Coolness under fire noted as Marine prisoner Frank Noel captured
Eye witness Marines Corporal Lawrence A. Plaisance and Private Calvin Domitrowsky describe Frank Noel, Pulitzer Prize winner, remaining calm in a ditch while Chinese forces attacked near Changjin Reservoir. Noel was captured with 99 others after a Leatherneck convoy came under fire on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Korea
Associated Press
Pho Frank Noel
Noel
Hamhung
Changjin Reservoir
Lawrence A. Plaisance
Portland
Ore
Calvin Domitrowsky
Manville
N. J
Hagaru
Lascar
Singapore
Plaisance
Domitrowsky
Frank
Kato
Francis Fong
Fong
Shanghai
Domitrovsky
Eighth Army
Baker Employees To Share Christmas Bonus At 708 Congress
Baker's Shoe Store in Dallas announces a $250,000 Christmas bonus to all 3,500 Edison Brothers employees including those serving in the armed forces. Store manager W D Sears Jr notes this is the 17th consecutive year of bonuses and that Edison Brothers, based in St Louis, operates 222 stores in 120 cities. The company also contributes $250,000 to a pension fund and has expanded a group insurance plan to cover families of employees in military service.
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W. D. Sears Jr
Baker
Edison Brothers Store Inc
St. Louis
Sears
Edison Bros
United States
State Guard Group Will Meet Wednesday
The Texas State Guard Association Capital City Area Chapter will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Driskill Hotel. Bets will be made on plans for a large Austin and Central Texas attendance at the annual convention in Houston Saturday and Sunday. Permanent chapter officers will also be elected, Dr Castner said.
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Capital City Area
Driskill Hotel
C. W. Castner
TSGRC
Berts
Arge
Murderers Have Choice In Utah Hanging Or Shooting
In Utah a condemned murderer may choose between hanging or shooting as the method of execution, reflecting a state policy on capital punishment options.
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Utah
Chiang Kai-Shek Promises Aid in Korea Crisis
Chiang Kai-Shek in Formosa pledges full Nationalist support against appeasement in Korea. He warns war could erupt anytime over Korea and offers troops if UN forces need strategic direction, while preferring consultation first. He reiterates 33,000 troops offer and warns against concessions to Communists risking UN collapse.
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Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Korea
United Nations
Chiang
Elk Benefit Show Features Top Talent at Tower
The Austin Elks Lodge benefit show offers a full hour of floor entertainment to aid Central Texas children at the Elks Crippled Children's Hospital. Star performers include the Texanns precision dancers, Lewell Torchy Green, Curt Weeks, Holder and Townsend, Doyle Smith, Bill Bates, with Bob Gerdes and his Score Bards providing music.
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the Tower
Central Texas
Elks Crippled Children’s Hospital
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Lewell “Torchy” Green
Austin
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Doyle Smith
Bill Bates
Bob Gerdes
Parents to Blame for Kids Trash on Radio Says Panel
Washington reports at the White House Conference on Children and Youth where 5 000 delegates and 37 foreign reps discussed youth issues. Robert Saudak of ABC urged parents to seek quality radio and TV, while Lyman Bryson noted long standing habits with or without media and warned that even without comics or TV, violence and crime persist in society.
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White House
Robert Saudak
American Broadcasting Company
Sendak
Lyman Bryson
Bryson
Cain
Abel
Early U.S. Cattle Arrivals Stir Jamestown Revelations
The first cows arrived in the Jamestown colony in 1611 or nearby years, marking the start of cattle in America. Documented shortages of cattle were blamed for high Pilgrim mortality, as they did not bring cattle with them.
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United States
Jamestown Colony
Baptists Form Commission to Fight Indecent Influence
A nine member Texas Baptist group named the Christian Life Commission to combat indecent movies drinking gambling sexual and family problems. Dr E S James of Vernon was named president with Dr Forrest Freezer of Waco as chair and R H Springer of Dallas as secretary for a 14th straight term. Ground breaking for a four story million dollar convention headquarters in Dallas and plans to enroll 250000 new Christians in Texas in 1951 were announced.
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Texas Baptist Group
Christian Life Commission
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Vernon
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Forrest Freezer
Waco
Morris
Baptist Foundation of Texas
Southern Baptist Relief and Annuity Board
Fort Worth
Texas
Rice Alumni Plan Dinner Meet Dec 12
Whitlock Zander Jr executive secretary of the Association of Rice Alumni will address the district 12 Rice Alumni Club winter meeting Tuesday night Dec 12 at Old Seville for a Mexican dinner at 7 PM A Rice coaching staff member may attend President C L Dowell informed reservations via Mrs N E Barrick 3003 B Red River Street members in Austin and Central Texas invited to bring spouses. motion pictures of a 1950 Rice game will be shown.
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Association of Rice Alumni
District 12
Rice Alumni Club
Old Seville
Rice
C. L. Dowell
Austin
Central Texas
N. E. Barrick
Red River Street
Education Ban Under Japanese Rule in Korea Highlighted
The National Geographic Society notes that from 1910 to 1945 Korea was under Japanese control and Korean history and language were largely barred from schooling. The period saw limited Korean language instruction and suppressed cultural teaching.
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Korea
National Geographic Society
Calculators Could Replace White Collar Jobs Within a Decade
Dr. Robert F. Jackson of the University of Delaware told a graduate lecture that electronic calculators may take over tasks now done by millions of white collar workers within ten years. He noted mass production could lower costs from about 500000 to 10000 20. He stressed calculators are versatile but not thinking machines, restricted to following instructions.
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Del
Robert F. Jackson
Uiversity of Delaware
Jackson
Ballistics Research Laboratory
Army
Aberdeen
MD) Proving Ground
1 164 Korean Islands in the Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea contains 1,164 Korean islands.
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Yellow Sea
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