Reds Fail In Recapture of Hills in Korea and U S Campaign Costs
Amid the high cost of the 1931 campaigns, the Reds attempt to regain Central Front hills falters as U S and South Korean troops push back on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. Communists hold Pike's Peak while shelling rages with artillery and rockets, ending with a retreat to bunkers awaiting the next move.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Triangle Hill
Sniper Ridge
Kumhwa
Pike's Peak
Mrs Gill Taken By Death Here
Mrs Helena Selig Gill 65 wife of M L Gill died at her residence 400 Hudson Lane at 12 20 am Monday Funeral Tuesday 10 am Peters Funeral Home with Rabbi F K Hirsch officiating Active in B Nai Israel Monroe Interment in Jewish cemetery Born Farmerville July 2 1887 Resident of Monroe 34 years Survived by husband a daughter Maude Gill McClary wife of Col William McClary now with husband in Cairo Egypt a son Sidney Gill two brothers E Jack Selig Sr Cleveland Louis Selig Baton Rouge three grandchildren
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Helena Selig Gill
M. L. Gill
Hudson Lane
Peters Funeral Home
F. K. Hirsch
Billie Edmondson
Bernie Wilenzick
Fred Marx
Julius Cahn Jr
Henry Haas Jr
Jack Masur
E. Jack Selig, Sr
Monroe
Cleveland, C
Louis Selig
Baton Rouge
Planes reach Chennault after long battle over Hong Kong
General Claire L. Chennault of Flying Tigers fame finally receives transport planes impounded since 1949. Twenty C-45s and Convairs arrive at Long Beach Harbor aboard USS Cape Esperance and Flying Dragon, part of a fleet over 50. Title established after Hong Kong courts and British Privy Council rulings. Chennault calls the delivery a Communist setback and urges renewed aid to Chiang Kai-shek for action on the South China coast.
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Los Angeles
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tiger
Hong Kong
Chennault
Long Beach Harbor
Cape Esperance
Flying Dragon
British Privy Council
Racial Issues Roil Campaign Over Eisenhower Truman Clash
President Truman attacked Gen. Eisenhower on immigration and alleged master race ties sparking a national dispute over race and religion. Republican leaders and Bernard Baruch backed Eisenhower while Emanuel Celler and Irv Abramson supported Truman. Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver denounced Truman, and Dewey and Nixon joined Eisenhower’s defense as the campaign began to hinge on religious and ethnic controversy.
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New York
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
Eisenhower
New England
Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
Emanuel Celler
D-Ny
Ving Abramson
American Jewish Congress
Silver
Baruch
Thomas E. Dewey
Richard M. Nixon
Gen
Weather Turns Against Ike on Seaboard
Dwight D. Eisenhower faced poor weather as his campaign train rolled into New England, with light snow blanketing Connecticut during a three day tour from New York. Thousands braved the cold at Stamford in support of his call for peace, while Baruch's August letter praising his stand on intolerance circulated ahead of the trip.
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Connecticut
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Fgland
Stamford
Conn
Truman
New York City
Eisenhower
New York
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New England
Bernard Baruch
Faulk Post 10 Starts Membership Drive Meeting
The L. B. Faulk Post of the American Legion opens its membership drive at the Legion Home on Forsythe Avenue Monday night. All members and aspiring members are invited and asked to bring eligible guests. Danforth vice-commanders Waldroup and Root co chair the drive. Commander Sam Orchard will report on the Matt Cvetic program at Neville High School October 28 at 8 00 p.m. Cvetic will discuss his experiences as a former FBI agent and his expose of the Communist party. refreshments will follow.
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L. B
Sam Orchard
Matt Cvetic
Neville High School
Cvetic
Communist Party
Legion
Two Men Drown When Skiff Sinks in River New Orleans
In New Orleans on the Mississippi River two men perished when their skiff foundered about a quarter mile from shore. John Broussart, 45, a riverfront worker, and Elitor B. Kreeger, 49, an electrician, were fishing when water poured in. Kreeger swam near a barge line but vanished. his body was recovered while Broussart remained missing. Kreeger leaves a wife and five children. Ed Woniger, 67, died of a heart attack after toppling from a skiff in Lake Borgne yesterday.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
John Broussart
River Front
Elitor B. Kreeger
Ed Woniger
Lake Borgne
Broussart
Kreeger
Nicholson Rites Set for Today
Leonard K. Nicholson 71 longtime Times-Picayune chairman dies after months of ill health in New Orleans. He led the company publishing the Times-Picayune and the New Orleans States, rose from counter clerk to editor and board chairman, with a 50 year career in newspaper publishing.
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New Orleans
Leonard K. Nicholson
Times-Picayune Publishing Company
Nicholson
Times-Picayune
Old Picayune
Times-Democrat
Editors See Record Vote On Nov 4
Washington editors at ASNE say record vote on November 4 marks one of the hottest presidential contests in history. They note greater press pressure and intensified partisan criticism in pre election coverage, with editors citing reader expectations and perceived bias amid campaign debates.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Deceased Eddie Jacobs Found At City Dump
A city employee reported at 6:22 a.m. Monday that a Black man was found deceased at the city dump. The man was identified as Eddie Jacobs of House No. 17 Short Wood. Ouachita parish coroner Dr. J. T. French ruled natural causes. Police had been seeking Jacobs after a missing report filed Friday.
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Monroe
Eddie Jacobs
Short Wood
J. T. French
Ouachita Parish
Jacobs
Grand Jury Indicts 4 for Tax Evasion
A Mississippi grand jury indicted four individuals on tax evasion charges. The case details include the defendants’ names, charges filed by the state, and potential penalties, as reported by the Jackson bureau. Further courtroom dates and exact amounts involved were not disclosed in the readable text.
