Watchdog urged to curb vast Civil Defense powers
Senator Humphrey urged a joint Senate House watchdog committee to closely monitor the new Civil Defense Administration. The compromise bill creates an independent agency with broad emergency powers and a $3.1 billion three year federal state local outlay. Caldwell would head the agency and Truman will appoint him, with powers extending to seizure of property and designation of target areas after emergency declaration.
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Draft to Sign Virtually All U.S. Doctors
Washington dispatch reports the medical draft calls for virtually all physicians dentists and veterinarians under 50 not yet registered to enroll by January 15. Draft Director Hershey outlined four priority groups with about 210600 medical professionals expected to register and a need for about 13000 doctors to support a planned 3 560 009 military establishment.
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Frostbitten GI 19 Fights for Limbs in Korea War
Pvt. Hubert Reeves of Joliet Illinois facing possible loss of all four limbs after severe frostbite in North Korea. Doctors at Percy Jones Army General Hospital warn amputation may be required. Reeves endured savage retreat, saved by playing dead, and was flown to Battle Creek for treatment with rescue by Marines.
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Traffic Deaths May Be 35 000
New York December 29. About 33 000 Americans will have died in traffic deaths in the past year by New Year Eve, safety association says. Figures from the Association of Casualty & Sarety Companies show 1950 accidents will claim about 3 500 more deaths than last year, exceeding last year’s monthly average. The experts note a 13th month extra toll and about 122 000 more people injured this year.
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Red Satellite Armies Boast 100 Divisions
London dispatch reports Soviet aligned satellites in eastern Europe possess 90 to 100 divisions behind the Baltic to Black Sea frontier. They total over a million men, with 40 Soviet divisions reinforcing eastern Europe, East Germany and Austria. Plans to expand and coordinate were discussed at Budapest. Leaders include Rokossovsky in Poland, Prohaska in Czechoslovakia, Panchevski in Bulgaria. Satellite totals: Poland 25 divisions, Czechoslovakia 15, Hungary 10, Bulgaria 15, Romania up to 20, Albania 4-5, East Germany police units about 60,000.
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Jaroslav Prohaska
Bulgaria
Peter Panchevski i
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Hungary
Romania
Albania
Plans laid for limeless future for Korean War vet Bob Smith
Robert Smith, 20, the first quadruple amputee of the Korean War, meets his mother at Walter Reed Hospital after being flown to Washington with both hands and legs amputated from frostbite near Chosin Reservoir. The American Legion chartered the plane and pays expenses. he will receive a $360 monthly pension and temporary prosthetic options are being arranged.
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Vietminh Presses Forward North of Hanoi Front
Vietminh forces smash along a 25 mile front north of Hanoi as French troops improvise counterattacks. The fighting centers at Yen Phu with French reserves restoring positions after Vietminh assaults. evacuation of French women and children from the north begins, Argentina sailing from Haiphong with 1000 bound for Marseille amid broader evacuation plans.
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