Formosa calm eyed as leaders weigh cease fire efforts
The report notes Adm. Felix Stump says U S forces will defend themselves if attacked and mentions no evacuation orders for the Tachens. Churchill and Nehru sought a path to U S mediation on Formosa as Mansfield backs Eisenhower's handling of the crisis amid mounting war fears.
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Adm
Felix B. Stump
U. S
Pacific
Stump
Washington
Thim
Tachens
London
Formosa
Churchill
India
Nehru
Peiping
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vets and Drafttees Guide to Future Military Service
Major Thomas Nias outlines how Eisenhower era draft proposals could reshape young men's obligations. Proposals include four-year extensions, active force through draft and volunteers, ready and standby reserves, and a six month training option with a national quota. Readers are urged to contact Major Nial with service questions.
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Thomas M.nias
Congress
Eisenhower
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Air Force
Formosa At A Glance Amid UN Drama
The Soviet draft resolution urged immediate U S pullout from the Formosa area and for Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists to cede coastal islands to the Communists. The U S dismissed it as propaganda aimed at hindering efforts to stop fighting as UN Security Council discussed clashes in the Formosa Strait. In Taipei, Red Chinese planes bombed Nationalist positions.
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Associated Press
United Nations
Russia
U. N. Security Council
United States
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa Strait
Garri
Secretary Dulles Hopeful China End Fighting
Secretary of State Dulles expressed hope that Communist China would eventually agree to end the fighting, signaling a possible path to deescalation and peaceful settlement negotiations.
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Dulles
China
Churchill and Leaders Meet Over China Cease Fire Talks
London hosts a 10 day Commonwealth summit led by Prime Minister Churchill to push for a China cease fire amid Formosa tensions. Attendees include Nehru, St Laurent, Menzies, Holland, Ali, Kotelawala, Huggins, and Swart. Nehru doubts China will attend Security Council talks.
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British Commonwealth
Formosa
China Coast
Churchill
Commonwealth
United Nations ‘Security Council
China
Downing St
Nehru
India
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Sydney Holland
New Zealand
Mohammed Ali
Pakistan
John Kotelawala
Ceylon
Godfrey Huggins
Central African Federation of Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Charles R. Swart
South Africa
Anthony Eden
Chou En-lai
U. N
Red China
Peiping
Security Council
Penney's Store Gutted By Early Morning Fire
The Penney Company occupied the first floor of a Market street building for over 25 years, with a 35 by 120 foot real estate area. A.C. McCardell’s candy store on the first floor was swept by the blaze as firefighters redirected a new stream from the Citizens ladder truck called to the scene near noon.
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Frank Keefer
J.C. Penney Company
North Market Street
Rhey Frank ‘Ester
Alton. Shaff
Camp Detrick
Penney Company
LeRoy £. Boone, Jr
City Water Department
A.C. McCardell
Market Street
Citizens Ladder
J.C. Penney Companys
Union Bridge Lions mark 10th anniversary charter night
The Union Bridge Lions Club celebrated its 10th anniversary with 123 members and guests. Delegations from multiple Lions Clubs attended. Guest speaker Joseph A. Bull of the Pennsylvania Rail Road spoke, and awards were presented to several members for long service and perfect attendance. A March of Dimes drive is chaired by Mrs. Peggy Sixx, with Mrs. Vivian Nusbaum assisting. A local family welcomed a newborn, Lewis Edward Crumpacker Jr., home from Frederick Memorial Hospital. In Washington, John L. Lewis and two coal operators urged the Labor Department to set a minimum wage for miners on government soft coal contracts.
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Union| ‘Bridge Lions Club
Lions Clubs
Taneytown
Westminster
Emmitsburg
Rockville
Taylorsville-Winfield
Libertytown-Unionville
Glade Valley
Freedom District
Joseph A. Bull
Grayson Shank
Russell Marsh
Peggy Sixx
Union Bridge
Vivian Nusbaum
Lewis Crumpacker
Lewis Edward Crumpacker
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Washington
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
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Clinton Kelly, Jr
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Elmer Pittinger
Leslie Repp
Thomas Yates
Kenneth Alling
David L. Bankert
Isaac Saylor
George Yingling
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