Korean Retreat in Korea
Descriptive vignette by Tom Lambert about a night withdrawal at Chongchon River front in Korea. Refugees move through Kum as U S forces retreat under threat from the Red horde while dust and cold envelop the road corridors. Lt Col Charles F. Kane’s outpost sparsely manned as refugees and weary civilians trudge away from the river.
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Tom Lambert
Hal Boyle
Chongchon River Front
Korea
Kum
Charles F. Kané
Cattwell
Ida
Office Cat and Deep Reader Echoes in Narrow Stakes
Two Decatur fishermen on a bridge bet who catches the first fish but stray thoughts shift to distant lights resembling New York and San Francisco bridges. The scene moves into frost slick fields, bare branches, and a retreating landscape as patrols urge speed along dark roads.
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Decatur
New York
Triborough Bridge
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
Sukchon
Pyongyang
Sunchon
Off the Bridge and Lighter Moments Across Society
A collage of brief comic sketches and odd headlines includes a dare gone awry about diving for bets, a mother calling a doctor about an ink swallowed baby, a 105 year old advising not to hurry, and a divorce tale over a money vow. Also a Baltimore clerk’s long career issuing licenses and a cemetery sign forbidding flower picking from other graves.
Community Notes From Morgan County Corinth
Bob Smith of Detroit visits for a few days. Drennen Luker and baby stay with Harry Luker’s family. Bob Smith departs for Detroit Monday. Raymond Smith visits Dock Bell. Ola Granade visits Holly Pond. Jack Bryant visits Bill Bryant’s family. C F Granade visits Ruth Blevins. Jessie Blankenship visits Bertha Holland. Mrs Laura Cooper ill. Louie Cooper stays with Marvin Blevins. Ora Woods and Lilly Mae Burden visit W B Blevins. Snow damages winter gardens. Newfoundlanders use Labradors to haul wood and hunt.
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Bob Smith
Detroit
Drennen Luker
Baby
Harry Luker
Bob. Smith
Michigan
Raymond Smith
Dock Bell
Ola Granade
Holly Pond
Jack Bryant
Bill Bryant
C. F. Granade
Ruth Blevins
Jessie Blankenship
Bertha Holland
Laura Cooper
Louie Cooper
Marvin Blevins
Ora Woods
Lilly Mae Burden
W. B. Blevins
Reds Blamed For Assassination Plot
Rep. Wood of Georgia said the plan to assassinate President Truman was communist inspired. He tied the Puerto Rican nationalist party to the attack and called it communist dominated. Wood spoke after returning from Puerto Rico and affirmed the link to the assailants.
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Washington
Rep. Wood
D-Ga
Truman
Wood
House
American Activities Committee
Puerto Rico
U.S
Navy
Benn Wins Bristol Special Election Narrowing Labour Majority
Labour retains a five seat Commons edge after Anthony Benn wins the Bristol special election over Conservative James Lindsay. Benn secured 19 367 votes to 12 018 for the seat vacated by Sir Stafford Cripps who resigned from government and the Commons.
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Bristol
England
House of Commons
Anthony Wedgewood Benn
Benn
James Louis Lindsay
Stafford Cripps
Commons
Time Between Paydays and Promises of Youth
A dialogue fragment features a speaker praising young men, a lawyer recalling childhood ambitions to be a pirate, Moe noting luck in realizing youth dreams, and a remark that time is the interval between paydays. The piece centers on aspiration, luck, and the passage of time.
Belfast By-Election Defies Labour Majority
Ill health has trimmed Labour's working majority to four in the Commons after a by election defeat in Belfast Northern Ireland. The outcome tightens political pressures for the government and reshapes parliamentary arithmetic in the region.
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Labor
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Deficit ESA Struggles to Form Voluntary Stabilization
Washington editors examine the Economic Stabilization Agency launched last September to urge voluntary wage and price restraints. With only 130 staffers and many vacancies, the ESA has yet to publish standards or a workable formula as steel wage swings force market changes.
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Washington
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Alan Valentine
FSA
U.S. Steel Corporation
Valentine
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
G. Griffith Johnson
Francis P. Whitehair
Yucca NM War State Says Air Supplies Grounded
The yucca in New Mexico is described as deriving most of its sustenance from the air, reflecting a unique claim about the region's state of war and environmental reliance.
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New Mexico
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