President Truman Urges Sacrifices for Free World War Effort
President Truman calls on Americans to unite behind a rapid military build up and greater sacrifices as Korea faces defeats and Communists threaten broader aggression. Officials disclose a $500 billion atomic site near Paducah Kentucky and a likely emergency measure to speed production and contracts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Paducah
Army
Pace
Korea
Buried Miner Alive After 41 Hours of Rescue
In Renton Washington rescue teams after 41 hours of digging report miner John Wolti age 54 alive under rock and gravel 400 feet underground. Joe Bertelli said Wolti shouted directions and spoke from beneath the debris though his exact condition was not known. The collapse occurred Wednesday afternoon trapping him in a side-shaft.
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Wolti
Hoa
Talking It Over and Other Regular Features Listing
Page tease lists features and page numbers for comics Ida Jean Kain Dr. Dean Crossworth Mary Haworth Horascnpe and sections including Amusements Editorials Bridge Letters Classified Deaths Sports and more with page references for Today’s Pictures and radio TV content.
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Ida Jean Kain
Dean Crossworth
Mary Haworth Horascnpe
Ing. Rep'ter
City Life
Radio-Tv
Earl Wilson
Financial
Winchell
Government moves to contempt in railroad yard strikes
The Government said it will bring contempt proceedings in Chicago and likely Cleveland against railroad yardsmen defying court orders. Attorney General McGrath announced after a White House cabinet meeting. A successful contempt action could bring heavy fines. union officers claim strikes were unauthorized and not the union’s fault. Officials seek President Truman's personal intervention to speed an end to the walkouts delaying mail and wartime shipments.
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Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Truman
Bread price rise hits city as stores lift loaf cost
Consumers face higher bread prices as many stores raise to 18 cents a loaf amid wholesale jumps from 15 to 16 cents. Ward and General Baking cite material costs and pay raises. Columbus Baking moves wholesale up a half cent. Kallfelz hints at future rise while some chains, A and P, Mohican Markets, and Cooperative P. and C. plan no immediate change.
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Ward Baking Company
General Baking Company
Ward Company
Columbus Baking Company
Kallfelz Brothers Baking Company, Inc
Mohican Markets
The
Cooperative P. & C
Profits Tax Bill Nears Final Form
Senate Finance Committee pushes to finish a multi billion dollar profits tax bill. Chairman George says to complete by nightfall or tomorrow at latest. He expects little change from the House passed measure targeting 3.4 billion dollars in first year revenues.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Reds in Hungnam Slay U.S. Friends
North Korea news reports blame red underground for the murder of 12 pro American civilians in Hungnam. The Koreans, shot in the back, were found frozen in trenches in the Seventh U. S. Division defense area yesterday. the killers fled.
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Nungnam
Northeast Korea
Red Underground
North Korea
U. S
Divorce Decree Granted Over Radios And Televisions
Mrs. Mary Lehi told a divorce court judge her husband Frank kept two radios and two televisions and played them all at once. The judge granted the decree.
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Los Angeles
Mary Lehi
Frank
Boy Reminds Santa of Rochester Request
In Geneva New York a five year old, waiting at J. W. Smith's department store, asks Santa for a gift he already mentioned two days earlier in Rochester. The boy insists Santa should recall the prior request.
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Geneva
Santa Claus
J. W. Smith’s
Santa’s Knee
Rochester
Partial Curbs In Offing
Washington reports government moves toward early price controls in autos steel and non ferrous metals. Wage officials called auto makers and unions to a December 20 conference on an automobile price freeze while DiSalle invited iron and steel scrap and non ferrous scrap executives to meetings on December 18 and 19 to discuss possible action.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
PiSalle
Please Don't Send Apples to Korea
A young American G I carried a huge Christmas package back to his billet in Korea. His mother paid 24 dollars to ship a bushel of apples by air. In Korea a bushel of apples costs 15 cents, highlighting the unexpected cost disparities of wartime.
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Hungnam
Northeast Korea
G.I
Korea
Kashmir government halts orchard nationalization plan
In Indian held Kashmir the state government drops its plan to nationalize orchards due to the financial burden of paying owners. It proceeds with breaking up large estates and distributing sections to tillers.
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Srinagar, Kashmir
GOP Calls for Ouster of Secretary Acheson
The House GOP adopted a resolution demanding the removal of Secretary of State Dean Acheson and changes in personnel and policies at the State Department. The measure, approved by voice vote at a closed House session, will be sent to President Truman, with Senate Republicans considering a no confidence vote later. Representative Martin led the resolution.
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Washington
House Republicans
Dean Acheson
House
G.O.P
Truman
Acheson
State Department
Senate
Senate G.O.P
Taft
Ohio
Policy Committee
Ives
Congress
Martin
Mass
Javits
RN. J
G.O.P. Policy Committee
Snow and Cold Grip Central New York
Central New York faces more snow and colder conditions as weather service predicts light snow in western areas and flurries elsewhere for 24 to 36 hours. Temperatures will run below normal with highs around 25 and lows near 15 as winds shift from southwest to the west-northwest.
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New York
Andrew P. Keller
Keller
The Thing Found a Fearful Opossum in Daly Garage
In Endicott Mrs Daly asked a policeman to shoot or remove a frightened opossum in her garage. Patrolman Lee Sands responded and released the creature in an unpopulated area after the animal caused alarm in the home.
