MacArthur as War Leader and Administrator in Korea and Japan
A reflection on General Douglas MacArthur as a brilliant combat commander and capable administrator. The piece praises his Inchon victory and the rebuilding of Japan, noting his strategic withdrawal from Japan and transfer of forces to Korea. It also mentions criticisms of his information flow and reliance on Maj. Gen. Willoughby as intelligence chief.
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Korea
Douglas MacArthur
George Soxoisky
Japan
China
Free Countries
Inchon
Soviet Korea
MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
C. A. Willoughby
Gen. Willoughby
Far East View on MacArthur and the Korean War
By George Sokolsky discusses Gen. MacArthur in the Far East, contrasting Truman Acheson policy with a hold Japan Okinawa Philippines perimeter. He analyzes the Nov 24 decision, the Yalu, and MacArthur’s reconnaissance in force amid UN limits, noting 30 divisions and 100000 POWs as outcomes. An admirer argues the figures reflect a new war, not blunder or disaster.
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Drew Pearson
Alsop Brothers
Gen
Willoughby
Alsops
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Japan-Okinawa-Philippines-Formosa
Russia
Truman
Dean Acheson
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Mao Tze- Tung
Korea
Burma
French Indo- China
Tibet
State Department
Congress
MacArthur
Air Force
Navy
Manchuria
Yalu
Washington
United Nations
Yalu River
Old Woman Among Refugees in Seoul Suburb Boxcar Tragedy
A frail elderly woman leans on a wire in a boxcar as 15 000 to 20 000 refugees crowd the rail yards near Seoul. Thousands daily ride freight trains seeking safety. a baby cries alone after a boy tries to reclaim the infant from the distraught grandmother. The scene captures desperate mobility amid freezing cold and crowded chaos.
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Seoul
Orphans on Korean train cars rescued by American soldier
American Pvt Otis Brooks describes Koreans ignoring abandoned children on moving boxcars. A Patton Missouri native notes locals offer no help until a gunpoint is used. Capt A O Thornton of Dallas notes daily orphans found at a small station and turned over to Korean police.
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Otis Brooks
Patton
A. O. Thornton
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Associated Press
Businessmen should preach more in churches say leaders
A California businessman spoke at UR college church delivering a practical sermon that energized about 1200 attendees. Advocates urge greater crossovers between business and church life to strengthen capitalism and maintain freedom, citing leaders like Robert Wilson and Norman Vincent Peale.
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UR College
California
George S. Benson
Indiana
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Pea
Civil Defense Men Named at Navarre
Navarre moves to form a Navarre Civil Defense division under Mayor Kinsey. Randall Weber is named director with Miles Hay Jr. as assistant. Key members will recruit volunteers to fill department roles and meet at Navarre High School at 7 30 p m Thursday.
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Navarre
Ralph Kinsey
Civil Defense Commission
Howard van Horn
Randall Weber
Kinsey
Navarre Defense Group
Miles Hay, Jr
Direc
Tives
Ohio Civil Defense Commission
Weber
Hay
Navarre Civil Defense Group
Navarre High School
Horse Thief Society Sees Surge in Members in Dedham
In Dedham Massachusetts the Society for the Apprehension of Horse Thieves, dating from colonial times, reports a record high membership of 1711 men marking an era without a horse theft in 15 years and signaling renewed public vigilance.
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Dedham
Mass
Society For the Apprehension of
Take My Word for It by Frank Colby
FRANK COLBY argues against defending "It is me" and cites literary and scholarly endorsements for the phrase as idiomatic, noting that "it's me" has long been sanctioned in general usage. He contrasts proper forms with the incorrect "Me am it" and praises idioms despite grammar rules.
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Frank Colby
Iittle Rock
Colby
Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Giles Fletcher
George Etherege
Shelly
Ill
Chicago
Woolley and
Scott
H. L. Mencken
Charles Allen Lloyd
Churchill Bids Farewell to America in Final Message
In a farewell address attributed to Winston Churchill, he declares to America that the speaker is himself, asserting identity as the war leader and statesman. The Bell Syndicate, Inc. frames the moment as a defining public communication marking an end of an era.
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America
Winston Churchill
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
East St. Louis Shocks Hold Up With Water Washout
In East St. Louis Illinois Paul Newberry filling station operator splashed water from a can on two robbers who pressed a gun to his back. Startled by the reaction the men fled in a car without taking any loot.
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East ST. Louis
Paul Newberry
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National Council of English
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