Despair not as Korea war enters new phase
The piece argues that after early Korean victory the war could shrink to a slow retreat or even evacuation, with China spending heavy numbers. It notes GI morale remains high and MacArthur contemplates a broader strategy including naval blockade bombing and underground resistance to press Korea’s fate.
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Korea
Eighth
Peiping
MacArthur
United Nations
Orient
North
South
Tibet
United States
Americans Are in Korea To Stay Ridgway States
In Korea a clear military victory is unlikely but Allied morale remains high. Lt. Gen. Ridgway meets President Rhee and pledges to stay, while Red forces mass around 38 parallel with hundreds of thousands of troops including Chinese units. UN forces reinforce positions as heavy air activity supports sporadic ground actions along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Korea
South Korea
Manchuria
Matthew B. Ridgway
Syngman Rhee
10Th Corps
Eighth Army
Republic
North Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Chunchon
Seoul
Far East Air Forces Bomber Command
Fifth Air Force
Chorwon
Taedong
Yongpo
William Barnard
Yonchon
Kuhwa
Imjin
Senators Probe RFC Intrigue After Loan Chief Resigns
Senate investigators pursue alleged political influence at the Reconstruction Finance Corp. following the Dallas loan chief L. B. Glidden resignation. The inquiry ties to tensions with the White House and Fulbright over RFC board approvals and leadership shakeups affecting employees with nonfit political views.
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REC
Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance
RFC
L. B. Glidden
Dallas, Tex
Glidden
Truman
White House
Fulbright
D-Ark
President’s Tax Plans Incomplete Ahead of New Congress
Washington reports that the Truman administration has not finalized its plan for heavier taxes for the 82nd Congress. White House aide Joseph Short suggested there may be no tax request in January, amid topics on Korea and the union’s state.
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Washington
Truman
82Nd Congress
White House
Joseph Short
of the Union
Congress
Mr. Truman
Blair House
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
the Treasury
Snyder
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Government Keeps Controls On Sugar at Liberal Levels
The Agriculture Department will maintain sugar market controls in 1951 but allow 8,000,000 tons to be marketed by domestic producers and imports. This is 150,000 tons more than estimated consumption for the year. Quotas for individual areas will be announced later this week. Major supplier Cuba, imports about two thirds of U S sugar, and reserves will supplement quotas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
U. S
Cuba
Ohio Shell-Loading Plant Will Operate
The Ravenna Arsenal shell-loading plant will be rehabilitated for the present emergency at about 1,000,000 dollars starting next Tuesday. The Harkin Conkey Construction Co of Cleveland announces it will reactivate three load lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Ravenna Arsenal
Hankin-Conkey Construction Co
Cleveland
Eisenhower's Allied HQ Named in Paris Hotel Astoria
The U S Army announced Gen Dwight Eisenhower will establish his temporary headquarters as supreme commander of the Atlantic Pact forces in Paris. The location is the Hotel Astoria, confirming days of circulating rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. S
Dwight Eisenhower
Hotel Astoria
Court Order Halts Strike at Shipyard
ALAMEDA Calif 4 A court order ended a work stop at Todd Shipyard where five military vessels were stalled. One hundred thirty AFL carpenters picketed yesterday demanding a 19 cent raise to $2 an hour and about 800 workers refused to cross the lines.
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Alameda
Calif
Todd Shipyard
AFL
Todd
Phone Rates Ordered Down in Ohio by PUC
The Public Utilities Commission ordered Ohio Bell to cut rates for 1,384,000 subscribers by 2,189,106 dollars annually and to issue rebates totaling about 4,000,000 dollars for money collected in the last 21 months. This honors last October’s Ohio Supreme Court ruling that property evaluation used for rates was too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Battered by Deep Cold Across State
A historic cold wave grips Ohio with temperatures as low as 23 degrees below zero in Bucyrus and Salem. Akron sets a record at eight below while Cleveland and Youngstown register subzero readings. Snow totals range two to eight inches across communities as gas utilities curb industrial service to cope.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Ohio Gas Co
Cleveland
West Ohio Gas Co
Lima
Bucyrus
Salem
Akron
Cuyahoga County
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Lancaster
Sandusky
Fremont
Mount Vernon
Toledo
Massillon
Dover
Coast Guard Sets Security Rules Amid Port Strike Threats
The Coast Guard issued new port and ship security rules to vet subversives from maritime workforces amid a west coast strike threat. Commandant Merlin O'Neill ordered immediate effect after CIO exiled union leaders Bridges and Bryson protested the security card system.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Merlin O'Neill
Korea
CIO
Admiral O'Neill
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Hugh Bryson, Jr
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
West Coast
Bridges
Bryson
The
U. S
Three-Judge Court Chosen for Amerman Trial
Medina Ohio stories report that Common Pleas Judges Albert Baumann H Culbertson will hear the first degree murder trial of Max Amerman opening January 16. The third member will be Judge Windsor E Kellogg. Amerman pleaded guilty to the ambush killing of Harold E Mast 23.