Newman Case Enters Second Week In Damages Suit
The Newman case entered its second week as a federal court jury heard Professor H. A. Flanakin cross examined about documents on warning signals. Mrs Lucy Emfinger Newman seeks 106500 from Missouri Pacific Railroad for her husband Ernest Newman’s death at a Wisner crossing August 9, 1951. Flanakin, LSU engineering director, testified the truck could have stopped in time. defense witness.
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Newman
H. A. Flanakin
Flanakin
Lucy Emfinger Newman
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Ernest Newman
Wisner
Louisiana State University
New York Syndicate Indicted Over Sugar and Syrup Taxes
Four members of a New York syndicate were indicted on income tax evasion charges tied to large profits from sugar and corn syrup sales. One defendant is a former assistant U S district attorney in New Jersey. Federal grand jury returned the indictments this morning in Washington.
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Washington
Justice Department
New York
Department
U. S
New Jersey
Atty-Gen. McGranery
Panel calls Red Party puppet of Soviet Union
A SACB panel labeled the American Communist Party a puppet of the Soviet Union. It urged registration with the U S government, disclosure of officers and members, and a full financial roster as part of its submission after over a year of hearings.
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RED Party
Washington F
American Communist Party
Soviet Union
U. S
Subversive Activities Control Board
SACB
United States
Moscow
Critics fault Hiss case in campaign clash re Stevenson's camp
Eight Stevenson supporters in Springfield denounce the use of the Alger Hiss case in the presidential contest. They argue Eisenhower is more vulnerable on the issue due to a greater public endorsement of Hiss. The group cites Eisenhower joining the Carnegie Endowment board in 1948 as Hiss led the group.
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Eisenhower
Mississippi
Democratic State Central Committee
Adlai Stevenson
States Rights
Will Wells
Springfield
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alger Hiss
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
State Department
Hiss
Gen. Eisenhower
Gov. Stevenson
New York City
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Organi
Alto Pastor Buckley Dies After Short Illness
Rev. Allen O. Buckley age 47 pastor of Alto Baptist Church died Monday after a brief illness. Funeral held at Bernice Baptist Church at 230 p.m. with Rev. R B Middleton, Rev. A T Mitchell and Rev. M W Burns officiating. Interment in Bernice cemetery. Survived by wife Doris Buckley, father E E Buckley of Farmerville, two brothers James and Raymond Buckley, six sisters and several in laws. Pallbearers were Alto Church members L J Mulhearn J A Clement Archie Brown Douglas Brown Claude Brown J A Ball R B McKay.
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Allen O. Buckley
Alto Baptist Church
Bernice Baptist Church
R. B. Middleton
Bernice
A. T. Mitchell
West Monroe
M. W. Burns
Buckley
Alto
Lock Arbor
Swartz
Epps
Spearsville
Merryville
Doris Buckley
E. E. Buckley
Farmerville
James Buckley
Raymond Buckley
Georgia
Gilbert Mabrey
Ruston
Howard Stephens
Texarkana
S. Atkins
Warren
Ark
M. P. Mizell
Oak Grove
Webster Grafton
Keldron Aulds
L. J. Mulhearn
J. A. Clement
Archie Brown
Douglas Brown
Claude Brown
J. A. Ball
R. B. McKay
The
Alto Church
Whistles Ignore by Lewis Men in Coal Walkout
AP dispatch reports a mass coal miner strike as more than half of the nations 375,000 soft coal workers refuse to work over a government cutback on a wage boost. In Western and Central Pennsylvania 67,500 ignored whistles, joining 227,000 idle miners nationwide.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Owings and Riversville
Grant Town
Riots Grip New Brighton Port Elizabeth Police Contain
Heavily armed police surrounded New Brighton township after weekend rioting that left 11 dead, at least 27 injured and extensive damage. A post office theater shops and vehicles were burned while railway station and municipal buildings suffered damage. About 5,000 Africans clashed with police as order was restored. Authorities said the violence was not linked to a broader civil disobedience campaign.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
New Brighton
FBI Holds Five Day Police Training In Ouachita Parish
The FBI conducts a five day training school at Ouachita Parish courthouse for peace officers in the Twin Cities area. Sessions run 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 daily through Friday with duplications to fit all attendees. Special Agents Fletcher Gunther and Farris Jones lead lectures.
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Twin City
John E. Coon
Federal Bureau of Investigation Training School
Bailey Grant
Coon
Monroe
M. L. Peters
West Monroe
Jeff Caldwell
Leon Noland, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ouachita Parish Court House
Twin Cities
M. Fletcer
George A. Gunter
D. Farris Jones
Ouachita Parish
Customs Agents Arrest Chinese At Ship Docks
PHILADELPHIA U S Customs agents boarded the British oil tanker Silverdale when it docked and seized 111 pounds of opium valued over a million dollars. Two Chinese crew members Ah Tay and Choy Peng were arrested on smuggling and narcotics charges. Two other Chinese crew members are being held for questioning. Captain D B Edgar found 50 pounds of opium on the voyage and stored it in his safe. The raid was prompted by a radio alert from the Silverdale. officials did not comment on mutiny or intoxication claims.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Silverdale
Michael J. Bradely
Ah Tay
Choy Peng
Bradley
D. B. Edgar
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Democratic National Committee
Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Mrs. Gill
E. Jack Selig Sr
Col
M’clary
Seaboard
Faulk
Associated
James S. Pope
Louisville Courier-Journal and Times
Nixon
Grand Jury
GOP
Jackson, Miss
Dwight Eisenhower
Democratic
Allen Buckley
LEWIS
FBI
Louisiana
Grant
T. Fitzhugh Wilson
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