Mass Exodus Rips Seoul as 750000 Flee South
Seoul officials report about three quarters of the city’s population has fled while tens of thousands depart daily. Refugees flood main streets and bridges across the Han River as government vehicles and home guards try to prevent looting and maintain order amid the retreat from advancing Communist forces.
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Seoul
Korea
Sean
Tywej
Han River
Syngman Rhee
Capitol Building
Army Calls 7 500 Junior Officers
The Army will call up 7,300 junior lieutenants and captains from National Guard and organized reserve units, plus 100 women army corps officers and 890 medical, 850 dental, and 415 medical service corps officers. All reportages are set for February to March, with the first ever use of Guard and reserve volunteers for individual officer calls. The Navy has dropped its prior plan to release reserve personnel on a fixed schedule.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Women's Army Corps
AWO
Medical Service
Navy
Naval Reserve
Guard
Organized Reserve
ROTC
TUREE
The
American Bar Association
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
New Military Plan Mapped for Peacetime Service Drive
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee announced a peacetime universal military training plan. The administration plans a combined draft and training program named universal military service to be proposed in the 82nd Congress starting January 3. Public hearings are set to begin by January 38 on peacetime universal training and wartime draft training proposals.
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Washington
Vinson D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Vinson
French Begin Arms Debate
Paris reports that the National Assembly opened debate on a 1 billion rearmament plan as part of Western defense against Communism. The session, slated for about 22 hours, risked a stormy course with Premier Rene Pleven warning that a cabinet resignation would follow if the package were cut.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Rene Pleven
Assembly
Dudeot
Cigarette Blamed for Christmas Night Hotel Fire
Police arson squad and fire prevention bureau report a carelessly discarded cigarette caused a Christmas night blaze in a small east side hotel. Six men died in the fire. earlier thoughts blamed a heating unit. Officials concluded the cigarette started the fire after investigation yesterday.
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Buffalo
East Side
Fire Prevention Bureau
Senator Sees Little Hope for Taft-Hartley Repeal
Senator James E. Murray of Montana says repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law seems unlikely next year. He notes repeal would strengthen the nation only if management recognizes the act’s injustices. Murray, potentially Senate Labor Committee chair, suggests amendments might be accepted if repeal campaigns fail, while labor spokesmen push a full repeal.
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Washington
Llp
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Murray
Senate Labor Committees
Senate
Truman
Ebert D. Thamks
Utah
Prion
LABOR
Robert A. Taft
R-C
House
Assam Quake Toll and Aftermath Reported
A massive quake in Assam last August was reported to have killed about 1,596 people and caused $50,400,000 in property damage. Calcutta geologist Ramachandra Rao suggested Mt Everest may have risen several hundred feet, with the summit now uncertain pending new surveys. The disaster razed 15 000 square miles of hills and jungles, altered river courses, produced sudden lakes, and buried hundreds of villages including the near-total extinction of one tribe except 27 members.
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Bombay
INS
Assan
Ramiachandra Rao
Mt. Everest
Eisenhower to Use Hotel as Paris Headquarters
The U S Army announced that General Dwight Eisenhower will establish his temporary headquarters as supreme commander of the Atlantic pact army at the Hotel Astoria in Paris. A permanent site will be chosen later.
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Paris
U.S
Dwight Eisenhower
Hotel Astoria
Army
Eisenhower
Boston Milk Price Cut A Cent Per Quart
Boston milk producers will receive a penny-a-quart price cut, announced by Francis D. Dailey of the Massachusetts milk control board. Federal officials planned a similar cut for their sector, and company officials indicate some passthrough to consumers is likely though exact consumer reductions remain undecided.
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Boston
Francis D. Dailey
Massachusetts Milk Control, Board
Federal
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