Ike Warns War Threat Not Over In Korea Era
President Eisenhower delivered a nationwide radio address detailing GOP gains and warning the public that the danger of war remains. He credited the 83rd Congress with major early successes, outlined planned continuations of economy measures, and signaled that Korea reconstruction efforts and aid programs would proceed with limited defense expansion.
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Pakistan
Ormal
Weather by the United Press Wisconsin Minnesota Outlook
Partly cloudy Saturday 80 to 78 in Wisconsin. Northwest winds 60, southeast 60, high near 78. Minnesota: fair and cool, sunny Saturday, low 48 to 54, high 74 to 88. Northwestern readings show 68 at 1:38 a.m. fair, Menasha crest at 13 inches, no change since Thursday. Precipitation .07 inch, monthly total 1.55, excess 18.
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Bare Snyder Intervention In Movie Tax Case
Congressional testimony today described a 21 million dollar tax refund claim by Universal Pictures Corp as expedited at the urgent request of then Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder. A New York IRS official testified the 1944 incident violated strict Treasury review rules on an excess profits case. The final refund settled at about 3 million dollars, far below Universal’s claim, amid a House subcommittee probe into alleged undue influence by high Treasury officials during the Truman era.
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Universal Pictures Corp
Universal
Olsen
Revenue Bureau
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Truman
Snyder
French General Strike Idle Millions Across Nation
In Paris and major cities about 2.9 million civil servants and workers in nationalized industries halted work for 24 to 48 hours in the largest general strike since 1938. Labor groups protested Premier Laniel’s proposed economy reforms, threatening crippled services and wider firings, with solidarity actions extending to Algeria and Morocco where postal workers joined.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
France
Laniel
Algeria
Morocco
Red China Dope Flood Into U S West Coast
Federal agents report a sustained heroin flow from Communist China to the United States via Hong Kong. The Narcotics Bureau's 1952 annual traffic report notes pure heroin in the West Coast trade, attributed to Communist China and observed as early as first detected by customs inspectors.
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Washington
Comirnu
China
U.S
Hong Kong
Narcotics Bureau
B. T. Mitchell
Bureau
Fond du Lac Man Killed in Highway 41 Crash
Walter A. Ibrke aged 52 of Fond du Lac died instantly when the car he rode in hit the left rear of a semitrailer on Highway 41 near the Highway 150 intersection. Driver Wilbur F. Peterson aged 19 was hospitalized with facial and eye injuries. Plowman, the semi driver, was uninjured. The crash raised Winnebago County traffic deaths to 23 for 1953.
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Walter A. Theke
Highway 41
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Hrke
Wilbur F. Peterson
Oshkosh
Peterson
Walter A. Ibrke
Hills 3T
Highway 150
Hazel St
Theda Clark Hospital
Merle G. Plowman
Center St
Waupaca
Plowman
Harry H
Thrke
Winnebago County
Victor Jordan
Neenah’s
Olson Transportation Company
Krippner
Transportation Company
Clark urges UN chief on missing U.S. troops claim
General Mark W. Clark meets with United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in New York to discuss his assertion that Red China may hold 2,000 to 3,000 missing American troops. The charge, voiced in Washington, affects non Communist support for Red China’s UN admission and could influence allied positions.
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N.Y
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U.N
Dag Hamrskjold
Red China
Clark
Washington
USN
Two Chaplains Slain For Holding Services Freed By Reds
Freed prisoners recount brutal Red atrocities in Korea. Two chaplains, one Catholic and one Protestant, were killed after secretly holding services. About 1,000 Americans died in camps from malnutrition and dysentery amid harsh conditions. Reports describe mining and slave labor, mass graves, and camp executions as Operation Big Switch unfolds.
Saw Soviets Manning AA Guns in Korea
Pfc. Charles Bryant Jr of Cincinnati reports seeing Russian soldiers manning anti aircraft positions on his march to the Yalu after capture in 1951. He notes the uniforms matched those in the camp books and says Communist indoctrination offers nothing to Americans. He adds he was a mortar man with the 7th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, captured at Yongchon.
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Korea
North Korea
Charles Bryant
Cincinnati
Ohio
Yalu
Bryant
Golden Gloves
7Th Regiment
1St Cavalry
Yongchon
United States
Nagiont
President Truman Signs Refugee Bill Opening US for 214000 Escapees
Washington reports President Esenhower signed a refugee bill to admit 214000 people over three years, bypassing McCarran Walter quotas. The measure, urged by the President, covers refugees from Communist regimes in Western Germany West Berlin and Austria plus others in NATO nations and abroad.
