Quick End To Korean Revolt Seen
Seoul reports a swift government sweep against insurgents in the southern mountains with 1,300 rebels targeted within 48 hours and key towns Yasu and Sunchon retaken in four days. Martial law largely lifted, U S offers rejected, and US advisers limited as fighting details remain scarce and fragmented.
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Seoul
Yasu
Sunchon
Syngman Rhee
Cholla
U. S
Yosu
Namwon
U. S. Army
Dewey Stresses Firmness in Foreign Policy in Speech
In a forum speech Dewey urged bipartisan U S foreign policy opposing Communist Russia. He said peace requires negotiation but also clear American resolve to support liberty and defend the free world, not as Republicans or Democrats but as Americans. He planned talks with his campaign manager and attended a memorial dinner for Alfred E. Smith.
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Russia
Toncy
Truman
Dewey
U. S
America
Theepublican c
Europe
North
South America
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Alfred E. Smith
Meteorite sighting across Wisconsin described by multiple witnesses
Reported observations near La Crosse Prairie du Chien Hillsboro and Winona describe a fiery oblong object with sparks and a tail traveling from the southwest to the northeast. Witnesses including hunters railroad workers and dairy plant employees recalled a ball of fire bursting into flame and fragmenting into bright particles.
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Netzer
J. J. Robertson
Harley Christopherson
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Marquette
Christopherson
Robert Nicol
Eeaf
Duck Tomah
Parks
Milwaukee Road
Veterans Administration
Winona
Paul Zenk
City janitors seek $480 annual wage rise in council debate
Clyde Collins and Roy Smith urged a $480 raise for school janitors and building service workers as the council weighs salary boosts amid a larger teacher pay increase. The group notes janitors face higher wages in local industry and city street cleaning. Debate continues on final figures.
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Clyde Collins
Roy Smith
Sam
Average adult opossum weighs nine pounds like a cat
Readable text notes that the average adult opossum weighs nine pounds and is about the size of a house cat It also states that it prefers hollow logs for its dwelling places.
Actress Elissa Landi Dies of Cancer in Kingston
Italian born writer and actress Elissa Landi died in Kingston Hospital after a 10 day admission. Dr Kenneth Lefever said the cause was cancer though the family had known of the illness for nine months. Landi was also a novelist and pianist and reportedly the granddaughter of Empress Elizabeth of Austria.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elissa Landi
Curtiss Thomas
Miss Landi
Elizabeth of
Austria
Bright Acres
Plane Crash Kills Dutch Attache and 14 Others in Britain
A Nijmegen airliner crash plunged the airport and nearby villages into darkness as the craft struck a wire and tore through telephone lines. Among the dead were Keene D. Parmentier, KLM chief pilot, Gen. Jacobus Sas, and twelve Americans including Mary Badir and Rupert Wedermeyer. The disaster ranks among Britain's worst civil aviation losses, after a prior July collision of an RAF York transport with a Swedish airliner.
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Nijmegen
Keene D. Parmentier
KLM
Mary Badir
New York City
Henry Finne
Frederick Ludwig Rohrs
Jacobus M. A. Gybertus Sas
Netherlands
Washington
Britain
RAF York
Absentee ballots available for November presidential election
Absentee ballots for the November 2 presidential election are available at the office of County Clerk Esther M. Domke. The article notes the start of the voting period and directs residents to the county clerk for ballot access and related procedures.
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Esther M. Domke
Texas California fliers chase long endurance flight record
California flyers Dick Reidel and Bill Barris begin third day of air endurance quest from Fullerton aiming to beat the 726 hour mark set by Carroll and Schlieper. Texas pilots Pred Vinmont and Bert Simons launched from Dallas to contest the feat with 1500 hour plan and refueling by pickup and auto platform.
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California
Texas
Dick Reidel
Bill Barris
Fullerton
Calif
Wes Carroll
Clyde Schi
Long Beach
Carroll
American Air Lines
Schlieper
Longach
Texas Fliers
Vinmont
Simons
Reidel-Barris
Legion completes week of events amid parade flood damage
The report notes a exhausting week of fun making as many musical groups left or packed up instruments and uniforms after a deluge hit the grand parade Tuesday night. A resolution adopted yesterday shows the legion's strong stand against communism urging Congress to act to outlaw the Communist Party.
