MacArthur demands NK surrender or face destruction at 28th Parallel
General MacArthur ordered the defeated North Korean Red army to surrender unconditionally or be destroyed by United Nation forces at the 28th Parallel. Reports say South Korean troops may have crossed into North Korea near the east coast. Chou En-Lai warned the United States over invasion of Korea as North Korean Reds were seen as likely to win by Peiping.
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Belman Morin
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nation
U. S. Eighth Army
North Korea
China
Peiping
Red
United States
Far East
Chou En-Lai
Kim H Sung
Korea
United Nations
Inga
Republic
U. S
Seoul
Tom Lambert
U.S
1950 51 Fiscal Year Licenses And Taxes Payable Tomorrow
The 1950 51 fiscal year begins at midnight with payments due for real property corporate public utilities automobile license plates and state privilege licenses. Delinquent dates are Jan 1 for certain taxes Nov 15 for auto licenses Oct 3 for state privilege licenses and end-of-month for city privilege licenses. Officials urge early payment to avoid a late rush and privilege licenses available in multiple plans.
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Carl Sellers
Sellers
Elton Collins
Albert Logue
Judge Logue
Henry Amneld
Area Man among POWs freed in Korea by U S 22d Division
Cottonwood resident Howard John L Napier was listed among the group of American prisoners of war liberated in Korea by the U S 22d Division. The AP dispatch did not indicate Napier's release location.
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Pic
Howard John L. Napier
Cottonwood
Korea
U. S
Associated Press
Napier
UN Debate at Fiery Session Stirs Korea Crisis
United Nations General Assembly political committee sees chaos after a Soviet filibuster as Warren Austin urges North Korea not to seek refuge beyond the 38th parallel. Votes show Korean peace plans favored while a Soviet request to invite only South Koreans fails. Security Council rejects demands to curb U.S. air strikes in Korea.
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Hy Francis W. Carpenter Lake
U. S
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
38Th Parallel
General Assembly
North
Koree
Republic of Korea
Anslin
Korea
Far East
China
Security Council
United States
Russia
Yugoslavia
Kenneth Younger
all-Korea
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Younger
Romulo
Australia
Brazil
Cuba
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
UN Korean Commission
Austin
Poltical Committee
Pageant Tickets On Sale For Seventh National Peanut Festival
Advance sale of tickets for the Seventh National Peanut Festival Beauty Pageant here on Oct 20 began this weekend. Mrs Ruys Loewids heads the ticket committee with Dothan High School band members as volunteers. Tickets are $1 each tax included. Elba plans Miss Elba pageant on Oct 9 at the local theater. The festival parade and decorations are slated for Oct 17 to 21, with school floats and a major Wiregrass parade led by Joanne Mack Brown arriving Oct 20.
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Ruys Loewids
Dothan Service League
Dothan High School
Cash Drug Store
Rainer
Charcoal Steak House
del Monte Cafe
Julian Turner
Elba
Marianna
Midland City
Headland
Abbeville
Wartford
Chipley
Stree
Houston County Farm Club
Era’ Helms
Joanne Mack Brown
Dothan
University
Seoul Battle Sparks Claims of Wasted Lives and Destruction
Army and Marine commanders who helped liberate Seoul argued the city could have been taken with fewer casualties and less property damage. They blamed both sides for heavy destruction from insistence on rapid capture and from block-by-block fighting enabling Red forces to inflict damage before exiting. Marine leaders said the objective could be achieved with surrounding forces and minimal losses, while UN reports claimed limited damage despite widespread fires.
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Seoul
United Nations
Reda
UN 10Th Corps
Seou
Nancy Knowles Wins Miss Samson Beauty Title 1950
Nancy Knowles, a Samson High School senior with a straight-A scholastic record, was chosen Miss Samson 1950 and will represent Samson in the Seventh Annual National Peanut Festival Beauty Pageant in Dothan on October 20. Ola Ann Sims took second place, Mary Sue Buxton third. The event, sponsored by the Samson Garden Club and local groups, featured evening gowns and bathing suits, with seven appearances by finalists.
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Nancy Knowles
Ola Sims
Samson
Samson High School
Ola Ann Sims
Mary Sue Buxton
America Adopts Lenient Policy Toward Ko Reds
Washington outlines a policy of victory with out vengeance toward North Korea. Gen Douglas MacArthur anticipates a surrender demand while Truman authorizes leniency for the defeated, but leaders and military officers who committed atrocities against UN forces face possible postwar trials.
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M. Hightower
Washington Jap
United States
North Korea
Douglas McArthur
Truman
United Nations
Washington
Red China
Soviet Russia
Seoul
New York
Civic Clubs Sign On Freedom Scrolls Drive Dothan
Civic clubs in Dothan will be invited to sign Freedom Scrolls as part of the Cru sade for Freedom extended campaign led by Richmond Flowers. Four clubs receive meetings this week Roary Kiwanis Exchange and Lions with Boy Scout squads collecting signatures at sports and downtown events. Scrolls target churches and Negro schools next, with all collected scrolls mailed to New York then Berlin for United Nations Day dedication.
