Railroad Strike Disrupts Mail and Express Shipments
The government moved to punish striking yard workers in Chicago and other centers with contempt actions for defying court orders. The strike disrupted mail, parcel, and express shipments, with embargoes affecting Chicago and St Louis, and spread to Peoria and other cities while unions press for a 40 hour week at 48 hours pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard McGrath
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
McGrath
White House
Union
Express
Railway Express Agency, Inc
St. Louis
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co
Gary
South
Post Office
Air Parcel Post
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
Edward B. Henslee
Peoria
Peoria & Pekin Union Railroad
Dewey Calls for Immediate National Mobilization
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged rapid U S military and economic mobilization to counter Soviet expansion. He backed universal military training, a 100 division army, 80 group air force, full navy, nationwide service, and pay as you go inflation control with higher taxes and excess profits tax. He also urged enlistment of Allies and a national economic mobilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Russia
Stalin
U. S
Dewey
U.S
Truman to Talk At 9 30 Tonight
President Truman will address Americans at 9 30 p m CST via radio and TV to urge greater sacrifices for the free world military buildup. He outlines home front burdens to meet Korea crisis and warns of new Communist threats. A national emergency declaration to accelerate military contracts and move toward a war footing is likely, with possible price and wage controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Raio
Korea
Shawneetown Taverns Lose $20,000 Verdict
Mrs. Maxine Shain and her two children won a $20,000 award from two Shawneetown taverns under the dram shop act. A circuit court jury found the owners responsible for the death of Hayward Shain in an auto accident in July 1948, killing him along with Rosella Womack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Shain
Harrisburg
Shawneetown
House GOP Calls for Acheson Ouster in Ongoing Row
The House GOP passed a resolution demanding Secretary of State Dean Acheson be removed and calling for a State Department house cleaning. The measure, approved overwhelmingly at a closed party meeting, will go to President Truman as Senate Republicans weigh a no confidence move led by Senator Robert Taft and Senator Irving Ives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Dean Acheson
House Party
G.O.P
Acheson
State Department
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Policy Committee
Sen
Irving Ives
R-N.y
Ives
Truman
Yank 10th Corps Fights to Hold Korea Beachhead
Chinese forces smashed across the Hamhung Hungnam defense lines in northeast Korea in a roaring battle aimed at annihilating the U S 10th corps or driving it to sea. Two American platoons were cut off but fought on as Reds overrunned outposts and prepared a large assault near Chigyong eight miles west of Hamhung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Tokyo
Hamhung-Hungnam
No-Man’s Land
Chigyong
Hamhung
A.P
Stan Swinton
U. S
Hungnam
Sinsong
Sinsongs
Below Zero Readings Forecast for State
Cold Canadian air moves south across the Midwest and into the Northeast. Sub zero readings dot North Central regions with Minnesota near 20 below and Illinois around five below as the cold front settles, bringing lower temperatures to the Great Lakes and New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Midwest
North Central
Minnesota
Illinois
Northern Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Elizabeth Taylor Plans Divorce After Short Marriage
Hollywood reports Elizabeth Taylor, 18, will file for divorce from Nick Hilton early next year. She cites irreconcilable differences after seven months of marriage and states there is no possibility of reconciliation. Hilton, 23, has left El Paso hunting and is not available for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Nick Hilton
Nick
Liz
Mother
Hilton
el Paso
Texas
Conrad Hilton
Key Air Raid Points Outlined for Illinois Centers
Illinois Civil Defense director designated seven key air raid warning centers across Chicago Rockford Joliet Kankakee Peoria Champaign Urbana and Rock Island areas with county alerts for sparse regions. Three alert types exist red yellow and white with specific signals and response actions for centers and the public.
