Review Board Clears Davies as Vincent Is Denied Loyalty
The loyalty review board found John Paton Davies Jr free of reasonable doubt about loyalty, while it urged firing diplomat John Carter Vincent though the State Department keeps open the possibility of reopening the case. Vincent was ordered home from Tangier after the board’s action.
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WASHINGTON
John Carter Vincent
state department
Truman
Acheson
Vincent
Paris
review board
Tangier
loyalty review board
John Paton Davies, Jr
Davies
U. S. high commission
Germany
department
Hiram Bingham
Bingham
CHINA
Leicand
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
North Atlantic alliance
Allied Pilots Hit Four MiGs In North Korea Dogfights
Allied sabre jet pilots destroyed at least four Communist MIG-15s in high altitude dogfights over North Korea, with one MiG damaged and another likely destroyed. The Fifth Air Force counted 27 sabres and about 32 MIGs in 13 battles, as ground action near the Kimhwa ridges saw continued Chinese harassment around Pinpoint hill and Rocky Point. Col Royal N. Baker of McKinney Texas and Capt Leonard W. Lilley of Manchester New Hampshire were among pilots credited for multiple kills.
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SEOUL
North Korea
Fifth air force
air force
Kimhwa ridges
central front
Pinpoint hill
Rocky Point
Treason Charge Dismissal Denied
Federal Judge Gregory F Noonan today denied defense motions to dismiss treason charges against former Army Sergeant John David Provos. Provos, a prisoner of war in the Pacific, is on trial accused of aiding Japanese propaganda broadcasts and in forming on fellow prisoners, one of whom, an American army captain, was shot by captors.
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NEW YORK
Gregory F. Noonan
John David Provos
Provos
Pacific
Last Grommet Reefer Crew Rescued Off Leghorn Ship
Navy helicopters from Midway and Leyte rescued the final crewmen of the Grommet Reefer, bringing 13 more men to safety after the vessel ran aground and broke in two off Leghorn. The total aboard was revised to 39. all were in good health and hospital checked after the operation concluded at 4:30 p.m. local.
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Italy
iPi
navy
U.S
Midway
Leyte
Pisa
Henry Sauriant
Brooklyn
U. S. army hospital
Police to Tap Telephone Wires in St Louis
ST LOUIS December 16 The police department will begin tapping private telephone lines when seen as advisable said Police Chief Jeremiah OConnell. The Supreme Court decision allowing wiretap evidence in state courts was cited. Capt Joseph Wren said tapping will aid uncovering illegal operations while James W Connor opposed indiscriminate interception.
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Jeremiah O’Connell
Missouri
U. S. supreme court
O'Connell
Joseph Wren
police gambling squad
James W. Connor
St. Louis crime commission
Eisenhower Faces Pacific Defenses and POW Stand
President elect Eisenhower meets New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland to discuss the Pacific defense alliance and possible broader involvement. In New York the United States rejects compromise on Korean POWs and warns the UN to push no peace plan without agreement from the Communists.
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NEW YORK
Pacific defense alliance
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
Holland
London
Winston Churchill
Australia
British foreign office
Britain
NATO
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Hagerty
Secretary of Labor
Martin Durkin
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
TRI
sewamen
Adams
H. Christian Sonne
National Planning association
Sonne
UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
UPI
state department
Korea
general assembly
Peiping
U.N
India
s V. K. Krishna Menon
assembly
U. S
Pearson
U.S
U. N
Police Release Men With Alibis In Slaying Case
San Francisco police freed Wendell Hall and his son after questioning about the $7128 robbery slaying of grocer Gard Young and three children near Chester California on Oct 10. An anonymous informer led to their arrest but investigators said both men had excellent alibis for that date.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Gard Young
Wendell Hall
Fresno
Halls
Young
Michael Doherty
Chester
Calif
Miami Casino Raids Net 63
Miami, Fla. At least 63 people were arrested early today in raids on two Dade county casinos. The operation was carried out by four assistant attorneys general under the directive of Attorney General Richard W. Ervin, with assistance from beverage department personnel and Dade deputies.
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MIAMI, Fla
Dade
Miami
Richard W. Ervin
beverage
poraonae
Geneva Convention Strained Over Korea Prison Riots
The ICRC released correspondence accusing U N command actions in Korea of violating the Geneva conventions on war prisoners tied to the Koje prison riots. Gen. Mark Clark responded that uprisings were planned by hard core Communist leaders to embarrass the UN and affect armistice talks.
