Pyongyang Falls to UN Forces as Red Capital Becomes Deserted
UN spearheads seize PyongyangABC with most of North Korea under allied control. Premier Kim Il Sung flees north as civilians flee in fear. Bridges blown fail to stop advancing cavalry and ROK forces. Generals Allen and Park Sun Yup greet each other amid praise and rough language.
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Pyongyang
Associated Press
Red
Cefiler
Kim Il Sung
Ape
Poss
Red £ Chineze
Baekewei
Frank A. Allen, Jr
Cleveland
Allen
Paik Sun Yup
ROK
First Cavalry Division
Park
30 Queen candidates at Kansas Homecoming contest
University of Kansas announces 30 candidates for Homecoming queen. Prof. Donald Wilson says five petition nominees and 25 named by sororities and dorms set new records. Judging Sunday, queen revealed at halftime October 28 KU vs Nebraska.
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University of Kansas
Donald Wilson
Wilson
K. U
Nebraska
Wayne Hayle
Neen Ral
Rae Hoyle
Kanza
Ashes Clinton
Hopkins Bail
Holsington
Anne Daley
Fort Avenworth
Geneva_Evans
Kansas City
Kan
Lou Falletta
Alphe Phi
Arma
Hatfield
Delta Gaming
Valley
Palla
Marcia Horn
Chi Omers
Poe Eta
Eureke
Stock Market Index Report With Mixed Figures
A financial snippet shows the average of 60 stocks at 84.9 with unclear ancillary data. The text includes garbled phrases such as Liberal Cash and Carry Discount and names like pian Dey Claxserh 131 percent, indicating damaged OCR output and uncertain context.
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Pian Dey Claxserh
Maen
Local pilot notes Allied progress in North Korea
Seou l Korea Oct 19 United Nations planes pressed far flung fronts with drives into Pyongyang and beyond. Maj Thomas Plourde Auburn Maine reports progress by UN troops with ground liaison duties at the center. Australian fighters from the 77th British squadron supported efforts against rail targets near Fyongrang and Sunchon while clearing roadblocks near Chunghwa. Lieutenant Topping of Lawrence Kansas and Lt Bertram Van Engel Milwaukish observer say Aussie aircrews used rockets and 50 caliber fire to keep red forces on the move.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyong
Yang Andout
U. N
Pyongyang
Thomas Plourde
Auburn
Plourde
Joint Operational Center
Frank Merritt
Fort Lee
N. J
Change in funds expands aid to the disabled program
A fourth division of the state welfare program aid to the disabled is now in effect. Douglas county director Mrs. Mildred Watson said disabled individuals unable to care for themselves previously received general assistance. Federal funds will aid counties in this category. Applicants must submit two physician reports certifying disability. At 65, recipients move to old age assistance. September welfare figures show various allocations and totals, with separate lines for old age, blind, dependent children, and aid to the disabled.
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Mildred Watson
Dougie County
Topy
Federal
Social Security NoRsamereation
Oor
Seber
Kansas duck season opens amid brisk local sales
Local hardware and sporting goods shops report strong demand for firearms shells and hunting licenses as the Kansas duck season begins at noon tomorrow. County clerks note over 500 licenses sold countywide with prices 1.50 for residents and 3 for combined hunting and fishing. Federal duck stamps total 100 sold at 2 each. The daily ducks limit rises to five, same for geese, while ammo shortages worry dealers due to Korea war effects.
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Kansas
Repene
Jocal Tiger
Internal Revenue Office
Open Full Time Republican HQ Opens Daily for Election Day
The Republican campaign headquarters at 824 Massachusetts Street is now open full time from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 2 in the evening until the November 7 general elections. On duty are Ruby Bagby Clinton and Mrs. E. E. Pulliam. A Colored Republicans meeting is planned tonight with Prentice Townsend speaker. GOP rally at Eudora city hall Saturday night at 8. Errett P. Scrivner will speak and attend the Lawrence picnic at Clinton Park Monday at 5 p.m.
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Massachusetts Street
Ruby Bagby
Clinton
E. E. Pulliam
Arkansas Street
Prentice Townsend
Topeka
Douglas County
G.O.P
Eudora
Errett P. Scrivner
Representative Scrigner
Lawrence
Clinton Park
U N Korea Committee Seeks MacArthur Data on Korea Move
Lake Success Oct 19 The U N committee on Korea asked Gen Douglas MacArthur for information on reports that the South Korean government sent representatives into North Korea to seize authority there. The panel ordered the U N secretariat to inquire from the unified command and expects to depart for Korea around November 1 to begin the on site work. Some members fear President Syngman Rhee may challenge the committee’s authority to oversee Korea.
