Recruiter outlines Air Force enlistment in 1951 drive
Sat Short Army and Air Force recruiter explains that the Air Force expects to raise up to 68 groups in 1951 and doubles personnel the following year. He says young men who volunteer can anticipate leadership roles and steady service, with some temporary authority to place ten per cent of draftees.
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States Air Force
Sat Short
Army
Air Forcs
Air Force
Short
Avery
Risa
Awhit
Chiselers and Price Controls in Industry Debate
Fragmented discussion urges consumer input as the Economic Stabilization Administration weighs rollbacks. The column questions price hikes by auto manufacturers and calls for citizens to complain directly to the administration in Washington if they believe prices rose unfairly.
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Dee
ESA
FSA
BSA
Washington
Government control fears loom over rising living costs
The piece argues that price controls could come if ESA cannot curb inflation. It notes mid October prices already high and November figures expected. since OPA ended in 1948 living costs rose over 40 percent, with households facing tighter budgets and broader price pressures.
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Henaiee
ESA
Cata
Ita
Tober
Thia
OPA
Voluntary price freeze urged amid rising cost figures
Continued discussion questions the impact of a voluntary rice freeze as critics, including Chairman Maybank of the banking committee, push for broad wage-price controls. The cost of living index climbs toward new highs with wholesale prices up 10.2 percent since before the Korean conflict, suggesting postwar price rollback may not return to December 1 levels. The note also mentions a mistranslation in the Cinderella tale where the glass slipper becomes a fur slipper.
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Maybank
Banking Committee
U. S
Korea
U S A Was Better Off When Candidates Wrote Their Own Speeches
John Wheeler recounts a retro view of political speech writing from ghostwriters to Roosevelt and his circle. He notes how Roosevelt used scribes like Michelson and Sherwood, recalls Willkie’s campaign, and jokes about postwar reliance on prepared scripts, ending with a stray line about Napoleon.
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U.S.A
Desl
RFC
Franklin Roosevelt
Groton
Robert Sherwood
Charlie Michelson
Washington
New York World
Shim
Charlie
Harry Hopkins
Michelson
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Empire City
Willisie
Elwood Ind
Hest
Firpo
Dempsey
Bill McNutt
Bill
McNutt
Lost Boy Finds Police After Getting Separated
A five year old wandered from a crowded department store and flagged a passing police car. At the station he gave his name Charles Virgin and address 502 Rainey Avenue Hapeville Georgia. He listed a phone number FAX 4320 and said his mother walked too fast. He was reunited with his parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Virgin, Sr.
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Atlanta
Katherine rGossett
Charles Virgin
Rainey Avenue
Hapeville
Charles
Charles Virgin, Sr
Leflar and Dunaway Deliver Final Arkansas Supreme Court Opinions
In Little Rock on December 19 Robert A Leflar and Edwin Dunaway issued their last opinions as Arkansas Supreme Court associate justices. Their terms end December 31 with no session until January 1. Leflar, dean of law at the University of Arkansas, will return to full time service there. Dunaway will join the university as a law professor. Hefor many was prosecuting attorney for Pulaski and Perry counties. They were appointed by Governor McMath to fill unexpired terms and will be replaced by Paul Ward and Sam Robinson, nominated at last summer’s Democratic primaries.
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Little Rock
Robert] A. Leflar
Edwin
Dunaway
Arkansas Supreme Court
Leflar
University of Arkansas
University
Heformany
Pulaski
Perry
McMath
Paul Ward
Batesville
Sam Robinson
Circus origins fade from Roman name context
The modern circus bears little relation to the Roman name it derives from, originally meaning a building for horse and chariot races and other amusements.
Congress weighs European defense plans and troop commitments
Members urge clear proposals from Western European nations on defense steps and funding before any additional U S troops deploy. Senator H Alexander Smith of New Jersey cautions that President should seek congressional approval from leaders before sending more troops to Europe.
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Congress
George
H. Alexander Smith
RNJ
Europe
Few Hospital Clients Pay as 380 of 4687 State Inmates
Little Rock reports Dr. George W. Jackson shows that only 380 of 4687 hospital inmates or their families pay maintenance. The state covers most costs from tax funds under Act 241 of 1948, which requires payment when possible but not admission denial for nonpayment. County figures list counts and payers by county, including Pulaski 502 82 and Jefferson 168 14 among others.
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Little Rock
George W. Jackson
Arkansas
Benton
Clark
Eight-Year-Old Boy Dies Under a Gravel Truck
An eight-year-old boy named Jerry Tyrone Price died beneath a gravel truck as he hurried home from school in Texarkana Texas Arkansas. The death marks the third traffic related fatality and seventh violent death in Arkansas over Monday and Tuesday.
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Associated
Téxarkaha
Jerry Tyrone Price
Theodore Price
Texarkana
Arkansas Monay
Western Union reshapes joint military planning bloc ends Fontainebleau HQ
Foreign ministers of Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands with Britain and France agree to reorganize their joint defense to fit the new international command under the Atlantic powers. The Western Union military headquarters at Fontainebleau is to be retired under Montgomery, with Eisenhower as the new overall commander for a force hoped to reach 1,000,000 by late 1953. Montgomery may become Eisenhower’s deputy.
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Belt ‘Giutn
Ligembourg
Netherlands
Benelux
Britain
France
West European Union
Western Union
Fontainebleau
Viscount Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Nations Hope
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Woman fined in Fayetteville for obscene drawings to pupils
Claire E Hess of Rogers was fined 100 dollars in municipal court yesterday for contributing to the delinquency of a minor by distributing obscene pencil drawings to students at a Springdale school. She received a six month sentence but it was suspended on good behavior. Judge V James Ptak noted criminal influences affect behavior.
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Fayetteville
Censorship Enforced on Korean War News by MacArthur
Tokyo reports General MacArthur ordered news censorship on all Korean military operations via a memorandum from the public information officer. News dispatches and photos must be submitted in Korea or Japan for screening before release, effective immediately, as the press division reels from flood of copy.
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Fidt
Horace Robertson
Japan
Commonwealth
Korea
Tokyo
Sud
Washington
MacArthur
MacArthurs
Gol. M. P. Echols
Toko Headquarters
Bealy
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