Army manpower cuts threaten security in crisis period
General Ridgway testified against administration plans to cut Army strength by about 140,000, warning reduced forces could jeopardize security in the Far East and worldwide. Secretary Stevens and JCS members questioned the impact while lawmakers pressed for balance with economic factors amid rising tensions with Red China. The article also notes an engagement, local meetings, and a Baltimore movie premiere.
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Washington
Matthew .B
Ridgway
House ‘Armed Services Committee
Brooks
D-La
Red China
Jae
Far East
United States
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
JCS
House
Vinson
D-Ga
Congressional
Stevens
America
Commonwealth ministers favor surrender of Quemoy and Tachens
London reports say nine commonwealth leaders agreed Chiang Kai-shek should yield Quemoy and the Tachens as part of a Formosa cease fire plan. They urged withdrawal to main bases with Formosa and Pescadores defended by the United States if needed, pushing for peaceful settlement of the crisis.
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London
British Commonwealth of Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Formosa
Pescadores
United States
Eisenhower
Matsu Chain
U.S
Formoga
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Tachens
Chiang
Nehru
Peiping
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Clarksburg Homemakers Plan Winter Meetings
Clarksburg Homemakers Club met in the social room of the Clarksburg Methodist church. They discussed plans for the coming year and decided to greet the second Thursday evening at 7 30 during winter months. Members listed include Mrs Burge Burkett Mrs Carl L White Mrs Ralph McConnell and others. The next meeting will be at Mrs Raymond Wilhide’s home on Feb 10, with the Home Demonstration Agent present. The notice also mentions a prayer meeting at the parsonage and social events including a Mary Jo Baker visit, a skating party, and a March of Dimes dance. The community welcomes Mr and Mrs Jewe Hafer.
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Sfarm
Reginald Cross
Optimist Club
Lord Baltimore
Baltimore
Arnold S. Price
George Mallett Prevost
Clarksburg Optimist Club
Frederick
Hyattstown Fire Department
Paul Burner
Trinity Church
Mary Jovanovich
Clarksburg
Ruth Browning
Mary Jo Baker
Laytonsville
Gloria Sirk
Sunset
Gaithersburg
Rodney Keith
Mabel Dahler
Evelyn Burdette
Donald Potter
Jane Dodson
University of Maryland
Miss Dodson
James E. Dodson
Secretary of Labor
Dahler
Prince Georges Country Club
Jewe Hafer
Robbins Night Court finds Willie Robinson in larceny case
In People’s Night Court, Willie Robinson was charged with larceny of eight dollars from Alice Brown at 11 Klinehart’s alley. The arrest occurred about 10:30 after Brown reported money missing from under a pillow. Robinson and a drunken cousin testified, with the defense and prosecution presenting conflicting timelines and the magistrate Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. presiding.
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Willie Robinson
Klineharts Alley
Alice Brown
People's Night Court
Robinson
Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr
Frederick
House of Correction
James P. Hartnett
Philadelphia
Clarence I Shafer
West Fifth Street
Wade Nixon
Fartwell
Rufus A. Thompson
Germantown
John Baugher
RFD
John A
Contombe
South Market Street
Nathan Dorsey
William A. Mutchner
Gen Hoge Retires From Army Service in Europe
MANNHEIM Germany Jan 31 Gen William M Hoge ends a 42 year Army career and hands Europe command to Lt Gen Anthony G McAuliffe. Hoge 61 plans to tour Europe with his wife and fish, after reviewing 2500 troops and noting a stronger free world defense. He hails from Lexington Missouri and served in World War II Korea and built the Alcan Highway.
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Mannheim
Germany
William M. Hoge
U.S
Hoge
Europe
Anthony G McAuliffe
Bastogne
Free World
United States
Lexington
U.S. Army
World
Korea
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Bernard H. Staley
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Potomat Edison Company
Pvt. Staley
Fort Bragg
N. C
Dickerson
Richard M. Burns
New Market
Mona Freeman
Leon Uris
Baluie Ury
The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Peoples Court
Pearre
Fredericktown
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gen. Hoge
Sieberling Tires
Philco
Motorola
Sunbeam
Melvin MI. Engle
N. Carrol St
Monocacy Oil Company
Frederick, Md
Scotty’s
BAYER
Bayer Children’s
St. Joseph
Vick’s Cough Syrup
Vick’s Vaporub
Vick’s
Vatronol
Senzenex
Miles Tarcin
Miles Alka
Seltzer
DR. West
Colgate
Colgate Barber Shave
Scotty
D. E
Haley
M. 0
Agarol
Squibb
Father Johns
Miles Nervine
Amphojel
Fletcher
Castoria
Similac
Wien
Pablum
Johnson & Johnson Baby Oil
Mennen
Johnson & Johnson
Woody Free
Dick Harp
Hamilton
Mt. Best
George and
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