Britain loses most Marshall aid as deficit disappears
Washington reports virtually all Marshall plan funding to Britain will be suspended from January 1 due to improved British economic health. The arms fund remains available to bolster Britain’s defense and the U S will resume Marshall aid if Britain’s condition worsens.
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Great Britain
Washington
United States
Britain
William C. Foster
Hugh Gaitskell
London
East German law threatens death for Western defenders
The Soviet zone passed a first reading of a law against war propaganda that targets Germans who back Western defense. It labels as war propagandists anyone supporting a shield against Communist aggression, with the threatened penalty including the death sentence. East zone officials aim the law at West Germans traveling into the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
North Atlantic Alliance
London
Europe
West Germany
West German Republic
Missoula Flyer Major Killed in Korea
Maj Neil R. Johnson of Missoula Morrt confirmed killed in action Tuesday in Korea. Johnson, executive officer of the 38th Fighter Group, earned 80 WWII missions and 59 in Korea. A former Montana State University athlete, he last visited Missoula on leave last July and is survived by his widow, two children, and his parents.
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Missoula
Neil R. Johnson
Korea
Johnson
Montana State University
Grizzlies
University of Idaho Vandals
Butte Weather Forecast Delivers Snow Flurries West of Divide
Weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies in Butte and little temperature change on Thursday. It lists readings from Tuesday night to Wednesday afternoon including low teens to mid thirties at various stations and snow flurries west of the divide with a high of 35 to 40.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
Minsecesscevesecesseses
Billings
Belgrade Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank Mesecesteinatiee
Dillon Sereseeesersseeeenseee
Drummond Oawareereeeeeeseees
Glasgow Areewerereeenee Sanaeres
Great Falls Seneaseee Sateeree
Havre Ea
Auto Industry Stands Firm On Price Boosts
Washington December 13 General Motors and Ford held firm against a federal demand to roll back 1951 price increases or face mandatory controls. ESA urged voluntary hold the line with talks involving Alan Valentine and Michael V. DiSalle. most companies declined, while some proposed a voluntary price limiting formula. Further action would be announced soon as officials weigh company information.
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Washington
General Motors
Ford
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Michael V. DiSalle
Economic Stabilization Administration
ESA
Atlantic Pact Chiefs Agree on Plan to Use German Troops
NATO military chiefs and the council of deputies endorse political and military recommendations for German participation in an integrated force for Western Europe. The plan moves to foreign and defense ministers in Brussels for approval before talks with West Germany in Bonn. Adenauer demands equality and consultation concerns from Berlin.
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London
Casy
West Germany
West
Europe
Council of Deputies
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Western
Brussels
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
United States
Adenauer
Chinese Troops May Return if UN Leaves Korea
Jacob Malik shocked the UN political committee by saying Chinese volunteers would depart Korea if foreign troops withdraw. He argued the cease fire plan faced Western resistance while Canada and the Philippines warned Moscow and Peiping of united action if war erupts. The assembly plans to pursue a cease fire with Entezam nominees in a potential vote.
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Korea
United Nations
Malik
China
United States
General Assembly
Nasrallah Entezam
Assembly
Entezam
Canada
Philippines
Lester B. Pearson
Carlos P. Romulo
Moscow
Peiping
Romulo
Jacob Malik
Pearson
House approves 38 million food aid for Yugoslavia
The House passed President Truman's 38 million food-for-Yugoslavia bill after defeating a GOP bid to require loan funding. Senate approval came earlier, with a conference committee to reconcile differences. The package draws 50 million total, including 12 million from Marshall funds, and expands already rushed aid to Tito's Yugoslavia amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
U.P
House
Truman
Yugoslavia
Senate
Chamber
GOP
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Congress
Tito
Michigan Governor Race Ends as Williams Wins by 4 243 Votes
Detroit December 13 Williams defeats Republican Harry F Kelly after a 12 day recount. Final tallies show Williams 934 096 Kelly 929 853. Margin of 1 154 votes the smallest since 1837. Recount costs Republicans 21 775 across 3 408 precincts.
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Detroit
Harry F Kelly
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Kelly
Williams
Blast at Canadian Atomic Plant Kills One Worker
An explosion at Chalk River government atomic energy site killed Stephen Whelan, 24, of Pembroke, and injured four others in a chemical storage plant during evaporation of a liquid. Officials said sabotage is unlikely and an inquiry will determine the cause.
