River Defense Called Fine by Ridgway
Allied troops were pulled south of the Seoul Inchon line as port personnel boarded ships under a heavy naval barrage against Reds at Inchon. Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway, commander of Eighth Army, said everything is going fine. Chinese forces reportedly streamed toward the Chuncheon to Napyong highway while North Koreans advanced a spearhead 43 miles below the 38th parallel.
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Inchon
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Chunchon-Napyong Highway
Seoul
Draftee Pay Ikes Agin It
General Eisenhower asserted that men drafted or serving involuntarily should receive little pay as they fulfill a state obligation. He contrasted this with paying career military personnel as professional. He said those discharging citizenship duties should focus on dependents and disabilities. Former Army Secretary Gordon Gray echoed the view.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Army Secy
Gordon Gray
Test siren sounds in Long Beach during warning system drill
Do not be alarmed by a city siren test in Long Beach today as officials sample a siren for an air raid warning system. Fire Station No. 1 at 841 Pacific Ave will sound around 12 10 p m and Municipal Airport around 4 30 p m observers will monitor audibility across the city.
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Long Beach
Pacific Ave
Municipal Airport
Truman says war against Manchuria would need UN order
President Truman at a news conference stated it would be improper to attack Manchuria or Chinese areas without UN authorization and would require a congressional declaration of war since U.S. actions are as a UN agent. He argued this clarifies why American troops face aggression and retreat.
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United Nations
Congress
U.N
Long Beach Naval Yard to Reopen at Terminal Island
Rep. Clyde Doyle says Navy orders reactivation of Long Beach Naval Shipyard at Terminal Island as soon as possible with up to 6000 workers and full capacity to be restored. About 50 mothballed ships to be recommissioned and $4.3 million allotted for dikes and walls around the base.
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Terminal Island
Navy
Clyde Doyle
Long Beach
Independent
Lee
Doyle
Navy Yard
Ble Aare
Sec. of Defense
Touis Johnson
Matthews
Long Beach Navy Yard
Gen Dean's Wife to Receive Medal of Honor
President Truman will present the Congressional Medal of Honor to Maj Gen William Deans wife as the Army ends its five month search for Maj Gen Deans listed missing in action. He was cited for bravery leading bazooka teams against Communist tanks during the Taejon assault July 20 21.
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Washington
Tns
Truman
William Dean
Korea
Army
Taejon
Rubber for Russia freighter to carry rubber to Russia
The London Daily Express reports that the British freighter Stanrealm will soon transport 9,000 tons of rubber from Malaya to Russia. The shipment signals ongoing Allied supply efforts amid friction with wartime trade routes and regional shortages.
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London
London Daily Express
Stanrealm
Russia
Malaya
Shipyard Employment Office to Be Set Up Near Long Beach
Wilder C. Duke, commandant of the 7th Naval District, announced an employment office for Ter minal Island Naval Shipyard will be set up in the near future in the Long Beach area. The yard will be reactivated as soon as practicable in an orderly fashion. No applications for employment will be accepted until the office opens.
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Wilder C. Duke
7Th Naval District
Terminal Island Naval Shipyard
Long Beach
Baker
Weather Showing Widespread Winter Snow and Cold
Chicago reports a grey winter day with snow and rain across the northern half of the nation and showers in mid Atlantic and Pacific Northwest. Light snow fell in Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin lower Great Lakes region and New York Pennsylvania the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. A severe cold wave grips North Central states with sub zero temperatures forecast tonight and the mid day reading at Devil's Lake North Dakota was seven below zero.
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