Selective Service Sees Draft Quotas Shrink Amid Enlistment Rise
Washington 31 Jan AP Maj Gen Lewis B Hershey said Korea casualties drop and higher enlistments permit cutting draft quotas. original 430000 seven month call may shrink to 275000 300000 with voluntary enlistments rising. Navy Air Force rely on volunteers. February March quotas set at 52500 and 28600.
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Washington
Korea
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Armed Services Committee
Hershey
Army
Marines
Navy
Air Force
House Committee
Congress
Reprimands for Gabrielson and Boyle in RFC ties
Senate investigations subcommittee reprimands Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson and former Democratic party chief William M. Boyle Jr for business ties with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation while in public trust roles. They were not accused of illegal acts, but urged to act above suspicion. Senator McCarthy did not sign the report.
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Washington
Guy Gabrielson
William M. Boyle, Jr
Senate
Senate Investigations
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Boyle
Gabrielson
McCarthy
R-Wis
Churchill Wins Confidence Vote in Commons
Winston Churchill's government secured a confidence vote in the House of Commons 309 to 278 over its austerity program. Labor attacks accused the plan of unfair costs and broken promises while Bevan and Attlee criticized the approach as unsuitable for Britain’s recovery.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Clementiee
Attlee
Robeson and Hallinan Barred From Crossing Border
Paul Robeson and attorney Vincent Hallinan were denied entry into Canada by U S immigration officers at Blaine Washington. They received written notices stating they could not leave the United States while en route to Vancouver to address a British Columbia Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers convention.
Senate to Start Debate on Alaska Statehood Bill
Washington January 31 Senate agrees to begin debate Monday on a bill granting statehood to Alaska. The measure serves as a test for both Alaska and Hawaii, with Hawaii statehood to be taken up immediately after if Alaska passes.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Hawaii
Milk price rollback announced by Bozeman and Livingston dairies
Bozeman and Livingston milk distributors said they will roll back prices to 18 cents a bottle and 19 cents a quart after a Helena conference with OPS officials. Dealers had raised prices to 21 cents a quart earlier in the week, and Helena dairymen boosted consumer prices to 23 cents a quart, claiming compliance with the law.
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Bozeman and Livingston
Helena
OPS
Office of Price Stabilization
Bozeman
Livingston
United Press
Helena Dairymen
Defense Arrangement in Japan Termed Common Enterprise
Dean Rusk described the U S Japan security pact as a common enterprise with mutual vital interest. He said U S forces will stay in Japan after occupation ends on a security mission of high importance to both nations and that arrangements will be fully disclosed to the peoples of both countries.
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Tokyo
U. S
Japan
Truman
Dean Rusk
U. S.japan
Rusk
America
Small Businesses to Get Government Material Aid
The National Production Authority plans a hardship reserve of scarce materials to rescue civilian manufacturers hardest hit by metal rationing. The program aims to keep businesses operating, though not necessarily profitably, and will be created in the near future according to government sources.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Federal gambling tax cuts 90 percent of illegal activity
A revenue official said the federal gambling tax has choked off 90 percent of illegal gambling, with many big operators quitting as they must disclose operations. FCC will probe gambling use of Western Union wires and delay new racing news rules to May 3, with a hearing set for March 3. Tax stamps sold rose in December vs November, but total revenue through December remains far below the 400 million yearly estimate.
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Washington
Eugene Coyle
Revenue Bureau
Coyle
FCC
Copper Industry Harmed by Government Plans, VP Says
Simon D. Strauss of American Smelting and Refining argues copper shortage will end sooner than Washington predicts. He warns against costly substitutions, notes projects adding 450000 tons annually by 1955, and cites potential price and policy effects on supply.
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Denver
Simon D. Strauss
New York City
American Smelting and Refining Company
Washington
Strauss
Colorado Mining Association
U S
Ford weighs shutting regional plants over 1952 cuts
Henry Ford II told reporters in San Francisco that Ford Motor Co would seriously consider closing its regional assembly plants if the government makes substantial material allocation reductions for the second quarter of 1952.
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San Francisco
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Refugees Say Majority of Russians Opposed Kremlin Rule
State department released an intelligence analysis based on refugee and defector reports. They say Russians broadly dislike Soviet leaders, foresee inevitable U.S.–Soviet war, note intensified anti semitism, claim Kremlin seeks world domination by secrecy and terror, and report low living standards fueling social unrest and crime. Continued on page 2.
