Reds Besieging Hungnam Area In Decisive North Korean Push
International News Service reports a large Communist force presses on Hungnam as American forces destroy a key bridge and heavy bombers hit rail hub corridors. U S Fifth Air Force fighters and light bombers curb incoming troops while a new push threatens Seoul from the northeast.
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Seoul
Hungnam
Tonchu River
International News Service
Irwin Tress
Japan
Okinawa
Acheson Returns From Brussels Defense Parley
Secretary of State Acheson arrived in Washington after Brussels talks with North Atlantic ministers. He said a Western European army of up to 1,500,000 is essential for world peace and that agreement allows them to get the plan working.
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Washington
Acheson
Brussels
Washington National
North Atlantic Defense and
Kremlin
Skaters Use Mahoning Avenue Ice Rink As Winter Debates Spark
Joe Fracul of the City Recreation board reports skaters enjoying the Mahoning Avenue ice rink after a flood. winter's arrival date is debated with forecasts and the World Almanac noting December 22 as the start. Pa New noted icy sidewalks downtown and dangerous road conditions due to thawing and late snows.
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Joe Fracul
City Recreation Board
Mahoning Avenue
Pa Newe
Daily Weather Report for North Region and Frigid Friday
Weather outlook shows rather cloudy and cold conditions with a few snow flurries mainly in the north. Tonight and Friday remain mostly cloudy with light snow possible Friday afternoon or night. The 24 hour period ends at 9 am reports a max 30, min 15, trace snow, river stage 7 feet. A year ago similar date had 58 max and 51 min with trace precipitation.
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United States
Hospital Nurses Chorus Sings Carols
Twenty four student nurses at Jameson Memorial hospital sang carols for confined patients Wednesday evening. Directed by David W. Rees the chorus moved through the hospital visiting each floor and ends of halls with Christmas favorites and sleigh bells.
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Jameson Memorial Hospital
David W. Rees
Mr. Rees
Roselyn _ Amon
Eora Call
Mary - Elizabeth
Price Control Proposals Face Congressional Scrutiny
Washington reports a Senate House watchdog hearing set for tomorrow with three top mobilization officials. Charles E. Wilson Alan Valentine and Michael V. Disalle will testify on price and wage controls as lawmakers debate a possible compulsory general freeze. Valentine has frozen auto prices and urged seven day notices from 250 major firms in textiles appliances and other common products.
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Washington
Senate House
Committee On Economic Controls
Charles E. Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Alan Valentine
Economic Stabilization Agency
Michael V. Disalle
Valentine
Federal Wage Control Board
Wilson Takes Defense Post
Charles E Wilson sworn in as Defense Mobilization Director at the White House with President Truman present. He names Gen. Lucius Clay and Sidney Weinberg as special assistants to oversee the rearmament program and pledges to speed up the defense build-up against Communist aggression.
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Washington
INS
Charles E. Wilson
Lucius Clay
Sidney J. Weinberg
Wilson
White House
Truman
Vinson
General Electric
New Castle Pupils Begin Christmas Vacation
City pupils started Christmas vacation this afternoon with 2 30 dismissal. Seven days off. classes resume Tuesday morning January 2. No schedule changes due to storm. days will be made up later in the term. REEDSPORT Ore December 21 Two men dead and two buried after a premature powder explosion at a quarry seven miles east of Reedsport.
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New Castle
Reedsport
Ore
Oregon
Rail Dispute Settlement Reached On Wage Pact
The White House announced a three year peace pact for 300000 railroad workers providing 29 cents hourly pay rise for yard men and 10 cents for road men plus automatic increases with cost of living. It bars strikes by engineers firemen trainmen and conductors until October 1953 pending ratification. The settlement ends a 22 month wage dispute that led to government seizure and Army operation and a pre Christmas strike threat.
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Washington
White ’ House
John R. Steelman
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Barbed Wire Wreath Sent to Stalin on Birthday
A German anti Communist group sent Joseph Stalin a birthday wreath of barbed wire with an F for freedom. An accompanying letter said the wreath represents oppressed peoples silenced by his rule and would reveal the real conditions in the lands he governs. It remained unclear whether Stalin would receive the gift.
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Berlin
INS
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Death Menace Increasing In Philadelphia
Fear of unseen death grows in Philadelphia after another sniper ambush injures 16 year old George Haller in Frankford. The 13th shooting in six weeks raises alarms as Richard C. Lavery, 54, is critically wounded on a South Philadelphia sidewalk. Veterans of Foreign Wars offer auxiliary policing help to city authorities.
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Philadelphia
George Haller
Frankford
Episcopal Hospital
Oak Lane
Claire Cohen
Richard C. Lavery
Republican
Montgomery County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. Howard Berry
VFW
Philadelphia Council
Berry
Public Safety
Samuel H. Rosenberg
Former Woman Senator Hattie Carraway Dies at 72
Mrs. Hattie W. Carraway the first woman elected to the U S Senate dies at Falls Church Virginia after a prolonged illness She served 14 years as a Democratic senator from Arkansas and was one of two women ever elected to the chamber, alongside Margaret Chase Smith.
