Legislators Urge Swift Wage Price Controls
President Truman discussed home front mobilization with Congress and lawmakers urged quick wage price controls. Senator Maybank called for a national emergency and swift admin handling. Senator Tobey pushed for all out controls amid what he called an hour of deep crisis. Attending White House talks were Senate and House Banking leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Maybank
D-S.c
Tobey
R-N-H
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Senate
House
Senate House Economic Committee
Soviet Army Seizes Billets in Oberhof
The Soviet Army set up a new command post in the Thuringian Mountains about 30 miles from the American zone. Thirty hotels and boarding houses at Oberhof were requisitioned for Russian staff officers, with owners reportedly arrested by East German Security Police for alleged economic crimes and ties to Nazi activists.
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Berlin
Thuringian Mountains
West Berlin
General MacArthur Debates Polarize Pentagon and White House
Marquis Childs notes that General MacArthur's seniority in the Army strains relations among the Pentagon, White House, and his Tokyo headquarters. The column appears on the editorial page with related listings for comics, horoscopes, and other features on pages 65 to 76.
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City Life
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Letters
Back From Russia Kirk Silent on Return to U S
Alan G. Kirk United States Ambassador to Moscow arrived in New York from the Liberte en route to Washington. He said he had little to say before meeting the Secretary of State or possibly the President and noted his return was at State Department request with orders received in November prior to the Chinese Communist entry into the Korean War.
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Alan G. Kirk
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Moscow
Washington
State Department
Kirk
Attlee warns Korea crisis could drift world to war
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told the Commons a failure to reach a settlement with Communist China over Korea could push the world toward war. He spoke after a Washington conference with President Truman and refused to disclose atom bomb guarantee details, noting assurances from Truman as satisfactory.
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London
Clement Attlee
China
Korea
Attlee
Commons
Washington
Truman
United Nations
Mr. Truman
Britain
U. S
Dewey Wins Third Term With 572,668 Plurality
New York officials announced Governor Thomas E. Dewey won a third term with an official plurality of 572,668 votes over Democrat Walter A. Lynch. Dewey 較 total 2,819,523 to 2,246,855. other candidates Johan T. McManus 221,966 Michael Bartell 13,274 and Eric Hass 7,254.
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Dewey
Walter A. Lynch
State Board of Canvassers Today
New York
Lynch
Johan T. McManus
American Labor
Michael Bartell
Socialist Worker
Eric Hass
Two Rescued as Fire Sweeps Waterbury Tavern
Fire at Clement's Tavern, a 90 year old Waterbury landmark, trapped two people on upper floors and caused 15 others to flee in nightclothes. Chief Fisher said the blaze started in partitions between the third and fourth floors. damage pegged at about $40,000.
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Cornelius C. Fisher
Clement
Skids on Ice Coal Truck Crash Kills Two Teens
Two youths Arthur Schuster 19 and Max Schuster 17 of East Lemon Pa. died when their coal truck rammed a tree on Route 41 two miles south of Skaneateles. Max was driving at about 50 mph north toward Auburn. Rescuers took two hours to extract the bodies.
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East Lemon
Arthur Schuster
Route 41
Skaneateles
Harry L. Gilmore
John Wilder
Auburn
John Wilkinson
Syracuse
Wilder
Quake in Mexico Shakes Central and Southern Regions
A heavy earthquake struck Central and Southern Mexico early today, knocking out electrical service in parts of Mexico City for 3,000,000 customers but causing no major damage.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Reds Begin All Out Air War in Korea
U S defenders at the northeastern Korea beachhead beat off 3800 Chinese attackers and brace for a major assault by ten Communist divisions. The Hamhung Hungnam line repulsed in a two hour fight as MacArthur orders sea evacuation reports blackout.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Hamhung- Hungnam
Hamhung
U. S. 3d Division
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Hungnam
Associated Press
U.S
Oro
Colunon
Gasoline Leak Forces Family From Home on James Street
Mysterious gasoline seepage near 4439 James Street prompted a multiagency probe. City engineering, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp officials, and the county sheriff found raw gasoline in drills opposite the residence and around the house, with a quart sample appearing half gasoline and half oil.
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County and Power Company
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Jack A. Macken
Elon P. Stewart
Harold Kieffer
City Division of Engineering
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Robert G. Wasmer
Four American F-80s clash with 24 enemy jets in Korean air war
Four U.S. Army Air Forces F-80 jets engaged a large force of Russian built fighters near the Manchurian border over Sinuiju. Pilot Edward H. Warne described the fight as a rat race. The unit returned safe to a South Korean base after a 20 minute aerial battle.
