Marines Complete 25000-strong Escape in Korea’s Frozen Hell
Allied reports describe the November 28 to early December breakout near Hamhung and Hamnamg. U.S. Marines and allied units endured temperatures to 25 below zero, with thousands evacuated from Koto airstrip and heavy casualties feared. Joint task forces pursued red forces north and northwest while Fifth Air Force and carriers pummeled Chinese troops and supply routes. The pace of the pursuit and the scale of the withdrawal were guarded by officials.
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Hagaru
Koto
Atoll
Tarawa
Jack McBeth
Wire Service
MacBeth
Hamhung
Seventh Division
Hyesanjin
Republic of Korea
Rok
10Th Corps
U. S
North Korea
Marine
Navy
Leyte
Sicily
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Kumu
Huichon
Sunchon
Kanggye
South Korea
Red
Kim Il Sung
Webb D. Sawyer
Toledo
Korea
Sawyer
Radio Tells Reds Go Home Intercepts Chinese Broadcast
U S 10th Corps Northeast Korea reports a Chinese Red Army radio broadcast was interrupted Sunday by a voice in Chinese telling the Reds to return to their homelands. Marine Lt William Redel of Minneapolis said he broke into the transmission after learning Chinese as a student. The interruption caused the station to go off the air briefly.
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Vision
Yalu River
Pyongyang
Seoul
United Nations
Korea
UN and Economic Cooperation Administration
U. S
John J. Muccio
Eighth Army
U.S. 10Th Corps
Northeast Korea
Red Army
William Redel
Minneapolis
Redel
Holy Year Blessings Extended Worldwide for 1951
Pope Pius XII extended the Rome Holy Year blessings and indulgences worldwide for 1951. The pope announced the extension during a secret consistory before the College of Cardinals and urged a plea for world peace, enabling Catholics in Iron Curtain nations to gain jubilee spiritual benefits.
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Vatican City
Ins
Pius XII
Rome
College of Cardinals
Only Key to Progress Is Peace Bunche Says
Dr Ralph Bunche Nobel Peace Prize winner and former UN peace mission leader warned in Oslo that atomic war offers no escape from crisis and that true security requires peace and UN action. He urged nationalism endangerment, called for global peace, freedom, and security for all peoples including those in Asia and Africa.
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Bunche
Oslo
Norway
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Korea
Germany
Asia
Africa
Rift Over Child Custody Sparks Mosque Riot Action
A Moslem mob and police clashed near the Sultan mosque as shots and tear gas disrupted police efforts to break up the crowd. Bertha’s custody by the Dutch mother followed a court ruling that nullified a Mohammedan marriage. An AP chief and a reporter were injured or missing amid rioting as authorities warned of greater regional instability and possible sabotage.
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Big Sultan
Bertha
Far East
Adeline Hertogh
Supreme Court
Indie Mansoor Abadi
Associated Press
Tom Masterson
Associated Press Bureau
Egg prices slide on Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Egg prices fell at wholesale in Chicago for the first time in over a month. The market eased as much as seven cents a dozen, signaling a shift from the prior steady to higher levels.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Decca Records Hikes Prices By Ten Cents
Decca Records Inc announced a ten cent price increase on popular records in New York. Industry circles predicted other record companies would follow suit.
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New York
Decca Records, Inc
Westinghouse lamp promises 10 mile newspaper glow
Bloomfield New Jersey Westinghouse engineers unveil a high power searchlight lamp using a 10 000 watt mercury vapor arc lamp that can throw a beam bright enough to read a newspaper ten miles away on clear nights.
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N. J
INL
Westinghouse
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