Chinese Reds advance toward Tibet claims
Radio Peiping reports Chinese Communist forces move to Tibet to free 3,000,000 Tibetans from imperialist oppression and to consolidate western China defenses. Tibetan autonomy disputed. delegation heads to Peiping to seek talks, no confirmation of troop scale or route.
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Pact Nations Speed Up Rearmament Plans
The 12 North Atlantic nations may accelerate and enlarge a combined land sea and air force to deter Soviet aggression. A military committee of NATO backed speeding up plans after Gen. Omar Bradley urged action and a small nation pressed for a larger force, intensified by the Korea war. The chiefs of staff unresolved, recessed to consult superiors in Washington.
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North Atlantic
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Omar Bradley
Committee For Action Now
Russia
Korea
Military Chiefs of Staff
Taft chides PAC leaders for tactics in Ohio race
Senator Taft accuses CIO-PAC of dominating Ferguson campaign and dropping Taft Hartley act as an issue in Ohio. Ferguson warns of stolen election as GOP gains projected. Gabrielson says Republicans could win majorities in both houses. Senate subcommittee to probe four states on complaints.
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Taft
Ohio
CIO
Political Action Committee
Truman
Washington
Cio-Pac
Joseph T. Ferguson
GOP
Senate
House
Gabrielson
Senate Elections Investigating
Two-Pound Baby Boy Doing Well In London Hospital
London records a two pound premature birth at Princess Beatrice hospital to Mrs J McKenzie. The infant, in an incubator, has had no food since birth aside from a drop of brandy and water. Doctors plan his first meal this weekend amid cautious optimism.
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London
J. McKenzie
Princess Beatrice Hospital
British Medical Association
Pontecorvo Home Visited by Counter Espionage Agents
Abingdon England October 25 three counter espionage agents visited the empty Pontecorvo home missing British atomic scientist Prof Bruno Pontecorvo his Swedish wife and three children who had gone to Italy and then Helsinki and disappeared The agents stayed about half an hour and letters were returned after examination in a move linked to Pontecorvo access to atom secrets Washington October 25 Britain could recover more than 500000 from the US government if Pontecorvo’s claims for A bomb development are allowed He is among scientists who filed large claims in US courts and with the Atomic Energy Commission including 10000000 in the court of claims and 900000 in the AEC The court of claims suit was filed August 21 with no action yet and a preliminary Atomic Energy Commission report has not moved forward.
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Italy
Helsinki
Moscow
Harwell
Washington
Britain
U. S
U. S. Court of Claims
Atomic Energy Commission
Court of Claims
Atomic Peer Commission
New York
Five GIs Jump From Train Save Lives In Korea
Don Whitehead reports from Fukuoka Japan that Cpl Arlton B Craig of Bedford Virginia and four companions escaped a North Korean prison train near Sundhon before a tunnel. They fled through fields, survived, while 68 on the train were executed. Craig endured captivity including the Taejon battle and a Seoul to Pyongyang march.
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Don Whitehead
Fukuoka
Japan
Cpl
Arlton B. Craig
Bedford
Craig
Sunchon
Taejon
U. S
Kum
Seoul
Pyongyang
Sundhon
First Cavalry Division
Berlin Schoolboy To Accompany Clay Home
Berlin 15 year old Wolfgang Bernhardt will fly to the United States with Gen Lucius D Clay tonight to take greetings from Berlin’s school children to American youth. On October 28 he will report on Gen Clay’s dedication of the Freedom Bell in Berlin at a youth ceremony in Valley Forge Pennsylvania.
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UPI
United States
Lucius D. Clay
America
Wolfgang Bernhardt
National Committee For A Free Europe
Gen. Clay
Valley Forge
Labor Asked To Write In Votes For Sen. Graham
Ex Communist Fred Beal, once of Gastonia and Russia, seeks Greensboro labor unions to back a write in campaign for Senator Frank Graham in November. He spoke in Durham recently and will address Greensboro November 1. Beal, 53, fled to Russia twenty years ago after a second degree murder conviction tied to a Gastonia policeman’s death during a textile strike. He returned to the U S in 1938, served part of his sentence, and later had his citizenship restored.
