Reds Accuse U S of Germ Bearing Insects Amid Korea Talks
In Tokyo on March 9, Red China accused the United States of spreading germ bearing insects in North Korea and Manchuria to wreck truce talks. Premier Chou En Lai warned American pilots captured after germ drops would be treated as war criminals. The Panmunjom negotiations stalled another day as both sides exchanged broad accusations and threats, with Allied prisoners and missing South Koreans cited in the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red China
United States
Korea
North Korea
China
Chou En-Lai
Panmn
Manchuria
Panmunjom
Reds
U. N
Woo Sored
Manchuri
Formosa
Alli
Libby
South Korea
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Don O. Darrow
Chun San
Truce Talks Shortest Session as War Rages in Korea
Bulletin from Panmunjom reports Allied and Communist staff officers meeting for two minutes the shortest session on record while POW negotiations continued. Chou Enlai claimed U.S. air attacks on northeast China. Peiping News accused U N bombing. General Ridgway promised the ROK National Assembly an accounting for about 80,000 South Korean civilians in Communist Deng Cha. The Communists delivered 1,874
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
Chou
Peiping
United States
China
United Nations Command
Peiping People’s Dailyews
Apa
U. S
U. N
Comanesier
Matthew B. Ridgway
Robber Willie Sutton Gang Ties Prompted Murder
Arnold Schuster the Brooklyn pants salesman who helped police locate Willie Sutton was shot dead on a Brooklyn street. Police had arrested several gang members after Sutton's capture, while others remain at large and Sutton voices disdain from prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arnold Schuster
Brooklyn
Willie
Schuster
Sutton
Bold Bandit
Willie Sutton
Long Island City
45Th Street
John Devenuta
Thomas
Mad Dog) Kling
Frederick J. Tenuto
Eastern State Penitentiary
Shenene
UN Planes Hit Supply Lines Hard
Allied air power struck at supply lines feeding the Red Army across Korea as skies cleared, targeting food and material for a half million man army. Weeklong U.N. air efforts claimed 370 enemy planes destroyed and 545 U.N. aircraft losses, while rail lines were cut in 630 places and hundreds of vehicles, tanks, and locomotives were damaged or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
United Press
Tokyo
Sun
Korea
U. S
Luke the Gook's Castle
5Th Air Force
Ot East Air Force
Air
U.N
Mechanical Heart Trials Mark First US Human Use
In a historic operation at Pennsylvania Hospital, a 41 year old Bethlehem man, Peter Durning, lived one hour and twenty minutes with a mechanical heart before dying from an uncorrectable heart condition. Nine doctors and staff from three hospitals participated as the device moved blood past the damaged heart, a first successful human use in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
America
Pennsylvania Hospital
Peter Durning
Bethlehem
Durning
Pieceies
Rng
Pennsylvania
Jefferson
University of Pennsylvania
Air Cadet Bound Over in Rape Case at Cadet Dance
Air Cadet William Mills son of a Cuban businessman was bound over on a $1 bond after Miss Madge McDuffy testified she was beaten and raped in his hotel room during a cadet dance at the Civilian Air School in Kinston. Mills denied the charges saying she accompanied him but he did not assault her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
William Mills
Madge McDuffy
Mills
Recorder’s
Miss McDuffy
William Klink
Los Angeles
Calif
Mae E. Mathis
Peirce
Jordan Jones
Sacramento
Bob Reed
Klink
Taft Delegates Named in NC Conventions
Republicans in two North Carolina districts selected four national convention delegates with Taft holding a 13 to 1 edge over Eisenhower. In Elizabethtown the Seventh District named J Olive West and Josiah A Maultsby as delegates, neither instructed or committed. West said he would follow convention wishes. Maultsby would try to do the right thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Robert A. Taft
Gen
T Eisenhower
Elizabethtown
Taft
J. Olive West
Durn
Josiah A. Maultsby
Whiteville
West
Maultsby
Charles F. Harry Sr. Founder of Minette Mills Dies
Charles Franklin Harry Sr., 66, founder and president of Minette Mills Inc. of Grover, died today at Kings Mountain hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Shiloh Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife four sons and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
Charles Franklin Harry, Sr
Minette Mills Inc
Kings Mountain Hospital
Shiloh Presbyterian Church
J Harry Sample Appointed Assistant U S Attorney in Western District
J Harry Sample of Asheville is named Assistant U S Attorney for trials involving Office of Price Stabilization rules in the western district. The OPS office in Charlotte says Sample, a former State Probation Commissioner, becomes Director of Enforcement for the Charlotte OPS District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
J. Harry Sample
Asheville
U. S
