Three Year Rail Pact Signed With Unions
Washington reports a three year peace pact between rail unions and the government. The agreement provides immediate pay boosts for 120000 yardmen and 180000 road service workers, retroactive to Oct 1, plus cost of living adjustments. A 40 hour work week is deferred to January 1959 with pay preserved. The settlement aims to restore rail operations and avert a nationwide strike.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Winlroads
Steelman Stud
VIE
Fontil
Hoover rallies GOP for a Western Hemisphere defense plan
Former President Herbert Hoover urged leading Republican Senators to back a new U S foreign policy focusing on defense of the Western Hemisphere. He called for building a large Navy and Air Force while keeping ground armies small, arguing the United Nations failed in Korea and Europe should organize its own defenses. He proposed defending sea frontiers from Great Britain to Japan and the Philippines, aiming to keep the United States from heavy European entanglements.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
United States
Western Hemisphere
Hoover
United Nations
Korea
Europe
Great Britain
Atlantic
Japan
Most
Philippines
Pathe
Senate Group OKs Funds For Defense Projects
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved 1.8 billion dollars for construction projects in a swift move less than 74 hours after House passage. Senator Russell said the panel would seek a Senate vote later, while seeking over 20 billion dollars in new defense funds. In the House, plans to rush emergency powers for President Truman were dropped as attendance lagged.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
President Truman
Jan Lj
Britain Grants Yugoslavia 2 Million Pound Credit
Britain approved a 2 million pound credit to Marshal Tito's Yugoslavia for the purchase of raw materials. The aid totals 55.6 million in some accounts, reflecting broader Western support to Yugoslavia amid regional tensions.
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London
Britain
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Wilson Takes Office as Mobilization Chief in New Era
Washington (UP) Charles Wilson assumed the role of mobilization chief pledging to do whatever is necessary to prepare the economy for any emergency. Gen Lucius Clay and Sid Weinberg will serve as staff assistants without pay. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Fred A. Vinson in the President’s office as Truman, cabinet members, and officials witnessed. Wilson endorsed reviving wartime powers to reshape agencies for an all out emergency mobilization.
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Washington
Charles &. Wilson
Wilson
Lucius G. Clay
New York
Sidney Weinberg
War Production Board
Nisstaff
Truman
Fred A. Vinson
Congress
Harvester Prices Returned After Reinstatement Move
Harvester Company announced a reversal of its Dec 12 price increase, withdrawing the higher prices yesterday and returning to the Dec 7 level. The firm said it will seek governmental approval to reinstate the higher primes.
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Owcagop
Inases
Sernational
Harvester
Facm
Puppies Found Near Bruce Fruit Farm Face Five Day Hold
Eight pups about two months old were found cold and crying on the Bruce fruit farm Route 11 A near Cardi. Deputies suspect abandonment but SPCA Director William Rapp says it must be determined if lost or abandoned. If abandoned, a cruelty warrant may be issued.
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S.P C.A
Bruce Fruit Farm
Route 11-A
Cardi
Sheriff's
Sp.ca
William E. Rapp
Sheriff's Deputies
Senate Confirms Mrs Rosenberg for Defense Post
The Senate confirmed Anna M. Rosenberg as assistant secretary of defense in charge of manpower by voice vote. The approval ended decades of allegations she belonged to a New York club 35 years ago, which critics had cited.
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Washinglin
Senate
Anna M. Rosenberg
Baby Turns Wrecker In Stucco Home Incident
LITTLE CIDRIS DOLAN locked his mother out of the house at 1309 N Satinist this morning and turned on the television wrecking furniture and Christmas ties. The firemen of Engine 4 forced entry after being summoned by his mother Mrs William Dolan. Chris tearfully promised not to act again, while his mother vowed to keep him in sight.
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Cidris Dolan
N. Satinist
Tne
Thand Hey
Schowens
William Dolan
Victor
Chris
Engine 4
Tolan
TODAY'S FEATURES AND PAGE LAYOUT PREVIEW
A scrambled preview lists sections and page numbers for today in a vintage newspaper. It mentions features on pages 50 and 51 including comics, horoscopes, crosswords, and various columns such as Talking It Over, Amusements, Fanantist, and Social Life. It also notes Deaths, Sports, and The Pictured Page with names and contributors like Ida Jean Kain and Earl Wilson.
