March Draft Call At 80000 For Army Officers
The Army announces an 80 000 man draft quota for March raising total draftees since the Korean War to 450 000. Navy Air Force and Marines plan no March calls. only the Army has used the draft. About 659 reserve lieutenants and captains will be called from seven states and the District of Columbia plus 293 doctors and dentists, with all reporting for examinations and 21 month service.
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Second Army
Washington
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Army
Fort Meade
District of Columbia
Earlir
West Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
RS Og Ciscas
Kentucky
Midwest
Rail Union Considers Wave Truce in Wage Dispute
In Cleveland 125 general chairmen of the 80 000 member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers meet to review a three year moratorium on wage movements. BLE head James P Shields declines to recommend and criticizes the plan citing lack of sufficiencies for road engineers amid previous strikes and government seizure last Aug 26.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Washington
James P. Shields
BLE
White House
Lausche Inaugural To Be Quiet Ceremony
Governor Frank J. Lausche will be sworn in for a third term at noon January 8 in a sparse in-office ceremony. Only cabinet members and close friends will attend. no inaugural address reception or ball will be held.
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Columbus
Sis
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Dust-Catchers Bring Cash Through Want Ads
Older items in attics basements or garages can fetch cash as a Messenger Want Ad reaches buyers. Ads start at 40 cents a day and deliver results.
Opposed Ohio Republican Opposes St Lawrence Seaway Plan
Rep. McGregor of Ohio says he remains against the proposed St. Lawrence Seaway. He notes anticipated legislation after the 82nd Congress convenes and questions the project’s cost, feasibility, and strategic value during war. He warns winter closures and railcar needs undermine feasibility.
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Washington
McGregor
Ohio
St. Lawrence Seaway
Congress
Ohioan
House Public Works Committee
Jet Planes Guarding Industrial East On Standby
MITCHEL FIELD N Y Lightning fast all weather F 94 jet planes guard New York City and the Industrial East on a 24 hour stand by alert. The Lockheed interceptors are designed for day or night defense against enemy bombers with radar and extra power for combat. They reach speeds over 600 miles an hour and operate above 45 000 feet.
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Mitchel Field
N.Y
New York City
Air Force
Lockheed
Fairytale Antics Leave Mrs Reisen Baffled
Agnes Reisen returned home in Hillside New Jersey after Christmas to find her apartment ransacked and rearranged. The intruder ate the cupboard slept in the bed left lipstick on towels stole silk underwear and left a ring around the bathtub. She joked Goldilocks was not the culprit.
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Hillside
N. J
Agnes Reisen
Michigan plants win defense contracts for trailers and rockets
Fruehauf Trailer Co of Detroit and Brig Gen Crawford at the ordnance center announce a $40 million order for 35 000 all purpose trailers and 3 1/2 inch rockets. Olds Motor Works Lansing division to produce rockets for the Army super bazooka with tooling and 1000 workers initially.
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Detroit
Michigan
Fruehauf Trailer Co
David J. Crawford
Ordnance Tank-Automotive Center
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Lansing
Mich
U S Casualties in Korean War Rise to 38325
The Defense Department reported 38325 U S casualties in Korea through December 22, an increase of 1904 from the prior week. The tally covers next of kin notifications and includes 6432 deaths, with 5742 KIA, 684 died of wounds, six missing, and 27012 wounded, including later deaths.
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Washington
U. S
Department of Defense
Sub-zero Weather Baffles Ohio. Relief Promised Soon
Relentless cold grips Ohio with lows from 21 below to 10 below at Port Columbus. The U S Weather Bureau predicts sun and milder highs in the 30s to 40s across regions, but tonight will bring more clouds and single digits. Industrial gas curtailments hit Columbus Lima Toledo Cleveland and other cities with about 700 plants affected in East Ohio Gas Co. service area.
