Allied Fleet Bombards Chongjin in Red Korea Action
Battleship Missouri and allied ships bombarded Chongjin on the Red Korea coast as carrier planes softened shore targets. Helena and other vessels joined the Missouri in the attack near the Manchurian border, with fires seen in the city and a reported 90 percent hit rate on selected red targets. Vice Admiral Struble noted a 400 round allowance for the day for the task group.
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Chongjin
Siberian
Vladivostok
Inchon
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Gene Herrick
Missouri
Herrick
Helena
Arthur D. Struble
Five Held As Rustlers In Multi-County Ring Case
Five men are in custody in a large Central Ohio livestock theft ring with loot over 10 000 dollars, aided by a Gallia County clue. Seven sheriffs from Clark Champaign Greene Madison Pickaway Logan Union counties pursued the case, linking arrests across multiple counties and tracing suspects through an advertising pencil from a Kanauga taxi firm. Four additional suspects were detained in Champaign and Clark, with connections to recent calf thefts in Rome Township under grand jury consideration.
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Ohio
J. Arthur Schuman
Clark County
Schuman
Gallia County
George Ehman
Kanauga Taxicab
Kananga
Firman
Rustlers
Clark
Champaign
Greene
Madison
Pickaway
Logan
Union
Gallia
Pickaway Counties
Pickaway County
Champaign County
Logan County
Springfield
Union County
Athens
Rome Township
Grand Jury
James Featherstone
Stewart
Athens to Host Fox Hunters Meet Next Week
Athens will host the Ohio State Fox Hunters Association trials next week. The 31st annual field trials run Monday through Wednesday on Coolville Ridge eight miles east of Athens, with a Sunday bench show. Duffee and Meek cite ideal hunting country and enthusiastic local sportsmen. Transportation and lunch concessions will be provided for registrants and attendees.
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Athens
Ohio State Fox Hunters Association
Ray Duffee
Athens Corn Farmers and Hunters Club
Duffee
Dan C. Meek
State Association
Coshocton
Meek
Coolville Ridge
Voice of America reaches Russian listeners despite jamming plan
Fay D. Kohler, head of the state department’s international broadcasting division, said more than 30 percent of Russian radio listeners tune to the Voice. He announced the Voice broadcasts 70 programs in 25 languages around the clock and plans to ring the Soviet Union with radio bases by 1951, making jamming effectively impossible.
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Columbus
State Department
Fay D. Kohler
International Broadcasting Division
Voice
Kohler
Central Ohio Foreign Policy Association
The
Soviet Union
Paralyzed 10-Year-Old Joins Classes By Phone
A direct telephone link from Central School to Euclid brings Ann Odiorne 10 into her home Hapless legs confined to a wheelchair she participates in third grade classes and assembly programs via the school room in Euclid Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ann Odiorne
Central School
Euclid
Ann
These Little Pigs Went To Market
Amesville ad notes Mr Will Fleming sells pigs at one time. Buyer or seller can join Result Club for easy profits and quick results. The ad touts strong sales and urges calling The Result Number.
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Will Fleming
Amesville
Hampshire
Ohio
West Berlin Pays Tribute To Anti Reds
More than 2,000,000 West Berliners observed a two minute silence for anti Communist resistance in East Berlin. Mayor Ernst Reuter announced 375,712 East Berlin adults voted against Communism by mailing old ration cards to West Berlin.
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Berlin
Reuter
Tervor
West Assembly
Vatican Representative Opposed by Lutherans
In Columbus delegates from the American Lutheran Church, representing over 700,000 members, closed their national convention by denouncing plans for another American representative at the Vatican. They approved a resolution saying such representation violates church and state separation.
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Columbus
American Lutheran Church
Vatican
ALC
Barnyard Polls Predict Democratic Victory in November
Leslie S. Biffle, secretary of the U.S. Senate, forecast continued Democratic control in Congress. He claimed the party would hold the House, increase the Senate majority, and defeat Taft in Ohio, Capehart in Indiana, and Millikin in Colorado.
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Miami
Fla
Truman
Leslie S. Biffle
U.S. Senate
House
Senate
Biffle
Taft
Ohio
Capehart
Indiana
Millikin
Colorado
Fire Breaks Out On Aquitania During Scrapping
In Faslane Scotland the passenger liner Aquitania suffered a blaze while anchored in a shipyard awaiting dismantling. Fire crews battled the flames as smoke rose from the hull. No details on casualties were reported.
