Eisenhower team urges concrete peace proposals from Stalin
Secretary designate John Foster Dulles says the new administration will seriously and sympathetically consider any concrete peace proposals from Premier Stalin. Eisenhower spoke with Dulles in New York after Stalin’s replies to New York Times questions were published. Dulles notes Stalin expressed willingness to meet and Russia's interest in ending the war.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Stalin
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York
New York Times
Mr. Stalin
Adenauer seeks strong man to head Bonn office
Bonn West Germany chancellor Adenauer urged President Eisenhower to appoint a forceful high commissioner to Germany to bolster alliance commitments. He reportedly asked for two favored candidates and urged U.S. action to energize the Western alliance as McCloy and Donnelly retire at year end. Possible choices include Draper Jr., Murphy, and Kennan.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenver
Eisenhower
U. S. Igh
Fan Ease Conmaninication
Rmany
West
France
Six-Naion European Army Project
United States
Einhower
U. S
John McCloy
Walter L. Donnelly
Knelly
Western fear of new war dominates Moscow broadcasts
Pravda and Moscow radio condemned Western tensions and alleged imperialist plots to provoke a new world war. They framed the Soviet Union as the bulwark of peace and highlighted Stalin’s talk with Eisenhower as a caution against aggression, with repeated Q and A broadcasts for Western audiences.
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London
Stalin
Eisenhower
Moscow
Pravda
Alin
Red States
Seek Release of Murderess in Georgia Prison
A mixed group of Negro and White women sponsored by the Civil Rights Congress failed to gain an audience with Governor Herman Talmadge to press for the release or pardon of Rosa Lee Ingram, a life term prisoner at Reidsville. They traveled from New York after Christmas Day, but state troopers and a court injunction blocked access. the Capitol was closed for Christmas. Ingram reportedly used violence to defend herself from rape.
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Atlanta
Civil Rights Congress
Herman Talmadge
New York
Rosa Lée Ingram
Reidsville State Prison
Here
Mabel Thompson
Negro Labor Council
Civil Rigs Congress
Times Views Stalin Statement With Skepticism
The New York Times editorial argues Stalin’s world tension remarks should be viewed skeptically. It cites the Soviet track record of soothing statements after aggressive acts as attempts at psychological warfare and to lull the world.
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NEW York
New York Times
Stalin
The
Times
James Reston
the Times
Joe
Boston Front Named as Possible Front for Brink's Loot
Reports say a Boston lawyer acting as a front may have hidden the $1 219 000 stolen in the Jan 17 1950 Brink's robbery in about 40 safe deposit boxes across banks. FBI comments are withheld while a grand jury returns to hear testimony and investigators trace multiples of the cash. Police say a suspect offered a bribe to Towanda Pa authorities weeks after the heist.
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Pmone
Boston
FBI
Dean Meredith
Towanda
Fraud Probers Set Base For New Investigations
House tax fraud investigators urge broad new inquiries into the alcohol tax unit, the Justice Department tax division, and the reorganized Internal Revenue Service. Rep. Kean says public hearings will begin on the alcohol unit and possible political infiltration of the revenue bureau.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Justice Departments
New Republican Congress
Ways and Means Tax Investigating Subcommittee
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Jus
Reorganized Revenue Bureau
UN Forces Repel Red Patrols Along Korean Front
United Nations forces repelled a series of Red patrols along the 155 mile Korean front on Friday. An Allied patrol fought a 40 minute hand to hand clash with a Chinese platoon in the central front sector. The Reds reduced offensive actions after eight of their mechanical monsters were smashed by Patton tanks on Christmas Day.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Triangle Hill
Kimhwa
Britain and France Demand Seat at Ike Stalin Talks
London reports both Britain and France expect to participate in any U S Soviet talks with President-elect Eisenhower and Stalin. Paris cites cooperation of all peoples as essential for peace and urges a broader meeting. Britain demands Churchill attend but will not join high level talks until Korea ends.
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London
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Josef Stalin
Paris
United States
Winston Churchill
Russia
Berlin
Korea
Indo-China
Balkan Europe
Feud Erupts in Arkansas. one killed near Hutchinson mountain
In Batesville Arkansas on December 26 a five man Christmas Day gun battle near Hutchinson mountain left Joe Bell about 45 dead from a neck wound and Frank Bell 41 seriously wounded. Vernon and Alvie Lewis and Les Rutledge survived unharmed after a confrontation over logs on land owned by Rutledge.
