Eisenhower Opens Korea Talks Aboard USS Helena
President elect Eisenhower began formal talks with future advisers aboard the USS Helena after a Wake Island arrival. Korea policy discussed with no decisions revealed. no itinerary announced. Attendees included Dulles, McKay, Humphrey, Clay, Dodge, Jackson, Hughes, Wilson, Radford, withBradley to join at Pearl Harbor.
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HELENA
HAWAII
Eisenhower
Wake Island
Pat Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Korea
PEARL
Pearl Harbor
John Foster Dulles
Douglas McKay
Oregon
interior
George M
Omar Bradley
joint chiefs of staff
Dragna Tabbed for Deportation by U S Justice Dept
Attorney General McGranery announced the deportation arrest of Jack Ignatius Dragna a Los Angeles racketeer born in Palermo Italy now 61 taken from his home. Dragna last re entered the United States in 1932 without required admission documents as part of a broad denaturalization and deportation drive targeting underworld figures engaged in criminal activities.
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WASHINGTON
McGranery
Jack Ignatius Dragna
justice department
Los Angeles
Dragna
United States
Chicone
Palermo
Italy
Record Smog Lifts Off Sooty London
London begins to see sunlight after four days of dense smoke from soot laden fog. The historic blackout end brings relief to residents and commuters though accidents occurred and crime rose behind the smog curtain.
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London
Hitler
Planes Plaster North Korea Front Lines In Wide Strike
Allied air forces sweep over North Korea with F-86 Sabres destroying a MiG-15 at Sinuiju and 125 trucks, six bridges, and key rail routes hit. Maj. Edwin Heller and Lt. Gene Woodworth credited for joint MIG kill. U S forces report a heavy day on the front with low temperatures and multiple air and ground attacks.
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SEOUL
North Korea
U. S. fifth air force
Sinuiju
U.S. eighth army
Sabre
Edwin Heller
Warick road
Wynnewood
Gene Woodworth
S. 4th st
Rockford
Republic of Korea
Red front
River Dispute Nears High Court
California told the Supreme Court it seeks a final decision in the Colorado River dispute with Arizona over 3,800,000 acre feet of water annually. California offered no objection to Arizona filing a complaint and the court may appoint a special master to hear testimony and arguments before deciding.
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WASHINGTON
California
supreme court
Arzona
Colorado
Arizona
Costly strike threat shocks Vienna workers
Dec 8 in Vienna reports chairmen of works councils at two large Czechoslovak plants were fired after they threatened to strike in protest over a potato shortage under the Communist regime.
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VIENNA
works council
Czechoslovakia
South Korean Learns to Count With U.S. 45th Division
A South Korean soldier attached to the U S 45th Division in Korea has learned to count in English by watching American troops play their favorite pastime. He now recites: ace deuce trey four five six seven eight nine ten jack queen king.
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U.S. 45TH
Korea
jack
Grand Jury Opens RFC Loan Probe
A federal grand jury began examining an 80 million dollar RFC loan to Baltimore and Ohio railroad in 1944 as part of its financial reorganization. Senator Tobey had alleged fraud and collusion in a 1947 minority report, later rejected by a senate subcommittee. Special investigator W. Stuart Symington was brought in to review the loan.
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WASHINGTON
Baltimore and Ohio railroad
reconstruction finance corporation
RFC
Sen. Tobey
R.N. H
senate banking
W. Stuart Symington
B, & O. loan
President Attends Mrs Wallace Rites Amid Trumans Visit
Independence Missouri December funeral services for Mrs. David W. Wallace 90 mother of the first lady drew President Truman, Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret to the Little White House. The president arrived last night and kept to the Truman Wallace families in seclusion at the home since Civil War era. He walked with secret service this morning near the Wallace residence before returning home.
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INDEPENDENCE
White House
CS.T
David W. Wallace
Trumatt
Margaret
Efforts Resume to Reach Mt Gorgonio Crash Site
Riverside reports renewed attempts to reach the Mt San Gorgonio crash site where a C 47 with 13 aboard disappeared en route from Omaha to March AFB. Wind, clouds and cliffs hampered rescue teams using helicopter, weasel and skis. a helicopter was wrecked by gusts near the scene.
Morocco Rioting Among Moroccans Kills 23 In Casablanca
In Casablanca on December 8, bloody anti French riots left 23 dead including three Europeans. Mob attacks and gunfire broke out as crowds surged to the police station. curfew and troop patrols followed. The unrest coincides with a regional strike called by the Moroccan CGT in solidarity with Tunisians.
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GASABLANCA
Morocco
Moroccan general labor federation
CGT
Tunisian workers movements
UGT
Tunisia
Tunis
Farhat Hached
U S Stance Delayed on Tunisian Question at U N
United Nations dispatch notes the United States at odds with Britain and France over the UN discussion of Tunisia. Philip Jessup prepared to state Washington's position in the UN assembly's political committee as France and Britain clash on the right of UN intervention. France boycotts the committee citing Tunisia as a domestic matter. Britain pushes the competence question but offers no formal motion.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
U.S
Britain
France
U. N
Philip Jessup
Truman
U. S
U. N. assembly
Selwyn Lloyd
Putnam Fights To Keep Wage Program Alive
Washington story detailing Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam taking charge of the stalled wage stabilization program, seeking to hand controls to the Eisenhower administration, while facing lack of a wage board and industry resignations. Government officials and union leaders weigh implications, with Meany urging action and Reuther pressing for suspension of wage curbs.
