Attlee Arrives for Talks Aimed at Averting War
United States and Britain push for a common policy in the world crisis as Prime Minister Attlee arrives in Washington for discussions with President Truman. Attlee warns against Communist efforts to wedge between allies while U N deliberations and MacArthur’s forces shape regional danger.
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Washinegtion
Attlee
Truan
Cathay
Arsenal
Truman
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
Vitain
United States
United Nations
Korea
British Commonwealth
Unitedingdom
Europe
Middle East
South
Southeast Asia
Far East
Minster
Sutate
House
State Department
New York
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Warren R. Austin
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
U. N
China
MacArthur
Pyongyang
Clement Attlee
West Virginia Streams Surge Out Of Banks
West Virginia rivers rose toward flood levels as snow swollen streams burst banks. Heavy rains in the Kanawha watershed accelerated runoff from rapid snowmelt, with colder weather ending rain but bringing new snow and blocked roads across the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanawha
Kanawha River
The
Roads Commission
Elkins
Oak Hill
Commission
U. S. 60
Sewell Mountain
Fayette County
Pocahontas County
Pfc Kesecker Wounded in Korea Ambush
Pfc Carsno L Kesecker 18 nephew of Mrs Genevie Cavell 249 West Fifth street was wounded in action in Korea on November 1 when a shell exploded. He appeared on two DoD casualty lists and was in a Pusan hospital with foot and knee injuries. He trained at Fort Knox and served with the Fifth Division after leaving Hedgesville West Virginia for Cayell's store work in Frederick.
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Pfe
Carsno L. Kesecker
Genevie Cavell
West Fifth Street
Korea
Pfc
Kesecker
Department of Defense
Cavell
Pfr. Kesecker
Hedgesville
W. Va
Pusan
Pfc. Kesecker
Frederick
Cayell's
Fort Knox
Lodge Leader Faces Charges
Elks lodge Exalted Ruler C Robert Gray of Silver Spring faces two gambling counts after a police raid on Montgomery county clubs. Four slot machines were found behind a wall panel at the Silver Spring Elks club on Fidlers Lane. nine machines total seized. Gray posted $1000 bond and awaits trial December 19 in magistrate court. Other clubs including American Legion Post and Loyal Order of Moose lodges were examined. no Legion action planned due to obsolescence of machines. Further charges possible pending investigation.
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Silver Spring
Elks Lodge
Montgomery County
Robert Gray
Gray
Elks Club
Fidler’s Lane
American Legion Post
Bethesda
The
Loyal Order of Moos
Charles M. Orme
Legion
Admiral Kirk Heads Home From Berlin for Conferences
Admiral Alan G. Kirk, U S ambassador to Moscow, stopped in Berlin en route to Washington for diplomatic conferences with State Department authorities. He said consultations would keep him in the U S for a month or more and joked about hoping for a Christmas vacation.
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Berlin
Dec
Alan G. Kirk
U. S
Moscow
Wir
Washington
State Department
Water Over Number Of Local Roads
Heavy rains left two inches or more, flooding 35 county roads and forcing detours. Creeks rose at Israel’s, Linganore, Carrol, and Monocacy basins, with Monocacy forecast to flood Jug Ridge and close routes near Urbana and Buckeystown. River levels risked closing bridges and low-lying areas as officials monitored the situation. a Lewistown sale of Della Miller property netted 2500 dollars.
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Israel's Creek
Liberty Highway
Linganore Creek
Unionville
East Patrick Street
Shookstown
West Fourth Street
Ellerton
Rice
Middletown
Pipe Creek
Fishing Creek
Lewistown
Muddy Run
Tuscarora
Toms Creek
Mt. St. Mary's
St. Joseph's Colleges
Weather Bureau
Baltimore
Jug Ridge
Associated Press
Urbana-Buckeystown
Potomac
Brunswick
Maryland
Carroll Creek
Frederick
Watkins Acres
Opossum Town Pike
State Roads Commission
Della A. Miller
Earl Bowers
Lemuel Bowers
Miller
Glenn Trout
Moderate Flood At Pittsburgh Expected
Moderate flooding expected in Pittsburgh as rain and thawed snow push the Ohio River toward 26 to 27 feet by noon. The Allegheny and Monongahela rivers have already covered low parking wharves downtown but caused no property damage.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Rivers Division
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
Snow Keeps Maryland in White And Ice Threatens Roads
Four inches of snow fell in Garrett County and surrounding areas, with northerly winds 35 to 45 mph shifting to northwest. Roads icy, chains advised on Garrett County routes and U S 40 from Frostburg west as state crews plowed and salted. Flood risk emerged on Potomac and Wills Creek in Cumberland, while rain and snow affected Cumberland and other locales across the state with rainfall totals listed for multiple towns.
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Maryland
Chesapeake Bay
Weather Bureau
Garrett County
Frostburg
State Roads Commission
Calder
Roma
Cumberland
Allegany
Potomac River
Wills Creek
Cumberland-Ridgeley
Hagerstown
Towson
Waterloo
Waldorf
Salisbury
Easton
Pikesville
Frederick
Reynoldstown
Conowingo
Planes Blast Chinese Reds On Numerous Fronts
American war planes struck Chinese Reds on widely separated fronts to aid embattled Allied troops. About 1,500 Chinese were reported killed and 100 vehicles damaged in 282 combat sorties. B-26s bombed in the Changjin reservoir area. fighters probed Sukchon area. F-51s hit three cavalry columns near Sunchon with napalm. Communists offered no dispersal.