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Chicago
Illinois Civil Defense
Lenox R. Lohr
Cook
Lake
DuPage Counties
Key Point
Rockford
Marshall
Putnam
LaSalle, Lee, Ogle
DeKalb
Winnebago
Boone Counties
Key Center
Joliet
Grundy
Kendall
Kane
McHenry
Will
Kankakee
Iroquois
Ford
Livingston
Peoria
Knox
Stark
Fulton
Tazewell
McLean
Woodford
Dewitt
Pratt
Champaign-Urbana
Champaign
Vermilion
Urbana
Rock Island
Mercer
Henry
Bureau
Whiteside
Carroll
Joe Daviess
Stephenson
Lohr
Ilinois
Atomic Plant Planned Near Paducah for Uranium-235
The Atomic Energy Commission announced plans to build a 500 million dollar plant near Paducah Kentucky at the Kentucky ordnance works. The facility will cover about 5000 acres, producing uranium-235 for weapons or reactor fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Paducah
Kentucky Ordnance Works
AEC
Man Flags for Help, Gets Killed Instead
Romuald John Churas, 38, of Joliet, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run truck driver on the Pennsylvania Turnpike while standing beside his stalled car and speaking to another truck driver. His wife was in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romuald John Churas
Joliet
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Churas
Red Bud Man Charged With Concealing Communist Ties
Ernest J. Koch 42 was held on federal charges for concealing his past Communist party membership when applying for work at the Richland atomic energy plant. Arrest ordered by FBI Seattle. Koch waived preliminary hearing in East St Louis. He faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bud
East St. Louis
Ernest J. Koch
Communist Party
Richland, Wash
Koch
U. S
Arthur Falson
FBI
Seattle
Wash
Richland
Washington
Wilson Accepts Wartime Post as War Production Chief
Charles E. Wilson president of General Electric will become the nation's war production chief. A GE spokesman said Wilson, former executive vice chairman of the War Production Board, has agreed to a second wartime post. Official appointment timing is not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
G. E
Wilson
War Production Board
Truman
United States
Ex KKK Dragon Fights Return to Indiana
Ex Klan leader D C Stephenson, 58, seeks habeas corpus to avoid extradition to Indiana for parole violation. He has spent 25 years in prison after being convicted in the Madge Oberholtzer case. He appeared before Judge Frank E Reed in Minneapolis seeking relief.
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Minneapolis
Weather summary for area with temperatures and conditions
Cold generally fair south portion of area with partly cloudy north. Tonight will be much colder with fair conditions. Saturday remains generally fair and cold with lows from five above to 20 in the extreme south and highs from 20 to 28. Weather details include temperatures, sunrise and sunset times, humidity 71 percent, no precipitation, and wind data. Crab Orchard Lake 10 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 13 feet below spillway recorded yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
House Committee backs $16 Billion Defense Bill
The House appropriations committee urged Congress to fund the President's $16,845,181,000 defense request in full, while trimming amounts for the Atomic Energy Commission and other agencies. The bill totals $18,033,304,424, boosting defense spending to nearly $42 billion for the next fiscal year. The panel signaled potential additional requests, with Pentagon plans possibly nearing $50 billion and a force size of about 2.77 million personnel by next June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
North
House
Budget Bureau
Atomic Energy Commission
Maritime Commission
Commission
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Marine Corps
Chrysler Joins Price Boosters in 1951 Auto Line
Detroit December 15 1950 Chrysler announced price increases across all its cars and trucks following Ford and General Motors boosts. The move comes as the government probes inflationary pressures in the auto industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Ford Promises U S to Hold Price Line
Houston dispatch reports Ford Motor Co promised the government it will hold current prices for several months. Henry Ford II said officials explained to government officials that a recent price boost could not be avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Man Fined for Anonymously Targeting Railroad Timetables
Homer Smith, 46, was fined 100 dollars and costs after admitting to writing about 70 anonymous letters to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and tearing up the railroad's timetables. He said the motive was anger over dining car seating on a St. Louis to Chicago trip. no threats were found in the letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Homer Smith
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Homer
Smith
Palmer House
George B
Trains G M and O and IC adjust schedules in Illinois
Four major railroads through Southern Illinois report few delays and one minor change. Illinois Central merges passenger No 226 with No 202 for a 7 p m departure to St Louis to reduce yard traffic, continuing until the strike ends. Chicago and Eastern Illinois warns Chicago arrivals may run late with 9 45 a m train about three hours late. Northbound trains on all lines run near on time while Mo Pac and G M and O report no delay. Freight is expected to be seriously affected by the walkout.
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Illinois
Illinois Central
Missouri-Pacific
Gulf
Mobile and Ohio
Chicago
Hurst
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Alexandria
Railway Express
Air Express
Potomac’ Yards
Seaboard
B.R.T
W. P. Kennedy
House Gop
Rep
Joseph Martin, Jr
Mass
Eighth Army
Central
Seoul
Liz Taylor
Taylor-Hilton
John Ager
Civil Defense Service
Plan
Man
Greensburg, Pa
KKK
Indiana
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