Threat of Red Sabotage in Stockholm Petition Drive
Secret Communist files describe the Stockholm Peace Appeal as a calculated drive to weaken the West. The article alleges U S party leadership funneled funds and directed mass signings across unions clubs schools to support a militant peace campaign. It claims aims include isolating America, disarming NATO, and bolstering Soviet expansion.
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Fendall Yerxa
Ogden R. Reid
Stockholm
West
United States
Communist Party
Munich
Europe
America
State Department
Hall
World Congress of Intellectuals
Wroclaw
Poland
New York
World Peace Congress
Frederic Joliot- Curie
Cominform
Bucharest
Stalin
Kremlin
River Crest Revised Down To 53.5 Feet
The Ohio River crest forecast was revised to 53.5 feet at Portsmouth around 7 p.m. Thursday, down from 55.5 feet. Rises slowed to 0.1 feet per hour as water neared the crest, with Marietta and Scioto Valley crests and route closures noted. Pumping stations largely operational. new resident engineer Francis Tracy inspected facilities.
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Ohio
U.S. Weather Bureau
Portsmouth
Lucasville
Chillicothe
Piketon
Ohio Valley
Marietta
Scioto Valley
Scioto
New Boston
Francis Tracy
New
U.S
City Council Considers Payroll Tax Amid Detroit Steel Debt
New Boston council discusses a payroll and profits tax with a 3600 exemption and sends a delegation to Detroit to seek partial payment of personal property taxes. Detroit Steel Portsmouth Division appeals a tax decision delaying 93009.55 due, with 40170.82 to city, 37807.78 to schools, 15048.95 to county.
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Boston
Vernat G. Riffe
Detroit
Detroit Steel Corp
Detroit Steel Portsmouth Division
State Department of Taxation
New Boston
Ohio
Steel Corporation
James E. McCoy
Distel Arrested On Gun Charge
Jerome A. Distel 36 of 1645 Grant St faces two charges after an early morning arrest near Manhattan Restaurant. He is accused of carrying a concealed weapon a 6.35 mm pistol and abusing an officer. Bond set $50 for the weapon charge. other warrant served later. Distel pleads guilty to slots operation indictments and awaits further proceedings.
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Jerome A. Distel
Grant St
Norman Vogel
Distel
Vogel
Frank Mercer
Manhattan
Common Pleas Court
Charles Ross Dies Former Truman Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross, 65, longtime voice for President Truman in daily press briefings, died of a heart attack yesterday at 5:50 p.m. A former newspaperman, Ross rose to national prominence through his friendship with Harry S. Truman.
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Washington
Charlie Ross
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Harry S. Truman
United States
Menzies Aims to Expand Australia Volunteer Army
Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced Australia will push to raise the volunteer citizens army to 30,000 men. The force would serve only domestically unless a major war requires deployment abroad.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Menzies
Santa Claus Visits Portsmouth Esplanade to Kick Off 1950 Christmas Season
Crowds of about 2000 greet Santa on a flatbed truck at the Portsmouth esplanade Tuesday night. Santa traveled solo due to Mrs. Claus illness, with music and bands energizing the chilly celebration sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and emceed by Senior Captain Arthur Hill of the Salvation Army.
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Santa
Esplanade
Santa Claus
North Pole
Portsmouth
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur Hill
Salvation Army
Theron White
Attlee vows no appeasement of China in Korea clash
British Prime Minister Attlee told the National Press Club there will be no appeasement of Communist China to end the Korean fighting. He pledged Britain will stand with the United States in Korea as long as the Stars and Stripes fly there and said talks with President Truman foster greater understanding of each government’s approach.
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Washington
Attlee
Britain
China
National Press Club
United States
Korea
Truman
Italy Seeks 200 Billion Lire Boost for Army Funds
Rome sources say Italy’s supreme council requested an extra 200 billion lire for the army after finding the 150 billion lire defense fund insufficient. The army would receive 69 billion lire from the current appropriation, with Atlantic Pact aid aiding a 12 division force.
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Rome
Italy
Supreme Council
United States
Pope Pleads for World Peace in Holy Year Encyclical
Pope Pius in an encyclical to Roman Catholic bishops urged the world to keep the peace as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims come to Rome for the 1950 holy year. He called for a sacred crusade against unrestrained struggle and said the pilgrimage signals a longing for peace, union, and Christian love.
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Vatican City
Pius
Rome
Hospital Auxiliary Approves $3,514 Food Equipment Purchase
Portsmouth General Hospital's Woman's Auxiliary votes to spend $3,514.36 on kitchen equipment after months of study. The executive board met at the nurses' home with Mrs. C. G. Linham presiding as Mrs. Clyde Fitch and Arthur Carvorth receive authority to order bulk food conveyors, coffee urns, cream urns, and related gear to serve hot meals to patients.
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Portsmouth General Hospital
Nurses’ Home
C. G. Linham
Clyde Fitch
Arthur Carvorth
Kitchen Rehabilitation Funds for Auxiliary Guilds
The Times notes plans for dispensers unit heaters and tray service carts for three floors. Funds come mainly from six months of membership fees with $4,300 needed immediately for major equipment. Smaller urgent kitchen needs will be covered by guilds as part of the rehabilitation plan.
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Auxiliary
Truman Attlee Hold Crisis Talks On Korean War
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee met during crisis talks about Korea as Western powers face pressure from Communist China. Informants say Europe centers the conflict with Soviet communism and that the U.N. effort to remove Chinese troops from Korea may shape future moves. Page 18 discusses possible evacuative actions and allied positions.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Europe
China
White House
Williamsburg
U.N
Korea
Allied Transport Outruns Enemy In Race For Time
Allied 8th Army halted retreat from Pyongyang and dug in for a western Korea stand. The line likely runs south of Pyongyang toward 38th parallel as Chinese forces mount enveloping moves. South Korean troops push into hillside guerilla camps near Sibyon while Gen Collins visits the front.
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Tokyo
8Th Army
Pyongyang
Red China
MacArthur
Parallel 38
Red North
South Korea
Sibyon
J. Lawton Collins
U.S. Army
Korea
Seoul
Collins
U.S. 10Th Corps
Hungnam
Wonsan
10Th Corps
Hagaru
Koto
Changjin Reservoir
A.P
Tom Stone
Vishinsky mocks appeal to halt China forces in Korea
In the U N General Assembly Vishinsky derides a 13 nation appeal urging Communist China to stop at the 38th parallel. The Assembly then votes 51 to 5 to place an emergency measure on its agenda calling for halting Chinese intervention in Korea.
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Vishinsky
China
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Peiping
Korea
U.N. Assembly
U.N
India
Philippines
Egypt
Middle East
Council To Get Rent Proposal
City Council will receive a six month extension of rent control in Portsmouth. Council will not act tonight and will decide at the December 20 meeting whether to continue controls, with emergency action possible making it effective immediately through next June.
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Ports
Edward T. Beall
City Hall
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Tuiet
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Charles Ross
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Pope
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Inside the Times
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Sth
By John M. Hightower
United Nations
38Th Parallel
Lippmann
Whartss Lippmann
Scandinavia
Germany
France
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