Chicago rail yard strike disrupts traffic hub operations
A sudden unauthorised walkout by switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen curbed traffic in Chicago yards. The strike aims to force wage-hour settlement as the government controls lines amid wartime emergency. Freight and some passenger trains delayed across lines including Pennsylvania and Santa Fe.
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Chicago
Switchmen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Washington
Western Association of Railroads
South Chicago
Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
Pennsylvania
Monon
Indiana Harbor Belt
Soo Line
Northwestern
Santa Fe
P. E. Feucht
Pennsylvania Railroad
Feucht
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad
St. Louis
Milwaukee Railroad
Burlington Route
New York Central
Kennedy
Ontario City Bans Circuses and Carnivals
North Bay Ontario voters banned circuses midway shows and side shows in the city yesterday. The measure targets traveling entertainment acts and limits public performances within municipal boundaries.
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Ontario
North Bay
Ont
Snow and Freezing Rain Forecast With Local Temperature Variations
Light snow or freezing rain is expected tonight and Thursday except around Cairo where temperatures rise above freezing. Low tonight around 25, high Thursday 28 to 31 north and 30s south. Tuesday temps show a chilly day with lows near 25 and highs near 32. Sun up at 7 15 and down at 4 33 with 72 percent humidity. Precipitation under 0 inches in last 24 hours and winds around 0.97 mph. Crab Orchard Lake 140 inches below spillway yesterday Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway yesterday.
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Cairo
Crab Orchard Lake
Truman Wins Full GOP Backing for Rapid Armament
GOP leaders told reporters they fully support President Truman in building up armed forces quickly and said a dangerous emergency exists. They welcomed his plan for a Friday radio address on the world crisis and noted more talks before any emergency declaration. The plan includes price and wage controls and mobilization steps.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
United States
Kenneth Wherry
Rneb
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House O.P
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Police Seize Moslem Arms in Singapore Riots
Police raided Singapore's Sultan mosque and found ammunition crowbars and clubs used by rioters tied to the custody protest over Maria Bertha Hertogh. The unrest had left 16 dead and about 180 injured with security forces looming large in a curfew bound city.
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Singapore
Sultan
Maria Bertha Hertogh
Harold Stassen Arrives In Riot Torn Singapore
Harold Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania arrived in strife torn Singapore today en route from Jakarta to Calcutta as part of a world tour. He is met by officials and will travel onward to India for further discussions.
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Harold Stassen
Singapore
University of Pennsylvania
Jakarta
Calcutta
U. S
Army Doubles January Draft Quota and Boosts War Effort
The Army raises January and February draft calls by 78 percent, targeting 80 000 recruits each month, the largest monthly draft since World War II. Military production speeds up as officials consider a national emergency and expanded reserve calls amid Korea casualties exceeding 27 940 through December 1.
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Truman
Koea
National Guard
Tour Aims to Fund Global Peace Efforts
A figure plans a tour to raise funds intended to enable a future increased contribution toward maintaining world peace. The statement expresses a commitment to support international stability goals through public engagement and fundraising.
Subtle Party Tricks Hidden in 1950 Guide Revealed
A 1950 Discussion Guide No 3 issued by New York state education department of the Communist party outlines group study aims and a Vanguard Role. It avoids direct calls to violence but mirrors conspiracy goals in a concealed booby trap.
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Communist Party of the
United States
U. S
Stalin
Communist Party
J. Peters
Stockholm
New York State
The
Party
Price Control To Affect Few Good Items
Government price ceilings would largely spare most farm food items with only a few foods like some meats rice and cottonseed oil near or above minimum ceilings. Parity guides ceilings and current reports show cotton cottonseed wool beef cattle veal lambs rice above ceilings while many staples fall below. Farmers receive about 50 cents of every dollar a housewife spends on food with wide variation by item.
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Washington
Error of 100000 Dollar Canary Gift Mixup
Mrs. Mary Ronchetto of Roanoke Illinois ordered a singing canary from Lee Poisal a Sacramento importer exporter. A check error changed 2 95 to 100002 95 and Poisal will send the canary free and keep the excessive check as a souvenir.