Office of Price Stabilization Regulations
OPS
Sample
Truman’s 1948 race dimmed by Precinct 16 returns
In Greensboro on March 8 a post card poll of 405 Democratic delegates shows Estes Kefauver leading with 158 votes and Richard Russell close behind at 153, while Harry S. Truman trails at 36. The results suggest an early shift in favors for the party’s presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Richard B. Russell
Secinct
Kefauver
Russell
Malcolm W. Wilson Die in Atlanta Hotel Leap
Malcolm W. Wilson, a former staffer at WPNF radio in Brevard, died today after leaping from an Atlanta hotel. He was an orphan with one sister living in Florida as his only immediate survivor. Wilson left WPNF late February and was born in Columbia, South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
Malcolm W. Wilson
Atlanta
Florida
WPNF
Wilson
Columbia
Queens College to inaugurate Dr Charlton Jernigan
In Charlotte on March 29 Dr Charlton Coney Jernigan will be inaugurated as president of Queens College. More than 100 colleges plan to send representatives. The ceremonies begin March 28 with principal speaker Dr Theodore H Jack of Randolph Macon Woman's College. Dr Jernigan is the 145th president of the 95 year old college. He arrived last August from Florida State University where he led the Department of Classics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
French Morocco
North Africa
Franco
State and Defense Departments
Mutual Security (Foreign Aid) Administration
France
Truman
Apore
United Ad
Tight Race Indicated In Primary
Concord voters wrap up a tight Republican primary race between Gen Dwight Eisenhower and Sen Robert Taft as New Hampshire ballots on Tuesday signal a close contest for delegates and the party's nomination. The outcome hinges on both the preferential vote and delegate selection, with Eisenhower supporters optimistic about a dual victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Granite State
White House
Washington
Eisenhower
Okinawa series reveals vast munitions stockpiles at base
Douglas Larsen gives a first hand view of Okinawa as a strategic stockpile hub near bomber range to Siberia. The three part series emphasizes the base’s importance and starts Tuesday March 11 with exclusive Dispatches in The Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Larsen
Okinawa
Pacific
Siberia
Father Kills Wife and Daughter Then Shoots Self in Columbia
A 36-year-old man, William Lawless Sr., fatally shot his wife Rosothy 35 and daughter Rosemary 13, gravely wounded son Billy 9 and mother-in-law Mrs C F Hancock 65, before fatally shooting himself at his desk. A coroner’s jury ruled double murder and suicide. Police report shows the family found in disarray as neighbors rushed the wounded boy to Marion County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Miss
Billy Lawless
William Lawless Sr
Rosothy Lawless
Romary Lawless
C. F. Hancock
Pearlington
Rosemary
Bill Day
Marion County Hospital
Billy
Fee
Major Parties Agree on Limited Convention Sponsorship
Washington reports the Democratic and Republican National Committees reached a code for dignified commercial sponsorship of the Chicago conventions. Networks may air ads only during recesses with clear sponsor notices and separation from proceedings. ABC will have Admiral sponsoship, with other networks arranging similar arrangements for Life magazine and Philco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
Uly
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Dumont Television Network
Liberty Broadcasting System
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
Connec
International Amphitheater
ABC
Admiral Corp
Dumont
Life ‘Magazine
Philco Corp
Van Fleet Says Reds Build Up in Korea but No Offensive Seen
General James A. Van Fleet told Seoul reporters that China and North Korea have built about 900000 forces in Korea with more weapons and planes, yet no indication of an imminent offensive. He warned a major push is possible despite Allied strength and said U.S. Eighth Army could halt any attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
United Nations
Eighth Army
Weather Update and Temperature Outlook
Last night dropped to 8 degrees while yesterday peaked at 5 percent. Today's forecast calls for a high of 60 and an overnight low near 35 with continued cool conditions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Deng Cha
Nantes
GOP
Textiler
U. 8
Queens President
Sen
Douglas MacArthur
Ohio
MacArthur
Harold E. Stassen
James A. Farley
Forrest Sherman
Cadiz
Cartagena
Ferrol
Santa Cruz
Canary Islands
Barcelona
Seville
Valencia
Pete Geen
Mr. Truman
Congress
Poe
Neo
New
Gibraltar
The
Slaughters
Joe” Lawless
Mississippi
Hugh White
Jackson
New Orleans
Gay
Lawless
Boyd Construction Co
Marion County
Mike Lawless
Columbia Parents and Teachers Alsn
Lawrence Waring
Columbia Progress
Weather Bureau
Boston
Denver
Detroit
Wee
High Point
Little Rock
Ccsccees
Cccccess
Miami
Mobile
Enone
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!