55 Materials Listed in Ban On Hoarding
The national Production authority banned hoarding of 55 scarce materials essential to defense and civilian production. Prohibited collecting these products beyond reasonable need with resale at above market prices. Violators face up to a $10,000 fine and one year imprisonment. List covers building, lumber, paper, iron and steel, other metals, chemicals, and plastics.
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WASHINGTON
national Production authority
NPA
Riff Threatens Pleven Cabinet Over Arms Budget
In Paris on December 28, French political leaders pressed for an open break over the nation’s new arms program as Premier Rene Pleven’s government faced a split. Jules Moch plans a joint finance and defense committee meeting after an all night session. the finance committee cut 25 billion francs from defense funding.
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PARIS
Rene Plevens
national assembly
Jules Moch
assembly
Civil Defense Bill Under Revision
In Washington the Senate and House work on a civil defense bill to ready the nation for possible enemy attacks. A session is set to resolve remaining differences after bills passed separately by both houses last week.
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WASHINGTON
Senate house
Remington Trial Topic Sparks Witness Intimidation Claim
New York December twenty eight. Counsel for former Commerce Department economist William W Remington charged prosecutors with intimidating potential defense witnesses. Judge Noonan dismissed the claim, noting no defense or government witness until the person testifies. Remington, 43, faces perjury charges for denying Communist ties. His ex wife testified they were Communists over a decade ago.
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NEW YORK
William W. Remington
Gregory F. Noonat
Irving H Saypogi
Remington
Yoshida Opposes War Preparations
Tokyo December 28 Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida said he does not see the threat of a third world war as pressing enough to justify rebuilding the Japanese army and navy He warned that a war of nerves would continue and he did not agree with former premier Hitoshi Ashida that the government should prepare for war.
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TOKYO
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Hitoshi Ashida
Jeep Toledo Receives 863 Million Army Jeep Order
New from Toledo Ohio December 28 Willys Overland Motors has received an 863000000 army order for a new model completely waterproofed jeeps.
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Willys-Overland motors
Butler Seating Challenge Heated by Senator Anderson
Senator Anderson of New Mexico said he will urge the Democratic caucus to oppose seating Republican Senator-elect John Marshall Butler from Maryland next week. He cited fake photographs and scurrilous literature used in Butler's campaign. Butler stunned voters by defeating veteran Senator Tydings, while Tydings prepared to pack his files and leave.
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WASHINGTON
Anderson
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
congress
Butler
Tydings
ins
senate
Vietminh Red Attacks Herald New Offensive
French forces withdraw from two outposts on Indochina frontier as Vietminh attacks intensify. Binhien and Chauson abandoned or reoccupied during the clash. Western flank pulled back while Hanoi drives continue. Evacuation of women and children planned with Le Conte de Lisle sailing from Yokohama to Saigon.
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SAIGON
Indochina
Binhien
Moncay
Chauson
Tiengen
Hanoi
Singapore
Tito Says Russia Menaces Nation
Belgrade dispatch reports Premier Marshal Tito telling the Yugoslav parliament that the Soviet Union and cominform satellites plot to swallow Yugoslavia. He cites about 460000 troops on borders and urges sacrifice for armed defense while seeking peace without appeasement.
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BELGRADE
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
cominform
Tito
Munich
Civil Defense Book Details Grim Effect of Modern War
A new Civil Defense Administration book outlines how germ, biological, and nerve agents could cripple U S war production and key military hubs without bombing. It warns these weapons may target specific groups or entire cities and stresses preparation and survival measures.
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WASHINGTON
Pentagon
civilian defense administration
civil defense administration
CDA
United States
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Los Alamos
Date Refusal Leads to Killing Near Grand Canyon
A middle aged cook shot and killed a woman who refused him a date and fatally wounded a man before killing himself. Ray Goodman, about 44, was found dead near Grand Canyon village after a posse of over 100 officers hunted him through the cold night. Mrs. Mary Hunsaker, 35, widow with two children, was killed by four shots and Norman Bennett, 35, was shot twice in the head while dining with the Bennetts.
