Push toward Seoul Mirrors Last War Battles in Korea
On Sept 20 near the Han River, forces pushed toward Seoul with tanks, amphibious gear, and artillery advancing along rutted roads. North Korean resistance appeared weak as prisoners were captured along the riverbank while Marine officers interviewed them in Korean and Japanese. Air support guarded the operation though enemy air power seemed minimal.
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Seoul
Maaan
Uith
Yongdungpo
Orient
W. H Shaw
Kent
Ohio
Dick Woodard
Hollywood
Cons
Corpntunists
North Korea
Part of State Divorce Law Ruled Invalid
Sacramento report notes a 1941 statute allowing divorces on incurable insanity only if the other spouse can support the insane party. The Sonoma County decision upheld a Humboldt County couple’s divorce initiated in Eureka in 1920. Justice Paul Peek authored the unanimous appellate ruling, calling the law discriminatory.
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California
Sonoma County
Humboldt County
Dominico Morganti
Assunta ‘Morganti
Eureka
Morgent
Sonoma
District Attorney's
Lane
Paul Peckaay
Peek
North Korean attacking civilians amid village withdrawal
Describing chaos after North Korean forces pulled from a village, civilians were shot for political reasons. An old woman was shot in the thigh beside a smoking thatch stack while others, including a badly wounded American soldier, were rushed to safety as fire broke out around fields and huts.
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South Ki
U N Chief on World Humor Faces a Tough Problem
YORK September 21 The newly elected chairman of the United Nations commission on world humor faces a hard task a letter from the Japanese Joke Society begging for traveling salesmen to spread smiles The idea is to record a 15 minute program of international jokes with five panelists and distribute it to blur a frown Hershfleid noted a sample gag about a rickshaw and sing song girl reflecting the tone of the effort The plan aims to invert a frown into a grin and ease tensions in arduous times He cited a Welsh gag about dying in space dying in church and being shot by a jealous husband as examples of humor sought for the international project
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Yugoslavia
U. N
Hershfield
Commission On World Humor
Ted
Nine Tanks and 20 Guns Captured by U S Forces
Tokyo dispatch reports Gen. MacArthur's headquarters says the U S 24th Infantry Division captured nine Red tanks and 20 antitank guns while clearing the Taegu Waegwan road. The report notes the action occurred as U S units advanced in the field.
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Waegwan
California Loses Third Son in War
San Bernardino report says Alvin E. Thrall, a Navy ensign and son of C Burton Thrall, county superintendent of schools, was among 26 servicemen killed in a Navy plane crash at Kwajalein. He is the third Thrall son to die in service, following Norman Thrall and Howard Thrall, both killed in World War II.
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C. Burton Thrall
Ens
Alvin E. Thrall
Kwajalein
Infantry Jiaj
Norman Thrall
Air Force
Howard Thrall
Announcer Joseph B. Warner Dies at 53
Los Angeles reports radio and fair announcer Joseph B. Warner died yesterday at age 53 after a 12 year career announcing county fairs civic events and rodeos along the Pacific coast.
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California State
Los Angeles
Joseph B. Warner
Pacific Coast
Two Yanks Freed by Soviets Amid Berlin Tensions
Two U S military policemen seized by Soviets were released after questioning near Potsdam, as East West Berlin tensions remained high. British and Russian troops faced off at the sector border while West German police rounded up East Berlin officers in reprisal for kidnappings.
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Bae
U. S
United States
Britain
France
Duesseldorf
Germany
West Germany
Communist Party
Duesseldor
M. P
Potsdam
I Corp
Peter J. McSweenty
Newark
AFL Weighs Bid for Self-denial in Pay Increases
Houston September 21 delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention discussed Tobin's call for wage restraint. President William Green said labor must sacrifice in the world crisis and that there will be no widespread wage increases now. Tobin warned restraint is essential and not popular but offers the best chance to avoid drastic controls. He noted purchasing power boosts from wage gains could worsen inflation in a defense situation.
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Houston
American Federation of Labor
Tobin
William Green
Robin
W. Averell Harriman
Fie Neene Barkley
Washington
Top Steelworker Policy-makers in Closed-door Meet
Pittsburgh, Sept 21. A top policy-makers of the United Steelworkers met behind closed doors as President Philip Murray said the session would discuss wage demands. The executive board prepares a campaign to win union shops in the steel industry, making membership a condition of employment. The two-day meeting will outline a wage program to be submitted next month for ratification.
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Pittsburgh
C. I. O. United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Expectant Mother, 16 Surrenders as Spy in Korea
A 16 year old expectant mother surrendered to U S forces in Korea on September 21 saying she was forced by North Koreans to act as a spy for the North.
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U. S
Korea
Partisans of Peace Convene in Moscow Next Month
In Moscow on September 21, Soviet partisans of peace announce a conference for October 16 to 18 to discuss the drive for peace against war mongers. The program includes electing delegates to the second international congress of peace partisans and choosing a Soviet committee for the defense of peace.
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Rus Sia
Partisans of Peace
Congresa of Peace
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