Truman Attlee end crisis talks with defiant Korea stance
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee wrapped two hour twenty minute crisis talks in Washington. They reached broad agreements on European defense and Anglo American economic partnership and pledged to resist Communist pressure in Korea and China while leaving door open to peace talks. The joint communique is to follow after a final meeting.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Britain
Clement Attlee
Korea
United Nations
Europe
Peking
China
Formosa
National Press Club
U.S
International
Severe Midwest and Atlantic storm devastates region
A massive winter storm lashed the Midwest and Northeast with blizzard conditions. Snow blanketed the Great Lakes to the Appalachians, while winds and rain hit New England. The death toll rose to 52 from a five day siege, with extreme drifts snarling rescue efforts and plows stuck in six foot drifts near Joliet Illinois. Edward Kahler and his wife Sarah were rescued after six hours in their car on a rural road.
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United Press
Midwest
North Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Ohio Valley
Ontario
New England
Williston
N. D
Duluth
Kenneth A. Nicholson
F. I. Ylinen
Joliet
Ill
Edward Kahler
Sarah
Marines Break Out From Changjin Trap Near Hungnam
A large U.S. battalion and allied troops pushed south from Changjin reservoir against heavy Chinese fire as they drive toward Hungnam on the northeast Korean front. Tanks lead a dawn-to-dusk push down the Koto to reach the sea while a relief column advances from Hungnam to clear roads.
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Korea
U.S
Changjin Reservoir
U.S. Tenth Corps
Tokyo
Koto
Sea of Japan
Hungnam
Eighth Army
Fire damages total four thousand at two Terre Haute homes
A blaze in a basement chimney at Carl Selby’s home near Haythorne and Fruitridge caused about 4000 in damage. Firefighters from Terre Haute Companies 7 10 and Truck 2 plus deputies and the North Terre Haute unit responded. Earlier a kitchen fire at Kirby Holt’s home on Schaal avenue caused 700 damage with matches reportedly left by a mouse.
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Carl Selby
Haythorne
Fruitridge Avenues
Chiang Kai-Shek advocates invasion of China
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek urges anti-Communist forces based on Formosa to invade the Chinese mainland. He says coordinated action with United Nations naval and air power would prompt a strong response from about 1,500,000 Chinese guerrillas.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Formosa
United Nations
Shostakovich Premieres New Work Glorifies Stalin in Moscow
In the Moscow Conservatory a new Shostakovich composition titled Glory To Stalin premiered amid a program of fresh Soviet works. Also heard was V Muradelli's symphonic poem The Path To Victory.
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Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
Stalin
Moscow Conservatory
V. Muradelli
Streets Icebound as Crashes Surge in Terre Haute
More than twenty traffic accidents were reported as freezing weather left Terre Haute streets slick. St Anthonys Hospital treated three injured in car crashes. The Weather Bureau warned slick conditions would persist on less traveled roads with a five day Indiana Illinois forecast predicting more precipitation. Mrs Ethel Blankenship of Linton hospitalized after a two car collision at Wabash Avenue and Fifteenth Street. Police cited pavement conditions for the crash.
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Terre Haute
St. Anthony's Hospital
United States Weather Bureau
Hulman
Indiana
Illinois
Ethel Blankenship
Linton
Ind
Wabash Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Terre Haute Area Weather Forecast Update
Local conditions report yesterday high around 18 and low near 0. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday in Terre Haute and vicinity with warmer Saturday and diminishing winds. Indiana outlook shows clouds increasing south portion with highs near 35 and lows around 15 to 20. Illinois portion fair with cooler highs around 28 to 32 and lows near 10 to 15.
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Terre Haute
Vicinity
Indiana
Officer Slain in Saginaw Gun Battle
In downtown Saginaw Michigan at 2 30 am police captain Daniel P Waters 39 was killed and two officers were critically wounded Detective Clarence Dietzel 53 and State ParoleOfficer Eldon Johnson 44. Suspects Lawrence Nelson alias Larry Edwards 33 and Sylvia Van Conant 35 were captured after a car pursuit ending near Carrollton.
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Saginaw. Mich
Saginaw
Daniel P. Waters
Clarence Dietzel
Eldon Johnson
Lawrence Nelson
Larry Edwards
Port Huron
Mich
Sylvia van Conant
Bancroft
Nelson
van Conant
Carrollton
Stephenson's Attorney Seeks Parole Records at State Prison
D C Stephenson's Minneapolis attorney Frank J. Warner traveled to Michigan City to review parole records at the state prison. He conferred with Governor Schricker and said he would return to Indianapolis. A habeas corpus hearing is set for December 15 in Minneapolis.
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Indianapolis
D. C
Ilinois
Minneapolis
Indiana
Schricker
Warner
Stephenson
Pfizer Plant Riding in War Effort at Terre Haute
John E. McKeen president of Chas Pfizer and Co arrives with 20 top officials to tour the Vigo South Plant near Terre Haute. They tour antibiotics and feed supplement operations and will be hosted at Hotel Deming after a Chamber welcome at Union Station.
