Truman Seeks 17.85 Billion For Arms In World Crisis
President Truman urged Congress to approve 17.85 billion dollars for arms including atomic weapons to hasten military buildup for Korea and possible global action. He cited urgency, reviewed Korea risks, and signaled a potential larger budget and draft changes to come.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United Nations
Korea
White House
Moscow
United States
Free Nations
Sharon Ridge Canyon Well Tops Reef In Southeast Scurry
Humble No 4 Richter in Sharon Ridge Canyon area reaches 6 465 feet marking top of lime reef 20 feet higher than prior in field. Project to 6 510 feet in reef lime then core toward reef water table and set seven inch casing. Dawson Well flows in Central North Dawson County wildcat near O Donnell reports 24 hour potential 73 barrels oil, open hole Spraberry sand at 7 935 76 feet, 37.6 degree gravity, GOR 446 1. Flowing 50 psi.
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Humble Oil & Refining Co
Gilbert Richter
Sharon Ridge Canyon
Scurry County
Humble No
Richter
H&tc
Dawson Well
Standard Oil Co
Texas
M. V. A. Smith
Dawson County
O'Donnell
Browder Jailed After Failing To Make Bond
Karl Browder once top American Communist was jailed after failing to post 1500 bond on a contempt of Congress charge. Federal Judge Curran denied a personal bond and set Browder to stand committed until the bond is posted. Browder had been indicted for refusing to answer questions before a Senate subcommittee during McCarthy era inquiries. He offered to represent himself and sought to attack the indictment as defective, with a new plea date set for December 26.
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Karl Browder
Edward M. Curran
Browder
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Curran
Billy The Kid Remains Dead
In Santa Fe New Mexico Gov Mabry rejected a man claiming to be Billy the Kid seeking pardon after a 45 minute meeting with reporters. Ollie Henry Roberts, now alleging the outlaw, failed to recall key details and could not name Pat Garrett or confirm Lincoln County events.
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Santa FE
N. M
Buckskins
Gov. T. J. Mabry
Billy the Kid
Mabry
New Mexico
Ollie Henry Roberts
Lincoln County
Pat Garrett
Garrett
Fort Sumner
MacArthur Says No Stop Point Short of Manchuria
New York Times quotes General Douglas MacArthur saying no authoritative source suggested halting before the Manchurian boundary. He told Washington reporters he would not accept any risk to his troops, noting every major move followed United Nations resolutions and directives.
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MacArthur
Manchuria
New York
New York Times
Douglas MacArthur
Times
Washington
Arthur Krock
Far East Command
Krock
James Reston
Reston
United Nations Command
United Nations
Ten Die In Halifax Department Store Fire
A gaily lit Christmas display in Kay Ltd department store window sparked a blaze in Halifax Nova Scotia killing at least ten people. Police warn toll may rise as search crews face hazardous rubble with damage over 500000 dollars. Fire exploded the four story building injuring a woman while Ronald Mulholland, aged 16, aided five people to safety.
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Verdun Mitchell
Kays, Ltd
MacArthur says Korea war situation serious but not hopeless
General Douglas MacArthur described the Korean conflict as serious and critical yet not hopeless citing UN restrictions on pursuing Chinese forces and Manchurian bases. He spoke in a U S News and World Report interview via cable from Tokyo.
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Korea
United Nations
MacArthur
U. S. News and World Report
Washington
Tokyo
Truman
Attlee Plans Washington Talks With Truman
Prime Minister Attlee prepared to fly to Washington to confer with President Truman on Far East policy and the Korea issue. He may meet Rene Pleven and Robert Schuman in Paris before departing, as Britain seeks united action with the United States and other Western powers on Asia and China.
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Attlee
Washington
Truman
Paris
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National Assembly
Pleven
Robert Schuman
Leav
Ine
Downing St
Ernest Bevin
Defense
Emanuel Shinwell
Herbert Morrison
Gestapo Chief Himmeler Ordered Probe of Nazi Camps
In Augsburg on December 1 former SS men testified that Heinrich Himmler ordered investigations into concentration camps after learning of thefts and inmate murders by Karl Koch. Koch was executed. Frau Koch stood trial but was freed. The probe covered camps near Hamburg Berlin and Sachsenhausen.
