Wonju bulge turns tide as Second Division holds line
Central Front dispatch details a pivotal eight-day stand by the U S Second Division with attached French and Dutch battalions against North Korean forces at Wonju Korea. The defense slowed the enemy, allowed reinforcements, and helped avert a major UN setback near the Eighth Army's exposed flank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Wonju
Central Front
Korea
United Nations
Enid
Wonju Bulge
UF. 8
Eighth Army
Mie
Wonja
Iteda Atrick
North Korea
Tr Odode
Tape Recording in Berling Torture Murder Case Delayed
A recorded questioning of music teacher Violet John Berling during Oct 12 interrogation at the district attorney's office becomes central as court reopens Tuesday for her torture murder trial of 16 year old Kay Frances Erickson. Defense seeks the tape to counter paraphrased testimony, while the prosecution presses to quash the subpoena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet John Berling
District Attorney's Office
Jae
Miss Berling
Kay Frances Erickson
Albert C. S. Ramsey
Ramsey
Lincoln
Ramsay
Sten
Erickson
Tare
Rose Marie Faces Court This Week
Rose Marie Birdsall, a 24 year old former Long Beach waitress, will be arraigned Tuesday in San Bernardino on murder charges for slain Warren L. Eddenfield, 46, her brother in law and employer. Police say she confessed to the killing on the road to Camp Baldy and may be shielding an accomplice. Funeral services for Eddenfield were held yesterday at Spongbere Mortuary with Ruth Eddenfield, the defendant's sister, among the attendees. Interment followed at Sunnyside Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Marie Birdsall
Long Beach
San Bernardino
Warren L
Tuffy) Eddenfield
Eddenfield
Camp Baldy
Miss Birdsall
Double Blow After Cafe Owner Murder Shocks Family
The widow of Warren L. Eddenfield and her siblings mourn while police charge their sister Rose Marie Birdsall, 24, with Eddenfield's murder. The funeral scene shows Mrs. Eddenfield consoled by a sister as she exits the mortuary on a brother's arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren L. Eddenfield
Eddenfield
Rose Marie Birdsall
Pacific Relations Institute File Seized for Inquiry
Senators on the subcommittee on subversive activities announced a dramatic seizure of voluminous files from the Institute of Pacific Relations amid bets on sensational results. The convoyed files moved from Lee Massachusetts to New York and Washington under Treasury protection, with guards and door locks added. The raid echoes McCarthy era accusations against Owen Lattimore, though a prior foreign relations subcommittee cleared him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Institute of Pacific Relations
Senate Judicary Subcommittee
Lee
Mass
Frank Schroeder
New York
Washington
Treasury Department
Judicary’ Committee
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
Owen Lattimore
Institute
Sen. Tydings
D.-Md
Lattimore
Three Die in B-25 Crash Near Lone Tree Iowa
A B25 bomber from Selfridge Field exploded on a nearby farm killing three crewmen and a hitchhiking sailor. Two survivors were Lt. Pp. A. Kolesar and T-Bgt. J. R. Wall of Hill Air Force Base Utah. The bomber was en route from Michigan to Utah.
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Lone Tree
Iowa
Here
Selfridge Field
Mich
Hill Air Force Base
Ogden
Utah
Pp. A. Kolesar
J. R. Wall
Hill Air Force Use
C. Knight
Binske Ieranthan Air Base
Tucson
Aziz
Knight
Sailor
San Diego Naval Base
Explosion of Object Over Idaho
BOISE Idaho February 10 reports say two residents called the local paper about a mysterious flying object exploding over the foothills due north of the city. The Civil Aeronautics Administration had no reports of a plane down in the area. A caller described seeing an object like a flying torpedo pass overhead before it exploded.
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Boise
Idaho
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Jailbreakers Escape Prompts Large Posse Hunt In Alabama
Atmore Alabama February 10 AP a posse of 40 officers a half dozen highway patrol cars and a plane joined in a search for 22 convicts who escaped from a temporary prison building at daybreak The escapees all white included one kidnapper and several with robbery and burglary records The main barracks burned earlier in February 1949 and governor Gordon Persons' prison reforms were not linked to the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
W. Hixon
Hixon
Kilby
Montgomery
Gordon Persons
Florida
USS Rochester Ties Up at Mare Island
The heavy cruiser U S S Rochester arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard after a weather delay on its voyage home from Korean waters. The ship spent 198 days supporting United Nations forces in the Far East and was en route from Long Beach, having been scheduled to arrive the previous night.
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San Francisco
U.S.S
Chester
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
United Navy
Far East
Long Beach
Fire forces Pan Am Stratocruiser to return to London Airport
A Pan American Airways Stratocruiser bound from London to New York returned to London Airport minutes after takeoff when one engine caught fire. No injuries were reported as airport firemen quickly extinguished the blaze after the landing.
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London
Pan American Airways
New York
Labor Body Charges Cities Service Corp With Unfair Acts
The Senate labor committee says Cities Service Corp of Pennsylvania ran a shocking espionage campaign against the Seafarers International Union AFL in the late 1940s. The report urges Taft Hartley Act changes. cites NLRB findings and court orders as proof of law adequacy. Taft and other Republicans dissent on changing the statute. The case notes delays in union certification for East Coast oil tanker crews.
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Ashington
Senate Labor Committee
Cities Service Corp
Pennsylvania
Seafarers International Union
AFL
Marine Division
Fom
Cities Service
New York
William Potter Sage
Anshor
Bel
Sen. Taft
R.-Ohio
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Eng Breneby
Wastin
Vna
Sevan Divsion
Motion
Robert Bo McClure
Theeine
McClure
Rose Marie
Pacific Relations Institute
Koo Eon
Ofoee
Alabama
USS
Rochester
Mare Island
Tony Blik
BURKS
Wisteiding
Altes
Burk’s
Atlantic Towne Theater
Nevada
Burk
Labor Body
Strood
Toby
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