MacArthur Says Troops Unbeaten In Korea
President Truman weighs declaring a national emergency possibly with wage price controls and invites both Democratic and Republican leaders to a White House meeting. Taft joins talks as the White House signals bipartisan action, with further discussions planned among Truman, congressional leaders, and top advisers.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Truman
Taft
R.-O
White House
E.S. T
Senate
House
Rayburn
D.tex
Public fund drive defends Greenwich activist in libel case
Westbrook Pegler reports the American Legion urged post and individual contributions to bail out Mrs. John T. McCullough of Greenwich Connecticut amid a libel suit against Paul Draper and Larry Adler. He details the funds raised and spent including attorney fees totaling over 59 thousand dollars while the McCulloughs face ongoing legal jeopardy and possible further trials.
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New York
American Legion
National Executive Committee
John T. McCullough
Greenwich
Conn
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
McCullough
Draper
Adler
McCulloughs
de Witt, van Aken and Nast
Hirschberg, Pettengill, Strong and Deming
Correction issued for gift memorials in aid fund
In Sunday’s acknowledgements a donation marked In Memory of H Mickel was missing the five dollar designation due to a typographical error. The corrected total donations now amount to 955.50 including Goodfellow and other donors.
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H. Mickel
Goodfellow
Ann Rose
Paul Plyler, Jr
David Sublan
Skippy Greene
Hank & Salley
Ann Taylor
Passman Equipment Co
Marie Adell
Fred Hancock, Jr
Virginia Newman
Gipson
Magee Given Five-Year Term for Carnal Knowledge
Frank N. Magee, 34, of Alexandria, received the maximum five years in the state penitentiary for carnal knowledge of a juvenile in fourth district court. Judge David S. Garrett presided. Magee was indicted, pleaded not guilty, then changed to guilty on Monday.
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Frank N. Magee
Alexandria
Fourth District
David S. Garrett
Magee
Cut Ordered In Use Of Natural Rubber
Washington reports a government move to cut natural rubber use in new auto tires. January and February quotas require a 2 percent reduction from November levels, with November at 52 000 tons. Total monthly consumption for natural and synthetic rubber stays around 90 000 tons, with synthetic rubber to make up the cut.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Moslems Riot Over Child Custody Clash in Singapore
Thousands of violent mobs roamed Singapore tonight targeting European residents in a bid to kidnap 13 year old Maria Bertha Hertogh, raised Muslim. Police battled rioters who burned cars and attacked bystanders as clashes left wounded officers and crippled streets.
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Singapore
Maris Berthe Hertogh
Maria Bertha
Two Brothers Dead in Auto Near Chauvin Ark
Bodies of two El Dorado men in their 30s found in a parked car off Sterlington road near Chauvin by state police. Identified as Jack Tv. Dison and Eliga Meek Dison of route 1 El Dorado. Coroner attributes death to carbon monoxide after they likely parked Sunday night. Blood analyses pending.
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el Dorado, Ark
Sterlington Road
Chauvin
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Jack Tv. Dison
Eliga Meek Dison
Route 1
el Dorado
Ark
French
Louisiana Cold Snap Drops Below Freezing Across State
An Associated Press report describes a recent cold outbreak in Louisiana and Mississippi with temperatures dipping to 21 degrees in northern Mississippi and 24 degrees in Jackson. Louisiana towns Monroe and Alexandria also saw lows near 25 to 29 degrees while New Orleans recorded 36. Warmer conditions were forecast to return from the Gulf with southeasterly winds and fair skies.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Jackson
Meridian
McComb
Greenwood
Monroe
Alexandria
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Moisant
New Orleans
Gulf
Peace plan for Korea expected this noon in United Nations
Lake Success Dec 11 United States allied nations await Sir Benegal Rau to unveil a new Korean peace plan drafted by 13 Asian countries who urged Communist China to join talks. The plan reportedly calls for an immediate cease fire and a demilitarized zone, with possible direct negotiations between the U.S. and Peiping for a settlement. The U.S. maintains the UN as the proper venue and would oppose direct talks with Peiping if it implies recognition. Rau offered no further details.
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Lake Success
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Korea
United Nations
Rau
China
38Th Parallel
Washington
U. N
State Department
Nine Receive Nobel Prizes in Stockholm and Oslo
Nine laureates were honored across Stockholm and Oslo on December 11, marking the 54th anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. Americans included William Faulkner for literature, Ralph Bunche for peace, and Mayo Clinic researchers Philip Hench and Edward Kendall for hormone studies. Other recipients were Bertrand Russell, Cecil Powell, Otto Diels, Kurt Adler, and Tadeusz Reichstein for chemistry and physics.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oslo
Norway
Alfred Nobel
William Faulkner
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Philip S. Hench
Edward C. Kendall
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Mann
Bertrand Russell
Cecil F.powell
Britain
Bristol University
Otto Diels
Kurt Adler
Tadeusz Reichstein
Morrison Accepts Offer Of Long To Send State Troops
New Orleans reports Gov. Earl Long will send state police to aid in closing race horse bookmaking operations after Mayor Morrison accepted the help. Morrison warned that without broader action across neighboring parishes, bookmaking would continue, hurt betting revenue at the Fairgrounds, and drive away better horses and tourists.