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John E. McKeen
Chas. Pfizer & Co
Terre Haute
McKeen
Vigo South
Army Chemical Corps
Pfizer
Union Station
Chamber of Commerce
B. J. Quinn
C. L. Shideler
George C. Carroll
Rahe Hornung
Baltimore writer named White House press secretary
The White House announced Joseph Hudson Short Jr. of the Washington staff of the Baltimore Sun will succeed the late Charles G. Ross as press secretary. Short, a life long Democrat, will take the post December 18 after a brief rest.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Stephen T. Early
Joseph Hudson Short, Jr
Charles G. Ross
Short
Government plans no immediate wage price ceiling
Price Controller Michael V. Di Salle said the government has no current plan for an immediate wage price freeze. He noted ceilings are being studied and that mandatory enforcement would take 60 to 90 days to set up if a blanket freeze were imposed. He urged reliance on voluntary measures to curb inflation.
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DiSalle
Toledo
Ohio
Alan Valentine
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Valentine
Bond Posted for Browder by Retired School Teacher
A 75-year-old retired teacher, Miss Margaret Shipman from Lee Massachusetts, posted 1500 bail in District Court for Earl Browder former top American Communist. Browder remained jailed since last Friday for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from a Senate subcommittee led by Senator McCarthy.
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Washington
District Court
Earl Browder
Margaret Shipman
Lee
Mass
Browder
Communist Party
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
R- Vis
Woman Finds Yolkless Egg Stuns Local Resident
Mrs Clarence Harris of 714 Poplar street broke an egg for breakfast yesterday. She found no yolk inside the egg, calling it unusual and noting it was the first time such an egg had ever happened to her.
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Clarence Harris
Poplar Street
General Collins Optimistic After Visit To Front
Army Chief of Staff General J Lawton Collins returned from Korea claiming U N forces could hold and defend against further serious losses after his personal inspection and talks with General Douglas MacArthur and field leaders. He cited Chinese Communist intervention as a cause of the Korea situation and said he would report findings to the joint chiefs of staff.
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Washington
Army
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Douglas MacArthur
Collins
Far East
Seoul
Ike to Be Honored With Salvation Army Citation
The Salvation Army Association announced Eisenhower will receive its 1950 citation for achievement in spiritual and humanitarian endeavors. The award will be presented at a luncheon on December 13 in New York.
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New York
U.P
Salvation Army Association
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Sixteen Nations Fight Reds in Korea War Effort
General MacArthur reports 16 United Nations members aiding the war against Chinese and Korean communists from Australia Britain the United States the Republic of Korea and twelve more. Forces vary by nation with air ground naval units and medical support. Fifty three of sixty UN members back the action.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
Britain
United States
Republic of Korea
South Africa
Greece
Belgium
Canada
France
Philippines
Thailand
Netherlands
New Zealand
Turkey
India
Sweden
Red Cross
Korea
Soviet Bloc
Egypt
Indonesia
Bank Clerk Sends Cheer To Soldiers From Korea
Albuquerque bank assistant cashier Miss Emma Knox has long enclosed notes books and magazines with servicemen letters. She helped Pfc. Peter Jureso who asked for reading matter and writing materials. The story shows local effort to support the 522d Signal Construction Company.
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Albuquerque
N. M
522D Signal Construction Company
Korea
T. S Knox
Emma
Pfc
Peter F. Jureso
San Francisco
Jareso
Jureso
Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Chinese troops in Korea total about 400000 U N says
United Nations officials in Korea report that roughly 400000 Communist troops, almost all Chinese, fight UN forces under Gen MacArthur. The UN report notes few North Korean troops are active and that many Chinese are regular army units, not volunteers. The commission cites 231000 identified Chinese in eight armies and 26 divisions, with higher totals possible.
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Lake Success
N.Y
U.P
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
U.N
U.N Commission For the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
U.N.C.U.R.K
Peking
Moscow
Selim Sarper
Turkey
General Assembly
China
No Holiday For GIs In U S
The army canceled a planned Christmas holiday for troops training in the Continental United States from Dec 23 to Jan 1. Training will continue through that period except for Christmas and New Year observances. Commanders may grant leave to those who can be spared, with limits governed by regulations.
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Washington
Continental United States
Army
Wing Sang Ship Intercepted En Route to Formosa
The British Jardine-Matheson line said its S. S. Wing Sang was halted late yesterday by a Chinese Nationalist warship near Hong Kong, believed bound for Communist China. It was allowed to proceed after officials explained the ship was headed to Keelung Formosa.
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Hong Kong
Jardine-Matheson Company
China
Keelung
Formosa
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Michael V. DiSalle
Bond
Ike
Fighting Reds
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