Reds Repel Fierce UN Hill Attack
U S Marines battle Chinese artillery and machine gun fire six hours to recapture a key hill on Korea s Western Front but the Reds hold the crest. The 7th Marine Regiment fought near the hill northwest of Korangpo as Eighth Army reports Allied Western flank secure. Allied planes bomb Red supply dumps at Haeyang and on both North Korean coasts.
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Korea
U.S
7Th Marine
Friay
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Haeyang
Wonsan
North Korea
Navy
Princeton
Kearsage
Essex
Korangpo
7Th Regiment
U. S. 1St Marine Division
U. S. Eighth Army
Bunker Hill
Eighth Army
Big Nori
Little Nori
Punchbowl
Alleged Knife Slaying Shocks Tokyo Army Resident
Col Aubrey D Smith died after a knife wound in his Tokyo home. His wife Dorothy Krueger Smith, daughter of Gen Walter Krueger, is named in an Army notice as allegedly slaying him. The 45 year old San Antonio native headed the Plans and Operations Division of the Logistics Section in the Far East Command. Dorothy Smith is under psychiatric evaluation.
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Tokyo
Army Today
Aubrey D. Smith
Dorothy
U.S
Walter Krueger
Mark Clark
Smith
San Antonio
Tex
U.S. Far East Command
Cubans' Arms Fund Stolen Suspect Denies Involvement
Orville Lindsey Chambless, an Oklahoma City ex-convict, awaits arraignment over a $248,000 robbery of two Cuban exiles in Fort Worth. Chambless says he was sick and claims he was framed, denying any link to an international arms plot. The victims, Manuel F. Madarenga and Candido Dedatora, were targeted for money to buy arms for a revolt.
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Oklahoma City
Orville Lindsey Chambless
Ft. Worth
Chambless
Manuel F. Madarenga
Candido de da Torre
Series Turns Serial For Yanks in Korea
In Korea a tense 11th inning scene saw Yogi Berra up with two balls and two strikes as American soldiers nearby heard Armed Forces Radio Tokyo interrupt the broadcast. Details promise further game results on page 8.
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Korea
Yogi Berra
Armed Forces Radio
Tokyo
Berra
Eisenhower Drops Soft Tactics in Campaign Firings at Truman
Eisenhower abandons no-personalities approach as he campaigns through Washington State, signaling a sharpened feud with Truman. He scotches front- man accusations and tells Fargo audience that Democratic rhetoric is sound without substance, promising tougher speeches in Seattle and other stops.
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Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington State
Truman
Fargo
N. C
Bank Hold-Up Leads to Jailing of Five in Warren Raid
Five people linked to an August 14 bank payroll heist in Warren were jailed, including Julius A. Petro, 30, reputed Cleveland street figure. The group also includes Petro’s parents John and Lydia Petro and son-in-law Nicholas Tirabassi. a fourth man Joseph Sanzo was questioned then released. FBI aided the probe that traced $71,000 stolen in small bills to the robbery at Union Savings and Trust Co. Foley. The case follows Petro’s long criminal history, including a murder case tied to his 1948–49 Ohio Penitentiary ordeal.
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Cleveland
Julius A. Petro
Warren Bank
Petro
John
Lydia
Nicholas J. Tirabassi
Sanzo
Charles Foley
Union Savings and Trust Co
Warren
Foley
FBI
Julius Petro
Santa
Ohio
Truman Campaign Team Plans New Speaking Itineraries
The Truman campaign writes two new itineraries for a nationwide swing. President Truman heads east through Utah, Colorado and New England with a major Boston address and a western tour into Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plan is kept provisional until stops are confirmed. Matthews J. Connolly leads the strategists aboard the presidential train and Charles S. Murphy heads the speech crew. The 8500 mile, 15 day coast to coast trip ends in New York on Saturday.
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Truman
Utah
Colorado
New England
Boston
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Matthews J. Connelly
Charles S. Murphy
New York
Taft attacks Lausche at Ohio GOP Farm Council rally
GOP nominee Charles P. Taft labeled Democrat Gov. Frank J. Lausche the Johnny Ray of politics and accused him of self pity while urging Ohio’s 842,000 rural voters to support Taft in the November election. Also speaking were Louis J. Taber, Robert K. Goodwin, and Sen. John W. Bricker.
