Allied Break Tries to Narrow Gap Near Pohang Airport
US 26th Division engineers fought 300 Reds who infiltrated lines near Nam-Naktong river junction as air support aided a four mile push on a dominant peak four miles south. The northeast front drive eased a desperate situation and closed a major gap before typhoon weather hit. Westward, South Koreans pressed on hill 343 southwest of Anyang against stiff Red resistance. Fifth Air Force destroyed three Yak fighters at Pyongyang airfield and damaged another two in separate actions.
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Changnyong
Anyang
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
North Korea
Airlines Fogged In Forces Seal Mountain Gap
A mixed force of South Koreans and Americans closed a three mile gap in the southern corridor from Anyang to Pohang, trapping 3000 Red Koreans. Task Force Davidson led by Brig Gen Gar Davidson pushed west, with Eighth Division and other units advancing toward Taegu and Waegwan as Reds defended Hill 343 southwest of Angang.
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Gar Davidson
West Point
Pohang
Davidson
Pohang-Yongchon
Anyang
Redheld
Angang
Kyongju
Taegu
First Cavalry Division
Waegwan
Reds
Truman to Hold Weekly News Conference Tomorrow
Fog disrupts Amarillo air traffic with brief lifts forecast. Weather official expects clearing Thursday after scattered showers. Amarillo total moisture for year reaches 20.83 inches, with rainfall this month at 3.05 inches. Other towns report varying amounts from .02 to .41 inches.
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PRESS
Washington
Truman
Panhandle
Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
Amarillo Air Terminal
Spearman
Childress
Dumas
Berger
Claude
Miami
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Stratford
Tulsa
Vega
Shamrock
Clayton, NM
Dalhart
Plainview
Seized at Hotel in New Orleans man charged
Murray, secretary treasurer and general manager of Grandpre Farm Equipment Supply Co. in Amarillo, is charged with embezzling funds. A letter mailed from a New Orleans hotel tipped authorities. sheriff alerted New Orleans police, and arrest followed within hours. Murray and his wife denied the charges and warned of a possible damage suit.
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Murray
Grandpre Farm Equipment Supply
Buchanan
Amarillo
New Orleans
Paul Gaither
Murray denies embezzlement and vows suit in New Orleans
James Murray, about 40, detained at a New Orleans police station, insists he is innocent of embezzling $17,500 from Grandpre Farm Equipment Co. He says he took a loan on a company check and plans to return to Amarillo to settle the matter, claiming no intent to hide and noting past banking balances and ownership of stock and fixtures.
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James Murray
Murray
Globe
New Orleans
Movacad Meta Wactacdu
Amarillo
Lee Murray
Farmers urged to brace for long democracy fight in Texas Panhandle
R G Arnold a southern farm bureau director urged about 50 Texas Panhandle South Plains farmers at Old Tascosa Herring Hotel to adjust for a prolonged struggle to defend democracy. He warned of a national defense readjustment and said farmers must survive together while boosting their living standards to match bigger operators.
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Texas Panhandle-South Plains
R. G. Arnold
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
Old Tascosa, Herring Hotel
Donley County
Farm Bureau
Arnold
Marvin Carter
Carter
Texas Panhandle
Clear Path for Marshall's Return in Senate Drama
The article reports Senate Armed Services Committee progress toward waiving a 10 year officer restriction to allow Gen George C Marshall to become Defense Secretary, with the Senate expected to act soon and House moving similarly. Key votes from Knowland and Cain against the waiver are noted, and the plan would keep Marshall as a five star general while serving as defense secretary.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Truman
House
Louis Johnson
Johnson
William F. Knowland
California
Harry P. Cain
Armed Services Committee
Defense
Armed Services
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Marshall
Amarillo Area Weather Summary
The US Weather Bureau reports overcast skies in Amarillo and vicinity with brief clearing this afternoon, fog and drizzle tonight and early Thursday, then clearing and warmer Thursday. Today’s high near 71 with a low around 58. 24 hour high 78 and low 59 with 0.05 precipitation. West Texas partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon or tonight. little temperature change. New Mexico generally fair in the west and south portions, and cooler tonight in the northeast portion.
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Amarillo
Mexico
Gridder’s left end run helps halt Reds near Pohang airstrip
Brig. Gen. Gar H. Davidson recalls using his troops to trap North Korean attackers attempting to encircle the Pohang airstrip. The 24th Division reports a near-encirclement and a decisive counterattack that stymied the Red thrust as South Korean and American defenders held the line south of Pohang. Davidson, a former West Point cadet and coach, explains how he leveraged defense to blunt the North Korean advance and prevent cutting off Pohang’s escape route.
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Korea
U.P
Gar H. Davidson
West Point
Pohang
Davidson
Omaha
Neb
Academy
Angangni
Bargain for College Students Just $9.75 Nine Months Globe
The Globe and Sunday News offer a nine month college student rate of 9.75 for home delivery anywhere in the USA. Orders can be mailed to the Globe-News or placed by phone with the circulation department at 6262. Your son or daughter will welcome the hometown paper.
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Panhandle A&m
Booker
Globe News
Amarillo
The
News- Globe
Globe and Sunday News- Globe
USA
Globe-News
Escapee Gunther Brandt Surrenders After 15 Mile Run
Gunther Brandt, 26, a life sentence killer from Los Angeles, escaped San Quentin to test himself in society. After 9 hours and 15 miles he walked into a San Francisco police station and surrendered saying he could not go on with crime. He had been studying philosophy and German in a UC extension course and cited regimentation and doubts about living independently. He originally fled to San Rafael by foot and bus, later admitting thoughts of robbery before choosing a lawful return.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
Gunther Brandt
San Rafael
Brandt
Shivers Tightens Grip At Texas Democratic Convention
At a Texas Democratic gathering, Governor Shivers gained firm control with a large majority, shaping a new executive committee dominated by his allies and conservatives. J. E. Wheat of Woodville was named executive committee chairman, succeeding John C. Calhoun, while Judd Stuart of Strawn was elected to replace him as secretary. Mrs. Claude Hudspeth of San Antonio was re elected vice chair, and the party faces a continued realignment after a bitter committee struggle.
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Ywatzeazeecs
Aigammece Suime
Shivers
Shiv
Ers
Beauford H. Jester
J. E. Wheat
Woodville
John C. Calhoun
Corsicana
Wheat
Judd Stuart
Strawn
Claude Hudspeth
San Antonio
Million Dollar Baby Trafficking Shocks Tennessee Agency
Tennessee officials disclosed that out of state foster parents paid about 1 million dollars to adopt foundlings via a Memphis agency. Gov. Browning ordered a probe into operations tied to 1,000 babies over several years, with 90 percent of Memphis adoptions reportedly exported to New York and California. Georgia Tann, head of the Memphis Tennessee Children's Home Society, is central to the investigation as her agency faces scrutiny amid her illness and past actions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Gordon Browning
Fic
Se Tennessee Children’s Home Society
J. O. McMahan
New York
California
Georgia Tann
Tann
Chancery Court
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Eighth Army
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United Nations
Kigye
Yongchon
Olver Wiggs
Canna
Texas
Amarillo Senior High School
Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit
Beverly Raines
Kentucky
Mary Phillips
J. Howard Miller
Prudence Brown
Jackson
Shirley Feierabend
West
Alice Irelan
Taylor
Jeanet Jackson
Harrison
Patsy Stanley
Claire Smith
Hayden
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Mary Lou Smith
Miss Smith
Kansas City
the Weather
US Weather Bureau Report
Gridder
Japan Sea
Shivers Kingpin
Texas Demos
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