Truman Attlee Conference Affirms Peace Without Appeasement
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee issued a 10 point statement after a five day conference. They pledged united action to aid non Communist nations in Southeast Asia and to resist aggression. They agreed no appeasement and planned stronger NATO defense, with a supreme commander to be appointed soon.
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Truman
Attlee
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
Southeast Asia
Korea
United States
Britain
Far East
China
U.N
Formosa
U S
Senate OKs 90 Day Rent Control Extension
The Senate approved a three month extension of the federal rent control law, replacing the expired statute except in communities choosing to continue through June 30. The measure mirrors President Truman's request for a short continuance to allow lawmakers to reassess rent and inflation controls next year.
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House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Korea War Turns Point as UN Withdraws to 38th Parallel
U S Eighth Army pulls back to lines below the 38th parallel and north of Seoul while Marine and British units reach Hamhung after a 50 mile retreat. Observers estimate Marines suffer up to 6000 casualties as Chinese forces press toward Inchon and Seoul. General MacArthur believes UN units can halt major Chinese campaigns briefly but warns a longer resistance may fail. The UN nations fear China could push them from Korea if political pressure fails to curb aggression.
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Korea
U .S Eighth Army
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Seoul
Hamhung
Inchon
MacArthur
U.N
United Nations
China
End of Sordid Story for Harry Gold 40
Harry Gold 40, a confessed member of a Russian espionage ring, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in a U S court. He apologized, saying he made a terrible mistake and praised his fair trial. Gold admitted passing vital defense secrets and atomic data to Soviet agents. The note cites Xavier University and Philadelphia General Hospital connections. The Commerce Department reports 1951 Q1 investment plans near 4.8 billion with record yearly outlays potential, boosted by postwar expansion and Korean War effects.
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Harry Gold
U. S
Gold
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
Department
Hogmanay and St Andrews Day Spark Scots New Year Traditions
The piece explains how St Andrew's Day launches Scottish celebrations leading to Hogmanay and Burns Day. It notes first footing with handsels, symbolic foods like shortbread and Black Bun, and the role of music and dancing to ward off indigestion. It references haggis from the Illinois St Andrew's Society and the Viking origins of Yuletide customs.
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St. Andrews
Houston
Hong Kong
Illinois St. Andrew's Society
Scotland
Farm Bureau speakers urge against price controls and rationing
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Dallas Texas leaders urged against price controls or rationing. Federation President Allan B Kline warned price control does not curb inflation and may hide the problem. E Howard Hill Iowa Farm Bureau president cited polls against rationing and argued price ceilings fail to slow inflation. H H Alp poultry director noted advisory committee recommendations for no price ceilings and no rationing.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Dallas
Tex
Federation
Allan B Kline
E. Howard Hill
Iowa Farm Bureau
H. H. Alp
What 1951 Holds for the American Economy and Life
A forecast ahead of 1951 warns of higher living costs and taxes, tighter consumer credit, and a probable austerity program. If war is avoided, Americans may face pricier food and clothing, scarcer nylon, weaker house furnishings, lower auto quality, longer work hours, and sustained unemployment relief.
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United States
U. S
Auto casualties exceed wars claims in Northwestern report
The Northwestern National Life Insurance Company reports that over the past fourteen years automobiles killed 442,970 Americans and injured 13 times more than those wounded in all U.S. wars, highlighting driving as a major national peril.
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U.S
Korea
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
United States
Town Clerk Duties Highlight in Dewitt Household Scene
After dinner darkness falls yet work continues. Dewitt assists his mother with essential book keeping as Mrs. Van Noy serves as town clerk issuing licenses for hunting fishing and marriage. She files mortgages acts as secretary of the town board and receives a modest salary to make ends meet.
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Dewitt
van Noy
Canandaigua
York
Dewitt E. van Noy
New York State
Westinghouse
Lef
New Year Dating and Calendar Shifts Across Rome
The text notes New Year began in Rome in 452 B.C. and was not tied to Christ’s birth. It cites Caesar’s 46 B.C. Julian calendar reform and Dionysius’s 516 A.D. adjustment to Christian reckoning, claiming a four year chronology error shifted 1950 to 1954 in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Rome
Caesar
Dionysius
Christ
Gayest Day in Canada Jour de l An noted in article
The Jour de l An or New Year’s Day is described as the gayest day in the calendar among French Canadian families. It marks family reunions and gift exchanges and is a religious celebration with midnight mass in city churches, while rural areas lack such church services for the year’s arrival.
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Canada
l’An
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Tromat
Atlee
Union
Joseph H. Short, Jr
Washington
Charles G Ross
Short
Stephen T. Early
Farm Bureau
U.S.A
Michael DiSalle
Toledo, C
St SN
Chicago
Floyd D. Butler
Cecilia Bialy
Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge
Mass
B.C
Bird
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