No Austerity For U. S.
A column from Monroe News Star editorials the guns or butter debate, citing WWII as a model for higher production. Economists Arno Johnson and Leon Keyserling forecast strong defense led growth into 1955, with living standards rising. The piece also critiques postwar Europe and Franco’s Spain amid Gibraltar talk and U.N. actions.
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Arno Johnson
J. Walter Thompson
United States
Johnson
Leon Keyserling
President's Council of Economic Advisers
California
U. S
Anger Over Drunken Driving Dangers in Small Town
A town mourns three dead and two injured after a late night party with strong alcohol. A policeman found them along the highway after a tavern stop for more drinks. The piece argues for stricter enforcement, parental discipline, and public education on drinking and driving, urging readers to obtain Dr Patri n leaflet P-10 by sending 10 cents to a New York address.
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Acheson faces two paths as crisis tests U.S. policy
James Marlow reports from Washington on Dean Acheson amid Republican efforts to unseat him after the no confidence vote. Truman backs Acheson while Republicans control committees and may press for his replacement or force proofs of policy. The outcome hinges on Congress and allied partners in Europe.
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Dean Acheson
Congress
Republicans
Europe
Russia
Acheson
Brussels
Dewey
New York
Truman
Capitol
State Department
Ache Eson
Senate
Cavalry Dreams Revived In Korea By Old War Horses
Hal Boyle examines U S Eighth Army talks of reviving horse cavalry in Asia. Maj William Cochrane Jr argues terrain favors mounted units and mules can supply troops on rugged trails. Retired cavalrymen welcome the idea as a nod to tradition and potential battlefield mobility in Korea.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Europe
Dobbin
Asia
Maj
William Cochrane, Jr
Joplin
Cochrane
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
Custer
Kremlin summons diplomats sparks talk of spring strategy
Reports say Stalin has summoned diplomats from Soviet satellites to Moscow amid talk of a conference on spring strategy for communism in Europe and Asia. Diplomats reportedly plan either visits to Russian doctors or a "rest cure" in the Soviet Union, though few admit a meeting is scheduled as memories of past Kremlin summons linger.
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Russia
Stalin
Moscow
Europe
Asia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Secret Room in Blair House Allegedly Known Only to President Truman
A rumor claims a private Blair House chamber exists unseen by the public and most aides. The room supposedly holds a desk where President Truman drafts letters, a Bunsen burner, etiquette book as a footrest, and disguises on a hatrack, with the Secret Service reportedly unaware.
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News-Star
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Gibraltar
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Naval Base
Far East
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England
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Truman
Spain
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Owlface
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General Assembly
Mit
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Europe
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United States
Secret Service
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Miss Margaret
Mr. Truman
Emily Post
Monroe News-Star masthead note and AP disclaimer
The Monroe News-Star states it is re entered as second class matter at the Monroe Law post office June 1 1909 under the Act of March 8 1879. It notes membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Press with rights to republication of AP dispatches and local news published herein.
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Monroe ‘Law Post Office
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Seventh Division GI s Eat Turkey on Nam Beachhead
Sevent h division GIs on Hungnam Beachhead in Northeast Korea celebrated a makeshift Christmas as shells roared overhead and burning buildings lit their Yule log. Chinese Communist forces crouched nearby, waiting to strike this battered outpost in the 1950 Christmas season.
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Hungnam
Korea
Gi's
Jane Eads In Washington Dr Emrich Hosts West Books Party
Dr Duncan Emrich chief of the Folklore Division at the Library of Congress hosted a Washington party to celebrate the publication of Comstock Bonanza a Nevadan anthology featuring stories by Bret Harte Fred Hart Mark Twain Dan de Quille Sam Davis and others Prefaces by Hart and de Quille introduce the volume and Emrich and his wife Marion Vallet Emrich shared Western memorabilia and discussed a ceiling hanging glass sculpture described as Eternal Unrest reflecting New England Maine and Norway influences.
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Washington
Duncan Emrich
Library of Congress
Nevada
Bret Harte
Fred Hart
Mark Twain
Dan de Quille
Sam Davis
Emrich
Sazeraec Lying Club
Marion Vallet Emrich
Georgetown
New England
Questions and Answers from a Curious Notebook
A reader asks about fish skin leather and learns codfish skins are used for women’s shoes and book bindings. Other questions cover the Pyramid of the Sun’s age, Army meal allotments, Basin Street and Beale Street locations, emu size ranking, and a curious note on driftwood suspensions.
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Norway
Tokyo air mail flows into Korea at 11 tons daily
Air mail from 16 nations pours into war torn Korea at the rate of 11 tons a day. An international exchange office sorts and routes mail to UN forces, with planning requiring agreements among the United States Britain Canada the Netherlands the Philippines Sweden Thailand France the Union of South Africa Turkey Belgium Greece and India.
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Korea
United Nations
United States
Britain
Canada
Netherlands
Philippines
Sweden
Thailand
France
Union of South Africa
Turkey
Belgium
Greece
India
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