Seven Thousand Evacuated From Pyongyang Port
The British Admiralty reported 7000 soldiers civilians and port workers evacuated from Pyongyang to safer positions as Communist forces advanced. The operation involved US Royal Canadian and Australian ships braving heavy seas snow and mined waters near Taedong River and Channampo. Capt J W Brock led the night voyage aiming for daylight navigation amid near zero visibility.
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London
U.P
Pyongyang
Korea
Admiralty
Forest Royal
Taedong River
Chinnampo
Daido Ko
Channampo Dock
J. W. Brock
Channampo
Rescuers Near Encircled Yanks as Wonsan Falls
United Press reports twenty thousand encircled U S Marines and infantrymen fight against Chinese Reds in snow covered Korean mountains near Hamhung to link with a rescue column within 400 yards. Rescued personnel and rescuers face a fire gauntlet as they aim for Hungnam harbor where an evacuation armada forms for a Dunkerque like exit of United Nations troops in northeast Korea.
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United Press
Tokyo
U.P
U.S
Hamhung
Korea
United Nations
Hungnam Harbor
Truman weighs national emergency, fears on Korean intel failure
Secretary of Defense Marshall said President Truman is seriously considering a declaration of national emergency. Senators pressed him on intel breakdown in Korea as Gen Douglas MacArthur and Maj. Gen. Charles Willoughby faced questions about Chinese Communist troop numbers and foreknowledge of the UN offensive.
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Washington
Defense Marshall
Truman
Marshall
Senator Cordon
R.-Ore
Senate Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
Willoughby
Tokyo
Korea
Yalu River
Manchurian
Vishinsky seeks U.N. action on Korea as crisis grows
At Lake Success, Vishinsky demanded the U.N. order withdrawal of foreign troops from Korea. British minister Kenneth Younger noted Vishinsky did not admit Red Chinese troops, calling them volunteers, while 13 Asian and Middle East delegates met unexpectedly.
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Lake Success
China
Middle East
38Th Parallel
U.N
Sir Benegal N. Rau
Manhattan
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Rau
Ernest A. Gross
United States
Security Council
Gross
State Department
Washington
Vishinsky
Korea
Kenneth Younger
Younger
Bus Hearing Postponed In Terre Haute
The Public Service Commission postpones the second hearing on Terre Haute City Lines bus service to Monday December 18 at 10 a.m. in the city court room. Mayor Ralph Tucker and City Attorney Edward Everett filed petitions against a proposed fare hike from 5 to 10 cents and alleged inadequate service. The PSC decision on the rate increase is delayed until the service hearing is completed.
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Public Service Commission
Terre Haute City Lines, Inc
City Hall
Ralph Tucker
Tucker
Edward Everett
PSC
Indianapolis
Watts Upheld in Death Sentence for 1947 Slavery Case
Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the second murder conviction of Robert Austin Watts 28 for the 1947 sex slaving of Mrs Mary Lois Burney. Appeal for new trial denied. Watts scheduled to die Jan 16 1951. attorneys have 20 days to seek rehearing after high court decision. First conviction set aside by the US Supreme Court after last meal.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Robert Austin Watts
Mary Lois Burney
Indiana Supreme Court
Watts
Shelby
US Supreme Court
Weather Log and River Stage Report
Early morning readings show gas 32 at 6 am and 32 at noon with 3% at 9 am and 38 at 6 pm. Sunrise is 6:58, sunset 4:27, river stage 16.2 feet and rising.
Local Conditions Report
Yesterday's high reached 78 degrees and the low dropped to 14 with no precipitation. The report notes clear or dry conditions across the area.
Weather synopsis for Terre Brute Indiana and Illinois regions
Cloudy periods and cold air dominate the forecast across Terre Braute vicinity Indiana and Illinois. Temperatures vary with lows around the mid teens to near 16 in Indiana and 15 to 20 in Illinois, highs mid 20s to upper 20s, with light snow flurries in extreme north Illinois and Cairo area showing up to 34 by afternoon.
