Korean War Frontlines Mark Pyongyang Withdrawal and Front Shifts
Report details UN forces withdrawing from Pyongyang as Chinese and Korean troops maneuver along multiple fronts. British 29th Brigade remains as rearguard while Marines and Seventh Division units push toward the coast. Chinese forces push near Pyongyang and at Chosin Reservoir as air raids and civilian evacuations unfold.
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Pyongyang
Sunchon
Sukchon
Taedong River
Chosin Reservoir
U.S. First Marine Division
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Hyesanjin
Seventh Division
Yalu River
Manchuria
Korea
Siberian
Tokyo
Japan
United Nations
Reds Evacuate Canton Families
The China Union Press said dependents of Chinese Communist officials were evacuated from Canton in the South China city. The first group left Thursday for Kukong, about 125 miles north of Canton amid reported Nationalist guerrilla activity around the city.
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Taipel
Formosa
China Union Press
South China
Canton
Kukong
Youth dies in Schenectady crash strangulation
An 18 year old, Lawrence Fillmon of Esperance, died after his head became lodged in mud following a car accident on Route 7 near Quaker Street in Schenectady County. He was found pinned under the front axle with only minor injuries noted by Coroner Robert Coolidge.
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Schenectady
Lawrence Fillmon
Esperance
Quaker Street
Robert Coolidge
Fillmon
Jesuit Priests Organize Paraguyan Natives into 22 Colonies
Early Jesuit priests structured the native population of Paraguay into 22 distinct colonial communities, according to archival records. The organization reflected colonial mission work and territorial settlement patterns of the era.
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Paraguay
Santa Takes Careful Reins of Grandpa’s Sleigh
In Kansas City a department store scene shows Jeffery Miller, a bright six year old, telling Santa to handle the grandpa Everett Miller’s sleigh with care. Santa promises careful treatment after the boy asserts the sleigh belongs to his grandfather.
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Kansas City
Santa Claus
Jeffery “Miller
Tinee
Santa
Jeffery
Everett Miller
Quiet diplomacy as UN considers China Korea issue
Attlee and Truman consult as six nations urge a UN General Assembly item on the People's Republic of China intervention in Korea. The steering committee must rule on agenda inclusion after a secret Rau Wu Hsiu Chuan talk aimed at a peaceful resolution.
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Britain
Truman
Lie
Cuba
Ecu Iador
France
Norway
United, Kingdom
United States
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Central Peoples’ Government
People’s Republic of China
Korea
Assembly
Truman Pushes New GI Benefit Plan For Veterans
President Truman pressed for a new GI educational aid program for Korean War veterans after a White House briefing. House Speaker Rayburn echoed calls to act on two measures: create a civil defense administration and provide federal training aid for medical personnel.
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Washington
Truman
White House
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Civil Defense Administration
Canada Opposes Use of Atom Bomb
External Affairs Minister L. B. Pearson stated Canada’s opposition to using the atomic bomb in Asia. He spoke during a cabinet briefing to premiers, arguing the bombs benefits would be outweighed by global and regional reactions.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
L. B. Pearson
Asia
Pearson
Attlee and Truman Prepare for Talks on World Peace
Attlee arrives in Washington for critical talks with President Truman as they align on peace, anti aggression, and living standards. The leaders stress unity against Cominform efforts to wedge apart allied nations amid Korea burdens. Senior legislators receive briefings ahead of the negotiations.
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Attlee
Washington
Truman
Great Britain
United States
United Nations
Korea
Senate
House
State Department
General Clark Cited For Military Rule Award
General Mark W. Clark, chief of the Army field forces, awarded the 1950 Military Government Association citation for his leadership in military government during World War II with the Fifth Army and 11th Army group in Italy and his postwar command in occupied Austria. The citation will be presented at the association’s New York convention on December 9.
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New York
INS
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
Military Government Association
Clark
U. S. Fifth Army
11Th Army Group
Italy
Austria
purge of 92000 Bulgarian Reds signals Soviet control
Belgrade dispatch reports 92 000 Bulgarian Communist Party members purged in the latest Sovietization phase. Soviet and Moscow trained Bulgarian officials allegedly run ministries and key government bureaus, intensifying social and political upheaval in Bulgaria.
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Belgrade
INS
Communist Party
Fourteen Die In Bus Collision Near Santiago Chile
A highway crash near Santiago Chile killed fourteen people and injured more than fifty as two buses collided late last night.
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Santiago
Chiles
Here
Chinese Reds Use U.S. Arms
The Pentagon says Chinese Communists used late-model American made arms in repelling Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s North Korea offensive. Reports indicate 3.5 inch tank-buster bazookas were airlifted to Korea early and later captured near the Pusan bridgehead.
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Washington
Pentagon
Douglas
MacArthur
North Korea
Korea
U. N
Pusan
U. S
Russia
China
Japan
Brighton caps vanish from sewer project amid warnings
Fifteen dynamite caps disappeared from a Brighton sewer construction site. Rochester radio stations aired warnings at the urging of Brighton police. Patrolman Leo Adams Jr found the caps on his porch last night with a note saying thanks copper we didn’t know this stuff was so dangerous.
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Brighton
Rochester
Leo Adams, Jr
First King of Libia Crowned by Libia Assembly
Libia's National Constituent Assembly proclaims Emir Sayed Mohamed Idris el Senussi as ruler of Cirenaica and first king of an independent Libia. The resolution declares Libia a federal, constitutional, democratic state with equal status for Cirenaica Tripolitania and Fezzan.
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Tripoli
Libia CP
National Constituent Assembly
Libia
Cirenaica
Sayed Mohamed Idris el Senussi
Cirenacia
Tripolitania l
Fezzan
Batista Returns as Candidate in Cuban 1952 Election
Fulgencio Batista, once Cuba’s strongman and army sergeant who led the island from 1933 to 1944, announced last night he would run for president in the June 1952 elections.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Child senses attitudes says Dr. Leo Kanner
Dr. Leo Kanner, Johns Hopkins Hospital, told a University of Nebraska convocation that a child senses attitudes as it senses hunger and responds accordingly. He warned parents not to pretend to love a child.
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Omaha
INS
Leo Kanner
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
University of Nebraska
G O P Offers Deal on Tito
Washington officials reported Republican conditions on aid to Yugoslavia as the White House seeks funds for food and military support. Senator Cain urged a Truman Spain understanding and aid, Senator Brewster tied food to Tito freeing Greek religious leaders, and Senator Connally predicted Congress will approve 338 million for Yugoslav relief.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Cain
R-Wash
Truman
Spain
Brewster
R-Me
Marshal Tito
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Couple at Butcher Counter Chooses Roast Size with Pressure Cooker
In Memphis a young couple argued over Sunday roast size at a butcher counter. The dispute eased when the husband returned with a pressure cooker to fit the needed quantity.
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Memphis
Tenn
Murphy Feted With Wife's Mink Money
Mrs. Anne Murphy surprised Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy with a birthday party at the Savoy Plaza Chateau Room on his 43rd birthday. She had saved for a mink coat since their marriage but chose to spend the money on the celebration instead.
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New York
Anne Murphy
Thomas F. Murphy
Savoy Plaza
Chateau
Demonstration in Katmandu demands democracy and King
A 25 000 strong crowd at Katmandu airport protested the arrival of British roving Ambassador Sir M FE Denning. Demonstrators shouted for Tribhu bana to return, rejected the boy king, and backed democracy while calling for the Rana regime to fall. Police fired blank shots to disperse the crowd despite an official ban on gatherings of more than five persons.
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India
Katmandu
Napel
M. FE
Denning
Patna
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