Truman seeks revival of war powers for mobilization drive
President Truman asked Congress to restore titles one and two powers from the 1941 War Powers Act to reshape defense agencies and modify contracts to prevent production delays. He plans further emergency authority and oversees meat price controls as Alan Valentine and industry officials discuss stabilization. Charles E. Wilson assumes broad home-front mobilization authority.
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Roger D. Greene
Washington
President Truman
Congress
Wtwne
Truman
Barkley
House
Rayburn
Texas
82Nd Congress
Alan Valentine
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Toehold Held on Small UN Perimeter
Aerial and ground fighting at Hungnam in northeast Korea saw brief penetrations by Chinese and North Korean Reds. U N forces restored outpost lines as the 20th army allegedly moved in. naval bombardment by Missouri and carriers plus air power pushed back the attackers.
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Tokyo
Hungnam
Korea
United Nations
Missouri
Bataan
Marine
Marine Aircraft Group 33
Princeton
Philippine Sea
United States
10Th Corps
Stan Swinton
Red 20Th Army
Chigyong
Hamhung
Wonsan
United States Third Division
Philippe Sea
Changjin
Tenth Corps
Hungnam Plain
Japan
GM halts sale of 1951 model autos nationwide
General Motors stopped the sale of 1951 model autos Monday and told Chevrolet, Pontiac and Cadillac dealers that new cars on hand remain GM property until further notice. The move comes as GM seeks to modify the government rollback order to Dec 1 levels and follows a briefing with Washington price stabilizers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Washington
Economic Stabilization Agency
Michael V. di Salle
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Cadillac
Buick
Chrysler
Ford
Mercury
Lincoln
Nash
White House
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
End of Wildcat Strike Aids Rail Negotiations
Washington officials report renewed talks between railroad unions and management at the White House over a 21 month wage dispute. A Toledo walkout ended after Steelman urged talks, with some predicting a possible settlement soon while others expect more time.
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Washington
Railroad Union
White House
Toledo
Ohio
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Toledo Switchmen
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Detroit
Chicago
Elgin
Joliet and
Eastern
Chicago and
Illinois Midland
Brotherhoods of
Japan backs freedom in world struggle against Communism
Prime Minister Shigiru Yoshida states in a magazine interview that Japan is definitely and irrevocably on the side of the free world in its fight against Communism.
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Japan
Freedom
New York
Shigiru Yoshida
Butte Weather Outlook Weather indicators across Montana
Mostly cloudy conditions in Butte with little temperature change. Tuesday highs reach 35 degrees and morning low around 14. Airport readings show 5 to 33 for the Sunday to Monday period. School of Mines 20 to 38. West of Divide cloudy with light snow or sleet north high 35 to 40. East Divide mostly cloudy and colder northeast with 15 to 25, elsewhere 35 to 45.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
Billings
Seeeneserereeeeeseeeseeeeeense
Belgrade
Atlantic Pact Army Nears Reality
Brussels dispatch reports defense ministers from 12 Atlantic pact nations plan a unified army including Germans to defend Western Europe. Plans call for 50 to 60 divisions and air and sea forces totaling at least 1,000,000 men by end of 1953 with an American commander likely to be Dwight D. Eisenhower and deputies from Britain and France.
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Brussells
Belgium
Europe
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alfred M. Gruenther
United States Army
Alphonse Juin
Morocco
Britain
United States
Drabant
Military Committee of Chiefs of Staff
Dean Acheson
Paris
Acheson
West
Fear of Reds Sparks Malay Muslim Christian Tensions in Singapore
A widening alarm in Singapore centers on alleged Communist aims to inflame sectarian strife after a Dutch girl custody case. Police arrested six left wing Muslim leaders including Mohamed Abdul Karim Ghani as riots and clashes across the island leave 17 dead and 159 injured amid a curfew and troop deployments.
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Singapore
Mohamed Abdul Karim Ghani
Ghani
Che Aminah
Maria Bertha Hertogh
Adeline Hertogh
Java
Adrian Hertogh
Navy patrol plane lost off Whidbey Island coast
A twin-engined Navy patrol plane with seven crewmen is overdue after a routine patrol from Whidbey Island naval air station. A widespread search began at 5 p m MST after the P2V Neptune failed to return Monday night and is feared to have crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Seattle area.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Pacific Ocean
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Vigilantes Patrol Philadelphia Streets in Sniper Manhunt
In Philadelphia on Monday vigilantes patrolled the northern section seeking a sniper who killed one woman and wounded at least six others. They joined police and an auxiliary force in the citywide hunt without official sanction.