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Faslane
Scotland
Truman Seeks Peace Path From Far East Conference
President Truman told a St Louis audience he expects progress against Communism in the Far East and hopes a Pacific conference with General MacArthur yields a contribution to world peace. He noted his five years in office and outlined plans for flights to California and Hawaii before meeting MacArthur, as Tokyo dispatches suggest a UN effort may be needed to counter future Red attacks.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Free Nations
Pacific
Missouri Order of the Eastern Star
MacArthur
Charles G. Ross
Mary Jane Truman
Arthur
United States
Lamber- St. Louis
Indeere
Fairfield-Suisan
California
Hickam Field
Honolulu
Tokyo
Ex-Policeman Charged In Large Scale Gambling Ring
Ex-cop James Reardon, 33, held under guard in New York as head of a $20,000,000 annual gambling syndicate while boss travels to California. He resigned from the force three years ago after five years’ service and had been living in Westport Connecticut. Senate investigators report a link between New Jersey and Saratoga County gamblers amid widening graft disclosures.
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New York
California
Plains
James Reardon
Brooklyn
Samuel S. Leibowitz
Reardon
Harry Gross
Department
Westport
Conn
U.S. Senate
New Jersey
Saratoga County
N. Y
3200 Sign Scrolls Up to Last Night in Athens
Athens residents joined the freedom scrolls campaign, pushing totals higher as the state Crusade for Freedom headquarters reported a statewide sum of 1,239,000 signees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Crusade For Freedom
Prisoner of War Check Delayed for Henderson
The War Claims Commission failed to deliver a $232 check to Arthur M. Henderson a former Chauncey resident owed for wartime captivity in Germany. Henderson has moved near Nelsonville then Alliance to work for Unit 701 of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Veterans Administration in Athens said he can claim the check by sending a signed change of address to Washington 25 D C. Friends plan to ensure he is informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Henderson
Chauncey
Associated Press
Washington
War Claims Commission
Henderson
Germany
Nelsonville
Alliance
Unit 701
Pennsylvania Railroad
Athens
Veterans Administration
Washington 25
D. C
Dr Seagrave Trial Opens in Burma Treason Case
The treason trial of American missionary-surgeon Dr Gordon S Seagrave opened in Rangoon Burma before a special tribunal. The 53 year old doctor known as the Burma Surgeon faces the death penalty if found guilty of aiding Karen rebels in their war against the state.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordons
Seagrave
Chan An Aung
Induction Delay Ends Publication Ban on Draftee Names
State draft chief Col. C W Goble announced cancellation of a prior order delaying publication of draftee names until after induction. A Washington bulletin noted no restriction on releasing or publishing registrant lists or timing of publication.
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Columbus
Selective Service
It's a Girl Again for the Eleventh Gillette Daughter
Sheltering Arms Hospital reports Athens resident Mrs. Gillette 34 gave birth to her eleventh daughter on Wednesday night. The newborn weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and both mother and baby are listed in good condition.
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Harold Gillettes
Sheltering Arms
Gillette
Athens Route 3
Republicans Blast Hard At Ferguson
In Columbus Ohio Republican rivals assail Democratic senatorial candidate Joseph T Ferguson. Taft accuses Ferguson aiding his PAC while Ebright demands ending Ferguson obstructionist tactics regarding Ohio turnpike surveys. Ferguson defends stance at Lebanon rally. Lausche focuses on soil erosion and tree depopulation during southeastern Ohio tour.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Clo
Political Action Committee
Ferguson
Don H. Ebright
Lebanon
Taft
Frank J. Lausche
French Force Withdraws From Thai Nguyen Base
French forces announced withdrawal from the Vietminh base at Thai Nguyen in North Indochina. A military spokesman said the move was voluntary and part of a new defense line about 15 miles south, after destroying Vietminh installations in the area.
