Week Of Bad News For Soviet Ambition
A summary of recent events showing Western unity strengthening through Churchill's Washington visit, including an American appointed as NATO naval commander and aluminum trade deals. West Germany to contribute troops to Eisenhower's army signals allied confidence. UN rebuff of Soviet peace package and disarmament scrutiny weaken Soviet influence. Van Fleet asserts UN army can defeat China, Russia, and North Korea in Korea. Germans’ decision to join a European army signals waning Soviet leverage and belief in Western victory.
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Winston Churchill
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
China
Russia
North Korea
Korea
Eisenhower
Europe
Iran
281 Soldiers Face Second Winter in Korean Combat
Washington reports only 281 U.S. troops remain to endure a second Korean winter. Defense Secretary Anna M. Rosenberg told Senate Armed Services Chair Richard Russell that the commitments to limit winter deployments have been exceeded, with many officers and specialists still in country awaiting replacement. The total includes 127 officers and 17 enlisted from combat units, with 203 officers and 60 enlisted awaiting replacement.
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Washington
Iti
Eridan
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
Richard I. Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Saig Mo Air Force
Navy Ng
My Friend Irma Comeback in Cowtown
A zany spin on the My Friend Irma show headlines a staged news item featuring Wilson as a secretary and a bid for a high bidder in a wartime charity setting. The piece mentions infantile paralysis charities and a television tie in with a Milwaukee station.
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LPI
Bose
Werth
Ty Neshattarters
Wilson
Omos
Irma
Geova Cala
Warth
Ecapher Al-Howr
Joy Calls for Military Pressure to Break Korean Armistice Stalemate
Vice Admiral Turner Joy, chief UN truce negotiator, urged stronger military pressure to force a Communist change on Korea talks. He said only two options exist for a decisive breakthrough, a voluntary Communist shift or the use of force, and he favored blasting the Communists off the peninsula.
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Washington
IEP
Turner Joy
Joy
Korean Peninsula
US News and World Report
Rayburn Says House To Back Tax Cleanup
House Speaker Sam Rayburn told President Truman the House would support the plan to reorganize the Internal Revenue Bureau. A resolution to disapprove the reorganization is pending in the House, Rayburn said the resolution would be defeated. Senate Leader Ernest McFarland could not forecast the plan's fate in the Senate. Most plentiful chemical compound remains water.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Rayburn
White House
Senate
Ernest McFarland
Arizona
There Just Ain't That Much Money
A footnote to President Truman's budgets notes the great gap between perceived money and actual cash in circulation. It explains per capita shares, the $28 billion cash in circulation, and the $50 old billion total backing, then states government spending occurs by checks at a rate of $20,000 per second.
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Washington
Truman
Flood Control Aid Sought for Rivers and Harbors
President Truman requests 665 million dollars in fiscal 1953 for Army Engineers. Funds cover flood control, maintenance, and improvements to rivers and harbors, navigation, and hydroelectric development. Texas allocations include Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 1.366 million, Worth floodway 750 thousand, and several reservoir projects.
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Washington
ILP
Truman
Congress
Army Engineers
Trumen
Mississippi River
Texas
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Beston Reservoir
Worth
Garza-Little Elm
Texarkana
Whitney
Lavon
Red River
Texas Week For Rich Texans Only
Nice plans to turn high society Texans to the Rivera in June for the first Texas Week celebration. A thousand guests will be selected from Dun and Bradstreet financial ratings with aid from regional tourist committees. The event will be publicized by direct approach to prominent Texas families using the Dun and Bradstreet catalogue.
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Nice
France
Rivera
Texas
Dun and Bradstreet
America
Truman Receives Longest Telegram in Western Union History
President Truman faced the longest telegram in Western Union history. A 680 foot message with signatures was delivered from Schuylkill County Pennsylvania urging a proposed Air Force depot be built there instead of Lancaster County. Eight duplicates went to the Pentagon. the total about 40,060 words cost $2,940 to send.
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Washington
Truman
Western Union
White House
Schurylkil County
Pennsylvania
Lancaster County
Pentagon
Women Bus Drivers Set Safety Records
Tunnel Transit Company reports its women bus drivers achieved top safety records for a second consecutive year. President C Q Alexander notes bonuses and strict policing boosted performance, with no serious accidents and strong maintenance sustaining the result.
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Alton Hill
Velma Murphy
C. Q. Alexander
Torsin Safety
Lille
Tunnel Transit Company
American Transit Association
C. Q.alexander
Tunnel Transit
Alexander
Alexander Seid
Mpany
Tunner Transit Company
Clarence W Porter Now in Philippines
Corporal Clarence W Porter son of Mr and Mrs RR Porter 103 East Gulf has arrived in the Philippines to serve with the US Air Force. He is assigned to the 13th Communications Squadron Thirteenth Air Force on Clark Air Force Base sixty miles north of Manila. A 195L graduate of Robert E Lee High School he joined the Air Force in January 195L and attended Teletype School at Warren AFB Wyoming before his overseas assignment.
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Clarence W. Porter
RR. Porter
East Gulf
Philippines
US Air Force
Ith
Thirteenth Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
Manila
Robert E_ Lee High School
Porter
Warren Afb
Wyoming
Past Business Editor to Speak at Rotary Luncheon
Steve Booke, business editor of The Houston Post, will be the principal speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon at noon Wednesday. A young economist and former PR man, he recently returned from a West trip and Detroit, where he visited Ford Motor Co. He will discuss the 1952 business outlook. Thad Felton of Baytown Ford will introduce him.
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Steve Booke
Houston Post
Rotary Club
Booke
The
Post
Huddle
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Thad Felton
Baytown
Ford Dealer
Draft delinquents increase in Texas
Delinquents in Texas rose to 909 by year end 1951 as draft boards added 301 men and closed 255 cases. End September total stood at 563 with heavy delinquencies in Houston Edinburg San Antonio and Fort Worth. Violators face fines up to 100 and up to five years prison. Also an ordinance makes climbing water towers a misdemeanor punishable by 25 to 200 fine.
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Texas
Selective Service
Paul E. Wakefield
Dedas
Houston
Edinburg
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Wakefield
John
Mars
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