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Morrison
Long
New Orleans
Earl Long
deLesseps Morrison
Louisiana
Fairgrounds
Republicans Consider No Confidence in Acheson Ouster
Washington reports that Senate Republicans failed to reach a decision on Senator Ives of New York’s bid to declare no confidence in Secretary of State Acheson and demand his removal. A four member policy subcommittee met in secret, with no conclusion reached and another session planned. The plan faces the 43 Republican senators as calls for reform surface amid party divisions. President Truman had a recent public letter tied to the week’s events.
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Washington
Ives
New York
Senate
State Acheson
Fourman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Acheson
Wherry
Nebraska
Milliken
Colorado
Senate Republican Conference
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Truman
Two Hurt In Two Accidents Near Here
Two people were injured in separate accidents Sunday near here. Fred Stovall, 67, owner of Stovall Drilling Co., was hurt when a car struck his jeep four miles south on the Winnsboro road. E J Hughes, 21, Bastrop, was hospitalized with undetermined injuries after a car rolled over nearby. Richard H Swaggart, 36, Monroe, was charged with careless and reckless driving for the crash involving Stovall’s jeep.
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Here
Fred Stovall
Stovall Drilling Company
Winnsboro
E.J. Hughes
Richard H. Swaggart
Route 2
Monroe
Stovall
Rochelle Avenue
Swaggart
Tennessee girl war widow at 15
Tennessee girl married in Louisville to an army private who died after being wounded in Korea. The 17 year old husband died two days after being wounded on November 29. His wife, 15, is at home with her parents in Louisville and is pregnant. The widow is with her mother and father in Louisville while her grandmother in Port Royal confirms the telegram delivery.
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Clarksville
Tenn
John Lawrence Sullivan
Department of Defense
Korea
Ed Sales
Port Royal
Here
Decker
Sullivan
Fort Knox
Louisville
MacArthur tours Korea as Marines push toward Hamhung coast
General MacArthur flew to Korea for a hard look at the UN force. He said it remained unbeaten and able to fight the Chinese. Meanwhile 25,000 American marines and soldiers moved down to the Hamhung coastal plain after escaping Red traps near Changjin reservoir.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations Command
Hamhung
Changjin Reservoir
United Nations
U. N
U. S. First Marine Division
Army
Seventh Infantry Division
Changjin
Four Burglaries Reported In Monroe Over Weekend
Monroe police reported four burglaries over the weekend. At 510 Hall Street a break in occurred Saturday night with $100 stolen from Mrs. Hall. A break in at S and R Grocery 1316 Breard involved window damage, ransacked drawers, and a broken front register. At Hudson's Service Station 1205 Louisville Avenue about $12 was stolen after a back window was broken. The Ouachita Cigar and Tobacco Co. cigarette machine was turned.
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Monroe
Louis Hall
Hall Street
Hudson’s
Louisville Avenue
Etrance
Ouachita Cigar and Tobacco Company
Mississippi and Louisiana soldier captive to China in Korea
Cpl Samuel C. Odom of Flora Mississippi and Pfe Timothy Jenkins of Columbia Louisiana reported 21 days as prisoners of Chinese communists in North Korea before release. They described marching toward the Manchurian border, hunger and poor equipment, and said they were released near their lines on the night of November 22 after being moved by truck.
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San Francisco
Mississippi
Louisiana
North Korea
Samuel C. Odom
Flora
Miss
Pfe
Timothy Jenkins
Columbia
Odem
Seattle
Letterman General Hospital
Union
Manchurian
Odom
Plane brings in 52 for hospital corpsmen
Tokyo December 11 A Pan American Airways plane arrived from San Francisco with 52 enlisted hospital corpsmen for the U S navy hospital at Yokosuka naval base The flight was taken over by military authorities and commercial passengers were diverted The plane will leave tomorrow night with 61 wounded GIs from Korea
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Tokyo
Pan- American Airways
San Francisco
U. S. Navy
Yokosuka Naval Base
Korea
Pan American
Cheniere Spill Work Approved in Ouachita Parish
A $27,000 repair order for the Cheniere brake spillway near West Monroe Ouachita Parish was approved. State Public Works Director J Lester White said Foreum James Co of Baton Rouge won the contract Oct 24 and has 90 days to finish. Materials include riprap reinforced concrete and sheet piling.
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Baton Rouge la
Cheniere
Ouachita Parish
J. Lester White
State Department of Public Works
White
Foreum James Co
Baton Rouge
West Monroe
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J. C. Penney Co
Maria
U. S. Seventh Division
Yalu River
Life Magazine
Tennessee
Hungnam
U.N
Hangman
10Th Corps
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