Hungnam Evacuation Details Released
Tokyo reports unpublishable details emerged on the Hungnam evacuation of the 10th Corps. Maj. Gen. Almond's release said the enemy knew the timing and route, and that security restrictions limited earlier coverage. The plan unfolded in three phases with ships, airfields, and allied forces moving out by Dec. 22 and final withdrawals completed on Sunday.
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Tokyo
U. S
Hungnam
Inter-Service
Edward M. Almond
Almond
Pio
Hingnam
Pentagon
Washington
Hamhung
Corps
Yonpo
F Marine Air Win
ROK
Republic of Korea
Songjin
Hyngnam
Studebaker to Cut Passenger Car Production 20 Percent
South Bend Ind Dec 28 AP Studebaker corp will cut back production of passenger cars and trucks 20 percent in January after completing its year. President Harold Vance attributed the cut to government referrals. The passenger car plant will operate on a four day schedule. About 20 percent of idle workers will be reassigned to the truck plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Harold Vance
Tru
Asian nations urge U S to negotiate with China for Korea peace
Asian nations at the United Nations press the United States to bargain with Communist China to settle Far Eastern political issues and end the Korean War. They demand U S withdrawal from Korea, removal of the Seventh Fleet from Formosa, and acceptance of Peiping at the U.N. as a political partner.
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Asian Nations Press
U. S
China
Korea
Asia
Philippoes
Peiping
Formosa
U.N
TI. N. Assembly
Philippines
Afghanistan
Burma
Egypt
India
Iran
Iraq
Indonesia
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
U.S
MacArthur
U. N
38Th Parallel
Third potent hormone to fight arthritis made synthetically
Cleveland Dec 28 AP A third potent arthritis treatment hormone named compound F has been chemically synthesized from adrenal gland material. Dr Max Tishler reported to the American Association for the Advancement of Science that tests will begin to compare compound F with Cortisone and ACTH and hopes are high it may perform better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Max Tishler
Merch & Co
American Association For the Advancement of Science
WMGR License Assigned to Decatur Broadcasting Co
Washington December 28 AP The Communications Commission has authorized the assignment of radio station WMGR Bainbridge Georgia to Decatur Broadcasting Co for 24000 dollars The transaction transfers license ownership and the station operates under the new holder.
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WMGR
Decatur Broadcasting CO
Washington
the Communications Commission
Bainbridge, Ga
Army Draft Call For 80 000 Men In March
The Army issued a draft call for 80 000 men in March. This brings total draftees since Korea began to 450 000, with March matching January and February quotas. Navy Air Force and Marines do not plan March calls, leaving the Army to lead the draft effort as the force expands toward 24 divisions by next July and uses regimental combat teams to reach full division strength. Two more National Guard divisions will be federalized next month while another regular division is planned for late spring or early summer.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Navy
Air Force
Marines
National Guard
NPA Bans Hoarding Of 55 Scarce Defense Materials
Washington dispatch reports the National Production Authority issued an order banning hoarding of 55 scarce materials essential to defense and civilian production. It makes it illegal to accumulate these products beyond reasonable demands and bars acquiring them for resale above prevailing market prices to curb black marketing. Items include cement softwood lumber plywood paper cast iron soil pipe and various metals and chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jet planes guard New York on round-the-clock alert
Lightning-fast F-94 jet interceptors guard New York City and the industrial east on a round-the-clock stand-by alert. The Lockheed air guards, designed for day or night defense against bombers, are equipped with radar and extra power for combat.
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Mitchell Field
N. Y
New York City
Air Force
Lockheed
Smyth proposes national scientific service corps and student corps
Atomic Energy Commissioner Henry Smyth calls for a civilian service corps to mobilize scientists for a potential 20 year period of tension. A national science manpower board would assign researchers, with a student corps keeping top science students in training and weeded out otherwise.