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Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
U. N
Meyer Jr Named President of Reporter Publishing Co
Herbert A. Meyer Jr. was elected president of the Reporter Publishing Co Inc to succeed his father the late H A Meyer Sr Frank C Sands editor of the Independence Reporter was elected secretary treasurer of the corporation Meyer will also serve as publisher of the Daily Iter The board of directors held the election last night in Independence
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Independence
Herbert A. Meyer, Jr
The
Reporter Publishing Co., Inc
H. A. Meyer
Frank C. Sands
Independence Reporter
Meyer
Iter
Vinland Grange in National Community Service Contest
Herve Hoskinson announces Vinland Grange as a top ten national contender for the $15,000 first prize in the Community Service contest. A National Grange committee will inspect Vinland and tour 14 completed projects, with 37 states reporting top prizes across the contest.
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Herve Hoskinson
Vinland Grange
National
Lawrence
Vinland
Sears Koenck Foundation
Hoskinson
Garden City
Grangea
Nation Grange
Middleton
Edwin Sample
Route 2
Grange
North Star Express Derails in Oneida Killing Two
Two railroad workers died and 15 were injured when the New York Central North Star Express derailed near Oneida New York as a steel freight-car door blocked its path. The locomotive and 11 cars left the tracks forcing traffic detours. about 200 passengers were aboard. Conductor Paul J. Schaffer of Albany reported the crowd.
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Oneida
N. Y
New York Central Railroad
New York
Flyer
Central
New York State Barge Canal
West Shore
North Star
Toronto
Cleveland
New York State
Paul J. Schaffer
Albany
Tragic Highway Crash Claims Humboldt Area Man
John McCullough, about 56, died last night after a car collision on highway 59 near Humboldt. His wife, driving the vehicle, was seriously injured, and 20 year old Robert E. Owens of Kansas City, Mo., the truck driver, escaped injury.
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Tola
John McCullough
Highway
Humboldt
Robert E. Owens
Kansas Cit
Florida hurricane toll climbs with $12 million in damage
Florida inspectors estimate about 12 million dollars in damage from a hurricane that roared ashore near Miami and swept into central Georgia. Three Floridians died as sea walls and docks were torn away, hundreds of roads flooded, and Navy crews and volunteers manned sandbag lines along east coast beaches.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Georgia
Columbus
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Miami
Ap- Bro
Mliami
Navy
Indian River
Titusville
Cocoa
TOLL OF KOREAN WAR CASUALTIES HITS TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND
Washington reports total American casualties in Korea rising to 26,083 with 4,036 deaths and 17,711 non fatal wounds as of October 13. Army accounts for most losses with 22,838 total casualties, followed by Marines, Navy and Air Force. Some missing have later returned or been captured or interned.
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Washington
Defense Department
Next of Kin
Tober 13
Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Jaaw Gallagher
Citizens Approve Plan for Building New High School
Lawrence citizens approve tentative plans for a new senior high school to be built between Nineteenth and Twenty-first Streets on the west side of Louisiana Street. The project, funded by a 1.6 million bond, calls for a 644 foot long building with an auditorium for 1,200, a 5 gym and space for 2,281 on the floor and balcony, plus classrooms, libraries, and cafeterias. Bids expected around May 1, 1951 as final plans proceed with architects Griest and Ekdahl of Topeka.
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Lawrence
Louisiana Street
Nineteenth
Twenty-First Streets
Twenty-first
Center High
Board of Education
School District 60
W. D. Wolfe
Neal Wherry
of Griest and Ekdahl of
Topeka
Phe
Facin Louisiana Street
Henry Shenk
Corlett Cotton
Dick Wagstaff
Ralph Pine
E Russell Carter
Wolfe, Wherry
A. E. Woestemerer
Ted Griest
C. S. Ekdahl
Evan Davis
Sli
Topek
United Nations Day Observance Planned in Lawrence
A special observance for United Nations Day is planned for next Tuesday with a service at Plymouth Congregational Church at 11 a.m. Community figures invite all citizens to attend and join in prayer for peace as Lawrence shows unity in support of the UN. The mayor plans to sound bells and whistles across the city before 11 o'clock as a public reminder. At K U campus, related programs are underway with many students participating.
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United Nations
Plymouth Congregational Church
Bagot
William J. B. Turner
Vermont Street
Lawrence J
U. N
K. U
K. J. Im
Police order 100 hot rod scout cars for speeders
Detroit police decided a hot rod is needed to catch hot rods. They ordered more than 100 souped up scout cars capable of 110 mph and 0 to 83 in 30 seconds. First batch has been received. Automaker Duplica Auto is involved in the project.
