Eisenhower Signals Formosa Policy Aims To Avert War
President Eisenhower stated the Formosa policy makes U S readiness to defend the island clear and aims to deter miscalculations by other powers. He indicated no land force commitments and noted ongoing talks with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists. He stressed the 7th Fleet would not be bound to a fixed “hot pursuit” blueprint.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Russia
France
Britain
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Red China
United States
Matsus
Chiang Kai-shek
7Th Fleet
Congress
Pacific
Eisenhower sticks to army cuts amid Ridgway protests
President Eisenhower defended plans to reduce Army manpower by 143000, saying the decision was not made lightly and would not be reversed. He cited long term defense planning, with the Army to drop from 1700000 to 1100000 by June 30 and 1027000 a year later, while the Air Force would grow. General Ridgway questioned the move but Eisenhower said Ridgway lacks overall defense authority.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
United States
Freighter Develops Hull Crack Endangering 32 Men
A freighter off the mid Atlantic developed a hull crack amid stormy seas. The captain feared she would split in two with 31 or 32 men aboard. The Coast Guard rerouted weather ships to assist and the Liberator and Cape fm were nearby support vessels. The situation was described as very serious with possible abandoning ship if flooding worsened.
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New York
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Azores
Poona
Hesm
Liberator
Pandelis Stonelios
Rene
Halifax
England
AFL Welcomes New Union Group Amid Anti Communist Drive
Miami Beach Feb 2 The AFL extends a welcome to independent unions accused of Communist ties if they oust Red leaders and prove noncommunist. George Meany warns against umbrella for Reds and notes such unions strive to separate from their leadership before affiliating.
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Miami Behach
AFL
Red
George Meany
Meany
CIO
Congress
Communist Party
Commie
APL
Onaine Reds
Alo i
Lull Descends On Formosa Amid Diplomatic Maneuvering
Refugees stream toward Formosa as a temporary air lull appears amid ceasefire diplomacy over the Tachens. Reports say Communist China sent a message to Nehru while Tokyo broadcasts denounce a cease-fire and US forces are not to leave Formosa. Nationalist and US naval sources offer unclear details about gunboat encounters near the Tachens.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
London
China
Nehru
Peiping
Tokyo
U. S
Eisenhower
Formosan
Keeluns
Hopes Grow On Cease-Fire In Formosa Strait
London reports guarded optimism as diplomatic exchanges among Prime Minister Churchill Nehru and others raise the possibility of an unwritten cease-fire in the Formosa Strait. Peiping signals and Colombo powers mediation ideas color the talks amid Security Council pressure and calls for a Chinese Nationalist withdrawal from the islands.
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London
Red China
Churchill
Britain
Nehru
India
Huan Hsiang
Mao Tzetung
Sore Seeeeene Peiping
China
Matsu
Quemoy
Supomo
Colombo
Formosa
U. N
Pakistan
Ceylon
Burma
Indonesia
Mao
Secur
Suy
New York
Security Council
America
Prison Population in Virginia Grows Faster Than State
Virginia's prison population rises faster than general population, prompting calls for heavy capital outlay. Commission tours found severe overcrowding at Goochland County Penitentiary Farm. officials warn buildings are firetraps. Commission seeks about 244 million dollars from the general fund over six years for new buildings and equipment.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Penitentiary
Goochland County
Gov
Stanley
General Fund
Trieste Homes In Transition To Italian Rule
Trieste, Italy on February 2 saw a smooth move from Allied occupation to Italian administration. A first rate corps of administrators replaced American and British officials with few issues. Unemployment rose to about 25,000 in a city of 300,000 as 15,000 out of work under occupation, 5,000 found no new jobs after troops left, and 5,000 more from nearby territory. Communists gain strength amid rising unemployment. Rijeka Fiume grows as a port with 40,000 tons of American gift wheat. Italy kept Venice as a major port during the uncertainty. The United States allocated Trieste about 800,000 in offshore contracts, with U.S. aid totals around 37 million ars since the war.
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Trieste
Italy
Treistini
Yugoslavia
Rijeka iFiume
Venice
United States
Vote Telephone Lines to Lost River Park Funded
CHARLESTON February 2 The Board of Public Works released to the Conservation Department a $10,000 appropriation from surplus funds seized by the 1953 Legislature for building a telephone line to Lost River State Park in Hardy County.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
Conservation Department
Lost River State Park
Hardy County
Groundhog Day Report From Grandoon Chile
The Daily Telegraph prints a whimsical Groundhog Day report from Grandoon Chile a wandering Bluefield area figure. He hints at shadow sightings and says bye bye closing his two word vocabulary as a playful update on the holiday.
