Eisenhower seeks MacArthur aid on Korean War plan
On board the USS Helena Eisenhower signals willingness to hear MacArthur’s ideas for ending the Korean War. An exchange of messages aboard the heavy cruiser suggests a meeting and aims to heal past tensions between the two former chiefs of staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HELENA
HAWAII
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Korea
Far East
Truman Demands MacArthur Plan for Korea Endgame
President Truman on board the special train to Sun demands General MacArthur present an honorable plan to end the Korean war at once. He says a reasonable plan that shortens fighting by even a day should be pursued, and notes MacArthur has discussed peace proposals with Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
New York
Eisenhower
Far East
Truman
U. S
U.N
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Sun
Roger Tubby
Tubby
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Helena
Pacific
Search Parties Near Plane Wreck on Mt Argonio
Riverside Calif December 10 A search party with arctic gear aims to reach today the Air Force C-47 Jane wrecked on Mt San Argonio December 1 with 13 men aboard The 12 member party has set bases at 9 300 feet Dollar Lake Meadows and two miles from the crash scene on the 11 485 foot peak
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RIVERSIDE
Calif
Mt. San Argonio
Dollar Lake
Hiss Carnegie Job History Is Probed
Attorney John W. Davis testified that Dulles first named Alger Hiss for Carnegie Foundation head and that all reports on him were favorable. He said no objections arose, the endowment retained Hiss after indictment, and the committee focuses on philanthropic funds used for Communist benefit.
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Carnegie
WASHINGTON
PAttorney
John W. Davis
John Foster Dulles
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Foundation for International Peace
Davis
house
Hiss
Carnegie Foundation
Adlai Stevenson
Carnegie committee
United States
New York
Dulles
Mr. Hiss
house committee
Seven Men Shot In Street Fight
NEW YORK December 10 1947 seven men were shot in a running gun battle with police in Times Square. Clarence O Sims the Cleveland gunman was wounded before fleeing. Three officers were seriously wounded and three bystanders were nicked. Sims heads the Shotgun gang and Cleveland police seek him on armed robbery charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
Cleveland
Times square
Clarence O. Sims
Sims
Eighth avenue
frontier town
Accused Spy Trap Unfolds In Tokyo Case
Lieutenant William L Murphy of Upper Darby Pennsylvania posed as conspirator to trap two sergeants Guiseppe Cascio and John P Jones accused of attempting to sell U S jet secrets in Tokyo. Cascio is under mental observation awaiting court martial decision while Jones is declared insane and sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKYO
air force
U. S
Cascio
lfe
Jones
Police Blast Shipping Firms In Dock Crime
New York police commissioner George Monaghan accused the city’s shipping industry of complacence and laxity on the docks. He said firms hire ex convicts and tolerate rackets to maintain peace, urging officials to file complaints to secure enforcement and protection along the port of New York and New Jersey.
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NEW YORK
George P. Monaghan
Monaghan
John E. Slater
Slater
Tow Attempt Resumes For Grounded Yorkmar Freighter
Aberdeen Washington December reports new efforts to pass a tow line to the Yorkmar, a 7 207 ton freighter aground on Grays Harbor beach after a Monday crash. Captain Oscar Kullbom and 36 crew stay aboard as a coast guard helicopter prepares to aid towing.
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ABERDEEN
Wash
coast guard
Grays Harbor
Oscar Kullbom
Portland
Ore
here
Carrier Planes Stage Deep Raid Near Manchuria
U S navy air forces launched a major seaborne strike against four Communist rail and supply targets near Manchuria including Honyang Musan Najin and Hyesanjin. Air battles yielded MIG-15 kills with Lt James F Low earning his eighth victory. Allied carriers Oriskany Bon Homme Richard and Essex contributed fighter bombers to destroy roundhouses turntables locomotives and box cars across the peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SEOUL
U. S. navy
Manchuria
SIBERIA
Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Honyang
Musan
Najin
Hyesanjin
North Korea
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
U. S. 5th air force
Ronald W. Haririm
Port Jervis
N. Y
air force
Alfred M. Miller
Navy
Panther
Sky Raiders
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
Honyung
Korea
Casualties total in Korea rise to 127 658
Washington reports U S battle casualties in Korea now total 127 658 as of today, an increase of 275 since last week. The update lists the overall toll and notes the weekly rise in totals.
