Military raises goal to 3 462 205 by June 30
Assistant Defense Secretary Anna Rosenberg told the Senate preparedness subcommittee that the armed forces have raised their manpower goal to 3 462 205 by June 30, a 263 203 increase over the previous target. President Truman approved the rise, and officials said higher figures could follow. The plan hinges on drafting 18 year olds, raising questions about changes to draft procedures and existing law.
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Washington
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense Department
Department
John Adams
Gas Ratings To Decline In New Government Plan
Washington reports an order to cut octane ratings for gasoline. Interior Secretary Chapman said the plan will not greatly affect engine performance, though late model high compression engines may need spark timing adjustment. The Petroleum Administration for Defense will brief oil industry leaders at a January 22 meeting, with proposed limits of 90 for premium, 86 for intermediate, and 84 for regular grade gasoline.
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Washington
INS
Chapman
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Murder Holiday Records Hit Chicago Safe Week
Chicago police reported a new crime record with twelve days without a murder. Head of a homicide division noted the old record of seven days without a murder dated to October 1950.
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Chicago
Don
Pentagon policy planners study maps of Japan encroaching Communist forces
Editorial notes by Marquis Childs discuss U S concern over Communist expansion near Japan’s vital Far East outpost. The piece references features on pages 50 and 51 including comics, horoscopes, letters, and other regular items, with page numbers for sections such as editorials, bridges, and sports.
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Far East
Marquis Childs
Jan Jean Kain
Dean
Mary Haworth
Ing
City Life
Earl Wilson
Financial
Winchell
Airmen to Study Russian at Syracuse University
Syracuse University will host 110 Air Force personnel on February 1 to study Russian, including 80 enlisted men and 30 officers. Dr Warren Walsh will direct the program with support from language, political science, geography and economics faculties amid a campus housing challenge due to enrollment declines.
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Wright-Patterson Field
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UN Forces Push Ahead After Wonju Bombing
United Nations ground troops and U S Air Force struck Wonju with 275 tons of bombs in a dawn air assault. The offensive followed a fierce counterattack by American, French, Dutch and South Korean forces that moved within a mile of Wonju. A UN corps commander praised the ongoing effort while vowing to hold the Wonju line against Communist pressure.
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Ters
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Robert 3. McClure
Daga Chai
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Mar
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South Korea
Cold Tonight Then Milder Weather Forecast
Weather report from New York and London notes cold conditions tonight with skies clearing and lows around 15 after a 31 low last night. Forecast calls for mild turns, cloudy tomorrow, and above normal temperatures over the five day period amid a range of political notes and a U.S. court update.
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William W.igucean
Remington
Andrew P. Keller
Ever
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Wi Jonhal
U. S
Britain
Gregory F. Noonan
Han Varel Ag
Hanley Opens Albany Law Office
Former Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley has opened a downtown Albany law office for private practice. His role as special counsel to the State Division of Veterans Affairs is contract based and allows him to take outside work.
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Albany Law Office
Albany
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State Division of Veterans's Affairs
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Canadian Is Hanged For 23 Plane Deaths
J Albert Guay, a Quebec jeweler, was hanged at Bordeaux Prison after being convicted of a time bombing that killed his wife and 23 others aboard a plane. The case linked to insurance and a planned crime. Included were three Kennecott Copper executives among the victims. Concluded on page 34 column 2.
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Harney
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Arthur >. Storke
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R. J. Parker
Marie-Ange Robitaille
It's Painful to Grow Teeth at 88 in North Adams
In North Adams Massachusetts William Dickinson, 88, faces a rare dental condition as he grows a third set of teeth. Dr A Rosenthal stated the process began a year ago. Dickinson now has three new upper teeth beside eight original ones, having visited a dentist only once before. An unidentified dentist quips he is beating odds of two million to one.
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Paris Hotel Death of St Louis Restaurateur Medart
William S. Medart, 46, a St. Louis restaurant man, plunged to his death from a Paris hotel window shortly after midnight. His family said he leaped from the window. He is the father of Miri Medart, 17, whose name was linked romantically with King Farouk of Egypt last September.
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Egypt
Divorce Granted After 223 Silent Days in 1950
In Detroit Mrs Gladys D Hayes won a divorce after testifying her husband Laughlin T Mayes a city employee gave her the silent treatment for intervals up to 16 days at a time across 1950, totaling 223 days without speaking.
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Last Chance Peace Bid For Korea At UN Committee
UN Peace plan for Korea seeks immediate cease-fire, withdrawal of foreign troops, and a unified Korea with free elections. US and Britain back the proposal as Russia and Poland signal possible opposition, with Soviet delegate Malik saying talks may continue.
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Red China
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Heiping
Far East
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Tito Denies Claim He Is Selling Out to West
Belgrade Premier Marshal Tito told railway workers he will continue receiving economic aid from the West, denying Russian charges of selling out to capitalists. He said Western aid serves political and economic aims and pledged to maintain his policy.
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Yugoslavia
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FBI reports 9000 draft violation cases in six months
Washington FBI figures show about 9000 cases of alleged draft violations investigated in the past six months. Representative Tavits plans to introduce legislation to permit more than 2290 such cases for inquiry each month, as disclosed by director J Edgar Hoover.
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FBI
di- Washington Gt
Tavits
J. Edgar Sloover
R-Lib.n
Truman seeks higher taxes and broader price controls
President Truman urged Congress to raise taxes sharply and broaden controls on prices and wages. He called for stronger excise taxes, closing tax loopholes, and expanded authority for the Agriculture Department to regulate speculative trading. He warned of the Soviet threat and projected defense spending near 45 to 55 billion annually by year end 1951.
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Department For Agriculture
State of the Union
Russia
Free World
High Points of Truman's Economic Message
Washington dispatch outlines President Truman’s call for rapid military buildup and a defense economy. It warns inflation risks undermining production and urges broad sacrifices, higher taxes, wage and price restraints, and shared burdens across all economic groups to secure national defense.
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Truman
Congress
Rhee Says South Korea Will Fight Japanese if Rearmed
Taegu Korea AP President Syngman Rhee warned officers at South Korean Army headquarters that Seoul would oppose any Japanese rearmament sent to aid the United Nations in halting Chinese Reds. He declared the people would fight the Japanese before expelling the Chinese, recounting Korea's history under Japanese rule from 1903 protectorate to 1910 annexation.
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Syngman Rhee
South Korea
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Japan
Reds Massing Off Formosa Amid Rising Tensions
A Navy spokesman said Chinese Communists have massed many small craft opposite Formosa. Truman ordered the Seventh Fleet to patrol the strait to neutralize threats. Rear Admiral Binford warned the Formosa situation is a powder keg and that trouble was unlikely before March.
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Wife Must Stay Or Lose 3 Million In Oil Heir Case
Albany brief reports the Court of Appeals upheld lower court rulings on a 1943 marriage agreement between Virginia Poole Gould and Henry Rogers Benjamin. It sets a trust for her only if they stay together or are not separated by decree. The decision could cost her about 3 million by her own estimate if they split.
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Virginia Poole Gould Benjamin
Court of Appeals
Henry Rogers Benjamin
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