Downey Hired to Represent Ports in Tidelands Fight
Sen Sheridan Downey was hired to represent Long Beach and other California ports in the tidelands oil controversy. The Harbor Commissioners authorized a contract for Downey to promote maritime and commercial interests of Long Beach Oakland San Diego and Los Angeles as the issue proceeds. Downey will retire from the Senate soon amid concerns over municipal ownership of $100 million in harbor improvements jeopardized by the Supreme Court ruling in 1947.
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United States
Sheridan Downey
Long Beach
California
Tidelands
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Port Myr
E. J. Amar
Downey
Lone Beach
Oakland
San Diego
Los Angees
Maritie
Dowe
Stitt
Nicipal
Allveesé
United States Supreme Court
Tidelanis
The Bomb and the Mindset for War
A writer advocates immediate use of the atomic bomb against Russia or China if it ends aggression. The piece urges Americans to prepare for wartime use of the bomb, arguing it may be the only weapon to stop Communist ideology and noting the cost of restraint in war with Communist China.
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Russia
China
Draft Quota 3020 in State
Sacramento report from K H Leitch state selective service director announces December draft quota for California totals 3620 men. He also notes a January call for 3451 men and 8526 men to be requisitioned from local boards for pre induction physical examinations in December.
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Sacramento
California
K. H. Leitch
Selective Service
Truman may push mobilization to 3.5 million by June
Washington dispatch reports military sources say President Truman may notify Congress within the week that the Armed Forces are accelerating mobilization to reach about 3.5 million men by the end of June.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ominous Lull on Korean Front
A dispatch from 10th Corps HQ says Chinese forces attacked Kotori from the south, cutting off 1st Marine Division and two regiments of the 7th Infantry Division. Reported Chinese strength 80,000 to 100,000. Northwest front briefly quiet after night fighting as UN and Communist forces withdrew to a new line, with an American armored division conducting a rear-guard bayonet action.
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Kotori
1St Marine
Tth
Cmunist
An &Th Army
Chongchan
Pyongyang
Aro
Go Back Acheson Tells China Reds
In a nationwide radio address, Secretary Acheson urged the Chinese Reds to withdraw forces from Manchuria and stressed UN troops are in Korea to stay. He blamed the Peking regime for the crisis and suggested Russia backs its aggression. The world awaits whether Chinese leaders are dupes of Moscow.
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Mancharia
Ko«rea
Peking
Ikorea
Russia
Tse
Brown Names L A Attorney as Aide
California Attorney General Edmund G Brown announced that Los Angeles attorney William V. OConnor will serve as assistant attorney general. OConnor will establish offices in the Los Angeles State Building after January 8.
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L.A. Attorney
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California
Treet
Edmund G.pat Brown
Los Angeles
William V. O'Connor
O'Connor
Tos Angeles State Buildin
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