MacArthur says Korea war not hopeless despite restrictions
General MacArthur in a U S News and World Report interview says the Korea conflict is serious but not desperate, noting UN limits on pursuit of Chinese forces and air attacks. He refuses to discuss atomic options. Truman says atomic talks are under consideration if needed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
MacArthur
U. S. News and World Report
Tokyo
Truman
Siberian
Ninsula
United Nation
Changjin Reservoir
Charles A. Willoughby
North Korea
Willoughby
U. N
Pyongyang
Browder Jailed In Bond Failure
Earl Browder longtime No 1 American Communist was jailed after failing to post 1500 bond on a contempt of Congress charge. Federal Judge Curran denied release on personal bond as Browder faced arraignment for refusing to answer questions before a Senate subcommittee amid McCarthy era investigations. He appeared in court with no attorney and offered to represent himself.
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Associated Press
Washington
Earl Browder
Edward M. Curran
Browder
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
Curran
West Virginia five day weather forecast extended
Five day forecast for West Virginia December 2 to 6 predicts rain or snow Saturday. Snow flurries likely Sunday and rain or snow Tuesday with total precipitation 0.25 to 0.5 inch. Temperatures average near 38 in the north and 41 in the south, with colder conditions Sunday and Wednesday and a warmer Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Glade Creek
Jury Gels Suit For $500 Damage
The Raleigh County Circuit Court jury began deliberations on Jacob Rock's $500 damage suit against Appalachian Electric Power Company after arguments concluded. The action stemmed from an automobile accident on May 9 along State Route 3 near Arnett. Earlier, Van Lester v Associates Discount Corp and Obie Jones v Thomas Williams were settled out of court, with two more cases continued to the next term.
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Jacob Rock
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Raleigh County
Arnett
van Lester
Associates Discount Corporation
Obie Jones
Thomas Wilams
Ben H. Ashworth
Jarry Carl Spencer
A. E. Allen
Number Two Bus Lines Incorporated
John Wesley Smith
West Virginia Briefs Cover Taxes Trains and Death
West Virginia tax officials report November penny-a-pack cigarette collections rose 3.5 percent from 1949 to 185253. In Moundsville a market owner killed an attacking animal and found an 11 pound opossum. Army says no plans to reactivate WWII training area near Elkins. Preston County coroner identifies river death as Mrs Myrtle Blaney of Pisgah.
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Charleston
C. H. Koontz
Moundsville
Charles Thayer
Washington
Army
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Elkins
W. Va
Staggers
Grafton
Tygart Valley
Myrtle Blaney
Pisgah
Preston County
Ona C. Jeffreys
Maliks Absence Halts UN Plan To Lure Chinese From Korea
UN diplomats pressed round the clock talks on withdrawing Chinese forces from Korea without war as Russia vetoed a conciliatory escalation. Chinese and Manchurian allies condemned U S actions while Moscow and Peiping rejected compromise. Delegates anticipated major decisions in Washington after weekend talks between Truman and Attlee.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Korea
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Churchmen differ on a bomb issue in national council
Dr O Frederick Nolde told the General Assembly that the atom bombs should not be dropped on Communist China. A Federal Council panel earlier said the bomb could be morally justified under certain circumstances. Five Protestant leaders including Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill echoed that view.
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Cleveland
O. Frederick Nolde
United Nations
China
Philadelphia
General Assembly
National Council of Churches of Christ
United States
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
National Council
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
Porter Confesses To Rape Murder in Cleveland
A 19 year old porter confessed to raping and murdering Mrs Pansy Whitley a Greyhound Bus Lines station waitress found dying in a dressing room. Police said the dressing room key was found on Lon Stevenson a Kingsville Texas native who arrived from Chicago and was arrested at the terminal.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Pansy Whitley
Greyhound Bus Lines
David Kerr
Lon Stevenson
Kingsville
Tex
Chicago
American Bus Lines
Whitley
Greyhound
Yule Display Fire Kills Ten in Halifax Department Store
A gaily lit Christmas window display burst into flames in a Halifax department store killing ten people. Police feared the toll could rise as search operations were hampered by a dangerous section of the building. Damage was expected to exceed $500,000, with adjacent stores heavily affected by smoke.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N. S
Verdun Mitchell
Lucas Admits Defeat On Statehood Bill
The Associated Press reports that statehood for Alaska and Hawaii in the current Congress is seen as a lost cause. Senate Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois says a GOP Southern Democrat coalition cannot break the filibuster to advance the measures.
