Harriman Reports High Morale at Korean Front
President Truman's special assistant on foreign affairs W Averell Harriman visited a battalion command post near the front in Korea and met with Lt Gen Walton Walker and Syngman Rhee. He found American and South Korean leaders cheerful and optimistic and noted strong Allied air ground support. He planned to report findings to President Truman and depart Tokyo.
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Kelmin Morin
Tokyo
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Japan
Harriman
Eighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Formosa
Taipei
Walker
Korea
Syngman Rhee
John Muccio
U. S
Rhee
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Frank B. Lowe
Far East
MacArthur
France Sets Three Year Rearmament Plan Amid Cold War Push
France pledged a three year rear mament program to deter Communist aggression and urged Britain and the United States to base a sufficient number of divisions in continental Europe. The plan totals about 5.71 billion dollars with an immediate rise in military spending and 15 new divisions for the army.
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Paris
France
Britain
U. S
Europe
Truman
Denmark
Norway
G I s Strip Praise Of Russia from Walls
Veterans of the reserve 13th armored division at CAMP COOKE California remove wartime government posters praising Russia from their old barracks. The posters hailed the United Nations. The sites have not been used since 1946.
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Camp Cooke
Calif
13Th Armored Division
Russia
United Nations
G.i.’S
Woman Admits To Double Slaying In Chicago
Deputy Police Commissioner John O Malley said Lydia Pyka twenty six admitted Saturday night to killing her father Andred Kondos fifty five and his wife Karolina fifty one after a quarrel.
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Chicago
INS
John O’malley
Lydia Pyka
Andred Kondos
Karolina
Boss Pays Florida Truck Fine After SOS From Worker
In Medina New York Willie Barnes was fined for operating a truck with a Florida license. His employer rushed to court to settle the fine in a car also bearing Florida plates. Both were fined.
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Medina
N. Y
Willie Barnes
Florida
Food dealers report drop in hoarding in New York
In New York and upstate, a food dealers association says the impulse to hoard has subsided and business is back to normal. Edward A. Hausman, executive secretary of the Auboro Retail Fruit Association, notes no food shortage and expects sugar to return to normal within a week.
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New York
Food Dealers’ Association
Edward A. Hausman
Auboro Retail Fruit Association
Hausman
Chinese shore batteries hit British freighter near Hong Kong
In the Hong Kong area, Chinese Communist shore batteries fired on the 5,000 ton British freighter Hangsang, wounding two ship officers. The attack occurred about 15 miles south of Hong Kong, near the spot where five shells hit the American freighter Steel Rover a day earlier.
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Hong Kong
Steel Rover
McCarthy Calls Tydings a Lapdog in Criticism
Senator McCarthy accused Senator Tydings, chair of the senate armed services committee, of failing in his duties and described him as a useless lapdog. He criticized the small military spending for Korea and questioned why only $200 was allotted from the Korea fund among $87.3 million appropriated.
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Milwaukee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wisconsin Retail Food Dealers Association
South Korea
Vivien Leigh Returns to Lead Streetcar Film
Vivien Leigh arrives in Hollywood for the first time in ten years to star as the lead in the film adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire. She is married to Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Hollywood
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Hiroshima Mayor Hopes Atom Bomb Not Used
On the fifth anniversary of Hiroshima’s atomic bombing Mayor Shinso Hamai of Hiroshima said every sane person hopes the atom bomb will not be used in Korea. He urged awareness of what happened and stated the city holds no bitterness.
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Los Angeles
Hiroshima
Shinso Hamai
Korea
Tornado Strikes Northwest Kansas with Torrential Storms
A tornado swept through at least four counties in northwest Kansas Sunday night, accompanied by heavy rain and large hail. Local officials reported widespread damage and emergency crews responding to affected towns.
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Oberlin
Kan
Ins
Kansas
Philippines Offer Infantry Regiment to Korea
Philippine President Quirino announced that Manila would send a fully trained 5,000 man infantry regiment to Korea at once. The offer followed Congress approving dispatch at the government's expense and included plans to train volunteers if more troops were needed with outside funding. The unit could serve wherever required, including possible aid for Formosa defense.
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Manila
Philippines
Korea
Quirino
MacArthur
Formosa
Drownings Strike Boys Aged Fifteen to Nineteen Most
Drownings occur among boys between ages 15 and 19 more often than in any other group, highlighting a high risk in adolescence. Public health data show trends across regions with focus on prevention and safety awareness for youth.
Three Oxford Brothers Voluntarily Join War Effort
In Fort Worth AP reports the three Oxford brothers Pvt. H. C. Oxford Pfc. John L. Oxford and Sgt. Thomas R. Oxford all marine air reservists were called to active duty on Sunday. They requested and received permission to serve together with their mother expressing a wish for the brothers to stay together no matter what.
Draft Delinquents Warned by FBI in New York
The New York FBI office warned draft delinquents Sunday night they may face prison terms. About 24 percent of men called by selective service in the New York City area failed to appear for examinations. Special Agent in Charge Edward Scheidt said willful violators may receive five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He urged anyone who made an honest mistake to confer with the draft board.
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New York
FBI
Selective Service
New York City
Edward Scheidt
Scheidt
Sherry and Marion Rees Marry in Laguna Beach
William Grant Sherry age 33 and Marion Rees age 23 wed in a Sunday ceremony in Laguna Beach California. Sherry is the former husband of Bette Davis.
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Laguna Beach
Calif
William Grant Sherry
Bette Davis
Marion Ree
Sunny
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