Heavy Casualties Inflicted On Reds
Allied forces push toward Seoul as U N ground troops report 5790 enemy casualties on Friday. Red Chinese and North Korean losses near 15000 since the drive began Jan 25. American and Turkish units counterattack near Suwon and Inchon while air forces strike Seoul outskirts.
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Eighth Army
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Inchon
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William J. Waugh
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RFC Probe Members Disagree On RFC Reform Approach
Senate investigators split over how to handle outside influence at the RFC. Fulbright favors a single administrator to replace the five man board. Capehart wants to keep the board with more powers for the chairman. The full committee approved a report accusing three RFC directors of yielding to outside influence on several loans.
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D-Ark
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R-Ind
Justice Department
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D-Tenn
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William E. Willett
C. Edward Rowe
W. Elmer Harber
Walter Harber Cosgriff
Rowe
Dunham
Willett
Donald Dawson
Negro Pilot Cleared as Air Force Drops Loyalty Charges
Air Force Secretary Finletter completed a personal review and dropped dis loyalty charges against Capt. Charles A. Hill Jr., a 25 year old Detroit Negro, who had faced pressure to resign or face a board of inquiry. Hill had alleged pressure over alleged communist ties of relatives and a charge he read Daily Worker. The service praised his World War II record and expressed regret over starting the loyalty proceeding.
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Air Force Today
Air Force
Finletter
Charles A. Hill, Jr
Detroit
Hill
Senatorial Word War On Again
The war of words between Senators Benton and McCarthy flared anew as Benton accused McCarthy of arbitrarily removing Senator Margaret Chase Smith from a key Senate subcommittee. McCarthy defended his move and said Benton’s tirades reveal the mental misfits behind the fight over State Department funding and wartime committees.
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McCarthy
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State Department
Connecticut
Smith
Truman
GOP
Nationwide Mail Embargo Ordered Mediation Board First Try Fails
Republican leaders urged that new taxes be delayed until Congress acts to cut President Truman's proposed spending. Senator Byrd signaled a $9.1 billion reduction in the Truman budget of $71.5 billion for the coming fiscal year.
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Byrd
D-Va
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Policy Committee
Butler
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Cannon
Dmo
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower Confidence Aims to Bolster Anti Defeatism
Washington officials say Eisenhower’s belief in a western wall of security offsets defeatism and could win stronger congressional support for expanding Allied European Command and other measures. Rusk urged public rationale for staying in Korea while lawmakers debate taxes and spending.
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P— Administration
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Department
Eisenhower
Rail talks recessed as mediation continues amid strike
Washington dispatch outlines a four hour exploratory session sponsored by the National Mediation Board between railroad management and four unions. Both sides insist on limited talks focused on the Dec. 21 memorandum while unions seek binding terms. Postal service limits and anti strike action loom as five day yard worker walkout widens.
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National Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neil, Jr
Capitol Hill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
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Fifth District Industry Sets 1950 Records in Furniture Hosiery
The Richmond Federal Reserve reports in its February review that 1950 saw record outputs across the district. Furniture shipments rose 46 percent from 1949, hosiery output hit new highs, rayon production surged, and cotton textiles ran at peak levels since 1943. District cash farm receipts rose six percent while national totals varied.
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U. S
Government Slashes Aluminum Uses and Rubber Supply
Washington announces early limits on aluminum in over 200 consumer items effective April 1, with a March cap at 65 percent of early 1950 use. Scrap iron and steel prices are rolled back, while synthetic rubber for new tires is reduced eight percent for February and March.
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National
Office of Price Stabilization
Pittsburgh
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Edwin C. Barringer
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
NPA
Truman Urges United Effort to Avert World War
President Truman dedicates the Chapel of Four Chaplains in Philadelphia and calls for united American sacrifice to prevent Communist aggression and a new world war. He parallels the chaplains’ heroism with U.N. support in Korea and warns against quitting during hard times. The 300000 chapel honors four chaplains who perished on the Dorchester after giving life belts to soldiers.
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Virginian Kills Two Women Confesses in Hopewell
Grady Ledford, 32, a Hercules Powder worker, gunned down two women in Hopewell as they returned from a restaurant with Louise McDiarmid’s brother. He wrote a note confessing on a cardboard box after wounding himself and was listed in satisfactory condition at a Richmond hospital. Victims were Fannie Kendrick 23 and Louise McDiarmid 35, both linked to McDiarmid’s parents’ home. Police described it as double murder and attempted suicide. Ledford had no prior record.
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Grady Ledford
Hercules Powder Company
Richmond
Ledford
Fannie Kendrick
Louise McDiarmid
F. C. Gwaltney
Moore
B-29 Crash Near Bassingbourne Kills Five Crewmen
A U S air force Superfortress crashed in Cambridgeshire near its home base at Bassingbourne last night killing five of eight crew aboard. The aircraft nosed into a ploughed field after takeoff and burning fragments were scattered across the field. Firemen found the bodies early today. The air force later revised initial counts from ten to eight aboard. Two survivors from the tail unit escaped unharmed.
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Water-Vliet student seeks surname change to Warren
Jerome Charles Wurm of Water-Vliet studying at Iowa Wesleyan College petitions Berrien County probate court to change his surname to Warren He argues the name Wurm would invite comment from high school students in teaching career
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Jerome Charles Wurm
Water- Vliet
Iowa Wesleyan College
Berrien County Probate Court
Warren
Wurm
Cold Wave Grips Nation Amid Widespread Winter Hardship
A record cold spell devastates wide areas from Ohio to Florida. Temperatures plunge to record lows across many states, triggering deaths, power failures, frozen pipes, and widespread school closures. Gas shortages force evacuations in several cities. Kentucky and Ohio report floods amid the crisis.
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Warmer Day Forecast With Cold Night Ahead
The forecast calls for a high near 45 degrees and a chilly night with low around 16. Last night’s low settled in the 10 to 18 range as temperatures remain cool.
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