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Chalk River
Ontario
Canadian Government Atomic Energy Establishment
Ottawa
Ottawa River
Stephen Whelan
Pembroke
D. A. Keys
Atomic Energy Project
McCarthy and Pearson Clash at Sulgrave Club
At the Sulgrave club in Washington the encounter between Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and columnist Drew Pearson ended with Pearson claiming he was floored after an exchange in the cloakroom. Pearson says McCarthy attacked with a knee to the groin and a blow to the face. McCarthy denies the main charges.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Drew Pearson
Pearson
McCarthy
Sulgrave
These Children Save School From Fire
Nineteen pupils from Clover school in Wisconsin Rapids saved the one story building from a chimney blaze by carrying water from an outside pump while teacher Opal Baldwin telephoned for help. They used dinner buckets pails and old tin cans to douse the flames before firefighters arrived.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Opal Baldwin
Truman Urges Sharp Mobilization Expansion
President Truman pressed for a rapid national mobilization, backing a plan to expand the draft toward about 4,000,000 armed by mid 1952. He and congressional leaders signaled support for military buildup and possible price and wage controls. The White House announced a nationwide radio address for Friday evening to outline the program and economic curbs.
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Washington
U.R
Truman
Cal Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
White House
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dean Ache
Highway Bandits Granted Ten Year Terms
Philip sburg police record a gunpoint robbery near Missoula on December 2. Wilbur Smith, 22, and Eben Wilson, 31, pleaded guilty and received 10 year prison terms after a high speed chase along the Continental Divide with Highway Patrolman Thomas Cahill pursuing at 100 miles an hour.
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Philipsburg
Continental Divide
Wilbur Smith
Minnesota
Eben Wilson
Florence
Ore
Art Quicksall
Moses Lake
Wash
Missoula
Garrison
Spokane
Quicksalls
Helena
Thomas Cahill
MacDonald Pass
Tibet to Fall Within 3 Months Forecast by Refugee Prince
A Mongolian refugee prince predicts Tibet will fall to Communist China within three months. He says March at latest, citing invasion by Chinese forces and corruption as factors, after fleeing Chinese armies twice in two years.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
China
Police decorate tree with red parking tickets in Green Bay
Police in Green Bay Wisconsin added a new twist to their Christmas tree decorations at headquarters by hanging red parking tickets among traditional ornaments. The playful display aims to remind drivers of parking rules during the holiday season.
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Green Bay
Wis
Probing Attacks at Hungnam Beaten Back
United States 10th corps officers report at least ten Chinese Red divisions pressing the Hungnam area from three directions as 60 000 UN troops evacuate northeast Korea. Air force and ground actions include MIG 15 interceptions near Sinuiju and B 29 strikes on Pyongyang Tokchon with thousands of Chinese casualties.
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Hamhung-Hungnam
United States
10Th Corps
United Nations
Korea
Tokyo
Hungnam
United States Third Division
Hamhung
Hmiunonamic
Nort
Hungnam Harbor
Eighth Army
Pyongyang
Seoul
Sinuiju
Yalu
Manchuria
Court Orders Trainmen to End Strike
A United States district court judge issued a temporary order directing the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to end a wildcat strike in Chicago. The strike, begun Wednesday morning, halted rail freight and canceled some passenger trains, and was described as a concerted action obstructing interstate commerce and the mails and interfering with the war effort.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Brotherhood of Railroad
William J. Campbell
United States
Otto Kerner, Jr
Brotherhood
Kerner
Department of Justice
Army
Washington
Republicans Fail to Unite on Acheson Dismissal Plan
Senate GOP leaders failed to reach agreement on a party resolution calling for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. A four man drafting group will meet again, but the odds of a unanimous stand appear slim as multiple drafts remain without consensus.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Dean Acheson
Irving M. Ives
R-N. Y
Acheson
Ives
North Korean Charges Americans With Monstrous Violence
North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Hen Yen, in an official Moscow radio broadcast, accused Americans, British and South Koreans of monstrous violence and savage extermination of Korean civilians. The statement, delivered to foreign embassies and legations, was aired by Moscow radio.
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London
U.P
Pak Hen Yen
Moscow Radio
Korea
Explosion Drives 500 From Daggett Homes in Mojave
Hundreds of tons of chlorinated lime exploded at a Marine corps supply base near Daggett California. A spark from a bulldozer ignited moisture formed gas sending a pink cloud over the Mojave desert. No injuries reported as trains delayed and crews contained the hazard.
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Daggett
Calif
Marine Corps
Mojave
K. A. Vose
Santa Fe
United States Highway No. 68
Marine Corps Chemical
Union Pacific
Frank Shine
Barstow
Desperado Caught by FBI in Kansas
The FBI announced the capture of Glen Roy Wright, 50, a former associate of Karpis Floyd and Barker, who escaped from the Oklahoma state penitentiary in 1944 and was serving a life term for armed robbery after entering a Salina drug store.
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Washington
FBI
Glen Roy Wright
Desperado
Ada
Salina
Kan
Wright
Alvin Karpis
Pretty Boy Floyd
Fred Barker
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
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