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GENEVA
Switzerland
Red Cross
U. N
Korea
Kure island
Mark Clark
U.N
Koje
Father at 93 Des Moines birth centric note
Des Moines report notes Luis A Carrizales aged 92 became a father for the 13th time when his wife Mary aged 28 gave birth to a daughter yesterday. The couple has five other children since marriage in 5. Carrizales is half Cherokee and half Spanish and has seven children from two prior marriages.
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DES MOINES
Luis ‘A. Carrizales
Mary
Details of Prisoner Revolt Told on Pongam Island
On Pongam Island South Korea American and South Korean guards killed 84 civilian Communist prisoners during a mass breakout attempt by 4500 inmates. 118 prisoners and 4 guards were wounded as the rampage lasted 85 minutes. Lt. Col. George P. Miller said the deaths were regrettable but inevitable as prisoners tested force. An investigating board was formed to prepare a full report.
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South Korea
U. S
fiont
George P. Miller
Columbus
Ohio
tives
Miller
Col. Miller
Col
Harold L. Taylor
Arlington
Koje Island
Pongam
Koje
Kore
Chogu Island
Truman Defends Record in Struggle With Reds
President Truman attacked any cutbacks in defense, saying the world-wide fight against Communism saved hundreds of millions from slavery. He spoke at the Armed Forces Institute alumni gathering and urged continued strength, noting Korea, international affairs, high taxes, and readiness of allied forces as evidence of the right course.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
the armed forces industrial college
ers
armed services
Korea
free world
Pick Admonished Over Airbases
Secretary of the Army Pace says Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick and two colonels were admonished in connection with rush construction of multi million dollar airbases in North Africa. Pace told the Senate preparedness subcommittee the probe found waste corruption and confusion in the project. Pentagon spokesmen called an admonition a mild administrative reprimand.
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WASHINGTON
Lewis A. Pick
army engineers
Pace
senate preparedness subcommittee
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Pick
Pentagon
DiSalie Named Controls Chief In Stabilization Office
Washington date December 18 Truman named Michael V DiSalie as economic stabilization administrator succeeding Roger L Putnam Fowler agrees to remain as director of defense mobilization until Eisenhower takes office Putean had already resigned to Truman earlier
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WASHINGTON
Truman today
Michael V. DiSalie
Roger L
Putnam
Truman
Henry H. Fowler
defense mobilization
Eisenhower
Putean
Youth Confesses Slaying of Woman in La Jolla
In San Diego a 16 year old high school student admitted fatally stabbing Ide C Mackeown, 67, after she threatened to report his marijuana use. Police found a four inch blade knife in a trash can. He led detectives to the weapon and gave an oral confession detailing the assault.
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SAN DIEGO
Calif
Ide C. Mackeown
Donald S. Crosby
Paul Walk
Tony Maguire
Walk
Crosby
La Jolla
Action Begins On Wage Cases
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board promises fast action on 12,000 pending pay increases. Chairman Charles C. Killingsworth says every effort will aim to cut as many cases as possible before Christmas.
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WASHINGTON
Charles C. Killingsworth
Perjury Charged to Far Eastern Affairs Expert
John Hopkins lecturer and former state department consultant Owen Lattimore was indicted on seven counts of perjury for testimony before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. The charges detail alleged untruths about Mongolia, a Communist editor, Chi, Catesby Jones, and Frederick Field, with potential penalties of two to ten years per count.
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WASHINGTON
GPi
Owen Lattimore
senate internal security
Justice department attornes
U. S
Edward M. Curran
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins university
state department
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
internal security subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Institute of Pacific Relations
Lattimore long
subcommittee
outer Mongolia
IPR
Asiaticus
Ch'ao-ting Chi
Chi
Navy Starts Work On Giant Carrier Mattoo Saratoga
The Navy began work on its second 60,000 ton carrier Matto o Saratoga at the Brooklyn yard with Secretary Kimball urging Congress to authorize at least one ship a year until a fleet of 10 ships is built. He promoted atomic powered ships to meet urgent needs for long range fighters and bombers as other ships enter operation and more are designed.
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NEW YORK
navy
congress
Secretary of the Navy
Kimball
navys
Brooklyn
sige wal
congressional
Casualties Reported in Korean War Count
Washington December 16 The defense department released casualty figures for the Korean War listing 96 deaths wounded missing and injured. The update shows 19 dead 70 wounded three missing and four injured in the latest tally.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
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