46 with a crew of four and 37 soldiers was reported missing over southeastern Idaho and western Wyoming while en route from Korea and Japan to Fort Jackson Mississippi. Weather was not severe and an aerial search has begun in Cheyenne.
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Seattle
Korea
Japan
Idaho
Fort Lawton
Fort Jackson
Miss
South
Wyoming
Weather Bureau
CAA
Boise
Cheyenne
George Nelson
Third Operation Leaves Rodney In Good Condition
Chicago report says Rodney Dee Brodie the stronger of the separated Siamese twins survived another major plastic operation fairly well though still in critical condition Roger Brodie in a coma since the December 17 separation. Surgeons used a 34 by 12 inch skin graft from Rodney s back to his forehead wound to aid healing.
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Chicago
Rodney - Dee Brodie
Roger
Rodney
Firemen Spoil-Sports in Little Raymond’s Day
A Los Angeles incident reports eight month old Raymond Kelly left home alone after his mother Billie Kelley locked out. The child explored cupboards and spilled items until a fireman forced entry with a jimmied window, bringing the scene to a close.
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Los Angeles
Raymond Kelly
Raymond
Billie Kelley
Eisenhower Farm Policy Commission Eyes Department Revamp
President elect Eisenhower's farm policy commission focuses on reorganizing the large Department of Agriculture. The commission's closed session was reported to newsmen yesterday with Ezra Taft Benson named as secretary designate of agriculture.
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Ike
Farm Board
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower
Farm Policy Commission
Ezra Taft Benson
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