Solons Study New, Tougher Draft System
The Senate Armed Services Committee weighs Universal Military Service UMS as a replacement for the current draft and for Universal Military Training UMT. A spokesman outlines how UMS would enroll 18 year olds automatically, require basic training, and then service with the armed forces with a call potential during war. The panel plans hearings around November 13 with Defense Secretary Marshall among first witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
UMS
Britain
Congress
Defense Marshall
Louis Johnson
UMT
Battle Over Desks Continues in Logansport Merger
In Logansport Indiana a desk transfer dispute between Onward and Walton supporters pits state police against residents. Troopers guard 72 Onward high school desks and 40 officers monitor grade school desks bound for Onward as a joint high school and a joint grade school plan gains backing from Governor Schricker and the Indiana State Board of Education.
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Logansport
Ind
Walton
Herbert Grant
Virgil Turner
Onward
Robert O'Neal
Henry F. Schricker
State Board of Education
Turner
Motorist Awakes During Attempted Tire Theft in Car Jacking
John Edwards 33 slept in his back seat when two men jacked up his car seeking two tires to fix blowouts. Edwards woke, fought them, and police arrived to arrest the two suspects on attempted burglary charges.
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Philadelphia
John Edwards
Edwards’ Auto
Edwards
Bishop Praises Senate Crime Probers
Methodist Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker, president of the national temperance and prohibition council, lauds the Senate investigating committee for a signal service and calls for it to be made permanent. He cites preliminary findings alleging a national octopus of gigantic size and strength.
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Washington
Wilbur E. Hammaker
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
National Temperance and Prohibition Council
Unions To Publish Daily In Pittsburgh
Unions representing over 2,500 Pittsburgh newspaper employees strike against the three daily papers and announce immediate start of a new daily and Sunday paper. The Pittsburgh Daily Reporter will go on sale tomorrow for five cents a copy.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Daily Reporter
Notre Dame Narrowly Edges Tulane in Slim Win
Notre Dame escaped Tulane 13 9 at New Orleans as Bob Williams led a sharp passing game while Army routed Michigan 27 6 in a day of top teams. Oklahoma held off Texas 14 13 in Dallas as SMU faced Oklahoma A and M. Maryland whipped Georgetown 25 14 and Wisconsin Ohio State Northwestern won Big Ten games.
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Army
Michigan
Purdue
Notre Dame
University of Miami
Fla
Frank Smith
Boilermakers
Associated Press
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Tulane
New Orleans
Bob Williams
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
Southern Methodist
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al Pollard
Los Angeles
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Jack Martin
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Vic Pollock
Bob Dufek
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Sooners
Texans
Maryland
Saints
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Wisconsin
Ohio State
Northwestern
Auto Credit Curbs Assailed by Dealers Leader
Fred L. Haller of the National Automobile Dealers Association protested the tightened installment rules on autos as drastic and harmful. He said the new limits forcing layoffs and hurting lower income buyers threaten the economy, calling for lifting the curb.
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Washington
Fred L. Haller
National Automobile Dealers Association
Federal Reserve Board
Haller
Dulles Accuses Russia of Aiming to Weaken U N
U S secretary of state John Foster Dulles argued Russia seeks to keep the United States and the United Nations weak to block a stronger global order. He contended Soviet objections to a tough policy mask a desire to prevent U N strength while praising U N actions in Korea and ongoing resolutions.
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U.S
Russia
U. S
U. N
Dulles
60-Nation Assembly
Detroit Beatings: Salesman Admits Rampage
Ennis Gillum a 26 year old tobacco salesman and navy veteran confessed to bludgeoning at least three people in northwest Detroit during a Friday night wave of terror. Police say the suspect, drinking at a convention, admitted beating two women and a child. six victims include Dorothy Julian 47 and her son Robert 12 Violet Brezeski 63 Katherine Glacier 31 Blanche Cameron 65 and Norma Friedman 10.
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Detroit
Ennis Gillum
George Kimball
Gillum
Kimball
Dorothy Julian
Robert
Violet Brezeski
Katherine Glacier
Blanche Cameron
Norma Friedman
Dillinger film star Tierney jailed after sobriety test
Lawrence J. Tierney 31, known for the screen role Dillinger, was arrested after police found him weaving in a Cadillac in Hollywood. Blonde Jean Wallace accompanied him but was not held. Tierney demanded a sobriety test, failed it, and was jailed briefly before posting bail.
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Hollywood
Lawrence J. Tierney
Dillinger
Jean Wallace
Franchot Tone
Tierney
Miss Wallace
Speeding Allied Troops Smash Out New Gains
Allied ground forces widened the drive toward Pyongyang with a three-pronged advance on Saturday. They reportedly pushed 15 to 20 miles in aggressive offensive operations as of late Sunday.
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Red Capital
Tokyo
Pyongyang
Singye
Wonsan
U. S. First Cavalry
Kumchon
Doomed Officer Answers Charges in Korea War Case
Lt. Leon A. Gilbert, a 31-year-old York Pa infantry officer, is fighting a death sentence for misconduct in battle near Kumchon Korea. He contends he tried to explain why orders would cause certain death and that he would not abandon his men. His case proceeds after review by Maj. Gen. Kean and submission to President Truman.
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Tokyo
Leon A. Gilbert
Korea
York
N. V. White
Gilbert
William B. Kean
U. S. 25Th Division
Judge Advocate General's Office
Washington
Truman
Gilbert — Husky
Yanks To Quit Korea As Soon As Job Is Done
President Truman met with General MacArthur on Wake Island to discuss steps for peace and security in Asia and the goal of withdrawing U N forces from Korea once the mission is complete. The brief talks highlighted unity with the United Nations and devotion to peace as core assets.
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Canada
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Philippines
Security Council
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Korea
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MacArthur
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Hawaii
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Ace
United Nations
Indochina
Formosa
San Francisco
Pacific
United Nations General Assembly
North Korea
U.N
Ublic
Charles G. Ross
East German Ballot Push Backed by Soviet Front
East Germany votes in a national front election under a Soviet backed regime with 90 to 95 percent yes forecasts. 195,000 Volkspolizei seal the process as West Berlin fears spillover and warns against abstention.
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Berlin
East Germany
Soviet Zone
National Front
Volkspolizei
People’s Police
East
West Berlin
East Zone
Potsdam Platz
U. S
Churchill Warns Of Red Threat In Europe
Winston Churchill warned against overinvolvement in Asia while stressing communism in Europe poses a greater danger. Speaking at a Conservative Party conference in Blackpool he warned war is not inevitable but Western Europe remains protected by American atomic superiority and warned against complacency after Korea.
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Eng
Wintson Churchill
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Europe
Far East
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Russia
Korea
South Korea
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