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Ida Jean Kain
Dean
Mary Haworth
Tage
Amusements
Ing
Stalin Marks 71st Birthday Quietly in Moscow
MOSCOW UP reports Premier Stalin marked his 71st birthday with a quiet day of state duties. Across the Soviet Union collective farms factories schools and clubs sent greetings and gifts to Moscow for the peasant turned leader born 1879. The Soviet press was expected to continue praise as calendars note year receptions and suppers marked the generalissimo's birthday with no events scheduled for the night.
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Moscow
Premmier Tosel Stalin
Krerelin
Soviet Union
Josef Vissarionovich Stalin
Mrs Caraway Dies Ex Senator First Woman Elected
Mrs Halje W Caraway 72 of Arkansas the first woman elected to the U S Senate died at White Hall Sanitarium Falls Church Va after a stroke Jan 18 leaving her partly paralyzed She had been serving on the Federal Employees Compensation Appeals Board at the time of her death and served slightly over 43 years during Franklin D Roosevelt’s administration
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Washington Uth
Haljee W. Caraway
Arkansas
United States Senate
White Hall
Falls. Church
Caraway
Federal
Wage Plan Aims to Avert Labor Strife in Inflation Fight
Washington economists pressed for a wage control formula to curb inflation without sparking disorder. Cyrus S. Ching convened a nine man panel with Alan Valentine to discuss labor demands for necessary pay increases amid rising living costs. The Labor Policy Committee urged industry to provide compensatory wage boosts while resisting wage freezes until prices stabilize.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Alan Valentine
Stabulmaus
Labor
Irving
Ching
Valentine
United Labor Policy Committee
Philip Murray
The
Wham Green
Truman Hails Armed Services
The brief message from the president discusses strengthening the armed forces to aid peace and national defense. It notes days and daylight changes around the solstice and mentions upcoming draft considerations tied to national security.
Cardinal Dies Amid War and Christmas Hope In Berlin
Cardinal Von Preysing, Catholic bishop of Berlin, dies after a heart attack as wartime tensions, labor unrest, and rising living costs frame the season. Berlin weather notes cloudy conditions with temperatures near 19 to 34 degrees.
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Walter P. Reubhee
CLO
United Auto Workers
Alee
Ching
Inter
Berlin
Lablde
von Preysing
Mal
East Germany
Alex
al Sadowski
Sadowske
Figures refute 'Disaster' claim in Korea fighting
U S forces in Korea suffered 11 964 casualties in the first 18 days of heavy fighting with Chinese Communist troops, with UN totals reaching 12 975 including killed, wounded and missing. The Defense Department tallies 6 180 U S deaths to date with 24 587 wounded and 916 missing. The report notes Marines and infantry encircled at Hungnam while the 8th Army retreated 125 miles from Chongchon as the Chinese offensive proceeded.
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U. S
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Arthur
Washington
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Actiow
Department
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Caport
Hungnanm
8Th
Chongchon
Seoul
10Th Corps
MacArthur
Columut
24 Hour Barrage Stalls Foe At Ulungnam Beachhead
United Nations forces withdrew western and southern outposts across the Tonge song River into a defense line around Ulungnam. Chinese and North Korean forces failed to attack during the withdrawal as U S combat engineers blew the last bridge with three tons of dynamite. Gas grenades were used for the first time in testing probes. The 65th Puerto Rican Regiment repulsed the attack while American troops were issued gas masks. Concluded on page 7 column 1.
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Earnest Hoberech
Tokyo
United Nations
Ulungnam
Tongesong River
Washington
War Depart
Ment
U. S
Hungnam
Hungnaon
Yonpo Airport
United Press
Jack Burley
Larry Wall
Chicago
Mid-State Raceway Faces NY Racing Commission Action
Mid-State Raceway license renewal was before the New York State Racing Commission in Albany. The track seeks no hearing date as construction halted by a Federal ban. opposition from the Civic Committee Opposing the Calamer Pari-Munuel Beiling Track urged denial in a telegram to commission chair Henry D. James, signed by local leaders and business groups.
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Mid-State
New York State Racing Commission
Albany
Mid- State
Syracuse
Civic
Henry D. James
State Commission
Newton D. Bartle
Burned Boy Seeks Christmas Train After Fire
Tommy Ebbert, recovering from a fatal blaze that killed his family, has one wish a Christmas train. Support pours in to Moray Hose Mill hospital room from across the country, including funds and an electric model train. Ebbert’s father withholds news of deaths until after Christmas, hoping Santa delivers the gift.
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Moray Hose Mill
Tommy
Missouri
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Owhalla
Chem
United States
Altoona
William
Duncansville
WaLier
gLasieller
Wrether
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