Truman Molds Isolationism Charge In Hoover Debate
President Truman labeled former president Hoover an isolationist in a press conference on Hoover’s Europe aid plan. He warned the country will not return to isolationism and commented on Hoover’s stance toward Korea and a defense belt from Japan to the British Isles.
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Truman
Hoover
Europe
New York
Korea
Japan
British Isles
U. S
White House
Spain
United Nations
Madrid
Congress
Chesapeake Bay
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Byrd
D.-Va
West
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Acheson
Dulles
Woman Bribery Case In Prague Court Ends In Prison
In Prague a woman, her husband, a former judge, a lawyer and a doctor were jailed after a trial on charges of misusing judicial authority. Mrs Martha Littmann received two and a half years while ex judge Zdenek Weber got four years.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Prague District Criminal Court
Martha Littmann
Jan Littmann
Zdenek Weber
Josef Dolezal
Jaromir Tesar
Littmanns
Weber
Government takes control of natural rubber supply
Washington December 29 The government declares itself sole importer and distributor of natural rubber effective tomorrow with General Services Administrator Jess Larson authorized to import and distribute rubber and latex. Private buyers are excluded from new importations to stabilize prices and aid defense stockpile purchases. Contracts registered before January 4 may be allowed but Larson may disapprove. The move aims to safeguard supply and reduce civilian use while likely sparing tires and consumer rubber products.
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Washington
National Production Authority
General Services
Jess Larson
Korea
General Services Administration
Larson
Truman
Clement Attlee
Price rise tied to Soviet actions and SE Asia unrest
The article notes that in Soviet Russia the actions helped push prices higher. It also cites political unrest in Southeast Asia as a major factor impacting supply and contributing to the steep price rise.
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Soviet
Russia
Southeast Asia
Foley from Vidalia Reported Injured in Korea War
Private First Class L. P. Foley, son of Spencerna T. Foley of Star Route Vidalia, La., is reported injured in the Korean war. A telegram from the Defense Department says he is hospitalized.
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Ferriday
L. P. Foley
Spencena T. Foley
Star Route
Vidalia
Defense Department
Jackson Police Hold Kentuckians in Robbery Case
Jackson Mississippi police filed robbery with firearms charges against Berry Parker and Gene Jones, two Paducah Kentucky men who hid at a Shell Service Station. They confessed to detectives and faced a Friday municipal court hearing. A highway patrol chase ended with Parker wounded and captured. $93.60 and two watches were recovered as loot.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson
Highway Patrol
Berry Ray Parker
Gene Jones
Paducah
Kentucky
T. H. Singletary
Paul Stribling
E L. Brown
Municipal Court
Leonard Thames
Vicksburg
Boy Dies in Accidental Rifle Shooting in Mississippi
Meridian Mississippi report states 12 year old Glen Allen Drew was killed by an accidental rifle discharge in the family barn. Constable Billy Birdsong identified him as the son of Mr and Mrs Victor Drew. the brother who fired the rifle was unnamed.
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Meridian Miss
Billy Birdsong
Glen Allen Drew
Victor Drew
Birdsong
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Florsheim
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