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Lucas
Associated Press
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
Senate
Illinois
Eastern Freight Increase Sought
Washington reported that the Eastern railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a four percent freight rate hike to cover higher business costs and defense needs. They cited wage, fuel, and supply cost rises totaling at least 127 million dollars annually since July 1949 and warned that even four percent may be insufficient.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Youths Chase Santa From Yale Parade in Illinois
In Pekin Illinois a pre Christmas parade featured Santa in a red jeep until about 40 junior high aged youths snowballed him and other parade participants. Police and adults struggled to stop the attack as Santa pressed on to finish the route and later dug snow from his whiskers. John Kreugsman, a trucking line owner and local business leader, portrayed Santa and declined comment.
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Pekin
Ill
Santa Claus
Santa
Ilinois
John Kreugsman
The
Association of Commerce
Days of Infamy and Cold War Shifts Across 1941 to 1950s
Captured documents place Pearl Harbor attack on December 1, 1941, nine years earlier, as the United States faces renewed global tension. The era features a Chinese delegation at the UN, Red China offensives in Korea, and upcoming visits by British Prime Minister Attlee to discuss postwar security with President Truman.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
United States
Hull
Pearl Harbor
China
New York
United Nations
Wu Hsiu Chuan
Red China
U. N
Korea
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Attlee
Truman
Price Administrator Named Congressmen Predict Controls Will Follow
President Truman named Mayor Michael V. DiSalle to be price administrator, signaling Congress that wage and price controls will follow. Senators and leaders say controls loom, whether nationwide or selective, to curb defense spending and sustain military effort in Korea. Statesmen predict rapid action under the existing economic controls law granting authority to impose wage and price restrictions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
di Salle
Maybank
D-Sc
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O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate Hous Economic Committee
Steel Price Hiked As Union Accepts New Wage Scale
In Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers accept 16 cent hourly raise for 259,000 members as U S Steel leads price hikes about 5 percent. Bethlehem, Public Steel offer similar raises. Republic also boosts prices. J and L set wage talks resume. Philip Murray urges rapid nationwide adoption.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel
Public Steel Corporation Ward
Saysanne
Republic
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
J&l
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
Murray
War clause OK'd in Charleston life policies
Charleston reports state insurance commissioner Robert A. Crichton approved riders allowing new life policies to exclude deaths from war directly. Proposals denying protection for deaths in military service were rejected if due to natural causes while in service. Existing policies remain unaffected.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Robert A. Crichton
Crichton
Wood links Truman assassination attempt to Communists
Representative Wood, chair of the House Un American Activities Committee, said the November 1 assassination attempt on President Truman was inspired by Communist influence. He cited the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, whose two members were among the would be killers, as evidence of Communist domination.
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Rep
Wood
D-Ga
Truman
House Un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Puerto Rico
Tobin
McGrath
Vandenberg's Return To Congress Doubted
In Grand Rapids Michigan a hospital visit raises doubts about Senator Vandenberg's return to Washington next month The Republican statesman aged 66 has been in poor health since a major lung operation over a year ago He suffered a setback at his home Wednesday night and returned to Buttworth Hospital for another checkup
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Asional
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sen. Vandenberg
Washington
Michigan
Republican Statesman
Buttworth Hospital
Truman seeks 18 billion to speed up armed forces build up
President Truman urged congressional leaders to approve about 18 billion dollars in new spending to boost U S armed forces and atomic energy in a tense international climate. The plan would lift manpower to around 2.7 to 3.0 million within a year, with no change yet in mobilization or price control policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
United States
Gurney
R-Sd
Rep. Short
Missouri
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Short
Rep
Halleck
R-Ifid
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
McGrath
Prize Baby has Negro Father, White Mother
Detroit’s grand prize baby is Lester H. Massengill, 29 months, son of a Ford foundry worker and a former WAC, winning the “better baby” contest judged on health beauty and popularity. He led 5,244 competitors at a Detroit Convention Hall ceremony.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Detroit Junior Board of Commerce
Lester H. Massengill
Ford Motor Company
WAC
Baby Lester
Lester
Episcopal Bishop May Head Church Council
The Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill of Greenwich Conn presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church was nominated as the first president of the National Council of States Cleveland officials announced.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Henry Knox Sherrill
Greenwich
October One of Best Months for West Va
Charleston reports October marked record employment with 130100 in manufacturing and 533300 total in mines plants and commerce. Output reached peacetime highs while payrolls topped 128.7 million. Coal demand lagged as stockpiles rose to 75000000 tons, tempering expectations amid postwar trends and a three day week in 1949.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
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