Yanks trap 20000 Reds as Kumchan seized in Korean drive
American troops seized Kumchan near Pyongyang in a fierce battle, trapping about 20,000 Reds. Carrier planes pounded Red targets on Korea's central coast as General MacArthur and President Truman planned talks on a unified Korea. Major General Hobart Gay announced Kumchon captured, closing escape routes north of parallel 38.
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Belman Morin
Tokyo
Kumchan
Pyongyang
Korea
Siberia
U. S. First Cavalry
Kumchon
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Wake Island
U. S
United Nations
U. N
Asia
MacArthur
Wake
Hobart R. Gay
First Cavalry
Parallel 38
Hanpo
Red Capital
Gay
South
France Assured Of U S Help In Building Military Strength
Washington dispatch reports France securing substantial yet possibly reduced American military aid. Paris sought to triple Europe forces and request 3.17 billion for 1951, but U S officials signaled that amount too high and promised interim aid pending a broader Atlantic alliance plan.
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Washington
France
Indo- China
Jules Moch
Europe
Acheson
Defense
Marshall
the Treasury
Snyder
Modh
Maurice Petsche
Congress
Wounded Workers in Savannah Lumber Strike Ambush
In Savannah Georgia October 14 a shotgun ambush wounded 18 of 35 Negro workers en route to a struck Reynolds and Manley Lumber plant. Frank Smith an escorting driver fired back and two men were suspected attackers. Union leaders denied involvement as 35 strikers were jailed for assault with intent to murder and a court injunction curbed violence and mass picketing.
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Savannah
Frank Smith
John McCarthy
J. T. Mooney
United Mill, Mine and Smelter Workers Union
Independent
Reynolds and Manley Lumber Company
Hobart Manley
The
CIO
Woman bags 100 pound two point buck in Hoquiam garden
Fred Miller and Dale Pender graft went deer hunting this week and didn’t get anything. Miller found a 100 pound two point buck in her Hoquiam yard after it wandered into the garden. she fired with a shotgun and felled the animal.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Fred Miller
Dale Pendergraft
Miller
Results of East German Voting Known In Advance
East Germany holds its first big election tomorrow with 70 percent of voters Communist and no opposition. Observers expect about 95 percent turnout to endorse the state. the United States labels the election a sham while West Germany's Adenauer calls it a rape of human rights. East Berliners face travel bans and a forced volunteer day to block dissidents, with a page eight continuation noted.
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Berlin
East Germany
East German Peoples Republic
United States
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
West Berlin
East Berlin
Assoc Justice A A F Seawell Dies at 85 in North Carolina
Durham records say Associate Justice A A F Seawell of the North Carolina Supreme Court died at Watts hospital at 7 55 am He was 85 He served as attorney general and in both houses of the legislature He was named associate justice by Gov Clyde Hoey in 1938 and later won full terms Survivors include Bertha Almao Smith and four sons two daughters
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Senate
J. C. B. Eringhaus
Dennis G. Brummitt
Clyde R. Hoey
Supreme Court
George W. Connor
Bertha Almao Smith
Czech Farmers Hope for Liberation by U S Forces
Prague dispatch says Brno Rovnost denounces two big farmers Prochazka and Dvorak in Moravia’s Trnavka as Communists who urged others to delay collective cultivation and advised private farmers not to join cooperatives to avoid losing land.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Brno
Rovnost
Prochazka
Dvorak
Moravian
Trnavka
FBI investigates attack on Judge Waring home
FBI probes mortar fragment bombardment of U S District Judge J Waites Waring and his wife in Charleston South Carolina. Special Agent M W McFarlin says the case is Washington authorized with deputy marshals guarding the residence. Waring, an anti segregation critic, has faced Klan accusations since ruling Negroes cannot be barred from the South Carolina Democratic primary.
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Savannah
FBI
U. S
J. Waites Waring
Charleston
S. C
M. W. McFarlin
Washington
Waring
South
South Carolina
Tiny Wake Island Hosts World Leaders in Spare Quarters
Honolulu dispatch describes Wake Island as a rough staging point for President Truman and General MacArthur. The barren atoll with quonset huts, limited water, and a small hotel serves as a stop on the Pacific air lift between Honolulu and Tokyo.
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Honolulu
Wake Island
Truman
General MacArthur
Far East
Wake
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Pacific Air Lift
Tokyo
Pan American Airways
Tariff On Eggs Raises Dust In Northwest
President Truman boosted the tariff on dried eggs from Red China from 17 to 27 cents a pound and canceled concessions on furs laces canned chickens and floor coverings. Rep. Mitchell of Washington urged an investigation into egg imports piling up in Seattle while a New York firm buys most eggs at 67 cents delivered versus 96 cents for U S. eggs. Seattle councilwoman Mrs F F Powell said the higher duty will not affect Red China egg volumes.
