Red Army Forces Press Advance Around Canton
Red General Lin Piao swings main forces southwest in pursuit of Nationalist troops toward Kwangsi, drawing near Lingling and prompting Nationalist defenses. Pai Chung-hsi withdraws to Kweilin as three Nationalist armies hurry from Canton to fortify the capital region. Canton not yet under major assault, while government plans to move to Chungking intensify. Double tenth holiday statements from Chiang Kai-shek and Li Tsung Jen denounce Communists amid regime change in Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
China
Lin Piao
Kwangsi Province
Pai Chung-Hsi
Lingling
Pai
Kweilin
Chen Keng
Namyang
Chungking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Li Tsung-Jen
Peiping
Black man Persuades Girl in Fatal Public Safety Incident
In Dothan Alabama on October 9 a 65 year old Black man persuaded a 14 year old Black girl Lessie Mac Morland to fatally wound Richard McMiller with a public safety item after he had loaded it. The coroner reported the girl said she struck him in the neck after he urged her pull the trigger. No charges were filed against the girl as investigators continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Ala
A. A. Parker
Lessie Mac Morland
Richard McMiller
Parker
McMiller
British student hails UN work yet warns of rival squabbling
Robert Graham Wood of Liverpool after winning a UN essay prize spent 30 days in New York observing the General Assembly. He praised the UN's social and technical gains but blasted East West tensions threatening its future. He urged Britain to invest more in the UN and its technical commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Wood
New York
University of Liverpool
Empire State Building
Uns
Britain
United Nations
Shaft Fall Fatal To Watch Expert
Louis Dubois, 67, a watch expert and dean of the American Saneeeay Inc School of Horology, fell 16 feet into an elevator shaft in a downtown Denver building. His wife Bertha reported darkness at the lobby and trouble finding the keyhole to the elevator doors. He died from head injuries while en route to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Louis Dubois
Dubois
American Saneeeay Inc
School of Horology
Bertha
Edith Somerville Irish Author Dies at 92 in Ireland
Edith Denone Somerville, 92, noted Irish author and artist, died at her Castletownsend home. Co author with cousin Violet Martin as Martin 688, she produced numerous novels on Irish life and illustrated many books. Her watercolors were shown in New York and Boston.
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Castletownsend
Ireland
Edith Denone Somerville
Violet Martin
Martin
New York
Boston
Weather summary shows mixed conditions across cities
Fragmentary report mentions temperatures and rainfall with references to Colorado stages and several cities including Amarillo and Justin Huston. No clear forecast or dates, but notes an 28.94 inch figure and accumulated excess readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Intel
Vege
Amarillo
Justin Huston
Austin Monney
Congress Plans Of Quitting Fund Program Undone
Washington Oct 9 Congress nears adjournment with less than half of Truman’s program enacted. Key items unfinished include Taft Hartley repeal and civil rights legislation while social security improvements and education aid advance. International actions and long range housing measures also feature in the final agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Korea
Vet Killed When Model Plane Hits Power Line
In Westchester Pennsylvania on October 9 a model airplane struck a 200000 volt power line, killing 21 year old Air Force veteran George Hartshorne who was flying the gasoline powered craft on a 30 foot cable. He died at Chester County Hospital after immediate injuries.
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Westchester
George Hartshorne
Air Force
Hartshorne
Chester County Hospital
Cab Drivers End Strike to Save Bankrupt Firm
Nearly 200 taxi drivers end a five day strike with a tip only pay plan through October 17. Fares go to a receiver who must pay a $14,000 insurance premium to keep the company operating. The GI formed firm seeks to form a cooperative to take over if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
People Cab Company
War brides return from overseas to Oakland home
Thirty eight European war brides and their 26 children arrived at Oakland Airport after a trip to England. They embraced husbands and relatives to confirm they consider the United States their home. Mayor Clifford Rishell greeted the group as the plane landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
England
Clifford Rishell
Betty M. Arietta
Richmond
New York
United States
Mexican Officials To Attend Meeting Of Good Neighbors
Governor Raul Garate and Governor-elect Tiburcio Zamora of Tamaulipas will visit Texas to join the Texas Good Neighbor Commission meeting and tour the Texas Prison System. They arrive Monday, attend Tuesday’s session, and inspect Wednesday, learning how Texas overhauls its penal system as Tamaulipas builds an eight million peso prison. Governor Shivers will host them Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaulipas
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Texas
Raul Garate
Tiburcio Zamora
Tom Sutherland
Allan Shivers
Polish Family Code Aligns With Soviet Roots
Warsaw reports a forthcoming Polish family law code, prepared by a Polish Czechoslovak commission and based on the Soviet code. It requires civil marriages before church ceremonies and enshrines gender equality, perpetual marriage, and social institution status, with children conceived outside wedlock given equal legal standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
High schools urged to broaden curriculum for noncollege students
Federal official J Dan Hull says 60 percent of high school students lack goals in college or trades. He notes only 20 percent prepared for college and 20 percent for skilled work, urging extended general education through age 18 as educators meet in Washington with 200 leaders from 31 states to discuss life-oriented programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Dan Hull
Hull
Death in Shipe Park Reports Natural Causes
Mrs Lois Gatesbies Jacobs Gates, 70, died during a walk in Shipe Park Sunday afternoon. She collapsed and was pronounced dead at Brackenridge Hospital. Justice of the Peace Travis Blakeslee ruled death from natural causes. A nephew H G Steen of 4500 Ave H reported the death. body to be sent to Runge for burial. surviving step daughter Mrs Gates Wofford of Kenedy.
