Eisenhower Names Core Group for Foreign Policy Roles
President elect Eisenhower unveils a lineup to handle foreign policy with John Foster Dulles as secretary of state designate and Winthrop Aldrich named ambassador to Britain. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to head the U.N. delegation and Harold Stassen to lead the Mutual Security Agency as senior aides arrive for briefings. Aldrich arrives for a brief visit. Lodge to meet Dulles and possibly Warren Austin at the U.N. plus Gen. Lucius Clay to see the president elect.
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NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
John Foster Dulles
Winthrop W. Aldrich
U. S
Great Britain
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
United Nations
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
mutual security agency
Dulles
Arthur S. Vandenberg, Jr
Commodore hotel
Lodge
Aldrich
Vandenberg
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
U. N
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Canco
Europe
Germany
Columbia University
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur S. Flemming
Milton Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
office of defense mobilization
Pennsylvania State College
GRIFFITH
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph co
American U. N
Truman
Harvard
Chase National bank of New York
Chase Safe Deposit co
International Paper co
Metropolitan Life Insurance co
Westinghouse corp
the
New York Central railroad
Discount corp. of New York
Attorneys Back Lie Ruling On UN Firing
UNITED NATIONS Dec 1 The three jurists say the UN secretary general can fire any active member of the American Communist party or any employee accused of espionage or subversion who refuses to answer questions. They also note no government can order the secretary general and that he must keep UN records confidential.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
Trygve Lie
U. N
Lie
international jurists
U. S
Communist party
U. S. grand jury
senate
U.N
William De Witt Mitchell
New York
Hoover
Edwin Herbert
London
Paul Veldekens
Catholic university of
Winnie Judd Returns From New Escape
Winnie Ruth Judd, the notorious killer known as the tiger woman, has surrendered after a sixth escape from the state hospital for the insane. The 49 year old, who killed her two friends in 1931 and shipped their bodies in a trunk, had enjoyed 46 hours of freedom before being recaptured and confined once more.
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PHOENIX
Ariz
state hospital for
Winnie Ruth Judd
Los Angeles
Actors in Strike On Commercials
Hollywood reports a nationwide strike by the AFL screen actors guild against filmed television commercials. President Walter Pidgeon says it is the guild’s first strike in 19 years and could be tough. Strikers seek a fee for a first broadcast and additional fees for repeats, plus a one year limit on commercial use.
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HOLLYWOOD
AFL- screen actors guild
guild
Walter Pidgeon
New First Lady At White House
Washington Dec 1 Mrs Dwight Eisenhower visited the White House for a tour with Mrs Harry Truman. Photographers documented the moment as Mamie Eisenhower prepared to move into the 54 room mansion on Jan 20. The brief tour lasted about 90 minutes with both women sharing light remarks.
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White House
WASHINGTON
Dwight Eisenhower
Pennsylvania avenue
Harry Truman
Mamie Eisenhower
Bess Truman
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mrs. Truman
the
land
John Adams
Adams
Probe of Obscene Books Opens Before House Panel
The House committee opened a probe into obscene books with publisher Ralph Daigh defending Women’s Bar racks an adaptation of a diary from a French army woman. Daigh argued the work milder than Plato and Shakespeare. Chairman Gathings cited pocket books cheese cake magazines and misnamed comics as offending formats.
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WASHINGTON
congress
Ralph Daigh
Fawcett Publications
New York City
Hamlet
Daigh
house
Gathings
D-Ark
aarant
Election Probers Call Changes To Campaign Spending Laws
Washington December 1 Republican and Democratic leaders urged reform of campaign spending laws at a House hearing. They criticized the three million dollar national limit as impractical and urged tighter controls on total candidate spending, independent groups, and ad spending across radio TV and newspapers. They also proposed capping campaign durations to curb expenditures and protect candidate health.
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WASHINGTON
house committee
Hale Boggs
D.-La
Rep
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Robert Taft
Brown
wild guess
Herman D. Smith
Lake Forest
Ill
Volunteers for Stevenson
Rain and Snow Halt Korean Fighting
A cold drizzle followed by heavy snow slowed operations on the Korean front. Chinese squads of about 12 men moved from South Korean positions at night on Sniper ridge, but Allied artillery repelled them. Frontline clashes were minor elsewhere, with most Allied planes grounded for a second day. Marine planes destroyed a road bridge and four buildings on the Haeju peninsula, and Allied fighter-bombers hit a Communist buildup area on the western front, with no immediate results observed.
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SEOUL
Haeju
Two Are Caught In Prison Break
Pittsburgh police captured two of eight Western State penitentiary escapees. McNelis was seized in a McKeesport restaurant wash room with no resistance. Monica was nabbed on Diamond Street after a shot was fired by officers. Two other convicts remain at large. two still inside walls.
