Week of December 1, 1952

Just in time for Christmas shopping - The

Communists ban sales in East Berlin to

West Berliners and will confiscate any

West Berlin goods that East Germans

bring back with them.

President-elect Eisenhower’s Cabinet is

completed with the announcement that

he has designated GOP Party Official

Sinclair Weeks for Secretary of

Commerce and Labor Leader Martin

Durkin for Secretary of labor.

A transatlantic Cuban airliner explodes after it takes of for Havana, from Hamilton

Bermuda. 4 of the 41 persons on board were saved.

After a three-day tour of Korea, President-elect

Eisenhower flies to Guam. He left a promise with

allied armies in Korea that “much will be done” to

improve their position.

Leaders of both major parties in Congress estimate

the recent Presidential campaign may have cost as

much as $100 million or $1.65 per vote.

May have a Korea solution? In New York, Gen.

Douglas MacArthur tells reporters “There is a clear

and definite solution to the Korean conflict” but didn’t

disclose any specifics. “Our President-elect has gone

there to search of an honorable end to so tragic a

slaughter and all Americans join in prayer that he may safely pass through the

hazards involved and accomplish his self-appointed task with vision and

wisdom.”

President-elect Eisenhower, on board the USS Helena (en route to Hawaii from

Guam) will rendezvous with Secretary of State designate John Foster Dulles at

Wake Island. They’ll hold a series of conferences to mold the administration’s

policy toward Korea and the entire Far East.

Week of December 1, 1952

George W. Jorgensen Jr. - a 26-year-old who served two years in the Army

during the war and was honorably discharged has been transformed by medical

science into a normal, happy beautiful woman, according to the New York News.

In a long series of treatments done in Denmark, George is now Christine . In a

letter to his parents he/she said,

“I have changed. But I want you to know that

the real me has not changed. I am still the same old Brud (nickname) but my

dears, nature made the mistake which I have had corrected and now I am your

daughter.” George is originally from the Bronx.

The birth of a baby is broadcast over the NBC-TV network. Gordon Campbell

Kerr of Denver was born by caesarian section - an operation that takes the baby

from the mother. A pharmaceutical firm sponsored the event during an American

Medical Association meeting.

Brooklyn Dodger second baseman Jackie Robinson

charges the New York Yankees with being prejudiced

against members of his race. Interviewed on the NBC-TV

program “Youth Wants To Know,” whether or not he

thought there was prejudice, Robinson stated he believed

so, and that he was referring to the club executives, not

the players.

Week of December 1, 1952

NBC-TV Saturday Night

At the movies -

Million Dollar Mermaid - Esther Williams, Victure Mature, Walter Pidgeon,

David Brian

The Turning Point - William

Holden, Edmond O’Brien

Unknown World - Bob Cameron,

Cesar Romero

Hans Christian Anderson -

Danny Kaye

Because of You - Loretta Young,

Jeff Chandler

The Promoter - Alex Guinness

Plymouth Adventure -Spencer

Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van

Johnson, Leo Genn