Two Million Casualties Mark Korean War Toll
United Nations reports more than two million military casualties in Korea. Totaling 2,129,310 with 364,370 U.N. casualties and 1,764,940 Communist losses, civilians are excluded. The figure includes non battle deaths and prisoners, with notes on plagues and illness.
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A. J. Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Central Korea
Republic of South Korea
Assembly
Lester B. Pearson
India
Pearson
Korea
U. S
Settlement Ends Montgomery Bus Strike Threat
Montgomery city bus officials report a settlement reached on a new contract with drivers and mechanics. Wage terms include 11 cent hourly boosts lifting drivers from 1.29 to 1.40 and mechanics from 1.44 to 1.55. union officials reportedly voted to accept.
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Montgomery
Montgomery City Bus Lines
J. H. Bagley
Bagley
AFL
Calvert Dies of Heart Attack While Deer Hunting
Col. Thomas J. Calvert assistant manager of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuscaloosa died of a heart attack on a deer hunting trip Saturday. He collapsed near Bellamy southwest of Tuscaloosa.
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Tuscaloosa
Thomas J. Calvert
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bellamy
Oxidation of tissue as chemical basis for life
The statement asserts that life rests on tissue oxidation. It frames oxidation as the fundamental chemical process underlying living systems and suggests a direct link between oxidative reactions and biological activity.
Casualties and Repatriation Debate in Korean War Truce Talks
U N casualty figures show the ROK with 224,780 total losses and the United States with 127,658, including dead wounded and missing. Pentagon notes 85 out of 100 wounded return to duty as talks at Panmunjom stall over prisoner repatriation and a U N plan to create a commission.
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ROK
U. S
U. N
Roks
Panmunjom
Pentagon
Unified Command For
Korea
George E. Armstrong
Army
Woman Guilty In Poison Case
Batavia Ohio December 13 Mrs Davie Blanche Dean 54 is convicted of first degree murder in the rat poison death of her husband Hawkins Dean 68 to obtain his 27000 estate. Jury recommends no mercy making a death sentence mandatory. If carried out she would be the second Ohio woman executed by electric chair.
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Batavia, CO
Davie Blanche Dean
Dean
Ohio
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
Azusa Town Name From A To Z U S A
Residents of Azusa California derived the town name by combining the first and last letters of the alphabet with U S A Fremont Newlin from Hutchinson Kansas notes a shy man at a dinner party finally speaks with a compliment that backfires. Hollywood is described as a palm lined city with many palms itching. A joke about losing and regaining possessions ends with a family discussing a bicycle as a behavioral spread.
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Azusa
Cal
Fremont Newlin
Hutchinson
Kan
Hollywood
Lowell Thomas
Seven Excuses For A Party And Miscellany
A jumble of dated quirks and jokes lists Jan 31 1942 divorce suit for Ann Shirley and Feb 1 anniversary of juke box ban. Includes Groundhog Day Babe Ruth birthday and humorous mishearings about marriage. A suburban family trains a cat burial tale ends incomplete with stray gag lines.
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Ann Shirley
Sidney Lanier
American Social Hygiene Association
Mexico
Babe Ruth
Esquire
Boiled Ham Hidden in Mystery Bundle
A man repeatedly returns home with a bundle that provokes scolding from his wife and anger from his mother. The bundle finally opens to reveal a boiled ham, solving the odd household mystery and prompting a note on fair treatment for all.
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Mother
Decatur Junior-Dad Question on Male Rights
A fragment ponders why a man cannot have more liberty and rights with a refrain about arms before and behind. The line suggests a social or legal debate on masculine freedom. No clear event or names beyond Decatur.
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Decatur
Two New Alabama Circuit Solicitors Named by Governor
Gov. Gordon Persons named two appointees to Alabama circuit solicitor posts. Leney Stephens Jr. was chosen for the 12th Judicial Circuit and Louis P. Moore for the 24th. Moore’s appointment was announced as pending official action.
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Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Leney Stephens Jr
Louis P. Moore
Moore
Fire causes top the list from school group
Assistant Fire Marshal J. F. Seagraves asked an elementary school group to name the three biggest causes of fires. A clever pupil replied Men, women and children, delivering a punch line that highlights familiar risks in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
J. F. Seagraves
First Guns Produced in Early 14th Century
A historical note indicates that the first firearms were crafted during the early 1300s, marking the emergence of gunmaking. This period highlights early European innovation in weaponry, setting the stage for later developments in arms technology.
Inheritance Law Cited on Protecting the Weak
A speaker counsels that aging individuals rely on law to safeguard those unable to defend themselves. The remark, attributed to a father addressing his son, highlights protective legal principles and moral responsibility.
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Dad
Son
Expanded Safety Education Program Urged By Rep. Jones
Congressman Bob Jones pushes a multi million dollar federal program to fund traffic safety education starting in public schools and to partner with agencies like the National Safety Council. Gov. Gordon Persons supports state funding to match federal money. Public safety officials say classroom work and law enforcement are both key to reducing highway deaths.
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Rep
Jones
Rex Thomas Montgomery
Bob Jones
Ala
Congress
Alabama
National Safety Council
Washington
Gordon Persons
L. B. Sullivan
N. W. Kimbrough
Schools Debate Safety Education Courses Funding
Computary safety education courses in the school have been suggested from time to time but officials say they lack facilities and money. The State Board of Education urged superintendents and principals to focus on the safety problem, a recommendation only. Board member Charles G. Dobbins of Montgomery said he would not hesitate to suggest mandatory instruction if funds are available.
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Kimbrough
State Board of Education
Charles G. Dobbins
Montgomery
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