Sideshow of Attrition in Korea Warns of World War II Precedent
The text argues Russian strategy relies on attrition to wear down the U S before total war, citing Soviet aid to Korea and Europe while keeping troops home. It urges the United States to mobilize more UN support, pressure allies, and fight communist aggression to secure lasting peace.
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Korea
Russia
Europe
China
United States
America
United Nations
Warning to atomic workers from Donald Straus
Fitting and proper American labor might view the warning to the nation's atomic workers that work interruptions will not be tolerated. The times are far from ordinary as a strong enemy threatens liberties. The public may forego constitutional rights for security while labor should adopt the same attitude and purge communism from its ranks by uninterrupted production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. Straus
Straus
Henry Wallace State of Korea Remarks Shaping Debate
A New York reporter questioned Henry Wallace about the Korean crisis. Wallace refused to speak at first claiming insufficient information, later labeling North Korea as aggressors and supporting UN defense of South Korea, prompting astonishment at his slow change from prior stances.
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United States
New York
Stanley
Livingstone
Henry Wallace
United Nations
South Korea
Henry
Progressive Party
Beards and Beacons of Raleigh County in a Sharp Parody
Thomas F. Stafford offers a satirical critique of the Brothers of the Brush in Raleigh County. He mocks their beards and supposed rustic valor, argues they imitate past pioneers, and challenges Scott and local editors to prove their authenticity by living the old frontier life.
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Brothers of the Brush
Raleigh
Raleigh Af Yesteryear
Gotham
Empire State Building
Scott
Cecil Lovell
Iight Company
Beckley
Ue Boush
Stalin
Walt
Grandpop
Tom
Grandpap
Confidence replaces tension on Korean front in Tokyo
HAL BOYLE notes a calm shift in Tokyo as US forces project growing confidence after the Pusan landing. He describes a commuters war feel, with soldiers commuting to Korean front and returning for canasta, while evacuees face lost possessions and passport woes.
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Hal Boyle
Tokyo
New York
Washington
Warfront
Nation surveys civil defense readiness amid crisis
The Nation Today reports the Office of Civilian Mobilization says the United States is poorly prepared to handle disasters at home and abroad. It notes progress since 1949 when civilian mobilization began, lists states and cities with stronger plans, and highlights examples such as California Michigan Indiana DC Pennsylvania Hawaii Milwaukee Hartford Fort Wayne Seattle Portland Pittsburgh Detroit as varying levels of readiness.
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James Marlow
Washington
Office of Civilian Mobilization
OCM
Korea
Paul J. Larsen
Congress
Defense Department
Army
Truman
National Security Resources Board
NSB
NLRB
Bureau of Mines
Ther
California
Michigan
Indiana
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
Milwaukee
Hartford
Conn
Fort Wayne
Ind
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Hollywood primes Jane Wyatt as a murderous on screen star
Hollywood notes reveal Jane Wyatt in a new film role as a murderess and flawed heroine in The Gun, with press anecdotes about her on screen and radio work, plus memories of Charles McGraw’s career arc from gunman to detective. The piece also mentions farming advice urging planting drought tolerant crops to curb soil erosion in Washington.
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Hollywood
Jane Wyatt
Harlan Warde
Lee J. Cobb
Jane
Gary Cooper
Navy
Canadian Pacific
Charles McGraw
Central South
Auling
Charlie
McGraw
Mark Hellinger
Bure Lancaster
Bill Conrad
Los Angeles
Charac
Cow With Wooden Leg Walks on Three Real Legs
A Copenhagen cow, once wounded and amputed by a veterinary surgeon rather than being shot, has learned to walk on three natural legs and a wooden prosthetic. The animal, named Juhl Djnern ham, recently stepped into the fields after losing its fourth leg.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Juhl Djnernham
Experts Argue Over Vets Insurance Costs Amid Red Tape
Washington debate over NSLI costs compares VA handling expenses to private firms. VA says 70 percent of policies are renewable term with monthly premiums and active files, while private firms issue more permanent policies and collect quarterly or annual payments. Subcommittee estimates VA costs at 14 dollars per policy in 1950. private firms around 849 dollars per policy, though differences in policy type and additional costs are argued.
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David Tyson
Washington
Veterans
Uncle Sain
National Service Life Insurance
NSLI
Veterans Administration
NSEI
Cose
Fife
Harold W. Breining
Breining
Congress
Subcommittee
Feeming
Mwe
VA Insurance
Armed Forces Administration
Justice Department
Porter Hardy
D-Va
Chamain
House
Progress in recoilless weapons boosts US optimism in Europe
Washington reports steady gains in recoilless artillery and shaped charges, promising Western defense against a Russian tank assault. Two rifles are in use, with a 103-millimeter in development, enabling infantry to strike tanks at ranges up to about 4000 yards.
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Clarke Beach
ADP
Washington
Europe
America
iJever
ARMY
Gnawing War GIs Scoff at Welcome UN Signs in Korea
AP report from somewhere in Korea describes a tense quiet war of stealth and deception. US soldiers recount near ambushes and eerie silence as a white robed Korean farmer and others watch from the hills. A hospital train traverses a tunnel where danger seems imminent and unseen.
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S. Korea
Tom Lambert
Korea
Farmer
Cpl
Nurnet Dyke
Batsle Rrees
Mich
Robin YT. Matthews
Athens
Robert Locke
Detroit
Shady Cloister by Winifred Lear
Linnet Reilly a bright English teacher at Eastlands a girls boarding school seeks affection amid a cast of staff and students. The novel follows Linnet and several rivals including Mary Bonner Ethel Banner Brett Bidlake and Dr Forbes through romance ambition and a dramatic fire leading to a poised quietly persuasive ending.
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Winifred Lear
Macmillan
Linnet Reilly
Eastlands
Miss Lear
Miles
Stalker
Bancroft
Sinclair
Fthel Bonner
Mary
Ethel Banner
Dr. Forbes
Mary Bonner
Ethel
Linnet
Arnold Cannon
Kate
Brett Bidlake
Carolyn
Brett
Linnel
Wism
Broadway notes on The Cocktail Party and Broadway veterans
A mixed Broadway notes piece highlights Irene Worth as the lone American in The Cocktail Party Broadway cast after its London transfer, noting her UC Los Angeles education and London stage work. It recalls Edgar Stehli, Katharine Hepburn’s record Broadway run, Paul Robeson, Jose Ferrer, Uta Hagen, Jane Cowl, Mary Martin, and other theater figures with brief career snapshots and a war era signing anecdote for a Broadway engagement at $1,000 a week.
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New York
Irene Worth
London
Worth
Los Angeles
University of California
Broadway
Edgar Stehli
Lyons
France
Bathe
Cornell Gai
Stchli
Johnny Stewart
Brooklyn
Wren Katharine Hepburn
Romeo and Eliet
Paul Robeson
Jose Ferrer
Uta Haan
Ant
Jane Cowl
Jone
Mary Martin
Krekle Herd
Texas
Braudway
Alwass
Sapue Tucker
Vailivville
Beckley Child Attends School in German City
In Germany the Beckley child attends a school in a German city as part of a foreign assignment. The note identifies Robert J. Revty as erandchild of Mr. and Mrs. Heenan Gavinn with a Brekey address. Details imply promotion and military context involving an occupation force in August Germany.
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Beckley Child
German City
Robert J. Revty
Erandchild
Mro
Heenan Gavinn
Leys Nt
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ECA
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Seoul
Sam
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