General Walker dies in Korea after long attack mindset
Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, veteran of Patton era and architect of Eighth Army defense, died north of Seoul when his jeep collided with a South Korean truck. In a final interview he insisted the army would not panic and would launch future counterattacks once able. He commanded with hands-on leadership and valued his troops over personal safety.
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Honolulu
URA
Walton H. Walker
Korea
U. S
Walker
Belton
Tex
Seoul
Eighth Army
Cor
Eg 1
United States
South Korea
United Nations
Anny
Reda
Virginia Military Institute
U. S. Military Academy
Correspondent's Family Flees Capital of Korea
Seoul dispatch details AP correspondent Shinn and his family fleeing the war torn capital in the Liberated Lizzie supported by a jeep. They aim for a town about 230 miles away leading to a two day drive amid icy roads and heavy traffic.
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Seoul
CPI
Bill Shinn
Lizzie
Shinn
Associated Press
Shin
South Korea
Hie
Lawrence-Fittehnty game ends with Ittaburg win 56 to 50
Lawrence-Fittehnty basketball last night yielded a 56 to 50 win for Ittaburg. L.M.H.L.S. players who faced Pittsburg High then toured Pittsburg district coal mines courtesy of Pittsburg Midwest Coal Co. George Nettles and John Forsman arranged the outing. The group also viewed the worlds biggest coal shovel and the city water department returned from San Antonio with a new packer trash truck. Local couple Major Hagar and Mrs Kahne hosted Christmas tree lighting, but vandals stole outdoor light bulbs twice in a week.
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The
Journal-World
Ittaburg
L.m.hls
Pittsburg High
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Midwest Coal Company
Liberty Memorial High School
George Nettles
R. A. Id
John Forsman
City Water Department
San Antonio
Texas
Major Hagar
George Kahne
A Christmas Pageant At Friends Church
A Christmas service with songs readings and the pageant A Gift For The Christ Child will be held Sunday at 7 30 pm at Friends church 1 New Hampshire street Gifts and treats for children follow The program features credits from Rev Glenn Sanders and many local parishioners including Fail lip Cox Cherrie Green Jimmie Freeman Ronald Hopkins Linda Martin and others in a large cast with carols on the vibra harp between scenes
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Christ Child
Friends Church
New Hampshire Street
Faillip Cox
Cherrie Green
Jimmie Freeman
Ronald Hopkins
Linda Martin
Janie Laptad
Larry Green
Alan Laptad
Peggy McClung
Glenn Freeman
Cora Sanders
A. Richwon
Glenn Sanders
Mary
Judy Cox
Damien
Eugene Hopkins
John
Joe Cox
Sarah Day
Martha Jean Hopkins
Buy Team Save Joe Connie Mack’s Retirement Birthday Note
Connie Mack 88, Meriden native and Philadelphia Athletics president, reveals a blunt strategy for baseball success Buy the ball club. He says ownership, not firing the manager, kept him in charge through the team’s low days. Also lists local marriage licenses issued by probate court to several couples in Lawrence and Westville Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cornelius McGillicudy
Meriden
Mack
John P. Bailey
Independence
Donna Darlene Roberts
Lawrence
Dale R. State
Maxine Lindley
Clifford W. Martin
Lillian Marie Nelson
Topeka
James M. Lambert
Nancy A. Stansill
Westville
Okla
Local Residents Listed At Memorial Hospital Roosevelt
Memorial Hospital Roosevelt reports a series of patient and family names tied to admissions and addresses across the city. The list includes Pamela Crest, Juanita Barnes, Mildred Orr, Alice Vanbuskirk, Frank Speich er, Flora McGill, Carl John, Patrician Goss, W. W. Ramsey, Martha Green, Sally McClure, Mariam Morgan, Judy Walker, Edward Gravett, Judy Taylor, Phyllis Connell, Jean Barlow, Betty Dunn, Kenneth Newman, Jens Newman, Grace Lawrence, Lee Plett and others with street addresses in Lecompton, Tonganoxie and nearby areas.
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Roosevelt Farmer
Grant Street
Pamela Kay Crest
Juanita Barnes
North Fourth Street
Mildred Marie Orr
Haskell Avenue
Alice Vanbuskirk
Rhode Island Street
Frank Joseph Speicher
Lecompton
Flora McGill
Mississippi Street
Carl John
Louisiana Street
Patrician Goss
New Hampshire Street
W. W. Ramsey
Martha Green
Baby
Barker Avenue
Sally McClure
Mariam Morgan
Baldwin
Judy Faye Walker
East Fifteenth Street
Edward Gravett
Massachusetts Street
Judy May Taylor
Tonganoxie
Phyllis Connett
New York Street
Jean Barlow
Indiana Street
Betty Dunn
Kenneth Newman
Arkansas Street
Jens Newman
Grace Lawrence
Lee Plett
Ohio Street
Communist forces mass on Korea front as new invasion looms
MacArthur reports continued probing actions and accelerated Chinese reinforcement in Korea. Four Chinese army corps totaling around 64,000 troops reportedly crossed from Manchuria. ROK patrols report Chinese forces near Kuhwa and along the Kumchon Sibyon road while US units engage in brief skirmishes. Ridgeway becomes Eighth Army deputy chief of staff as air battles erupt with MiG jets and B-24s.
