War Possible Tomorrow Vinson Warns on UMT Debates
Chairman Vinson of the House armed services committee warned of a possible sudden war and extended threat while opening debate on Universal Military Training. He urged a preparedness plan not to bankrupt the nation, proposing six months of training for 18 year olds and a 24 million held reserve to reduce active forces and save billions.
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Washington
Vinson
D.ga
House Armed Services Committee
United States
House
UMT
Allied Fleets Launch Mediterranean Naval Drill
In Naples Italy on February 26 powerful units from American British French and Italian fleets sailed in the largest Atlantic Pact display yet. U S Admiral Robert B Carney head of Allied forces in southern Europe said the exact nature of today operations would not be announced until tonight.
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Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
U. S. Adm
Robert B. Carney
Europe
General Dean Credits Aide In Escape Tale From Korea
Gen William F Dean a Medal of Honor recipient and Allied commander held prisoner in North Korea credits his aide Arthur Clarke for news of his son and for escaping the night Communists overran the 24th Division. In a January letter from Camp No 6 he thanked Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett for relaying details to the AP and expressed humility about being portrayed as a hero.
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Korea
William F. Dean
U. S
Wilfred Burchett
Paris
William F. Dean Jr
West Point
Arthur Clarke
Clarke
Dean
Mildred
Robert) Tuckman
The
Jielier Burchett
Berkeley
Calif
Tokyo
San Francisco
Ashs
Col. Clarke
Iany
P. S. TI
Pausstofsky
Soviet Union
Burchett
Mounted Police Win Trophy at Tucson Fiesta
The Long Beach Mounted Police and 15 mounts returned from La Fiesta de Los Vaqueros in Tucson Ariz as the best mounted group in the fiesta parade last Thursday President Alvin F Slaight retired chief of police said the gold trophy will be kept in the City Hall mounted police trophy case The unit has won 75 to 100 trophies since organization in 1936 They also won honors in Tucson ten years ago Members ride Palomino horses with silver trappings.
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Long Beach Mounted Police
Tucson
Ariz
Alvin F. Slaight
City Hall
Senate Quiz Tactics Flayed by Lattimore
Owen Lattimore condemned the Senate internal security subcommittee for instigating a terror atmosphere among foreign service workers in the Far East. He denied Communist ties, accused the panel of hysteria fueled by the China lobby, and defended his own loyalty while criticizing the panel’s methods.
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Owen Lattimore
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Far East
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
China
Department of State
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Alben Barkley
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Robert D. Dutton
Gene Mann
Red Cross
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Broadway
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Inverness
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Volunteers For Taft
Washington, D.C
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