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PITTSBURGH
Bolice
little burgh
McNelis
McKeesport
Mastermonica
Diamond street
Korea Truce Decision Near at United Nations Talks
At the United Nations a tentative peace plan for Korea faces last minute twists from Russia and India. Soviet insistence on forcible prisoner repatriation and a cease fire clashes with Indian resistance and Chinese support, while V. K. Menon delays remarks protecting a Western backed approach.
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UNITED NATIONS
Russia
India
Red China
New Delhi
Peiping
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. N
Menon
assembly politings
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Eest
West
Venezuelans Vote Lead to Leftists
In Caracas and across the country early unofficial returns show the URD gaining a surprise lead in the race for a 103 member constituent assembly. FED trails in second place as the military-backed junta governs the nation.
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CARACAS
Venezuela
Union for a Democratic Republic
URD
constituent assembly
Independent Electoral Front
FED
Marriage Hasty in Tijuana Ends with Arrests
Walder Christian Billa, a 48-year-old hotel cook from Sacramento, admitted his hasty proxy marriage to 12 year old Virginia Willis of Grass Valley in Tijuana. Officials detained Billa on child stealing suspicions, while Virginia was placed in juvenile care after they were returned to the United States.
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SAN DIEGO
Calif
Virginia
Walder Christian Billa
Sacramento
Vir Lee Willis
Grass Valley
Tijuana
Mexico
Billa
U. S
French Favored In Saar Voting
In Saarbrucken, the French backed government wins big as 55 percent of valid votes go to Prime Minister Johannes Hoffmann's CVP. With 29 seats likely, the Social Democrats secure 17, Communists four, and 3 percent go to a new Democratic People's party. Only about a quarter of voters cast valid ballots to express pro German sentiment.
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SAARBRUECKEN
Saar
Germany
Christian People’s party
CVP
Johannes Hoffman
Social Democrats
Democratic People's party
Two Survive as Tacoma C-54 Crash Death Toll Rises
The inbound C-54 crash near Tacoma on Friday left 27 dead with two survivors. A/3C Bobby R. Wilson of Fort Worth Texas died Saturday, wiping out the seven-man crew based at Great Falls Montana. the remaining crew members perished in the wreck.
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TACOMA
Wash
here
Bobby R. Wilson
Fort Worth
Tex
Great Falls
Mont
Flight Engineers Strike Shuts Eastern Air Lines Planes
Eastern Air Lines faced a crippling strike by AFL Flight Engineers International, grounding Constellation and Super Constellation fleets across the eastern U S. Capt Eddie Rickenbacker called the action illegal under the Railway Labor Act as cancellations and passenger disruptions spread from New York to Boston Miami Jacksonville and beyond.
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NEW YORK
Eastern Air Lines, Inc
Eddie Rickenbacker
AFL Flight Engineers International association
Rickenbacker
Boston
Miami
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisville
Washington
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
St. Louis
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Eastern Air Lines
Eden says Red China attitude not encouraging on Korean peace
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden described Beijing's stance on Indian proposals to end the Korean War as far from encouraging. The comment reflects Britain's wary view of Communist China amid ongoing diplomacy and regional tensions.
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LONDON
Anthony Eden
China
Smiths Causing Confusion With Special Squad
OZARK Alabama December 1 Eleven men named Smith cause roll call chaos in Battery C 25th field artillery Camp Rucker. A Smith squad led by a Smith sergeant turns drill into a mass mutiny of wrong steps with one Smith left out of line.
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OZARK
Ala
Smith
25th field artillery
Camp Rucker
Sgt. Smith
New CIO Chief Split Contests Convention Drama
Atlantic City December 1. Maurice Tobin urged a quick merger with the AFL to present a unified labor front to the incoming Republican administration as CIO delegates split over a successor to the late Phillip Murray. Walter Reuther led in votes, Allan Haywood fought on, with steelworkers likely to swing to avoid an open clash.
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ATLANTIC CITY
N. J
Maurice Tobin
CIO
AFL
Republican national administration
Tobin
Phillip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
CIO auto workers union
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
both
William Green
Murray
Green
steelworkers
David J. McDonald
Haywood
Reuther
Ruiz Inaugurated Mexico President
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines sworn in as Mexico’s president for a six year term and naming Luis Padilla Nervo as foreign minister. He vowed to lower living costs, widen state and local government powers, and advance social justice while stressing democracy and citizen rights.
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MEXICO CITY
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Luis Padilla Nervo
United Nations
Ruiz
Miguel Aleman
Eisenhower
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