National Emergency Talk Stirs Congress as Defense Funds Rise
Secretary Marshall said President Truman may declare a national emergency to speed mobilization and defense production. Senators urged action amid a pending 18.9 billion dollar military funds bill and rising equipment costs. Military leaders testified that 119 US planes were lost in Korea to date.
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Washington
Marshall
Truman
Senate Appropriations
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Reuters
Ed Marshall
Hospital patient dies after 47 years at St Francis hospital
Cincinnati December 9 Thomas Bean aged 63 died last night at St Francis hospital where he had lived as a patient since May 7 1903 Stricken with infantile paralysis at age 16 he never left hospital grounds. He spent parts of his years in a wheelchair and did errands around the hospital.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Bean
St. Francis Hospital
Bean
Appears In Court Today On Murder Charge
Aurelia Brown, 30, was scheduled to appear in West Phoenix precinct court today on a first degree murder charge in the death of her husband Claude Brown, 25. Police say Brown died from a stab wound sustained last Sunday after charges were filed yesterday.
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Phoenix
Aurelia Brown
West Phoenix
Claude Brown
Brown
Year's Pay Bonus Goes To Workers
In New York Linen and Co plans Christmas bonus checks totaling a full year's pay for employees with six years or more service. Those with one to six years receive a six months bonus. The firm distributes the bonuses as part of the year end pay.
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New York
Up— Linen and Co
Engle Criticized Over Central Arizona Project Opposition
Joseph F. Pomeroy, head of a 33 city Northern California group, blasts Engle for opposing the Central Arizona project for rehabilitating Arizona lands. A 25,000 name petition from California residents is cited as backing the Arizona plan, with committee members in California and Arizona named as potential hurdles to funding. Pomeroy, a Live Oaks merchant and former Arizona official, argues Arizona water ownership and warns of statewide economic impact if the project stalls.
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Engle
Central Arizona
Arizona
Joseph F. Pomeroy
California
Central Valley
Pomeroy
D- i Fla
gEngle
Peterson
John R. Murdock
Murdock
Yuba City
Chico
Napa
Berkeley
Water Users Push State Control Of River Projects
The Colorado River Water Users association endorsed state or multi state control of reclamation projects after costs are repaid. The 350 delegates from six states heard Sen Arthur W Watkins explain a related bill. R D Searles supported rainmaking studies in Arizona. Assistant Utah attorney general Shaw rebutted claims of Colorado River water allotment excess.
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Salt Lake City
Colorado River Water Users Association
Arthur W. Watkins
Utah
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Colorado
Wyoming
R. D. Searles
Scottsdale, Ariz
Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association
B. Shaw, Jr
Ornia
Genera
Russia Calls For Removing Korean Forces
Russia demanded that the United Nations order withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea. Andrei Vishinsky urged that Koreans decide their future and labeled Chinese volunteers as military units. He attacked the United States and Britain for charter violations while vetoing six power withdrawal proposals.
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Lake Success
Red
Middle East
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Korea
Vishinsky
Kenneth Younger
UN Assembly
U.S
Britain
United States
Security Council
Ben C. Limb
Jacob A. Malik
Tucson Mild Weather With Clear Skies
The Tucson weather page notes a mostly uneventful day with a high of 73 and a low of 39. Skies were clear overall and no snow fell nationwide, though rain touched remote areas. Yuma led warmth at 82 and Phoenix reached 77 as forecast calls for mostly clear skies and rising temps.
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Ms.l
Tucson
Indianapolis
Portland
Boston
Yuma
Phoenix
Spy Harry Gold jailed for 30 years in atomic secrets case
Bulletin reports Harry Gold received the maximum 30 year sentence for passing American atomic secrets to Russia. The article notes death could have been possible, but Gold was not given that penalty.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Harry Gold
Russia
Gold
Truman Letter Sparks Broad Reaction Over Music Review
President Truman’s irate longhand reply to Washington Post critic Paul Hume drew mixed reactions. Democrats viewed it as a human lapse by a proud father, while some Republicans decried the outburst. Truman apologized for a separate earlier remark and Miss Margaret Truman defended the critic’s right to his view.
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Washington
Truman
Paul Hume
The
Washington Post
Hume
Margaret Truman
Gop
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Congress
Andrew Jackson
United States
Russia
Stalin
Drew Pearson
South
Miss Truman
Nashville
Tenn
No Cribbers In This College Class
Los Angeles reports that Occidental College political science professor Harold F. Reath recovered a lost grade book and found his 63 students’ submitted grades matched his records exactly for multiple tests since September. The incident humorously implies class honesty as an ethical standard.
