Juicy steaks in war time humor from Korea
In Korea Corporal Louis Demartino and Lt. Morgan Murphy plot a steak feast seen as a rare morale boost. They barter for a secret dinner and breakfast with a mess hall captain and sergeant, then reminisce about easy quarters and bonds formed among their fire-direction team amid harsh conditions.
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Detroit
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Osweego
N.Y
Charles Hannah
Asheville
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Pyongyang
Leutenant
Tragedy on the highways during Christmas travel rush
AP reports a grim Christmas travel period with 41 die in violent accidents since Friday six of them in Mississippi and Massachusetts. The National Safety Council estimates up to 440 traffic fatalities over the three day holiday across states including New York Texas South Carolina Ohio New Jersey Illinois Pennsylvania and more.
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Europe warned to spec defences against Russight
Dec 3 report from Seoul confirms Lieut General Walton B Walker commander of the U S Eighth Army died in a head on jeep collision in Korea. The accident also injured his aide General Leverett and raised questions about frontline defenses as China threatens a new offensive.
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U. S. Eighth Army
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Korea
Textile mill sues over royalties in holiday period
South Carolina based Fattvorest mill files suit to recover royalties from Cluett Peabody Co for Sharonizing shrink process. Merchants face Christmas slowdown as many offices and stores close for holidays. New Year observances affect business and public offices. State Dept notes on East West tensions and a proposed Moscow meeting are outlined amid holiday newspaper schedule.
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State Department
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Germany
Micheel J. McDermott
Wage Freeze Hits Auto Workers in U S Plants
Washington reports the government has set wage ceilings for about one million passenger car builders and top salaries for their bosses as part of a broader price-wage policy. The measure aims to extend mandatory controls beyond the car industry, with a March deadline for a nationwide plan.
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Alan Valentine
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Christmas Preparations Overload Gaston Town
A garbled notice describes Gaston gearing for Christmas services and holiday shopping. It mentions churches filling tomorrow with hundreds of boys, girls, college students, and servicemen on furlough, awaiting prayers and churchgoing.
Christmas travel swells as Gaston countys people depart
A North Carolina report notes a strong Christmas economic year with toy clothing and appliance prices up 5 to 10 percent. In Gaston county residents face crowded rail and bus stations as many families plan holiday visits and servicemen head to distant posts for Christmas and the new year. Regular trains run extra sleepers and buses operate several sections amid peak travel.
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Christmas Prayer Amid War News From Korea Front
A Christmas note of unity opens with a poem by William E. Gilroy, D.D., wishing a spiritual reunion in Bethlehem. The main dispatch reports U S Eighth Army facing a major Chinese threat as Lt Gen Matthew B Ridgway succeeds the late Gen Walton Walker. Jet battles over Korea are described as the greatest, with no Sabres lost, while US and allied forces repel Chinese and North Korean offensives along Parallel 38 and near Kuhwa, Seowth Ker ive, and Yondon as war intensifies.
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