Desperate Tank Stand on eastern front in Korea
Twelve hundred North Koreans surrounded three American tanks on a foggy eastern front peak for 15 hours Sept 21-22. Two crew members killed. six survivors slogged through no man’s land to safety as a five-tank counterattack finally rescued them.
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Korea
Peiping
Changsong
David Koch
Washington, D.C
Koch
Eugene J. Gregor
River Falls
Wis
Willie N. Estrada
Alamo Gordo
N.M
Gregor
Pvt
Leonard P Sharke
Deloit
Sig
Nal Estrada
Pfc
Wallace Cee
Owensboro
Frank J. Gray
Pueblo
Colo
No-Man’s Land
Estrada
Donald Vashon
Waterville
Viewell Bolog
Sharon
Bolog
C.lamb
Chateaugay
N. Y
Tropical Woods Show Resistance to Worms
BEAUFORT Duke University researchers report Cuban wood species showing natural immunity to shipworms. William Ward notes three woods with no attack while others suffered heavy or light damage, suggesting chemical defenses like resins may deter the pests.
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Beaufort
Duke University Marine Laboratory
William Ward
Mages Ag Veh
Ward
Democratic Solicitors Launch $5 Gift Drive for 1952 Campaign
An army of Democratic volunteers will seek $5 contributions for the 1952 race. Ruml, New York plan creator, says 800,000 booklets supply five certificates each. Each contributor gets a certificate with Adlai Stevenson’s thank you message. Drive runs Oct. 4–15 under the Hatch Act limits.
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Washington
Beardsley Rumi
New York Idea
Democratic National Finance Committee
Ruml
National Committee
Rum
New York
Rumi
el Morocco
Elpo and
Lee
Allies Regain Crest Of Hill On Korean Front In Tough Fight
Allied ground troops retook the crest of Big Nori hill on the Korean Western Front after Chinese counterattacks and friendly fire. U S Fifth and Eighth Air Forces reported dogfights over northwest Korea with several MIGs shot down and bombers hitting a coal mine and military targets. The North Korean communique boasted of winning four hill tops but allied counterattacks restored some positions.
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Nori
U. S
Eighth Army
Yondon
United Nations
Korangpo
Chongchong River
Ney
Froner
Fifth Air Force
U. N
VU. S. A
Red
Pyongyang
North Korea
Reds
Death of Colonel Smith Shrouded in Army Secrecy
In Tokyo a U S colonel Aubrey D Smith 45 of San Antonio died after a knife wound allegedly inflicted by his wife Dorothy mother of 14 and 16 year old children are with a neighbor while Mrs Smith is in isolation under Army guard An official release says an investigation is ongoing and that details will be released after completion Smith a decorated World War II and Korean War veteran served as head of the logistics section at Far East Command and leaves a mother and three brothers as survivors
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Tokyo
Aubrey D. Smith
Mark Clark
Dorothy
Smith
Walter Krueger
U. S. Sixth Army
Pacific
Far East
Oo East Command
Oc Ee Ts
San Antonio
Washington Heights
U.S
Tokyo Army Hospital
United States
8167Th Station
Public Information Office
Far East Command
Japan
Oven Will Never Replace Ice Box As Place For Beer
In Owosso Michigan a Shiawassee County conservation group dinner backfired when church women cooks found beer hidden in an oven. The stove lit, the beer exploded, the oven door blew off, and foam flooded the floor.
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Owosso
Mich
Shiawassee County
Swiss Girl Enters Vanderbilt as Freshman
Claire Schlatter of Switzerland, once a guest youth in Nashville, returns at age 19 to enroll as a freshman at Vanderbilt University. She was greeted by friends from two years ago. Vanderbilt previously offered scholarships to all 22 invited Europeans, and Claire was the first to accept.
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Nashville
Tenn
Claire Schlatter
Switzerland
New Diplomatic Set-up In Canada
Canada restructures its external affairs by creating a dedicated American division in Ottawa. The American division will cover the United States and Central America, splitting from the prior American and Far Eastern unit. Christopher C. Eberts, 39, Montreal native and former Rhodes scholar, departs the cabinet secretariat to lead the new division.
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Ottawa
Canada
External Affairs Department
United States
Department
Christopher C. Eberts
Montreal
Cabinet Secretariat
America
Daughter Triggers Detroit Divorce Over Son Preference
Mrs. Shirley Gaskins, 22, was granted a divorce after testifying that her husband Leonard was distressed by having a daughter instead of a son, refused to support her, and deserted her.
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Detroit
Shirley Gaskins
Leonard
Free Book on Arthritis And Rheumatism
An enlarged 44 page booklet titled Rheumatism is offered free to readers who request it. It claims drugs provide only temporary relief and promotes a non-surgical, non-medical treatment used for 33 years. No obligation to request. Send requests to The Ball Clinic Dept 4612 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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