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Endicott
James J. Daly
Santa's Mail Call Precedes Clinton Square Tree Lighting
Mayor Corcoran will press the switch to light the Community Christmas tree in Clinton Square at 10 30 A M tomorrow. Santa Claus will collect all beliefs posted in the mailbox beside the tree. The annual program runs about 45 minutes with carols led by Albert Deisseroth and Girl Scouts plus the Assumption Junior Choir. J Edward McEvoy reads The Legend of the Community Tree.
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Corcoran
Clinton Square
Santa Claus
Albert Deisseroth
Girl Scouts
Ononaga County
Assumption
J. Edward McEvoy
Syracuse School of Speech
Mrs Gillson Dies in Auto Crash at Harrison and Walnutay
Grace Sabine Gillson 54 of 124 Comstock Place died at 6 45 AM in University Hospital after being struck at Harrison Street and Walnutay. She was mother of Edward B. Sabine of North Syracuse and a Syracuse Herald Journal staff member. The city’s 10th automobile fatality this year. District Attorney Cantor will present evidence against driver William V. Lewis 26 of De Witt for grand jury consideration of criminal negligence. Lewis is free on 500 bail for traffic court failure to yield to a pedestrian.
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Grace Sabine Gillson
Comstock Pl
University Hospital
Harrison St
Walnutay
Edward B. Sabine
North Syracuse
Syracuse Herald-Journal and
Herald-American
Tesse E. Cantor
William V. Lewis
Lynbrook Circle
de Witt
Lewis
Liberty
Truman H. Freston
More State Aid To Localities Hit
Dr. Paul Studenski of New York University warned at a conference that New York should not expand state aid to localities. He said increasing aid would require higher taxes, which he called unwise during a national emergency.
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Albany
New York State
Paul Studenski
New York University
Fire Threat Eases After Amsterdam Block Evacuations
A blaze at Bills Tavern on Marayef Avenue in Amsterdam forced evacuations of residents and patrons from a three story brick and wood building. Police and firemen contained the fire early today, preventing spread to nearby businesses.
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Amsterdam
Bill
Maraayef
Auf
Steaks Hit All Time High in New York
The Department of Markets reports beef prices at peak levels in New York with porterhouse up five cents per pound to 1.20 and sirloin up five cents to 1.10.
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New York
INS
Department of Markets
House Urges Full Defense Fund to Speed National Defense
The House Appropriations Committee urged Congress to grant the entire 16.845 billion dollars requested by President Truman to accelerate national defense. It left intact all extra defense funds despite Chinese forces’ North Korea offensive, while trimming requests for the Atomic Energy Commission and several security and aviation bodies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
North Korea
Defense to mobilize 8 million in uniform by mid June
Washington officials disclose plans to speed mobilization to exceed 8,000,000 troops probably by mid June. They anticipate seeking an additional supplemental appropriation between 2 and 5 billion dollars before next June, raising the military budget for the year to about 44 to 47 billion.
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Washington
UN Three-Man Panel Pursues Korean War Cease Fire
A three member United Nations cease-fire committee opens in New York to press for terms ending the Korean War. Nasrallah Entezam Sir Benegal Rau and Lester B Fearson lead the talks as they seek terms from China and the United Nations front. The United States says it will halt fighting if the Reds do the same, while Russia hints at possible Chinese withdrawal if foreign UN troops pull out.
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New York
United Nations
Korea
Bugsan
Hhe Trio
General Assembly
Nasrallah Entezam
Iran
India
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Canada
Lester B. Fearson
Red China
Wu Hsiu-chuan
U. S
Russia
Jacobi Malik
Montreal Hangs "Montana Badman" Olander at Bordeaux Jail
Joseph Olander, aka Thomas Rossier, known as the Montana badman, was hanged at Bordeaux jail in Montreal for the murder of RCMP Constable Alex Gamman during a May bank holdup. He had a lengthy criminal record and prior U S deportations.
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Montreal
Joseph Olander
Montana
Alex Gamman
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Olander
Thomas Rossier
Bordeaux
Washington
United States
U.S. seeks immediate imprisonment of Alger Hiss
The federal government asked the Court of Appeals to revoke bail and order Hiss held without delay after he was convicted of perjury. Special assistant Clarke S. Ryan urged the move in response to Hiss requesting $10,000 bail pending his appeal to the Supreme Court. The appeals court had upheld the January jury verdict on two counts of perjury.
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New York
INS
U. S
Court of Appeals
Alger Hiss
State Department
Clarke S. Ryan
Hiss
U. S. Supreme Court
No Dice for 51 in New York City Raids
Fifty one men were arrested by police in raids on two floating craps games in New York. Seven assistant district attorneys were summoned to question the detainees through the early hours.
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New York
Battle Near Hamburg Stampedes With Chinese Forces
UPI report from Tokyo details a daylong clash at the Hamburg beachhead as American troops and jets repel Chinese Communist forces. The action includes hand to hand fighting, cavalry on Mongol ponies, and intensified air attacks aiding U.S. forces.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Hamburg
Seoul
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Earnest Hoberecht
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E.S.T
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Hamhung
Chosin Reservoir
Central Korea
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