Planes Riddle Ranks But Gap Is Soon Halled
Chinese forces mass reinforcements in northeast Korea and close in on Hamhung as Marines at Chosin Reservoir fight to keep a small air strip at Hagaru open for evacuees. Western thrusts push toward Pyongyang and Seoul as Fifth Air Force jets strike the capital, destroying bridges and inflicting heavy losses on the attackers.
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Earnest Hoberecht
Tokyo
U.P
Korea
Hamhung
U.S
Chosin Reservoir
Hagaru
Pyongyang
U.S. 8Th Army
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
C.S
Crisis talks weigh Korea stalemate and possible Dunkirk style action
Washington reports say President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee discussed a potential Dunkirk like withdrawal if UN forces face total defeat in Korea. Gen Omar Bradley warned evacuation plans are ready, amid fears China’s advance could overwhelm the frontline.
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Omar Bradley
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Another Cold Wave on Way
A severe cold wave grips the east and Midwest with rough wintry weather. Flood threats persist in northern California as frigid air spreads from the northern plains to the midwest. Sub zero temperatures drive across the north central region and snow along with strong winds shapes a mid winter scene in prairie areas.
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Midwest
California
Plains
Rockies
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
North Central
Midwest Prairie
Indiana Weather Bureau forecast in brief
The Indiana Weather Bureau released a five day outlook predicting temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below normal. It warns of precipitation ranging from two to three tenths of an inch in the north and about half an inch in the south.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Weather Bureau
Cold wave eases Ohio River flood threat across regions
Forecasters said a cold air mass would move east and south after a week of rising waters along the upper Ohio River. Flooding lingered in West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania and New York with hundreds evacuated. Temperatures fell to 17 below zero at Cutbank Montana and 2 at Rapid City South Dakota as rivers gradually receded.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Tennessee
Kentucky
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Texas Panhandle
Cutbank
Mont
Minot
N.C
Rapid City
S.D
California
Kaiser-Frazer Gets 25 Million RFC Loan for War Plant
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved a fresh 25 million dollar loan to Kaiser-Frazer Co to sustain output and enter defense production. Henry J Kaiser announced plans to open a plant in the San Francisco Oakland area to produce military goods and begin shipbuilding. The RFC tied conditions including keeping car prices down cutting production and prioritizing defense work.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Kaiser-Frazer Co
Henry J. Kaiser
San Francisco-Oakland
RFC
Kaiser-Frazer
Prayer vigil for peace in Chicago begins at noon
An 11 hour prayer vigil for peace starts at noon with twenty two Chicago ministers from more than ten denominations praying in half hour intervals.
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Chicago
Weather Summary Local Conditions and Snow Report
Snow blanketing the region with river stage at 144 ft and rising. Yesterday’s high reached 46 degrees and the low 29. Precipitation totaled 6. The day begins with sunrise at 6 54 and sunset at 6 25. Noon reading 4 22 and a mid afternoon temperature around 32.
Forecast Terre Waste And Vicinity Snow Tonight Through Wednesday
Weather bulletin notes snow in Terre Waste and area ending early Wednesday with a developing cold wave tonight and Wednesday. Indiana and Illinois regions show snow this afternoon and tonight, with temperatures dropping to lows from zero to minus values in the northwest to above zero in the southeast and highs from 5 to 20 degrees. Temperature readings at 6 am show 31 and 2 pm 37.
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Illinois
Demand to Expel Russia From United Nations
Erle Cocke Jr., national commander of the American Legion, urged the expulsion of Soviet Russia and its satellites from the United Nations. He spoke at the Public Relations Society of America as part of "Operation Survival" calling for full U S mobilization universal military training and rapid civil defense upgrades. He also advocated a revamped State Department and the atomic bomb reserved for primary targets.
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New York
Russia
United Nations
Erle Cocke, Jr
American Legion
Cocke
Public Relations Society of America
Veterans’ Organization
United States
Korea
China
State Department
Diary Of Kalamazoo Coed Studied For Clues In Slaying
Police studied coeds diary to identify a suspect in the death of 18 year old Carolyn Crown. The diary lists 12 recent dates and one man is sought while two men remain in custody. Carolyn was found in a roadside cornfield after vanishing in a snowstorm.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Carolyn Crown
Otto K. Butler
Carolyn
Western Michigan College Coed
Michigan
Vote extends federal rent control to March 1951
Washington December 3 The House Banking Committee approved by a wide margin a bill to extend Federal Rent Control for 90 days through March 31, 1951. The measure aims to keep housing costs in check while the housing bill undergoes consideration.
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Washington
U.P
House Banking Committee
Different Withdrawal Overshadows U N retreat in Korea
Hal Boyle reports on American troops in North Korea returning home in defeat rather than victory. The Eighth Army pulls back from a failed offensive after heavy losses, with one third of U S striking power committed and uncertainty about reinforcements and UN support. The piece notes grim prospects as winter wears on and the war drags toward Manchurian borders.
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Mer
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United States Army
United Nations
Eighth Army
Indiana GOP Senate teeters over potential 25 25 split
In Indianapolis on December 5, Republican state senators gathered to choose leaders amid uncertainty of a possible 25 to 25 Senate split if a contested Gibson County seat favors Democrat. Recount orders and potential seating protests loom as trials proceed. charges against two Marion County figures and a third man reveal a fake Grand Theater burglary case.
