Civilian defense push grows amid Cold War tensions
AP report outlines how civilian defense in the United States has lagged since World War II. It traces steps from OCD to NSRB and OCM, notes delays in planning and funding, and details proposed costs for a nationwide civil defense program over the next three years. Names include Truman, NSRB, OCM, and Mullard Caldwell.
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James Marlow Washington
China
Civian
Iti
Pearl Harbor
Hoosewelt
OCD
Office of Civilian Defense
Army
Truman
NSRB
National Security Resources Board
NSRG
OCM
Korea
Fune
OCN
States
Cies
American Municipal Association
Uie
U.S
Trur Jean
Congress & Flueprint
United States Civil Defense
NLRB
Truman Administration
Congress
Civil Defense
OCM Wa
Civil Defense Agency
Civilian Defense
Mullard
F. Caldwell, Jr
Florida
Busy Ohio wife credits Hadacol for quick energy
Mrs Arthur Meber of 4308 Hart Avenue Cineinal Ohio describes speedy kitchen and laundry routines powered by Hadacol. She says after nervous fatigue she could not eat until starting Hadacol and now reports steadier nerves, full appetite, and enjoyment of food. She notes bottle sizes and price and urges readers to buy only the genuine product from The LeBlanc Corp.
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Arthur Meber
Hart Avenue
Cineinal
Ohio
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corp
Lafayette
Adv
Dothan Business Shows Steady October Upturn
In October the Dothan area saw gains across most business indicators with bank debits rising to 19.449 million, demand deposits up 10 percent from September, and savings deposits up 38 percent year over year. Postal receipts also increased 10.4 percent from the prior month, while building permits totaled 482,631 with 308,321 for residential and 173,300 nonresidential. Unemployment figures showed mixed movement as nonagricultural placements fell 5.5 percent from September but new applications surged 118 percent and initial unemployment claims rose to 65 in October.
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Dothan
Bureau of Business Research
University of Alabama
Tordly
Alabama
State Employment Service
SSA Day Proposed For Combat Troops
Washington AP reports Rep. Potter proposes $150 extra monthly pay for combat GIs and a $5 daily hazardous duty supplement. He plans to reintroduce the bill in January. Potter cites his wartime experience in infantry service and losses. Siberian Verkhoyansk records extreme January cold.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
Congress
They Are Expendable The Chinese Invasion Might Doom UN
The World Today discusses Chinese forces massed in Korea and Manchuria. MacArthur faces an Allied line to halt a Red avalanche of roughly 810,000 troops with 200,000 more en route and up to three million in China proper. Chinese tactics rely on massed manpower, coercion, and sometimes narcotics, making soldiers appear expendable to sustain the war effort. The piece notes the UN fears a broader war if Peiping commits more forces, given China’s vast population of 500 million.
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China
United Nations
Kotes
MacArthur
North Korea
Manchuria
Peiping
Korea
Average man recounts lifelike ledger of days lived
A dated reflective piece sketches a fifty year man’s daily ledger. It lists roughly six thousand days slept, six thousand five hundred days worked, four hundred days amused, one thousand five hundred days eaten, and five hundred days “iff” to gauge the span of ordinary routines in a concise, almost ledger like record.
Costly Fire Destroys Mardi Gras Material
A major blaze devastated Rex Mardi Gras costumes for the 1951 parade in New Orleans. Firefighters faced collapse of a fiery wall and injuries during the effort. Eighteen people were fined in Recorder's Court, with penalties for drunkenness and driving offenses linked to the incident. Rex organizers faced doubt about rebuilding floats for next year’s carnival. A library note mentions Congress holdings and a 58,045 book addition.
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New Orleans
Hospital
Tone Ee
Calan Tuet
Wade
Howard Dey
William Dickson
Henry Sauter
William Allen
Chambera
Rexor 1
Mit
J. W. Collins
Rex
Marc
Louisiana Legal System Follows Napoleonic Code
The only U S state not based on English common law, Louisiana uses civil law rooted in the Napoleonic Code with statutes shaping its judiciary and governance. This distinct legal heritage contrasts with the common law traditions of the other states and informs Louisiana's codified approach to laws and civil matters.
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Union
Louisiana
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