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Washington
Truman
China
Northwest
White House
Mitchell
D.wash
Seattle
U. S
New York
F. F. Powell
Plane crash near Benton claims four Air Force lives
An air force two motor C transport plane on a 50 mile hop from Craig base Selma to Maxwell Montgomery crashed near Benton. Witnesses reported an engine failure before the firey wreck. Names of the four casualties were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Benton
Ala
Here
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Credit Terms Tightened On Autos Furniture and Appliances
The Federal Reserve Board tightened installment terms effective Monday for autos furniture televisions and major appliances to curb inflation. Down payments rise from 10-13 to 15-25 percent with payoff times cut to 15 months for most items and 13-15 months for furniture. The move targets new and used vehicles and other controlled goods with a broader impact on purchases as low as 50 dollars.
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Wasrington
Federal Reserve Board
Maury L. Nee
Washington, D. C
Reserve Board
Famine Secret in China Said To Affect Millions
A Hong Kong observer notes last winter's Chinese famine affected over 50 million people and destroyed at least 20 million acres of crops. He cites floods and drought from 1949 onward, with deaths unreported by Beijing and early Red figures claiming 40 million affected.
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Fred Hampson
Hong Kong
China
Red China
Manchuria
Anhwei
Kiangsu
Shantung
Pop
Ulous
Henan
Kwangtung Province
Reds
Three Men Die In Apartment Blaze Seattle
In Seattle Washington on October 14 a blaze on the upper floors of a three story apartment house killed three men one of them about seventy blind and identified as Robert Leroy Donaldson Ben Long and Fred Wood. At least three others were injured as tenants fled. The fire began on the third floor and was controlled by 3 a m. Fire Chief William Fitzgerald said Donaldson lay fully clothed face down on a bed near a window when he might have escaped. Long hid in a closet and suffocated. Wood burned to death after opening a hall door as flames swept through the building.
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Seattle
Wash
Robert Leroy Donaldson
Ben Long
Fred Wood
William Fitzgerald
Donaldson
Long
Pleasant Weather Across The Nation With Southwest Heat
The Associated Press reports an October heat wave in the far southwest but overall pleasant fall weather elsewhere. Temperatures reached record highs in Arizona Nevada and southern California with Los Angeles hitting 104 degrees the hottest since 1939 and near the all time high.
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Associated Press
Arizona
Nevada
California
Los Angeles
Young Intellectual Held For Murder of Taxi Driver
ATLANTA Oct. 14 A brilliant young man Hal Invgin Jr 22 an intellectual prodigy and licensed attorney at 18 is held on murder charges after cab driver Monty Jack Whitmire 28 was found dead in his cab in a public park. His mother Lois Irwin 48 reported Hal’s confession and described a troubled youth with musical ignorance and violent outbursts.
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Atlanta
Harry
Hal) Invgin, Jr
Lois T. Irwin
Monty Jack Whitmire
Hugh Cromer
Hal
Tar Heels Register For Nov Election
Raleigh reports the Tar Heels began registering for the November 7 general elections. Registration books will be open the next two Saturdays from 9 a.m. to sunset, and on November 4 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for challenges, with polls open the following Tuesday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Raleigh
Tar Heels
Mental patients elope from Baltimore hospital
Spring Grove officials say two patients escaped yesterday after revealing plans to marry. A 22 year old woman and a 30 year old man with an artificial leg are missing along with a 35 year old patient who had been named best man.
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Baltimore
Spring Grove
Stomach Cancer Seen to Affect 38000 Americans This Year
Dr. J R Heller Jr of the National Cancer Institute forecast 38000 new stomach cancer cases in the current year and a rise to 60000 by 1975. He noted low early detection rates with only about one fifth found localized and emphasized no reliable cancer-specific screening test.
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Chicago
National Cancer Institute
J. R. Heller Jr
Heller
Truman Heads to Wake Island Talks on Asia Red Menace
President Truman flies from Honolulu to Wake Island for a historic first meeting with General MacArthur. They will discuss the Red menace in Asia and world peace as Asia and Japan incur focus from world capitals. MacArthur arrives from Tokyo. Radford joins advisors aboard the constellation Dewdrop.
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Honolulu
Truman
Wake Island
Mace Arthur
Asia
Hickam Field
Independence
MacArthur
United Nations
mid-Pacific
Tokyo
John J. Muccio
U. S
Korea
Geneva
Japan
United States
Hickamfield
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Radford
French Forces Still Retreat From Thatkhe Stronghold
A French military spokesman said rear guards are covering withdrawal from Thatkhe as the bulk reaches Nacham 25 miles southeast. Vietminh attacks have caused casualties in Cochinchina and at Triton Travinh and Thudaumot with hundreds escaping the Thatkhe trap. Contacts with Viet and French Red Cross shift wounded survivors to safety.
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Saigon
Indochina
Thatkhe
Nacham
Ho Minh
Dongkhe
Langson
Caobang Garriso
Cochinchina
Triton
Travinh
Vie
French
Red Cross
Chinchina
Tonkin
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South Korea
U.S
Assoc. Justice
A.A. F. Seawell
U. 5
Irvin
A. B. Foster
Invin
J. W. Ellington
Young Lawyer
President
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