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Terre Braute
Indiana
Illinois
Cairo
Death claims Oliver A. Heady longtime Terre Haute council president
Oliver A. Heady 72 longtime Terre Haute official and former Tune Bros salesman died at Union Hospital Friday night after a period of ill health. He had served on the city council eight years and was president since August. He previously worked 36 years at Tune Bros. clothing store. He resided at 446 North Fifth Street.
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Oliver A. Heady
Terre Haute
Union Hospital
North Fifth Street
Mr. Heady
Tune Bros. Men's Clothing Store
Former council president Heady dies after illness
Monday but his condition was not believed critical. Heady served as vice president of the council from January until Aug. 16, when he succeeded to the presidency to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Fenton Fine. A native of Blackhawk, he attended Indiana State Teachers College and taught school briefly. He was in the men's clothing business, began with Uncle Billy Patton on South Fourth Street. Surviving are his wife Elva R. Heady a sister Miss Lou Heady of Blackhawk and a niece Hazel Clevenger in New Jersey. He was a member of Euclid Lodge No. 573 F and AM and a charter member of the Kerman Grotto. The body was taken to Gillis Memory Chapel for services at 2 PM Monday with Rev. Isaac Griffith and Euclid Lodge 573 F and AM to conduct graveside rites at Woodlawn cemetery.
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Heady
Fenton Fine
Blackhawk
Indiana State Teachers College
Billy” Patton
South Fourth Street
Elva R. Heady
Lou Heady
Hazel Clevenger
New Jersey
Euclid Lodge
Kerman Grotto
Gillis Memory Chapel
Isaac Griffith
Euclid Lodge 573
Woodlawn Cemetery
Auto Crash on U.S. 40 Injures 19-Year-Old Evans
A motorist rushed Rich ard L. Evans of Brazil to Union Hospital after his car veered off U.S. Highway 40 east of Tabertown and struck a utility pole. Deputies say Evans suffered back injuries when he fell asleep at the wheel.
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Richard L. Evans
Brazil
Union Hospital
Evans
U.S. Highway 40
Tabertown
Taylor
Reely
General MacArthur Suspends Briefings Amid Security Concerns
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur's HQ halted informative briefings for war correspondents citing security. Shortly after, Britain’s Korea commander declared censorship needs growing stronger each day.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
Naval leaders in Korea plan mass withdrawal from Hamhung
American naval and marine commanders met at Hamhung to discuss a large scale withdrawal. Wonsan on Korea’s east coast, abandoned yesterday, ends the 60,000-man 10th Corps overland escape route. Wonsan lies 50 miles south of Hamhung. Meanwhile the UN 8th Army pulled back southward for a stand before Seoul as withdrawal extents and new defense lines remained cloaked. Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
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Pacific
Hamhung
Wonsan
10Th Corps
Korea
United Nation
8Th Army
Seoul
U N Plans New Stand At Seoul Authority Says
United Nations forces will defend Seoul with a new 8th Army defense line likely north of the city. Lt General Walton H Walker’s forces will not abandon Seoul without a fight. Evacuations of civilians are encouraged but not arranged by the government. Refugee flows continue while Korea’s government screens ages 17 to 40 for military service. The fate of Chinese Communist actions at the 38th parallel remains unknown.
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Walton H. Walker
Seoul
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States
Japan
Korea
38Th Parallel
Hungry traveler drains station cafe with big order
A through bus passenger stopped at the local station restaurant and bought ten ham sandwiches, three hamburgers, seven orangeades, three lemonades, four orders of French fries, an order of slaw and 12 cups of water, plus a gallon jug for the road. The total was $5.50 and the man stood about 350 pounds, per manager Ed Belknap.
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Ed Belknap
Palmyra church destroyed by fire loss $70,000
Corydon Iowa reports the Evangelical United Brethren Church at Palmyra burned to ashes yesterday causing an estimated $70,000 in damage. Firefighters battled the blaze but the building was consumed. No injuries reported.
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Corydon
U.P
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Palmyra
Storm’s Grip Eases After Deadly Winter Blitz
Snow piles in Michigan Ohio and Wisconsin as a sweeping arctic storm winds down. At least 69 people died nationwide with 60 families displaced in southeastern Ohio flood scenes. Guardsmen moved to flood duty while a Soo Line snowplow accident near Manitowoc left Leonard Brunner dead.
