Sherman Tank Ferry Ride Across Korea Captured by Odd Ferry
A 37 ton Sherman from US 1st Cavalry Division floated across the Yesong River near Keesong during a march on Pyongyang. Engineers improvised a ferry with six rubber pontoon boats as a tide and current carried the tank downstream. After navigation and a search, the tank returned to land and resumed its march.
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U. S. First Cavalry Division
Korea
Yesong River
Keesong
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
Pyongyang
Art Westburg
Washington, D. C
Westburg
Cripps Retirement Seen as Loss to British Government
The column flags Sir Stafford Cripps as a key British figure due to ill health and temporary retirement from the exchequer. It credits him with guiding Britain through hardship, notes his replacement by Hugh Gaitskell, and recalls Cripps’ complex, influential role in wartime politics.
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Cripps
APF
Britain
Stafford Cripps
MacKenzie
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Labor
Sir Stafford
Persistence Wins in Winchester Bridge Plan
In Winchester Massachusetts residents won a long campaign dating to 1834 to remove a railroad grade crossing. The state will replace the crossing with a $3,000,000 bridge, completing a 116 year effort.
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Winchester
Mass
Boston
Antichrist Mentioned in Epistles of John
Readers asked a Bible fact about the term Antichrist appearing only in St. John’s Epistles. The Information Bureau notes the term used for enemies of Christianity, false Christs, and heretics associated with early church history.
Pennsylvania Republicans Split as November Nears
Pennsylvania Republicans remain divided as the 1948 election nears. Governor Grundy and Duff clash over party unity while 18 GOP and 15 Democratic seats are noted. In Luzerne County Flood defends against Elwood Jones amid grand jury probes touching Luzerne GOP figures.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Congress
Guard
Joseph R. Grundy
Duff
Will Grundy
Cam- Duff
Richard M. Simpson
Francis E. Walter Dean
GOP
Korea
Luzerne County
Wilkes-Barre
Daniel J. Flood
Elwood H. Jones
GOP Ti
John S. E
Fine
Flood
U. S
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Bradford
Lil Gna Ae
Dennis Morgan
Warner Bros
Martin
Rochester
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Duluth
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Seattle-Tacoma
Airlines
En Trevel
J. R. Williams
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Haskin Service
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Ctesibius
Alexandria
U. S. Army Parachute A. W. C
Fort Bragg
N. C
Service Test Section
Airborne Board
Petpak
Fifth Avenue and Main
Y Leonard Unger
Jones
Pittsburgh
the Nazarene Church
West Ave
Stanley McDonald Agency
Robert D. McDonald
Hoeschler
Quality Coal and Lumber CO
South Ave
GEO. J. Devine, Inc
Third St
le Crosse
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