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Philadelphia
Leaders Feel Peak of War Scare in Europe Is Over
A United Press dispatch from London reports that European war fears have peaked. With the U S on a war footing, Brussels ministers, and talk of an Atlantic Pact army, observers expect no broad war soon. Russia’s stance and Truman’s emergency declaration shape cautious optimism about restraint and future negotiations. Ike’s anticipated command boosts Allied confidence amid Korea and European defenses.
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London
United States
Brussels
Russia
Winston Churchill
Commons
Churchill
John Bull
Truman
Mr. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Germany
Korea
Eisenhower
Firing of NMC Head Stirs Northwest Group
The Northwest Association warns Montana higher education about the firing of G H Vande Bogart of Northern Montana college Havre. The accrediting body cites concerns over due process and administrative action while urging a full, democratic review of the situation.
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NMC
Helena
Montana Education Board
G. H. Vande Bogart
Northern Montana College
Havre
Vande Bogart
G. A. Selke
State University System
Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools
Montana
F. I. Stetson
Association
Mississippi
Georgia
North Dakota
Northwest
Knife Wielder Gets 3-Year Sentence
Roy Garcia, 46, received a three year term in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to second degree assault for stabbing Dolores Azure on a crowded Butte street. Chief Deputy J. Frank Sullivan filed the information. Garcia admitted attacking the woman with a pocket knife as she shopped with Andy Gonzales, an old friend. Scream help from bystanders led to his arrest by Officers Holman and O'Connor.
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Roy Garcia
State Penitentiary
T. E. Downey
Dolores Azure
Garcia
J. Frank Sullivan
Butte Street
Andy Gonzales
Holman
Ray O’connor
New Health Unit Proposals Are Aired Here
County and state officials held a Montana Power auditorium meeting to discuss a plan to unify Silver Bow Deer Lodge Beaverhead and Jefferson health departments. The proposal aims to pool current spending into one board with a full time MD health officer ten nurses three sanitarians and clerks plus a health educator backed by state and federal support.
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Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Jefferson Counties
Montana Power Auditorium
W. E. Fry
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
Montana State Board of Health
Silver Bow County
Health Department
Thompson
Fry
Elton
Montana Mailman Wore Out Thirteen Automobiles
J Homer Hancock of Billings retired after 36 years in the postal service with Ballantine rural routes. He says he wore out 13 cars driving 320000 miles, enough to reach the moon and back a third. He started in 1914 as a railway mail clerk and received praise from Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson.
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Billings
J. Homer Hancock
Ballantine
Hancock
Jesse Donaldson
Free Parking Announced in Butte for Christmas Shopping
Mayor Thomas R. Morgan announced after city council meetings that free street parking will be provided in Butte on Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday to aid Christmas shoppers.
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Thomas R. Morgan
City Council
City of
Butte
UN Mediators Appeal Direct to Red China
United Nations truce negotiators appealed directly to Peiping for a meeting to discuss a Korea cease fire. Lester B. Pearson said an answer is unlikely soon. The group may travel to Peiping or another venue, with broad UN terms as possible negotiation bases.
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Red China
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Formosa
Redina
Pearson
Wu Hsiu-chuan
United Nations
China
Korea
United States Seventh Fleet
Peiping
Youths Flocking to Join Service Amid National Emergency
Voluntary enlistments surged as Truman declared a national emergency. Navy offices were busy with four to five times normal applications. Air Force and Army recruiters reported more than doubling activity. In New York City 137 enlistees marked the largest single day since September, while Salt Lake City saw Army and Navy up 200 percent and the Air Force 300 percent. Karl Williams of Yonkers summed up the mood saying joining now offers more control over choices.
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Truman
Navy
Air Force
Army
Salt Lake City
New York City
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Marines
Spokane
Wash
Denver
Portland
Maine
Marine Corps
Karl Williams Yonkers
Brooklyn
Dewey Turns Down Brit Ambassadorship
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York declined an invitation from President Truman to be United States ambassador to Great Britain. Acheson told Dewey at a private New York meeting that the request came on the President’s orders.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
United States
Great Britain
Dewey
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Gallatin Wool Sets Price Record for 1951 Clip
In Bozeman on December 18 the Central Marketing corporation offered a record price of 1.06 3/8 dollars per pound for 110000 pounds of Gallatin county 1951 wool. The Gallatin Sheep association will market the clip.
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Bozeman
Gallatin County
Central Marketing Corporation
Association
Gallatin Sheep Association
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