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MacArthur
Manchuria
Korea
Kunwa
R.O.K
Fo.k
Kuhwa
Kumchon-Sibyon
Parallel 38
Yondon
U.S. 24Th Division
Ridgway
Eighth Army
18Th Airborne Corps
Europe
Sinuiju
Boys Tie Playmate and Drown Him in River
In Caruthersville Missouri eight year old Paul Lee Nicholson was found dead in the Mississippi River with shoelaces bound on wrists and ankles. Three youths Walter Herrin age 11 Harvey Neal Journey age 11 and brother 9 admitted tying him and saw him into the river. Coroner says death by strangulation and drowning. Preliminary murder hearing slated for December 28.
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Caruthersville
Paul Lee Nicholson
Mississippi River
Nicholson
Piehsa
Honday
Walter Herrin
Harvey Neal Journey
James Osborn
Nicholson Bey
Tommy Rolen
Local Servicemen Return Home for Holidays and Training
Private James Asby is on a 10 day leave to visit his parents at 1023 Kentucky Street while stationed at Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi Mississippi. Gilbert Baker 18 plans to depart January 3 for navy boot camp in San Diego following his recent physical. Joker recently graduated from Liberty Memorial high school and works at the Journal World bindery.
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Pvt
James Asby
Wesley Asby
Kentucky Street
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Gilbert Baker
O. H. Baker
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Joker
Liberty Memorial High School
Journal-World
Record Pig Crop Foreseen by Agriculture Dept
Washington reports the agriculture department forecasts a peacetime spring pig crop of 68.5 million head for next fall and winter. The six percent rise from this year may not satisfy civilian and defense meat demands, signaling possible price control and rationing by next summer. Pork dominates the meat supply, with limited gains expected for beef veal lamb and mutton.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bowling notes show weekly league results across teams
On Monday night Western Auto edged Standard Oil in the odd game while N RO and T C split games with Baldwin and Charlton Insurance respectively. Sinclair lost two to the Pipe Shop and John's Novelty Shop swept Franz Conoco. Other leagues report varied two and three game wins across Morsan Miller's Francis Sports Win ter's Neider Implement Balfour Sanders Rapid Transit Stoke ley Fonds Coles Food Center and more with multiple two and three game outcomes across Ivy Jayhawk Sunflower leagues.
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Western Auto
Standard Oil
N. RO
T. C
Baldwin
AF R.O.T.C
Charlton Insurance
Sinclair
Pipe Shop
John’s Novelty Shop
Franz Conoco
Morsan
McDonald
Miller's
V. F.W
Francis Sports
Frey and
Williams
Winter's
Grover's Market
Neider Implement
Sam's Produce
Balfour
Mad Implement
Lawrence Paper
Franz Cabins
Sherald Crystal
The
Legion
Fritzer Jayhawk
Bill Rodin
Houk's
Independent Laundry
Lawrence Sanitary
Haskell
Jayhawk
Sanders
Perry Lions
Rapid Transit Taok
Safeway
Stokeley Fonds
Decker Keys
Rankin's
Hillview
Blue Ribbon
Coles Food Center
Eagles
Sunflower
Sixth Street
Laming Ford
Sun Ord
Jacques Realty
Ransdell Motors
Knights of Columbus
Reaman’s
Auto Wrecking
Coca Cola
Dockery
Help for enlisted men's dependents seeks November payments
George Starkey of the Office of Veterans Affairs said dependents untitled to allowances who have not received November 2050 payments should request an investigation. Inquiries can be submitted at his office in the Community building. Separately, a nutrition note compares milk to hot cream noting milk has higher protein minerals and water soluble vitamins and more vitamin A due to butter fat content.
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Armed Service
George Starkey
Office of Veterans’ Affairs
Starkey
Deaths and Funerals Miss Mary McCracken
Miss Mary McCracken 6 died this morning in Kentucky after a long illness. A Lawrence resident 13 years she was born in Grimes Iowa and educated at Friends University Wichita. Funeral Tuesday at Congregational Parsonage with burial at Oak Hill. Relatives include sister Anna McCracken brothers Lloyd Stillwater and Nelson McCracken.
