Calls for Huge Army and Defense Budget After Truman Talk
White House officials anticipate a four million man army and a 100 billion dollar yearly defense outlay as part of a global crisis response. Charles E. Wilson is named to lead a central mobilization agency while Air Defense Command seeks 24 hour alert and civil defense warns cities to use a standardized code.
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Washington
Administration
Truman
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
New York
Wilson
United States
Air Force
Iit
Congress
Air Defense Command
Civil Defense Administrator
Millard Caldwell
Last Beachhead Pressure In Korea Warns of Chinese Push
The 60,000 man US Tenth Corps withdraws from its Hungnam Hamhung beachhead as 100,000 Chinese troops press the perimeter. Russian MiG jets clash with US fighters. NORAD-like blackout tightens. AP report notes rear-guard actions, roadblocks, and a shrinking UN foothold in Northeast Korea.
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Tokyo
Korea
Hungnam
Tom Lambert
Hamhung- Hungnam
Red Patro
Red Command
Moscow
United Nations
10Th Corps
Lambert
Ee Reservoir
Hamhung
Eighth Army
Seoul
Yonchon
Chunchon
North
South Korea
Manchurian
Namsi
Sinuiju
Oro
Hambhung- Hungnam
US Tenth Corps
MacArthur
Stan Swinton
O Hamhung
Max Desfor
Desfor
Tenth Corps
Songchon River Valley
West Austin blocks Pease Park junior high site
A West Austin delegation warned the city school board that two 1875 and 1929 deeds restrict Pease Park land to parks and playgrounds. The board to study four alternate sites including UT property at Exposition Enfield and other private parcels while considering the Pease Park option.
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West
J. M. Patterson Jr
University of Texas
Exposition and
Enfield
University Law School
University
West 29Th and Shoal Creek
T. H. Williams
Williams
Lamar
24Th Street
W. I. Koccurek
Pease Park
O’quinn
E. M. Pease
Board of Regents
O'Quinn
Temple B. Mayhall
Mayhall
Home
Kocurek
West Austin
Lockhart builders pool funds for garment plant
Interest groups in Lockhart pooling resources to finance a new plant to house a garment factory. The project aims to boost local employment and industrial activity in the community. Soil conservation efforts are reported to bring profits, with additional local storytelling on Page 4B.
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Lockhart
Austin
Auto Collision Fatal Injuries Marshall Youth
Marshall youth Billey Gene Britt aged 19 died from injuries after a head on collision near Marshall late Wednesday. He died Thursday from the crash that occurred on a roadway near the city.
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Marshall
Billey Gene Britt
Here
US Korea war casualties reach 33878 as of Thursday
Defense Department tallies US deaths 5870 with 23247 wounded and 5143 missing since war start. Main impact of Chinese counter attack not yet reflected due to reporting delays and withdrawals.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Tokyo
Embargo Slams Christmas Parcel Post Over Rail Strike
The Postoffice Department ordered a broad embargo on parcel post as a railroad walkout disrupts yards at major terminals. The move hits Christmas packages nationwide while court orders seek an end to the wildcat strike.
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Chicago
Postoffice Department
Wheeles Beeen Haiesda
Pwwrlilibuan VL Bae Peeve
Iene
Alexander Holtzoft
Washington
Emerick B. Freed
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
William J. Campbell
St. Louis
Alexandria
Baltimore
Potomac Yards
Seaboard
Campbell
W. P. Kennedy
BRT
John M. Redding
Kansas City
Rare disease case prompts father to fund son's care
Oakalla farmer Louis Scott has liquidated nearly all farm assets to treat his 2½ year old son Donald Lynn Scott for a rare diabetes type. The boy, sick since March, is under care at Hermann Hospital in Houston after treatment at Scott and White Clinic in Temple. The father works at Hughes Tool Company and used a GI loan plan to help pay for the costly treatment.
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Bertram
Oakalla
Donald Lynn Scott
Louis Scott
Scott
South
Donald Lynn
Houston
Hermann Hospital
Scott and White Clinic
Temple
Hughes Tool Company
AEC Plans New Atomic Plant Near Paducah Ky
Representative Gregory says the Atomic Energy Commission will build a new plant near Paducah Kentucky pending congressional funding. About 10 000 workers will be needed for construction and 1 600 for operation as part of a 1 050 000 000 expansion using gaseous diffusion to produce fissionable materials. The Paducah site mirrors the Oak Ridge process in Tennessee.
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Washington
Gregory
D-Ky
Atomic Energy Commission
Paducah
AEC
Congress
Truman
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Churchill Warns on Atomic Policy and War Deterrence
Winston Churchill warned the Commons against delaying atomic use until it is used on Britain. He argued such restraint would edge war closer, saying the atom bomb remains the main deterrent and cautioned Soviet risk if Britain forgo it. He referenced moves on steel and iron nationalization and pressed for fuller government clarity.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Attlee
Washington
Truman
House
United States
Mbes
Leneebe Iessers
Commons
Churcheill
Labor
Churchill
Soviet Russia
Britain
Irs
Clothing Burns Fatal To San Antonio Woman
Mrs May Staggs Maurer a 71 year old San Antonio club woman died from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire while she was burning caves. She succumbed Wednesday night to injuries from the incident on Tuesday.
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San Antonio
May Staggs Maurer
GOP Pushes House Stand For Firing Acheson
House Republicans move to endorse firing Secretary of State Dean Acheson, predicting about 12 votes against. The plan, awaiting a conference of 170 GOP members, contrasts with Senate GOP divisions over how to handle the issue amid broader foreign policy tensions.
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Washington
House
Dean Acheson
A. L. Miller
Rneb
Congress
Acheson
Rep. Miller
Senate
Eugene D. Millkin
Rcolo
Irving M. Ives
R-N-Y
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
H. Alexander Smith
Rn.j
State Department
Clement Attlee
Mr. Truman
Attlee
Sen
Kem
Scott W. Lucas
Sen. Lucas
Sen. Kem
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Cain
Barty
Tee Sena Ork
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