Unified European Army May Be Formed Within 2 Months
The NATO Military Committee advised defense ministers to form an integrated European defense force with a Supreme Commander, possibly American, to lead. Eisenhower signaled openness to the role as talks on standardizing arms and a European command proceed, with a nucleus likely in place by January.
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Washington
Western
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Area
Western Hemisphere
Canada
Indianapolis
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Department
North Atlantic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Milit
Jolson Lays In State As 20 000 Attend Final Rites
In Hollywood Al Jolson drew a massive turnout at his funeral with about 20 000 gathering to bid farewell. Notables from show business and fans alike filed past his bier at Temple Israel where his body lay in state for nearly two hours before services.
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Hollywood
al Jolson
Jolson
Temple Israel
Trouble Ship Tamara Ends Her Long Voyage
In Hong Kong a Honduran registered tramp ship Tamara finally neared harbor after a ten month voyage from Australia. Her 38 crew from six nations faced chaos aboard as she carried Chinese deportees dogs cats monkeys and a gorilla amid engine failures mutinous tensions and delays across a trip that included Brisbane Bowen Makassar Samarinda and Manila before reaching Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Tamara
Australia
Borneo
Newcastle
Sydney
South China
Brisbane
Gulf of Bone
Celebes
Samarinda
Manila
Asia
United States backs softened ban on Franco Spain at UN
The United States supports a move to soften UN restrictions on Franco Spain by allowing ambassadors to Madrid and potential membership in UN affiliated bodies. The resolution stops short of full UN membership or repealing the condemnation of Franco. Britain will abstain, with Latin American and Arab nations backing the measure and Soviet opposition slim. The plan follows a prior failure to replace Franco with moral persuasion, while Vishinsky prepares a rebuttal in the broader committee discussion.
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United Nations
Dean Acheson
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Franco
Britain
Bolivia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Philippines
Peru
Spain
U. S
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Lemonade For GIs Not Beer Aims Of WCTU
The Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union announced plans to give fruit juice to servicemen to deter beer consumption. President Esther Madsen said a truckload from Ohio is hoped. $225 is raised of a $3,000 goal. Details on distribution were not disclosed.
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AKRON
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ohio
Esther M. Madsen
Cleveland Heights
WCTU
City Manager To Take Office Next Wednesday
H. W. Starick will be sworn in as city manager next Wednesday morning at the City Building according to Fred J. Schatzmann director of law. Starick, Dayton planning official, has visited the city several times since his appointment and officially assumes office on November 1 after meeting personnel and reviewing current projects. He attended his first Commission meeting Wednesday.
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H. W. Starick
Fred J. Schatzmann
Starick
Dayton
Duffy’s Mother Dies at Home at 77
Mrs. L. Duffy mother of Ohio’s soon general Herbert S. Duffy died at her home today after a period of illness. She was 77 years old.
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L. Duffy
Ohio
Herbert S. Duffy
King Gustaf V in serious health turn at age 92
King Gustaf V of Sweden, aged 92, grew sicker with intensified coughing and difficulty breathing, marking a serious turn in his condition as reports from Stockholm indicate. The royal health crisis progresses amid public concern and official statements from the palace.
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Stockholm
Gustaf V
Barkley Stumps Ohio For Election of Joe Ferguson
Vice President Alben Barkley tours Ohio to urge voters to elect Joseph T. Ferguson to the U S Senate. He avoids attacking incumbent Sen. Robert A. Taft, praising Ferguson as a self-made man while avoiding Lausche endorsement, and draws large crowds in Canton Akron and Columbus.
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Barkley
Ohio
Joe Ferguson
Columbus
Alben W. Barkley
Joseph T. Ferguson
U. S. Senate
Cincinnati
Ferguson
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Canton
Akron
Gree
Abraham Lincoln
Guv
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Lucas
Canton- Akron
Senator Ferguson
Talks on steel wages reopen
Pittsburgh AP President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers and U S Steel resume wage talks for 155 000 production and maintenance workers. All eyes on the meeting as U S Steel typically sets the industry wage pattern. Previous discussions kept Murray’s exact demand undisclosed, but sources indicate about 25 cents an hour, with current average pay at $1.70.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Murray
Wife uses plane to spy on husband near air base
A Dayton woman chartered a plane from Miami Valley Flying Service to spy on her husband by peering from the air with field glasses near Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The employer declined to reveal her name. She said she wanted to see where he goes after leaving work, but she won’t discuss what she observed.