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Washington
Hattie W. Carraway
U. S. Senate
Falls Church
Carraway
Arkansas
Margaret Chase Smith
Bishop Hugh C. Boyle in Critical Condition
Mercy hospital officials in Pittsburgh report Bishop Hugh C. Boyle of the Pittsburgh diocese is very seriously ill. He has been in ill health for some time and took a bad turn yesterday morning with a condition described as lower than at any time during his long illness.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Mercy Hospital
Hugh C. Boyle
MacArthur cites Korea casualties and enemy losses report
General MacArthur announced UN forces suffered about 13 000 casualties in two weeks during the Chinese counteroffensive in Korea. He said losses are not unusual for war and noted total losses since June. Commanders report enemy losses at about ten to one in favor of UN forces.
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Howard Handleman
I. N
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
Senate confirms Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Senate by voice vote confirmed Mrs Anna M. Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary of Defense in Charge of Manpower. The approval ended charges she once belonged to the Communist front John Reed Club in New York over 15 years ago.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
John Reed Club
New York
Missing Plane Wreckage Sighted Near Mount Tabayoc
The wreckage of a C-54 Air Transport plane missing for 48 hours with 37 aboard was sighted on a ledge about 1,000 feet below Mount Tabayoc's summit. No signs of life were found. the forward section was badly burned and fuselage integrity remained from midsection forward.
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Manila
INS
Tabayoc
Hoover Calls U S to Arm To The Teeth For Defense
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the United States to arm to the teeth and fortify America as the Gibraltar of western civilization. He warned Europe’s disunity and UN indecision threaten freedom and said the Atlantic and Pacific must be held with British, Japanese, Formosan and Philippine outposts. He cautioned against inviting another Korea by sending troops for money.
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New York
INS
Herbert Hoover
United States
Pacific
Britain
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Korea
Europe
Sightless Are Guests Of Lions Christmas Party At New Castle
The New Castle Lions and the Ladies of the Lions hosted 37 sightless guests at the Trinity Episcopal church dining room for a Christmas party. Rev. Fr. Ralph E. Hovencamp chaired the event with Jack Butz assisting. A roast turkey dinner and musical program followed, funded in part by a successful club newspaper sale.
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New Castle
Harry Helmick
Deanna Durbin Weds Third Husband in France
Actress Deanna Durbin married French film director Charles Henri David in Sarreguemines in a private city hall ceremony. The couple left for a honeymoon and the ceremony marks Durbin’s third marriage after divorcing Felix Jackson last year.
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Sarreguemines
France
INS
Deanna Durbin
Charles Henri David
Felix Jackson
Philadelphia Check Cashing Boss Shot in Northeast Robbery
Everett Brown, 52, wounded in a noon robbery at his northeast Philadelphia check cashing and luncheonette. Three men, 25 to 30, entered, struggled with Mrs Brown, then fired as Brown moved toward the front. They stole an estimated 10 000 to 15 000 and fled in a possibly stolen car. Brown stabilized at Episcopal Hospital. police seek the trio.
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Philadelphia
Everett Brown
Episcopal’ Hospital
Brown
Draft Evader Sentenced in New York
Alfred Bergdoll, 23, son of WWI draft evader Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, was sentenced to five years for draft evasion. A sixty day period to join the armed forces was granted, with full five years to follow if he refuses. He was arrested December 1 for failing to report for induction. he works as a Manhattan clerk.
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New York
INS
Alfred Bergdoll
Sylvester Ryan
Germany
Manhattan
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Death notices for Robert Armstrong Emma Atkinson and others
Death records report Robert W. Armstrong 87 of B.D. 4 Mrs William Gilmore 78 of New Middletown R.D. 1 Mrs Emma Jane Atkinson 88 of R.D. 2 and Michael T. Shulick 34 of Mid City listed with ages and locations.
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Robert W. Armstrong
B.D
William Gilmore
New Middletown
R.D
Emma Jane Atkinson
Michael T. Shulick
Mid. City
Merger Plan Announces Steel Company Consolidation
Benjamin Fairless, president of United States Steel, announced the merger of Pittsburgh Limestone with Michigan Limestone and Chemical, effective January 2, 1951. The resulting company will keep the Michigan Limestone name with offices in Detroit and executive and operating bases in New Castle, Buffalo, and Rogers City. Irvin L. Clymer will be president of the merged firm with J. P. Kinvill, H. S. Lewis, and C. F. Platz among the officers.
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Pittsburgh Limestone Company
Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel
Fairless
Big Steel
Detroit
Mich
New Castle
Buffalo
N. Y
Rogers City
Irvin L. Clymer
Granger and Miss Simmons Wed in Quiet Tuscon Ceremony
Actor Stewart Granger and his bride Jean Simmons wed in a quiet Tuscon ceremony. The couple, married last night, plan a motor honeymoon through Arizona starting today.
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Tuscon, Ariz
Stewart Granger
Jean Simmons
Tuscon
Arizona
Christmas Delay Sparks Kids Hopeful Countdown
A whimsical note describes children awaiting Christmas, fearing a late arrival. The piece mentions four evenings left and echoes of bells and reindeer as they listen for greetings, while noting small appetites and rising excitement.
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Roeves
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