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G.O.P
Gibson County
Senate
John van Ness
Valparaiso
Harold W. Handley
la Porte
U.S
William E. Jenner
van Ness
Go.p
Charles W. Killion
Petersburg
Edwin C. Beaman
Princeton
A. Dale Eby
Killion
Pike
Eby
Gibson
Beaman
John A. Watkins
Truth rumors shoo Margaret Truman's beaus
Margaret Truman asks newspapers to stop reporting engagements as rumors. She denies a Washington lawyer Marvin Braverman is her fiancé, calling him charming but not her husband to be. She says she is still available for dates and not engaged now or ever.
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Washington
U.P
Margaret Truman
Marvin Braverman
Margaret
Braverman
New York
Schuman May Attend UN Korea Talks in New York
Paris December 5 Reliable informants said Foreign Minister Robert Schuman may fly to New York late this week to take part in United Nations discussions on Korea.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
New York
United Nations
Korea
Midwest doctor and four patients indicted for narcotics
NARCOTICS CHARGES HOLD MIDWEST FOLK indenture indictments were returned by a federal grand jury here. Dr Claude E Gilliatt of Allendale who has practiced for over 40 years faces charges along with four of his patients. Conte Condoli trumpet player in Woody Herman band pleaded guilty to narcotics charges in Federal Court and was placed on two years probation after arrest following a band appearance here months ago.
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East ST. Louis
UPI
Allendale
Claude E. Gilliatt
Greensboro
N. C
Conte Condoli
Mishawaka
Ind
Woody Herman
Johnson J. Hayes
Condoli
Jett appoints Fox as chief deputy in prosecutor’s office
Prosecutor John R. Jett announced Tuesday that he named Attorney Winfield Fox as chief deputy to replace Thomas P. Gallagher who will assume a Superior Court judgeship on January 1. Margaret Schneider remains stenographer with J. Morton Swango as City Court prosecutor and John K. Fesler as deputy prosecutor and investigator.
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John R. Jett
Winfield Fox
Thomas P. Gallagher
Superior Court
Margaret Schneider
J. Morton Swango
John K. Fesler
Coal supply ample in Terre Haute despite cold wave
Terre Haute coal yards report full coal supply as weather bureau forecasts another cold spell. Dealers warn that extended cold brings a rush of orders hard to meet, with Thanksgiving snow and sub zero temperatures swamping merchants and halting some deliveries. The Coal Trade Association of Indiana says no local supply concern if production and shipping stay steady, though railroad car shortages persist.
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Terre Haute
Weather Bureau
Coal Trade Association of Indiana
Tennessee Cops Nab 6 Gunmen With $10,000
Six Chicago gunmen who robbed a swanky gambling joint were captured early today at the Colony Club outside Shelby after police stopped their 1950 Oldsmobile. They carried $10,000 in loot in four money bags and a pillow case plus an ash tray diamond ring. The gang had eight high powered weapons and offered no resistance.
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Tenn
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Chicago
Tennessee Highway Patrol
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Byhalia
Miss
Here
Mayors to Press Congress on Civil Defense Legislation
Six hundred mayors and city officials gathered as delegates to the American Municipal Association prepared to urge Congress to pass civil defense legislation during the short session.
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Washington
Congress
American Municipal Association
Greencastle Oldsters Win Sitters in Courthouse Lobby
In Greencastle Indiana a group of elderly men won a battle to use courthouse benches as a sitting room. The county commissioners ordered janitor Cecil Robertson to move benches into a dedicated room and swap his desk for janitorial supplies. The old timers expressed relief at having a window seat and a place to chat while watching courthouse activity.
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Greencastle
Ind
Putnam County
Cecil Robertson
Robertson
Chawin
Frank West
Sandy Sanford
W. A. Dodd
Defense of Seoul in doubt as UN forces face large Chinese threat
In Seoul observers debate whether UN troops can hold the capital’s defense perimeter. Plans reportedly discussed for removing American civilians if needed. A veteran observer says Seoul Inchon could be held despite a million Chinese, with artillery and air inflicting heavy enemy losses.
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Seoul
United Nations
Amercan
U.N
Korea
Seoul- Inchon
Truman warns of tremen dous odds in Korea during Attlee talks
President Truman told a Washington audience during talks with Prime Minister Attlee that U N forces in Korea face tremendous odds but vowed the United States will continue the fight for freedom. He spoke at the White House conference on children and youth amid a busy schedule of military and diplomatic briefings. He warned of grave risk of broader war while framing the crisis as part of a long running struggle to uphold peace and justice.
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Attlee
Clement Attlee
Truman
Washington
U.P
Clemment Attlee
Britain
United Nations
Korea
Omar N. Bradley
White House
London
Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
U.N
Hoosier Airmen In On Pursuit Of Reds
Korea December 5 Two Communist MIG-15 jets were chased across the Yalu River by U S F 80s after a brief air battle near Kang gye Lt James W Smith of New Albany Indiana piloted an F 80 and reported the MIGs came out of the sun at about 500 miles an hour They made a bombing pass with 500 pound bombs but missed and fled as the four F 80s pursued
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U.S. Fifth Air Force
Korea
Yalu River
Kanggye
James W. Smith
New Albany
Ind
Customs orders unload ships bound for Reds with steel
Customs officials acting on Commerce orders directed three freighters here to unload cargo bound for Red China or Hong Kong before sailing. Yesterday orders required 12 tons of extra-hard steel from the Norwegian ship Igadi be unloaded. The steel was consigned to a Red China firm at Tientsin.
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San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Red China
Hong Kong
Igadi
Tientsin
Reduced Holiday Rail Fares for Military Personnel
Military personnel in uniform will receive reduced round trip rail fares during the Christmas season. Coaches fare at two cents a mile from December 15 to January 10 with a return by January 15. The cut was approved yesterday in Chicago.
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