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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1951
Page
1
President Eisenhower asserts he would employ an atomic bomb under specific circumstances and would act instantly if necessary, reflecting stark wartime contingency thinking. The remarks appear in a weekly news scan titled Scanning the Week's News.
The article analyzes Eisenhower’s defense stance amid a draft bill lowering the age to 18. It notes presidential expectations, senate actions, and public reaction including concerns about pro war propaganda and nationwide telegrams from mothers. The piece reflects on political pressure and potential passage to the President’s desk.
In Washington Eric Johnston worked to bridge labor and administration while Paris ministers offered no new peace proposals. In Korea U N forces push toward the 28th parallel amid heavy Chinese casualties, with estimates of frontline strength and reserves. in Moscow defense spending and ruble value are debated as price stabilization falters. The Hiss case ends with a guilty verdict and prison sentence.
A patriotic editorial notes the high human cost of liberty across wars, citing Korean casualties and World War I and II losses. It tallies American deaths and missing in Korea and compares global military fatalities to emphasize the nation's price for freedom.
The United States air force reports two guided bombs used against Chinese and North Korean targets. The Tarzan is a 12,000 pound general purpose bomb with radio control and movable tail fins to adjust its course after release. A second model weighs 1,000 pounds and is similarly controlled.
The Reader's Date Book reports the seventh National Non-Sectarian Sunday School Week will run April 9 to 15 1951 with Sen Styles Bridges of New Hampshire as chairman. The campaign aims to boost Sunday school attendance nationwide and form a committee of 100 industry leaders as honorary vice chairmen.
Rural Electrification Administrator stresses adequate supply and thrift of electricity on farms to meet wartime needs. With 3 million more wired farms since Pearl Harbor and nine of ten farms connected, electricity boosts production, reduces labor, and offsets shortages. Farmers are urged to maintain equipment. extension agents and REA staff offer guidance.
Four Iowa cities Osceola Hampton Ida Grove and Guttenburg lead an airport program with single-strip fields built under $1,000 each. The Iowa Aeronautics Commission aims to equip all 950 towns with landing facilities as 2,400 private planes and 4,500 active pilots use them.
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