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Manchurian
Edward H. Warne
Willmore Pl
Syracuse
Warne
Korea
Sinuiju
Chonchon River
Robert F. Otondo
Glendale
Ariz
Robert W. Crowe
Jackson
Minn
Yalu River
Olshefski
UN approves Asian Arab plan for Korean cease fire
United Nations Assembly votes 52 to 5 with China abstaining to back a three man committee to seek a basis for a truce in Korea. Soviet bloc condemns resolution as paving way for a new US Britain attack while Poland questions effectiveness and Entezam delays naming the panel.
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United Nations Assembly
China
Assembly
W Nasrollah Entezam
Tran
Entezam
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Britain
Stefan Wierblowski
Former Inmates Accuse Ilse Koch at Buchenwald Trial
Augsburg Germany former Buchenwald prisoners testified that Ilse Koch oversaw executions and had inmates skins displayed after noting tattoos. Prosecution argues she collected tattooed skins to gain hides while Koch, absent recovering from hysteria, may return after rest as allowed by law.
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Augsburg
Germany
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Wildcat Train Strike Spreads From Chicago
A crippling rail yard walkout began in Chicago and spread to Washington St Louis and Baltimore disrupting freight and some passenger service. The Army court order and union disavowal did not stop the walkout as 14 lines were affected in Chicago with Washington hit hardest for passenger service.
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Union Station
Rail Troop May Bring Partial P O Embargo
The Post Office Department eyed a partial embargo on parcel post as railroad yard worker walkouts cripple mail distribution. Assistant Postmaster General John M. Redding said officials must decide soon whether to halt package mailings for transcontinental routes. The move targets easing a peak Christmas mailing period and may shift first class surface mail to airlines.
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Washington
Post Office Department
John M. Redding
Redding
Snow Belt Receives Another Severe Snowfall
Syracuse endures normal winter weather as the snow belt from Pulaski to Watertown hammers area with winds from Lake Ontario. Drivers warned to avoid highways. some locations report 35 inches on the ground while Dunkirk Buffalo region sees about a foot. Alex Sadowski cites lake-effect conditions and predicts 35 for tomorrow with nighttime snow and seven-inch ground cover elsewhere.
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New York
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Vets Seek Cigars and Canteen Gifts This Christmas
Veterans in hospitals request cigars and cigarettes as top gifts for Christmas. The Veterans Administration urges including canteen tickets, toilet articles, stationery, pens and pencils, handkerchiefs, socks, and phonograph records in parcel gifts for hospitalized service members.
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The
Veterans Administration
Curfew Returns as Riots Roil Singapore
Police reinstate Singapore's dusk to dawn curfew to curb mob violence that has claimed 17 lives since Monday. Eighty more Malays were arrested in the central area, raising total arrests to 181 linked to riots over a custody dispute involving a 13 year old white girl.
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Singapore
Joe
King George VI Marks 55th Birthday Quietly
King George VI observed his 55th birthday with a private family luncheon and a short respite from routine duties. Palace servants toasted the king in keeping with tradition.
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London
Ins
George VI
Britain
UN Forces Face Potential All Out Air War in Korea
An Air Force spokesman briefed reporters at the Pentagon that Communist air power may be shifting to an all out war in Korea. He cited MiG-15s appearing on Nov 1 and jets attacking B 29s on Dec 6, noting UN forces could be vulnerable in northeastern positions around Hungnam as aircraft from China or the Soviet Union become more available. He said Communist sorties through Dec 8 numbered 506, while USAF Far East sorties reached about 72,000 and total UN sorties likely over 100,000.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
China
Soviet Union
United Nations
Hungnam
Pentagon
United States
Red Air Force
State Department calls Moscow claim a naked lie
The State Department denounced a Moscow claim that the U S and Japan have begun to rebuild the Japanese army as a naked lie. It suggested Soviet propaganda may be maneuvering to advance a Russia China alliance and warned against Red China aggression rhetoric.
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State Department
Moscow
United States
Japan
Russia
China
Red China
Shanghai
Pravda
Far Eastern Commission
Dick Tracy Named Police Chief in Corning
Chief Tracy was appointed police chief in Corning California today. Patrolman Dick Tracy takes the helm amid local law enforcement changes and community expectations.
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Calif
Dick Tracy
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