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Columbus
Onio
Salem
Newark
Mount Vernon
Marion
Port Columbus
U. S. Weather Bureau
Ohio
Mercury
Cleveland
Toledo
Chillicothe
Zanesville
van Wert
Athens
Cincinnati
Dayton
Lima
East Liverpool
Springfield
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
GOP National Committee Sets 1952 Strategy Plan
The Republican National Committee will meet January 26 to map strategy for winning the 1952 presidential and congressional elections. Chairman Guy Gabrielson outlined six objectives including defense and offense for senators up for re-election, House members' campaigns, a plan to gain Democrats’ Senate seats, a bid to win 39 Democratic House seats, a two party system in the South, and expanding party base with local leaders.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Congress
GOP
Senate
House
Guy Gabrielson
Asians Seek U N Talks to End Korean War
Asian nations urging the United States to negotiate with Communist China for a settlement of Far Eastern problems. They call for U S troop withdrawal from Korea and Formosa and for acceptance of Peiping in the United Nations as the path to a temporary peace.
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United Nations
United States
China
Korea
Asia
Philippines
U.S
Peiping
U. S
Formosa
Nerve Gases and Germ Warfare in Atomic Era Defense
A Civil Defense Administration book warns nerve gas and biological weapons could paralyze military centers like the Pentagon or disrupt U S production without bombs. It details delivery methods, rapid action, detection limits, and survival measures for civil defense, including treatment and handling of casualties and bodies.
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America
New Book
Washington
Pentagon
Civilian Defense Administration
Civil Defense Administration
United States
Hanford
Oak Ridge
Los Alamos
Hungnam Evacuation Secrets Revealed by Almond Release
AP reports hitherto unpublished details on the Hungnam sea evacuation of about 105,000 U.S. troops. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond and an official release disclosed enemy knowledge of timing and route, with phases of withdrawal and port operations at Yonpo, plus a note that the original Christmas target was surpassed by one day.
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TOKYO
U.S
Hungnam
Edward M. Almond
Almond
Pentagon
Washington
Yonpo
National Production Authority bans hoarding of scarce materials
The National Production Authority today banned hoarding of 55 scarce materials. The order targets critical goods and aims to stabilize supply chains across industries.
Army targets 24 division combat force by next July
Washington AP reports the Army expects a combat force of 24 divisions by July 1 through expansion and regimental combat teams. Present strength includes 11 regular divisions, four National Guard divisions, two guard regimental teams, with two more guard divisions to be federalized next month and one armored division to be created late spring or early summer.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Germany
United States
82Nd Airborne
National Guard
Camp Hood
Tex
China
MacArthur
Fourth Field Army
Wife Says Remington Loyal Red
New York report on William W. Remington perjury trial. His ex wife Ann Moos Remington testifies she pressed loyalty to the Communist Party as a condition of marriage. They wed in 1938 and divorced after years apart. she says she left the party in 1946.
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New York
William W. Remington
Ann Moos Remington
Remington
Communist Party
Ridgewood
N. J
Commerce Department
Betty Hutton Ends Busy 1950 With Second Divorce Suit
Betty Hutton files a second divorce suit in Santa Monica charging Theodore Briskin, a camera manufacturer, with extreme cruelty. The actress already faced one prior divorce action in 1950 and a reconciliation followed.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Betty Hutton
Theodore S. Briskin
150 Mile Defense Lines Brace Under Chinese Smash
United States forces man the 150 mile defense line across Korea as massed Chinese manpower nears. MacArthur warned 19 divisions totaling up to 190,000 men could strike in coming weeks with a national scale war effort and a large Chinese budget.
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Tokyo
United States
Korea
MacArthur
China
Peiping
Seoul
Eighth Army
Far East Air Forces
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
United Nations
Changcdong
Taedong
U.S. Clears 32 Defense Plant Expansions for Tax Benefits
The National Security Resources Board announced rapid tax write offs for 32 defense plant expansions. Major projects include a $351.414 million U.S. Steel steel mill near Morrisville Pennsylvania, plus Wheeling Steel Corp for $18.75 million and Thomas Steel Co in Warren Ohio at $1.142 million.
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Washington
Defense
National Security Resources Board
U. S. Steel Corporation
Morrisville
Wheeling Steel Corp
Thomas Steel Co
Warren
Ohio
Studebaker to Cut Production 20 Percent in January
Studebaker Corporation will reduce output of passenger cars and trucks by 20 percent in January after a record year. President Harold S. Vance attributes the cut to government restrictions on civilian use of defense materials. The passenger car plant will run a four day schedule while the truck plant stays five days a week with 20 percent manpower reduction.
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South Bend
Ind
Studeebaker Corporation
Harold S. Vance
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