Communists In Last Stand As Great Battle Looms Near Korea Coast
United Nations forces pursued fleeing Korean and Chinese Communist units along a 60 mile front near Chongjin and Yonghyang as Allied artillery and air strikes whittled at the city. Heavy fighting loomed with seven Allied divisions massed for a potential clash near Sinniju and along the Manchurian frontier while patrols reported enemy movements north of Chongjin and near Pakchon.
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Arnest Hoberecht YO
U.P
United Nations
Korea
Chongjin
Siberian
St. Paul
Raating
Nemyv
Yonghyang
Chuuron
Walton H.walker
Reda
Sinniju
North Hoeveen
Yalu
Manchurian
Pakchon
Pakehon
Baytown notes and guard officer listed in muddled draft
The fragment references GEARDSMAN and G LAVERGLES, sons of someone, as new members of Company E Texas Guard with Captain AL HL ny as commander. A postal note issue and a missed return address are noted, plus a civil engineer and a hospitalization with a facial wound. Mentions University and volunteers invited to Texas next January.
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Geardsman ET G
Allas
Dalasay Times Herald
University of Nesses
SazarBewi
Cotten
Texas
Contested Duval County votes decide 7th District race
District Judge Sam Reams is declared winner after Austin to Secretary of State Denied adoption of votes from Duval County. Washington reports Secretary Dean Acheson says he has discussed US foreign policy with Republican leaders and plans to confer with Senator Robert A Taft of Ohio.
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Austin
Ben Shepperd
Duval County
Sam Reams
Washington
Ubt
Dean Acheson
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Missionary Plane Crashes In Grand Teton Killing Survivors Sought
Veteran climbers hunt for possible survivors from a DC-3 crash that killed 13 adults and 10 children near Mount Moran in the Grand Teton range. Park rangers climbed the cliff on January weather to reach the wreckage and aid any potential survivors.
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Jackson
Wro
ICP
Grand Teton Mountains
New Seriies Mission
Chico
California
Caliornia
Grace Bible Mission
Billings
Montana
Jackson Bay
Mount Moran
Grand Teion National Park
Renzger Blake van
Dewater
Paul Judge
Clarence W. Harris
Signal
Round Town Notes from L A Lee and Local Scenes
Round Town items describe L A Lee talking on two telephones at once and Scott at a duck din, Mrs Moore modeling uniforms, Ammons at the convention, and a Texas Legislature connection. High school notes mention Bett Pace and a notarized stand on property at Texas and Com. Santa Claus visits, quiet week, and local shifts with Sods ends and graveyard work. John Starr smiles in a casual town snapshot.
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Lee
Scott
Moore
Ae cAussig Ammons
Bret fWrav
Texas
Sny
Bett Pace
Cuba
Greer
McCullough
John Starr
Mercy Patrol Rescues GIs in Korea The Three Trapped Yanks
A tank guided mercy patrol recovered three GIs trapped for twenty days in North Korean territory during the Korean War. A smuggled note asking if Americans were coming prompted a squad with four tanks to advance a thousand yards into enemy lines. Corporal Edward Pachecko and two others were found hidden in a farmhouse after hiding for two weeks. Hines was wounded in the foot but all three escaped and were returned to American lines with the First Cavalry Division.
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First Cavalry Division
Korea
Red
Edward Pachecko
Pachecko
Eighth Regiment
Pachecho
Hines
McCloy
Superbomber Falls Burn Near Air Base
A B 36 Superbomber crashed in timberland north of Cleburne during a routine training flight from Fort Worth’s Carswell Base. Crews bailed out. initial reports listed five survivors and two fatalities. The crash occurred 20 miles south of Carswell, with officials noting a 16 to 17 crew and a large explosion at impact.
