Truce proposal discussed at Vienna congress of peace
At the conference in Vienna the communist led congress of peoples for peace received a proposal urging big powers to sign a five or ten year cold war truce. Italian liberal Giuseppe Nitti presented the idea as an alternative to Joliot Curie's disarmament plan while noting modest recommendations. A Russian critique followed a debate moment as an Italian delegate accused Soviet propaganda of fueling the cold war.
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VIENNA
congress of peoples for peace
Giuseppe Nitti
for peace
ATOM BAN Nitti
Frederic Joliot-Curie
world peace council
Joliot-Curie
Nitti
RUSSIA
India
Alexander Piaggio
Christian peace movement
39 Men Trapped On Wrecked Grommet Reefer
In Leghorn harbor the 3800 ton US Navy refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer broke in half and drove aground with 40 aboard. The first engineer Carl F. Treudler of Belleaire NY was rescued in a breeches buoy after nearly 12 hours. 39 crew members uninjured and stranded on the stern section. Rescue teams from three repair ships aided operations with no immediate danger seen.
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LEGHORN
Italy
Leghorn harbor
Carl F. Treudler
Belleaire
N. Y
Treudler
Trendler
U. S. navy
Seven Die in Fire in Winamac Home
In Winamac Indiana two young mothers and five children died in a fire that engulfed a two story home after an oil burner burst into flames and filled rooms with dense smoke. The blaze occurred early today trapping the victims inside the burning dwelling.
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WINAMAC
Ind
Electors Vote Today for Next U.S. President
Washington dispatch notes that 531 electors will cast ballots to choose the next chief executive. Pollsters point to a predicted 442 to 89 Eisenhower victory, reflecting the states’ voters who backed Ike last November 4.
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WASHINGTON
United States
electoral college
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Sailor Screening Program Launched
An American immigration officer began a security check on crew members of the French liner Liberte during its voyage from New York to Le Havre. It marked the first screening under the McCarran-Walter act, which bars Communist affiliation. act takes effect Dec. 24. Crew voiced resentment, calling it an insult to political freedom as questioning may continue for days for a crew of about 1000 aboard the liner.
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PLYMOUTH
Eng
New York
United States
Le Havre
France
Peasants Desert Communist Party in Two Italian Towns
In Foggia and Gastelluccio Del Sauri, more than 450 peasants and farm workers bolted the Communist party over the weekend amid a government land redistribution drive. In Foggia 400 from San Severo handed in party cards to a Christian Democrat official. in Gastelluccio Del Sauri 52 followed suit. The land reform program is partially financed by U S mutual security agency funds.
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ROME
Communist party
Foggia
San Severo
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat party
Reds
Gastelluccio Del Sauri
U. S
NATO Ministers Eye Budget for 1953 Construction Program
In Paris on December 15, NATO ministers reviewed General Ridgway’s 428 million dollar European military construction plan but postponed action for the day. They also delayed naming a commander for the Mediterranean naval command while Italian Premier De Gasperi urged a united anti Communist campaign. Kraft cautioned the alliance to expect sudden shifts and noted progress toward balance with the Soviet bloc remains incomplete.
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PARIS
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO Mediterranean naval command
Alcide De Gasperi
Italy
Russia
North Atlantic treaty organization
De Gasperi
Ole Bjorn Kraft
NATO
McCarthy to Press Anti Red Campaign Continues
Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin said his personal drive against subversives will go on in the next Congress. He will chair the Senate committee on Government Operations, guiding a renewed anti Reds probe.
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WASHINGTON
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Congress
Truman
senate
Eisenhower begins Korea war planning on return home
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower lands in New York expressing new confidence in speeding a solution to the Korean conflict. He warns there is no simple formula and outlines plans for positive programs, while signaling readiness to meet Gen Douglas MacArthur to discuss a path to peace.
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NEW YORK
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pacific
Eisenhower
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
James C. Hagerty
LaGuardia field
Dock Witness Testifies About Waterfront Racketeering
New York December 15 UPI witness Anthony De Vincenzo a Hoboken resident and father of four told the New York State Crime Commission that waterfront bosses controlled pier jobs and loan shark operations. He named Michael Borelli Hoboken public safety commissioner and Ed Florio Jersey local ILIAFL president as involved figures and said he faced murder threats and received police protection ahead of his testimony.
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NEW YORK
UPI
New Jersey
Anthony De Vincenzo
Hoboken
N. J
New York State Crime commission
New York-New Jersey
Borelli
Florio
Michael Borelli
Clearing Skies Spur Air War Over Korea
Clearing weather touched off ten air battles high over northwest Korea as Communist jets first reappeared in five days. Sabres damaged at least two MiGs, forcing the rest back toward Manchuria. A Communist train near Chungwa was hit, with 21 boxcars destroyed and 13 damaged. Heavy fighter bomber raids targeted ammunition bunkers and bunkers on the western front while Chinese forces attacked South Korean outposts on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge in nine hours of combat.
