Rotary Governor to Address Austin Rotary Club Tuesday
Jack Dillard governor of the 187th District of Rotary International will address the Austin Rotary Club Tuesday at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. He will meet with president Harry Akin secretary F C McConnell and other local Rotary officials to discuss administration and service activities. Dillard is executive secretary of the Baylor Ex-Students Association in Waco and a member of the Waco Rotary Club.
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Jack Dillard
Rotary International
Austin Rotary Club
Stephen F. Austin
Dillard
Waco
Mexia Rotary Clubs
Harry Akin
F. C. McConnell
Austin Club
Baylor Ex-Students Association
North Koreans Claim 13009 UN Casualties in Korea Offensive
A North Korean communique broadcast via Peiping radio states 13,009 Allied troops have been killed, wounded, or captured since January 1 in Central Korea. The tally lists 4,861 South Koreans and 118 Americans and British killed or wounded, 6,442 South Koreans and 490 British captured, plus 116 officers captured including a vice commander and deputy chief of igs of the 36th regiment.
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London
Peiping
Central
Korea
Korean People’s Army
36Th Regiment
Four American GIs Freed By Korean Reds
Four American soldiers, captured when their jeep was mined, were released by North Korean troops near Korea on January 14. They were not seriously mistreated. clothing was taken and one man walked in the snow. A friendly patrol picked up all four and flew them to Japan for treatment of exposure.
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Korea
Japan
Whitehall Reigns as Palace Preceded Buckingham 1697
Whitehall served as the English rulers residence from 1697 until Buckingham Palace became the seat in 1837. The Court of St James derives its name from a religious establishment once on the site.
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Whitehall
Buckingham Palace
Court of St. James
CLEARTONE Hearing Aid Promises Clearer Sound For Many
An ad touts the CLEARTONE hearing aid as highly sensitive and powerful, claiming it helps many with hearing loss hear whispers clearly. It promises precision engineering and invites readers to write for a free booklet offering hope for better hearing.
Magazine Writer Raps MacArthur in Look
Homer Bigart of the New York Herald Tribune criticizes General Douglas MacArthur in Look magazine for unsound deployment of UN forces and a major blunder that allegedly helped the enemy. He argues MacArthur misread Chinese withdrawals and overstated demoralization from air and artillery, comparing tactics to colonial era Minute Men.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Look
Homer Bigart
New York Herald-Tribune
Korea
MacArthur
Bigart
Lexington
Disease Ravages Ranks of Korean Island Refugees
On Kojedo Island nearly 200 000 Korean refugees face hunger cold and disease. UN civil aid teams vaccinate 3000 arriving refugees isolate the ill and distribute jackets and food while camps in schoolhouses struggle to shelter victims of pneumonia typhus smallpox and other illnesses.
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Jack Macbeth Kojedo
Korea
Kojedo
Jim Pringle
North Korea
United Nations Civil Assistance
Lst
Gordon B. Hammond
Rockford
Youngest Texas Supreme Court Justice Sworn In
William Reid Wilson aged 38 is sworn in as a Texas Supreme Court justice the youngest on record. The former Dallas district attorney and ex geologist grew up amid the Depression and rose through law, army service and the AGs office to the high court bench.
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State Supreme Court of
Texas
William Reid Wilson
Supreme Court
Justice Wilson
Will Wilson
Dalas
Austin
University of Oklahoma
Dallas
Southern Methodist
Gerald Mann
Grover Sellers
Wilson
South Pacific
Russia
McClure is Relieved as Second Division Commander in Korea
Major General Robert B. McClure was relieved as commander of the US Second Division near Wonju Korea. Major General Clark L Ruffner named to replace him, with Brigadier General Royal M Haynes acting until arrival. The division has held a 25 mile salient while losses include French and Dutch battalions adding to Allied efforts in December Hungnam evacuation.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Robert B. McClure
Clark L. Ruffner
Ruffner
10Th Corps
Hungnam
Wonju
Ruffmer
Royal M. Haynes
38Th Parallel
McClure
North Korea
Laurence B. Keiser
Field Foundation Grants Totals 375680 in Year
The Field Foundation Inc reported 375680 in grants for the year ended Sept 30. Most grants supported child welfare and intercultural relations. The foundation, led by Marshall Field, was established in 1940.
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New York
Field Foundation, Inc
Marshall Field
Chicago
Field
MacArthur Public Information Chief Leaves for Washington
General MacArthur's public information officer Colonel M P Echols flew to Washington for conferences likely on wartime censorship. He will be away two weeks to a month as Tokyo and Korea censorship rules tighten to curb speculative reporting and ensure source quoted or official confirmation before dispatch.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Washington
M. P. Echols
Floyd L. Parks
Army
Echols
United States
Korea
Giant General Sherman Sequoia Details
The General Sherman Sequoia is described as the world’s largest living thing with an estimated volume above 600 000 board feet. It rises 273 feet tall and has a base diameter of 37 feet.
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General Sherman
Austin Man Sustains Lacerations in Street Collision
Mike Gomez, 25, of 2303 East 212 Street, was treated Saturday night for severe head lacerations after his car struck a parked truck in the 1000 block of East Seventh Street.
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Mike Gomez
East 212 Street
East Seventh Street
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Mak Demagues
Rotary
Cash & Carry
By d’Alessio
South Korea
Raps MacArthur
By Martha Cole
Associated Press
Brown
Krecessary
Vice Clinic
Prametre OT
East Sixth ST
Ruffner Vet
Field Foundation
Doyie O. Hickey
Tenth Corps
Hangnam
Brazos
Austin Man
H Henry
Rowe Tire CO
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