One Flag Army: Ike Seeks Unified Western Defense Plan
Senator Brewster reports Eisenhower favors a single flag and command for a Western European defense force with six U.S. divisions, while Britain and France push for faster rearmament and Greece and Turkey joining the North Atlantic pact. The group backs Spain talks and weighs $8.5 billion aid for 1951, seeing progress but noting delays and inter-NATO friction.
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France
Germany
Eisenhower
U.S
Europe
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Spain
Franco
Green
Rhode Island
Wiley
Dwight Eisenhower
Sparkman
Alabama
Maine
Western
Congress
U N Peace Conferees Get Final Orders
Allied negotiators in Korea receive final U N instructions to resume cease-fire talks at Kaesong. Vice Admiral Joy leads a five man U N team back from Tokyo with Gen Ridgway and Rear Admiral Burke. Key issue is whether foreign troop withdrawal should be on the cease-fire agenda.
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TERS
Korea
U. N
Kaesong
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
L. C. Craigie
Arleigh Burke
Peiping
Moscow
Psychiatrist backs mental tests for reckless drivers
Dr. Winfred Overholser, head of St. Elizabeths Hospital, urged courts to order mental tests and mandatory treatment for chronic reckless drivers. He cited Detroit judge John Watts who ordered Richard Heathfield, 22, into a mental hospital after 16 arrests for recklessness. Safety experts Burton Marsh supported the move, while noting public resistance may occur.
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Ashington
Winfred Overholser
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Detroit
Richard W. Heathfield
Sanity Commission
John D. Watts
Burton Marsh
Automobile Association of America
Taft challenges U S Chamber tax stance in Senate
The U S Chamber of Commerce argues against a tax rise while Taft and Millikin doubt spending cuts suffice. Alvord cites a $63.0 billion revenue need, and a potential trimming of several billion from $68.0 billion spend, without following the chamber's proposed $7.0 billion cut. The House tax bill is under review and foreign aid debates surface.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Chamber
Senate Finance Committee
Alvord
House
The
Ohioan
Budget Bureau
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Congress
Clarence D. Lautin
Columbus
Council
Federal Finance Committee
U. S
Federal Finance
Treasury
Birth certificates price doubles at Canton health dept
The Canton health department in City Hall basement now charges 50 cents for birth certificates, up from 25. Officials urge parents of children starting kindergarten or first grade this fall to obtain certificates now to avoid a late rush for school entrance. Curling, a national Scottish Fame, traces to the 14th century from the Low Countries.
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Canton Health Department
City Hall
Low Countries
Pet ox preferred by Jacksonville farmer Joe the plow ox
Fia J Browning of Jacksonville, 70, votes for his pet ox Joe over horses or mules for plowing. He says the animal does not eat too much and stays healthy, making him a practical working partner on the farm.
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Jacksonville
Fia
J. A. Browning
Joe
Browning
Old Voters Register in Memphis Trio Ages Near Century
In Memphis Tennessee three seniors register to vote: Max Fooks 99 Roman Marcus 94 and Mrs Lilly Massman 92. Their ages underscore long civic engagement as registration continues in the district.
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Memphis
Tenn
Max Fooks
Roman Marcus
Lilly Massman
Truman shifts U S Spain policy toward defense pact
President Truman signaled a shift in U S Spain ties toward a defense framework. The move followed pressure from the Defense Department and Congress to back recognition despite domestic and foreign protests. The change culminates from a long U N boycott and naval talks, with key officials urging strategic alignment against communism and military threats.
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Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Ashington
Truman
Spain
Defense Department
United States
Francisco Franco
Great Britain
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Congress
Dwight. D. Eisenhower
Stanton Griffis
Madrid
Jose F. Lequerica
Bible Society distributed 138609 Bibles in year
Boston reports that the Massachusetts Bible Society, founded the year Abraham Lincoln was born, distributed 138,609 Bibles during the past year to worshipers, schools, and institutions across the state.
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Boston
Massachusetts Bible Society
Abraham Lincoln
Britain to Join Talks on Western Germany Defense
London reports Britain accepted an invitation to join the United States and France in talks on the role of Western Germany in western defense. Washington called the conference, with France likely to participate. Two proposals exist, Bonn and Paris, detailing how German forces would fit into a Western defense setup.
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London
Britain
United States
France
Germany
Washington
Bonn
Paris
Eisenhower Commands Allied Forces in Europe
General Dwight D. Eisenhower assumes supreme command of Allied Forces in Europe, directing operations for the Western Front and coordinating strategic planning with Allied nations to defeat Axis forces. His leadership focuses on unified command, logistics, and coordinated offensives across occupied territories.
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Allied Powers
Europe
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