Eisenhower to Lead International European Army in 1951
Brussels December 19 The 12 Atlantic pact nations announced Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will start organizing an international European army early in 1951 to keep the peace. The plan includes German ground and air units under centralized command with a target force of 1 000 000 men by end of 1953.
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Brussels
Belgium
Atlantic Alliance
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
Truman
Pact
Russia
Germany
Andre Francois Poncet
France
Fair Enough Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler details a pattern of President Truman’s aggressive letters to critics and confidants. He cites 1948 Baruch and Krock letters as examples of a brutal, lawless temperament and threats to maim and restrict free speech.
Five Year Sentence for Counterfeiter in Los Angeles Case
Kenneth G. Hollands, 24, faced a potential 30 960 years in prison after pleading guilty to counterfeiting. Federal Judge Peirson M. Hall sentenced him to five years and five years probation after learning his highly realistic bogus bills evaded detection until analyzed by Federal Reserve Bank experts. Hollands cited opposition to the federal reserve system and international bankers.
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Los Angeles
Kenneth G. Hollands
Peirson M. Hall
Hollands
Secret Service
Assessor Max Brodnax Dies After Morehouse Crash
Ferriday La Dec 19 Special Max Brodnax Morehouse parish assessor was fatally injured when his car left the highway near Clayton Monday night He died in a Ferriday hospital shortly before 5 am Tuesday He was about 65 years old and survived by his wife two sons and a brother The Ouachita parish assessor's office will close Wednesday for funeral attendance He had served 16 years as Morehouse parish assessor
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Ferriday
Max Brodnax
Morehouse Parish
Clayton
Brodnax
Baton Rouge
Robinson
Bastrop
Ed Brodnax
Louis Brodnax
Ouachi
Loyalty shown Good Fellows loyalty shown good fellows
Donations listed acknowledge various individuals and groups for memorials and gifts totaling 1687.05. Named contributors include Mrs Kate Ensminger Emily Kay Ensminger, T A Grant Sr Arthur David Ensminger, Dr Melvin Hunter John Es minger, Central Grammar School Grade 5 PTA, Dr and Mrs Bert Hein, Spanish War Voter Alice Y Riddick Mrs Owen Cobb, and others. The note praises continued loyalty to Good Will and hints at continuation on Fitch Page.
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Kate Ensminger
Emily Kay Ensminger
T. A. Grant
Arthur David Ensminger
Melvin Hunter
John Esminger
Central Grammar School
P.T. A
Bert Hein
Auto industry watches ESA in GM price rollback talks
Detroit December 19 car makers rush to Washington for talks with ESA officials on modifying the price rollback. General Motors leads protest, seeks changes to order while C I O Auto Workers join in. GM halted sale of 51 Chevrolet and Pontiac models as price boosts were rolled back.
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Detroit
Washington
General Motors
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
G. M
Michael V. di Salle
Chevro
Western Germany to be allowed own air force under pact
Western Germany will gain a limited own air force under a NATO style plan tied to an Atlantic defense pact. The agreement envisions 55 to 60 divisions plus air and sea arms and a total force around 1,000,000 by late 1953, with Bonn contributing 25 combat units of about 6,000 troops each.
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Brussels
Belgium
Western
Germany
Russia
Europe
Bonn
Truman Declines To Fire Acheson
President Truman refused to dismiss Secretary of State Dean Acheson at a Washington news conference. He cited unity and warned that communism would gain if Acheson were removed, saying he would be among the first targets of the enemies of liberty.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Seward
Fruman
Dean Acheson
Senate
House
Pacific
Marshall
Flash Reported North of New Orleans
New Orleans Dec 19 The civil aeronautics administration investigated reports from two aircraft of a brilliant flash at about 30 000 feet roughly 40 miles north of New Orleans near Biloxi and over New Orleans at 1123 p m last night A third report from McComb Miss described a vapor trail southeast of McComb The CAA noted the flash described as bluish green and said no planes were known to be in the area and the weather bureau had no meteor or comet sightings locally
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New Orleans
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Biloxi
McComb
Miss
Delta Airlines holds annual stockholders meeting
Delta Airlines officials reelected C. E. Woolman as president and general manager and named Laigh C. Parker vice president of traffic and sales. New DC-6 aircraft to cost one million dollars will be added in January, bringing seven DC-6, six DC-4, 23 DC-3 and 21 dusting ships. The carrier carried 500000 passengers in the best year and employs 2193 people.
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Delta Airlines
C. E. Woolman
Manger
Laigh C. Parker
Charles H. Dolson
Travis Oliver
C. H. McHenry
L. B. Judd
Catherine FitzGerald
C. F E. Faulk
Richard W. Coutts
R. W. Freeman
Edward H. Gerry
Winship Nunnally
Richard J. Reynolds
D. Y. Smith
Monroe
Absent Bank Teller Arrested in Miami Bank Heist
FBI announces the arrest of Ramon Earl Irwin, 24, a Miami, Florida bank teller, who disappeared with 30573 dollars and 50 cents after unloading 26075 dollars from his car in wrappers labeled Federal Reserve Bank and First National Bank of Miami Beach. He was arrested at midnight on embezzlement charges and arraigned by U.S. Commissioner Nicholson with temporary bail set at 30000 dollars. Irwin reportedly fled to Atlanta under an assumed name after leaving the bank and taking a taxi to his apartment and airport.