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Saigon
Indochina
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
Three Killed Five Injured in Air Crash in Japan
A C-119 cargo plane crashed and burned in southern Japan returning from Korea. Three airmen were killed and five injured including war correspondents Harold Faber of the New York Times John Jefferson of the Columbia Broadcasting System and John M Colless of Reuters. The three correspondents suffered injuries and shock.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Harold Faber
New York Times
John Jefferson
Columbia Broadcasting System
John M. Colless
Reuter
Miami Enrolls 5029 for Fall Semester
Official enrollment at Miami University is 5029 for the upcoming fall term. Last year the figure on the same date was 5215, indicating a slight decline in current enrollment.
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Miami University
Truman MacArthur Conference May Occur Aboard Ship
Reports speculate the Truman MacArthur meeting may be held aboard a ship near Wake Island with possible sites including the battleship Missouri or Mount McKinley. The Missouri has bombarded North Korea and supported Inchon Seoul operations, while Wake Island offers space and communications for about 100 attendees.
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Missouri
Mount MecKinley
North Korea
Mount Mckinley
James H. Double
Inchon
Wake Island
Mr. Truman
Pacific
Margaret
Tokyo Bay
MacArthur
Japan
Korea
Samchok
Korean
Han River
Seoul
U.S
Ninth District Kiwanis Headed by Gallia Man
Howard Foster of Gallipolis was elected ninth district lieutenant governor of Kiwanis International at Cincinnati convention. Malcolm C. Heed of Brooklyn, a Cleveland suburb, is now governor of the Ohio district.
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Gallipolis
Howard Foster
Kiwanis International
Cincinnati
Malcolm C. Heed
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Ohio
Ground Troops Press Three-Pronged Push Toward Pyongyang
Allied ground forces advance from the south southwest and east toward Pyongyang as Red defenses stiffen in some sectors and yield in others. Stalin sends a message of hope for a united independent Korea while MacArthur's HQ notes possible withdrawals of 6000 to 10000 Reds. South Korean Sixth Division storms Kumhwa Chorwon and Pyonghang hubs.
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Yugadong
Seoul-Pyongyang
Wonsan
Kumsong
Yonchon
Pyongyang
Chinnampo
Kim I Sung
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Kim
Korea
Stalin
Pravda
Soviet Union
Red Korea
MacArthur
Kumchon
Sea of Japan
Sixth Division
Kumhwa
Chorwon
Pyonghang
Court Threat Hangs Over Color TV Plan
Washington reports a court injunction threat looming over the CBS color television system after the FCC affirmed CBS as the national plan. Isidor Goldberg of Pilot Radio vows injunction to block the action, RCA criticizes the choice, and David Sarnoff cites public harm from a forced, incompatible system.
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Washington
Columbia Broadcasting System
Federal Communications Commission
CBS
Isidor Goldberg
Pilot Radio Corp
New York
FCC
Goldberg
Radio Corporation of America
Color Television, Inc
David Sarnoff
RCA
Britain Sets West Stance On Soviet Peace Plan
In Lake Success Britain signals the West’s reply to the Soviet peace proposal to the United Nations. Kenneth Younger is to tell the 60 nation committee that Vishinsky’s call for Big Five consultations and a Security Council army is outdated. The West says the ideas are noble but not new, already in the UN Charter signed in San Francisco five years ago, stalled by Soviet obstruction.
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Lake
Britain
United Nations
Kenneth D. Younger
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Security Council
San Francisco
Defense Starts Friday In Rice Murder Trial
In Columbus the defense for Homer Jack Dean begins its testimony Friday in the first degree murder case over the 1947 slaying of Elmo C. Rice, a suburban real estate dealer. Christine Rice, widow of the victim, identified Dean as the man last seen with Rice on the night of the shooting on December 10, 1947.
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Columbus
Homer Jack Dean
Elmo C. Rice
Ralph J. Bartlett
Bartlett
Christine Rice
Dean
Clay Workers Win 10-Cent Pay Increase Pact
Pittsburgh reports the brick and clay industry reaching a settlement with the AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union granting a 10-cent hourly raise retroactive to Oct 1. F H Atwood of Harbison-Walker Refractories said his firm and 11 others are affected, with about 1000 workers in PA and MO each and another 1000 scattered across TX OH KY.
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Pittsburgh
Brick and Clay
AFL United Brick and Clay Workers Union
F. H. Atwood
Harbison-Walker Refractories, Inc
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Texas
Ohio
Kentucky
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