Induction of 80 000 More Draftees in March
Washington reports the Army orders 80 000 draftees for March raising total draft quotas to 450 000 since Korea began. Navy Air Force and Marines did not call. The armed forces aim for about 3 500 000 total personnel and 24 combat divisions by July 1. Selective Service will notify states soon.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Defense Department
National Guard
Selective Service
United States to keep troops in Japan beyond veto limits
The United States told the Soviet Union in a diplomatic note that U.S. troops will remain in Japan indefinitely and that Moscow cannot veto a peace treaty with Japan. The note to Jacob Malik in New York rejected Russia’s protest over Potsdam terms and urged Japan to participate in defense arrangements with the U.S. and other nations. Preliminary talks on a Japanese peace treaty are under way in New York.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Russia
Japan
Soviet Union
United Nations
Jacob Malik
New York
Potsdam
Eastern States Shiver in Cold as Thaw Pressed East
The Midwest thawed slightly while the East faced continued cold for one or two days. At least seven deaths were linked to the cold, three in Ohio and two in Indiana, with other fatalities in New York. Temperatures plunged to as low as -36 in the Midwest and -20s to -13 across parts of the East and Northeast. Forecasters predicted a 15 to 25 degree warmup by Thursday night as New York state and the region finally began to thaw.
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Midwest
Buerau
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Orange
Texas
New York State
Poughkeepsie
Elmira
Maine
Rumford
New Jersy
Flanders
Salem
Pennsylvania
Paxsutawney
Maryland
Town Hill
Mercury
Homes Threatened by Earth Slide Near CONCRETE
An 80 foot wide earth slide moved 25 feet in two days threatening about 75 homes on a 45 acre tract near CONCRETE Washington. Families moved belongings but no evacuations were ordered as deputies monitored the area and noted the slide could advance rapidly then settle, caused by heavy rainfall loosening top soil on blue clay.
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U.P
Sheriffs’ Office
Doctors Under 50 to Sign Jan. 15
Draft headquarters in Washington announced that doctors dentists and veterinarians under 50 not yet registered will sign up for the draft on January 15. Draft Director Hershey estimated about 210000 such professionals must register while about 21000 were signed up on the first doctors registration day last October 16. Dr Richard Meiling said about 13000 doctors will be needed to expand military services to 3500000 men with most in the first priority group likely to be called within six months.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Richard L. Meiling
Defense Department
Butte Weather Forecast Shows Mild Friday With Cloudy Skies
Readings forecast for Friday include a low near 15 degrees Friday morning and a high around 34 Friday afternoon. Airport and School of Mines readings show 25 to 35 degrees, with Montana west of Divide mostly cloudy and likely snow or rain mixed. East of Divide expects snow and rain showers, slightly colder with highs 25 to 35 and 15 to 25 in far northeast.
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School of Mines
Divide
Pleven Warns Cuts Endanger U S Arms Aid to France
Paris reports Premier Rene Pleven warned that cutting French rearmament would jeopardize American military assistance. He noted the armed forces budget had fallen from 870 million to 740 million francs and said talks with the United States would be needed if Congress withholds funds. France plans 140 million francs in U S arms aid for 1951, only half approved. Deputies fear new taxes ahead of 1951 elections.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
France
National Assembly
Pleven
United States
Congress
Russia Furnishes Furs for U.S. Air Force Jackets
A Seattle shipment of 3500 pounds of Russian fur arrived for lining Air Force jackets. It includes 12 bales of wolf skins and eight bales of bear skins sent to a firm under a U.S. government contract. Furs moved from the Soviet Union to England and Manchester, with another shipment expected from Vancouver.
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Seattle
United States Air Force
Air Force
Soviet Union
England
Manchester
Vancouver
B. C
Need of Effective Civilian Defense Program Stressed at Butte Meeting
Butte citizens heard a call for a robust civilian defense program at a crowded meeting led by W. Savage of the silver Bow county Civil Defense group. He warned of a survival based war with rapid advances in rockets and A bombs, and outlined a plan to triple local trained volunteers through Red Cross courses for instructors and ongoing basic and advanced training across first aid Geiger counter use and decontamination.
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Butte
W. Savage
Silver Bow County
Governor's
Jack Duggan
Silver Bow
Montana
American Red Cross
Savage
Red Cross
Ed Shea
Civil Defense Corps
Red China Seizes American Assets
In Hong Kong on Friday, December 29, the Chinese Communist regime ordered the immediate seizure of all United States property and private and commercial American bank deposits in Red China. Premier Chou En-lai said the move was retaliation for a similar U S action on December 16. Initial Hong Kong reaction warned the measure could force missionary groups, big oil firms, and the Shanghai Utilities company from China.
