Marines Link Up in Changjin Retreat Hazardous Push
Twenty thousand US Marines and soldiers retreating from Changjin reservoir linked up with an inland relief task force from Korea's east coast. The combined force faces a 39 mile perilous escape along a road crowded with Chinese troops toward Hungnam. Maj. Gen. Edward Almond announced the joint action, noting the First Division Marines and Seventh Division soldiers had connected with the Third Division task force.
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Tokyo
United States
Changjin Reservoir
Korea
Hungnam
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
Seoul Will Be Defended by UN Forces
A high American source said the United Nations will defend Seoul with Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker's Eighth Army. The source noted no evacuation plans by the Korean government or allied embassies and said refugees move south while civilians are not barred except men 17 to 40 at checkpoints.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
United States
United Nations Commission
The
Economic Co-operation Administration
Japan
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Almond
Tom Stone
Koto
First Marine Division
Marine Division
Army
Marine Air Wing
Navy
Marine
Reds
Pyongyang
Chinese Says Mao Seeks End to Korea Fighting
The New York Times reports Mao Tze tung told India China ready to negotiate with the west on Korea with full equality at the table. He urged discussions cover all Far East questions including Formosa. India says Beijing aims to end fighting soon while Vasinsky reiterates UN withdrawal of foreign forces. Wu Hsiu chuan asked Lie to meet at the Waldorf for talks.
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New York
New York Times
Lake Success
Mao Tzetung
India
China
Korea
Mao
Formosa
Wu Hsiu-chuan
Trygve Lie
Waldorf-Astoria
Lie
May Not Demand Acheson Ouster
Senate Republicans waver on a resolution calling for Secretary of State Acheson’s removal. Senator Ives, author of the measure, says he still believes in Acheson’s exit but does not want actions that cause disunity. Governor Dewey cautions against further criticism during a national emergency.
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Washington
Senate
Acheson
Ives
R-N. Y
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
United States
One of Three Mayo Brothers Wounded Second Time
Don ald D. Mayo a 19 year old Marine was wounded in Korea for a second time while brother Glen Mayo 20 and Stuart Mayo 23 also serve in the Marine Corps. The Mayo family includes Eleanor Reel of Norris grandmother and the men have prior active service and recent injuries in Korea.
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Butte
Department of Defense
Donald D. Mayo
Marine Corps
Glen Mayo
Stuart Mayo
Stuart
Eleanor
Silver Bow
California
Don
Glenn
Japan
Don Mayo
Marines
Fighting Marines
William Reel
Norris
Wounded in War Actor Russell Steffen Hurt in Far Eastern Theater
Livingston December 9. Navy department informed Mrs. Emil Steffen that her son Russell Steffen former Livingston High School basketball player was severely wounded in the far eastern war theater. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Emil Steffen of Livingston.
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Livingston
U.P
Seaman Russell Steffen
Emil Steffen
Steffen
Navy Department
Great Falls Cattle Buyer Killed in Train Car Crash
Floyd Nobbs, cattle buyer for the Great Falls Meat company, died in a collision with the Great Northern eastbound streamliner No. 2, two miles east of Ethridge. His car was wrecked and the body sent to Shelby.
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Floyd Nobbs
Great Falls
Great Falls Meat Company
Ethridge
Great Northern
Shelby
Marshall Points Up Gravity of World Crisis
Secretary of Defense Marshall described the world crisis as grave as President Truman weighs a national emergency. Senators after a three hour closed session urged steps toward all out mobilization and full defense production to back the Korea war and potential spread of fighting.
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Washington
Marshall
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Thomas
Appropriations Committee
Russia
McClellan
D-Ark
Germans Oppose Spofford Plan for Allied Units in Germany
Bonn reports indicate West German political parties oppose the Spofford plan to place German combat units under foreign nation divisions as part of western defense. Informants say diplomatic dispatches to Washington London and Paris reflect broad German hostility to the idea.
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Bonn
Germany
Washington
London
Paris
Spofford
Charles Spofford
North Atlantic Defense Council
Quake Rocks Three Chilean Provinces Causing Casualties
A strong earthquake struck Tarapaca Antofagasta and Atacama provinces in northern Chile at 5 35 p m Saturday collapsing several buildings and killing at least one person. The tremor was felt in Argentina and Peru with strongest impact near Antofagasta.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Argentina
Peru
Tarapaca
Atacama
Koreas War May Be Militarily Decided Says Boyle
Hal Boyle, veteran AP war correspondent, argues Korea war is decisively decided with Chinese Red army numbers surpassing UN forces. He notes UN aims to repel North Korean Reds collapsed by Chinese intervention, predicting difficulty in achieving victory and potential diplomatic solutions.
