Meanest Man of the Year nominee targets mothers in Tampa
The Tampa man who phones mothers of soldiers in Korea with false reports of deaths is named as the meanest figure. Also noted is Alabama Journal columnist Geoffrey Birt listing 1900 and 1950 county populations and unchanged legislative representation since 1901. The Daily highlights rapid growth in some Alabama counties versus others with small or negative changes over fifty years.
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Tampa
Florida
Korea
Geoffrey Birt
Alabama Journal
Alabama
Daily
Debate Over Korean War Objectives Sparks Public Shock
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports broad debate among U S policy makers about aims in Korea. The key question is whether UN forces should halt at the 38th parallel or seek to control all of Korea, revealing undecided long term goals as weeks of fighting continue.
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Associated Press
Washington
Korea
United Nations
38Th Parallel
People Ahead of Congress in War Mobilization Says Pastor
Rev. John Troxler of Westminster Presbyterian told Kiwanis the American people, not Congress or the President, are ahead in thinking a war footing is needed. He warned of fighting Communism on a large scale, the Korean conflict as a prelude, and Russia aiming to world rule. He urged readiness, unity, and paying the costs to defend the American way of life.
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John Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
National Guard
Congress
Kiwanis Club
Russia
Word mixups spark political mixups in Decatur tale
A Decatur column recalls public figures misreading words in public, noting Mayor O Dwyer of New York mistook moral rearmament for disarmament, drawing laughs from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. It recalls Warren R Austin at Quitandinha, who spoke for the wrong side in a hemispheric defense motion, altering the vote.
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Decatur
O’dwyer
New York
World Assembly
Switzerland
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Warren R. Austin
United States
United Nations
Austin
Quitand
Washington Merry-Go-Round: Senators Cash In With Lectures
The Korean crisis trims lecture fees for Congress members yet many still tour on weekends. Fees range from 200 to 750 dollars per evening, with Vice President Barkley fetching up to 1500. Humprey, Morse, Kefauver all turn to paid speaking to cover campaign debts and living costs.
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Washington
Barkley
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Lecturers of Note Speak for Fees and Fame
A top drawing card on the lecture circuit is Congressman Franklin D Roosevelt whose famous name commands a fat fee. His profits fund extra staff and he paid 12 000 from his own pocket for help last year. The best paid is Vice President Barkley, who can name his price. Millionaire senators like Bob Kerr lecture for charity such as the Baptist Foundation. Speakers bureaus take 30 percent. Notable speakers: Tobey Douglas O Mahoney Bridges Hill Brewster. Private citizens can hear similar speeches on Congress floors for free. Joe McCarthy’s fee has trebled after his communist charges. Rayburn and Taylor won’t speak for money.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Barkley
Oklahoma
Bob Kerr
Kerr
The
Baptist Foundation
Oklahoma City
Charles Tobey
New Hamp Shire
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California
Joseph O’mahoney
Wyoming
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Lister Hill
Alabama
Owen Brewster
Maine
Congress
Joe McCarthy
State Department
Sam Rayburn
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Atomic bombs plan hinges on world war risk
A secretive Air Force memo outlines a blueprint to bomb Russia if Korea expands into World War III. It envisions using atomic bases in Europe or, if unavailable, B 36s delivering bombs from the Atlantic coast. The main challenge cited is breaking three radar rings guarding central Russia.
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Air Force
Finletter
Russia
Europe
Atlantic
Living Good Will Through Deeds and Understanding
ARLIER DAVIDSON argues that good will cannot be achieved by talk alone and urges actions to foster internationalism. He suggests learning about other groups, judging individuals on merit, aiding the common welfare, and forming cross group friendships to overcome prejudice.
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Judg
Atomic arms and radar race in Cold War era note
The text contrasts Soviet and American defenses, noting vast frontiers and poor communications risk B 36 penetration, while the radar wall is only half completed. It argues atomic weapons remain cheapest military armament, costing more to train a division than the AEC's annual budget, as Russia rushes atomic power development.
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Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Bradley Draws Korea Fight Parallels to Omaha Beach
Gen Omar Bradley told the President that American troops won t be pushed from Korea. He likened Korea to Omaha Beach with similar divisions, German opposition, air and sea control, and noted Allied success at Normandy as a guiding parallel.
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Korea
Omar Bradley
Europe
Omaha Beach
Bradley
Normandy
United Nations
D-Day
Army Denial Rebutts Pearson On Korean Casualties
Drew Pearson’s column about Army casualty numbers drew a sharp denial from an Army spokesman. Maj Gen G E Armstrong testified to the Senate that casualties in Korea were 661 killed, 2 970 wounded, and 3 000 missing, with Pearson’s figures off by a few points. The report notes a shift from World War II practice toward less frank public disclosure.
