Wherry Moves Senate Vote On Troop Transfer Test
Senate vote looms on a resolution by Senator Wherry Nebraska to bar further U S ground forces to Europe until Congress sets an overall policy The issue anchors a wider foreign policy battle following Korea reverses President Truman defends aiding Western Europe while seeking peaceful settlement with Russia and warns of fighting if needed Taft to speak on presidential authority to deploy troops without Congress approval.
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Yanks Warned To Move Out Of Hong Kong
The U S Consulate General warned American citizens in Hong Kong to evacuate dependents due to deteriorating Far East conditions. Consul General Walter P McConaughy called it precautionary though no emergency is seen, urging readiness amid shipping and air service disruptions. Three companies had already begun removing dependents.
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Meat Raiser Sees Shortage With Controls
C B Batson of DeKalb Illinois told the American National Livestock Association that price controls could trigger another meat shortage like 1945 and 1946. He urged livestock producers to seek ways to expand supply, including larger feeder cattle imports from Mexico and breeding milk cows to beef bulls for beef calves.
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Corn Belt Livestock Feeders Association
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Corn Belt
Mexico
UN Pledges Final Appeal on Korea Peace Effort
The United Nations plans one last appeal to the Chinese Communists for peace in Korea before considering branding Peiping as an aggressor. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb urges delay to allow new talks, saying failure would not be due to efforts to deter aggression. If Peiping rejects the offer, most non Russian bloc nations may back U.S. calls for action against the Reds.
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Fleet Visits Spain for First American Naval Visit
Guided to radar, five United States warships steamed into Barcelona through dense fog for the first American naval visit since the Spanish Civil War, marking a notable port call in Spain.
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United States
Four-Foot Britannia Sword Stolen From Waterloo Place
Britain mourns another royal symbol theft as a four-foot bronze Britannia sword vanishes from the girdle on the statue of Lord Clyde in Waterloo Place London. Scotland Yard probes rail stations and late-night cafes for any sighting after reports last night.
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Westminster Abbey
Football Association
Navy building program cleared by House committee
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 2 billion dollar Navy shipbuilding bill. It authorizes a new giant aircraft carrier to lead the fleet and to carry high speed planes and heavy bombers for delivering an A bomb. Admiral Forrest Sherman testified. Chairman Vinson framed the measure.
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House Armed Services Committee
Navy
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
UN Forces Attack Near Wonju as Communists Advance
Allied troops fight to slow the Communist tide toward central Korea as UN retreat continues toward Pusan. Battles flare 2 miles south of Wonju and 6 miles southwest. air support operates against Red concentrations. Chinese buildup near Osan prompts road patrol clashes and mass movement of refugees southward.
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Truman Honors Five Medal of Honor Recipients
President Truman awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously or to the families of five Army servicemen killed or missing in Korea. The honorees include Brown missing near Kasan Taejon General Dean Watkins Henry Turner, with acts of valor cited amid the Am-dong Yongsan actions in September.
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Turner
Proposal to name carrier for late James Forrestal
Informal discussion emerged that the proposed 60 000 ton aircraft carrier may be named for James Forrestal the first Secretary of Defense, reflecting his legacy.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Defense
Truman outlines wartime ship program and costs
President Truman presented a plan to Congress for building 133 new vessels including a 60,000 ton aircraft carrier at an estimated cost of 235 million dollars and converting 257 existing ships. Vinson said work should begin soon with completion in about five years. The program includes two prototype ocean escorts for anti submarine testing and relies on Defense Department and Budget Bureau approvals.
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Miss Bentley Reveals Remington Espionage Ties
Elizabeth Bentley testified in William Wemington's perjury trial about wartime espionage in Washington. She said Remington paid party dues, shared a super secret rubber formula, and supplied aircraft data and D‑Day invasion hints through groups including Silvermaster. She asserted no deliberate leaks from Hilldring's Civilian Affairs Division.
