Pacific powers urged for stronger reach to curb Communist tide
United States military leaders urged expanded air sea and ground power in the Pacific to defend Asia as part of a global strategy. MacArthur's officers pressed for reinforcements along the line from the Aleutians to the Philippines, noting Japan as a keystone and concerns over loyalty should future conflicts arise.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Asia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Chiefs of Staff
America
Omar N. Bradley
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Air Force
Hoyt Vandenberg
Forrest P. Sherman
Japan
Aleutians
Okinawa
Philippines
Missouri
Walton Walker
Eighth Army
George E. Stratemeyer
Far East Air Forces
Russell S. Berkey
Seventh Task Fleet
Far East
Central Pacific Islands
Formosa
China
Iwak
Lso
Navy Adds First Undersea Tanker To Its Sub Fleet
The Navy commissioned the submarine Guavina at Mare Island Navy Yard as the first undersea oiler. The 290-foot vessel carries 10 torpedo tubes and snorkel equipment to operate diesel engines while submerged. Lieutenant Commander W. E. Norrington commands a crew of 60. test dives planned in San Francisco Bay region.
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Vallejo
Calif
Navy
Mare Island Navy Yard
W. E. Norrington
Los Angeles
San Francisco Bay Region
Constable Quits In Pflugerville
Krause resigns after 13 months as Pflugerville constable to start ranching. Travis County Commissioners accept the resignation and appoint Elzie Jackman as successor. They approve two new county clerk typewriters and set 1950 county employee holidays including New Year’s Day and Christmas.
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E. Krause
Pflugerville
Travis County
Krause
N. L. Gault
Elzie Jackman
Emilie. Limberg
Washington
Texas
San Jacinto
Tractor Importance in Agricultural Mechanization
Statistical review emphasizes the tractor as the key element in advancing agricultural mechanization and productivity across farming operations.
Properties Row Behind Berlin Trouble
West Berlin’s seizure of 397 East German railway properties for tax collection was cited as a factor in Berlin inter zone traffic tensions. The city collected rentals totaling 500000 marks in four months and used proceeds to cover taxes and utilities while maintaining the system’s title. Russia and East Germany protested only over a police seizure of the railway’s former HQ, amid broader tensions with Western powers over inter-zonal rail and truck traffic.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Germany
East Germany
United States
Maxwell D. ‘Taylor
Ernst Reuthers
Westmark
Givers Intentions Questioned Over Office Gift
A Metropolitan Life Insurance agent, George J. Moskowitz, 41, was fired after giving a Newark New Jersey coworker a pair of falsies for Christmas. The CIO Union surveyed 2 393 workers in Newark with 37 justifying the firing. The union plans to expand the poll nationwide. The company defends the action citing decorum and dignity for young female employees. Moskowitz says he received thanks from the recipient.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Manhattan
CIO United Office and Professional Workers Union
George J. Moskowitz
Moskowitz
Newark
N. J
George Hansen
Germans Protest Strike Over Gestapo Chief Sentence
In Bielefeld 10,000 factory workers walked out for 24 hours to protest the 18 month sentence handed to the wartime Gestapo chief, which they called too mild.
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Bielefeld
Germany
Symington Warns U S Vulnerable to Soviet Air Power
Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington told Baylor University in Waco that the world’s largest armed forces could launch a surprise attack on the United States with a ground army larger than US and allies combined, the world’s largest growing air force, and a vast submarine fleet, urging support for armed forces spending. He also dedicated Connally Air Force Base named for Col. James L. Connally.
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Waco
Air Force
Stuart Symington
United States
America
Hie
Symington
Alaska
Moscow
Russia
Connally Air Force Base
James L. Connally
Pair Found Lost In Canyon Near Mora River
LAS VEGAS New Mexico Feb 1 A man John Bava 20 and woman Antonia Lucero 38 were found after four days lost in rugged Mora River canyon both rated considerably improved at a hospital Miss Lucero was found near the river suffering frostbite and thirst and directed searchers to the area where Bava had left her over the weekend Doctors said they could talk Wednesday though still incoherent and weak after their ordeal
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Las Vegas
N. M
Mora River
M. A. Jordan
John Bava
Antonia Lucero
Lucero
Baca
Jordan
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Anahist CO. Inc
Yonkers 2,N.Y
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S.E. Gladstone St
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Ore
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Blaine Ave
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R.F.D
Glen Allen
Mrs. Seay
Baylor University
Big Baptist School
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Tom Connally
Col. Connally
Dr. A. Burstyn
Kuntz- Sternenberg Lumber Co
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White
White's
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