Escape Routes Sealed Off By U N Forces
U N parachute troops seized Pyongyang in North Korea and closed two highway and two rail escape routes as Gen. Douglas MacArthur predicted the war would end. About 4,200 men dropped from 120 planes and moved toward Sukchon and Sunchon, with little opposition reported. MacArthur said closing the trap should end organized resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OKYO
North Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
United Nations
Pyongyang
U.S
teld
A.P
Russell Brines
Sukchon
Sunchon
Korean republic
Red
Kim Jl Sung
Manchuria
Soviet Siberia
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Manchurian
Ghastly Death March Reveals Surviving POWs
Three nearly starved American prisoners recount a brutal death march from Seoul to Pyongyang with 283 U.S. soldiers. They describe beatings and murders by Communist captors, claim 373 POWs were moved north, and mention Maj. Gen. William F. Dean allegedly in Pyongyang before being reported dead in Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YONGYANG
Korea
Seoul-e
Pyongyang
U.S
Seoul
William F. Dean
U.S. 24th Infantry Division
Taejon
First Sacred Cows and Rhino Meet in Lucknow
Special contributor I Norman Smith recounts a Lucknow excursion with sights on forts and museums, meeting a dignified fakir, and notes a separate account of 283 prisoners from Seoul. Survivors describe being moved to Pyongyang for safety amid North Korean officials and reclusive hostility.
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I. NORMAN SMITH
The Herald
LUCKNOW
India
Smith
chancellor
La Martiniere
Alexander Makaroumis
Kamdai
Seoul
iate
Pyongyang
The Left Hand Corner Hot Biscuits and Honey
A fragmentary note highlights a rustic theme with free taxes and living off the land, invoking a rural lifestyle focus and simple fare.
Russians trained North Koreans to live off the land report
North Korean forces maintain extended supply lines under air and artillery pressure. An article by Mr Kerner, a former Czechoslovak Red Army officer, explains how Russians adapted with improvised tools to repair tanks, move heavy parts, and construct bridges, highlighting resourceful tactics.
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Kerner
Red army
New York Heralds Tribune
Remains Believed Those of Missing Manitoba Man
Fire-blackened bones found in a burned root cellar are tentatively identified by RCMP as the remains of Eugene C. Lyle, 50, missing from his homestead since last Saturday. A bullet in the head and a nearby .22 pistol were found. no foul play indicated. Time of death is placed Saturday night as the three buildings burned.
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OAK POINT
Man
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
remins
Eugene C. Lyle
G. Paulson
Lundar
R.C.M.P
Winnipeg
Regina
R.O.M
Lyle
Paulson
Cabano Rebuilt After Devastating May Fire
Cabano Quebec October 19 An fire on May 9 destroyed 116 homes and many businesses in the 2,500 population town It has since rebuilt all homes and added several new buildings including a 500 seat theatre a drug store restaurant pool hall clothing shop photography studio general store butcher shop and a mixed business and apartment block Mayor Emilien Morin led the rebuilding saying progress is ahead of schedule Homes are habitable and meet government standards with finishing work still ongoing before winter sets in
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CABANO
Que
Temiscouata county
Quebec
Emilien
aew ladies
Low And Hansell Named Leaders Of Sacred Party
Solon Low was re elected national leader of the Social Credit party and E G Hansell MP for Macleod Alberta was chosen first national president of the Social Credit Association of Canada. Paynter of Vancouver and Tinkler of Starbuck were elected first and second vice presidents. Hansell's selection as president surprised many Social Creditors who expected a non MP or non legislator. The post is new under the party’s updated constitution adopted at the national convention. Low remains political head and leader.
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EGIA
Solon Low
Social Credit party
E. G. Hansell
Macleod
Alberta
Socialee Association of Canada
Peter V. Paynter
Vancouver
association
W. J. Tinkler
Starbuck
Man
Hansell
Low
lower
M.P
Social Credit
Regina
Four dead in Kapuskasing head-on crash near here
A head-on collision near Kapuskasing Ontario killed four men and left a fifth in critical condition in hospital. The deceased were Allan Ross Fitsimmons of Toronto Leon Trottier Ivan Cash and R Zellard, all of Kapuskas ing. William Henry Johnson of Toronto is hospitalized. A sixth passenger, Bucko Buchana, escaped serious injury.
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KAPUSKASING
Ont
here
Allan Ross Fitsimmons
Toronto
Leon Trottier
Ivan Cash
R. Zellard
William Henry Johnson
Bucko Buchana
Warning To Big 3 By Russia
The Soviet Union warned the United States Britain and France that it will not tolerate the creation of a German army in western Germany. Moscow broadcast identically noted to the three Western powers rejects their charges that East German police is a military organization and asserts the East German police are in full accord with Allied directives. The note also calls attention to Western zone police formations functioning as army units with armed, trained personnel and special officer schools.