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Hong Kong
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Shanghai Utilities Company
Peiping
Soldier with quadruple amputations returns home in triumph
Pfc. Robert L. Smith, the first quadruple amputee of the Korean War, arrived at Walter Reed Army Hospital from Japan. His mother Mrs. Clara E. Smith of Middleburg Pennsylvania greeted him with a smile and planned to stay several days. He will receive a temporary right hand and hopes to begin walking and writing in 60 to 90 days.
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Washington
U.P
Clara E. Smith
Middleburg
Korea
Bob
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Walter Reed Guest House
Legion
Gregory Zann
Smith
Maurice J. Fletcher
Walter Reed
Eight Persons Injured in Montana Collision
A rock rolling onto U S Highway 10 near Saltese caused a head on crash injuring eight people. Peter V. Stroh of Salem Oregon and his family along with O F Stiyer and relatives from Minnesota were taken to hospitals in Idaho and Montana. Stroh faces a careless driving charge in justice court.
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Saltese
Peter V. Stroh
Salem
Ore
O. F. Stiyer
Fergus Falls
Minn
Stroh
Wallace
Idaho
Stiger
Rose Mavis
Earhard
Justice Court
New Controls Tighten U S Economy in Defense Push
Washington action centers on bank reserves, rubber imports, and essential material hoarding. The Federal Reserve orders banks to hold 2 billion more in reserve, the government becomes sole rubber importer and distributor, and 55 essential materials including steel and lumber are barred from hoarding. President Truman acknowledged price controls face slow adoption and noted voluntary rollbacks to December 1 levels.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
National Production Authority
Truman
Rejected Suitor Kills Two in Grand Canyon
Ray Goodman a 44 year old Bright Angel lodge cook killed Norman Bennett 35 and Mary Hunsaker 42 before dying by suicide at a pine tree near the Bennett home in Grand Canyon National Park. Mrs Bennett survived. A park employee found Goodman's body as a posse hunted the area.
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Grand Canyon
Ray Goodman
Bright Angel Lodge
Goodman
Mary Hunsaker
Mesa
Norman Bennett
Heavy Pressure Pushes Flank Back Ten Miles
United Nations forces were pushed back about ten miles on Korea's eastern flank as massed enemy troops pressed forward. Reports from Eighth Army note patrols along the 150 mile front near the 38th parallel with Allied air power attacking front lines and rear bases.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
38Th
Kaesong
Korangpo
Seoul
United Nation
Far East
MacArthur
Red
China
Fourth Field Army
President Truman Attacks Hoover Isolationism Plan
President Truman described former President Hoover's Europe aid plan as isolationism and said the United States will not return to isolationism. He spoke after Hoover proposed ending U.S. troop and arms involvement in Europe and creating a defense barrier from Japan to the British Isles.
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Truman
Hoover
Europe
New York
Korea
Japan
British Isles
United States
Hoover Siad
Mr. Truman
White House
United Nations
Madrid
Fire destroys New England Gas Products plant at Maiden
A blaze and series of explosions destroyed the New England Gas Products company plant in Maiden Massachusetts on Thursday. The loss is estimated at over $100,000. The lone occupant of the building suffered minor burns.
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Mass
New England Gas Products Company, Inc
Dulles Declines GOP Endorsement for Friday Address
John Foster Dulles will speak in New York at 8 p.m. EST Friday night and not as a GOP spokesman. GOP National Chairman Guy Gabriels on Thursday said Dulles has not consulted official Republican leaders or the national committee, and will likely clash with Hoover’s defense views.
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John Foster Dulles
Republican Party
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
Dulles
State Acheson
New York
Herbert Hoover
Gabriels
State Department
Congress
Republican National Com
Burly NY apple-picker admits strangling ex-Follies beauty
Birger Nordkvist, 41, admitted to police that he garrotted Eve lyn Hughes, known as Yvonne Hughes, at a hotel party after she rejected his advances. Police said the former Follies beauty was found slain in a Hotel Ashland room, throttled with a handkerchief and a silk scarf forced into her mouth.
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New York State
Follies
Evelyn
Yvonne) Hughes
Birger Nordkvist
Ashland
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