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U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Changjin Reservoir
Sukchon
Yongyang
Changchon River
Sunchon
Pyongyang
Senator Smith backs use of atomic bomb in Manchuria
In Tucson on December 4 at the University of Arizona forum, Sen Margaret Chase Smith argues the United States should consider atomic bomb use in Manchuria if Russia and Red China persist in the Korean conflict. She warns many Americans and leaders do not grasp the gravity of the international situation.
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Tucson
Ariz
Dec
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Manchuria
Russia
Red China
University of Arizona
Pollacks Offer Building Move In Road Condemnation Case
Two Urbana residents in Circuit Court against the State Roads Commission propose moving their buildings to a nearby site in exchange for land sought for the Washington expressway. They contest the $19,000 valuation as fair and cite appraisals above $25,000, recounting prior offers to relocate at state expense. They demand a jury to determine compensation.
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Urbana
State Roads Commission
Abou D. Pollack
Department of the Roads Commission
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
William M. Storm
Roads Commission
Commission
Snyder Sees Wage And Price Controls
Washington reports Secretary of the Treasury Snyder stated general wage and price controls will be needed to prevent damaging inflation. Speaking to the Senate Finance Committee, he said such controls appear inevitable given current conditions, but he did not specify a timeline.
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Washington
the Treasury
Snyder
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
R-Cotp
Reds Using Captured U S Arms in Korea Battle
Washington reports Chinese Communists used late model American arms to counter Gen. Douglas MacArthur's North Korea offensive. captured US weapons, including a new 75 inch tank buster, were airlifted early in the fight to stop Russian T-34s. vast quantities of US arms, lost or captured from Nationalists, flowed to Communists after 1948.
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Washington
Dec
Pentagon
Douglas Mac
Arthur
North Korea
Sall
Korea
Dusan
U.S
Russia
China
Japan
Deer Slain On First Day In Frederick County
Heavy overnight rains dampen opening deer season with 14 kills reported by noon at Lewistown checking station. 1949 opening day expected to be lighter due to rain. Also includes local deed record at 211 Dill Avenue and New York stock prices drop sharply amid heavy selling.
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Frederick County
Lewistown
Walter Gentry
Snook
Bruce Bruchley
Health Department
Bruchey
Lewistown Fish ‘Hatchery
Werden Gentry
Donald W. Easton
Sandy Spring
New York
Ask Assembly Take Action Urges UN to Address China Korea
The United States and five other nations formally asked the United Nations Assembly to make Chinese Communist intervention in Korea an urgent item. A telegram to UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie signaled it could be reviewed by the Steering Committee within a day. The six nations—United States Britain France Norway Cuba and Ecuador—sponsored the move after the Soviet veto of a Security Council resolution.
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New York
United States
United Nations Assembly
Korea
Security Council
Peiping
Pravda Attacks Truman Calls for War Not Peace
Pravda labeled President Truman as seeking war not peace in a front page editorial. The Soviet paper accused him of expanding American aggression in Korea and toward China while masking aims with talk of peaceful talks. It questioned why the United States defends distant borders while China and Korea defend their own, urging a reconsideration of U.S. policy.
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Moscow
Pravida
Communist Party
Truman
Pravda
Korea
United States
China
Taiwan
Storm Likely Brings Snow Across Mid-Atlantic States
The Weather Bureau issued a bulletin warning of an intense storm moving northeast from central Virginia. Five to ten inches of snow possible in central Pennsylvania and central and eastern New York, with three to five inches in western New York and western Pennsylvania. Rain along the New York coast. Southeast storm warnings and higher coastal tides noted.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Georgia
West Virginia
Delaware
Eastport
Jacksonville
No Charges Against Automobile Driver in Horton Death
State Trooper William A. Mutchner said no charges were being preferred against Patrick J. Duffy of Hagerstown after a conference with State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk. Horton, 24, of Mt. Airy, was fatally struck crossing Route 40 in front of Sportsman's Inn and died within two hours at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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William A. Mutchner
Edwin F. Nikirk
Patrick J. Duffy
Hagerstown
Charles R. Horton
Marines Break Chinese Blocks Near Changjin Reservoir
US forces report bitter five day battle near Changjin reservoir ended with Marines and Army units repelling six Chinese divisions attempting to split the line and trap the 10th Corps. MacArthur says 818,000 Chinese in Korea and Manchuria as Attlee schedules crisis meeting with Truman in Washington.
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U. S. Tenth Corps
Korea
Pee, & WP
Edward McAlmond
Tenth Corps
Changjin Reservoir
Almont
Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
Red Korea
Little Fightug
Wallon II Walker
U. SS
Eighth Army
Chongchon River
Changjin
Tom Stone
Leif Erickson
Republic
Seoul
Inchon
10Th Corps
Erickson
Walker
Red
North Korea
South Kater
Red High Command
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
U. N
MacArthur
Yalu River
Red Manchuria
Central China
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Harry C. Smith
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Ask Assembly
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CCF
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First Marine Division
U. S Seventh Infantry Division
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