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Ark
Joe Bell
Frank
Bell
Vernon
Alvie A. Lewis
Les Rutledge
Hutchinson Mountain
Here
Lewis Brothers
Rutledge
Frank Bell
Beel
Burton Arnold
Lewises
Immedia
23 Die as Iranian Airways Plane Crashes Near Tehran
An Iranian Airways jet crashed in fog near Tehran Airport killing 23 people including four Americans. Only two passengers survived the Christmas night disaster. Among the dead are Cecile Ann DeMoisy a 29 year old nurse from Ogden Utah MSgt Thomas Rispoli of the U S Military Mission Atlanta Ga and Blakemores Blakemore 38 and 37 from Great Neck New York.
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Tehran
Iran
Iranian Airways
Isfahan
Cecile Ann DeMoisy
Point Four
Shiraz
Charles DeMoisy
Ogden
Utah
Thomas Rispoli
U. S. Military Mission
Atlanta
Blakemore
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Middle East
Blakemores
DeMoisy
Funeral rites set for 19yearold sailor Heath
Funeral arrangements for Woody E. Heath Jr a 19 year old sailor killed Christmas afternoon in a single car crash on White's Ferry Road near West Monroe remain incomplete with his body at Hixson Brothers Funeral Home.
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Woody E. Heath, Jr
West Monroe
White's Ferry
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Gordon Gilmore
St. Francis
Gilmore
Bill Thurman
Whites Ferry Road
Maryland
Ouachita Parish
J. T. French
Heath
Bobby Glenn Black
Black
Navy
Filer J Seal Leaving Trinity Baptist West Monroe
Rev Filer J Seal will preach his final sermons as pastor of Trinity Baptist Church West Monroe on Sunday after accepting a call to Victoria Baptist Church Baton Rouge. Since taking the post November 23 1946 he oversaw a brick auditorium two educational buildings a parsonage and property value rising to about 150000 with 786 additions to the church.
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Filer J. Seal
Trinity Baptist Church
West Monroe
Victoria Baptist Church
Baton Rouge
Seal
Graham says Korean soldiers view truce talks as a farce
Evangelist Billy Graham in Tokyo cites soldiers in Korea who call ceasefire negotiations a farce and favor a push to the Yalu River. He recalls faith in a renewed Allied offensive and notes a North Korean pastor who escaped Reds says most North Koreans would welcome action against communism.
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Tokyo
Billy Graham
U.S
Korea
Yalu
Graham
Stalin
Yalu River
Reds
North Korea
Seoul
U. N
Holiday Death Toll Tops 300 During Christmas Weekend
The Christmas holiday period sees auto crashes causing 253 deaths since Wednesday evening, 23 in fires, and 31 in other accidents. With over 102 hours remaining, the toll may exceed the 1936 four day record of 555 traffic deaths. State tallies list numerous事故 counts across the nation.
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Associated Press
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Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Faith In Brighter Future Reaffirmed On Christmas
Christmas messages from world leaders and prayers of the public reinforce hope for peace. President Truman urges patience and support for troops in Korea while Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Juliana call for tolerance and understanding. In Indo China, Vietminh and French forces clash. Vietminh suffer heavy losses but fighting continues. A Jewish Arab understanding eases pilgrim routes to Bethlehem and Jerusalem.
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Associated Press
Korea
Truman
White House
America
Atlantic
Britain
Elizabeth I
Andringham
Holland
Juliana
Konrad Adenauer
Indo- China
United Nations
U. N
Hanoi
Indo-China
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Christ
Father Feeney Learns of Tragedy in Christmas Fire
Providence fire captain receives Christmas Day call from son in England revealing two of his three children died in a house fire and his wife was seriously burned. Jeannette 19 months and Patricia 6 died, Robert Jr. 8 escaped. Family had been overseas 18 months and planned to return next August. Mrs. Feeney is from Mississippi.
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Providence, R. I
John Feeney
Providence Fire Department
England
Robert Feeney
Feeney
Caterton
Jeannette
Patricia
Robert Jr
Mississippi
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