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Putnam
WASHINGTON
Roger Putnam
Eisenhower
Boston
Chicago
Truman
Kentucky-Ohio
Defense
Henry Fowler
NBC
AFL
George Meany
CBS
Meany
WSE
CIO
Walter Reuther
Labor Leaders Favor Unity in AFL CIO Merger
Detroit December 8 Walter Reuther said he would give up the CIO presidency for a lesser post if it aided effective AFL CIO unity. George Meany, newly elected AFL president, made a similar remark urging organic merger while preserving CIO policies.
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DETROIT
Walter Reuther
CIO
AFL-CIO
Reuther
George Meany
AFL
Storm Paralyzes Northern California Travel Amid Floods
A weekend storm across northern California killed seven people and stranded 1,370 passengers on seven trains as floods closed highways and power lines. Rain and snow battered the region, with deaths from falling trees and at least one drowning. several communities along the Oregon border were hardest hit. Major routes 99 and 97 reopened after drifts were cleared, and towns like Woodacre reported 6.91 inches of rain in 24 hours prompting evacuations.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California
reed
Southern Pacific
Dunsmuir
Klamath Falls
Siskiyou mountains
Oregon-California
U. S
Ukiah
Russ Tulla
Logan Trever
Bobby
Carl Seidner
Humboldt county
Stanton Colebank
Alder Point
Calif
Hans Hahn
Eureka
Mendocino county
Woodacre
Marin county
Kay Park
Klamath Hit Hard by Blizzard
Klamath Falls Oregon reports a severe winter storm isolating the city of 15 000. Five foot drifts blocked streets and trains and highways, power outages lasting 24 to 34 hours, and schools plus major lumber plants closed. Traffic and power restorations continued as conditions eased.
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KLAMATH FALLS
Oregon
Czechs Launch Major New Purge
Belgrade radio reported a major new purge of Communist readers underway in Czechoslovakia with a list of prominent figures seized in a wave of arrests. Antonin Gregor Gen Ludwig Svoboda Vladimir Kopriva Eugene Erban Augustin Kliment Zdenek Fierlinger named among those detained amid rumors of further purges following the Slansky treason trial.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Belgrade radio today
Czechoslovakia
Tanjug
Vladimir Kopriva
Eugene Erban
Augustin Kliment
Zdenek Fierlinger
Prague
Rudolf Slansky
Supreme Court Rules Federal Food Law Vague
The Supreme Court, in a 8-1 decision by Justice Douglas, held food manufacturers may not be fined or jailed for denying FDA inspectors access, citing vagueness in the food and drug act. Justice Burton dissented. The court also ruled on Taft Hartley limits, oil damages, theft loss deductions, illegal search evidence, Costello contempt review, and other actions.
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WASHINGTON
food and drug administration
supreme court
Justice Douglas
Burton
Douglas
United States
Manila
Pittsburgh
California supreme court
Charlies
Augustus Dixon
San Francisco
Secret service
federal district court
Dixon
Frank Costello
Costello
Atlanta
New York City
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Shark Kills Youth In Monterey Bay
A 15 foot shark killed Berry Wilson age 17 near shore in Monterey Bay. The attack left Wilson mangled and bleeding to death. Companion Brookner Brady Jr., 15, fought the shark with a knife as others approached and the creature fled. Marine biologists identified the shark. fishermen speculated storms drove it into the bay. This was the first recorded human harm by a shark off the northern California coast in memory.
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PACIFIC GROVE
Calif
UPI
Berry Wilson
Monterey bay
Wilson
Brookner W Brady, Jr
California
Slashing on Docks Ties to Waterfront Racketeering Probe
James Sinclair of Luckenbach Steamship Co testifies at a state crime commission hearing that private truckers are driven from the New York waterfront by slashing and coercive tactics. Hogan also opens a probe into stevedoring payoffs to AFL ILAs members as Justice Benvenga allows public hearings.
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NEW YORK
James Sinclair
Luckenbach Steamship co., Inc
state crime commission
Frank S. Hogan
AFL International Longshoremen’s association
State Supreme Court
Felix C. Benvenga
the
crime commission
End of 20 hour prison revolt in Santa Fe New Mexico
Robbers seized eight or nine convicts during a Sunday lockdown, holding hostages in the prison hospital and cell block No 2. Warden Moris Abram announced an end to the uprising after hostage release, with guards and state police ready to storm if needed. Leader Robert Eads identified among the convicts, awaiting court-ordered sentences.
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SANTA FE
Deep Pi
Rootag
Moreris Abram
New Mexico state
pace
Onc
Fred Johnson
be stone
Johnson
honepital
Moris Abram
Abram
Robert Eads
St Louis
Nixon Declares Taft a Team Player for Incoming Administration
Vice President elect Nixon said Len Taft is a team player who will work smoothly with the new Eisenhower administration. He spoke after landing at fog bound national airport following his Mexico City trip for inauguration duties for Adolfo Ruiz Cortines.
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WASHINGTON
Dee & «P
Nixon
Len Robert A Taft
Esenhower
ai foge
national
Mexico City
Eisenhower
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Taft
sharpe I
Martin P. Durkin
AFL plumbers union
Jabor Taft
Strike Fund Reaches Half Million, CIO Says
WASHTINGTON Dec 8 The CIO said its special strike fund has reached half a million dollars and a 30 cent per member monthly assessment will raise it to fifteen million dollars in eight years The union claims 300000 members and says the fund is reserved solely for use in strikes.
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WASITINGTON
CIO communication
Defense Dept Identifies 124 More Korean War Casualties
Washington dispatch identifies 124 additional Korean War casualties list 707. Of the total 16 are dead 100 wounded and eight injured in battle zone accidents with details released by the defense department.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
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