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Cleburne
U.P
Robert S. Anderson
Carswell
Boyd Crook
Bandley
Vandiver
Planetate Highway Patrol
Austin
Planet Well Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Crook
Carswell Base
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Lake Worth
British Columbia
Thanksgiving Services Set At First Presbyterian Church
Baytown residents plan a city wide Thanksgiving service led by Rev Kari H Bracker at 10 am in the First Presbyterian Church. Bracker, pastor of St Pauls Lutheran, preaches Thanksgiving In Christ. Several Baytown pastors join the Union Service sponsored annually by the Ministerial Alliance. Expect mild weather with partly cloudy skies. Observance this year has prompted a crowded turnout with many seeking a quiet day off work.
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First Presbyter Church
Kari “H. Bracker
Ministerial Alliance
Bracker
St Pauls Lutheran Church
Baytown
Wweatherman
Panther Safari Continues After Big Black Animal Spotted
Iowa farm residents report a long shiny black animal in corn belts prompting another hunt led by Deputy Sheriff Max Van Rees. Earlier efforts yielded two red foxes and a tooth from Orville Jones, with a plan to restrict hunters and use a low-flying plane. A sighting near Ed Lockner’s farm described a large catlike creature chased by a worker, while Joe Woods reported a shiny black animal with a long tail near Urbandale.
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Des Motnes
Corn ” Belt
Twe Farm
Max van Rees
Orville Jones
van Rees
Jones
Ed Lockner
Lockner
Iive
Joe Woods
Urbandale
Des Moines
US moves to prosecute communists before new board
The Justice Department readies a petition to bring the Communist Party before the new Subversive Activities Board under the Internal Security Act. The board would require registration, hear arguments, allow rebuttal evidence, cross examination, and counsel. Officials say McGrath may sign before nightfall. case could take years to resolve.
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Justice Department
Washington
Communist Party
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Communist Action
Communist Front
Early Break Expected In Houston Bus Strike
Houston observers report an 18 day transit walkout may end soon as union and company negotiators adjourned after a five hour session and planned noon talks over a new approach submitted by CIO TWOs representative John J. Ryan. A standby order from Ryan sparked hopes of a settlement as Houston Transit Company vice president M. Coates Jr. returned to the mediator’s office after a short absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
John J. Ryan
CIO Transport Workers ‘of America
Ryan Troz
Houston ‘Transit Company
M. Coates, Jr
Willis Ray
Students Stage Riot In Cairo
Police, in full steel helmet and Camel Corps, declared a state of emergency as 12,000 Arab students gathered at Fuad El-Awal University chanting down with British imperialism. They marched on government buildings and embassies while authorities sealed off streets and vowed to expel British troops from the canal zone.
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CARRO
M@P
Cairo
Suez Canal
Ancient
Camel Corps
Hi Nabor by Olin Siler poem fragment
Brief editor’s note fragment shows a writer reflecting on past fighting vigor and current costs of peace, referencing a hot sharp warrior and wage peace. The readable text emphasizes nostalgia for conflict and a call for cheaper, calmer solutions.
Nationalists and Communist Spies Exposed in Taiwan
The Defense Ministry said it broke a Communist spy ring reaching the Nationalist government and armed forces in Formosa. Four major generals confessed and face possible execution, led by Major General La Yao-Woen, a key member of the Defense Ministry's political planning board. Also detained were heads of sections in the Army General Headquarters and the Foreign Ministry, plus Navy personnel.
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Taipel Formosa
Defense Ministry
la Yao-Woen
Chiang Ching- Kio
Army
Foreign Ministry
Navy
Bomb Kills Fort Worth Couple In Car Blast
Fort Worth police report a bomb planted in a Dodge sedan caused the explosion that killed Nelson Harris, owner of the Black Hawk Night Club, and his wife, who was pregnant. The blast shattered windows and sent residents fleeing as investigators described the car as demolished and the head of Harris blown off.
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Fort Worth
U P
West Side
Nelson Harris
Harris
Cato Hightower
Black Hawk
Homicide
A C. Howerton
W. H. Dixon
Searchers Ordered To Shoot To Kill In Escape Pursuit
Three armed trusties escaped from Darrington Prison Farm in a warden’s car equipped with guns and a radio. Harris County officers pressed a large manhunt around Houston with shoot to kill orders if the fugitives resist. The escapees were believed to be armed with an automatic shotgun and a 30-30 rifle.