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Columbus
Charles P. Taft
Frank J. Lausche
Johnny Ray
Taft
GOP Farm Council
Lausche
Ohio
Ray
GOP
Council
Louis J. Taber
Syracuse
N. Y
National Farmers Committee
Ohio Agriculture
Robert K. Goodwin
Des Moines
National Committee
John W. Bricker
War Widow Plans For Triple Funeral
Ontario California Mrs Wilma Jean Dugan 21 plans a triple funeral for husband Ralph 28 killed in Korea and their twin daughters who died within 36 hours of premature birth on Sept 26. Days earlier Ralph was reported killed in Korea Sept 21. A doctor warned Lydia 18 months old may have leukemia.
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Ontario
Calif
Wilma Jean Dugan
Ralph
Korea
Few battle shy American GIs wound selves in Korea
In Korea there are soldiers who deliberately wound themselves to escape duty. The Army reports seven definite personal safety related wound cases in a year long Far East check, while noting detection is hard. Evidence rests on wound type, burns, scene checks, and testimony. proving intent is rare and punishments include seven years hard labor and dishonorable discharge.
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Army
Far East Command
Juke Box Sings Hymns In New Jersey Church
In St. John’s Lutheran Church Harrison New Jersey a juke box installed in the choir loft plays hymns for visitors at no charge. Pastor Rev Theodore Bornhoeft 37 says it draws more people as the church tests 24 hour open policy for prayer and meditation.
Swiss Group Begins Climb Mount Everest Attempt
Six Swiss climbers push toward Everest summit from base camp at 12 200 feet in the Himalayas. Raymond Lambert neared the summit to within 900 feet on May 28 before a storm forced a retreat. Two climbers will be selected at the final advance camp for the final push.
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New Delhi
India
Mt. Everest
Raymond Lambert
Himalayas
Banker and socialite die in Warwick Hotel fire
New York report says a prominent San Francisco banker Lloyd Wiseman aged 46 and his companion Mary Driscoll aged 40 died in a hotel fire at the Warwick. Wiseman, a vice president of the Crocker First National Bank of San Francisco, checked in last Wednesday under his own name.
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New York
San Francisco
Warwick
Lloyd Wiseman
Berkeley
Calif
Crocker First National Bank of
Mary Driscoll
West Newton
Mass
Wiseman
Supreme Court Opens Historic Term With Major Rulings Ahead
The Supreme Court begins an eight month term facing landmark cases on school desegregation and public versus private power development. Other pending matters include Rosenberg espionage appeals, passenger segregation on rail lines, a tax stamp for gamblers, lobbying act validity, and book purchaser anonymity. Indications point to a busy term for all nine justices.
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Supreme Court
Roanoke Rapids
N.C
Julius Rosenberg
President Truman
New York
Sing Sing
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Edward A. Rumely
Congress
Weekend Toll of Accidental Deaths Reaches Sixteen
An Associated Press tally records at least 16 deaths over the weekend from highway crashes and other mishaps. The count includes 12 traffic deaths, one drowning, and three other incidents with victims named William H. Dillon Daniel Klapper Jules Brasseur Karen Zimmerman and Alexander F. Dolak among the deceased.
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Associated Press
William H. Dillon
Lancaster
Daniel Klapper
Cincinnati
Jules Brasseur
Clarksburg
W. Va
Upper Sandusky
Karen Zimmerman
Hillsboro
Alexander F. Dolak
Cleveland
Bus Halt In Youngstown Strikes For Pay And Hours
Youngstown 168000 suffers mass transit shutdown as 240 AFL street railway drivers walk out at 4 am seeking 35 cent hourly raises and a 40 hour week. Mayor Henderson and a labor-management committee pursued settlement through Sunday and past midnight but failed. Current pay is $1.50 per hour with a 48 hour week and overtime after 44 hours.
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Youngstown
Charles P. Henderson
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Charge Ohio Soldier In Louisiana Murder Charge
New Orleans police charged Airman Third Class Robert Stober 19 Ada Ohio with murder in a liquor store owner slaying during an attempted robbery. Stober stationed at Alexandria Louisiana Air Force Base admitted shooting George Fremin 53 during the holdup and was captured shortly after the incident.
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New Orleans
Robert Stober
Ada
Stober
Alexandria
Air Force Base
George Fremin
Ex-Warden Dies in Columbus at 80
Preston E. Thomas, 80, former warden at Ohio Penitentiary, died at his Columbus home Sunday night. He served as warden during the 1930 Easter Monday fire at the prison in which over 300 inmates perished.
