Hospital Ship Repose Saves Wounded in Korean War
The U S hospital ship Repose, guiding a narrow 26 foot deep channel near Chinampo, evacuated 1300 wounded at peak and treated them aboard. Captain C H Perdue led the operation with Lt Madge Atkins and Lt Eileen Parrell praising crew as they kept the ship ready to return wounded to outfits or to Japan.
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Tom Stone
Hal Hoyle
Inchon
Korea
Iaj
U. S
Repose
Neal
Iachon
Yellow Sea
Japan
C. H. Perdue
San Diego
Chinnampo
Recse
Chinempo
Pyongyang
Foss
Ford
Royal
Madge Atkins
Richmond
Eileen Parrell
Boston
Perdue
E. B. Coyle
Takoma Park
No Rationing In Prospect
Washington dispatch reports Agriculture Department officials say it is impossible to forecast whether food controls will be necessary in the New Year. They see no current indication of general rationing, with meats as the possible exception, amid a speeding mobilization and war threat.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Gaii
Cupid Stayed Busy At York For Week
York during Christmas week saw 300 marriage licenses issued as Probate Judge F Getts Nunn presided. In eight hours before license issuance, about four marriages per hour were recorded. York population around 4100.
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Cupid
York
5. C
Dan Cupid
Santa Claus
F. Gettss Nunn
Nunn
Army Draft Call Drives March Quota To 80,000
Washington reports the Army issued a draft call for 80,000 men in March, pushing total draftees since Korea to 450,000. Navy Air Force and Marines will not place new controls on conscription. the plan aims to build 24 divisions by next July 4 via regimental combat teams and expanded regulars and guards.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Amy
jDefense Department
Germany
United States
82Nd Airborne
Camp Hood
Texas
Local Temperature Readings Update
The report lists yesterday and today temperatures with rainfall figures. It notes 2.25 inches of rainfall for a December date and 1.96 inches for another period, with a total rainfall measure of 1.37 inches.
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Questa
Gastonia Entry Among Maid of Cotton Finalists
Gastonia's Annette McCarter vies among 39 finalists in the Maid of Cotton contest in Memphis. North Carolina hopefuls and judges review each finalist as the nine o clock decision looms. A six month tour as queen is promised, with a reception and midnight breakfast to follow.
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Gastonia
Memphis
Tenn
Annette “McCarter
Mro
R. W. RicCarter
New Hope Road
N. C
Press-Scimitar
Annette McCarter
Annette
Jean Neal
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
Europe
South America
United States
McCarter
Gastonians
Gastonia Priday
Douglas Municipal
Charlotte
BR. W. McCarter
Ennis Atkins
Agreed crime scene echoes Goldilocks tale in Jersey flat
Agnes Reisen returned home to a Hillside apartment after Christmas to find the cupboard bare beds slept in furniture shifted lipstick on towels and stolen underwear with a ring left in the bathtub. She insisted it was not Goldilocks and told police of the odd break in.
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Hillside
N. J. Des
Agnes Reisen
Pulire
Rome publisher convicted of distributing obscene calendar
Jack L. Began publisher of Rome's Daily American was found guilty today of distributing obscene literature in the form of the Esquire girl calendar.
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Rome
Jack L. Began
American
Esquire
Nerve Gas Threat Outlined For Civil Defense
A 1943 Civil Defense Administration booklet warns that nerve gas and biological weapons could halt atomic production and disrupt key military and industrial centers. It details possible saboteur use, spread methods, and the risk to sites like Hanford Oak Ridge and the Pentagon, stressing civilian survival measures.
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Elton C. FA
Washington
Dec
Pentagon
Tere
United States
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Alamos
Sleet Storm Strikes Gaston County Streets
A severe sleet storm left Gaston county roads ice coated and hazardous. Hundreds of cars stalled as drivers struggled uphill on Dallas Gastonia highway. Fire Department reported 22 degrees overnight and 24 by 10 am with wrecker services busy and bus service suspended.
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Gaston County
Gastonia
Stasi
Co. City Coach Companys
Bellmont
Holly
Texas Tycoon's Daughters Wed In Houston Wedding
Mary Margaret McCarthy, 19, eldest daughter of Glenn McCarthy, married Harry Richards Jr. in Houston in a lavish ceremony. Glenna Lee McCarthy, 17, wed George Pontikes, a 19 year old Rice Institute football player, in a runaway marriage confirmed hours before the church ceremony.
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Houston
Tex
Glenn McCarthy
Mary Margaret
Harry Richards Jr
Glenna
Lee McCarthy
George Pontikes
McCarthy
Pontikes
Rice Institute
TEXAS
Gkrze McCarthy
Glen McCarthy
Hewsten
Shamrock Hotel
Cloged
George Pentikes
Waco
Fastes
Juste
Nash Oliver
Wace and
Beer
Une Ceremony
Asia seeks U S China talks on Korean war peacemove
UN members press for a political conference with Communist China to end the Korea war, urging U S concessions such as withdraws from Korea and Formosa. Washington resists, fearing blackmail. Cease-fire talks stalled after Peiping rejected a cease-fire proposal. Three-nation cease-fire panel met to discuss Peiping’s stance.
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Oa Usc
Korea
Asia
Philippines
U. S
Peiping
U.S
Formosa
UN Assembly
Red China
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Iran
Iraq
Indonesia
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
38Th Parallel
China
MacArthur
Defense Lines Tightened as Foes Mass in Korea
United Nations forces brace for a massed Red assault along a 150 mile Korean defense line. MacArthur warned up to 190,000 Chinese troops could strike in days, with mobilization described as national scale. Reports cite Chinese Fourth Field Army near Seoul and air strikes targeting enemy positions.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
U.N
China
Macarthie
Peiping
Taipei
Seoul
U.S. Eighth Army
Far East Air Forces
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Eighth Army
Changdeng
Neon
Taedong
U. S
Manchuria
Hongnam
One-Armed Driver Sued For $20,000
Atlanta reports Miriam Clinkscates filed a $20,000 damages suit against Eugene Snyder after an automobile collision. She says Snyder put his arm around her and failed to keep his eyes on the road, causing the car to hit a utility pole and injuring her teeth and other parts.
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Atlanta
Miriam Clinkscates
Eugene Snyder
Miss Clinkscales
Snyder
Fall of Sleet Grips the Carolinas
Carolinians woke to sleet and freezing rain as a southward weather system spread across the region. Airports faced disruption and bus schedules slowed while roads stayed slick in many areas. North Carolina and South Carolina reported sub-freezing temperatures with a chilly mix of snow and sleet in Charlotte where it dipped to 27 degrees.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Carolina
Jet Planes Guard New York City And East
Lightning fast jet planes are guarding New York City and the industrial east on a round the clock stand by alert. The Lockheed Interceptors, signed for day or night defense against enemy bombers, are equipped with radar and extra posts for combat. They have speeds over 000 miles per hour and a service ceiling over 5,090 feet. Based at Moore Air Force Base Port Newark New Jersey and other bases of the Eastern Defense Command, numbers were not revealed.
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Mitchell Pielo
New York City
Air Force
Lockheed Intercepora
Moe Gnire Air Force
Port Lx
N. J
Eastern Air Defense
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