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Houston
U P
Darrington
Harris County
Gulf Freeway
South
Farden
Joe Batson
Batson
Buntshire
Kid Sear
Wrnne
Brazoria Coutties
James Mack ‘Daltor
Dallas County
George Hargrove
Greston
Weldon Riley Pittman
18 Dead 65 Hurt As Trains Collide In Snowstorm
Rescue crews in subzero weather report 18 dead and missing and 63 injured in a collision between a Canadian troop train and a passenger express in a Rocky Mountain snowstorm. The wreck near Cedarside, British Columbia, sent 22 soldiers and four crew members to Jasper, Alberta. Many victims were stretcher cases among 53 soldiers and crewmen injured aboard the troop train. 10 passengers and a baggage man were hurt aboard the express. An incomplete traffic message to the conductor was blamed. The troop train carried 350 officers and men of Canada’s United Nations Brigade en route to Fort Lewis, Washington.
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Kamloops
B. C
Canada
Species Unitedations Brigade
Jasper
Alberta
Canadian National Railcay
Fort Lewis
Washington
Rocky Mountain
Cedarside
British Co
Christmas Seals Aid Fight Tuberculosis Drive Under Way
The Harris County Anti Tuberculosis League launches a Christmas Seals mail drive led by Mrs. Joe Hugsns, with Women’s Service League members handling clerical work. Envelopes show Houston addresses, Baytown area reports 212 TB deaths, 15 polio, 134 pneumonia, and a mobile X ray unit finding 92 unsuspected TB cases in the area.
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Harris County
Joe Hugsns
Women’s Service League
Houston
Baytown
R. $. Manne
Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League
Manne
Stamford Police Strike Shuts City Chief Leads Walkout
Stamford Texas city police vanish as Chief George Flournoy and one deputy walk off over long hours and low pay. Officers complain about 72 hour weeks and typical monthly wages of 185 dollars. City Council reportedly refused to raise wages, leaving the department down to two.
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Stamford
George Flournoy
West Texas
Opoben
Swift Floods Cause Chaos In California
Marysville area floods as Yuba and Stanislaus rivers burst banks, forcing about 7000 to flee homes across six towns near Marysville and Ripon. Rescue teams evacuated stranded residents, Red Cross sent aid including food, blankets, and coffers to evacuees. Weather Bureau projected a return to generally fair weather after nine days of rain.
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California
Yuba
Marysville
Stanislaus
Ripon
Nevada
Weather Bureau
Sierra Nevada
Fape
Ocd
John Dower
Red Cross
Cotz
San Francisco
Santa Claus Parade in Baytown Scheduled for Saturday Morning
Santa Claus is coming to town on Saturday at 3 am for a Christmas parade along West Texas Avenue to North Main. The Robert E Lee Band Cedar Bayou Band and Carver High School Band will march with Christmas queens to be elected from area schools. Floats are planned and parade chairman WM House announced the event will usher in the season.
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Santa Claus
Baytown
Robert E. Lee
Leerigadiers
Cedar Bayou
Carver High School
Texas Avenue
Main
WM. House
Baytown Chambe Commerce
Mittee
Atores
Texans Fail Polio Drive Official Says
A National Foundation spokesman charged Texans with failing to meet obligations in the polio drive. Mrs. R. O. Pearson of Abilene cited inadequate financial aid and said Texas has not faced its obligations as the nationwide drive aims to raise 50 million dollars starting January 15.
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Austen
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
R. O. Pearson
Abilene
State March of Dimes
Texas
Pearson
National Foundation
Gift Spotter daily feature offers Christmas shopping tips
The Sun Want Ads promote a Gift Spotter feature with gift suggestions and bargains to simplify holiday shopping. It suggests reading daily for easy shopping and mentions dialing 830 for extra cash.
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the Sun
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