Massacre at Masan Radio Station Described by US Report
Mass murder at a Masan area radio station described by U P reporter Robert C Miller. A band of North Korean guerrillas led by a young woman attacked the tented post, bound seven American signalmen, and fired repeatedly. Five Americans died, two were wounded but expected to survive. A South Korean guard was also killed. The survivors recounted how the attackers, in dark fatigues, looted the site and used a grenade after slaughtering the captives.
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Robert C. Miller
Masan
Korea
U.P
Masan-Pusan
Changwon
Italy to fight Communism with broad propaganda push
Premier Alcide De Gasperi orders an all-out propaganda battle against Communism and its fifth column threat. The government plans to expose Communist “peace petition” as a trick while promoting Atlantic Pact unity and neutrality against a third World War. It will strike with press control, posters, pamphlets, and rallies, plus an intensive tour of rural areas to counter Communist charges.
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Romf 4.P
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Il Popolo
Christian Democrat
Il Momento
Rome
Gazzetino di Venezia
Venice
TI Risorgimento
Corriere di Napoli
Il Mattino
Naples
Giornale d Italia
de Gasperi
Queen's Bouquet Finds a Keeper at Edinburgh Exhibit
Lord Hay, two years old and son of the Countess of Erroll, seized the queen's bouquet during greeting ceremonies at a historic exhibition in Edinburgh. A sharp psychological exchange followed as he refused to relinquish the bouquet despite rebukes from his nurse and the countess, who holds high jurisdiction in matters near the sovereign. Queen Elizabeth responded kindly, telling the child to keep it.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Lord Hay
Erroll
Queen Elizabeth
California Rites For Mrs. Clements
Funeral services for Mrs. Nanny Clements aged 89 will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Sunnyside Memorial Chapel in Long Beach California. She died Monday at 3 30 a.m. Her home was in Sierra Madre. Survivors include her husband W R Clements two sons C L Clements of Houston and Robert E Clements of Amarillo a daughter Mrs Ruby Lawton of Lomita and three grandchildren.
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Nanny Clements
Sunnyside Memorial Chapel
Long Beach
Cal
Reds Rate Stassen A War Criminal
Moscow dispatch reports the Literary Gazette labeling Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, a future war criminal for advocating atomic war. The piece cites his Washington speech of August 15 threatening Russia with war to Moscow, the Urals, and the Ukraine if Communist imperialist forces escalate aggression.
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Moscow
The
Literary Gazette
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Stassen
Washington
Russia
Urals
Ukraine
Bids Sought for Mira beau B Lamar Elementary School
The Amarillo school board set September 25 as the bid receipt date for Mira beau B Lamar Elementary in Amarillo. A 16 classroom building with an auditorium cafeteria and offices is planned on a block between Lipscomb Parker streets. Plans by Jones Hucker call for 7:30 am classes at Amarillo High, mainly shopwork typing and related subjects. The board also approved opening ceremonies for the 1950 Tri State Fair at Amarillo Stadium and allowed McKinley School for a KGNC Globe News sponsored radio program. Mrs Mary Frances McGaughy was elected PE teacher at Horace Mann Elementary. resignations of Bernice Harlan Upfold accepted.
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Mirabeau B. Lamar
Thirty-eighth
Lipscomb
Jones & Hucker
Amarillo
Fortieth Avenue
Lips
McKinley School
KGNC
The
Globe News
Mary Frances McGaughy
Horace Mann
Bernice Harlan
Hillsdale fox catch beats odds in three weeks
Hillsdale farmer Donald Dull captured 14 foxes on his land in under three weeks. A visiting teacher, Miss Ouida O Neal, and a primary teacher are noted in the item. A separate tidbit from Centralia reports a jilted suitor offering his blue eyes for sale, bidding to monetize misfortune.
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Ouida O'Neal
Hillsdale, Mich
Donald Dull
Hillsdale
Centralia, Til
U.P
School Enrollment Near 12 000 Mark Amarillo
Amarillo schools will enroll about 12 000 students when first figures are compiled this afternoon. Supt. Chas. M. Rogers says the total may rise about 800 from last year’s 11 200. Reports from schools show an increase, though reports were not required due to the long holiday weekend.
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Amarillo
Chas. M. Rogers
Revealed Jawbone Found in Driveway Gravel
Workmen uncover a petrified jawbone while spreading gravel on a Detroit driveway. Police and detective Arthur Anderson determine the bone is ancient Indian remains dating back centuries.
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Detroit
W.P
Arthur Anderson
Italian 18-year-old called to military service gender change
A person born male eighteen years ago in Italy, registered at birth as a boy, has recently been drafted for military service after national policy requires conscription regardless of gender identity. The case highlights evolving rules on gender and military obligation in Italy.
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Italy
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California
Angelo
Reds
Rte
Baylor
Zale’s
C.O.D
Polk
Sleuth
Western Fence CO
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Eas Meal Fame
Frankfort
Four Roses
Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
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