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Medina
Common Pleas
Albert Baumann
Sandusky County
H. E. Culbertson
Ashland County
Max Amerman
Windsor E. Kellogg
Medina County
Amerman
Harold E. Mast
Mother Plans Visit for Quadruple Amputee Son
Mrs Clara Smith plans to visit her 20 year old son Robert who lost parts of both arms and both legs in the Korean war. He will be flown from California to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington for rehabilitation. The Pennsylvania American Legion fund has begun with a $1000 donation to aid his recovery. Messages of support came from across the country including Fredric Hensel of Birmingham who says he gets along fine.
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Middleburg
Clara Smith
Robert
Defense Department
California
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Travis Air Force
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Joseph S. McCracken
Legion
Pennsylvania
Birmingham
Ala
Fredric Hensel
Record Batch Of New Laws Are Ready In Ohio
Columbus reports a large batch of drafted bills ahead of the 99th Ohio General Assembly. The Legislative Reference Bureau has about 50 measures ready, with more on the way. Bureau chief Arthur A. Schwartz notes more bills are prepared than ever before for December, and early drafting may signal a shorter session. The last session ran Jan 3 to July 29 after an April 1 target.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Reference Bureau
Arthur A. Schwartz
General Assembly
Steel Control Plan Coming
The Iron Age predicts a controlled materials plan for the steel industry by March or April with mandatory price controls to replace voluntary ones. Steel executives say distribution must be fully controlled and mandatory controls will arrive once the Economic Stabilization Agency builds a larger enforcement staff as defense orders accelerate.
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New York
Iron Age, Metalworking Trade Weekly
Economic Stabilization Agency
Would-Be Robber Falls as Milk Icicle FROZEN VAX
In Detroit a would be robber confronted Mrs. Dorothy Kozol returning from a grocery. She struck him with a milk carton, splashing a half gallon of milk over his head. The milk froze in the cold, and the assailant fled empty handed.
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Detroit
Dorothy Kozol
Army calls 7500 officers into service in March
The Army mobilizes 7500 junior officers from National Guard and organized reserve to active duty in March. It will also call 100 Women’s Army Corps lieutenants and captains, and activate 890 medical officers 850 dental officers and 415 medical service corps officers in two groups February 5 and March 15.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Navy
Women's Army Corps
Medical Service Corps
Defense Department Lists 73 Casualties
The Defense Department released List No. 187 reporting 73 casualties with 17 killed 42 wounded nine missing and five injured. Officials cautioned the tally results from holiday effects on statistics and do not indicate a sudden change in Korean battle casualties.
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Washington
Defense Department
Divorced Wife Testifies Remington Lied About Communist Ties
Ann Moos Remington testified that William W. Remington admitted Communist Party membership in 1938 and urged secrecy. She said she joined the party just before their 1938 marriage, contradicting his denial to a federal jury. U.S. Attorney Saypol accused Remington of prostituting his position of trust.
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New York
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Ann Moos Remington
Remington
Communist Party
Young Communist League
Dartmouth
Alexandria
YCL
U.S
Irving H. Saypol
Reds Build Manpower To 12 Million
AP reports Communist China may reach 12 million fighting men by end of 1951 based on a regular army of 5 million an estimated 5 million irregulars and a mobilization drive adding about 2 million next year. Peiping called for workers and students to join military training. Student volunteers reach 101,000 in three weeks amid broader labor enlistment.
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Hong KO
China
Peiping
America
Reds in U S Have Rallies In Bid To Revive Party
The American Communist Party opens its 15th biennial national convention in New York with public rallies in Manhattan The Bronx and possibly Brooklyn after a Brooklyn hall reservation was canceled The rallies serve as a backdrop for later closed door sessions where the party leadership will map a future for the shrinking organization.
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New York
American Communist Party
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Communist High Command
Texas Senator Pushes Walker Posthumous General Rank
Senator Lyndon Johnson introduces a House resolution to promote the late Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker to full general, calling him a true Texan. The move follows his death and aims for a posthumous upgrade in rank through Congress.
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Washington
Walton H. Walker
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Walker
Congress
George Bolin Rites Scheduled in Langsville
Funeral services for 88 year old George Bolin are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Pearl Chapel with Rev. W. H. Marshall officiating. Burial will be in Haning Cemetery. He died Monday at a son’s home in Langsville and may be viewed at the Bigony funeral home in Albany.
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George Bolin
Langsville
Pearl Chapel
W. H. Marshall
Haning Cemetery
Friends m
Bigony
Albany
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House
Ohio Shell-Loading Plant
Eisenhower
William Remington
Reds
Texas
NDEX
Athens
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Eenanconno Cicienenaeian
Cermin Sue Gallipolis
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