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Los Angeles
Diogenes
Occidental College
Harold F. Reath
Reath
Phelps Dodge Announces Giant Bisbee Open-Pit Copper Mine
Harry M. Lavendar of Phelps Dodge states the company will launch a massive open-pit operation in Bisbee, nearly rivaling Morenci. Underground mining continues, while housing moves proceed and a new rail station and rerouted Highway 80 plan to view the pit as a tourist site. Government aid is sought for materials.
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Bisbee
Harry M. Lavendar
Phelps Dodge Corp
Morenci
Phelps Dodge Capital
Southern Pacific Railroad
Lowell
Germantown
Bauer Hill
House of
Lavendar
Acheson Grim As He Talks With Senate
Secretary of State Dean Acheson appeared before a joint Senate-House Foreign Relations Committee to report on Truman Attlee peace aims and Korea policy. He faced Republican criticism as Presidents Truman and Attlee pressed for continued defense while keeping doors open for negotiations. The two leaders urged peace talks with China and Russia and pledged defensive measures while seeking a peaceful Korea.
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U.P
Dean Acheson
Congressional
Truman-Attlee
Acheson
Senate-House
Truman
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Korea
Man
Attlee l
Congress
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Gop
Ken
Douglas MacArthur
H. Alexander Smith
N.J
Britain
Moscow
Peking
China
Russia
Yanks Fight Way To Coast And Freedom
Allied warplanes and artillery press the Chinese forces blocking the icy road for 20 000 trapped U S troops in China. Weather improves air support and a rescue column of foot soldiers nears the trapped unit as Marines and doughboy escape chances rise.
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Tokyo
United Nations
sur _ AP
Stan Swinton
U. S
Swinton
Koto
Jack MacBeth
Windling River Gorge
Hamhung
Robert H. Soule
Ham‘nung
Almond
10Th Corps
Hamhung- Hungnam
Wonsan
Hungnam
C. Turner Joy
North East Korea
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Fleet Marine Forces
Far East
Joy
Shepherd
Arthur D. Struble
Seventh Fleet
Senate Talks Spy Breakdown
Secretary of Defence Marshall faced Senate questions on the reported breakdown of American military intelligence in Korea. Senators pressed for clarity on whether Chinese forces were known to be massing and if MacArthur and staff knew what they faced, while Gen. Willoughby claimed prior warnings of 30 Chinese divisions.
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Maybank
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
McCarran
Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Sen. Cordon
D-Ore
Washington
Sen
Cordon
R-Ore
Senate Appropriations Committee
United Nations
Douglas ‘MacArthur
Congress
MacArthur
Charles A. Willoughby
Willoughby
Tokyo
Korea
Yalu
Manchurian
House
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Committee
Senate
U.S. Can Survive Atomic Attack Analysis
William L. Laurence, famed New York Times science reporter, argues the nation is not helpless against nuclear attack. His nontechnical series, based on government guidance “The Effects of Atomic Weapons,” will be reprinted in the Daily Citizen starting Monday, detailing blast recognition, desolation extent, and decontamination.
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William L. Laurence
Laurence
New York Times
Times
Daily Citizen
Liberate All Korea Claim Sparks Red Projections
North Korea ambassador Li Choo Yen told a Peking gathering that all Korea will be liberated. Peking radio boasted victory parades for Pyongyang’s capture and claimed allied losses and large war booty including hundreds of artillery pieces, machines guns, rifles, tanks, vehicles, and one plane.
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Hong Kong
Chinese Communist Agency
Peking
Peking Radio
Mesa Votes Today On $677,000 In Bonds
Voters head to the polls to approve four municipal improvement bonds totaling 677000. The largest item, 450000, would fund a new water reservoir and mains, with 100000 for street lighting, 79000 for a new library, and 48000 for a new fire station.
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Mesa
Andbrwers
Plane Crash Kills Most Senegalese Troops in Africa
Paris reports a four engined transport crashed near Bangui on the Congo river in French Equatorial Africa. about 50 Senegalese troops were aboard en route from West Africa to Madagascar. early notes suggested possible survivors but most were feared dead.
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Paris
Central Africa
French
Intercontinental Air Transport Co
Bangui
Congo River
French Equatorial Africa
West Africa
Madagascar
Index Midwesterners Dig Out After Snow Storm
Snow blocked roads and sidewalks as Midwestern communities shoveled out from another winter storm. Local residents and crews worked through the day to clear driveways and restore power, with schools delaying openings and city crews on standby.
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