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Hal Boyle
Associated Press
North
Africa
Europe
Boyle
Seoul
Korea
United Nations
South
McFarland Accepts Presidency at Montana University
Dr. Carl McFarland of Washington D C has accepted the Montana university presidency at Missoula. Gov. John W. Bonner said the 46 year old attorney will take over the $10 000 a year post succeeding Dr James A McCain who resigned to head Kansas State college.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Carl McFarland
Washington, D. C
U. S
Montana University
Missoula
Bonner
McFarland
State Education Board
James A. McCain
Kansas State College
Education Board
Associated Press
Montana
The
State University
Great Falls
Harvard
Montanan Injured When Tank Hits Mine in War
Mrs. Alice Lyman learned her son Army Sgt. Floyd Lyman was wounded in Korea. From a Tokyo Army hospital he said his leg was fractured in three places and he would be hospitalized three months. He was in a tank that hit a land mine. two companions were killed and three more hospitalized. Floyd had five years in the Army, previously in Japan with the occupation forces.
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Miles City
Alice Lyman
Army
Floyd Lyman
Korea
Tokyo
Miles Cillan
Clyde E Weed to Receive Distinguished Mining Award
Clyde E. Weed of Anaconda Copper Mining Company and its subsidiaries will receive the William Lawrence Saunders medal for 1951 from the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. The award will be presented at the institute banquet in St. Louis on February 21 during the annual meeting.
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Clyde E. Weed
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
American Institute of
William Lawrence Saunders
Weed
Institute
St. Louis
The
AIME
William J. Coulter
Denver
Climax Molybdenum Company
Mr. Weed
Mr. Saunders
Herbert Hoover
John Hays Hammond
Daniel C. Jackling
Louis Shattuck Cates
Fred Sarles, Jr
Montana
Atlantic Nations to Speed Plans for Defense
Gen. Omar Bradley announced that joint chiefs of staff from 12 NATO nations will meet in London next Tuesday to accelerate western defense preparations. They will seek German participation and lay groundwork for appointing Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander of the western defense force.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
London
Germany
Dwight Eisenhower
Bradley
West Powers Agree to Big 4 Parley
The United States Britain and France agreed in principle to a new big four meeting with Soviet Russia but attach a big if. They want an Austrian peace treaty and discussions on Korea Indo China and Asian issues before Germany. Texts to Russia due mid next week.
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Paris
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
David Bruce
Oliver Harvey
Alexandre Parodi
Foreign Office
London
Washington
Korea
Kremlin
Munitions Board Blamed for Wool Shortage in War Readiness
Senators fault the munitions board for lacking wool stockpiles as the United States faces a possible long Korea campaign. The preparedness subcommittee report says no wool in reserve and insufficient domestic production, while the board cites funding and legislative gaps.
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Munitions Board
Washington
United States
Korea
Congress
Senate Armed Services Preparedness
Oratorio Society to Sing Messiah Tonight at High School
Members of the Butte Oratorio Society will present Handel's Messiah at the Butte High School auditorium at 8 15 tonight. Arthur Drynan directs weekly rehearsals since the society formed nearly two years ago with a large chorus pictured in three rows and additional members not shown.
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Oratorio Society
Butte Oratorio Society
Butte High School
Arthur Drynan
Mem
Carmody Former Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus Dies
Martin H. Carmody age 78 longtime Grand Rapids resident and former Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus died Saturday. Local obituary notes his leadership in the fraternal organization and his community involvement.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Martin H. Carmody
the Knights of Columbus
Butte Weather Forecast Sunday Outlook
Mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Sunday minimum near 5 and Sunday afternoon maximum around 36. Friday midnight to Saturday 5:30 pm readings vary by location with lows from 2 to 20 and highs from 33 to 38. Cloudy Sunday west with light precipitation north. east with showers and fair elsewhere. southwest winds increasing.
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School of Mines
Divide
Train Hits Truck at Crossings Injuries Reported
A west bound Union Pacific passenger train struck a truck at Front and Kaw streets Saturday night around 7 40. Butteman his wife and two children escaped with no serious injuries though the truck was severely damaged. The driver Frank Huette 1848 Phillips told police he failed to see the train due to glare from approaching cars.
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Union Pacific
Front
Kaw
Frank Huette
Phillips
Huotte
Ed Molthen
Butte
Huette
Molthen
Etna's 13 day eruption labeled worst in 50 years
In Catania Italy on Saturday volcanologist Prof Gustavo Cumin called Mt Etna's 13 day eruption the worst in half a century or more. Lava continued to erupt from 40 mouths though main streams stopped near Milo and Renazzo after days of threats to those towns.
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Catania
Italy
U.P
Mt. Etna
Gustavo Cumin
Volcanological Observatory
Milo
Renazzo
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