Peace rumors on Korean front after prisoners released
Thanksgiving quiet on Korea fronts followed sudden release of 27 American POWs by Chinese forces. UN officials denied peace talks, while Washington spoke of a possible demilitarized buffer with Manchuria and ongoing discussions with friends abroad. Prisoners were ferried south, treated well, and rejoined US lines as truce speculation swirled.
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M. P. Echols
Washington
U.S
Dean Acheron
Wone
North Korea
Red China
Manchuria
Tokyo
Echols
Lake Success
U. N
Korea
Taipei
P.o.w.s
Pyoktong
Manchurian
U. S. Cavalry Division
Cavalry
Unsan
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Americans Observe Thanksgiving Behind The Iron Curtain
London and European posts mark Thanksgiving with prayers feasts and remembrances. Pilgrim prayers re enacted in Leyden by 40 U.S. students under Fulbright with 30 guests while 1,200 in The Hague hear Chapin read Truman proclamation. In Bonn and Berlin soldiers host meals for orphans and displaced children as McCloy and Bruce issue messages of peace.
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Bonn
Frankfurt
Warn
U. S
Leyden
U.S
the Hague
Selden Chapin
Truman
Emil
Economic Cooperation Administration
Chapin
John J. McCloy
Chinese Reds on Way to UN Press Aggression Charges
A nine member Chinese communist delegation traveling to the United Nations to press charges of aggression against the United States departed for London and New York. In Kansas two cars collided on US highway 50 near Ottawa killing Mrs. M H Karns Ponca City Okla and James H Kratoska Wichita Kan.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
United States
London
New York
Ottawa
Kan
M. H. Karns
Ponca City
Okla
Mound City
James H. Kratoska
Wichita
Art Jensen
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kratoska
Climbing team joins search for missing plane on Mount Moran
Moran Wyoming November 23 weather favored searchers as Paul Petzoldt led three climbers up Mount Moran 12 594 feet to locate a missing two engine church plane with 21 aboard The craft of New Tribes Mission from Chico California to Billings Montana carried eight children four women and nine men including three crew Members Clouds over the peak began to clear but planes could not fly over the area Four climbers reached about 9 000 feet while others pressed on Jackson Hole heard a low flying plane signaling the search continues on the Teton range boundary page 2
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Moran
Wio
Paul. Petzoldt
Riverton
Wyo
Church
Iny
Petzoldt
New Tribes Mission
Chico
Calif
Billings
Mont
Mount Moran
Teton
Wyoming-Idaho
Jackson Hole
Two Puerto Rican radicals held in New York in plot against Truman
Julio Pinto Gandia and Juan Lebron were seized in New York and held on $50,000 bail each as suspected leaders in an alleged assassination plot against President Truman. Wives Rosa Collazo and Carmen Torresola face conspiracy hearings. The case signals broader New York arrests linked to the Puerto Rican Nationalist party.
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New York
Truman
Secret Services
Julio Pinto Gandia
Juan
Bernardo Lebron
Washington
Oscar Collaxo
Grirelio Torresola
Blairhouse
U.S
Fred J¢erick H. Black
Gandia
Lebron
Torresola
Blair House
Collazo
New York City
Pustin Rican Sationalist Party
Rcal
United States
Chai
Rosa Collazo
Airs
Carmen’ Torresola
Ag Saat
Presini U. S
Edward W. McDonald
Col
McDonald
A. Block
Callazo
Leavenworth, Kan
Puerto Rico
Saypo
Meaning Of Red Retirement Hasn't Yet Been Figured Out
Tokyo reports discuss why 27 American POWs were released by Chinese reds and whether this act reflects the high command or a unit. The piece explores possible motives, including propaganda, concessions, and shifts in China’s strategy amid Manchuria’s industry and Korea, noting Lin Piao and Formosa forces as context.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Yalu River
China
Manchuria
Truman
U.N
Lake Success
Havin
Red
Korea
Lin Piso
Formosa
United Nations
MacArthur
United Nations Commission On Korea
Tragic Long Island Trains Collision Kills 76
New York report says two Long Island railroad passenger trains collided near Kew Gardens killing at least 76 and injuring more than 150. Brakeman Bertrand Biggam and motorman Benjamin Pokorny were among the dead as rescuers worked through the night to free passengers. The crash, described as the worst in New York history, halted a Thanksgiving rush at Penn Station and drew thousands to the scene.
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Long Island Railroad
New York State
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Kew Gardens
Queens County
Manhattan
Pennsylvania Station
Long Island
Pleasant Hempstead
Babylon
Rockville Centre
Settee
Bertrand Biggam
Jamaica Hospital
Big
Grange backs federal aid to education opposes compulsory health care
The National Grange won approval for federal education aid but rejected compulsory health insurance or other socialized medicine at its 84th annual meeting. Delegates urged aid be channeled to poorer states via local and state administration and supported clinics for mental health and state laws for cooperative health plans.
