Hoover Proposes Ocean Defense Line for U S
Former President Herbert Hoover urged fortifying the western hemisphere to repel Communist incursions by sea and air. He called for arming to the teeth, defending outposts in Britain, Japan, Formosa and the Philippines, and warned against land wars in Asia or Europe. He urged Japan to be freed, Formosa and the Philippines defended, and inflation rolled back while opposing appeasement.
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NEW YORK
Herbert Hoover
Atlantic
Pacific
Britain
Japan
Formosa
Philippines
Hoover
Asia
Europe
United States
western hemisphere
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
Korea
China
TRUMAN
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Tehrans
Yaltas
America
Republican party
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Moley
Senate confirms Anna Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense
Washington December 21 The senate confirmed Mrs Anna M Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense by voice vote after the armed services committee had unanimously recommended the action Testimony alleging Communist associations five years ago was rejected by the committee as false and she said it was a case of mistaken identity
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WASHINGTON
senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
armed services committee
Price of Wool Sets World Record in Montana
In Columbus Montana on December 21 the Stillwater county wool pool was sold for 113 cents per pound in the grease. The price, for uncleaned wool, is believed to be a world record for the grade.
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COLUMBUS
Mont
Stillwater county
Europeans Question Hoover Isolationism Rise
The Manchester Guardian and The Independent Liberal debate whether Hoover's speech signals an isolationist drift in the United States. European editors argue about what isolationism means and how Hoover's plan would limit U S defense while keeping aid to allies.
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LONDON
The
Manchester Guardian
Herbert Koover
U. S
America
Independent Liberal newspaper
Isolation Voices Open Debate Over Hoover Proposals
Washington dispatch reports a new congressional clash as former President Hoover urges to cut defense lines and build a stronger navy and air force while Truman pushes European defense with Eisenhower. Taft supports some Hoover points though calls them isolationist while Russell notes debate over force sizing and joint chiefs’ roles.
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WASHINGTON
Hoover
America
Pacific
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
congress
Lehman
DN.Y
United Nations U. S
Korea
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Acheson
Brussels
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Russell
D-Ga
senate armed services committee
joint chiefs of staff
Germans Seek End to Occupation Controls and EU Army Plans
Bonn, Germany. Western allies told Chancellor Adenauer they will lift occupation controls if West Germans join the defense of Europe. Five-hour talks in Brussels outlined Atlantic Pact plans for an international army, with negotiations on Germany’s military contingents and a possible security treaty replacing the occupation statute.
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BONN
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Adenauer
Brussels
Bergdoll Sentenced Five Years for Draft Evasion
Pi Al Bergdoll son of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was sentenced in New York to five years in prison for dodging the 1950 draft. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan noted the maximum penalty and offered Bergdoll a 60 day window to reconsider and fulfill his duty. The judge condemned his actions as bringing scorn and contempt upon his generation.
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NEW YORK
Alfred Bergdoll
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Bergdoll
Hattie Caraway Dies First Woman U S Senator
Washington cab reports the death of Hattie W Caraway at White Hall sanitarium Falls Church VA aged 72. The Arkansas native, the first woman elected to the U S Senate, died today.
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HATTIE CARAWAY
WASHINGTON
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
United States
senate
White Hall
Falls Church
Traffic Death Record Forecast 440 Die During Holiday
The National Safety Council forecast the gloomiest Christmas for traffic deaths. It estimated 440 people would die in traffic crashes over the three day holiday, the largest pre holiday figure the council had ever issued.
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CHICAGO
National safety council
Three Year Rail Pact Ends Big Unions Dispute
The White House announced a three year peace pact between major railroads and four operating rail unions. For 120,000 yardmen an immediate 23 cent hourly rise plus two cents on January 1 and quarterly COLA adjustments from next April. For about 180,000 road service workers an immediate five cent raise retroactive to October 1 and another five cents on January 1 plus COLA. The deal, announced by John R. Steelman, ends a months long dispute after government seizure to avert a strike. It includes a 40 hour work week deferred until Jan 1 1952 with a four cent wage bump if implemented then, plus productivity allowances.
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WASHINGTON
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Acheson Returns From Pact Talks
Secretary of State Acheson returns to Washington after a rapid European mission that included agreeing to a 1,000,000-man international European defense army under Eisenhower and finalizing a draft note with Bevin and Schuman for a Big Four meeting with Russia.
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WASHINGTON
Acheson
Europe
National
Brussels
Eisenhower
Bevin
Schuman
Russia
Transport Plane Wreckage Sighted in Luzon Mountains
The charred wreckage of a U S C 54 transport with 37 aboard was sighted high on a rugged 9 824 foot mountain in central Luzon. Search pilots reported no sign of life. Among the 30 passengers and seven crew members, at least three were U S Clark air base personnel and another a civilian U S government employee.