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Mary Tt. McCracken
Kentucky
Lawrence
Misa McCracken
Grimes
Iowa
Nebraska
Friends University
Wichita
Ty of
Forgiv
American Friends Mission Board Schol
Banes
Cuba
Friends Academies
United Sites
Congregational
Paris House
EL Russell Carter
Oak Hill
Anna
McCracken
Lloyd J. McCracken
Chin
Calif
Nelson D. McCracken
Halden
Jane Uncre
B. F. Andrews
Evanston
Lawrence School Christmas Pageant Mixed Grades Shine
Morning kindergarten sang and danced around the tree as Leigh Coleman played Mother. Afternoon grades staged Why The Bells for Christmas Ring by Eugene Field with Mary Jean Brownlee Steven Baker Tom Malone and others as shepherds and a star. Second graders staged The Trees in the Forest while Miss Ellis’s first graders presented Santa in Toyland with Lanny Green as Santa. High schoolers prepared gifts and wrapping paper for parents and wore fur pajamas on stage. The One Story pageant featured Barbara Dunlap Jane Dunlap John Hadl and Vittoria Raffords reading Bible passages. Mrs Laurel Kraft and Kenneth Walker accompanied Ave Maria on violin. Sarah Hogueworth Mary Melvin Tarne den Joseph, Warry Crain Larry Hodgson Albert Palmerslee and others sang solo parts in We Three Kings. The cast included Tammy Palmeeler Freddix Adamszan Leo Souders and Keith Jochim among shepherds and angels. The program closed with kindergartners Carole Tit Jeannie Brownlee Karka Berch Glenda Harris and Marilyn Rainey as little angels.
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Leigh Coleman
Eugene Field
Jeannie Brownlee
Mary
Steven Baker
Tom Malone
John Vernon Weekly
Shepherds
Gary Scott
Glenna Hariig
Kindergartners
Manger
Douglas Hunsinger
Patty Atkinson
Barbara Dunlap
Jane Dunlap
John Hadl
Vatrivia Raffords
Laurel Kraft
Kenneth Walker
Sarah Hougeworth
Melvin Tarneden
Joseph
Warry Crain
Larry Hodgson
Albert Palmerslee
Werendra Sinclair
Barbara Jean Michael
John Zman
Carl Clifton
Tommy
Leonard Clark
Sandra Lehmerdemann
Sherry Corwin
Everus
Christmas Banquet Highlights North Lawrence Scouts
The annual Hoy Scouts and Cubs banquet was held at Woodlawn auditorium with turkey dinner, carols, and performances by Landis Penford, Donnie Taylor, Jimmie Hicks, and Keith Kolars. Santa distributed treats to about 65 attendees, and den mothers oversaw decorations.
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Sam Seetin
Chusetts
C. E. Stanwix
Walnut Street
Hoy Scouts and Cubs
North Lawrence
Woodlawn Auditorium
Landis Penford
Donnie Taylor
Jimmie Hicks
Keith Kolars
Santa Claus
den No. 1
Cubs
Den
Harley Davenport
den No. 2
Robert Hopkins
R. G. Buerman
Topeka
Ed Auerman
Northside Christian Church
Frank Parker
Kanwaka
Harry Willits
Arthur Powean
Awmerine
Rhode Island
Joe Christy
Fort Feats
Sal
Bickell
North Seventh Street
J.C. Parker
Chuckie
Longmont
Colo
Local Christmas Greetings From the Davenport Family
Mrs. Harry Willits plans holiday time with relatives near Lawrence. Stephen Willits, son of Mr and Mrs Ha Willits, visited Memorial hospital Friday for a tone lect. Beulah C heistenas and Silas Rowbotham visit with Ada Hicks and Arthur Mieka. The Rev Noah Gilbert and Centenary Methodist group travel to San Antonio Texas for Christmas with their son. Mr and Mrs C A Davenport extend thanks for visits cards and foods and wish a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Harry Willits
Lawrence
Stephen Willits
Ha Willits
North Seventh Streets
Memorial Hospital
Clarence Hodson
Crows
Arthur Mieka
Ada Hicks
Beulah Cheistenas
Silas Rowbotham
Clarks+ Ark
Noah Gilbert
Centenary
Metho
San Antonis
Teras
Sperier
Charlie Mavenport
C. A. Davenport
Journal World Gift Subscription Idea Spells Friendly Turmoil
A scrambled plea asks to send a gift subscription to the Journal World as a gesture for an unclear recipient. The text mixes names and places in a fractured message implying affection or a personal request without clear context.
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Frome Pers
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Frank Unthern
Internal Revenue
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POE
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Chariton Insurance
Cece
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Hritfour
Whiter's
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Mudwei
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Robert Jh. Wood
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Stillwater
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Lawrence Business College
Tee Diplomatic
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Aiaa
Tee Cee Ssere
Lawwrence Kansas
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12Th
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World At Christ
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SHOY
Scott “Cave, Co
Buddy Gallagher Motors
Plymouth
Oliver
Mass
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Baldwin Junction
Phelps Lawrence Loan & Finance Co
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