45th Division To Leave Korea
The U S 45th Thunderbird Division will return to the United States between February 15 and March 15, with only eligible soldiers earning rotation points allowed to depart. The 40th Division will follow considerably later. Gen Maxwell D Taylor announced the withdrawals, noting both divisions saw heavy action late in the war.
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Seoul
U. S. 45Th
Thunderbird
Korea
Oklahoma National Guard
United States
U.S. 40Th
California National Guard
Eisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S.8th Army
40Th
45Th
Batchelor Speaks On Repatriation and Arrests
Cpl. Claude J. Batchelor, a second prisoner who switched to repatriation, says he is not surprised by the arrest of Cpl. Edward S. Dickenson and believes the arrest may signal a broader inquiry. A military source hints at a larger tale of crimes by Americans in North Korean camps, including beatings, food theft, and black market activity.
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Tokyo
Claude J. Batchelor
Reds
Edward
Dickenson
Batchelor
Song-Gong
Washington
Molotov Seeks Chinese Voice at Berlin Talks
In Berlin Molotov demanded Red China join the foreign ministers conference, a move unlikely to succeed as Dulles Eden and Bidault meet for unity talks. He arrived in snow, met by East German officials, while Western ministers received large brass band welcomes.
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U.S
John Foster Dulles
Berlin
Templehof
Washington
Molotov
West
Red China
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Red
China
Foreign Ministers
Frigid Schoenefeld Airfield
Dulles
Britain
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
France
Red Radio
Chinese People's Republic
Europe
Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
East Berlin
Eden
Bidault
Probers Study Voice Content in U S Information Program
The Senate Investigations subcommittee led by Senator McCarthy reports that parts of the Voice of America content mark America broadcasts as biased and disloyal to the American way of life. It notes that some Voice staff were not dedicated to U S ideals and calls for questioning of the USIA director while citing security dismissals among staff.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Voice of American
America
Voice
Eisenhower
United States Information Agency
USIA
State Department
Voice of America
Acheson Group
Dean Acheson
Theodore C. Streibert
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy Subcommittee
Subcommittee
The
Ife
Bricker Amendment Sparks Bitter Washington Fight
President Eisenhower faces a stormy clash in Congress over the Bricker amendment aimed at curbing treaty powers. Senator Bricker accuses misrepresentation, while Senate leaders warn the proposal could threaten the Constitution. The week centers on the budget message asserting a $65.9 billion request for 1955 and debates over defense funding and farm price supports.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Bricker
Senate
Sen
Ohio
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The
Sen. Knowland
California
GOP
Congress
Truman
Churchill Eyes Possible Early Summer Retirement
London dispatch notes rampant speculation over Prime Minister Winston Churchill possibly retiring in the coming months. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden is seen as likely successor, with talk of Churchill remaining as elder statesman or moving to the House of Lords if he leaves his post.
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London
Britain
Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Anthony Eden
Eden
House of Lords
Cyril Osborne
Conservative
Elizabeth II
Osborne
Lord Woolton
Walter Monckton
Woolton
Monckton
London Evening Standard
Lord Beaverbrook
Brand New Excuse Wins Suspended Sentence
Doyle Springs, 30, received a suspended sentence after testifying he was speeding to return to jail. He said a law allows a daily furlough to keep his job, and he hurried back from work while driving 40 in a 25 mile zone.
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Milwaukee
Doyle Springs
Springs
Frank Gregorski
Martin charges leftists promoting hard times
Philadelphia January 31 House Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr accuses left wing eggheads of forcing politics toward socialism He cites unemployment trends from 1949 50 and 1953 as proof of economic stability and dismisses leftist forecasts as pretexts for political gains. He names Democratic Action and Eugene Varga as sources of doom for 1953 and 1954.
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Philadelphia
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
Martin
Americans For Democratic Action
Eugene Varga
Guyan Country Club Fire Destroys Huntington Landmark
The Guyan Golf and Country Club clubhouse burned early today near Huntington, a total loss with damages estimated up to 400000. Fire Chief Floyd L. Crouse placed structure damage at 100000 and equipment at 300000, with insurers covering 100000 for the building and 25000 for gear. About 600 golf sets and stock were destroyed, leaving only a piano and a few items saved. The fire, likely burning two hours before discovery, overwhelmed three fire companies with limited water supply.
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Huntington
Guyan Golf and Country Club
Huntington Society
Floyd L. Crouse
R. F. Steiner
Frank Gooch
Charleston
Crouse
Advisers Urge Tariff Rate Cut
The 17 member foreign policy commission urged President Eisenhower to seek a gradual 15 percent cut in U.S. tariff rates with broader powers to reduce rates further. They backed expanded Western European trade and a three year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements law while warning free trade is unlikely under current conditions. Page 3 continues.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Page
Congress
Clarence Randall
Chicago
Board of Inland Steel Co
Europe
U. S
Secret police chief ousted from East German party
In Berlin on January 23 1953 Wilhelm Zaisser former head of East Germany s secret police was expelled from the Communist party as a scapegoat for last June s anti Red workers revolt Zaisser and Rudolf Herrnstadt former editor of Neles Deutschland were cast out by the party central committee according to the Soviet zone radio.
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Berlin
East Germany
Wilhelm Zaisser
Communist Party
Soviet Zone
Zaisser
Rudolf
Herrnstadt
Neles Deutschland
Ifrom
Marines Open Probes Into Colonels Prisoner Case
The Marine Corps and Army launch formal investigations into actions of Col Frank H Schwable and Col Edward Dickenson while prisoners of the Chinese. Defense officials note timing and seek to clarify who spoke for the Pentagon as 21 Americans remain in Korea. Schwable had falsely confessed to germ warfare under captivity and released from the 1953 prisoner exchange.
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Washington
Stafu
Marine Corps
Army
Defense Department
Edward §. Dickenson
Cracker’s Neck
Korea
Dickenson
Corps
Frank H. Schwable
Marine Aviation
Department
Panmunjom
United States
Schwable
Arlington
United States Air Force
North Korea
Air Force
Monday Deadline Set for Bricker Treaty Compromise
Washington datelined report says administration leaders set a Monday deadline to reach agreement with Senator Bricker on a constitutional amendment governing treaty effectiveness. Senate Republicans led by Knowland and Ferguson prepared a substitute to make treaties the supreme law and reviewable, while Bricker favors limiting congressional action.
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Washington
Sen
Bricker
Rohio
Knowland
California
GOP
Eisenhower
House
White House
United States
Senate
Len Ferguson R-Mich
Iit
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Probers
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate Agriculture Committee
Benson
Neutral Zone
Allied
John E. Hull
U. N. Pat East
Hull
Uas
J. K. Lacey
Military Armistice Commission
Red Side
Wilson
Cpl
Edwards
Peiping Radio
M7 Eee
Indian Command
Red Cross
Harold D. Fisher
HM3
Oskosh
Wis
Jack M. Vance
St. Louis
Inchon
Guyan Country Club
Govan Club
Westmoreland Club
West Virginia
Denny Shute
Shute
Herman Shute
Spring Valley Club
Red Party
Pentagon
Schwable Welcomes Probe
Judiciary Committee
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