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ARMY
Drew Pearson
Korea
Army Strong
Senate Appropriations Committee
Armstrong
Pearson
Sicily
Jelly aids wounds in New Delhi experiment
Two Indian scientists, Dr. V. B. Lal and Dr. P. B. L. Verma, of the New Delhi Blood Bank and Blood Transfusion Service, report using blood jelly and blood cells to heal chronic ulcers. They claim 50 ulcer cases treated successfully this year.
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New Delhi
V. B. Lal
P. B. L. Verman
Egypt to Aid Hotels with Subsidies in Cairo Op Plan
Egypt follows France by subsidizing its hotel industry with 2,152,000 dollars for renewal and modernization. Loans cover up to fifty percent of repair costs, supporting the sector as foreign currency tourism grows.
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Egypt
Cairo
France
AS Pegler Loses Faith in Herald Tribune Book Reviews
Pegler rails at the New York Herald Tribune for bias in books about communism, Lattimore, and Am erasia. He questions reviewers like Richard Lauterbach and cites Gayn’s Japan Diary as an example of left leaning coverage and connections to the McCarthy era.
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New York
New York Herald
Tribune
Owen Lattimore
Roosevelt
Joe McCarthy
Lattimore
Gayn
Marshall Field
Chicago Sun
Field
the Sun
Amerasia
Louis Weiss
Washington
Carol Weiss King
Harry Bridges
Earl Browder
Weiss
Alger Hiss
Japan
Sunday Book Review
Richard Lauterbach
Far East
Time
Life
Luce
Lauterbach
Korea
Mark Gayn
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
War Department
Soviet Russia
New York Herald Tribune
Sun
Communist Sheet
Herald Tribune
Ballyhoo
Napoleonic echo at Naktong front from General Gay
Major General Hobart R. Gay, amid the U S Cavalry on the Naktong front in Korea, recalls waves of North Korean troops in a Napoleonic pattern. He notes the first wave of conscripts with sticks, followed by greener soldiers, then better armed fighters, and a formidable fourth wave pressing the others.
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U. S
Naktong
Korea
INS
Hobart R. Gay
Napoleon
Local notes and military recollections in Morgan County
Recounted visits and family gatherings in Morgan County Pleasant View with names such as Miss Lorene Turrentine and Mrs. Bessie Cheatham. Interwoven are World War II era frontline reflections from General Hank Allen and Lt General Norstad discussing North Korean prisoners and frontline readiness. The piece blends local social updates with battlefield insights and a moment of frontline realism.
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Morgan County
Pleasant View
Lorene Turrentine
Edna Looney
Louise Looney
Coy Turrentine
Henry Dotson
Ruthie Turrentine
Bascom Holmes
Frank Yates
Eldean Payne
J.D. Staples
Bessie Cheatham
Mildred Reed
Summerford
Bobby Staples
Tennessee
Cleo Minor
Decatur
David Maddox
Gladys
Dotson
James Sharp
Bill Carr
Carl Bennett
Hubert Reed
Less Cheatham
W. L. McClellan
Audrey Dotson
Visia Hampton
Mollie Lee Hogan
War humors as Korean line blurs with uncertainty
Amid shelling near the Naktong a visiting American general studies a serpentine line of Koreans at the battalion post. He questions if they are police or army, and a cavalry officer shrugs that he cannot be sure. The exchange captures the confusion and fatigue of the front in the early Korean War.
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Naktong Line
Hank Allen
Ike Eisenhower
Allen
Red
38Th Parallel
Naktong
First Cavalry
Child Who Lives On Blood Is Given Account In Bank
Irene Waters, a three and a half year old at Jefferson-Hillman hospital, lives on transfusions due to no marrow and not making blood. Her parents beg for blood. naval reserve members donated 40 pints to the hospital blood bank. Irene receives transfusions twice monthly. sister Jo anne, 6, is healthy.
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Birmingham
Ala
Irene Waters
Naval Reserve
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Irene
Joanne
Mrs. Hunters Advice To Women 15 to 40
A Lima Ohio woman named Mrs Roy Hunter testifies that Scalf's Indian River Medicine relieved prolonged headaches weakness nervousness and insomnia after 12 years of illness She reports rapid weight gain and improved sleep and urges other women 15 to 40 to try the tonic claiming it has helped grateful users for over 48 years The ad claims a money back guarantee and availability at drug stores
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Roy Hunter
Lima
Ohio
Scalf
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