The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1950, Page 2

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THE ORACLE snerai thinks tHat an. armed [- his size is not out-of proportion nation of 150,000,000 people consider the “array of enemies repeatedly ignored every pro- disarmament” and exhibited grees with those who urge uni- ary service as the means of as- onomical maintenance of such a force. The idea is that each young reaching the age of~ eighteen; enrolled for a period of not over , with ne deferments and that m would-be assigned to the post is best qualified, physically and , to fill. emphasis.should be pronounced h no deferments” in coanection al military service. This should ation imposed upon some of our but one to be borne equally by Therefore, every young man reqiired to give equal service in time and such performance as and mental condition permits der. Eisenhower says that the peo- demand, if universal military Abe adi pted, that the young service have “leaders df ectual stature TRUMAN'S SPEECH President Truman, in a recent speech in Sah Ftaneisco, discussed the: issnes fa- cing the free peoples of the world but we think his speech has been badly mishandled by-some of the press associations, which have played up-the idea that it contained mation that we are ready anywhere in the world” y might to sapport the peoples of all ia to “attain and defend their independence. The President did s “Hate War,” are ready.to “our free way: ¥ them destroy however, all re to the prote aggression. In conne “will not see da his speech, against stion with the peoples of Asia id thz t anywhere at the d t in the Far e globe if this step the independenc The Presi spies and « n and people, a that President pretation of ing fighting, for example, to guarantee inde- pendence or freedom people of the Moluceas, nor are we taking part in the dispute over Kashmir, and we have no idea of intervening in Chir o protect and de- fend the “independence” of the Chinese from domination by the Communists. We are not making any plans to.interven¥ in @ny part of Eastern Russia, where e Peoples are under Communist domination r having lost what we consider “tude ional interpretation: of the’ BIRTHDAY |) CHIANG KAI-SHEK. born Oct.} . 1886. at Fenghua, Fukien ce, China, scion of t yi salt monopoly. F and generalissimo of .N; fw cornered On China's “strong mm re than 20 years. His ance against the ade him one (Of “the ig Five” = 1765—Most historic can secret societies, Th Liberty, organized ins soon spreads over fr eh is “unjustified. When I “Said that the United: States the dangers” it faces and pre- eeting them,” he stated no ime. When he urged aggressors make any mistake about our attiy «he added: “We value our independ- ce and our free way of life in this coun- try—and we will give all that we have to preserve them.” This is no epoch-marking declaration. The President did put his finger on the Soviet Union as the threat to peaceful development ef world relations and blamed the tacties of the Russians for “an inereas- ingly greater strain upon the fabric of world peace.” He denounced the Soviet Union and its satellites for maintaining “armed forces of great size and strength” and _ for. using them “to intimidate other countries.” He said that the free men of the world have but one. choice;““tooppose Sivength with strength,” and added that this is a task “for the free nations tounder; take togethi Cornelius MeGillicuddy, better known as “Connie M: the 87-year-old mas- ager of the not be on the . up his position im favor of a younger man. Connie .Mack has been described ag the “grand old man of baseball,” and the title, perhaps, is thoroughly deserved. Nevertheless, in the last few years, 4 3 : hot been up to the ‘cision that motery Tailroad ' grade* or signals, risk. ; = 1930—Revealed that.a bootleg- gen was attive in thé US. Senate Office Building, —Washington— Prohibition days. dent Roosevelt proclaims Thanks- giving Day a week ahead of the 1949—The _ National _ Institute 1943—U.S. 8th Army t Massino, Haly. 1946—Country’s some ¥ lo- eal price’ céntrel’ boards “ogdered closed. report re- nora, Pa. 1949—Ford Motor rt re- veals.. record-high assets of $134 billicn. éross at their_ own ; ich next year, having given 7