Fire and drouth threaten new dust bowls in the South
The article reports drought and fires across 12 states including Texas and Oklahoma, risking a new dust bowl. Cattle, sheep, and goat raisers face government aid. losses reach millions. Officials warn recovery may take years amid ongoing relief efforts and shifting cattle markets.
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Dallas
Tex
Truman
Agriculture Department
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Louisiana
Virginia
United States
Weather Bureau
Kansas
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Louis P. Merrill
Fort Worth
Borgia
Helen
Drouth
Eisenhower urged to send UN delegate on Korea truce
Senator Wiley R Wisconsin urged President elect Eisenhower to promptly appoint a U N representative to back the U S position on the Korean truce in the General Assembly. He warned the existing delegation is a lame duck group and stressed no forcible repatriation of prisoners.
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Wiley
Senate
United States
Ike
Soviet Union
Red China
U. N
Europe
Eisenhower
GOP
Boyhood chum recalls Ike guiding navy vs army choice
Capt Swede Hazlett, Eisenhower’s boyhood friend, says he urged the future president to attend Annapolis but Ike’s senator advised West Point due to Army suitability. Hazlett recalls their 1922 Panama meeting and Ike’s later refusal to run, calling it a duty call to country.
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N. C
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Annapolis
Weston
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Hazlett
USN
Eisenhower
West Point
Army
Panama
Ike
Jaziett
Napoleon
Niagara River Falls 315 Feet Across Seven Miles
The Niagara River drops 315 feet over seven miles including Niagara Falls and a sequence of rapids, marking a dramatic watercourse feature.
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Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Nazi Swastika Reappears In German Poll
Nazi symbols resurface as 15 million voters in North Rhine Westphalia Rhineland Palatinate and Lower Saxony head to polls. SRP banned but supporters distribute leaflets and posters urging Germans to abstain, while candidates include former Nazi Wilhelm Scheppmann. Results due next Wednesday.
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Frankfurt
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland Palatinate
Lower Saxony
Socialist Reich Party
SRP
Hannover
Brunswick
Tewm
Nenetral
West Germany
Constitutional Court
Wilhelm Scheppman
Browneshirted
SAP
Hitler
Gifhorn
RHE
Konrad Adenauer
Kurt Schumacher
Ernest Winter
Heroic Sergeant Believed Dead in Korea Rescue Mission
Master Sgt. Omer Willette, a veteran of Britain’s army and U S forces, disappeared after a patrol ambush in Korea. Later reports suggest he was shot during action while aiding a unit. his sister Barbara Jackson received a Tokyo call claiming he was alive but the Army found no trace.
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Korea
Omer Willette
Theiddle East
Fighth Army
Normandy
Holland
U. S. 25Th
Willette
San Francisco
Barbara Jackson
Tokyo
VU. S
Japan
Joe Chink
William H. Tyler
Fred le Pard
van Dyke, Mich
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Chicago
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le Pard
Merchant Marine
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Palestine
Transjordan
Egypt
Africa
U. S
Europe
U. S. War Department
England
France
Omaha Beach
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Fort Ord
Calif
George R. Bundo
Bundo
Eisenhower likely to go to Korea despite opposition
Congressional sources split on Eisenhower's Korea trip but press secretary James Hagerty said he will go. Reports say aides consider inviting senior lawmakers, with Lodge potentially joining as defense secretary candidate, while some oppose the journey.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Augusta
Taft Expresses Plan to Stay in Senate for Four Years
Senate Republican Robert A. Taft of Ohio says he intends to remain in the Senate for the next four years. He dismissed cabinet speculation tied to President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and said he plans to discuss legislative matters with the general before Korea. Taft spoke at Grand Central Station en route to Absecon New Jersey for a National Industrial Conference Board meeting.
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Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
W. Sterling Cole
New York
House Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Cole
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Taft
Fisenhower
Ohioan
Grand Central Station
Yale University Corp
Absecon
N. J
National Industrial Conference Board
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