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Upi
Esenhower
America
Congress
Hisens Hower
Germany
West Berlin
Austria
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
England
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North Africa
Far East
Formosa
Deaths Reported in Albania Executions
Reports out of Athens say a police director and nine senior army officers were executed in Albania amid a rift between dictator Enver Hoxha and security minister Mehmet Shehu. The killings followed a split within the regime and occurred in the northwest Balkan region near Greece, with Moscow noting the arrests.
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Greece
Albania
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Ikilings
Enver Hoxha
Mehmet Sehu
Final Accord on U S South Korea Pact Ready for Initialing
The United States and South Korea reached a final defense alliance terms agreement pledging aid to repel aggression. Initialing is set for 10 a m Saturday at Rhee's presidential mansion with John Foster Dulles and Syngman Rhee.
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South Korea
Seoul
United States
State Department
U. S. Senate
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Dulles
Walter Robertson
Korea
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Natons
FCC to OK Color TV For Existing Sets
The FCC proposes to authorize four new compatible color television systems that can be tuned on existing receivers. Sponsored by the NTSC, the plan seeks uniform color standards after years of study. If approved, CBS’s exclusive system would be displaced. the new color would appear in black and white on current sets.
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Wia
Federal Communications Commission
National Television System Committee
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Columbia Broadcasting System
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Probers urge action on missing American POWs
Senators Ferguson and Russell pressed the administration to determine if the Communists hold U S prisoners and to act to recover them. They cited access for the Red Cross and questioned missing POWs while Army officials fear many captives may be dead or used as laborers or propaganda. Broad discussion noted discrepancies in reported POW totals and possible incomplete lists.
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U. S
Homer Ferguson
R- Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Far East
Short
United States
Clark
China
Manchuria
South China
Red Peiping
Soviet India strike three year barter pact in wheat swap
New Delhi announced that the Soviet Union agreed to a three year barter pact exchanging Russian wheat for Indian products. The Food Minister R A Kidwai disclosed the agreement, signaling a structured trade arrangement between the two nations.
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India
New Delhi
R. A. Kidwai
Soviet Union
Reds Operate Big Drug Ring in Japan
A Nippon Times report claims Japanese Communists run a million-dollar narcotics ring to demoralize American troops and fund the Reds. The article cites an American air base commandant near Tokyo reporting hundreds of addicts at the base and about 100 American deaths from heroin overdoses this year.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Times
Prisoners of war report swallowed propaganda at Panmunjom
At Freedom Village during Operation Big Switch seven POWs including six Americans and one Briton refused to go home. Cpl Donald R Disney of Pond Creek and Ashland Kentucky and Pvt Steve Glowacki of Brooklyn New York said the decision to stay with the Communists was kept secret until the last day. Pte William C Hansen of Maspeth New York and Pfc Donald Deumas of Waddington New York described British soldiers being more influenced by Communist propaganda. The report notes jailing prisoners at the camp and labels the area as Camp No. 15 near the Yalu River.
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Freedom
Britain
Freedom Village
Donald R. Disney
Pond Creek
Ashland
Steve Glowacki
Brooklyn
Disney
Peiping Radio
Yalu River
Suiho Reservoir
William C. Hansen
Maspeth
Donald Deumas
Waddington
N. Y
Thomas R. Murray
Baltimore, Md
Beria Denounced as Traitor in Soviet Council
Valerian Bakradze premier of Georgia called Lavrenti Beria a contemptible traitor and hireling of imperialism during a four hour Union Council session. He accused Beria of criminal acts against the USSR and Georgia, including sabotaging Georgia’s economy and aiding bourgeois nationalists. The speech occurred before Premier Malenkov, Molotov, Khrushchev, and other Presidium members as part of a broader debate on foreign affairs and budget.
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Valeriani Hakradze
Lavrenti P. Beria
Union Council of the Supreme Soviet of the Ussr
Georgi M. Malenkov
Vyacheslav M. Molot
Nationalities Council
Bakradze
Soviet Union
Ike Pays Tribute To Tafts Integrity
President Eisenhower praised the late Senator Robert A Taft for courage and integrity in a national radio address from Washington. He lauded Tafts steadfast approach to public service and his lasting impact on the nation.
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