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LONDON
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Moscow radio
people’s police
east Germany
allied control council for all
Sen Ballantyne Dies. Former Senate Leader and Minister
Montreal Oct 20 Sen ator Charles C Ballantyne longtime Conservative cabinet minister and former senate leader died here aged 83 His death leaves the Progressive Conservative group with 11 senate seats Liberal 77 seats and 14 vacancies in Canada s 102 seat upper chamber Ballantyne served as marine and fisheries minister in 1917 and again in 1920 He was elevated to the senate in 1932 and led the party in the senate from 1942 to 1945 Winnipeg figure Hon John T Haig called him a great statesman and friend noting his deep parliamentary experience and service to Canada.
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MONTREAL
Charles C. Ballantyne
Canada
Progressive Conservative party
senate
Ballantyne
Borden
Meighen
house of commons
United States
Winnipeg
John T. Haig
Haig
Lifer Tries Escape by Sewer and Self Harm
Jackson, Mich. October 20. Lifer Reece A. Lawson, 49, serving life for a 1947 Detroit police murder, attempted escape from Southern Michigan prison by entering a storm sewer. He plunged a knife into his chest when trapped by hot water and 10 tons of coal. Guards and staff dug him free. the sewer ends outside the prison yard with no ladder to exit.
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JACKSON
Mich
Michigan
Reece A. Lawson
Lawson
Detroit
Gaitskell Succeeds Sir Stafford Cripps as Chancellor
New York Oct 20 Hugh Gaitskell 44 Britain's economics minister disclosed he had been named chancellor of the exchequer succeeding Sir Stafford Cripps whose resignation due to illness was announced yesterday. Gaitskell said he would keep Britain's economic policy unchanged and would seek to balance defence needs with economic recovery.
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NEW YORK
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
eamed chancelor
exchequer
Sir Stafford Cripps
Gaitskell
Idlewild
Sir Stafford
No Entry Is Seen In Korean War, Sources Say
Tokyo informs that neither Chinese Communist nor Russian troops can enter Korea with any chance of success. Soviet air power would be the only outside aid for the North Koreans, but there are no signs of such support. Gen. MacArthur and officials reportedly view Soviet and Chinese participation as unlikely in the near term.
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TOKYO
Inchon
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Wake Island
sian
Unité Nations
Red army
Pusan
Inchon-Seoul
Gold Dollar Reserves Climb in London Report
London and financial centers report rising British reserves of gold and dollars. Treasury secretary Douglas Jay announced in the House of Commons that continued reserve growth necessitates another sterling issue to the exchange equalization account, with a further 300 million pounds issued this week.
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LONDON
Reuters
House of Commons
treasury
Douglas Jay
acc
Blaze In St. John's 6 Die In City Fire
A three storey tenement blaze in St. John's Newfoundland claimed six lives including a mother Mrs Jack Raines and her three children James 18 John 19 Gordon 7 and Fred 21 and Fred Raines Jr. The husband deck Raines and two other children Ruby 6 and Aileen 4 were injured with third degree burns. Firemen battled through smoke racing to save lives as ambulances arrived. The disaster recalled past fatal fires in the city including 1948 and 1942 incidents.
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ST. JOHN'S
Mid
Jack Raines
James Raines
John Raines
Gordon Raines
Fred Raines
Raines
deck Raines
Ruby Raines
Aileen Raines
Bride Delaney
old city
Hull
Knights of Columbus
Prince Street
Water Street
Newfoundland
New Gown
Russia Ready to Join Japanese Peace Talks
AP reports John Foster Dulles announced that the Russians expressed readiness to hold formal discussions with the United States on a Japanese peace treaty. Other dispatches note Prague talks on rearming Germany, Florida hurricane warnings, an escape of two soldiers from escort, Ottawa subsidy withdrawal signals, a sabotage suspicion in a ship fire, and a fatal train collision near Lomax Ontario.
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RUSSIA
LAKE SUCCESS
John Foster Dulles
United States
CALGARY
Teronte
Bassane
Pic
James Kenneth MacAuley
Winnipeg
Robert Panghern
Verdun
Que
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Associated Press
Queen’s University
Kingston
Col
R. S. McLaughlin
R. C. Wallace
Queen’s
Red City
TOM LAMBERT
Dean
miéiti
William Locke
U.S. air force
Army
Locke
Manitoba
kok
Sacred Party
Macleod M.P
The
Canadian Press
Sen. Ballantyne
Red Chamber
Lifer
China
Blaze
St. John’s
BLAZE III
PRAGUE
Irea
Europe
FLORIDA
MIAMI
Fla
Florida west coast
Fort Meyers
Cedar Key
Florida peninsula
Gulf of Mexico
OTTAWA
N. H. Hammam
agriculture department
Gerard Lecroix
K.-C. tramepert de Mert
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