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Minneapolis
National Grange
Grange
Yugoslav Americans seek U.S. return aid from Belgrade
Ambassador George Allen pressed Interior Minister Rankevic for prompt action to repatriate about 300 Yugoslav Americans stranded abroad. Most lack dual citizenship, holding American passports, and returned before the war. tensions in U.S. Yugoslav relations span three years.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S
George Allen
Alexander Rankevie
America
Rankeevie
Allen
Rankovic
Yurgoslavia
Smallest Will Probated in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Register of Wills probated a two by three inch notebook written will by Moy Poy a Philadelphia native who died in China on February 24 aged 45. The will dated October 31 1946 was initially rejected but Joseph D Burke reversed after interpreter Gordon Lee translated the text and an affidavit supported accuracy. The document instructs Joong Ngo to handle Moy Poys money and send it to his mother at 919 Race Street.
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Philadelphia
Nova Za
Philadelphia Register of Wills
Moy Poy
China
Register of
Joseph D. Burke
Gordon‘ Lee
U. S. Immigration Service
Joong Ngo
Moy Joong Ngo
Race Street
McCormack invited to play in East West all star game
KU co captain Mike McCormack 6 ft 3 in 228 pounds from Kansas City received an invitation to join the West squad in the Shrine Sponsored East West all star game at San Francisco on New Year’s Day. He plans to accept after last Jayhawk game against Missouri.
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McCormack
K.U
San Francisco
Kansas City
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Columbia
Kecar Stadium
Shrine Organization
Shiners’ Crippled Children Fund
Iron Mike
Secretion Committee
Big Seven
Wade Stinson
K. U
Reading
Big Mike
Stinson
Utah
Kansas War Plants Put On Ready Basis
Senator Darby, returning to Washington, praised Sunflower Ordnance Works near Lawrence and Kansas Ordnance Plant at Parsons for operating on an efficient ready-to-go basis. He cited their defense role, labor housing and highway access, and commended officers and workers for rehabilitation progress and production strength.
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Kansas
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Kansas Ordnance Plant
Parsons
Darby
Washington
U. S. Senate
Frank Carlson
Efpre
Ordnance
DeSoto
Snd
Bright Art Talent Seen In Deaf Garden City Girl
Eight year old Maria Elena Avila of Garden City Kansas showed rapid art progress at the Kansas school for the deaf. Starting with simple drawings she created watercolor characters and had work exhibited in England after a teacher sent samples to a KU art professor. The girl was born in Mexico to Mr and Mrs Blas Avila.
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Clathe
Kan
Kansas School For the Deaf
Garden City
Maria Elena Avila
Maria
Grace Bilger
Maude Ellsworth
University of Kansas
State election canvass to certify Myron George Saturday
The state official canvass for the November 7 election begins Saturday morning. Myron George seeks certification as U. S. representative for the third district to join the lame duck session and be sworn in with other short term appointees. Secretary of State Larry Ryan says Gov. Frank Carlson will likely be certified as U. S. senator Monday and expected to resume the governorship soon after.
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Associated Press
Top.ka
Myron George
U. S
Herbert A. Meyer
George
Congress
Larry Ryan
Sail
Frank Carlson
Carlson
Cold Thanksgiving Day Bites Lawrence with Record Low Snow
Snow and high winds chilled Lawrence bringing 9 a.m. readings near zero after a high of 59 earlier. The coldest November spell since 1930s prompted gloomy skies and flurries that gray streets, while farmers welcomed moisture for wheat sprouts and corn harvest nears end.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Bleak Thanksgiving in Korea for Thousands of Americans
A dispatch from Northeast Front Korea dated November 23 describes a bleak Thanksgiving for American troops overseas. Soldiers face cold pine forests and enemy threats yet express gratitude for survival, comrades, and eventual return home. A separate local note reports a grass fire on Tennessee Street and firefighting response.
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Korea
Cold Wave Dips Kansas Missouri Temperatures Thanksgiving Day
Wintry weather sweeps Kansas and Missouri with subfreezing lows and light snow. Strong northwest winds created icy highways for Thanksgiving travel as temperatures plunged from the mid 50s to near zero in northern areas.
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Kansas City
Kansagq
Missouri
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Columbia
Thanksgiving in Lawrence Sees Snow and Holiday Customs
A light snow and cold air greet Thanksgiving in Lawrence as churches hold services and schools close. The Lions chartered a bus carrying 38 people and a 22 pound turkey for entertainment. Civic groups sent food baskets to assist needy families while University of Kansas students head into a long holiday break. No traffic accidents reported to police and sheriff's forces.
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Lawrence Lions Club
Lions
University At
Lawrence
Hareweli Indian Institute
Liberty Memorial High School
K. U
Y. MG. A
Typical gang slaying in Fort Worth car bomb deaths
Fort Worth police labeled two automobile bombings as typical gangland killings. Nelson Harris 41, a Green Dragon narcotics convict, died almost decapitated when his car exploded as he started it. His wife and unborn baby perished. a second nitroglycerine device was found in a rival ex convict's car two hours later.
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Tex
Dallas
Herbert Noble
Nelson Harris
Green Dragon
Harris
Leroy
Tine) Eaglesgow
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