Roosevelt accused of lifting ship article for Sea Breezes piece
New York reports accumulating evidence alleging Frank D. Roosevelt stole passages for a Sea Breezes tribute to the Mauretania. The June 1950 article, titled Queen with a Fighting Heart, reportedly copied from Humphrey Robertson Jordan’s 1936 Mau retania book with a foreword claiming Aug 1936 composition.
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New York
Frankin D. Roosevel
Mauretania
Roosevelt
Sea Breezes
Humphrey Robertson Jordan
London
Hodder and Stoughton
Mr. Jordan
Vox Pop
Henry Maxwell
E Jordan
Maxwell
Jordan
Monkey Island
Readers Clique Toy Drive Brightens Christmas for Needy Kids
The Readers Clique, led by Mrs Ida Kaplan and Louise and Sandra Jo Doernberg, donated 704.50 to buy brand new toys for underprivileged children. The gifts, funded by the group and a few donors, will be distributed through Good Fellows to bring Christmas cheer amid a family facing irregular work and hardship.
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A. W. Ige
Ida Kaplan
Louise
Sandra Jo Doernberg
Good Fellows
Winter Cold Grips Gulf States As Tax Bill Moves
Sub-freezing temperatures reached deep into Louisiana and Mississippi with Shreveport and Vicksburg recording record lows. The New Orleans bureau warned of more cold nights ahead as photographers sought ice, while Washington talks push the Senate Finance Committee to speed a multi billion dollar excess profits tax. President Truman defends revenue needs amid debate on exemptions and rate levels.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
New Orleans
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Miss
Alexandria
Monroe
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Moisant
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Greenwood
Jackson
Tupelo
Meridian
Burwood
Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Canadian Rockies
Florida Peninsula
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
OUST ACHESON MOVE DELAYED IN SENATE
Washington officials report that Republican senate leaders postponed action on a formal demand for the resignation or replacement of Secretary of State Acheson. The 11 member policy committee will convene all 43 Republican senators for a discussion of Acheson and foreign policy next week. No guarantee of removal exists as President Truman opposes the move. Senator Ives drafted a resolution urging party unity in the matter.
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D.-Ga
Senate
American Federation of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman
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R.-Cole
Millikin
Congress
Washington
State Acheson
Taft
Ohio
Acheson
Asia
Europe
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Ives
Senate Republicans
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Chest Workers Eyeing Clock Campaign Progress
Red Feather volunteers in the Twin Cities prepare for their sixth progress report meeting at noon Friday in the Virginia Hotel Cameo Room. General Chairman W. L. Ethridge Sr. and Co-Chairman Joe G. Durrett host the luncheon as they aim to wind up the $63,000 Chest campaign for 1951 funds with strong committee and volunteer efforts.
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Red Feather
Twin Cities
Virginia Hotel
Cameo Room
W. L. Ethridge, Sr
Ethridge
Joe G. Durrett
Monroe
West Monroe
Mr. Ethridge
Durrett
Sub Zero Weather Spreads From Midwest to Arkansas
An early December storm brought heavy snow and sub zero cold to the south as far as Arkansas. Sleet and snow blanketed Alabama while Tennessee, Kentucky and the eastern Great Smokies saw temperatures plummet. Memphis reported five above, with seventy six Shelby County schools closed and many roads shut.
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Associated Press
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South
Alabama
Dixie
West Gulf Coast
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Newfound Gap
Great Smokies
Shelby
Great Lakes
Florida
West Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Mercury
Fayetteville
Ark
Kansas
Truman Cancels News Conference After Ross Funeral
President Truman cancels his weekly news conference to attend the funeral of his press secretary Charles C. Ross in Chevy Chase Maryland private services set for 2 30 p m EST Ross died of a heart attack Tuesday at age 65 Ross had recently briefed reporters on the latest conference with Prime Minister Attlee before collapsing at his desk
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Washington
Truman
Charles GC. Ross
Ross
Chevy Chase
Attlee
Governor orders four day Christmas holiday
Baton Rouge Louisiana December 7 Governor Earl Long directs a four day Christmas week end holiday for state employees where possible. He proclaimed holidays for Christmas on Monday December 25 and for New Year’s Day on Monday January 1 and where possible employees will not be required to work on Saturday December 23 and Tuesday December 26.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Withdrawal From Korea Not Considered by Shinwell
London December 7 Defense Minister Emanuel Shinwell told the house there is no thought of withdrawing from Korea. He warned of possible harsher tidings from the front and said U N forces face about 270000 Red Chinese troops with 500000 more in reserve, noting Chinese intervention’s scale.
