UN Troops Brace as Red Forces Drive Along Pyongyang Line
Allied forces report intensified Chinese Red attacks across Northwest and Northeast sectors. The line from Sinanju to Pyongyang tightens with bridges and supply routes under threat as U.S. divisions clash with Chinese and Russian equipment near the Chongchon and Changjin reservoirs. An American pilot shoots down two Yak fighters near Sinuiju amid reports of a Russian jet base activity.
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Seoul
United Nations
Pyongyang
Manchurian
Northwest Korea
Sinanju
Kumu
Chongchon
Pukchang
Sudong
Red
Changjin
Pungsan
Kilchu
Korea
Anju
Chongcehon River
Sinuinju
U. S
Two Girls Die as Ohio River Boat Sinks Near Letart Falls
Ida Mae Phelps fourteen and Mildred Phelps ten of Letart Falls drowned when a leaky dilapidated johnboat capsized in rain swollen Ohio River near Letart on a Wednesday night. Their brother Ronnie, eleven, was saved by Ward Carpenter of Letart West Virginia. Rescue efforts by Pomeroy and Middleport fire squads and a Coast Guard boat continued overnight with searchlights and prods.
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Charles Russell
West Virginia
Letart
David Goodwin
Pomeroy
Apple Grove
Coast Guard
Point Pleasant
Carpenter
Ronnie
Charlie Durst
D. G. Wilfong
Robert C. Dilley
West Virginia State Police
Durst
Clayton Roush
Phelps
Ohio River
Yeggs Steal 87000 From Columbus Concern
Columbus police report a night-time burglary at the Goldberg Tron and Steel Co. where cash and bonds totaling over $7000 were stolen after the night watchman was confined in a furnace room. Harry E. Haycock, 60, was restrained until a co-worker freed him. The robbers forced open two safes.
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Columbus
Goldberg Tron and Steel Co
Harry E. Haycock
Six Die In Fire In Two Room Atlanta Farm House
Six members of a family were burned to death when trapped in a flaming two room farm house early today in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Martha Raye Stricken With Virus Pneumonia
Miami Beach Florida March reports confirm actress Martha Raye a comedy star of stage and screen has contracted virus pneumonia.
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Martha Raye
Miami Beach
Fla
Christmas Cash Through Messenger Want Ads
A Messenger Want Ad offers a simple route to turn unused furniture appliances and other items into cash. The column promotes selling household goods to a ready market as a profitable local option.
Ohio Heads Into Election Attracting National Attention
Ohio winds up a campaign that drew national interest. Taft seeks a third Senate term against Ferguson with labor coalition support. Lausche fights Ebright for governor as 23 congressmen and key state offices are on the ballot. Secretary Sweeney projects 3.5 million of 5.5 million eligible voters casting ballots with a new ballot format.
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United States
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Ohio
James M. Cox
Dayton
Harding
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Taft
United State Senate
Ferguson
CIO
AFL
Frank J. Lausche
Don H. Ebright
Lausche
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ebright
Cincinnati
Charles F. Sweeney
Foreign policy focus colors 1950 Congressional campaign
The Associated Press notes both parties emphasize foreign policy in the 1950 race as many contests hinge on local factors. Analysts expect Democratic control of Congress to persist, with possible late shifts from Korea concerns. About 42 million votes may be cast in this nonpresidential year amid favorable weather.
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Associated Press
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
U.S
Maine
Guy G. Gabrielson
Korea
War Orders To Ease Business Lag
Secretary of Defense Marshall told 90 industrial leaders at a Commerce Department business advisory council that military orders will be large enough in the coming months to absorb slack created by government emergency controls. SEA ISLAND, Ga. Tuesday.
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Sea Island
Marshall
Department of Commerce
Alpine Rescue Party To Seek Wrecked Plane
A rescue party prepared to scale Mont Blanc to reach the Air India Constellation wreckage near the summit. Officials said there were 48 aboard and no survivors were expected after the crash Friday in Switzerland.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Mont Blanc
Air India
Election At a Glance Ahead of Tues Voting
Nation faces contests for 386 senators 432 representatives and 32 governors. Voters totaled about 70 million eligible of 98 million. estimated 42 million may vote. Senate Democrats 54 Republicans 42. House Democrats 259 Republicans 169. governors Democrats 29 Republicans 19. Also reports of Salt Lake City blackout during Truman speech and local reactions.
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Associated Press
U. S
Senate
House
Salt Lake City
Truman
St. Louis
State Capitol
J. Bracken Lee
Dr Seagrave Treason Charges Reduced in Burma
A special tribunal in Rangoon reduced treason charges against American Dr Gordon S. Seagrave to only banishment for life or a prison term if convicted. One remaining treason count tied to aiding rebel Karen incurs death penalty.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
20 Violent Deaths Reported in State Weekend
Columbus Ohio counted 20 violent deaths during the week end in an Associated Press survey. It was the highest weekend roll in recent months. Sunday's fatal accidents included a traffic accident with four lives lost in Akron and eleven more died in other traffic crashes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Akron
Shaw Cremation Today Quiet London Ceremony
The body of George Bernard Shaw was to be cremated today in the presence of a few friends and servants.