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U. S. of A
Bluefield
Ol Man Shadow
Pogo
Grandoon Chile
Walt Kelly
Daily Telegraph
Grandoon
Groundhog Day Sketches Weather lore From Pennsylvania
Report discusses varied groundhog predictions on February 2 with weather impacts and folklore. Mentions Punxsutawney Phil and four Pennsylvania towns known for groundhog lore, noting whimsical forecasts and the idea of an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
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Pennsylvania
Bandits Loot Bank Car On Driver's Coffee Time
In Oakland California two men stole twenty seven thousand dollars from a Bank of America vehicle while driver George Alexander aged 27 was inside for coffee. The car served as an armored substitute because drivers were on strike. Alexander saw two tall suspects fleeing as police set road blocks.
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Oakland
Calif
Bank of American
George Alexander
West Oakland
Alexander
US Foreign Oil Imports Hit All Time High
U S imports of foreign oil rose last week to a record 1 545 200 barrels daily as reported by the American Petroleum Institute. U S crude and condensate production fell by 17 250 barrels daily to about 6 677 450 barrels per day. Heating fuel demand reduced distillate stocks by 6 838 000 barrels while gasoline inventories increased by 3 327 000 barrels.
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New York
U. S
American Petroleum Institute
Virginia Mine Operators May Protest Scales
An attorney for about 500 small Virginia coal mines warned they would sue if a federal wage minimum for bituminous coal is set by the Walsh-Healy act using United Mine Workers figures. The protest concerned UMW production and employment data, with hearings overseen by Judge Grant. proposals supported by UMW President Lewis and two large coal firms aim to establish minimum wages, while operators seek transfer to Norton Virginia for onsite review.
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Washington
Virginia
Secretary of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Walsh- Healy
Wallace M. Cohen
Grant
Coben
Angag SR
Walsh-Healy
Lewis
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Cohen
Norton
Widow Iver Wray Found Slain in Skinquarter Richmond
Virginia police issued a statewide alert for Mrs. Iver Wray's car after the 61 year old Chesterfield County widow was found strangled in her Skinquarter home. Dr Geofrey Mann said death was caused by manual strangulation with head injury and death estimated two to four days prior.
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Richmond
Chesterford County
Geoffrey T. Mann
Iver Wray
Carl
Rescuers Find 30 Bodies In Wreckage Of Twister
In bitter cold and rain rescuers search wreckage across Arkansas Mississippi and Alabama for victims of Tuesday’s tornado outbreak. Unofficial Mississippi death toll stands at 30 with possible name duplicates. many victims were Negro school children at Commerce Landing and Olive Branch. Ruthie Lee Clark 10 survived with facial cuts. teacher Lonnie Morgan 44 and two other children died.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Commerce Landing
Here
Olive Branch
Commerce Ng
Ruthie Lee Clark
Landing School
Lonnie Morgan
Mississido
Jury Deliberations Continue in Martha Thomas Slaying Trial
The Mercer County jury in the Martha Carroll Thomas case was locked up overnight after a 3 hour session. Prosecutors outlined the verdict options while defense argued Martha’s intoxication and relation to Carl Holland, urging jurors to doubt the state’s case.
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Thomas Case
Erma Evans
Princeton Daily Telegraph Bureau
Martha Carroll Thomas
Carl Holland
Princeton
Holland
Mercer County Criminal Court
Walter V. Ross
Ross
Wiliam Bivens
Owen Griffith
Walter Burton
Roscoe Pendleton
Burton
Martha
Pendleton
Martha Thomas
Insius
Cold Blast Hits Atlantic Coast Weather Across The Northeast
A severe cold wave brought subzero readings from Maine to New England with Boston at five degrees above zero. Unusually frigid conditions spread from Arkansas to Mississippi and Alabama where tornado deaths reached thirty, all in Mississippi. Snow bands swept from Eastern Kentucky to Southern New England, with five inches reported near Mobile.
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Beekmantown
N.Y
Saranac Lake
Boston
Burlington
Kentucky
New England
Mivile
US. Weather Bureau
Far West
Texas-New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Rockies
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Kansas
World A-Confab Set For Aug. 8
Dag Hammarskjold named Homi J. Bhabha as conference president and Walter G. Whitman as secretary general for the first world conference on peaceful uses of the atom to be held in Geneva starting August 8. The 12 day event includes 84 invited nations with five delegates each and 6 vice presidents from the science panel.
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United Nations
N.Y
P—U.n
Dag Hammarskjold
India
Geneva
Homi J. Bhabha
Atomic Energy Commission
Walter G. Whitman
Defense Department Research Board
Hammarskjold
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Brazil
Soviet Russia
Red China
Eisenhower
U.N. General Assembly
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