Premier May Come To Washington For World Crisis Talks
Washington December reports say Prime Minister Attlee and President Truman will discuss the war crisis with focus on British warnings that reprisals against Red China could trigger World War III. French Premier Pleven may join if he accompanies Attlee, with no official agenda yet.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
China
London
Rene Pleven
Robert Schuman
France
White House
Pleven
Forest County football notes and weather brief
Dick Janacone of 708 Oak Street reports a five point 175 pound back in Tionesta Forest County on Friday. Rev Earl Collins of R D 1 reports a five point 130 pound back in Mayburg Forest County on Wednesday with his brother Louis and father A T Collins. Thunder woke residents before eight with accompanying rain moving snow toward storm sewers. Cold rain and freezing on trees signaled a bad day ahead.
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Dick Janacone
Oak Street
Pa Newe
Tionesta
Forest County
New Castle Senators
Chicago Cubs
Sioux City, Iowa
Cubs
Earl Collins
R.D. 1
Mayburg
Louis Collins
A. T. Collins
Daily Weather Report Cloudy with sleet and warming trend
The forecast notes cloudy skies with sleet or freezing rain changing to rain and a high of 35 to 40. Tonight includes rain and fog with reduced visibility. Tomorrow brings clouds and rain turning to snow flurries and cooler by afternoon or night. US 24 hour stats show max 35, min 26, precipitation 0.43 inches rain, river stage 8 feet. Snow 0.3 inches recorded for the date.
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United States
General Collins Heads to Tokyo for Korea Briefing
Army Chief of Staff General J Lawton Collins travels from Washington to Tokyo by plane to confer with General Douglas Mac Arthur on the Korean crisis. Maj. Gen. Charles P Cabell and other high Navy and Air Force officials accompany him. This marks Collins third Far East trip to assess the military situation and plan Army support for MacArthur's command.
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Washington
INS
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Collins
Charles P. Cabell
Air Force
Navy
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Department of the Army
Stassen Heads Five Week Asia Tour For Peace
Harold E. Stassen leaves Philadelphia by plane for five weeks touring Asia to listen and look for ways to contribute to world peace. The University of Pennsylvania president and former Minnesota governor plans visits to Japan Siam Indonesia Malaya India Pakistan Israel Africa Portugal and England at the invitation of Asian leaders.
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Philadelphia
INS
Harold E. Stassen
Asia
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Japan
Siam
Indonesia
Malaya
India
Pakistan
Israel
Africa
Portugal
Engand
Probe Man's Death After Wounding Of Wife In Pittsburgh
West View police investigated the death of automobile dealer Robert H. Brant 51 after a shotgun wound to the stomach. His wife Helen Brant was hospitalized with head and arm injuries following a violent argument.
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Pittsburgh
INS
West View
Robert H. Brant
Helen
Allegheny General Hospital
Brants
Rain And Warmer Help Melt Snow In Western Pa
Moderate temperatures and rain forecast for western Pennsylvania to melt snow and ice. Highs in the upper 30s with fog in the western half of the state tonight and colder conditions with snow flurries tomorrow.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
MacArthur cites undeclared war as Chinese forces surge in Korea
General Douglas MacArthur announced a state of undeclared war with Chinese communists as about 500000 Chinese troops and 100000 to 150000 North Koreans joined action against UN forces in Korea. He said he has not requested authority to use atomic bombs or strike Manchuria, and no military move could have averted the Chinese intervention.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
U. N
Korea
Manchuria
MacArthur
South Korean
President Goes To Grid Game
President Truman leaves his duties in Washington to attend the Army and Navy football classic in Philadelphia. He plans to return for a major war or peace conference with Clement Attlee after the 51st inter service rivalry. General MacArthur reports stabilization of the Far East.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
MacArthur
United Nations Forces
Half Million Dollars Fire Destroys Pottsville Stores
A seven hour blaze in Pottsville central business district caused about 500000 in damage. Woolworths and Rearing's Shoe Store suffered total stock losses valued at 100000 each. Ten firefighters fell ill, two hospitalized. Fire started in Woolworths basement. adjoining building damaged by water.
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Pottsville
Woolworth
Rearing
Alfred Smith
William Rearing
George Smith
Woolworth’s
Tarentum hunter dies from self-inflicted gun wound
Stanley J. Filous, 30, of Tarentum, died in Brookville hospital from a rifle discharge after he knocked apples from a tree using the butt of his 30 30 rifle. The accident occurred Friday as he attempted the task.
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Tarentum Hunter
Brookville
Brookville Hospital
Stanley J. Filous
Death Record of A Dodds and Pinced Herron
Death notices report A Dodds age 76 of Mercer and Pinced Herron age 86 of Volant. The records list their ages and places of residence as read from the Saturday December 2 1950 edition.
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A. Dodds
Mercer, Pinced Herron
Volant
Britain and France PMs meet over Korea crisis in London
Prime Ministers Attlee and Pleven confer in London on Korea and possible atomic options against Communist China. Attlee hosts at 10 Downing Street with Bevin and Schuman, Massigle, and other aides present. Pleven to Washington tomorrow for talks with Truman.