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Dayton
Miami Valley Flying Service
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Thrifty Lady by Gordon Martin
A humorous tale about a thrifty wife who recounts shopping trips downtown for a party gown. She brags of saving her husband twenty dollars by choosing a green dress over a red one and explaining a more expensive gold and silver option that she did not buy.
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Gordon Martin
Pacific Storm Strikes Coast Deadly Gale Hits West
A destructive storm moving from the Pacific battered the northwest causing one death and many injuries. Winds up to 75 mph ripped coastlines from Santa Barbara to Oregon, flooding basements, toppling trees, and damaging ships and power lines. Several freighters collided in San Francisco Bay and a railway roundhouse roof collapsed injuring eight.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Pacific
California
Plains States
Wichita
Kans
Tulsa
Okla
Santa Barbara
Oregon
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Sacramento
Nevada
Idaho
Resistance Light Near Border But Heavier At Bear
Allied troops moved toward Manchuria through the Korean peninsula braving snow and mountain passes. Near the border, Red forces offered some resistance as the South Korean First Division repelled a Chinese North Korean unit about 50 miles south of the frontier. The engagement centered around Unsan and Chosan with UN troops pushing west of the town by nightfall.
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Manchuria
Spiny Peninsula
Sea of Japan
Red
U. S. 8Th Army
ROK
Unsan
Chosan
United Nations
Yalu River
Allied forces cross Taeryong River toward northwest Korea
Allied units crossed the Taeryong River in force targeting the northwest corner of Korea. They charted a westward crossing at Pakchon about 50 miles north of Pyongyang with numerous positions reported farther north.
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U.S. First Corps
North Korea
Taeryong River
Korea
Pakchon
Pyongyang
Ferty
North Korean raiders threaten coastal areas near Wonsan
US and ROK forces rush to contain raids by North Korean bands moving from the Diamond Mountains toward Wonsan. Marines and ROK marines land along the coast to trap attackers, while reports claim both Chinese and North Korean troops are involved. One Chinese prisoner says divisions crossed from Manchuria into Korea. An air wing notes 1,000 enemy killed south of Wonsan in four days.
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Donnybrook
Tamara
Thursday Island
North Australian
Makassar
Celebes
Manchuria
U. S
Wonsan
Diamond Mountains
East Coast
Kojo
U. S. 10Th Army
Iri
Marine First Air Wing
8Th Army
Seoul
ROK
O. H. P. King
North Korea
Yalu
Hal Boyle
Government plans metal use cuts to speed war production
Washington AP reports William H. Harrison, head of the National Production Authority, outlined a tentative plan to reduce non military use of aluminum, copper and nickel by 20 to 30 percent. cobalt may be removed from non defense use. impact on consumer goods unclear as substitutes vary. NPA lowers amusement construction ban adds pressure on industry.
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Washington
William H. Harrison
National Production Authority
NPA
Harrison
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
Plane Missing With 4 Aboard over Lake Pontchartrain
The Air Force reports a twin engine navigation training plane with four men aboard is presumed to have crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans in dense fog. The aircraft departed at 2 a.m. CST from Craig Air Force Base Selma Alabama en route to Selma. Names withheld pending next of kin notification. official ranks include lieutenant colonel and a major pilot.
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New Orleans
Air Force
Lake Pontchartrain
Craig Air Force Base
Selma
Ala
John Walker
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi
Miss
Nick Stam
Keesler Afb
Welcome to Middle Town Featured in Sunday Pages
A hearty welcome for new residents by a good will agent leads the lead feature on Sunday. The page covers homemakers clubs formed to foster social life and profiles Pleasant Ridge Eye Church and Gratis High School baseball with photos by HALLOWEEN PARTY at Middle Manor. It also notes a Junior Achievement contract with Crystal Waxing Company as WHEN LITTLE BUSINESSES become big businesses.
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Middletown
Pleasant Ridge Eye Church
Gratis High
Middle Manor
Page One Society
Crystal Waxing
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