Debates Over National Guard Use and Army Size
Pentagon studies weigh two paths for U S military force. Either a 20 division army with regulars plus guard divisions or a pure 20 division regular army. Lawmakers seek a draft bill guiding federal use of the guard in peace and wartime.
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National Guard
Army
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Navy
Air Force
Guard
Lishment
Congress
Pentagon
Europe
Eggs From China Reach Vancouver on Trans-Pacific Freighters
Import eggs from China have been coming for 35 years and are described as normal. The New York consignee and purchase price were not disclosed. The Post-Intelligencer notes eggs were shipped to Vancouver, B C, by trans-Pacific freighters including an American cargo ship, with another shipment due this week.
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New York Consignee
Post-Intelligencer
Vancouver
B. C
Deep Snake River Gorge Marked as America’s Deepest
The Snake River gorge straddling Oregon and Idaho is described as America's deepest chasm. Fort Peck Dam in Montana is noted as the world's largest earth-fill dam.
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Snake River
Oregon
Idaho
America
Fort Peck Dam
Montana
Home Building Curbed as Government Imposes Mortgage Controls
Government mortgage controls limit FHA and VA loans to down payments of 5 and 10 to 25 percent with 30 year terms, apply to all new builds started after Aug 3, and affect one and two family houses while delaying apartment construction to curb inflation and free labor for defense.
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Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Veterans Administration
Foley
Royal Greetings To 108 Year Old Hastings Woman
For the second year running, Britain's King and Queen sent birthday greetings to Matilda Coppins of Hastings England who is 108 years old and believed to be the UK's oldest woman.
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Hastings
England
Matilda Coppins
Britain
United Kingdom
Crack Battalion Leaves Britain For Korea Front
A Royal Northumberland Fusiliers battalion of 970 officers and men departed Southampton today aboard the Empire Halladale to join United Nations forces in Korea. They expect arrival in Singapore in about a month and are the third battalion sent this month, following units from the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Southampton
England
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Britain
Ajoin
United Nations
Korea
Singapore
Fusiliers
Royal Ulster Rifles
Gloucestershires
Reds urged to fight to end Korean War stalemate
North Korean officials and U.S. President Truman voiced hardline aims as MacArthur talks loom. ROK officials insist on total Communist defeat. Gay reports the first U N drive nearing success with Reds defending near Kaesong and Pyongyang amid mine threats and heavy fighting.
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Russia
Republic
Cho Pyong Ok
ROK
U. N
Lee Chong Hyun
Kim I Sung
Truman
MacArthur
United States
United Nations
Asia
Far East
Formosa
Indochina
Pacific
Gay
Red Korea
South Korea
Red Border
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Kumchon
French Army Builds Forts In Indochina Drive Then Withdrawing
French columns have begun retreating to villages and fields after claiming Thai Nguyen. A foreign correspondent entered the advance area as French forces push Ho Chi Minh guerrillas from rice lands to mountains. The Thai Nguyen assault burned the city to ruins while US oil needs focus on specialty imports.
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Thai Nguyen
Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Prices Steady On Leaf Marts In Carolinas And Virginia
News from Raleigh reports only nominal price changes as flue cured tobacco sales continue across the Carolinas and Virginia. Monday’s eastern belt sales averaged $58.98 per hundred from 11,076,076 pounds, with other belts showing varied results and totals listed for the old border and middle belts. Washington officials project the 1950 flue cured crop at about 1.196 billion pounds, up from 1.169 billion in September, with regional estimates for North Carolina belts detailed.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Border Belt
Washington
Agriculture Department
North Carolina Old Belt
Border
Legion Hears Two Senators At Memorial Coliseum Pageant
Dozens of motion picture stars including Roy Rogers Gary Cooper Red Skelton Dinah Shore and June Havoc planned a tribute to the Legion at Memorial Coliseum with Ezio Pinza opening the program. Senators George W Malone and Karl Mundt criticized administration policy and urged a stronger tougher foreign policy.
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Malone
Senate
Acheson
Nevada
Mundt
Atrocities Reported by U S Intelligence in Korea
American intelligence officers said Communist troops forced 49 South Koreans aged 17 to 35 to dig graves before shooting and sabering them for refusing to fight. Captain Jack P. Lansford cited 38 bodies in two mass graves.
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Tokyo
Jack P. Lansford
Louisville
Kim Mun Kwon
Reds
Tongjong
Seoul
Red
Kim
More Revenue Needed Says Sec Snyder
Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder told industrialists and businessmen in Pittsburgh that a pay as you go defense program will require a larger tax hike in 1950 than most expect. He warned that spot financing of defense measures would lift taxes next year, though high employment and income could ease the burden. He argued higher taxes are necessary to shield the nation's production from inflationary price rises while promoting savings bond sales.
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Pittsburgh
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Dancer Claims Sabu Dastagir Father Of Her Child
Brenda Marian Juliet a London belly dancer told a superior court jury that Sabu Dastagir is the father of her two year old Michaela. She said she visited Sabu in California from August 1947 to January 1948 and that the baby was born in Dublin in 1948 after she left for England.
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Los Angeles
Brenda Marian Juliet
London
Sabu
Michaela
Sabu Dastagir
Miss Juliet
Northridge
Calif
England
Dublin
New Hormone ACTH Shows Promise for Severe Burns
Reported on two severely burned patients, one with 70 percent burn area from flaming gasoline, ACTH treatment without antibiotics, blood, or plasma produced no shock, moderate fever, little toxicity, no blistering or infection, minimal pain, stable urine, high oral intake, rapid skin growth in third and fourth degree areas, and no scar tissue observed.
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Acih
Savings Bond Cash-In Wave Tapers After War Outbreak
A news conference notes a sharp taper in the surge of savings bonds cashed after the Korean War outbreak. The 1897 Assam earthquake was felt over an area roughly half the United States in extent.
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Assam
India
United States
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