MacArthur Did That
A columnist argues General MacArthur forced changes in Truman and British policy on Formosa and China. It cites Marshall Acheson and Britain’s shift on arms to Communist China and warns the administration will resist but concede, claiming MacArthur’s public stance pressured policy.
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Senate
MacArthur
Truman
Marshall
Macana
Harry Truman
Great Britain
United Nations
State Department
Formosa
China
Dean Acheson
United States
Russia
Acheson
U.N
England
Britain
Manchuria
General MacArthur
Pacific
Prisoners of Hope and the Call to Stand in Faith
In 1951, the preacher urges believers to turn to the stronghold of hope in Zechariah. He contrasts prisoners of hope with those who cling to past glories, urging forward faith against communism and worldly wickedness, invoking scripture and the need for spiritual armor.
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Zechariah
Israel
Judah
Ephraim
Jerusalem
Temple
Solomon's Temple
Joshua
Paul
W.A.B
Speaking Confidently Mother's Day origins and 1907 campaign
A historical note traces Mother's Day to ancient Greek mother-worship and Christian traditions before becoming a national holiday in 1913. Anna Jarvis spearheaded the observance in Philadelphia with May 10 events in 1908, leading to congressional support for a second Sunday in May. The piece also recounts local High Point riotous mounted police tale involving Patrolman Harold L. Morris and an outof‑control horse.
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Greece
Cybele
Rhea
Asia
Congress
Anna Jarvis
Philadelphia
Miss Jarvis
Senate
House of Seven Metations
Harold L. Morris
Bay Street
N. Main Street
Northwest High Point
West
Morris
Earl Phillips
Corral
No Way to Tell War Cost in Korea
Washington officials acknowledge measuring the Korean War cost is impractical. Estimates show 1950 spending at about 13.4 billion dollars and 1951 at roughly 9% billion if charged to Korea, with broader costs in supplies, personnel, and allied aid rising beyond simple tallies.
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Washington
NEA
Lyle S. Garlock
Department of Defense
Korea
Air Force
United States
U. S
Pacific Coast
U. S. Army
Navy
Pacific
Air
United Nations
State Department
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
John Taber
Taft
Department Defense
Quotes on public life and nationalization stir debate
The remarks critique Attlee's plan to nationalize British steel and note public relations in churches. Churchill warns about political risk, while Vinson defends service induction comments. The dialogue reflects wartime era attitudes and public figures weighing policy and reputation.
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Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Wylie urges united American civil defense against atomic threat
In a Spring 1951 letter to Walter Seavey, Philip Wylie warns Americans to act on civil defense as the Soviet bomb threat looms. He argues for mass volunteer labor, stockpiled medicines, reinforced shelters, and city-wide preparedness to save lives and deter nuclear attack. He cautions complacency in big cities and recalls wartime devastation to emphasize urgency.
General MacArthur on China Policy and Open Door Doctrine
The article documents General MacArthur's testimony criticizing U S handling of China since 1943 and traces a long critique of Open Door policy. It recounts the rise of Communist power in China and cites John Hay’s Open Door letters and related policy debates from 1899 onward, including Cairo Teheran and Yalta shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
China
General MacArthur
Pacific
J —E Prong
Taft
Leonard Wood Wilson
Henry Stimson
John Hay
Asia
Americas
United States
Great Britain
Cina
Germany
Russia
Patie
Peking
Manchuria
Charles Evans Hughes
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Portugal
Cairo
Teheran
Yalta
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Robert
Recn Srs Aire
High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Prisoners of Hope
By Joe Leslie
Peter Edson
Howard Mumford Jones
Harvard U
Carl Vinson
D., Ga
New York
Walter Winchell
Philip Wylie
Evens Braun
Jate Wylie
Seavey Bee
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Caurt
Walter
Ike
Red Army
USA
Maca
Concen
America
Ting
George Sokolsky
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