Korea War Shifts as UN Falls Back Under Chinese Push
The Korean conflict turns south as UN forces retreat past the 38th parallel under a massive Chinese and North Korean assault. Observers say frontline morale is high among soldiers despite homefront defeatism. The army plans an 8.5 million manpower build by July with 24 divisions envisioned, while draft quotas rise to 450,000. President Truman primes a new tax drive to fund defense, with expected higher personal and corporate levies.
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North Korea
South Korea
U.N
Korea
Congress
Truman
Generals Attend Haneda Vigil for Walker Burial
General officers stand at Haneda airport for the arrival of Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker's body from Korea. Walker, late commander of the 8th Army, is to be buried at Arlington. The U S note to Russia signals possible Japanese rearmament after a peace treaty.
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Doyle C. Hickey
Douglas MacArthur
Haneda Airport
Walton H. Walker
8Th U. S. Army
Korea
Walker
U. S
Arlington Cemetery
United States
Japan
Russia
Formosa
U.N
Big Four conference unlikely as Kremlin reply seen
The piece reports that Western powers face a cool Russian response to proposed big four talks on global issues and German rearmament. It cites Dean Acheson urging 1951 to hinge on production and faith, deterring aggression, while noting high US casualties in Korea and alarming Christmas traffic deaths.
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United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Germany
China
Far East
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Churchill
England
America
Water power plan would centralize federal oversight
A seven member President’s water resources policy commission urges a single national law to guide river basin development, reclamation, flood control, irrigation, navigation and home water supply. It calls for public and cooperative power growth, licensing private projects, and federal hydro plants to meet future demand, with an emphasis on hydro power as central to the program.
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Water Resources Policy Commission
United States
Morris L. Cooke
R. R. Keene
Montana State College
Lewis W. Jones
University of Arkansas
Gilbert White
Haverford College
Samuel N. Morris
Texas
Snead on Golf Swing and Teaching in 1950s
Sammy Snead discusses a holistic golf swing from head to feet, stressing balance, timing, and coordinated body movement. He notes common faults like tension and improper downswing timing and offers teaching insights alongside reflections on football’s booming 1950 Texas scene and Texas’s Cotton Bowl expectations.
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AM Snead
Vardon
Braid
Taylor
Jones
Hagen
Sarazen
Hogan
Nelson
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Snead
Grantland Rice
Sammy
Sam
Ben Hogan
How to Save a Nation from Its Grave Problems
The speaker warns of triple dangers from a possible third world war with Red Russia, runaway inflation, and national bankruptcy due to reckless spending. He blames the Roosevelt and Truman administrations for appeasement, inflation, and overstaffed government, arguing for spending cuts, reduced armaments, and halting costly projects like Columbia river power and irrigation until preparedness improves.
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Red Russia
Russia
State Department
Red Army
China
Congress
Red China
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Truman
Joe
Army reports Korean War casualties total 38 325
As of January 1 the army reported Korean War casualties at 38 325, up about 2 000 from the prior list. Dead totaled 6 432 with 5 742 killed in action, 684 died of wounds, and six missing. Wounded reached 27 012, including 684 later dying, and missing numbers were 4 753. Personnel by service: 32 066 army, 5 524 marines, 429 navy, 306 air force.
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Marines
Navy
Air Force
March of Dimes Campaign Opens Nationwide Effort
The 1951 March of Dimes campaign launches across the United States as a major drive against polio. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes more than 100,000 cases and $58,000,000 spent on patient care in three years, with 1950 aiding over 54,000 victims for $20,000,000. The fund is at its lowest point since inception.
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Korea
United States
Los Angeles
South Dakota
Dallas
Rice
Austin
Tennessee
Texas
Bob Neyland
National Foundation For
March of Dimes
National Fund
Foundation
Secretary Marshall Warns Against Rapid Mobilization
Secretary of Defense George Marshall urged caution in late 1950, warning that a too rapid mobilization could delay rearmament rather than hasten it. He cautioned against the belief that faster appropriations and swifter conscription would ensure safety.
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Secretary of Defense
George Marshall
Marshall
Ten drainage basins eyed for self sufficiency plan
The report lists ten river basins the Columbia Central Valley of California Colorado Rio Grande Missouri Ohio Tennessee Alabama Coosa Potomac and the Connecticut as candidates for self sufficiency. It asserts future prospects favor a fully developed water resources program with far reaching impacts.
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Columbia
Central Valley
California
Colorado
Rio Grande
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Alabama-Coosa
Potomac
Connecticut
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Ohio State
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South
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Wright A. Patterson
Othe
Columbia River
March of Dimes Fund Campaign
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Commerce
William Remington
Remington
Elizabeth Bentley
Dortscode Visioner
Athletics
Palay
Coaey
Clyd
University OF Michigan
Yost
Harold Arnett
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