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Lois Jacobs’ Gates
Shipe Park
Brackenridge Hospital
Justice of the
Travis Blakeslee
H. G. Steen
Ave. H
Runge
Gates Wofford
Kenedy
Attendance Record Set For Texas State Fair
Dallas October 9 record second day crowd of 101 256 at the State Fair of Texas by 5 p m. Officials expect about 2 000 000 visitors before the fair closes October 23 depending on weather. Last year 72 692 attended the second day.
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Dallas
Texas
Lantern blast injures Statesman employee at home
Bill Lucas, 38, a composing room worker for The American Statesman, sustained second degree burns when a gasoline lantern exploded at his residence 1819 West 37th Street. He was treated at Brackenridge Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Lucas
The
American Statesman
West 37Th Street
Lucas
Brackenridge Hospital
Trend Toward Lower Price Line In Auto Market
Detroit reports automakers shifting to lower priced models to attract budget buyers as competition heats up. Buick, Nash, Hudson, Kaiser-Frazer plan cheap lines and price cuts. Ford, Chevrolet, and Plymouth may add big car features like automatic transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Buick
Nash
Hudson
Kaiser-Frazer
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Kaiser
K F
Belva Karensey Dies Not Yet But Fights Cancer Birthday
In Bronte Texas child Belva Karensey age seven celebrated a birthday while battling an incurable cancer Neuroblastoma. Relatives and friends shared gifts flowers and a note from a mysterious Fat Man. Adopted sister Nona Gayle and half-brother Dana Bernard joined the quiet gathering as doctors warned Belva may not live another year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
Texas
Belva Karensey
Robert Lee
West Texas
Belva
San Angelo
San Antonio
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
J. M. Rippetoe
Nona Gayle
Rippetoes
Dana Bernard
Local Obituaries and Funerals Notice Summary
Deaths and funerals for Larry Larison 2 day old son of E K Larison. Robert Landau 60. Johanna McLennan. Mrs J S Brownlee 78. Ernest Seeliger 45 of Lockhart. Burial and funeral details include Cook Funeral Home, Oakwood Cemetery, Burnet Cemetery, and Field Funeral Home with listed survivors and officiants.
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Larry Larison
E. K. Larison
Janice Gayle Larison
Cook Funeral Home
Melvin Eidson
Oakwood Cemetery
Robert Landau
Ann Landau
Czech Children Plan War Game Near Prague
Prague reports a planned children's war game near Prague on October 23 led by 3500 Prague Pioneer youths aged 11 to 15. Soldiers and security police will supervise and instruct, with ideological prep under Pioneer groups as part of homeland defense training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Rude Pravo
Funeral services for Mrs Lois Gardner House
Funeral services were scheduled in Austin Monday for Mrs Lois Gardner House 39 who died in a Belt area wreck Saturday morning. Her husband and two others were in the collision near Belt en route to the Texas Oklahoma game in Dallas. Orlando D Stevlingson and Lieutenant John M Battle were also killed. Clay House remained in critical condition at Sewell Hospital Belt. Burial will be in Memorial Park with Dr Blake Smith and Rev J Raymond Denton officiating.
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Lois Gardner House
Belt
Austin
House
Dallas
Orlando D. Stevlingson
John M. Battle
Stevlingson
Camp Hood
Clay House
Hemphill Book Stores
Sewell Hospital
Weed-Corley
Blake Smith
J. Raymond Denton
Memorial Park
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Kwangsi
Chiang
Formosa
Russia
Japan
Kuntz- Sternenberg Lumber Co
Billy Williams
Yakima
Wash
William O. Douglas
Justice Douglas
Frankfort Distillers Corp
Nyc
Geo. Wesley
Cash & Carry
Ged Wesley
Edith Somerville
Om A
P.m
RFC
Brannan
St. Lawrence Seaway
Columbia River
Tidelands
Cleon Lyles
Little Rock
Ark
University Avenue
Europe
Mrs
Lois Gatesbies
Texas State Fair
Mrs. Rippetoe
Mommie
Betsy
Joahanna McLennan
Johanna McLennan
J. S. Brownlee
Nueces
Burnet Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Ernest Seeliger
Lockhart
Field Funeral Home
P. R. Daussman
Weldon Louis Seeliger
Walter S
Alfred Seeliger Jr
Austin's
Thurlow B. Weed
Jack Corley
Lavaco
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Lavaca
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Lavace
Hyiltin
Joe Manor
Pres
Mra C. A. Hyiltin
Guadalupe
Dia
Eugene H. Duke
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