Grave Significance Seen by MacArthur
General MacArthur warned that Chinese and other alien communist forces moving from Manchuria into North Korea pose gravest international significance to the UN mission. He cited a possible trap behind the Manchurian border and noted fresh troops and supply reserves threatening UN forces in northwestern Korea.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Manchuria
United Nations
Korea
Yalu River
North Korea
McArthur
Convict Fled From Missouri State Penitentiary Houseboy
Jefferson City Missouri. The state penitentiary warden Lost $32 and clothes when a convict serving as his houseboy escaped yesterday. The fugitive Warren Rowlett 28 is serving a three year burglary term and was identified by the highway patrol.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Ralph Leidson
Highway Patrol
Warren Rowlett
Hunt Resumed For Airplane Missing After Storm
Army and Coast Guard planes resumed the search for a private Beechcraft Bonanza missing since Saturday after pilot Stanley W. Dunbar 29 radioed Cleveland control he had 6500 feet of altitude fall in a storm with fuel for about 1 hour 45 minutes. The plane carried Dunbar his wife Barbara 28 and passengers C Richard Johnston 26 and Annabelle 26 Johnston of near Youngstown.
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Cleveland
Army
Coast Guard
Sharon
Notre Dame Navy
Stanley W. Dunbar
Youngstown
Barbara
C. Richard Johnston
Johnson
Annabelle
Color TV Tubes Denied To Columbia by RCA
RCA refused to supply color television tubes to Columbia Broadcasting System. Frank Folsom, RCA president, said in a letter to the FCC that if such actions continue in America, the Phillies missed a bet in the last World Series and suggested asking the Yankees for Joe DiMaggio.
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Columbia
RCA
New York
Radio Corporation of America
Columbia Broadcasting System
America
Phillies
Frank Folsom
Federal Communications Commission
Yanks
Joe DiMaggio
Peace Lost By Democrats Taft Charges
Cincinnati dispatch reports U. S. Senator Robert A. Taft in a 15 minute radio sequence blaming the Truman administration for failing to preserve the peace after victory in the war. He attacks high taxes and prices and accuses the president of ignoring foreign policy by building up Russia as a threat.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Truman
St. Louis
Sen. Taft
Russia
Ruler Still in Control In Tibet
New Delhi reports Tibet’s 16 year old Dalai Lama and his government of Buddhist priests still govern Lhasa. The Indian representative in Lhasa Dr S Sinha says rumors of flee to escape invading Chinese forces are inaccurate and the regent Takta Rimpoche remains.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Lhasa
S. Sinha
Takta Rimpoche
Antlers Pierce Tires After Deer Killed by Truck
A 285 pound 11 point buck was struck by a truck near Medina and killed by a following car. State Highway Patrol said its antlers punctured two tires on the car. the deer's antlers measured 28 inches across.
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Medina
Here
State Highway Patrol
Michael Strange dies in Boston at 60
Michael Strange, 60, poet, author, actress and second wife of John Barrymore, died last night in Boston. The notable writer and performer leaves a career spanning stage, radio, and literature.
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Michael Strange
Boston
John Barrymore
UN Council Gets Report on Chinese Forces in Korea
General Douglas MacArthur notified the United Nations Security Council that Chinese communist units are engaging UN troops in Korea. Stocks fell sharply as Korea news spread while prices for commodities rose, and Rhee suggested bombing Manchuria but said UN members might oppose such action.
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Lake Successs
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Security Council
Korea
United Nations
United Command
MacArthur
Security Council
Palestine
Red Peiping
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Syngman Rhee
Soviet Russia
Yalu River
Kremlin
Rhee
Russia
North Korea
Manchuria
Civil Aircraft Spotters Praised After Test
Civilian aircraft spotters in Ohio received praise from military observers after a weekend civilian defense exercise. The Columbus filter center logged over 1000 calls as spotters from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains joined the practice alert.
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Columbus
Ohio
Air Raid Warning Service
Atlantic Seaboard
Rocky Mountains
Wallace Brother In Danger At Independence Hospital
George P. Wallace 58 of Independence, brother of Mrs. Harry Truman, was reported in dangerous condition at an Independence hospital.
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Mrs. Truman
Independence
George P. Wallace
Harry Truman
War Bride Cleared in Lie Detector Test in Ohio Murder Case
Medina County prosecutors say Mrs. Mast passed a lie detector exam after testifying she did not help plan her husband Harold Mast’s murder. Her 27-year-old lover Max Amerman faces trial for masterminding the shooting, while the 17-year-old killer Gerald Killinger awaits his own murder case.
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War Bride
Ohio
Medina, CO
Gerald
Jerry) Killinger
Harold E. Mast
Max Amerman
Killinger
Mast
Amerman
Randi
Medina County
William G. Batchelder
Batchelder
David L. Cowles
Police Scientific Identification Bureau
Cowles
Amerian
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