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GRAND CANYON
Ariz
Ray Goodman
Grand Canyon village
Mary Hunsaker
Norman Bennett
Hunsaker
Bennett
Canadian Miners Seek Higher Gold Price With Government
A delegation from Canada's multi billion dollar gold mining sector urged Ottawa to join with South Africa to push for a higher world gold price. They met Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and a cabinet committee and sought broader government financial aid for the industry.
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OTTAWA
Canada
South Africa
Louis St. Laurent
Voice of America seen as United States worst advocate says British paper
The Manchester Guardian criticizes the Voice of America in an editorial, arguing U S defense spending should not fuel propaganda. It says the broadcasts harm U S image in China and across Asia, portraying America as favoring unadulterated capitalism and Chiang Kai-shek return. Silence could yield cooler, impartial views on America’s role.
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LONDON
The
Manchester Guardian
radio
Voice of America
United States
China
independent liberal
America
Chiang Kai-shek
mainland
Asia
Ilse Koch Remembered With Yule Gift in Germany
Munich dispatch reports Ilse Koch called the former Nazi camp commandant “red witch of Buchenwald” on trial for brutalities, received a pair of nylon stockings as a Christmas gift from an anonymous donor via her lawyer Dr Alfred Seidl during Christmas recess.
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MUNICH
Germany
Ise Koch
red witch
Buchenwald
Draft of 80 000 Set for March
The army issued a March draft call for 80,000 men and has now requested 450,000 draftees since the Korean War began. The navy air force and marines do not plan to draft in March, leaving the army as the sole user of the selective service system thus far.
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WASHINGTON
army
defense department
navy
air force
marines
Science Service Corps Proposed
Atomic Energy Commissioner Henry D Smyth proposed a scientific service corps and student science corps to mobilize U S scientific brains for a 20 year period of tension. He told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that men of science are a major war asset and tools of war for the preservation of freedom.
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CLEVELAND
F — Atomic Energy
Henry D. Smyth
U.S
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Smyth
Mafia Florida Ties Are Probed
The Kefauver crime committee plans hearings in Tampa to investigate possible Mafia links to local unsolved murders and to determine any Mafia influence on Tampa politics over the past twenty years. The inquiry opens tomorrow with a spokesman outlining the broad probe scope.
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TAMPA
Fla
Kefauver crime committee
Fraternity Adopts Race Blind Membership Policy
UPI reports Phi Epsilon Phi, a national college social fraternity, has adopted a resolution stating that membership shall not be denied to anyone because of race color or religious beliefs.
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PHILADELPHIA
UPI Phi Epsilon Fi
national college
After 28 Years Patrolman Retires in Boston
Patrolman Edwin D. Flanders, aged 60, retires after 28 years in the force in the lowest grade despite holding three degrees, including a BA from Portia Law School a bachelor of arts, a BLI from Emerson College and a JD from Boston University. He attempted promotions to sergeant but was not promoted and said he might write a book in retirement.
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BOSTON
UPI
Edwin D. Flanders
Portia law School
Emerson college
Boston university
Flanders
China and MacArthur forecast major Chinese drive in Korea
UN forces hold a 150 mile Korean defense line as MacArthur predicts up to 190000 Chinese troops will attack in the next two weeks. He notes six Chinese corps near Seoul with coordinated assaults possible by Jan 10. The war budget cited as eight billion dollars marks China’s national effort. Patrols probe lines while air forces claim several MIG-15s destroyed in engagements with US jets.
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TOKYO
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
U. N
Clina
China
come munique
Peiping
Taipei
U.S
Seoul
U.S eighth army
Far East air forces
fifth air force
North Korea
Steel Expansion Plans Approved
Washington December 28 The government clears the way for a major industrial buildup by approving 32 defense plant expansion programs with tax write offs. Included is a 35 million steel mill by U S Steel near Morrisville Pennsylvania, the largest steel expansion project on record. Amortization certificates for the 32 projects exceed 544 million dollars, lifting total steel industry certificates past one billion. Chrysler Corp Detroit also gains a 15.37 million expansion to boost tank production.
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WASHINGTON
defense
national security resources board
U. S. Steel corporation
Morrisville
NSRB
Chrysler corp
Detroit
WNSRB
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