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Legion
America
Congress
Goode Is Named National President Of Legion Auxiliary
Mrs. Hubert A. Goode of Portland Oregon was named national president of the American Legion Auxiliary. Her opponent Mrs Archie W Miller of New Cumberland Pa withdrew. Goode succeeds Mrs Lee W Hutton of Excelsior Minn and pledges support for universal military training and for backing the United Nations as a path to world peace.
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Miami
Fla
Hubert A. Goode
Portland
Ore
American Legion Auxiliary
Archie W. Miller
New Cumberland
Lee W. Hutton
Excelsior
Warren Stassen Call for Universal Military Training
Gov Earl Warren urged universal military training at the conventions. He warned that without it there will be a constant car of national weakness. Republican vice presidential nominee Harold Stassen echoed the stance saying peace cannot be won by coddling communism at home or abroad.
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United States
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Re-Elect State Man Horak Named Postmasters Secretary
Frank J. Horak of Oconto Wisconsin was reelected secretary treasurer at the National Association of Postmasters closing session. Meerschaum is a clay like mineral used in making tobacco pipe bowls and cigarette holders.
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New York
Frank J. Horak
Oconto
Wis
National Association of Postmasters
Conference at La Crosse hosts national Catholic meeting
Bishops appointed leaders from across the United States attend the La Crosse gathering the first midwest regional National Catholic Rural Life conference. Diocesan directors and resettlement officials discuss tenant farm families on cotton and tobacco plantations and the push to bring displaced persons to permanent homes with December arrivals urged for North Carolina labor ties. National groups led by Dr. Koncius and Fr Swietlik report hundreds of housing and job offers for Lithuanian and Polish nationals as campaigns spur immigration.
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United States
la Crosse
Midwest
National
Catholic Rural Life Conference
Msgr
Swanstrom
New York
Frank J. Howard
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Y. Joseph B. Koncius
United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America
Francis X. Swietlik
Law School
Marquette University
American Relief Fund of
Poland
Europe
Dr. Koncius
Clay Reports On Berlin Crisis In Presidential Talk
Gen Lucius Clay met with President Truman at the White House to discuss the German sit uation ahead of a national security council meeting. Secretary Murphy and Draper accompanied Clay as Press Secretary Ross offered limited details. Previously Clay has briefed on the Soviet blockade of Berlin and may attend today's session. Cubs Expect Sugar Output To Reach 6 735000 Tons This Year
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Washington
Lucius Clay
Germany
Truman
National Security Council
White House
Sec— of the
Army
Robert Murphy
Clay
Draper
Charles G. Ross
Security Council
Ashington
Council
Berlin
Man Recovers Shotgun After Hunting Accident
Vern Schrader of 18062 Wood Street had his Winchester shotgun returned after reporting it lost. Schrader had been hunting at Brice Prairie last Saturday when a misfired cartridge exploded on ejecting, injuring his hand and face and causing the gun to vanish until Carl Davenport found it nearby. The sheriff's office closed the case with the owner safe and his damaged shotgun returned.
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Vern Schrader
Woodstreet
Schrader
Brice Prairie
Carl Davenport
West Avenue South
Vern Lamp
Davenport
Sheriff's Department
Silk ration row ends in corpse for burial
In Shanghai a man tries to use another’s silk ration coupon at a shop. The clerk refuses. The customer returns with the old man’s corpse claiming he died. Silk for burial becomes the alleged motive amid waning supplies.
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Shanghai
Phone Workers Back Committee Action
Milwaukee telephone workers backed their bargaining committee in rejecting a final wage offer from Wisconsin Telephone. A. B. Le Fevre of division 23 CWA said only two dissented among about 10 000 employees in the state at a meeting last night.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Company
A. B. le Fevre
Communications Workers of America
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