Formosa Becomes 'Last Stand' Site
Formosa emerges as a focal point in U S strategy as Dulles warns that the fall of Hainan to the Chinese communists threatens to push Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters and government off the mainland to Formosa. The piece discusses guerrilla pockets, terrain, and the need to strike nationalist leadership on Formosa for economic reasons.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Hainan Island
Formosa
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Sam
Reds To Demobilize If Formosa Falls
The piece argues the communists could retire from active war if Formosa is neutralized. It cites an estimated 7,000,000 troops and links famine in the Yangtze valley to pressure on the red regime, with millions said to face starvation as the famine worsens.
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Formosa
Yangtze Valley
Patient leaps from third floor after dental extraction
In Norwalk a 52 year old man James Wheatley after a dental extraction jumped from a third floor office, landed on a first floor roof, and jumped to the street where a patrolman stopped him. The patient suffered injuries in the incident.
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Norwalk
Conn
James Wheatley
Draft Law Worry Returns To Plague Congress Again
Washington reports the draft law remains a political flashpoint as Congress weighs extending the program. With only 37 000 drafted by early 1949 and 1 476 000 in the armed forces today, debates center on keeping machinery intact versus limiting federal power to draft without new authorization.
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Washington
Truman
Rep
Vinson
Georgia
House and Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Russia
Armed Forces
Origin of the term blue Monday traced to a calendar belief
The origin story cites an early calendar belief that the Monday following harsh weather or bad luck marked the start of a period of gloom. Historians note several competing theories and no single definitive source.
Civil War Nurse Said to Have 13 Pairs of Twins
A civil war nurse reportedly bore 13 pairs of twins and six sets of triplets during 33 years of marriage, a remarkable family record cited in local lore.
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