Chinese forces renew assault on Hungnam beachhead in Korea
Red troops mounted and foot battalions attacked the Hamhung Hungnam sector driving toward Allied defenders. The breach threatening 60,000 troops prompted heavy resistance from U S Third Division tanks and artillery. MacArthur quoted Lin Piao urging annihilation of invaders as reinforcements surged from Manchuria.
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Associated Press
Korea
Tenth Corps
Sea of Japan
Hamhung-Hungnam
Ammu
Hungnam
Fight Army
Seoul
Hambung-Hungnam
Red
Sinsong
Hamhung
Tom Lambert
Samuel G. Kail
Dallas
Lambert
U. S. First Marine
Oro
General MacArthur
Red China Radio
Peiping
Chrysler raises 1951 car prices across line
Detroit reports a new price line for 1951 models as Chrysler boosts prices for all cars and trucks by 80 to 195 dollars. The move follows Ford GM increases and widens inflationary pressures as industry leaders head to Washington for wage price talks.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Washington
Capitol
Cyrus W. Ching
Ching
Economic Stabilization Agency
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Dodge
Plymouth
Rail Yardsmen Face Contempt Proceedings
Washington announces contempt proceedings in Chicago and likely Cleveland against railroad yardsmen striking in defiance of court orders.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
GE Proxy Named Production Chief
Charles E. Wilson, president of General Electric, has accepted a call to head a national war production agency. The move aligns with President Truman's mobilization plan and echoes the World War II War Production Board. Wilson initially declined but agreed after a revised proposal. Attorney General McGrath announced the decision after a White House cabinet meeting. Contempt actions against striking railroad workers could bring heavy fines, with Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen contesting the strikes as unauthorized. Union officials seek quick restoration of service, while Edward B. Henslee, the union's general counsel, argues individuals ceased work without union authority.
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New York
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Wilson
War Production Board
Truman
United States
Washington
General Electric
McGrath
White House
Chicago
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Edward B. Henslee
Divorce Orders Signed and Law Cases Dismissed
Judge Ben H. Ashworth signed two divorce orders and four law cases in Raleigh County Circuit Court. Peggy Underwood seeks support and custody in a pending divorce with Charles Underwood. William Coiner’s case was referred to a chancery commissioner. Several suits were dismissed, continued, or settled, including Town of Lester versus Magistrate J. H. McGhee.
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Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh
Peggy Woodell Underwood
Charles C Underwood
Charles, Jr
Chancery
Locke
Ray Cole
John Garretson
Chester Meador
Hocking Cartage Company
Wendall Lloyd Zeeb
Mary
McGhee
H. J. Oram
Warren Schernbeck
Ashworth
Virginia West Virginia Weather Forecast Dec 16 20
Extended weather outlook for Virginia and West Virginia shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with typical readings around 35 in the north and 38 in the south. Expect cold conditions with frequent snow flurries and a half inch of total precipitation. rain turning to snow flurries, wind, and a colder pattern tonight through Saturday. New River rise about one foot above normal and the Bluestone Reservoir about five feet above normal and muddy.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Cesar
New River
Bluestone
Fist fights break up Steubenville council meeting
Steubenville council meeting ends after a brawl between Councilman Arthur Gorman and WEIR radio reporter Harry Cochran. Gorman’s black eye followed Cochran’s remark as they argued over a telephone bill and decorum. the session adjourned amid the confrontation.
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Associated Press
Steubenville, CO
Arthur Gorman
Harry Cochran
WEIR
Weirton
W. Va
Steubenville
Cochran
Gorman
Thomas McDonald
Honeybear Chosen Sweetheart of B U 1954
Nina Warren 17 daughter of Gov Earl Warren was named sweetheart of Boston University's College of Business Administration class of 1954. She is convalescing from polio and received Christmas gifts and a letter from the class.
