Marines enjoy Christmas in Korea amid high morale
DeWitt Mackenzie observes U S First Marine Division camps in Korea during a holiday season. Leathernecks, scarred by the Changjin retreat, relax with football and jokes while maintaining readiness for future combat. Ambulances, artillery and wounded gear dot the area as officers note common colds but overall fitness.
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North Korea
Changjin Reservoir
Hagaru
Koto
Medical Corps
Burned tanker to be berthed in New Orleans
New Orleans December 26 The flame scarred tanker Esso Balti more aground in the Mississippi River was being pumped out to be moved to a berth after a collision with a tow of oil barges Sunday night. An explosion set both afire and drew 20 fire units. The blaze threatened the port for hours. Two crewmen were hospitalized for shock and exposure. Unofficial damage estimates reached up to 3 million dollars. The fire was controlled after five hours.
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New Orleans
Esso Baltimore
Mississippi River
Cold War Fronts Tie Socialists and German Politics
William L. Ryan analyzes Cominform signaling a broad leftist front against rearmament and war in Europe, warnings of a stealth campaign aimed at Germany and France by the Communists, echoing 1930s popular front tactics and current East‑West political tensions. A second item notes a national call for mass prayer on New Year’s Eve led by the National Council of Churches and allied denominations. Also reports elevators in New York’s Sutton Terrace installing passenger phones connected to building switchboards.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Europe
Kremlin
Cominform Journal
Moscow
France
Germany
Italy
Max Reimann
West Germany
East Berlin
Ward
Popular Front
Soviet Union
Stilin
Hitler
New York
United States
National Council of Churches of Christ of America
Henry Knox Sherrill
Council
Truman
New Sutton Terrace
East Side
Eisenhower as Atlantic Pact choice faces huge task ahead
Editorial lauds General Eisenhower as the Atlantic Pact’s unanimous pick for unified European defense. It notes his blend of leadership and realism, outlines expected force levels, and discusses the strategic challenge of deterring Soviet moves while awaiting mobilization. The piece shifts to a personal Christmas column, humorously detailing failed gift exchanges and reflections on postwar life.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Gettysburg
Truman
Fisenhower
Europe
Germany
Russia
China
Soviet Union
United Nations
Moscow
Eisenhower
New Congress Faces Arming Cost and Home Front Rules
Washington notes the 82nd Congress, elected last November, will take office January 3, 1951, and confront rapid defense spending and home front controls. Debates loom on arms funding, wage and price policies, draft, and allied rearmament with Europe under Eisenhower. The paper also foresees partisan politics amid looming national crises and a two year term ending January 3, 1953.
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Washington
Russia
Congress
Truman
Secretary of State
State Department
Capitol
Charles Wilson
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Europe
Western
Eisenhower
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Lewis Behavior Pattern Shows John L Lewis Defiant
John L. Lewis, the professional non-conformist, resists government authority in the current emergency. He refused to recognize the Wage Stabilization Board and sent a subordinate to a Washington meeting. With four coal strikes in 1943, he signals potential disruption to defense efforts. The UMW contract expires April 1, 1951, giving Truman and advisers about three months to prepare.
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John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
Washington
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
Henry McLemore On Gift Exchange Customs For Christmas
Henry McLemore notes two schools of thought on swapping Christmas gifts for alternatives. One favors keeping whatever is sent, even if it is a cobra or other surprising item, highlighting practical and humorous tensions in holiday exchanges.
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Associated Press
The Great Incentive for Purposeful Child Labor
Angelo Path Our Children urges tapping a child’s deeply felt wants to drive effort. Parents and teachers should observe what a child longs for, encourage pursuit, and provide support to convert desire into learning, character, and growth.
Christmas pigeon shoot rattles Nashville square
Nashville police report festive pigeon shoot on public square on Christmas Day with no injuries or arrests. Marksmen fire at hundreds of birds while city tradition aims to curb the pest. the event has persisted for decades despite a city firearm ban on holidays.
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Nashville
Tenn
Public Square
Christmas Carols Across Time and Nations
The piece traces Yuletide music from European origins to American contributions. It notes classics like O Come All Ye Faithful and God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, along with American additions such as White Christmas and Silver Bells. It highlights three 19th century American revivals and cites National Geographic on origins and translations.
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Washington
Irving Berlin
Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus
Europe
America
National Geographic Society
Germany
Luther
England
France
National Geographic
Edmund H. Sears
Massachusetts
John Henry Hopkins, Jr
Orient
Holy Land
Phillips Brooks
Bethlehem
John Pierpont
Questions and Answers From a Historical Quiz Page
A historic Q and A collection covers yuletide bayberry candles, human races, air travel safety, the first Panama Canal ship in 1914, and U N postal stamps. It notes bayberry wax from bayoberry shrubs by the sea, denies racial exam conclusions, compares airline, train, and bus safety, and outlines U N stamp revenue ideas with Huron language reference.
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U. S. First Marine Division
Korea
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U. S
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International Convention of the Disciples of Christ
National Council
Belshazzar
New Zealand
Sheep Dippers
Georgia
Snooky Lawson
Rock of Gibraltar
Harry Stevens
Sammy Renick
Toots
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
James Marlow
Nation
Demcratic
Henry McLemore
The
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News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
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Joan D. Ewing Wilson Ewing
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Chicago
Atlanta
Dulles
Detroit
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Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Memphis
Monroe Mews-Star
Angelo
Patri
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Jane Eads
Jean de Brebeuf
Gladys Parker
Gladys Taran
Panama Canal
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