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WASHINGTON
U.S
Korea
Armored Shorts Added to GI Kit in Korea
The army orders armored shorts for troops in Korea to pair with the armored vest for full torso protection. The shorts resemble prizefighter trunks, weigh four pounds, cover hips and groin, and use 12 layers of laminated nylon. The vest weighs eight pounds and deflects about 63 percent of missiles, reducing chest injuries by about 60 percent. One thousand armored shorts ready for Korea delivery in February.
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WASHINGTON
army
Korea
Tank Production Cut Back By Nearly Half
The army will cut medium tank production by about 45 percent from the 1954 spring goal, while deliveries are rescheduled and 214-ton trucks output falls 22 percent. The new schedule starts July 1, 1953, with some plants closing and private producers continuing production to maintain arsenals and war goods.
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WASHINGTON
army
Lovett
William Reeder
secretary of defense
U N Rejects Bey of Tunis Invite at Security Council Vote
The U N political committee refused to invite the Bey of Tunis to send a spokesman to detail complaints against France. The Pakistan resolution failed 26 to 24 with seven abstentions as Britain and the United States opposed the move, while Asian Arab and Soviet bloc nations backed it. Arkady A Sobolev of Russia argued the Bey’s representative could provide valuable information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
U.N
Tunis
France
U. N
Pakistan
Britain
U. S
Fussia
Arkady A. Sobolev
Purge Trials Said Discipline by Moscow to Terrorize Czechoslovakia
Secretary of State Acheson said the Communist purge trials in Czechoslovakia were designed by Moscow to terrorize satellite regimes and force them into greater exertions. He called the trial an elaborate pretense with false charges, forced testimony and induced confessions after 14 Czech Communist leaders were executed.
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WASHINGTON
Acheson
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Prober Cites Tally Errors Mechling Seeks Vote Check
In Las Vegas Walter Fitzpatrick ordered a Clark county recount of the Young Baring House race after finding tally errors not fraud. Mechling asked Washington to investigate irregularities in the Nevada Senate race where Malone led by about 2 722 votes. A 16 member recount team will review all 24 134 Clark votes over four to five days, with results due by Jan 1 1953.
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Prober
Mechling
LAS VEGAS
Nevada
house
senate
Walter Fitzpatrick
Clark county
C. Clifton Young
Walter S. Baring
congress
UME
BVO UMULALI
WUT AATvada
Baring
Washington
senate elections committee
Thomas B. Mechling
George W. Malone
Malone
CLAIMS AUTHORITY
Fitzpatrick
Hale Boggs
D-La
Young
hcéuse
house committee
Farmers Assured Eisenhower Help
President elect Eisenhower told the American Farm Bureau Federation in Seattle that he has not yet formed a long range farm policy but pledged aid without restricting farmers freedom of action. He hopes to settle the approach before the 1954 price supports law expires in 1954.
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SEATTLE
Eisenhower
American farm bureau federation
Allan B. Kline
Separate School Case Arguments In Second Day
John W. Davis urged the Supreme Court that the 14th Amendment was not meant to bar separate schools for white and Negro students. He cited Congress’s DC segregation and argued changing conditions cannot widen constitutional meaning.
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PWASHINGTON
John W. Davis
supreme court
New York
congress
Davis
south
Clarendon county
South Carolina
Chavendan county
Burton
Trade Group Head Asks Controls End
Washington December 10 The Truman administration moved to restore wage price control machinery as Roger Putnam sought to fill vacancies on the wage stabilization board The U S Chamber of Commerce president Laurence F Lee opposed reconstituting the board and urged businessmen not to serve Putnam called the move surprising and pressed to keep the board functional
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Truman
Roger
Putnam
dle wage stabilization board
WSB
Laurence F. Lee
U. S. chamber of commerce
Lee
Moderate Quake Reported From Atlantic Area
An earthquake described as moderate in intensity was recorded at 1 06 03 EST today. Seismologists from Boston College noted a location 5 135 miles north and east of Baotong with unclear bearing. Observers mention a rough direction north of the Azores possibly near the Baltic Sea off Finland.
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WESTON, Mies
marihe
Baotong
Boston college
Azores
Baltic sea
Finland
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