Formosa Crisis May Shift Draft and Army Plans
The Formosa defense crisis could alter the U S military plan to shrink manpower. Gen Ridgway warned that cutting Army personnel risks Far East security. President Eisenhower urged a four year draft extension and a larger reserve program while monthly calls fall to 10 11 thousand.
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Formosa
Formosa-defense
Matthew B. Ridgway
Army
House
Armed Services Committee
Far East
Charles E. Wilson
Eisenhowker
Capitol Hill
Wilson
Congress
Eisenhower
Robert T. Stevens
Ridgway
Defense Department
Draft service in wartime steadies call and induction rates
The passage notes that most draftees and volunteers undergo basic training and processing overseas, totalling about a year within a two-year term. It adds that induction numbers, averaged monthly, run slightly higher than monthly draft calls due to the Selective Service processing both volunteers and draftees.
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Selective Service
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files February 4 1935
A slight outbreak of mumps confined to the Second Grade at Washington School. The same room had suffered loss of enrollment from a chicken pox scare weeks earlier. Ice hockey debuted with a 5 1 city win over Elgin. Harold Cragg led Corry Recreation Alleys to a big win at Warren. Cragg rolled a 706 series with 166 244 275. Advent Christian Church elected officers for the coming year including deaconesses Eleanor Young and James Anderson as clerk treasurer Margaret Rounds as trustee.
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Washington
Harold Cragg
Corry
Arcade Recreations
Warren
Focal
Cragg
Advent Christian Church
Elinors Young
James Anderson
Margaret Rounds
Services Conducted On Ravelin Hill For Mrs Hasbrouck
Community notices detail services for Mrs Elsie Hasbrouck and the Ravelin Hill area. Attendees from East Lake Ohio and Sterrettanis Pennsylvania joined regional families for church and social events. Local 4 H demonstrations covered hoof trimming and cooking, with plans for future shows at the Hathway home and a postponed skating party due to cold.
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Ravelin Hill
Melvin Reslink
Amos White
Helen Garlisch
Jimmy
Mahlon Sweet Home
Myrl Babcock
Jon
Robert Hoag
Northeast
Bruce McCray
Clifford White
David Pierson
Palmer
Bessie Wilson
Pahams
Park Home
Richard Gogeins
Ernest Caflisch
Erie
French Creek
French Creek Center
Elsie Hasbrouck
E. C. Whitworth Jr
Ann Whitworth
Albert Whitworth
Jonathan Whitworth
East Lake
Jerry Barnes
Cleveland
Elsa Amy
Wallace Amy
Charles Amy
Sterrettanis
Rex Theatre Rewards School Patrols With Passes
The Rex Theatre management issued passes to school patrols as a reward for their work during the past week. The tickets cover tomorrow's matinee of Green Fire and are meant to boost interest in the patrol program. The plan will be voted on by local fraternal organizations, with results announced soon. Police Chief Harley Drake praised Patrolman Frank Carnegie for leading the effort.
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Rex Theatre
Harley Drake
Frank Carnegie
How Smart Are You Test Your Knowledge Quiz
A reader quiz asks about world capitals ten years ago Rome New York Paris Milan London or Venice. asks which national park is largest Everglades Glacier Mt McKinley Yellowstone Yosemite. asks which commandment covers adultery killing bearing false witness or honoring parents. asks Kremlin claim on Russia’s 200 million population and Communist party members. asks whether the name Palestine does or does not...
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U. Sarena
Rome
New York
Paris
Milan
London
Venice
Everglades
Glacier
Mt. McKinley
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Kremlin
Russi
Communist Party
Palestine
Soapy Williams Controversy Across Midwestern States
A man nicknamed Soapy Williams is identified as governor of Illinois Michigan Ohio Tennessee or Texas in a historical query about Philistine geography. The note questions whether the rulers hailed from that ancient people rather than a modern Midwestern political figure.
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Soapy
Williams
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Boy and dog die in Glenwillard house fire
A 15 year old boy named John Tilly and his pet collie Puddles perished in a Glenwillard home fire. Firefighters found the charred remains in the grandparents Front Street residence after a blaze that started shortly after 2 a.m. Damage was estimated at 15 000 dollars and the cause was not immediately known. Grandparents John Muller escaped from a roof.
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Wy Assochewu
Pittsburgh
Glenwillard
John ‘Tilly
Front Street
John Muller
Pen
Wesley Saveno
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