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Associated Press
Boston
California
Boston University
College of Business Administration
Nina “Honeybear” Warren
Earl Warren
Nina
UN Cease-Fire Trio Holds Session Today
A three member United Nations cease fire committee opens today to seek terms for a Korean war endgame. Nasrallah Enteram Sir Benegal Rau Lester Pearson lead the group with U S liaison Ernest Gross and Willis Crittenberger. Russia questions and China terms loom as the assembly covers only the Korean issue.
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General Assembly
Nasrallah Enteram
Iran
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
China
Wu Hsiuchuan
U. S
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Korea
United Nations
United States
Britain
U. N
Ernest A. Gross
Willis Crittenberger
Further Attempts On Truman Life Believed Planned
A. E. Baughman testified to a House committee that there may be further attempts on President Truman's life. He urged full funding for the Secret Service and White House police, citing a prior Nov. 1 attempt and describing Blair House as insecure. FBI probing Puerto Rico connected to the plot was noted, with reimbursement requests totaling $131,000 for six months to hire 27 agents and 41 officers.
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Associated Press
Washington
A. E. Baughman
House
Secret Service
Truman
Appropriations
Baughman
Blair House
Houe
White House
FBI
Puerto Rico
Secret Service Division
India Mourns Death of Deputy Minister
India mourns Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel at 75 after a heart attack in Bombay. Flags fly at half mast as government offices and banks close nationwide. Patel helped merge 600 princely states into a stable nation alongside Gandhi and Nehru.
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Bombay
India
Depu
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Patel
G. D. Birla
Gandhi
Birla
New Delhi
House OKs Free $10,000 Life Insurance Plan
The House Veterans Committee approved a measure to grant $10,000 free life insurance to all men in military service since Korea began. The bill, exempting uniformed personnel from federal transportation tax on furlough travel, heads to President Truman for signature. Chairman Rankin of the committee plans an early floor vote.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
House
Truman
Rankin
Veterans Committee
National Service
Northern West Virginia Roads Turn Hazardous in Snowfall
Wet snow blanketed northern counties with 1 to 2.5 inches in Hancock, Brooke and Ohio. Chains advised on Hancock and Brooke highways while a light snow fell near Clarksburg. The Allegheny Plateau saw 1 to 3.5 inches on U S 50 and 42 in Mineral and Grant, Elkins reported an inch turning to rain and up to four inches on U S 250 along Cheat Mountain in Randolph and Pocahontas.
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Road Commission
Commission
Bureau of Highway Information
Hancock
Brooke
Ohio
Panhandle
Clarksburg
Allegheny Plateau
U. S. Route 50
Mineral
Grant
Elkins
Tucker County
Parsons
Thomas
Cheat Mountain
Randolph
Pocahontas
Mobilization plan urged by Gov Dewey for wartime surge
New York Governor Thomas E Dewey called for immediate national mobilization to halt Communist expansion. He urged universal military training, a 100 division U.S. army, 80 group Air Force and full navy, mass production for arms, pay-as-you-go reform to curb inflation, and rapid activation of 25 inactive National Guard divisions. He backed allied enlistment and swift legislation this month for an economic mobilizer to coordinate civilian power and production. He named Tito Franco and others as potential allies and warned that even with manpower gains, Russia and Red China outnumber the U.S. but production gains could offset.
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New York
Thomas E Dewey
U. S
Dewey
Russia
Red
China
House
Senate
Kentucky Site Picked For Atomic Project
President Truman urged national unity for wartime sacrifices as reports confirm a $500 million atomic energy project near Paducah Kentucky, part of a rapid expansion amid Korea tensions. Congress heard the Atomic Energy Commission budget will top $1.05 billion with a new plant in South Carolina and Kentucky to start once funding passes. Military expansion, emergency controls, and a 4,000,000 man army are discussed as defense needs grow.
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Pan
Washington
Truman
Free World
Congress
Paducah
Army
Pace
Korea
Atomic Energy Project
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
South Carolina
AEC
Gordon Dean
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