Keeping Warm In Foxholes On Frontline Korea
Describes cold, dangerous foxhole life on the Korea front near Wonju. Soldiers Zick and Kelly endure 2% degree below zero temperatures, scarce hot chow, smoky water, and constant shelling. They struggle with numb feet, sleep deprivation, and reliance on straw and blankets while awaiting relief and attempting to stay alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Barnard
Korea Central Front
Thomas G. Zick
San Antonio
Tex
Zick
Cpl
Robert E. Kelly
Alliance. 0
Wonju
Kelly
Naktong
Kunu Pass
William N. Payne
Nashville
Social whirl and high society notes flash across 1950s pages
The column lists gossip on Winchell expatriates in Venezuela dating nerve, Sir Cholly and Mrs Fellows, Jill Faulkner in Paris, Nancy Clark in Milan, and Broadway and hotel intel. It mentions radio time sales, new TV shows, price hikes at the Waldorf and other hotels, fashion and jewelry chatter, and a midtown drug store memorial display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
W. Rockefeller
Betty Fuller
Paree
Ishbel MacDonald
Piccadilly
Nancy Clark
N. Y
Milan
Lusciano Masseroni
Les Temps
Parisheet
Prince Asa Akira Kuni
Kin of
Hirohito
Tokyo
Kay Thompson
Mocambo
H'wood
Suzette
Josephine Baker
Ditte
Copa City
Miami
Soph Tucker
la Baker
Roney Plaza
Washington
Florida
Decca
Marlene
Martin Salkin
Satdeeve
Moisha Berle
Jeevy Nielsen
Phileo
Hooper
Berle
Godfrey Scouts
Televiz
Faiti Baldwin
North Carolina Engineers Set 38th Convention in Greensboro
The 38rd annual convention of the North Carolina Society of Engineers opens in Greensboro on Thursday. The three day 1951 meeting features talks by Col George W Gillette Robert W Flack Dr Clifford K Beck and Dr C Sylvester Green. Registration starts at 3 p m with an informal dinner at 7 p m followed by a board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
North Carolina Society of Engineers
George W. Gillette
Wilmington
North Carolina State Ports Authority
Robert W. ‘Flack
Durham
Clifford K. Beck
North Carolina State College
C. Sylvester Green
Chanel Hill
North Carolina Medical Foundation
Society
Too Many Teeth Case Ends With Jail Time
In Monterey Park California Patrick John Regan of El Monte claimed drinking to endure dental pain after six teeth were pulled. Police Judge Lester B Steers noted a long history of extractions since 1936 and sentenced Regan to ten days in jail before dismissing the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey Park
Calif
Patrick John Regan
el Monte
Lester B. Steers
Regan
Cook to Be Returned To Oklahoma
William E. Cook 23 year old ex convict accused of kidnapping and suspected slaying eight people will be transferred from San Diego to Oklahoma to face federal kidnapping charges. He was captured in Mexico after a two week manhunt and awaits a warrant for transfer. The Lindbergh style charge could carry the death penalty. Cook is also sought in Missouri for the Mosser family murder and in California for the Jan 6 slaying of Robert Dewey. He has yielded little cooperation and remains in isolation as he recovers from dysentery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
William E. Cook
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Washington
Cook
Mexico
Carl Mosser
Atwood
U. S
Ernest Tolin
Los Angeles
Joplin
Mosser
Mossers
California
Seattle
Robert Dewey
Oklo
Bert Strand
Strand
Mex
Illinois
New Mexico
Greensboro 16-Year-Old Veteran Discharged From Korea
Jimmy Ward a Greensboro boy who joined the 25th Division Wolfhound regiment at 14 and saw Korean frontline action is discharged after being found underage. His sister says the father wrote to General MacArthur to reveal his age and secure his return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jimmy Ward
MacArthur
Far East
25Th
Wolfhound
Su United Nations
Ward
Theron Williams
George B. Ward
LaGrange
Williams
Jimmy
Aycock School
Famed Patriot Henry Clay May Be Banished
A Raleigh house committee introduced a resolution to banish Henry Clay. A portrait of Clay sits above the speaker's stand flanked by Washington and Zebulon Vance. The plan would move Washington to the seat of honor and place Aycock’s son against Vance while Clay’s portrait goes to the State Archives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Henry Clay
Clay
George Washington
Zebulon Baird Vance
Washington
Charles B. Aycock
Vance
State Department of Archives and History
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Ziek
Perry A. Sager
Winchester
Tacoma
Wash
Willard F. Rossow
Campbell
Minn
Vincent Cidoni
Brooklyn, N. Y
Allan Crowie
Bronx
New York
Times Square
Michael W. Bariclie
Worcester
Mass
Father Mike
Lonely Ridge
Richard Doyle
van Buren
Ind
Richard Shinnick
Quincy Mass
Arthur Gerreo
Anthony Rego
Westport
George McCausland
Ashland
Robert Conant
Somerset
Tacoma Wash
Ray A. Ellis
Everett Mashall
Keedysville
Winchell
Waldorf-Astoria
J. McCarthy
Cuagab
P. A
L. Bensons
Mama
The
Mirror
Edith Werner
Adele Mara
Warner
RKO
Roy Huggins
Renick
Sammy
Hialeah Wedzdee
Phyllis Hall
Goldwyn
Stork
Nick Kenny
Jerry Cook
Puppil
Fany's
John T. Ellis & CO
S. Main St
Drice
Plas
Jelly Park
Derétvy Perkins
Lelk Stevens Ganess
Venet
IMM
Ian
Diate
Dize Awning & Tent CO
C-O
Fred Ingram Furn, CO
Seat Towers
Lewis Motor CO
Wrenn St
Valda Sherman
N. C
Korea
Mrs. Williams
Oxfords
Sample Shoe Store
North Main ST
Street Paint CO
Devoe
N. Wrenn
Coats
Riedmans
Kriegsmans
S. Main
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