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Memphis
Tenn
FBI
Ramon Earl Irwin
Miami
Fla
Don Hostetter
Irwin
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank of
Teller
Atlanta
Red Army Reappears On Hungnam Beachhead Front
North Korean forces rebuild on the eastern flank of the Hungnam beachhead as 7,000 to 8,000 men from three reconstituted divisions press from the right. American pilots and artillery blunt the attack while civilians flee Hamhung and looters terrorize the city. New winter uniforms and refitted units surface, and Chinese North Korean forces coordinate across sectors. Airmen report fires at Wonsan, likely set by naval shelling.
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Hungnam
Korea
William Quinn
Crisfield
U. S
Tenth Corps
Edward M. Almond
Quinn
Hamhung
79Th
41St Division
507Th
Wonsan
U. N
Here
Louisiana Soldier Faces 180 Day Jail Term
Evansville Ind December 19 A Louisiana soldier Sgt Bertram Studer 30 DeRidder La was sentenced to 180 days in jail for drunken driving after a collision Saturday that killed two people Sgt George Brkich 27 Powhatan Point Ohio and Mrs Irene Jerrell 26 Hudson Michigan Were fined $100 and his lawyer said an appeal will be filed
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Evansville
Ind
Louisiana
Frank Fish
Bertram Studer
DeRidder
Studer
George Brkich
Powhatan Point
Irene Jerrell
Hudson, Mich
Allies Slamming Enemy With Steel
Allied naval, air and ground forces pounded Chinese and Korean Communist forces around Hungnam in northeast Korea. U S air force abandoned Yonpo Airfield Sunday while engineers destroyed supplies and disabled aircraft. Red buildup on the east flank pressed the beachhead as 7,000 to 8,000 troops were estimated there. Navy and marine air and sea power blasted concentrations, with 800 reported killed or wounded, while ground troops held off nocturnal attacks near Hungnam. Western front north of Seoul remained quiet.
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Olen Clements
Tokyo
Slim Hungnam
Korea
U. S
Tenth Corps
William Quinn
Crisfield
Hamhung
Northeast Korea
Hungnam
Sea of Japan
Hungnam Port
Seventh Division
Seoul
Eighth Army
Nation reports crop position strong with record soybeans and corn
The agriculture department says the nations crop production for the year was the third largest on record, with cotton the only major disappointment. Record volumes came from soybeans, grain sorghum, sugar beets, and red clover seed, while corn slightly surpassed forecasts at 3,131,000,000 bushels. Wheat, barley, and other staples ran below average. Data for states like Mississippi and Arkansas show high yields and large outputs, though cotton and cottonseed remained relatively small.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Air Guard groups summoned for federal service February first
The air force announced Washington today it will call five air National Guard groups and additional units into federal service on February 1. Designations of units and bases cannot be announced for security reasons. Five guard groups have already been brought into federal service since October.
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Washington
The
Air Force
Air National Guard
Defense Department
National Guard
Machinery Is Believed Set For All-Out Mobilization
President Truman indicated price controls on GM cars and potential broader mobilization steps as he asked Congress for wartime powers. He said prices would be fixed by the stabilization administrator and noted GM halted 1951 model sales after a roll back ordered under the defense production act. The move sparks talk of an all-out national mobilization.
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White House
Baruch
Truman
Mr. Baruch
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Krock
Arthur
Washington
Boots
Roosevelt
Paul Hume
Margaret Truman
Hume
Berlin
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Tru
Man
Armed Services
Congress
Burton Released On Prison Parole
Lake Charles Louisiana December 19 W T Burton wealthy oilman is home after parole from federal prison Seagoville Texas He and two Louisiana men were convicted in 1948 of conspiring to influence a federal court jury in New Orleans Burton was sent to Seagoville last January The others Joseph Cauthorn Mansfield and Marcel F LaBranche New Orleans were released on parole December 4
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Lake Charles
W. T. Burton
Federal Correctional Institution
Seagoville
Tex
Burton
Louisiana
New Orleans
Joseph Cawthorn
Mansfield
Marcel F. LaBranche
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Westbrook
Pegler
New York
Bernard Baruch
Assesor
Morehouse
Berg
Thompson Wood Lee
United Spanish War
Alice Y. Riddick
Owen Cobb
Leonard
Harry Sime Okie
S. E. Johnson
West Monroe Methodist Church
Harry. M. Williams
Tll
Ed F. Caldwell
Susan, Jane
Ann Ae
Lida Benton School
Biedenharns
Fitch
Auto Industry
Western Germany
Colleen Townsend
Louis H. Evans, Jr
Hollywood
Louis T. Evans
Orleans
DELTA
RED Army
Louisiana Soldier
U. S. Air Force
Yonpo Airfield
Army
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