UN Troops Fight Breakout for Mass Sea Removal
Thousands of American and Allied troops battled to break through Chinese traps to reach the Korean east coast for possible sea embarkation at Hungnam. Chinese forces pressed near Koto airstrip as 20,000 Marines and Doughboys struggled down a snowy mountain trail toward the sea.
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Tokyo
Koto
Hungnam
Korea
Eighth Army
U. S
Changjin Reservoir
Tem
Off
U. S. Seventh Division
Yalu
Red Manchuria
Chongjin
Siberian
Wonsan
U. 8
Red
Pyongyant
U. 8. Marine First Division
U. 8. Seventh Division
Majon
ROK
MacArthur
United Nations
North Korea
Manchuria
Anju
Truman Attlee Wind Up Sessions Start Today
Truman and Attlee begin wind up meetings focused on reviewing progress rather than new decisions. Gen. J. N. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, reports on his Korea visit and says U.S. forces can handle themselves with minimal losses.
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Truman
Attlee
Gov't outlines price controls plans but no freeze yet
Government officials described possible wage price curbs in response to inflation. DiSalle said a general 60 to 90 day price freeze was unlikely due to staffing limits while emphasizing selective controls may target defense materials first.
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Washington
Michael V.bisake
DiSalle
Toledo
Economic Stabilization Agency
Economic Stabilization
Alan Valentine
Wage Stabilization Board
Cyrus 8. Ching. Ali
Valentine
ESA
Ford Motor Co
General Motors Corp
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Tday
Michael V.disalle
Cyrus
Ching
General Motorg
Ford
William H. Harrison
Harrison
UN Report Challenges Red Claims In Korea
The UN report says Chinese prisoners in Korea were regular army members not volunteers, with 400000 Reds estimated in Korea. Debates focus on withdrawing Chinese forces, while India and 13 Asian nations press for 38th parallel talks and US leadership seeks stronger action.
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Korea
Douglas MacArthur
India
Sir Benegalt N. Rau
Heiping
Middle East
38Th Parallel
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Wu Hsiu-Chuan
Washington
United States
U. N
Britain
France
Norway
Cuba
Ecuador
Truman
Attlee
U. S
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
Andre ¥. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Weather summary for Thomasville on December 8 1950
Partly cloudy and slowly warming through Sunday with showers expected Monday or Tuesday. Highest yesterday 64. Lowest last 24 hours not stated. Precipitation 0.00 inches in last 24 hours, 2.06 inches this month, 39.96 inches since January 1. Normal this month 4.83 inches.
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Thomasville
Red guerrilla force operates behind Eighth Army lines
An estimated 20 000 to 40 000 Red guerrillas fortified in hills and valleys harass UN retreating forces in Korea. For three months they stage hit and run raids on villages and supply lines, creating a war within the war for the Eighth Army to suppress. Captain James Tate reports that eradicating the force would require sweeping every hill and valley.
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U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
James Tate
Rome
Red Chinese shore batteries shell streamer near Amoy
Taipei reports that Red Chinese shore batteries near Amoy shelled an unidentified steamer flying the Panamanian flag. The move was announced by Nationalist Naval Headquarters in Formosa on December 8.
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Taipei
Formosa
Amoy
Two Czechs Sentenced by U.S. Court for Spying in Germany
In Nuernberg a U S high commission court sentenced Vladimir Smorada aged 22 and Ondrej Trkarcik aged 20 to one year in prison for attempted spying for Czechoslovakia. The men claimed refugee status and were found guilty of trying to provide the Czech government with the names of American intelligence agents in Germany.
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Nuernberg
Germany
U. S. High Commission
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Smorada
Ondrej Trkarcik
Doctor from Canton Receives Family Doctor of the Year
Dr. Dean Sherwood Lace, 74, of Canton Massachusetts, is named Family Doctor of the Year by the American Medics Association. He grinned in his office after finishing 115 daily hospital rounds and learning of the honor upon returning to work.
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Dean Sherwood Lace
Canton
Mass
American Medics Association
Poinsettias Brighten Albuquerque Bank Christmas Display
In Albuquerque New Mexico December 8 AP report describes bank staff and civic groups sending Poinsettias to thank U S troops in Korea with a card from the 522D Signal Construction Company thanking First National Bank of Albuquerque for the gesture. The note wishes a Merry Christmas and New Year and blessings to the bank staff.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Korea
T. B. Knox
Miss
Jurcso
522D Signal Construction Company
First National Bank of Alburquerque
University of Georgia off campus center to close
Athens Ga Dec 8 The University of Georgia's off campus center at Armstrong College in Savannah will be closed next June. Armstrong will provide its own evening classes as replacement.
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Georgia’s
Armstrong College
Athens
University of Georgia
Savannah
Armstrong
Emory Researchers Report Plasma Substitute Shows Promise
Emory University School of Medicine scientists report favorable results in tests of a substitute for human blood plasma. The research indicates potential benefits for patients needing plasma replacements in medical procedures.
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EMORY
Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine
Gen Collins says forces can take care of themselves
Washington dispatch reports Army Chief of Staff General Collins, returning from Korea, says U S forces there can avoid further serious losses. He cites his warfront inspection and talks with General MacArthur and other field commanders. He also notes Chinese Communist intervention caused the Korean situation.
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Gen. Collins
Washington
Army
Korea
Lawton
Collins
Douglas MacArthur
Seoul
All-Out Mobilization Urged by Dr. Graham
Evangelist Billy Graham urged in a telegram to President Truman and Premier Attlee a total economic and military mobilization for the United States and Great Britain. He called for repentance, prayer, and recognition of a need of God to bolster sagging morale.
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Graham
Atlanta
United States
Great Britain
Billy Graham Lnstight
Truman
Mr. Truman
Attlee
Southeastern Baptist Seminary Names Dr. C. T. Binkley President
Trustees of the new Southeastern Baptist Seminary unanimously elected Dr. Olin T. Binkley of Louisville Kentucky to head the institution in Atlanta.
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Southeastern Baptist Seminary
C. T. Binkley
Atlanta
New Southeastern Baptist Seminary
Olin T. Binkley
Louisville
Severe winter storm belts Eastern Midwest and South
A strong cold front and heavy snow swept across the Eastern States with gale winds and rain. Northern Michigan recorded up to 44 inches. New England faced 50 to 60 mph gusts while Erie Pennsylvania reported 91 mph winds. Western Pennsylvania and Upstate New York endured severe conditions with widespread damage and flight cancellations.
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South
Pennsylvania
New York
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
New England
Michigan
Thal
Middle Atlantic
Seaboard States
Erie
Ta. Y
Rome
Central Hotel
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Parker, Ariz
American Medical Association
Cleveland
Arizona
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Ataff
O'Mahoney
Senate House Economics Committee
Baodta Tila
Taelf
Failurg
White House
Hoye
China
Posal Macheures
Groun
Galea Ree
Toda
Europe
Stary
Kos
Caldwell
Millard F. Caldwell, Jr
Florida
James W. Morris
U. S. District Court
U.N
Presi Truman
Lee
RED Guerrilla
Poinsettias
Albuqerque Bank
Emma
Peter E. Jureso
San Francisco
Jurceson
Garase ‘Chamber
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