French Abandon Langson Front Frontier Base
French forces pulled from Langson frontier fortress on the China border, widening access to Indo china for Ho Chi Minh loyalists. The withdrawal, part of a six-post retreat over five weeks, aims to regroup into mobile reserves and launch a future offensive. Loss of border control implies Vietminh training networks in Red China and bleak prospects for a decisive French victory in Indochina.
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Red China
Indochina
Seymour
Saigon
Langson
Ho Chi Minh
China
Red River
West
Asia
Army To Call More Doctors To Meet Needs
The army plans further calls on the selective service system for physicians dentists and veterinarians. It said that requests for 922 physicians 500 dentists and 100 veterinarians by January 15 are only part of total needs. Additions will follow as required to meet requirements with pending medical men from 22 101 registrants.
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Washington
Army
UN Studies Lie's Status on Expiring Term
The Big Five held private Saturday meetings to decide on UN Secretary General Trygve Lie's term. They plan to report to the Security Council on Tuesday. Russia vetoed Lie's renomination. Lie's five year term ends February 1, 1951. India reportedly abstained on a secret ballot after five members opposed the idea, blocking the needed seven votes.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lee
Security Council
Russia
Lie
India
U.S
Britain
Norway
Yugoslavian
Cuba
Eevadar
Bengal N. Rau
Chack
General Assembly
United States
Korea
France
Lakes Captain Dies at 68 After Illness
George J. Healy, 68, captain of the package freighter Alfred H. Smith on the Great Lakes for 25 years, died Thursday after a yearlong illness. He was widely known in lake ports as Capt. Healy’s ship.
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Buffalo
George J. Healy
Alfred H. Smith
Great Lakes
Smith
Healy
Weather in La Crosse Tonight and Sunday Forecast
Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight with near freezing temperatures. Low of 36 in the city and 30 in the country. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler, with a high near 55. Werther Map on Page 8.
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la Crosse
Werther
Stimson Dies Stadium of Four-Presidents Cabined Leader
Henry L. Stimson, 83, a cabinet member under four presidents and secretary of war and state, died after a heart attack at Cold Spring Harbor. He survived a hip fracture months earlier, flew into decline after a drive with Mrs. Stimson, and saw pivotal roles from Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima. He loomed large as a top statesman in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Cold Spring Harbor
N. Y
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
William Howard Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Herbert Hoover
Shome
Slimson
America
Pearl Harbor
Hiroshima
USSR Confers With Stooges In Prague
In Prague, Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Molotov led an eight-nation meeting to discuss remilitarization of Western Germany. Delegates included Zdenek Fierlinger for Czechoslovakia, Mincho Neychev, Zy Burnt Modzelewski, Gyula Kallaij, Ana Pauker, George Deringer, and VY. Natanajli. The talks followed the New York conference decision by France Britain and the United States.
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Prague
Molotov
Moscow
Ruzyne
Mincho Neychev
Bulgaria
Modzelewski
Poland
Gyula Kallaij
Hungary
Ana Pauker
Romania
George Derlinger
Germany
VY. Natanajli
Post Card Barrage Eyed By Postal Authorities
Chicago postal inspector probes 1500 postcards labeling Los Angeles as a city of thieves and criminals. The mailings, sent from Chicago to commerce and tourist groups nationwide, were signed by various groups claiming LA safety council ties and cooperation with national associations, with headquarters listed in Washington.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Earl Jones
Public Relations Committee of
Citizens Safety Council
National Tourist and Travelers Sociation of America
Institute of Business and
Red Registration Rules Laid Down by Officials
Washington officials outline justice department rules to force registration of Communist groups. The announcement signals ongoing hearings and potential legal battles, with actual registration likely delayed for years.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Continue Summer Garbage Schedule Extended One Week
The board of public works announced the Summer garbage collection schedule will continue for one week beyond October 23, delaying the start of the Winter schedule due to unseasonably warm weather. Under Summer, collections occur twice weekly. Winter reduces to one pickup every two weeks.
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Board of Public Works
Post Card Sparks Suit Over Coded Message
Oklahoma City barber Bert Stone sues Hall's Clothing and employee Evelyn Williams for 10000 in district court claiming a postcard reading Dear Bert Call me today Ph 27648 Evelyn implied an affair with Eveyn and embarrassed him with his wife. Store manager W Benson notes many recipients called Evelyn after receiving the cards.
