Hoover Urges Air and Naval Power to Stop Land War
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the United States to rely on overwhelming air and naval strength to deter Communist aggression and warned against deploying more ground troops in Europe. He challenged Truman’s defense policy as potentially disastrous and fiscally unsustainable, fearing a ground war could risk civilization and trigger a costly strain on the economy.
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Multi‑million Lansing blaze partially halts state operations
A large fire in a seven story Lansing office building damaged countless records and documents and slowed Michigan government functions. Gov. G. Mennen Williams ordered state police to probe arson or sabotage as damage neared four million dollars.
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Snyder to Undergo Minor Eye Operation at Walter Reed
Treasury Secretary Snyder will enter Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington on Sunday for a minor operation on his right eye, the Treasury announced tonight.
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Eddie Duchin Dies of Leukemia at 41
New York February 9 Pianist Eddie Duchin died of leukemia at Memorial Hospital hours after receiving a Navy citation for heroism in Normandy and Pacific actions during World War II He was 41 The celebrated pianist known as the pianist of the languid bands died with his wife Maria Teresa Winn by his side Duchin left a Cambridge Massachusetts drugstore family and rose to fame in New York hotels His war service included destroyer duty in France Okinawa and Iwo Jima His first wife Marjorie Oelrichs a sugar heiress died in 1937 after bearing him a son Peter
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Courage To Say So Editorial on Hoover Policy
An editorial argues Herbert Hoover, the lone prominent American not holding or seeking office, speaks on foreign policy without seeking office. It contends his isolationist stance could be faulted if stated by a younger politician, yet his age and status as a former president lend weight to his views.
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80 Orphans Found Starved In Korean Orphanage
Allied patrols near Anyang uncovered 80 South Korean orphans dead from starvation in an orphanage yard. Another 80 children, ages 2 to 4, lay malnourished on the filthy floor while two Korean women tried to comfort them with no food available.
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Warren Cancels All Appointments
SACRAMENTO February 9. Gov Earl Warren canceled all appointments for next week. The governor has a painful shoulder ailment and has been hospitalized in San Francisco since Tuesday, also scrapping a Kansas City appearance on February 17.
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Eisenhower arrives at Ramey for rest from tour
General Dwight D. Eisenhower landed at Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico from Washington on a special plane for a respite from his inspection tour of Atlantic Pact nations. The announcement came as he continued his overseas duties.
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American Forces Enter Suburb and Seoul City
American tank led troops captured Yongdung-po on the western edge of Seoul today and a 25th Division patrol entered the capital at 10 39 a m no resistance reported. A South Korean and Puerto Rican unit with U S tanks moved to the Han River south bank opposite Seoul’s southeast outskirts as the fighting expanded.
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Torrential rains flood Western Washington towns
United Press reports six inches of rain in twenty four hours caused widespread flooding in Western Washington with Shelton valley described as an immense ocean up to ten feet deep and Skokomish River Valley recording 6.11 inches. Highways blocked and homes damaged by slides. no casualties reported while the East endures a cold wave with snow in Atlanta and frigid NYC lows.
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GOP Policy Leader Taft to Speak at Lincoln Day Dinner
Republican policy leader Sen. Robert A. Taft will address a Lincoln Day Dinner in Chicago at 7:80 tonight over HIV. He follows by about two hours a second report on United States foreign policy by former President Herbert Hoover, Taft disagreeing with several points Hoover emphasized in his initial report.
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