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Chicago
Canada
Huron
Michigan
Superior
Upper
New England
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Kanawha
Ohio
California
San Joaquin Delta
Einar Christensen
Tomahawk
Wis
Hart
Mich
Leonard Brunner
Manitowoc
Widen Ban to Reds Adds 110 Export Items
Hong Kong authorities expanded the export ban to Red China by 110 items chiefly airplane parts machinery and tools requiring licenses. The measure tightens controls on trade with mainland China.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Bloody Roadblock Rescue By U S Second Division
Captain W O Burla led a dangerous withdrawal through a five mile roadblock in northwest Korea to evacuate wounded from the American Second Division. Two ambulances medics and commandeered trucks rushed the wounded to clearing stations and Pyongyang hospitals amid continuous fire. The rescuers praised all who helped without singling out one person.
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U.S
Korea
Chongchon River
United Nations
W. O. Burla
Los Angeles
Burla
Pyongyang
Spy Gold Receives 30 Year Prison Term
Harry Gold, a self confessed courier for a Russian atomic spy ring, was sentenced by Judge James P. McGranery to two concurrent 30 year terms. He described the case as a terrible mistake and remained calm after his brief remarks.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Gold
U.S
James P. McGranery
Tenement Fire Fatal in Chicago Negro District
A five story rooming house fire in Chicago’s near south side destroyed a landmark building. At least eight people were killed, with more bodies feared as investigators and fire crews combed the ruins. Named victims include Jake Mason and his children Lovella 12 Patricia Phyllis Wayne 9, and Lou Edna Simmons 30. Reports vary on residents, with estimates from 150 to 300.
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Chicago
Jack Prydylinski
South Side
Jake Mason
Lovella
Patricia
Phyllis
Wayne
Lou Edna Simmons
Mason
Mother of slain man Baldwin receives $215 reward
Detectives Seward and Porter turn over $215 to the 88 year old mother of George W. Baldwin. The bills bore Baldwins window cleaning stamp and helped solve his murder. The bills were found behind Clarence Taylor's barber shop on North Fourth street. Taylor is serving life for Baldwins mutilation murder on March 13.
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George W. Baldwin
Seward and
Porter
Baldwin
Clarence Taylor
North Fourth Street
Taylor
Michigan City
Orchid Winner Ned Strieff Cited for Traffic Safety
Ned Strieff of 524 North Sixth Street received an Orchid for Safety after Lieut. J Beasley and Officers A Long and Collins nominated him for directing traffic and placing flares at the Seventh and Locust streets accident scene, preventing another mishap.
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Ned Strieff
North Sixth Street
J. Beasley
A. Long and
Collins
Strieff
Seventh and Locust Streets
Russia proposes UN order to pull both sides from Korea
At the United Nations Vishinsky filed a resolution urging the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. India's Rau met Wu Hsiu-Chuan at the Waldorf for a third peace conference as discussions seek a cease fire and a demilitarized buffer zone.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
General Assembly
World Organization
Vishinsky
Benegal Rau
India
Wun Hsiu- Chuan
U.N
Rau
Mid-Manhattan
Waldorf- Astoria
New Delhi
Peking
Truman Attlee Talks Endorse Speedy Defense Drive
The Truman Attlee talks urged no appeasement and called for swift military buildup to defend the free world while pressing Russia and Red China to alter conduct. Secretary Acheson testified to Congress that the U S opposes appeasement in the Far East and supports faster North Atlantic Treaty Organization progress.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
Russia
China
U.S
Britain
Free World
Senate House
Acheson
Congress
United States
Far East
East
West
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Red China
Eastwest
White House
New York
Ottawa
London
Three-Power Note Seeks Russia in Parleys for Big Four
In Paris on December 9 officials said the United States Britain and France agreed on a three power note urging Russia to join diplomatic talks toward a Big Four conference. The note would invite Russia to propose ideas but require an agenda covering East-West issues and broader questions to be agreed in advance.
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Paris
U.P
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Moscow
Germany
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U S. Weather Bureau
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