Word: locales
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Tribune discovered a lady sewing on a U.N. flag, and the anti-U.N. fervor swept Tribune-land. Illinois V.F.W. and American Legion posts passed resolutions. The Aurora city council banned the U.N. flag from public buildings because "Russian Communists remain in the United Nations." In Highland Park, the local D.A.R. insisted that the U.N. flag come down. It did. The Parent-Teacher Association insisted it go back up. Town officials asked the Army at Fort Sheridan for guidance, who asked Fifth Army headquarters in Chicago, who asked the Pentagon...
...Confusion. In Groton, Conn., the town's board of selectmen refused to accept a U.N. flag from the local League of Women Voters because of "the general objection of the American Legion." Retorted the local V.F.W. commander: "If U.S. troops in Korea have no objection to fighting under both flags, I see no reason for objections at home...
...State Department urged that provisional local administration in North Korea should be set up by General MacArthur, should remain subject to his authority until a permanent government could be elected. The U.N. interim committee on Korea agreed with the U.S., passed a resolution requesting MacArthur to organize such civil government...
...York City's American Federation of Musicians' Local 802 had long been un decided about the ukulele. The question: Is it 1) a non-professional musical toy or 2) a professional musical instrument? Union banjo and guitar players, who have been complaining of losing jobs to non-union "uke" players, plunked for No. 2. Last week, after pondering the complaints and listening to a demonstration uke performance of Liszt's Liebestraum which struck them as professionally impressive, the executive board of Local 802 made its decision. Henceforth, all practitioners of the uke in 802's jurisdiction...
...nearest local board for University men is Cambridge Board, Number...