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Canada
Louis St. Laurent
Washington
Ottawa
Korea
Attlee
Truman
London
China
Britain
France
Clement Attlee
No. 10
Downing Street
Rene Pleven
Paris
Robert Schuman
Pleven
Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Rene Massigle
United Nations
Robert Scott
Far Eastern
Grand Jury Postponed to December 11
Judge W Walter Braham ordered the December Grand Jury postponed from December 4 to December 11. He dismissed petit jurors summoned for December 11 and said criminal court will be held the week of December 18 with jurors summoned that week. The delay is due to difficulty subpoenaing witnesses in time for December 4.
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W. Walter Braham
Criminal Court
Rain Adds To Woes In Local District
Local residents faced a mixed weather morning with freezing rain turning to melted ice as lightning and thunder rolled around 7 30. About half an inch of rain had fallen by 9 o clock before easing, with further showers expected Sunday likely melting remaining snow.
New Tax Bill May Not Raise Full Revenue
Congressional tax writers estimate the new corporation tax would yield about 3.0 billion dollars annually after reliefs. The House Ways and Means Committee had approved a 75 percent tax on excess profits aiming for 3.4 billion, but exemptions approved by lawmakers could cut revenue by about 1 billion below the President's request.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Mills
Ark
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Non Defense Use Of Nickel Zinc Cut In Production Orders
The National Production Authority ordered a 35 percent cut in non-military nickel use and a 20 percent reduction in non-defense zinc for the first three months of next year. Manufacturers face a 30 day nickel inventory limit and a 45 day zinc stockpile or minimum working inventory. Zinc limits exclude electroplating where it replaces cadmium.
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Washington
INS
National
Ominous Quiet in Soviet Areas Signals Possible Action
Military chiefs warned congressional leaders that quiet in Soviet dominated Europe may portend a new Russian move. Truman seeks 17.85 billion emergency aid while civil defense measures expand under a revived OEM and a coordinated plan with states and allies.
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Washington
Europe
Korea
Truman
Senate Atomic Energy and Armed Services Committees
OEM
Defense
Marshall
Point Chiefs of Staff
House Appropriations Committee
U S Demands U N Order Chinese From Korea
The United States reiterates a U N demand that Communist China's troops leave Korea before a peace process. Following talks with Peiping's Wu Hsiu Chuan in New York, Rau and Lie offered no new concessions. Western powers await Washington talks between Truman and Attlee and continue day by day U N developments.
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Flushing Meadow
N. Y
United States
Assembly
U.N
China
Korea
India
Sir Benegal Rau
Britain
Peiping
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
New York
Truman
Attlee
Far East
Rau
Tax Measure To Be Presented To City Council
Finance Director Albert A Hoyland will present a proposed ordinance at the city hall meeting to levy 11 mills on property an increase of one mill from 1950. The plan allocates 9 mills for General Revenue one mill for Sinking Fund and one half mill for Public Library with adjustments from the prior year.
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Albert A. Hoyland
Hoyland
General Revenue
Man Fatally Shot in Braddock Home
Braddock Pennsylvania December 2 1946 A 19 year old resident was arrested after a shooting in a Braddock home left Leon Ray 25 dead and Dorothy Riley 20 wounded Police said Zachariah Lamiar who lived in the same house as Ray was held following the incident The shooting stemmed from a dispute over the woman Dorothy Riley
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Braddock
INS
Leon Ray
Dorothy Riley
Zachariah Lamiar
Ray
Heavy Losses As U S Forces Fight Way Out
U S Seventh Division troops fought their way back to Hagaru at the southern tip of Changjin reservoir in northeast Korea with heavy losses of men and equipment. Marines attacked from the west while two regiments moved toward Hagaru from the east as Chinese troops pressed a blockade.
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U. S
Tenth Corps
Northeast Korea
U. S. Army
Seventh Division
Hagaru
Changjin Reservoir
Korea
First Division
Kotori
Hamhung
Majon
Wonsan
Truman seeks 17.85 billion more for military and atomic spending
President Truman told legislative leaders at a mobilization conference he wants 17.85 billion dollars extra for military and atomic needs in the Korean crisis and calls for expanding armed forces to 2,700,000 next year. He outlined a defense budget bring total military outlays to 47 billion for the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Rep. Eaton
N. J
Mr. Truman
U. S
East Coast Port Of Wonsan Probable Goal
The United States Eighth Army warned of scorched earth plans if forced to abandon its defense line as a massive Chinese and North Korean force drives toward Wonsan and Iwon. Front dispatches report a two day lull ending as 500,000 to 650,000 troops drive northeast, seeking to cut off UN forces and threaten the key ports. The First Cavalry Division fights to blunt the attack and recapture Songchon amid clashes along the Pyongyang Wonsan highway.
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Seoul
Eighth Army
Red China
Korea
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
Wonsan
Iwon
E. M. Almond
10Th Corps
U. S
Pyongyang-Wonsan
North Korea
Red
Songchon
Pyongyang
Yangdok
Eight Army
Four Die In South Philadelphia Apartment Fire
Four persons perished early today in a four story south Philadelphia apartment house fire. Six fire companies battled frigid conditions after 4 a m. as residents fled in night clothes. Ten people were injured and rushed to hospitals. identities of the dead were not yet known.
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Philadelphia
Winter Wheat Slumber Beneath Early Snow Drifts
Arthur Mometer notes the farmer's winter wheat buried under fresh snow. Grass and stalks vanish as crops enter a sleep until spring. Snow shields young grain from icy storms while temperatures hover around 44 degrees.
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