U S Proposes Six Point Plan To Rebuild Korea
United States officials outline a six point peace formula for Korea calling for a unified country aided by a strong UN commission with wide authority. Britain and Canada propose similar postwar steps while Koreans and Asians would play major roles on the UN body. Final peace terms with the North Koreans are treated as a military decision for General MacArthur's command.
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New York
Korea
United Nations
United States
Britain
Canada
China
Soviet Union
U. S
MacArthur
Truman Letter To Marines Used In GOP Campaigns
Washington AP A Truman letter to Marines is being mobilized by Republicans for reelection campaigns accusing the President of blundering. Rep McDonough says the original may fetch bids beyond $1,000 and will be sold via the Marine Corps League to a qualified buyer, with distribution limited to credible bidders.
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Marine Corps
Truman
House
Representative McDonough
R-Calif
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Marine Corps League
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Triumphal Taejon Return Marred by ATrocity Report
U S 2nd Division recaptured Taejon in Korea in a triumphant return along the Heartbreak Highway. The victory was marred by reports that about 400 American prisoners were tied and shot by fleeing Reds at West Taejon during the last three days. Two wounded men, Sgt. Carey H. Weiner and Pfc. Ralph E. Peterson, said they escaped by playing dead after being bound and shot. one South Korean survived.
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Korea
24Th
William F. Dean
U.S
West Taejon
Carey H. Weiner
Hickman Mills
Ralph E. Peterson
Yorkville
Lovett Named Deputy Defense Secretary by Truman
Former Undersecretary of State Robert A. Lovett was chosen by President Truman to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. He will succeed Stephen Early, who leaves to return to private business. Lovett, 55, is a Huntsville Texas native and has deep ties to Marshall, currently serving in New York banking with Brown Brothers Harriman.
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Robert A. Lovett
Truman
General Marshall
Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Marshall
Lovett
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Senate
Huntsville
Tex
Air
Louis Johnson
Trusman
Johnson
George C. Marshall
Secintay
Bridge Victim
A poem reflecting frustration with unkind bridge players who harshly judge a novice. The speaker endures ribbing over bidding errors and failed Blackwood, fears “the right to pray,” and longs to escape experts when the card table is involved. The piece closes with a plea for mercy from the game’s mavens.
Ives Urges Truman to Step Up Price Controls
Senator Ives of New York urged President Truman to accelerate price control efforts as public prices rise. He warned Congress may need to act by January 1 to organize a large scale agency. A Federal Reserve Board report warned of an anticipated drop in living standards due to defense demand and constrained civilian supplies. The Interior Department created a Minerals and Energy Administration to ration scarce resources.
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Ives
Truman
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Interior Department
Minerals and Energy Administration
MEA
Sap
Meat Prices Fall As Livestock Increases
Washington AP government forecasts larger meat supplies and lower prices as cattle and hogs move to slaughter markets. Slaughterers cut buying prices, signaling retail price drops. Meat output rose 6 percent week over week and 11 percent from last year, led by pork. Beef cattle supplies at major markets were up, while hog receipts were the season’s largest. Corn conditions in the next 10 days could affect beef slaughter.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Young Mother Admits Slaying Her 3 Children
FOSSIL Ore AP A 23 year old mother Juanita Louise Carr told officers she smothered two children and dropped another on its head. The killings occurred over about 20 months, beginning with the death of three year old Patrick Carr on September 15. She admitted smothering the girl and the two year old Gary in his crib, and said Donald died after being dropped on his head January 15, 1949. District Attorney George Dukek noted no charges were filed yet and she would be examined by a psychiatrist.
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George Dukek
Juanita Louise Carr
Dukek
Patrick Carr
Carr
Gary
FBI Aids Chicago Slaying Investigation
AP reports the federal government was asked to assist Chicago police in solving the killing of William J. Drury a longtime private investigator and former officer. Senator Kefauver said the crime aimed to stop Drury from testifying to a Senate committee on organized crime and urged DOJ and FBI help as detectives pursue leads after a night of searches with no clues.
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William J. Drury
Sen
Estes Kefauver D-Tena
U. S. Senate
Drury
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kefauver
Defauver
John S. Boyle
General Dean May Be Living After Korea Loss
Army reports South Korean informants overheard Communist officers plotting to move Maj. Gen. William F. Dean from Chongju stockade to Seoul. Dean, commander of the 24th Division, has been missing since Taejon. Reports say 200 civilians were killed in Chongu stockade as Reds left. Dean helped a Pvt. Wessels knock out a tank, and he was last seen directing fire as Communist tanks entered Taejon.
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Eral Dean
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Chongu
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Alfred Wessels
Stanton
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Berkeley
Calif
MacArthur
Carlyle
Vinson Urges Changes For Draft System
Representative Vinson of Georgia urged revision of the draft to fix inequalities in callups of National Guard and Reserve forces while men with no prior service remain home. He called hearings on Army manpower to propose remedies, noting exemptions for dependents and concerns over high draft rejection rates and thresholds for a 3 million force.
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D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Guard
Army
Peace feeler rumor denied by UN and capitals
Top diplomats at the UN and in several capitals denied knowledge of rumored peace feelers by North Korea. Indian UN representatives were not cited as having proposals, and officials in New Delhi and Britain’s Foreign Office rejected the reports as unsubstantiated.
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New Delhi
London
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Benegal N. Rau
India
Gabe
91 Yank POWs Freed By 25th Division In Korea
Two columns of US 25th Division battle across deep south Korea free 91 American prisoners of war. Namwon freed 80, Hadong 11 as linkup near Namwon 65 miles south of Taejon. Colvin and Corley led columns through rugged terrain, capturing trucks artillery and ammo dumps while mopping up remaining Reds.
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South
Namwon
Taejon
Chinju
Republic of Korea
Hadong
John Corley
Brooklyn
W. G. Colvin
Greensboro
Colvin
Americans Hold Every Part of War-Torn Seoul
Seoul fallen to Allied forces after a five day siege. Col Lewis Puller of the First U.S. Marine Regiment fixed victory at 6 p.m. Wednesday as remaining Reds retreated. Koreans begin debris clearing and resuming life amid damage. UN armored fist tightens Seoul as prisoners rescued in Namwon and Hadong. Walker notes rout of North Korean army, with local clashes likely to continue.
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Saluda
Seoul
Korea
South Korea
United Nations
Taejon
Namwon
Hadong
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Walker
United New
North Korean troops ordered to retreat, US drafts 300,000 more soldiers
A New Delhi broadcast picked up in Tokyo reported North Korean Premier Kim I Sung ordered defeated troops to pull back beyond the 38th parallel. In Washington, Representative Vinson said the Army will need 300,000 additional soldiers in the next six months.
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India
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Truman fills top posts puzzling insiders in D C
Washington observers note President Truman has shuffled senior jobs, denying some 1948 fundraisers key posts. Walter S. Gifford, ex AT and T head, became ambassador to London, a prized posting. James Bruce and Louis Johnson shifted from earlier roles as internal realignments occur.
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Truman
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London
James Bruce
Argentina
State Department
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Bruce
Lewis
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