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Sacramento
Calif
Mary Ronchetto
Roanoke
Ill
Lee Poisal
Poisal
Ronchetto
Britain loses Marshall Plan aid as cut off takes effect
The United States ends all Marshall plan aid to Britain effective January 1. Marshall plan administrator William C. Foster cites Britain's economic recovery as reason, noting total allocations since 1948 reach 2.694 billion dollars. Britain becomes the first nation to exit the program. aid could be reconsidered if Britain’s financial position worsens.
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U.S
Britain
Washington
United States
Great Britain
William C. Foster
George C. Marshall
Europe
Hugh Gaitskell
House of Commons
Foster
Nero the chimp dies after famed St. Louis Zoo act
Nero the chimp star of the zoo's famed chimpanzee show dies of heart disease at age eight. The eight year old began as a walk on part three years ago and quickly stole the act. About four million people viewed Nero perform at the zoo and in newsreels. He learned to drive the zoo jeeps in 15 minutes and was the only chimp to ride a unicycle backwards.
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Nero
St. Louis Zoo
DiMaggio
Musial
St. Louis
Nore
Zoo
Veterans Facing Draft Sparks Warning From Selective Service
Rock Island December 12 AP Col Paul G Armstrong state selective service director warns veterans could be drafted if the President declares a state of emergency with Congress support He urged draft boards to review deferments and for employers not to seek deferments except when necessary He notes a worsening crisis and recalls World War I drafts while urging caution on student deferments.
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Paul G. Armstrong
Congress
Armstrong
Western Illinois
Draft Board
Train Car Crash Kills Dix Man
Carroll Benjamin, 35, of Dix Illinois was killed when an Illinois Central passenger train rammed his auto at a Centralia crossing and carried it for three blocks. His companion H J Clayborne jumped from the car seconds before impact. Benjamin worked at Valley Steel Co Centralia and was returning home after a night shift. He was father of eight children. Police had to cut away the top of the auto to extricate the body.
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Carroll Benjamin
Dix
Illinois Central
Centralia
Benjamin
H. J. Clayborne
Valley Steel Co
Law Bids On Menard Job Springfield Illinois
State Division of Architecture and Engineering reports low bids totaling 539413 for Menard state prison work mainly heating and electrical systems. Bids include Phillips Electric 300834 for underground electrical and DC to AC, Lasker Boiler 108039 for boiler and accessories, Land R Construction 36400 for general work, H Chapline 28860 for admin building rewiring, plus Chester and Alton hospital refrigeration bids from Barmax 42000 General Installation 12016 Cunningham 5610.
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Springfield
Ill
State Division of Architecture and Engineering
Menard State Prison
Phillips Electric Company
Belleville
Lasker Boiler and Engineering Corporation
Chicago
Coin Toss Ends With French Captain Hospitalized
In Paris on December 73 a coin toss among football captains went awry when the coin was swallowed by a captain during selection. Emergency surgery removed the coin, sending the French team captain to the hospital for treatment.
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Paris
France
Truman blasts five state campaigns as low as ever seen
President Truman said campaigns in Utah North Carolina Illinois Indiana and two more states were as low as he has ever seen. Senate campaign committee probes costs and defamatory literature while Rep Hebert presses for a national prayer call. Truman responds with a Thanksgiving proclamation and regrets about Hebert's letter.
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Truman
Senate Campaign Committee
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Utah
North Carolina
F.E. Heber
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Committee of
Hebert
60 000 Pull Out For Top Secret Destination
Some 60,000 Allied troops evacuated Hungnam in northeast Korea under military secrecy as Chinese forces threaten the beachhead. U.S. 10th corps units completed withdrawal or left the area, while the rest of the Eighth Army held the defense line south of parallel 38.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hungnam
Korea
U.S
North Korea
U.N
Eighth Army
North
South Korea
Hamhung
Sea of Japan
Marine
Panther
10Th Corps
Hungnam-Hamhung Beachhead
Two Japanese Held for MacArthur Threats
Capt. John H. Caldwell of the U S Army Counter Intelligence Corps said two Japanese reserve policemen were in custody in Remori Japan for making threats against General Douglas MacArthur after drinking.
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Remori
Japan
John H. Caldwell
U. S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps
Douglas MacArthur
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