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Cleveland
Atomic Energy
Henry OD. Snyth
U. S
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Smyth
United States
Defense Department
Manpower Board
Army
Navy
National Science Foundation
Scientific Man Power Board
Selective Service
UN Forces Brace for Expected Red Attacks in Korea
General MacArthur warned that more than 19 Chinese divisions, up to 190,000 men, could surge against UN lines in the next two weeks. He noted mobilization on a national scale, with Chinese forces massing near Seoul and in Manchuria, while air forces bombed far behind enemy lines.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
MacArthur
U. N
China
Peiping
Taipei
Seoul
A.U
Eighth Army
Norh Ard
Far East Air Forces
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Ufilates
Manchuria
North Georgia icy roads from freezing rain danger
An ice storm swept North Georgia causing extremely dangerous roads. The Weather Bureau warned of freezing rain though not a heavy storm with temperatures ranging from the mid 20s to mid 30s across cities like Atlanta Rome Athens Macon Savannah and Augusta. Highway Patrol reported numerous accidents and widespread ice on major routes including high 41 and 411 and roads out of Atlanta.
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Associated Press
North Georgia
Weather Bureau
Carrollton
Rome
Madison
Athens
Toccoa
State Highway Patrol
Atanta
Griffin
Villa Rica
Gainesville
Jackson
Newnan
Marietta
Cartersville
Atlanta
Macon
Bavannah
Columbus
Albany
Augusta
Athans
Vale Dosta
Government clears way for massive U S production buildup
Washington reports the National Security Resources Board approved 32 defense plant expansion programs for special tax benefits. The measure allows rapid tax write offs for projects including a 361.414 million steel mill to be built by U S Steel near Morrisville Pennsylvania, believed the largest steel expansion on record.
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Washington
National Security Resources Board
U. S. Steel Corporation
Morrisville
Military Management Conference Planned for Georgia
A military management conference between defense and government and top industrialists of Georgia will be held in Atlanta on January 11. The Associated Industries of Georgia seeks representative attendance from key industries. Open forums will let industrialists question government officials.
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Atlanta
Sor
Georgia
Associated Industries of
Formosa Currency Sags Again in Open Market
The Formosan dollar fell further on December 28 in Taipei with the rate at 13 dollars per U.S. dollar, down from 12 per dollar on December 1. The decline underscores ongoing pressure on Formosa's currency in foreign exchange markets.
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Taipei
Formosa
Wholesale food price index soars to one of sharpest rises
New York AP reports the Dun & Brad Street Wholesale Food Price Index rose 10 cents to 6.90, the highest since Sept. 14, 1948, and 20.6 percent above the year ago level of 5.72. The index tracks the total wholesale cost of a pound of 31 common foods with Wheat, oats, hams, butter, cheese rising and flour, rye, eggs falling.
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New York
Dun & Brad Street
Midwest Weather Reprieve Amid Widespread Cold
Bitter cold eased in the central states as warm southerly winds moved in from the south and southwest. Temperatures rose from subzero lows in Wisconsin to near normal in parts of the Great Lakes with Ohio and New England still feeling the chill and a power outage affecting upstate New York.
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Midwest
Missouri Valley
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Minneapolis
Ohio
New England
South
Gulf
South Atlantic
Florida
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New York
Onondaga
Oswego County
Caribou
Concord
N. H
Westfield
Mass
Hartford
Conn
Montpelier
Providence
R. I
Commodity Exchanges to Close Across U S on Dec 30
Commodity exchanges throughout the United States will be closed Saturday December 30 and New Year’s Day January 1. The New York stock and curb exchanges and several other financial markets will close on New Year’s Day but stay open Saturday for a two hour final trading session. Several livestock reports will be issued as usual on Saturday.
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New York
United States
U N Forces Fail to Stop at 38th Parallel in Korea
Relman Morin analyzes in this second of three AP dispatches how UN forces stalled at the 38th parallel, a WW II phase line not intended as a final border. The piece outlines the evolving division of Korea and the roles of the North and South Korean halves and allied commands.
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U. N
38Th Parallel
Belman Morin
New York
Korea
Eighth Army
Beimunist
Orient
U. N. Army
Eighth
Defense book outlines nerve gas impact on U S atomic program
The Defense Administration released Health Service Special Weapons Defense detailing possible nerve gas effects on American atomic weapon production and military centers. It warns nerve agents could halt output, paralyze operations, or threaten civilian populations with lethal fission byproducts.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Administration
Dave
Bu Nee
Unclear fragments hint at wartime casualty and releases
Disjointed lines reference a casualty count and release of figures. Mentions include numbers like 1,004 and 16 missing, with phrases about kin and next of kin. Overall text is fragmentary and lacks coherent narrative or dates.
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Studebaker Corp
Trops
By Alton L Blakeslee
Mar
NPA
Gov't
Industralists
U. 8
Relman Morin
Dee
Cannes
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