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London
Emanuel Shinwell
House of Commons
Korea
House U. N
Western talks widen as Korea threat shadows peace hopes
Truman and Attlee signal openness to reasonable Korean settlement proposals that avoid appeasing Chinese Communists. Despite limited optimism on Ped China joining a peace appeal, Anglo American talks press for rapid western European rearmament with Eisenhower possibly named as supreme commander within a week. France agrees to form western European troops in a common army and to meet Paris plans, while concerns over German unit integration ease. The Korea crisis remains the overriding issue at Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Ped
China
U. S
Defense Ministry
Europe
Mercury Dips to 18.7 in Monroe as Cold Wave Persists
The cold wave pushed Monroe temperatures to 18.7 degrees last night with over 24 hours below freezing. Officials at Selman Field logged 3:30 a.m. Wednesday as the coldest moment while the day’s high reached 26.9. The forecast calls for 24 to 16 degrees Thursday night, with a rise to 28.2 by 10:30 a.m. Thursday. No snow or sleet fell in the Twin Cities last night despite bright sun and brisk northeast winds.
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Twin Cities
C. A
Selman Field
New Orleans
Louisiana
Gold Sentence Set For Today In Pearl Harbor Spy Case
Harry Gold, a timid 39 year old Philadelphia chemist and courier for Klaus Fuchs, faces possible death or long imprisonment after pleading guilty to wartime espionage. He testified on his betrayed history and linked fellow couriers Abraham Brothman and Miriam Moskowitz, with hush meetings described to police and juries.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Pearl Harbor
Soviet Russia
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
Gold
U. S
James P. MecGranery
FBI
McGranery
Abraham Brothman
Miriam Moskowitz
Brothman
New York
Brothman-Moskowitz
America
Sam
Joe
Marines Free From Red Trap Near Korean Front
Allied forces prepared a new hill defense 25 miles south of Pyongyang as Chinese Red expeditionary troops advanced. The line extended 70 miles inland in northwest Korea from the Yellow Sea, serving as a defense in depth on commanding heights rather than a continuous trench.
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Tokyo
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Manchuria
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Novemer
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
United Nations
Wonsan
Changjin
Hamhung
Hungnam
10Th Corps
Seoul
Korean Republic
MacArthur
Chinnampo
Koksan
Pyongyang
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Koto
Hagaru
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Russians Hold 62792 German War Prisoners
Lake Success Dec 7 A West German representative said at least 62792 German war prisoners are known to be alive in Soviet captivity. George Federar noted this as a minimum figure from a Bonn census and warned that thousands more ex soldiers may be missing or in Soviet territory. The United Nations debate over repatriation and the fate of prisoners moved forward amid Soviet objections.
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Lake Success
George Federar
United Nations Committee
U. N
General Assembly
Federal
Bonn
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Russia
France Presses UN Priority on Chinese Involvement in Korea
In Lake Success the French delegation led a Western push for top UN General Assembly priority on Communist China's intervention in Korea. Russia opposed, urging continuation of debate on U.S. aggression charges against Formosa. Chinese response to cease-fire pleas remained awaited as India’s Rau reported no reply from Wu Hsiu-Chuan after private talks.
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Lake Success
France
United Nations
China
Korea
Russia
Formosa
U. N
Peiping
India
Sir Benegal B. Rau
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Rau
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Pegler
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Silverstein’s
Monroe Furniture Co
J. C. Penney Co
Tax Assessor
Turpin Lumber & Supply Co
R. & A. Jewelry Co
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Winter
Clement Attlee
White House
Shinwell
Federar
U.N
Jean Chauvel
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Chauvel
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