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Columbus
Preston E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Stevenson Shifts Stress Of Talks to Red Menace
Springfield dispatch reports Adlai E. Stevenson pivots from prosperity rhetoric to a major address on the danger of communism. He travels through Ohio, Iowa and Minnesota, criticizing Eisenhower and pledging debt-free farms, strong cooperatives, and secure futures for voters. He denounces Senator McCarthy as a champion of the inquisition.
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Red Menace
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ohio
Iowa
Minnesota
Detroit
Midwest
Deep South
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Illinois
Minneapolis
GOP
Democratic Party
Sen
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Glouster Man Tops in Exam
Glouster resident David E. Byers earned the highest score in the state on the Ohio State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors exam with 93 percent. Fifty one hundred nineteen others gained registrations as surveyors or engineers in training, including Robert H. Dougherty of Athens and Edison E. Roush of Racine Meigs County. FE. W. McMahon completed full registration as an engineer.
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Glouster
David E. Byers
Ohio State Board of Registration
Byers
New St
Athens
Robert H. Dougherty
Morris Ave
Edison E. Roush
Racine
Meigs County
FE. W. McMahon
Patriot
Gallia County
Michigan Team Wins Horse Pulling Meet
The Sam and Jerry team entered by the Fowler brothers of Montgomery Michigan won first prize in the heavyweight division of the 18th annual world's championship horse pulling contest in Urbana Ohio. The contest was sponsored by the Horse Pulling Association of Ohio. They pulled a load of 3500 pounds for 27 feet six inches.
12 Yank Jets by Nonstop Across Ocean
Honolulu report details 42 F84 g Thunderjet fighters flying nonstop from Travis Air Force Base California to Hawaii under Col Don ald J Blakeslee. Refueled in air by Boeing tankers, the 27th Fighter Escort Wing of SAC based at Bergstrom AFB Texas. Forty more planes to depart Travis, with a 75-plane group planned for Japan duty with Far East Forces next week.
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Honolulu
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Hawaii
Donald J. M. Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
Boeing
Strategic Air Command
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Travis
Japan
Far East
Turner
Albany
Strike Halts NBC TV Shows Over Station Consolidation
Engineers walked out at NBC facilities in Washington and Hollywood delaying two NBC shows. The Washington strike lasted over four hours with talks at WNBW and WRC before workers returned. Differences reportedly concerned planned consolidation of the WNBW and WRC studios and working conditions.
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Washington
NBC
Hollywood
New York
WNBW
WRC
Charity bingo ruled against by appeals court in Ohio
The Second District Court of Appeals in Columbus unanimously affirmed Judge Cecil Randall’s court ruling that charity bingo is a lottery and violates the state constitution. The decision upheld the prior restraining orders and left police enforcement uncertain pending further action.
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Appeals
Columbus
Second District Court of Appeals
Franklin County Common Pleas
Cecil J. Randall
Randall
Emma Zepp
Guild 13
Doctors’ Hospital
City of Columbus
Roscoe G. Hornbeck
William C. Wiseman
Fred J. Miller
Donald D. Cook
Malenkov Opens 19th All-Soviet Party Congress
Georgi M. Malenkov warned in a one hour speech that the United States and its ruling circles seek world domination and war while the Soviet Union pursues peace and strengthens defense. Molotov echoed charges of aggressive Western blocs as the congress, in Moscow, focuses on a new five year plan and organizational reforms.
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Moscow
Georgi M. Malenkov
Communist Party
United States
Soviet Union
Ing
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Malenkov
Tass
Stalin
Asl
Politburo and Organization Bureau
Orgburo
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Ohioan Shot By Fiancee In Portland Apartment Firefight
In Portland Maine a 24 year old Ohio man Eugene McDonald Circleville Ohio suffered a brain wound when a pistol discharged during a fooling around incident in a shared apartment. His fiancée Becky Noble Circleville Ohio is held on an open charge as police investigate. McDonald is also sought by Circleville police on a Lukewarm check case and for questioning about a stolen car involvement.
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Portland
Cireleville
Ohio
Eugene McDonald
Chrecleville
Becky Noble
McDonald
Circleville
Mansfield
Lias Tax Hearing resumes in Wheeling over $2.85 million claim
Washington D C. Tax Court proceedings resume as government seeks $2 850 000 in back income taxes interest and penalties from William G Lias owner of Wheeling Downs in Wheeling West Virginia The hearing may last two to three weeks as Thurman Hill A Lias lawyer aims to complete it before a separate immigration case gains urgency alleging Lias reentered the United States in 1985 after a trip to Greece
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William G. Lias
Wheeling Downs
Wheeling
W.va
Thurman Hill
Lias
Immigration Service
United States
Greece
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