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BAGUIO
Philippines
Luzon
U. S. Clark air base
U. S
Senate Approves Major Defense Bills Amid War Powers Clash
Washington December 21 AP Senate fast tracks defense funding approving 20.0 billion dollars and 1.6 billion for special defense construction mostly secret, sending the latter to President Truman. House earlier passed it. Meanwhile the House plans to delay a vote on expanded emergency powers until January 1 as civil defense funds loom. A separate measure taxes excess profits to fund defense, while a conference panel seeks to reconcile House and Senate versions. The House also sent to the White House a bill barring interstate shipment of slot machines except to states with permissive laws.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Truman
house
Korea
President Truman
senate executive expenditures committee
tommorrow
Taft
Ohio
senate-house
White House
Chicago Rackets Probe Widens in Chicago
U S Senate crime committee hearings in Chicago broadened a full scale probe into the multimillion dollar policy gambling racket. Five top figures are jailed. Ralph O Hara a former service official faces 17 counts and possible penalties up to one year and $1000 per count if convicted. Ke fauver said interstate crime centers in Chicago.
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CHICAGO
U. S. senate crime committee
Ralph O'Hara
raring news
U. S
O'Hara
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Brehm Pleads Innocent on Campaign Charge
Rep. Brehm of Ohio pleads innocent to seven counts of receiving illegal campaign contributions. Arraigned before Federal Judge Edward A. Tamm, trial set for March 12. Bond set at 1000 dollars. his attorney seeks motions by January 8. Accompanied by wife and son, Brehm faces potential penalties up to three years imprisonment and 5000 dollars fine per count if convicted. He was re elected to a fifth term last month.
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WASHINGTON
Brehm
Ohio
Edward A. Tamm
Oho
James F. Reilly
Raymond Baker
Clara Soliday
EmmanS. Craven
Hungnam Beachhead Holds. Reds Hit in Korea
Allied land sea and air barrages quieted the Hungnam beachhead as Chinese and Korean Red units suffered heavy losses along the east flank. Western Korea showed ominous Red buildup near Yonchon while U N forces report low losses amid a costly retreat, with Chinese gas warfare denied by MacArthur HQ.
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TOKYO
Hungnam
United Nations
Korea
sea of Japan
WEST Quiet
U.S. Eighth army
Yonchon
paralle
Eighth army
MacArthur
North Korea
Republic of Korea
U. N
U. S
10th corps
Hungnam beach
NAP
Tom Lambert
Stan Swinton
Lambert
Swinton
Far East
vigorbusly
Convict Composer May Win Freedom
Nashville Tenn December 21 P Frank M Grandstaff a life-termer whose prison composed Big Spring Cantata won him fame and friends in Texas will be a free man soon if Michigan agrees to his release Gov Gordon Browning of Tennessee said today he will pardon Grandstaff probably tomorrow but the governor decided Michigan has an old hold order for him and that must be cleared up before the convict composer can be freed.
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NASHVILLE
Tenn
Frank M. Grandstaff
Texas
Michigan
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Grandstaff
Wilson Rushes Formation of Control Agency
Washington Dec 21 Charles E Wilson took office as director of defense mobilization and immediately named General Lucius Clay and banker Sidney Weinberg as assistants. They will serve without pay. Wilson plans rapid actions to survey needs and push through as many acts as possible while seeking authority to reorganize agencies for defense mobilization.
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WASHINGTON
PI Charles E. Wilson
Lucius Clay
Sidney Weinberg
Wilson
General Electric
White House
Truman
Clay
Weinbeg
U. S
Berlin
Continental Cance
Weinberg
Goldman, Sachs and company
New York
war production board
Vinson
George Washington
W. Stuart Symington
national security resources board
Wileson
mobilizaton
epres
JOE Wilson
sene
office of defense mobilization
ODM
Lie Denies Korea Holds U. N. Fate
Trygve Lie, U N secretary general, said the United Nations life does not depend on the Korean dispute. He affirmed the UN must survive and continue seeking a free united Korea while resisting aggression, and expressed hope that world peace is still achievable despite the present difficult situation.
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LAKE
Tryzve Lie
United Nations
UV. lary
U.N
Lie
Korea
Wu Hsui-chuan
Peiping
US to send 30 B-26 bombers to Indo China aid French forces
Washington reported today that the United States is prepared to dispatch about 30 B-26 bombers to Indo China to bolster French troops combatting Communist led rebels.
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AED
INDOCHINA
WASHINGTON
United States
Indo-China
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