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Karl Koch
Buchenwald
Hie Koch
Adolf Hitler
Frau Koch
Guenther Reinecke
Gestapo
Himmler
Koch
Dr Schmidt-Klevenow
Hamburg
Berlin
Sachsenhausen
Cotton Exemptions Sought By Regan For West Texas Farmers
Senator Regan Democrat Texas asked the Agriculture Department to exempt West Texas farmers from cotton picking penalties for early harvests due to cold weather. He argued the program's rules unfairly penalize growers who must pick before fully mature.
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Regan
Washington
Tex
Agriculture Department
West Texas
Santa Parade Opens Snyder Christmas Event
Word from Santa Claus headquar ters says he will arrive about 4 o clock this afternoon to ride the red fire engine in the 430 parade. About 30 Snyder businessmen and civic club members prepared the city tonight for the biggest downtown crowd. Tickets and ecards have been distributed by the Chamber of Commerce and merchants will give free tickets at the parade. St Nick will help club members hand out candy to children.
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North Pole
Snyder
Civic Club
Chamber of Commerce
St. Nick
Korean War in Brief
UN forces stabilize the front north of Pyongyang as the Eighth Army holds against 80 000 Chinese attackers. The United States 10th Corps reports strong resistance in the northeast. Britain’s Attlee plans to visit Washington for talks with President Truman on peace. A grim US conference with military and diplomatic leaders is planned in Washington. A UN resolution demanding Chinese withdrawal from Korea faces a Soviet veto in the Security Council.
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Pyongyang
U.S
Britain
Attlee
Washington
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Security Council
Pave-ole Suit Dismissed In District Court
The jury in Velma Powe et al v John Cole failed to reach a verdict over five Wilmeth Addition lots. District Judge A S Mauzey dismissed the case after deadlock. Walls heirs once owned the land. Cole claimed title by possession over 10 years and used the lots for pasture. No retrial announced.
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Velma Powe
John Cole
Wilmeth
A. S. Mauzey
Robert L. Walls
Mr. Walls
Jack
Ida
Velma
Snyder
Post
Texas
W. O. Webb
Cole
Walls
Creation of Western Europe Army to be announced soon
Informal sources report a North Atlantic defense leaders meeting to push immediate agreement on a Western Europe combined defense force. A formal announcement is expected within 24 hours. President Truman had stressed the need for a supreme command for such a force.
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Western Europe
Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
U. S
Germany
Credit Controls Hold Back Texas Housing Growth
Fort Worth report says credit controls impede the home building industry from meeting the government goal of 850,000 housing units in 1951. William J. Tobin Jr., NAHB official, told the Texas Association of Home Builders that housing output next year may drop from about 1.4 million this year to roughly 600,000 units.
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Fort Worth
Washington, D. C
William J. Tobin, Jr
National Assn. of Home Builders
Texas Assn. of
Home Builders
Yanks Stabilize Lines For big Red Push
The report notes MacArthur's intel chief says atomic bombs unnecessary for now against Chinese Reds. U N forces stabilize northwest front while Eighth Army withdraws to a shortened line inland from the Yellow Sea after a severe setback. Prisoners hint Chinese forces under Lin aim to drive toward the 38th Parallel as Marines and infantry retreat south of Changin Reservoir toward Hagaru.
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Staffi
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
North Korea
Ite
U.S. Eighth Army
Yellow Sea
Willoughby
Truman
Pronggoang
Lin
Wloh
38Th Parallel
Pay Booth Phone Rates Rise to Ten Cents in Illinois
Chicago reports a court ordered rate increase from five to ten cents for local calls from public pay booths starting January 1. Residential coin boxes are exempt. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. says about 3 percent of its 2.56 million phones are affected, with 48,000 Chicago pay booths and 17,000 downstate booths included.
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Chicago
Iilinois
Tlinois Bell Ti Co
Weather Outlook for West Texas and Coastal Regions
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with increasing warmth. Saturday will see warmer temperatures and lingering cloudiness. A few showers are possible in the northeast, with cooler conditions in the northwest and far inland areas. Coastal winds will be fresh to locally strong.
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