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Detroit
Cooler air headed toward central regions across the nation
Readings yesterday reached record high temperatures in the Great Lakes and central Mississippi Valley with 87 in Chicago Des Moines Sioux City Burlington Dubuque and 86 in Omaha Marquette as cooler air moved from the northern plains and Rockies into the upper Mississippi Valley while the Midwest stayed above normal.
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Great Plains
Rockies
Mississippi
Midwest
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
Des Moines
Sioux City
Burlington
Dubuque
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Marquette
Mich
Community Chest totals reach 35126.25 in Lawrence drive
Lawrence Community Chest contributions total 35126.25 with advanced gifts 4705.50 business district 409.75 and residential drive progress steady. Joe Traylor drive chairman notes audits by George Clem of Vermont street will occur during and after the drive. Numerous local businesses and individuals donated 25 or more including Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Weaver's Department Store and Kansas Power and Light among others.
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Lawrence Community Chest
Joe Traylor
Traylor
George Clem
Vermont Street
Clem
Lawrence Sanitary Milk and Ice Cream Company
Weaver's Department Store
M. F. Hudson Company
Lawrence Building and Loan Company
F. H. Roberts
the World Co. Bea
B. F. Goodrich
Keeler's Book Store
Acme Dry Cleaners
Mosser-Woolf Camera Company
Rusty's Food Market and General Appliance Co., Inc
Cool air moves in Topeka Kansas Oct 19
Cooler air eased into Kansas last night bringing relief from heat. Northern Kansas was about 10 degrees cooler today than yesterday. Forecaster Richard Garrett said mild temperatures through Friday with lows 40 to 43 and highs in the 80s, skies mostly fair. Yesterday’s top readings reached 87 in several cities. the low dipped to 42 in Goodland. No precipitation reported in the 24 hours ending 6 am today.
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Topeka
Kansas
Richard Garrett
Garrett
Leavenworth
Goodland
Phillipsburg
Kansat
Covier East
Chicago
Denver
Fort Worth
Havre
Mani
Kansas City
Los Angeles
St of Miami
Minneapolig
New Orleans
Oklahoma
Washington
Twifs Reer Ibats
Nus
Kwaei Se Ita
SRM
Government urges potato acreage cut for 1951 year
Washington reports the government recommends farmers reduce 1951 potato acreage by 16 percent from 1950. The Agriculture Department proposes a production goal of about 480 million bushels versus roughly 420 million this year. Regional actions this year ended price supports costing over 500 thousand dollars since early in the war. State goals shown include Kansas 11 percent of 1950 plantings and Oklahoma 9 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Oklahoma
George endorses flood control for southeast Kansas
Myron George republican nominee for the third district congressman endorsed flood control measures to protect river valleys in southeast Kansas. He pledged full support for Army Engineer plans authorized by congress, though awaiting appropriations to fund them. Open evenings and Sundays Ses Food Center 2nd Line.
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Chanute
Kan
Myron George
Kansas
Army Engineers
Congress
Election Looms In Three Weeks In Kansas
Topeka report notes Kansas general election on November 7 with apathy in fall races. Republicans rely on habit to vote G O P. Democrats hope for labor unity and Korea boost. Governorship sees Anderson proposing severance tax and more local revenue. Carlson argues against new taxes and criticizes Truman-era policies. Congressional races statewide, with Republicans holding last decade, shape a vigorous but unsettled political landscape.
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Topeka
Kansas
G.O.P
Edward F. A
Kenneth T. Anderson
Ann
Anderson
Frank Carlson
Paul Aiken
Carlson
Truman
Aiken
House of Representatives
Lehneiae
KUFFS TO Meet Saturday Morning Before KU Football Game
KUFFS the K U football knot-hole gang of Lawrence boys will meet at the Community building at 9:30 a.m. Saturday for a briefing on the Oklahoma A and M team and the plays they will see in the game Saturday afternoon. The meeting will last about an hour and will cover a roster of teams defensive formations and football term definitions. A KU cheerleader will attend to lead KU cheers.
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KUFFS
Lawrence
Oklahoma A
KUUFS
K.U
K. U
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North Korea
Red Korea
A.P
Don
Whitehead
Tan High Pyongyang
Topping
Charles R. Topping
Route 4
Altho
LMHS
Japan
Barbara Miller
J. R. Topping
Republican
N. Committee
Baldwin Community Planning Council
Baldwin
Grange Hall
Vinland Mutual Telephone Company
Red Cross
Cancer Fund
Baldwin Community li
Library Fund
Blue Shield
Blue Cross Drive
New York Central
Lou Mitchell
Owen Mitchell
Mitchell
Liberty Memorial High School
Lest Spring
Kanwaka
Plymouth Church
K Ted
Harnavers Duplica Auto
Community Chest Campaign
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