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Oklahoma City
Bert Stone
Hall's Clothing Inc
Evelyn Williams
Credit Department
Bert
Evelyn
Carmen C. Harris
Stone
Harris
Eveyn
W. Benson
Otek
Wisconsin highway men meet at La Crosse for ninth annual session
Wisconsin county highway superintendents and foremen gathered in La Crosse for the ninth annual meeting of their association. About 170 members from forty counties attended the all-day session at Hotel Stoddard, with remarks by James Law asserting highways are the state's most public asset and praising Highway 14 as a model road. The program covered maintenance, safety, weed control, mud-jacking, and county reporting methods, with panel discussions on spraying and equipment accounting.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wisconsin County Highway Superintendents’ and Foremen's Association
Hotel Stoddard
James Law
State Highway Commission
Law
United States
Philadelphia
Maxwell Fisher
A. J. Thielen
Wisconsin County Boats Association
Fisher
Thielen
George M. Briggs
University of Wisconsin
Frank Anderson
Dodge County
George Blackbourn
Grant County
Fred C. Lau
Sheboygan
Edward Salzwedel
Aareth Lake County
N. B. Veam
Dane County
Glenn N. Growl
la Crosse County
Edgar Olson
Jackson County
Julius Ingwersen
Kenosha County
Thorvald Laursen
Racine
Paul Hartwig
W.W. Schroeder
Dane
Herbert J. Hamann
Marathon
Vernon C. Cleasby
Eau Claire
Gordon Fuller
Columbia Methods
George Hollin
Wilbur C. Kruger
Wisconsin Rapids
UN Committee Okays Peace Talk Proposals
The UN political committee unanimously approved a resolution for big power peace consultations while rebuffing attempts to recognize the Chinese Communist regime. Nationalist China retains its UN seat as Vishinsky’s bid failed. The vote totals showed strong opposition to recognizing the Chinese Communists despite support for the peace talks plan. The panel backed talks among the Big Five to discuss threats to international peace, while India withdrew a competing secret ballot proposal for selecting a secretary general.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Chi Ple
Security Council
France
China
United States
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Iraq
Syria
F. Tsiang
Britain
Vshinsky
Mao Txetung
Chinese People's Republic
India
Peru Landslide Blocks River Threatening Floods
A Friday landslide in the Andes blocked the Santo river at Pisocochala doom ravine, flooding valley areas. Reports say seven men are missing and several injured. The Santa Tiger hydroelectric works suffered heavy damage, impacting power for a regional project about 200 miles from Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Andes
Son Cedron
Tighter curb on time buying seen
Washington Presidential Assistant John R Steelman said further tighter restrictions on installment buying may be imposed to fight inflation He spoke to the Mr Holyoke Alumnae association Friday night Steelmans remarks came after a day of moves by federal agencies The national production authority limited rubber use to 75 percent of prior year consumption and set aside stainless steel containing columbium for defense The commerce department banned exports of molasses a key industrial alcohol source Officials said the measures aim to maintain supply and caution that shortages may loom
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Mr. Holyoke Alumnae Association
Steelman
National Production Authority
Commerce Department
Atom Scientist May Have Gone Over To Reds
Rome papers splash headlines claiming Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian-born British atom scientist, vanished toward the Iron Curtain after a vacation with his wife and three children. Swedish Airlines said he visited Stockholm last month then proceeded to Helsinki, Finland, with a Milan-born father saying he expects a January return to England.
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Bruno Pontecorvo
Stockholm
Finland
Milan
England
Pontecorvo
Canada
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Poland
Britain
Harwell
Fuchs
Helsinki
Iowa Hunter Dies Of Heart Attack Near Lansing
A Waterloo man, Angus Wilbur, 35, member of a hunting party from Waterloo and Iowa City, died suddenly of a heart attack at a cabin north of Lansing Friday morning. His brother James Wilbur operated a Waterloo body shop. Since a Waterloo doctor was in the party, no inquest was held. James accompanied the body to Waterloo Friday evening.
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Lansing
Waterloo
Iowa City
Gentenbine
Langing
Angus Wilbur
James
Yanks Delay Pyongyang Drive To Aid Lone American
In Korea near Pyongyang U S forces halted for 15 minutes to assist a lone American in distress. Autumn countryside, tanks and guns advanced toward the capital as warplanes roared overhead. One F-51 pilot bailed out after a dive, his canopy shattering. medics moved in as the column pressed forward amid shelling and smoke.
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Pyongyang
Korea
U. S
Columon
Roadblocks Set Up To Hamper Fleeing Reds
SEOUL Korea Allied forces sealed off major routes from Pyongyang as Sunchon Sukchon area saw paratroopers and advance units link up with U S troops. Pyongyang fell and five ROK divisions marched toward the Manchurian border while estimates of remaining Reds narrowed. Paratroopers blocked routes north of Pyongyang as prisoners and refugees were relocated and Maj Gen William F Dean’s fate remained uncertain.
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Korea
MacArthur
11Th Airborne Division
Red Lands
Pyongyang
Manchureaa
Red China
United Nations First Corps
Hamhung
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Sunchon-Sukchon
Muanchuris
Munchuri
Fifth Air Force
Sunchon
Sinuiju
Yellow Sea
Dean
Manchurian
William F. Dean
U.S
Russell proposes point system to recall veterans
New York, Harold Russell, national commander of the Anivels, urges a firm policy for calling back former GIs. He sent a letter to defense officials outlining a point system similar to World War I recall methods to reduce veterans uncertainty.
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New York
Harold Russell
Anivels
Defense
Bradley student George Kempa enrolled for 1930 fall term
George Kempa, son of Mr and Mrs George A Kempa of 2728 South Avenue, is enrolled as an undergraduate at Bradley University for the first semester of 1930 55. He is active in Alpha Omega service fraternity. The next calendar event is the three day Homecoming and Founders day celebration set for Oct 13 and 21.
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George Kampa
George A. Kempa
South Avenue
Bradley University
Bradley
Kampa
Alpha
Omega
Service
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