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Elizabeth Bentley
Washington
D- Day
Europe
William Wemington
Commerce Department
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Remington
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U. S
William Ludwig Ullman
Treasury Department
Air Force
Pentagon
Johnn H. Hilldring
Hilldring
Jolson Stepmother Dies in Washington
Ida Yoelson aged 80, stepmother of Al Jolson, died in Washington yesterday without learning that Jolson had died last October 23. George Jolson, her stepson, said the family always answered yes to her questions about Al’s weekly letters.
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al Jolson
Ida Yoelson
George Jolson
Mammy Singer
Eisenhower Pleased With Early Atlantic Pact Talks
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, in Brussels on the second leg of his Atlantic Pact tour, expressed satisfaction with discussions in France and Belgium. He held briefings at Fontainebleau with Brussels Pact leaders and met with Premier Pleven and other officials, signaling hope for a multinational army to defend Western Europe.
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Robert Schuman
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Australia
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Paris Protesters Demand Peace in Communist Demonstration
About 209 Communist demonstrators marched in Paris chanting for peace and opposing Eisenhower era policies. Police estimated turnout and monitored the protest as organizers asserted a peaceful assembly.
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Stassen Sees World Peace Hopes Bright After Trip
Harold Stassen returned from a five week round the world trip convinced that despite real dangers of war, prospects for world peace are brighter. He cited global awakening to communist imperialism, desire for peace across Iron Curtain nations, and rearming peace-desiring powers as key factors. He arrived by plane from London.
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FBI Probes Plane Damage at Dayton Air Base
At Dayton Municipal Airport at least two Air National Guard planes were damaged and the FBI investigates sabotage. An F-41’s oxygen hose was slashed and beer cans were found in wheel wells, potentially hindering landing gear operation.
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Ex-MP Hilton Philipson Dies After Short Illness
Brighton England AP reports Mrs Hilton Philipson 64 an ex showgirl and one of Britain s first women in the House of Commons died today after a brief illness.
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England
Hilton Philipson
Britain
House of Commons
Congress Sets Starting Date for Tax Bill
A tentative agreement to begin consideration of a multi billion tax bill on February 1 was reached by Secretary Snyder and congressional managers. The measure could raise as much as 10 billion annually. presidents and leaders discussed a third installment tax proposal as deficits loom around 75 billion for the coming fiscal year.
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Europe Press Hails Truman State of the Union
Free European press hails President Truman's speech as a morale booster for nations resisting Soviet aggression. France Belgium and Scandinavia say it hardens Western resolve to defend against communism while Moscow offered no reaction. The Figaro declares America has moved beyond appeasement and that the year of weakness is over.
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State of the Union
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Fire Tears Through Dresden Building Top Floors
A defective flue caused a blaze that gutted the top two floors of a three story brick building in Dresden. The structure housed the Dresden Hardware Company and an Atlantic Pacific Tea Company market. Damage estimates were not available.
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Dresden Hardware Company
Atlantic Pacific Tea Company
Bad Man Bill Cook Strikes Fear Across Southwest
FBI reports a man believed to be Bad Man Bill Cook attempted to pick up a sailor in Chula Vista at 2 am while authorities chase leads across Texas Oregon Kansas and New Mexico. Sightings in multiple states and a Nevada chase add to a nationwide manhunt for the 24 year old desperado suspected of killing up to eight people.
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Bill) Cook
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Columbus Attorney Joseph Gill Named First Assistant AG
Columbus attorney Joseph Gill, whose home is in Athens, is Ohio's new First Assistant Attorney General. Atty General C William O Neill announced Gill's appointment last night. Gill previously served as Assistant Attorney General under Hugh Jemkins.
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Jemkins
Religious Cult Awaits End Of World In BC Cottage
In Keremeos, 35 followers of the Children of Light remain in a dim cottage awaiting the end or a meeting with God. Leader Grace Carlson declined specifics, saying only that earth’s end Vision dated January 9 may arrive, while adherents sever worldly ties and cover windows to keep the vigil private.
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Grace Agnes Carlson
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