Allies Gain All Along Icy Front
Allied forces pressed along a 250 mile North Korean front toward Manchuria amid frost and sleet. The U S 17th regiment advanced to the 41st parallel in the northeast while the first corps moved unopposed in the northwest. ROK forces recaptured Tokchon as battles continued across the peninsula.
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Seoul
United States
Pungsan
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Mansi
Chongju
Sakchu
Republic of Korea First Corps
Changjin Reservoir
ROK First Corps
Tokchon
Kunu
ROK
U. S. First Corps
Paring Knife Death Testimony in Minnesota Manslaughter Trial
Deputy coroner testified that a 20 year old David Ryan died when the tip of a kitchen paring knife penetrated his heart. Suspect Lawrence Ryan, 22, faces a manslaughter trial over the July 30 incident. Dr Roy C Heron described death within two to three minutes after the knife entered the ribs. Jury of 3 men and 3 women selected. 10th man chosen as alternate. The charge carries 5 to 20 years in prison if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
David Ryan
Lawrence
Roy C. Heron
Hukbalahap Raid Kills Eighteen in Central Luzon
Communist Hukbalahap raided three towns in central Luzon on Wednesday night and today. Eighteen people were killed, including nine Huks, in the violence.
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Manila
Luzon
Secret Radar Screen Passes First Test
A secret American radar net backed by jet patrols to defend Western Europe against surprise attack passed its first test. Communist planes flying toward Warsaw were tracked and intercepted. A Soviet plane carrying Maurice Thorez was identified near Western Germany, prompting patrols.
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Frankfurt
Europe
England
Warsaw
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
Germany
Vassily Chuikov
Soviet High Commission
East Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
Airforce
Eastern
Western
Slammed Door to Break Leg Case Heard in Court
Frances E. Housdon testified her daughter-in-law Laworice Houdson slammed an auto door on her leg over babysitting disputes. Houdson, 27, appeared in justice court on crutches. The court ordered Houdson to stand trial on felonious assault. the pair are estranged.
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Los Angeles
Frances E. Housdon
Laworice Houdson
Bank debits in Minneapolis district hit 1950 high in October
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis reports districtwide October debits rose 22 percent from October 1949 to 3 502 491 000 across 132 cities. January October 1950 over 1949 up 8 percent with Minnesota Montana at 24 percent, western Wisconsin 19, South Dakota and upper Michigan 18, North Dakota 5. Debits reflect checks against depositors accounts and gauge business conditions.
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Minneapolis
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Federal Reserve District
Minnesota
Montana
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Upper Michigan
North Dakota
Sander Kit Placed in Wrong Parked Car
Police hold two unclaimed items in lost and found Electric polisher sander kit turned in by an unidentified man saying it was left in his car by mistake A lunch bucket with sandwich crackers apple and coffee found in the business district is also held for the owner Items may be claimed with proper identification by police.
China Issue Flares in Assembly
In the UN General Assembly a dispute over China’s UN seat surfaces as Nasrollah Entezam proposes a committee with Belgium Canada India Iraq Mexico the Philippines and Poland to decide if the Nationalists or the Communists should hold the seat. Jacob Malik objects saying the panel would favor the Nationalists.
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Assembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Iran
Belgium
Canada
India
Iraq
Mexico
Philippines
Poland
China
Jacob A. Malik
Enteram
Malik
Assebly
Tax Target Set Dec 1 for Excess Profits Levy
House Ways and Means Committee, split along party lines, moves toward a December 1 target to pass an excess profits levy on corporations. Secretary Snyder outlined a 75 percent levy plan. Republicans accuse the process of a gag and steamroller, while predicting higher individual taxes to fund defense.
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Snyder
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Robert Doughton
D.-N.c
House Ways and Means Committee
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Republican Committee
Reed
GOP
Democratic Committee
Rep
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Eberharter
D.-Pa
Senate
Spring Valley Play Promises Humor with Dont Take My Penny
Nancy Gynild and Sherman Kemmer lead the Spring Valley junior class play Dont Take My Penny to be staged at 8 p.m. Friday in the high school auditorium.
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Spring Valley
Nancy Gynild
Sherman Kemmer
Empty Boat Found in Hunt for Pair
Charleston searchers found only a life jacket and an empty rowboat as they probe the disappearance of Mrs. Frederick H. Ecker and James Merrill Herd Jr. after their fishing boat capsized near Seabrook Island. Two survivors and rescuers from coast guard and planes continue the hunt.