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Dethan
Crusade For Freedom
Richmond Flowers
Houston County Crusade
Flowers
Roary Club
Kiwanis Club
Exchange Club
Lions Club
Civic Club
Dothan Boy Scout Troops
Dothan - Phenix City
Wiregrass Stadium
Dothen
New York
Berlin
United Nations
Price Wage Curbs Sought To Combat Living Cost Rise
Washington reports White House pressure to establish promptly the price and wage control agency created weeks ago. ESA leaders, including Cyrus Ching as possible wage board chief, push to accelerate setup while industry weighs wage talks with steel and other defense producers. Government plans include steel capacity expansion and priority orders, with ongoing material controls and possible civilian production limits.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Economic Stabilization Agency
South Korea
CPA
ESA
The
Economic Council
Pricewage
Start
Cyrus S. Ching
CIO Steel
United States Steel Corp
Korea
Jessi
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
National Production Authority
Federal Reserve Board
Gen T. F. Farrell Named Chief At Rucker Camp
Maj. Gen. Thomas F. Farrell has assumed command at Camp Rucker with Col. Henry P. Gantt as post deputy commander. Farrell arrived from Ft. Totten to lead the 30th Logistical Command and become post commandant. He is a World War veteran with service in the atomic bomb program and World War I and II, later serving as engineer and educator before returning to active duty in 1941.
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Thomas F. Farrell
Camp Rucker
Henry P. Gantt
Rucker
Marianas Islands
Japan
Farrell
Bikini
Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Aftr
Corps of Engineers
Regular Army
France
U. S
Fort Humphreys
Virginia
United States Military Academy
West Point
Col. Gantt
New York State
Calcutta
China
Tennessee Firm Gets Rucker Repair Job
Camp Rucker contractors award exterior repair and painting of about 1000 buildings to Cowan Lumber and Planing Mill Company of Nashville. Bid stands at 303170 60 dollars. Work progress reported at 30 percent complete and on schedule by Resident Engineer Basil G Dishough with supervision by Col W K Wilson Jr Dupree Hays and Jack Abbott Jr.
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Camp Rucker
Henry P. Gantt
Cowan Lumber and Planing Mill Company
Nashville, Tenn
W. K. Wilson, Jr
Cowan Company
Col. Wilson
Rucker
Dupree Hays
Jack Abbott, Jr
Basil G. Dishough
Tide Wins 26-14 as Notre Dame, Michigan Shocks
Tide tops Tulane 26-14 in New Orleans while Notre Dame edges North Carolina 14-7 at South Bend. Michigan loses 14-7 to Michigan State in the afternoon slate. Ohio State and Notre Dame remain in the national spotlight amid a wild Saturday of upsets and late scoring drives.
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Alabama
Auburn Tigers
Tulane
New Orleans
Crimson Tide
Ed Salem
Bill Wade
Vanderbilt Commodores
Auburn
Tigers
Haywood Schivan
Dothan
Florida Gators
Duquesne
Ben Williams
Jim Mutschell
Fightite Irish
North Carolina
South Bend
Dick Bunting
Notre Dame
Michigan
Trish
Michigan State
Ann Arbor
181 Reds Arrested In Drive To Weaken Anti West Defiance
West German police arrested 181 Reds as part of a crackdown on Communist cells ahead of Sunday anti West demonstrations. In Dortmund 21, Essen 15, and 24 in other cities were seized while 96,000 police prepared to enforce the ban. Officials said tens of thousands of Reds from the Soviet zone crossed borders to join the display.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Luebeck
Essen
Munich
Hamburg
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
United States
Berlin
Erich Honnecker
Soviet Zone
Three Wiregrass GIs Wounded In Korea
The Defense Department reports three Wiregrass men wounded in Korea. Corporal Enfinger, half-brother of John Enfinger of Cottonwood, Pfc James K Hawkins Jr of Dothan, and Corporal Brecks Rogers of Cottondale route two are listed as wounded in action with no further details available.
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Defense Department
Korea
Edgar Enfinger
John Enfinger
Cottonwood
James K Hawkins
Cassie
Dothan
Peute ‘Five
Carporal I
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UN Commission
Muccie
Gen. MacArthur
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Rhee
Shin Sung Mo
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J. W. Knowles
R. A. Wright
E. T. Brunson
B. B. Howell
David Waters
Opal Brooks Ang Mes
Janie G. Parish
Brunson
Wright
Garden Club
Lois Bany
Jane Bowdoin
Waters
Parisa
B B. Howell
Clara Jean Brooks
Leah Grant
Sybil Smith
Jack Brooks
B. S. Rhea
W. P. Young
Glen Suydam
America
CHURC
Rufus Davis
Lucius Clay
National Crusade
William Halsey
Adolph Berl Sr
Oscar Hammerstein
Richard Rodgers
Raymond Massey
Sugar Ray Robinson
Lanny Ross
Dan Seymour
Thomas Farrell
T. F. Farrell
Crup
Tennessee
Sullivan
Gators
Walter Rundle
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