Dien Bien Phu Commander's Daily Life Described
Dispatch from Hanoi portrays Brig. Gen. Christian de Castries at Dien Bien Phu. He starts 7 a.m. with coffee and a shave, surveys frontline troops, confers with lieutenants, and devises exercises. He relies on a perfumed routine, Cologne, Dutch tobacco, and brief radio talks with Hanoi as Viet Minh siege intensifies. He endures little sleep and awaits night attacks.
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Jean Barre
Hanoi
Christian
de Castries
Spahi Battmian
Mohammed the Spani
Dien Bien Phu
de Castriés
Henri Navarre
Rene Cogny
Texas vs Nation Red Cross Drive in Far East
Texas Air Force personnel led by A2C Ted Nowlin in the Far Eastern Air Force Red Cross campaign face tough odds against other states to prove Texans’ boast. Nowlin, son of Mr and Mrs W Nowlin, stationed in Japan for nearly two years, expects rotation leave in June before a stateside assignment.
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Texas
Red Cross
Ted Nowlin
Baytown
U.S. Air Force
Lone Star
Far East
American Red Cross
Nowlin
5. W. Nowlin
417 East
Jack
Japan
Bridge bidding and the facts in a party game
The fragment discusses cooperative bidding in bridge with quotes about facts over wishes. It references North South dealer positions and a depiction of how a 5 Diamonds scenario could alter declarer play between duplicate tournament and rubber play, highlighting information sharing. It mentions Blackwood and No Trumps as strategies and notes a spade lead sequence exposing West’s trump holding.
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Detective
Jacke Webb
West
East
South
North
Embarrassing Auto Theft Stirs Port Worth Police
Port Worth reports an embarrassing theft as city civil service director J J Hurtes finds his city owned car missing from a parking lot near police headquarters after leaving it there briefly. In New York W W Davenport, former Willkie campaign manager, dies at 55. Warm water improves clothing sprinkling by penetrating fabric more thoroughly.
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Port Worth
J. J. Hurtes
New Jersey primary tests McCarthy Ike outlook
In Newark on April 20 Republicans and Democrats head to the polls for a second 1954 primary. Voters weigh Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy the Eisenhower administration and bingo policy in two congressional contests and state raffling disputes. J Parrell Thomas aims to revive his career on a pro McCarthy slate. Incumbents largely seek reelection as party fights dwindle in a dull primary landscape.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower
Ilinois
J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
Congress
U.S. Senate
Robert B. Hendrickson
Charles 5. Howell
Edward J. Hart
Publisher Warns Trade Policies Could Lead To War
Chicago April 20 Look magazine publisher Gard ner Cowles told 1,000 business leaders at a University of Chicago conference that current 0 8 trade policies push national rivalries and could spark war. He warned America must adopt a world minded stance or risk world living standards and intensified tensions. He said U S isolationism in economic thinking harms allies and that trade policies keep others dependent on American aid.
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Chicago
Gardner Cowles
Look Magazine
Des Moines (Lowal) Register
Cowles
University of Chicago Management Conference
America
U. S
Brig. Gen. Lewis Dies in California Camp Stoneman Command
Brig. Gen. James Malcolm Lewis, commanding general of Camp Stoneman, died in his quarters in Pittsburgh California on Monday apparently from a heart attack authorities said.
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Lewis
Pittsburgh
Calif
James Malcolm Lewis
Stoneman
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Nation
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Tahoe City
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John Jay
New York
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Akibe
Brazil
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Caley
Biol
Egypt
Willkie
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Jersey
Warury
U.S
Sun
Dial
Boston
New England Conservatory
Arthur Flagler Fultz
Brooks
National Association For Music Therapy
Ancient
Baytown Furniture Clinic
Morrell
Mike Franssen
LIFE
New Tappan Ranges
Harper Gas Appliance Co
Ford
Sqource
R. Lb. Polk & Company
Ordig
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Texas Ave
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