Red sweep threats Pyongyang as Korea war widens
Chinese forces surge south toward Pyongyang in a major offensive. General MacArthur says a state of undeclared war exists between the Chinese Communists and United Nations forces. He cites half a million Chinese troops in Korea and outlines aims to seize Pyongyang, cut off the 10th corps, and isolate American and Korean units in northeast Korea.
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China Delegate Talks With Lie For Closed Session
New York December 2 United Nations Secretary Trygve Lie held a half hour discussion this morning with Chinese Communist Delegate Chen Chiao reportedly over Korean crisis efforts. Warren Austin flew to Washington to report on secret Allied talks to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. More meetings with the Chinese Reds were announced to occur before next week end.
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Chen Chiao
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Trygve Lie
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Warren RB. Austin
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Jacob A. Malik
Cordier
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security council
Korea
Wartime security around President Truman at Army Navy game
In Philadelphia December 2 wartime security measures surrounded President Truman as he attended the Army Navy football clash. Police and secret service detained two young men who were questioned after one allegedly said, If I had a gun I could bump him off. The men were taken to a police station near the president’s car, but the secret service downplayed the incident, calling them merely blowing off.
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Return to Work After Monastic Detour in San Francisco
Donald D. Foster, a 50 year old San Francisco businessman and state government employee, has decided to return to his private life and married life after renouncing monkhood last January. He told reporters he has not abandoned plans to enter the monkhood but will resume his former job and family life temporarily.
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UPi
Donald D. Foster
Bomb Stockpile Guess Is 700 New York Dec 2
Look magazine estimates America now has about 700 atomic bombs and doubts about hydrogen bomb feasibility. The 700 figure exceeds prior published guesses ranging 200 to 400.
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America
Look magazine
Navy Ends Army's Unbeaten Streak With 14 2 Victory
Navy quarterback Bob Zastrow sparked a stunning 14 2 upset over Army ending the Cadets 28 game unbeaten run. Zastrow scored once and threw another, while Army managed only five first downs and a second half safety. The game drew 103,000 at Municipal Stadium as Navy sealed the win on a late interception by John Gurski.
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Bill Rowecamp
Berlin Votes Amid High Security as Police Threat Alert
Berlin's 138000 strong police force imposed a special alert to guard a municipal election amid threats of Communist violence. Riot squads were stationed at key Allied sector stations as polls opened at midnight and ran to 7 am, with demonstrations expected but kept off limits to Allied civilians and soldiers to ensure a free vote.
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Johannes Stumm
west Berlin
Football Scores From The Day In College Football
Football scores list Penn State 21 Pitt 20 Virginia 44 No Car 13 Fordham 13 Syracuse 6 Ga Tech 7 Georgia 0 Maryland 63 VPI 7 Holy Cross 82 Boston C 14. Ford Motor Co announces price hikes on 1951 model trucks from 75 to 275 dollars in Detroit news release.
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Attlee and Pleven Discuss Korea Crisis and European Defense
British Prime Minister Attlee and French Premier Rene Pleven conferred in London on the Korea crisis and European defense on the eve of Attlee's planned flight to Washington. They debated German rearmament while Bevin and Schuman headed a joint policy team. Attlee plans to fly to meet President Truman with 17 aides, weather permitting. Pleven later said he would not accompany him.
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Congress Set To Vote Aid For Korea War Effort
Congress pledged to provide funds to meet the Korea crisis and global Communist threat. President Truman sought about 17.85 billion for defense, bringing the year’s total near 42 billion with taxes likely. House hearings begin, Senate to follow. excess profits tax eyed for 3.4 billion. Alaska Hawaii statehood fight lingers as southern Democrats block bills.
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New Curbs Cut Use of Metals
Washington December government curbs on civilian use of nickel and zinc were announced while aluminum rules were lightened. William H. Harrison revised steel directives to distribute defense orders equitably and directed spread of high tenacity rayon yarn orders among six producers. Aluminum limits set non-defense consumption at 80 percent of 1950 first-half average for January and 75 percent for February.
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William H. Harrison
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Czech Clergy Convicted in Espionage Plot
In Prague on December 2 nine Roman Catholic churchmen including a bishop and two abbots were convicted of espionage and high treason in what authorities called an alleged Vatican plot to overthrow Czechoslovakia's communist regime.
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Truman Creates Federal Civil Defense Administration
President Truman moved to establish a federal civil defense administration and named former Florida governor Millard F. Caldwell Jr. as its head at $17,500 a year. The action shifts control from the NSRB to OEM within the White House, aiming to ready a going civil defense entity before Congress acts. Caldwell pledged to begin work immediately, succeeding J J. Wadsworth who had handled defense duties for NSRB.
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Missing Coed Search Fails in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan on December 2 police announced five days of searching for 18 year old Carolyn Drown, a Western Michigan University freshman who vanished after leaving her dormitory during a snowstorm to get a snack at a nearby lunch counter. No solid clues emerged and officials planned to restart the investigation.
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Tots Drilled In Atom Bomb Protection
In Los Angeles, third grade pupils at Clifford Street School began atom bomb drills under supervision of Dr. Jack Abbott. Pupils knelt beside seats with heads buried as they were told a bomb would blow up houses and make the earth wiggle. After Christmas drills will extend to all schools.
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Clifford street
Jack Abbott
Court Takes Girl From Moslem Mate
SINGAPORE December 2 A 13 year old Dutch girl Maria Bertha Nertogh sobbing and terrified was taken from her Moslem husband and handed to her Roman Catholic mother in a Supreme Court custody ruling. The high court annulled the Malayan marriage and ordered custody placement under police and court supervision. Maria cried I love you and pleaded not to leave her husband Incie Mansoor Abadi as crowds watched from the steps.
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T. A. Brown
Mohammedan
Incie Mansoor Abadi
Danish steamer J. P. Suhr sinks off Sweden coast
The 1,999 ton Danish steamer J. P. Suhr sank off Sweden's coast last night. Twenty of her 21 crew are missing with one seaman rescued clinging to an overturned lifeboat. The cause is not known.
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Chinese POWs report secret objectives and poor treatment
U S Eighth Army in Korea releases notes from Chinese prisoners who say officers hid goals until crossing the Yalu for Korea liberation. Many captives claimed they feared U N forces and expected slave labor, with some former Nationalists observed as covert Communist officers.
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Draft Revision Delay Predicted
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee said there is no need to change the draft law this year to speed up expansion of the armed forces. President Truman aims for a 2,771,000 defense force by June 3, with the 19 to 25 age group still available to meet needs.
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navy
Four Children Die in Fire in South Philadelphia Tenement
Four brothers and sisters die from burns and smoke inhalation in a four story tenement fire in South Philadelphia. Eight others injured or burned, police estimate about 20 people jumped or were led to safety from the building.
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