Lausche Defends Work List As Ohio Faces External Threat
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche urged Republicans to join in a four point program to meet the international crisis. He called for no new hires except replacements, a moratorium on nonessential public projects, curtailing nonessential spending, and avoiding new local government obligations. He stressed civil defense and retaining building funds for essential state projects, listing Ohio cities as key targets in a potential atom bomb attack.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Dayton
Air Force Base
Atomic Energy Commission
Miamisburg
Akron
Cincinnati
Army General Depot
Cleveland
Toledo
Youngstown
Taft's Doubts Enliven Debate On Land Army
Senate Democrats rallied to support President Truman's plan to bolster western Europe defenses against possible Soviet aggression. Key figures Connally McFarland Douglas McMahon Fulbright urged firm action, with Douglas proposing affirmative Senate votes on Europe troops and Asia policy and backing Brussels conference aims.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
Truman
Western
Europe
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McFarland
Arizona
Douglas
Illinois
McMahon
Connecticut
Fulbright
Arkansas
Asia
Marshall Urges 27 Month Draft for Youths
Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall urged Congress to draft 18 year olds for 27 months to build United States fighting forces and establish a lasting military strength. He testified before a Senate armed services subcommittee led by Lyndon B. Johnson, outlining universal service and training as the best path. Truman had called for draft reform in his state of the union message.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Senate Armed Services
Marshall
Army
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
Gen
Truman
Canton Soldier Virgil Muntean Is Silver Star Recipient
Corp. Virgil Muntean, 19, first Canton man to win the Silver Star in Korea, recovering in an Osaka hospital after a leg wound. In a letter to his parents he said he expects to return to the front in two weeks. He earned the Silver Star last August for swimming the Naktong River under fire with two comrades to destroy 16 enemy rafts. He enlisted in 1949 after Timken Vocational High School.
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Virgil Muntean
Canton
Osaka
A Oe
Ban Ho i Ae FA
Daateq
John Muntean
Harrison
Corp. Muntean
Japan
Corp
Muntean
Naktong
Timken
Enemytanks in North ready for new drive
A small American French force pushed into Wonju as snow fell in Korea. Allied intelligence warned of 200 tanks and 500 Chinese planes poised north for a major push, with 280,000 Communist troops massed for a new offensive. The 2nd Division and French units attacked from southeast and south, facing heavy fire as air support lagged.
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Tokyo
Wonju
South Korea
Wonrju
U.S
U.N
Korean Peninsula
Korea
Red
Taejon-Taegu
8Th Army
Pusan
Douglas MacArthur
Osan
MacArthur
Osan- Wonju
Osan-Wonju
Will To Win Eisenhower Faces European Morale Test
Wes Gallagher reports that rearming Europe hinges on morale not mere arms. Europeans fear Soviet aggression, prefer freedom, but doubt they can act without strong morale to unite and sustain defense efforts. Britain, Norway show resolve. France and Germany key to Europe’s fate. Ike must foster the will to fight.
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Western
Europe
United States
Soviet Russia
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Russia
Baltic
Spain
Great Britain
Germany
Sinclair Lewis Dies in Rome at 65 in Italian Villa
AP report from Sault Centre notes Sinclair Lewis, famed American novelist of Main Street and Babbitt, died of bronchial pneumonia at Villa Eletra Clinic in Rome at age 65. He had been ill since Dec 31 and suffered heart inflammation. Lewis, Nobel laureate 1930, left a controversial, prolific imprint with Arrow Smith, Elmer Gantry, It Cant Happen Here, Kingsblood Royal, and his 21st book The God Seeker published posthumously.
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Sinclair Lewis
Rome
Villa
Ome
America
Italy
Villa Electra
MR. Lewis
United States
Babbitt
Sauk Centre
Minn
George F. Babbitt
Zenith
Hoover Committee Seeks Help To Pass Hoover Recommendations
Readers are urged to join local or state Hoover Committees to push remaining Hoover recommendations into law. The message promotes civic action to improve government efficiency and reduce costs, inviting participation through local organizations and state groups.
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Hoover Committee
Hoover
Timken Roller Bearing Company
February Induction Calls For Stark County Registrants
Two hundred eleven Stark County men are slated for induction in February with 224 ordered for pre induction physicals, per Columbus headquarters estimates. No specific dates set. total inductions fall just under a record post Korean draft month. Board 110 leads with 84 inductions and 89 examinations. Board 109 lists 81 and 86. Board 111 shows 46 and 49. Apples 25 14 bit up. Fresh sweet cider. Apple House Fulton NW ad.
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Stark County Selective Service Boards
Columbus
Board 110
Board 109
Board 111
Apple House
Fulton
Woman in Michigan Delivers Quadruplets at Local Hospital
In Ontiatic Michigan on January 10 AP reports Anna Rose Bush, 34, wife of a stonemason, gave birth to quadruplets via Caesarean section at St Joseph's Mercy Hospital. Doctors say all four infants, two boys and two girls, are doing fine and were placed in incubators. Estimated birth weights range from 4 to 5 pounds each. This marks Michigan's second living set of quadruplets, with the previous set being Norfolk girls from Lansing now 20 years old.
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Ontiac
Mich
Anna Rosebush
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
M. Philippa
Michigan
Norfok
Lansing
Austin Outlines Four Point Korea Plan At UN
The United States unveiled a four point plan to guide UN action on China’s involvement in Korea. Warren R. Austin urged united support for condemning Peiping, reaffirming UN aims, calling for Chinese withdrawal, and urging members to assist as able. He ruled out direct war with Red China and emphasized coordinated UN tactics. The proposal awaits formalization as the UN political committee weighs cease-fire efforts and a potential peace appeal to Peiping.
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Korea
Austin
United Nations
Red
China
United States
Peiping
U. S
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