Truman Urges National Mobilization to Prevent Third World War
President Truman told Masonic leaders at the Statler hotel that the nation is nearing a position to prevent a third world war. He stressed united effort across industry labor farming and white collar workers and called for mobilizing moral forces aligned with the Sermon on the Mount to safeguard freedom and commitments.
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Truman
Washington
Mr. Truman
Country
Statler Hotel
Kansas City
Frank Land
Supreme Court
Fire Chief Michaelis Promoted In Korea
Fire Chief Mike Michaelis, long noted as a fighting leader in Korea, is promoted from colonel to assistant commander of the 25th Division. The 27th Regiment’s Lt. Col. Gilbert Check succeeds him, with Michaelis praised for molding the Wolfhounds into a tough, effective unit.
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Michaelis
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Mike
John
Mike) Michaelis
27Th
William B. Kean
U. S. Third Corps
Camp Roberts
Calif
Ce Pusan
Taegu
Wolfhounds
Gilbert Check
Williston
San Francisco
Lancaster
Stock Market Shows Upswing In Early Trading
New York stock activity rose with top upside limits near 75 cents and floors around 25 cents. Dixie Cup common and A shares gained two dollars as Dixie Cup reported 1950 earnings of 12.18 a share, up from 7.44. Other gainers included Baltimore & Ohio Union Pacific Eastern Airlines Twentieth Century Fox Johns-Manville U S Gypsum Anaconda Pittsburgh Allied Chemical du Pont American Can Bethlehem Steel Chrysler and National Distillers. Falls seen in Paramount Dow Chemical Westinghouse Electric Republic Steel and Woolworth.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Pacific
Eastern Airlines
Twentieth Century-Fox
Johns-Manville
U.S. Gypsum
Anaconda Per
McIntryre-Porcupine
Allied Chemical du Pont
American Can
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
National Distillers
Paramount
Dow Chemical
Westinghouse Electric
Republic Steel
Woolworth
Burma surgeon awaits verdict on six year rebel aiding case
A special tribunal in Rangoon reserved judgment on the appeal of Dr Gordon S. Seagrave known as Burma Surgeon. He was sentenced to six years in jail for aiding rebels at his North Burma hospital. decision expected sometime next.
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Rangoon
Burma
Iww
Gordon
Seagrave
North Burma
Hesitation Cited as Waiting Wife Cares for Baby
A terse quotation notes a man delaying action while his wife tends to the infant, attributed to M. L. P. The excerpt emphasizes domestic duties and gender roles through a pointed proverb.
Eisenhower Takes Over New Duties in Versailles
In Versailles France Feb 21 General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives to assume command of the Western Atlantic pact army with Mamie Eisenhower accompanying in a first floor suite at the Trianon Palace. He begins organizing divisions and appointing leaders as he moves to train and command anti-Communist forces in Western Europe and oversee mid March operational control.
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Versailles
France
Mrs. Eisenhower
Europe
Trianon Palace
Ike
Mamie
Eisenhower
W. Europe
Alfred M. Gruenther
Atlantic
International Army
West Europe
Trianon
Marie Antoinette
Alphonse Juin
Arm‘ed
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Catawba Trustees Back Administrators Amid Fiscal Irregularities
SALISBURY Feb 21 Trustees of Catawba College vote confidence in the college administrators and endorse the internal investigation into fiscal irregularities reported at the school. The board unanimously approved the administration’s handling of the inquiry and backed officials as details remain undisclosed.
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Salisbury
Catawba College
Allag
North Carolina Prison Critiques Prompt Hearing
A Raleigh house committee discussed editor radio commentator Bob Thompson charges about the prison system. The panel debated creating a subcommittee or a full commission to investigate, with another meeting planned when Prisons Director John Gold attends. Thompson alleged cesspools of smuggling and perversion and claimed SBI findings were shuffled.
