Week of November 15, 1951

Communist world,’ have killed about 5500 Americans and 290 other prisoners of

war. The charges say that Chinese forces in Korea committed most of the

Communist atrocity killings of the U.N. prisoners of war since the entry of Red

China into the conflict late last year.

Angry Congressmen demand that the United States drop the atomic bomb on

Communist troops in Korea and break off truce negotiations with the barbaric

Reds in retaliation for newly disclosed enemy atrocities.

orders a full investigation of the story of Communist

slaughter of allied war prisoners released this week by

President Truman fires Assistant Attorney General T.

Lamar Caudie saying he had “engaged in outside

activities” not in keeping with his duties as the

Government’s No. 1 prosecutor of tax frauds.

The western powers unveil full details of their new peace plan, calling for an

eventual disarmament parley of all nations, including Communist China.

Communist broadcasts fill the air with bitter new charges of allied atrocities in

Korea, casting a pall over the recessed truce talks at Panmunjom. Some of the

accusations included Killing or starving to death some 17,000 North Korean and

Chinese prisoners of war and shipping out 1,000 Red Korean and Vietnam

prisoners for use as guinea pigs in atomic tests.

President Truman charges that the Republicans will try to buy the Presidency

next year in a campaign of “lies and smears.” He predicted that “special interests”

would spend more money in “trying to defeat the Democratic Party next year than

has ever before been spent in any election in the history of the republic.”

for the 1952 Republican Presidential nomination. He joins

senator Taft of Ohio as a declared Republican candidate.

Senator Richard Nixon says that if Gov. Warren (of

California) wins the Republican Presidential nomination “He

should win handily over Truman or any other Democratic

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nominee presently considered.” “I would say Sen. Taft and Gen. Eisenhower are

the front runners, with Gov. Warren the strongest dark horse.”

that it will make a new low-priced

automobile named the Allstate to

be sold only by Sears, Roebuck &

Co. The Allstate will look much like

“distinguishing appearance

characteristics,” it is learned.

In the Chicago area - the unsavory racket of juveniles is becoming widespread -

the sale of forged draft cards to high school boys to enable them to purchase

liquor and cigarettes. The cards are going as high as $15. Said one teen, “I don’t

know where the pupils get them, but I have seen the cards and they look pretty

authentic. They are purchased mostly by kids in the better residential districts

who have the money and who want to go to nice places. The kids in poor

neighborhoods, where the tavern owners aren’t so fussy, don’t need them. Some

of the boys also use the draft cards to pick up older girls.”

her first motion picture contract. She’s been appearing in New

Fox contract says she’ll receive $20,000 for her first year in

pictures.

hiatus. She is signed by Stanley Kramer for a film titled “The

Library.”

Music news - It’s revealed in the Saturday Evening Post this

week, Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” easily the most

popular holiday tune, has racked up a sheet music sale of

more than 3 million since it was introduced in 1942 by Bing Crosby in the movie

“Holiday Inn.” The song hit the market when millions of G.I’s were overseas so

that it came to represent the longing for an old-fashioned Christmas in a world of

peace.

afternoons.

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Dave Garroway is signed as emcee of NBC’s new early morning video program -

the “Today” show. It’s expected to begin after the first of the year.

Jackie Gleason signs with CBS-TV for three years for a reported $300,000 per

year. Gleason had been in talks with NBC-TV. Needless to say, he’ll be leaving

as emcee of DuMont’s “Cavalcade of Stars.”

Ernie Kovacs’ popular Philadelphia TV program

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Week of November 15, 1951

Pop music this week in 1951 -

SIN - Eddy Howard

BECAUSE OF YOU - Tony Bennett

COLD, COLD HEART - Tony Bennett

I GET IDEAS - Tony Martin

DOWN YONDER - Del Wood

AND SO TO SLEEP AGAIN - Patti Page

THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Les Paul & Mary

Ford

UNDECIDED - Ames Brothers

TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME - Eddie Fisher

THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR - Mario Lanza

WHISPERING - Les Paul

BLUE VELVET - Tony Bennett

IT’S ALL IN THE GAME - Tommy Edwards

At the movies -

Peck, Virginia Mayo

Leigh

Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, Nina

Foch

Johnson