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Russia
Kremlin
Washington
State Department
Department
Stalin
United States
Soviet Union
Red Command
93 000 Americans Die in Accidents
The National Safety Council reports 1951 saw 93 000 accidental deaths in the United States, 37 500 from traffic, with 9 000 000+ injuries and 8 billion dollars in losses. Motor vehicle fatalities were near the 1941 all time high, while 49 cities with 10 000+ residents recorded no traffic deaths. Ann Arbor achieved a perfect traffic record.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Council
Illinois
New Jersey
Ann Arbor
Mich
Billings
Mont
Cheyenne
Wyo
Shell confirms second discovery in Montana Williston basin
J E Clark, Shell Oil Rocky Mountain division manager, announced a second Williston basin oil discovery in Montana. Pine Unit No 1 completed for 615 barrels daily with 467 barrels of 33 gravity oil and 148 barrels water and mud, in Wibaux County 25 miles west of the Dakota line on federal land. The first Shell discovery, No 1, came July 13 about 25 miles from Richey.
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Billings
J E. Clark
Casper
Wyo
Shell Oil Company
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Williston Basin
Shell
Wibaux County
Dakota Line
Richey
Senate confirms Putnam as economic stabilization chief
Washington January 31 AP reports the Senate confirmed Roger L Putnam former Springfield Mass mayor as economic stabilization administrator. The same vote approved Eric A Johnston as chairman of the international development advisory board and John M Allison of Nebraska as an assistant secretary of state succeeding Dean Rusk who resigned.
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Washington
Senate
Roger L. Putnam
Springfield
Mass
Eric A. Johnston
International Development Advisory Board
John M. Allison
Nebraska
Dean Rusk
Truman Withdraws From New Hampshire Primary
President Truman ruled out a campaign against Estes Kefauver in New Hampshire on March 11 but kept open a possible future run for re election. He said withdrawal does not end his national race and could win the nomination without primaries. Kefauver will stay in the New Hampshire race as Truman questions primaries, calling them eyewash.
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Washington
Truman
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
New Hampshire
Capitol Hill
Kefauver
New England
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Douglas
D-Il
Bennett
D-Fla
Congress
Butte Weather Forecast Mixed Snow Showers Friday
Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers over surrounding mountains Friday. Cooler Friday morning, little change Friday afternoon, warmer Friday night. Expected lows around 12 and highs near 38. Temperatures listed for periods through Thursday and at the Airport and School of Mines. West of Divide shows 30 to 40 high, East of Divide 40 to 50. Maximums reflect 12 hours and minimums 18 hours through 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
UN Chiefs Open Way for Korea Troop Withdrawal Demand
In Panmunjom talks on Korea, Vice Adm. Joy invited North Korean Lt. Gen Nam Il to draft articles on agenda item five, which includes the withdrawal of foreign troops. The move signals potential focus on a political peace conference and final settlement as negotiators resume Friday.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Joy
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
Peiping
Yang Joy
R. E. Libby
Buckelos
Ohio River Flood Loses Its Devastating Punch
Cincinnati reports the Ohio River flood weakening with seven feet rise in parts yet to cut damages. President Truman toured the area between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati surveying 468 miles of flood impacts. Officials estimate damage near 23 million dollars as flood area designated a disaster to unlock federal aid.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Truman
Pittsburgh
Marietta
Greenup
Portsmouth
Cairo
Paschal N. Strong
Ohio River Division
U.S Engineers
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Ohio River Valley
Peace Returns to Suez Sector Amid Egyptian-British Talks
Cairo reports indicate Egypt's new regime ordered militants in the Suez to halt guerrilla actions against British forces and seek peaceful cooperation. Informants say a shift toward conciliation follows Aly Maher Pasha's appointment as premier after Cairo riots left 67 dead. Western diplomats deem calm essential for renewed negotiations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez
Middle East
Suez Canal Zone
Aly Maher Pasha
Mustapha Nahas Pasha
Maher
National Front
Waf
E! Mokattam
Arnall Offered Price Stabilization Post
Ellis Arnall former Georgia governor was reported to have been offered the job as Director of Price Stabilization He conferred with President Truman and would not comment on the reports that he would succeed Michael V DiSalle
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Truman
Michael V. DiSalle
Three Men Die in Fire at Sarnia Refinery
A flash fire at the Canadian Oil refinery in Sarnia Ontario killed three men and left two others injured. The incident occurred Thursday as the $18,000,000 plant was in operation, and investigators began examining the cause.
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Sarnia
Ont
Canadian Oil Company
Commies Ground Losses Are Low
Allied ground troops killed fewer than 1,000 Reds in the week ending last Monday, with an Eighth Army officer calling the toll likely the lowest since the Korean War began. The U S Fifth Air Force reported 50 warplanes lost in January, with 44 shot down by ground fire and five in air battles. Official weekly ground losses were not fully disclosed, but the month saw high air losses and ongoing combat behind enemy lines.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Commu
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