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Uum
Fred Beal
Gastonia
Russia
Frank Graham
Beal
Durham
United States
State private power firms say they met demand in North Carolina
Governor Kerr Scott pressed public power arguments in Charlotte while representatives of Carolina Power and Light and Duke Power challenged federal views. William E. Warne of the Interior said public bodies should lead basin wide water resources development, noting power shortages persist despite added capacity.
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W. Kerr Scott
Carolina
Scott
State Board of Conservation and Development
William E. Warne
Secretary of the Interior
Carolina Power and Light Company
Duke Power Company
North Carolina
Warne
Interior Department
Harold Ickes
Reds Plan to Take Over the Philippines
Manila reports the National Defense Department uncovered a secret Communist master plan to overthrow the government with an army of 116000, aiming to begin next year. President Quirino suspended habeas corpus for subversives. 99 of 105 arrested in raids remain held without charge.
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Manila
National Defense Department
Philippines
Quirino
Defense Department
Luis Taruc
Flanders backs higher regular corporate levies
Senator Flanders vt argued against an excess profits tax and urged raising the regular corporate income levy to about 50 percent to fund mounting defense costs. He noted other lawmakers may share the shift after Congress adjourned. George forecast an excess profits tax before Christmas, while Flanders proposed replacing it with a higher corporate levy.
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Flanders
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George
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Senate Finance Committee
Korea
House
Senate
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Lane Named Special Assistant to NPA Director
The National Production Authority created an Office of Small Business to boost small firms in defense work. Edward H. Lane of Virginia will supervise the office, which has no contract or financing power but will supply contract information and help small suppliers obtain materials and equipment. It will also promote fair federal purchasing distribution.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Edward H. Lane
Alta Vista
NPA
William H. Harrison
Justice Dept Moves to Register Communist Party
Justice Department prepares a bid to compel registration of the Communist party as a foreign dominated group. A large staff readies the petition for the Subversive Activities Control board, with hearings likely to be lengthy and yearslong. Officials anticipate appeals and possible court battles, while detentions of alleged foreign leaders continue in multiple cities under the new security act. Seth Richardson to lead the Subversive Activities Control board, assembling a cross party panel to oversee hearings and staff.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Jpthe
Justice Department
Communist Party
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SACB
Seth W. Richardson
Federal Loyalty Review Board
Big Wedding For Orphan
A 17 year old Chicago girl without a family will marry 23 year old Edwin La sila in a church ceremony with full wedding trimmings. Friends and donors from the Home for dependent girls provide the wedding dress flowers cake and gifts. The home’s executive director approved the marriage and the couple will spend their weekend as guests of a Loop hotel.
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Chicago
Joan Streitmatter
Joan
Edwin Lasila
Home
Francis Hinkley
Bethany Evangelical Church
Community Fund
No Evidence Of N. Korean Army Stand
News desk reports an uncertain state of war momentum as South Korean divisions push toward the Manchurian border and U S air operations claim several engagements. Intelligence in Tokyo rejects reports of a South Korean border reach. Guerrilla actions and rail raids are noted near Taegu Taejon and Waegwan.
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Washington
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Republic of Korea
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Huichon
Korea
Yalu River
Kanggye
Kim Sung
Unsan
Pyoryang
Manchuria
Gene MacArthur
Tok Yo
United Nations
Far East Air Forces
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Manchurian
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Kiye
Pyongyang
Philippines
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Tokyo
Waegwan
So Korea
Pusan Hea Head
S Eral
Taegu
Taejon
8th Army withholds info on Maj Dean status
The Eighth Army declined to release information about Maj William F. Dean, long missing since July 20 during the 25th Division withdrawal from Taegu. Reports say he may be alive, but no new details were provided as Allied operations continued in South Korea.
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C Mander
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Trea
Gan
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Dean
Leif Brison
Eighth Army
Toni
Alio Dean
25Th Division
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Sou Korea
Mathur
Hoyt Named Publisher of Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
Winston-Salem Oct 25 W K Hoyt succeeds Gordon Gray as publisher of the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel. Hoyt was elected yesterday by the Piedmont Publishing Company board after Gray resigned to become president of the University of North Carolina system.
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Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem Journal
Tinel
Piedm Publishing Company
Gray
Greater Uniqsity of
North Carolina
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