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SEOUL
Korea
Air force
Shooting Star
Chungwa
South Sean
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Kumhwa
Shorter national election campaigns urged by women clubs
Washington December 15 The General Federation of Women's Clubs urged shorter national election campaigns. The group adopted the resolution on the subject last May seeking reform within the Republican party today.
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WASHINGTON
Republican party
General Federation of Women’s clubs
Supreme Court strikes down Oklahoma loyalty oath law
The U S Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that Oklahoma's loyalty oath law infringes due process by penalizing innocent members of subversive organizations. Justice Clark wrote the opinion, noting that membership alone can disqualify state workers even when unaware of the group’s aims. Seven former Oklahoma A and M teachers challenged the law after being fired in 1931.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
Oklahoma
Communist party
United States
Clark
Black
Frankfurter
Justice Jackson
Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical college
Fach
Oklahoma supreme court
U. S. supreme court
Los Angeles
New York state
Red China Rejects UN Truce Plan in Korea
Tokyo report says Peiping angrily rejects India’s prisoner exchange plan and UN appeal for an early truce. Foreign Minister Chou En-lai brands the UN resolution illegal and unfair and calls for resumption of Panmunjom talks along lines proposed by Andrei Vishinsky. Talks have been suspended since October.
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TOKYO
Red China today
Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou En-lai
U. N. general assembly
U. S
Panmunjom
Andrei Y. Vishnn
Truman Warns of Threat to Freedom at Archives Shrine
President Truman warned that freedom faces danger not only from Communism but from efforts to regulate the mind and spirit. He spoke at ceremonies dedicating a shrine in the National Archives for the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, noting the documents are sealed in protective glass beneath a 20 ton safe and heavy guard.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
national archives
library of congress
Egypt
Review Urges Sweeping Backlog Cut in Water Projects
Washington reports a subcommittee urged a complete review of 949 river, harbor and flood control projects worth 12 billion dollars, with 580 flood control and 369 river harbor plans unused. It warned of pork barrel waste and overrun costs, estimating eight billion needed to finish partial jobs and four billion more for completion.
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WASHINGTON
house public works
army
congress
army engineers
reclamation bureau
Underground Flood Traps 49 Miners in Philippines Mine
Manila despatch reports forty nine miners trapped and presumed killed after a river breached a gold mine shaft at United Paracale Mining Co in southeastern Luzon flooding a 400 foot tunnel. Company spokesman J W Stapler said the whole mine is flooded with no survivors expected.
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MANILA
Philippines
United Paracale Mining co
Luzon
J. W. Stapler
ADA Qualifies Support Pledge to Eisenhower
Philadelphia December 15 ADA leaders pledged support for the incoming Republican administration as long as President elect Dwight D Eisenhower honors his campaign promises They said Eisenhower's election was not a repudiation of liberalism The ADA had generally supported Democratic candidates and backed Adlai E Stevenson in the recent election
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PHILADELPHIA
national board of Americans for Democratic Action
Dwight D. Eisenhower
ADA
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Mass Breakout Attempt by Civilian Internees in Korea
On Pongam Island off Koje, about 3 600 civilian internees attempted a mass breakout. An UPI report says 82 mutinous prisoners were killed and 120 wounded as Allied guards used force to quell the riot. Two American and two South Korean soldiers were injured by rock throwing. The incident featured six compounds massed on a terrace and defiant drills. Weapons were used to prevent a breakout. tear gas could not be used due to wind. Several mutineers were former inmates of compound 62 of Koje, linked to prior violence in February.
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PUSAN
Korea
UPI
Pongam Island
allied
prisoner of war command
Col
C. V. Cadwell
Pongam
Koje Island
George P. Miller
Miller
U. N
Cadwell
Kofe Island
Kofe
U. S
Mark Clark
Far East
House Unit Opposes Air Censorship
A House Interstate and Foreign Commerce subcommittee reported that overemphasis on crime in radio and television exists but warned that more government censorship is not the solution. Led by Rep. Harris, the panel noted concerns about beer and wine ads and crime programs while praising industry self discipline as preferable to regulation.
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WASHINGTON
house
house interes state commerce
Rep
Harris
D-Ark
Father Veteran Draft Rules Ruling Declared
In Washington a defense official said the armed forces can meet manpower needs for the next year and a half with only minor draft rule changes. Anna Rosenberg, assistant secretary of defense for personnel, said the department will maintain a force of 3,600,000 through June 1954 without drafting fathers or Korean veterans.
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WASHINGTON
U.S
Anna Rosenberg
defense department
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Constantin E. Zinchenko
Moscow
Zinchenko
Nikolai Skvortsov
Red China
NEW PRICE
Joseph H. Freehill
Price Stabilization
Freehill
New Yorker
Tighe Woods
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