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Charleston
S. C
Frederick H. Ecker
Raymond Poincare
France
James Merrill Herd, Jr
New York Theatrical Corporation
Seabrook Island
Here
Silas Welch
Herd
Shelbyville
Tenn
U S Casualties in Korea Rise to 28 881
The defense department reports 28 881 American Korean war casualties with 4798 deaths and 19 740 non fatally wounded as of November 10. Missing in action totaled 3719 with 517 later returned, four dead and 107 in enemy hands. Army leads with 24 989 casualties.
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Washington
Defense Department
United Nations
Army
Marines
Navy
Airforce
Marine Corps
Air Force
Courtesy Plan Extends Parking Time With Nickels
The Austin Chamber of Commerce sponsored a courtesy plan where police placed 25 nickels in time-expired meters on Wednesday at 1 p.m. to grant motorists an extra hour of parking. About 400 meters were affected and no tickets were issued that day.
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Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Electric Iron Starts Puts Out Own Fire
An electric iron left on began burning, melting an ironing board and a lead water pipe before firemen arrived. Water spray from the burst pipe had already extinguished the smoldering flames. Damage was slight.
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Washington (P
Rancher Convicted in Shooting Fray
Arthur Goff a White Owl rancher was found guilty by a district court jury of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm without excusable cause in Rapid City South Dakota.
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Rapid City
S. D
Arthur
Tacky) Goff
Grange Debates UMIT Plan At National Meeting
National Grange discusses universal military training for the nation’s youth in its annual Minneapolis meeting. Albert S. Goss, national master, who died of a heart attack, delivered the address read by successor Henry D. Sherwood. He urged direct national service and warned against communism tied to land reform. Sherwood expected to assume Goss’ role after the November election.
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Minneapolis
National Grange
Albert S. Goss
Goss
Henry D. Sherwood
Sherwood
Former Spring Valley Resident Air Victim
Walter N. Lundby a former Spring Valley resident and his wife were killed in the Northwest Airlines Martin 202 crash near Butte Montana on November 8. Lundby 30 was a nephew of Herman Lundby of Spring Valley and a Spring Valley High School graduate. The couple resided in San Francisco and were returning home after visiting Billings. They leave two young children.
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Spring Valley
Walter N. Lundby
Northwest Airlines
Butte
Mont
Lundby
Herman Lundby
Spring Valley High School
San Francisco
Billings
Draft Board Moves to 100 W. Oakland
The Mower county draft board moved today to new quarters at 100 W. Oakland. They were formerly housed in the Austin armory. The new offices will provide more working space, the board said.
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Mower County Draft Board
Oakland
Austin Armory
Court Limits Picketing At Northwestern Bell Site
A restraining order issued by Judge William A. Anderson limits picketing at Northwestern Bell in Minneapolis to keep 10 feet apart and 5 feet from the main building. Only one CIO picket may guard the Kenwood exchange at a time. Three pickets were reportedly injured in incidents involving supervisory or non striking workers.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
William A. Anderson
Telephone Company
CIO Communications Workers of America
Division 6
Kenwood Exchange
St. Paul Riverview Exchange
Telephone Company Picketed in Mankato
Northwestern Bell offices in Mankato faced a picket line formed by seven members of the Communications Workers of America. About 54 employees refused to cross, while 30 to 35 out of town workers handled long distance calls and the Bell spokesman said service was about normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mankato (F
Mankato
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America, Ctoo
Bell Telephone Company
Court Injunction on Pickets Halts Demonstration
A court injunction restrains Western Electric workers from picketing Northwestern Bell Telephone in Pierre South Dakota. Four Sioux Falls CIO Communications Workers of America members quit after the restraining order by Circuit Judge O K Whitney. The 1947 law barring picketing of noninvolved employers was used. Service remained uninterrupted as some Bell employees crossed the line.
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Pierre
Bell
Mrs. Vinson dies wife of Congressman at 63
Mrs. Carl Vinson, wife of Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia, died at Naval Hospital in Bethesda Maryland after years of illness. She had been ill with arthritis and pernicious anemia and was the widow of Donald McGregor, former Washington correspondent for the Paris Herald, whom she married on April 6 1921.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
Rep. Vinson
D.-Ga
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
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Sander
BY Tom Ochiltree
New York
UN General Assembly
Security Council
Gen. MacArthur
Korea
Council
Peiping
Reds
Prague
Formosa
MacArthur
U.S
Horace Austin State Park
Fora
Gynild, Kemmer
Grange
Phone Union
Asst
Joseph A. Hadley
Northwestern Bell and Western Electric Co
Telephone
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