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Raleigh
House
Bob Thompson
John Gold
Thompson
High Point Enterprise
House Committee
SBI
Reds Still Mean To Take Formosa
Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, commander of the U S Seventh Fleet guarding Formosa, said the Communists indicate intent to invade the island and that air threat has lessened due to weather. He cited the June White House directive for fleet protection and would not commit on air attacks triggering action.
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Taipei
Arthur D. Struble
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Struble
White House
Government restricts used car prices via OPS ceiling
The Office of Price Stabilization issued new rules banning inflated used car selling and setting dollar ceilings based on official guide books. Dealers must use listed guides and register the books used, with ceilings allowed to rise only for added accessories.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Bruce Mogris
Automobile Pricing Division
OPS
Morris
Oh It s Great To Be 40 Hal Boyle Insight
A 40th birthday piece reflecting on aging and memories. The narrator recalls youth fading, the mirror's truth, and a bar scene where strangers offer advice. He seeks meaning with his wife, mother, and bar regulars weighing in. The piece mixes nostalgia and humor about growing older.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Paris
Naples
Berlin
Seout
Frances
Lemay Calls Long Range Bomber Best Defense Against Russia
General Curtis E. Lemay testified before Senate committees that U S long range bombers are the only effective weapon for deterring Russia. He cautioned ground troops would be needed in war and said the bomber program was progressing as fast as feasible.
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Curtis E. Lemay
U. S
Russia
Strategic Air Command
Wherry R.neb
Lemay
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Wherry
Europe
Ney
Defense
Legless Veteran To Present Flag At Freedom Awards
J. A. Frampton Jr., 21, of Sarver Pennsylvania, will present an American flag on behalf of the Military Order of the Purple Heart to the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge General Hospital. He lost both legs in Korea and is recovering as his family travels from Tarentum Pennsylvania. the air force arranged transport for his brother. General Omar N. Bradley will accept the flag for the first and second place 1950 Freedom Awards.
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Valley Forge
Jm— Pyt
J. A. Frampton, Jr
Sarver
Freedoms Foundation, Inc
Heavy Rains Take Over Initiative On All Fronts
Allied forces struggle as relentless rain muddles front lines in central Korea. Red resistances slow advances near Han river and Wonju while UN troops push north, with air and naval support targeting supply routes along the east coast.
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Han
Tokyo
Korea
Han River
Seoul
East Central
United Nations
West Central
Chipyong
Wonju Salient
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Missouri
Tanchon
Wonsan
Sea of Ja
Chechon
U. S. Eighth Army
U.S. 10Th Corps
Wonju
Red
Hoengsong
Kyongan
Far East Air Force
China
Cho
Mickey Cohen and Billy Graham Aim for Tucson Vacation
Los Angeles reports gambler Mickey Cohen says he and evangelist Billy Graham may vacation together at a Tucson ranch with their wives after Graham’s Fort Worth appearance. Graham’s plans remain unsettled as public relations chief Lloyd Doctor notes concern over publicity from their Los Angeles meetings.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Billy Graham
Tucson
Ariz
Cohen
Graham
Fort ‘Worth
Tex
Lloyd Doctor
Where Can Mao Be
The Central People's government council met in Peiping without Mao Tze tung who is president of the council. Reports via the Communist news agency revived rumors Mao is in Moscow or ill or out of power. It was the fourth absence in a week from which Mao was notably absent.
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Truman
United States
Hong Kong
Central People’s Government Council
Red China
Peiping
Mao Tze-tung
Communist
Mao
Moscow
Rotators Must Await Build Up In Korea
General Mark W. Clark said in Korea that a large scale rotation of American troops is several months off at least. He denied a report of immediate mass replacement and noted the need to build up Far East forces before any rotation. Clark added plans depend on trainee output and requires approval from MacArthur and the defense department.
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Western Front
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Clark
U. S
Tokyo
Korean Battlefront
Far East
Mac
MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
8Th Army
Defense Department
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