Jet dogfights erupt as MiG-15 clash over Korea
Hal Boyle reports U S Fifth Air Force in northwestern Korea battles with Russian made jets near Sonchon and Sinuiju. US pilots claim ground Yak losses and aerial shoot downs while F-80s press attacks on Sinuiju airfield. A tank column advances toward the Yalu, nearing Manchuria as days unfold with continued combat.
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Hal Boyle
U. S
Fifth Air Force Headquarters
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sonchon
Sinuiju
Yalu River
Antung
Sinju
Truman style boards to curb Communist treason in government
Westbrook Pegler critiques a so called fact finding board used to combat alleged Communist influence. He accuses President Truman of appointing partisan partisans like Dr Kathryn Mc Hale and links the move to prior union racketeering investigations and a Morgenthau plan favored by Russia. He cites conspiratorial figures and groups, suggesting manipulation and hidden agendas across Washington journalism and anti Nazi circles.
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New York
Truman
Roosevelt
Kathryn McHale
Indiana
Morgenthau
Germany
Russia
Eleanor
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Washington
la Boca Grande
Society For the Prevention of
Isidore Lipschutz
Lipschutz
Cotta Statement in Dunn Robbery Murder Case
In New Orleans on November 1 a jury heard Lucille Cotta’s statement accusing Robert E. Dunn Jr. of being robbed after collapsing at a Latin Quarter nightclub. Cotta and club owner Carlo Quartararo stand trial for Dunn’s death amid claims of attempted duping and the use of chloral hydrate. defense says heart attack.
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New Orleans
Criminal District Court
Lucille Cotta
Robert E. Dunn, Jr
Miss Cotta
Carlo Quartararo
Dunn
Nashville, Tenn
Cotta
Severn T. Darden
Quartararo
Miss Pat Sanders Red Cross Guest at Anniston Junior Event
Miss Pat Sanders of Neville Senior was guest speaker at Anniston Alabama where teacher sponsors and council members gathered for a Junior Red Cross meeting on October 28. She returned with 19 other juniors in September from a study tour across 12 European countries. She described communist influence in schools and its harm to school spirit, and reported seeing injured children aided by American Junior Red Cross funds supplying artificial legs, milk, cod liver oil and related items.
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Pat Sanders
Neville
Anniston
Ala
Red Cross
Pat
France firm on armaments no German army or staff
Secretary of State Acheson said U S and allied leaders agree no German national army or war industry. They back German participation in Western defense but differ on unit size and unified European control. Ministers report progress on defense plans and dispute over French demand for small German units under a European framework.
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Washington
Acheson
North Atlantic
Council of Deputies
Defense Committee
Chest Leaders Meet Tonight In Virginia Hotel
Twin City Community Chest committees and the chairman's advisory group will convene in the Cameo room at the Virginia Hotel at 7 30 tonight. W L Ethridge drive chairman states the initial drive targets city parish and federal workers, school staff and hospital employees. Attending advisory members include J G Durrett C D Oakley E J Seymour Walter Kellogs T H Scott and others with campaign leaders Mayor John E Coon and several commissioners and officials listed as attendees.
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Twin City
C. D. Oakley
E. J. Seymour
Walter Kellogs
T. H. Scott
John E. Coon
Frank Cline
Johnny Simmons
R. Dean Farr
Joseph S. Worley
Carroll Summer
A. E. Montgomery
William L. Bend
Bodily Assumption Declared For Mary By Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII proclaimed that Mary went to heaven in body and soul, a dogma requiring assent from about 400 million Catholics. Read from a papal bull at St Peter's before a vast Holy Year crowd, the event described as the greatest in Christendom’s history and the culmination of the 1950 Holy Year.
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Frank Brutto
Vatican City
Pius XII
Mary
Jesus
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican
Christendom
Traffic System Change Slated In Monroe DeSiard Street Plan
Chief M L Peters announced new traffic regulations for DeSiard street will take effect Thursday at 6 am. A researched plan aims to reduce congestion in Monroe by directing through traffic across North and South Grand streets at the old bridge during peak hours. Captain Jack Davis described the plan and its intent to alleviate traffic problems.
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M. L. Peters
DeSiard Street
Monroe
Peters
Jack Davis
Davis
Grand Streets
Old Bridge
Record corporate profits hit new high amid tax fears
New York reports profits for the last quarter rising 51 percent over 1949’s comparable period, despite a tax hike from 38 to 42 percent. A 1950 third quarter total of 1.711 billion dollars tops the 1949 figure, with many firms shaving earnings by paying higher taxes as the Korean war boosts demand and outlook remains uncertain.
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New York
Associated Press
Student shoots friend fatally in Halloween prank gone wrong
Portsmouth Ohio reports a 17-year-old high school student shot and killed his best friend, 18-year-old Joseph Brumfield, at Franklin Furnace while attempting to scare off pranksters. Sheriff Burl E. Justice confirmed the fatal shooting occurred last night. Brumfield was son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brumfield.
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Portsmouth
Franklin Furnace
Burl E. Justice
Joseph Brumfield
Carl Brumfield
George Bernard Shaw Near Death At 94 In England
Ayot St Lawrence England November 1 George Bernard Shaw lapsed into a dying coma today at 3 a.m. He is 94 and had been unconscious since early morning with labored breathing. Doctors reported no change as Viscountess Astor visited and a clergyman led prayers at his bedside noting he believed in God despite long claims of atheism.
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P. Mec. Probyn
R. G. Davies
Shaw
Viscountess Astor
London
Nancy
Two With Blazing Guns Shot At Blair House
Two armed men charged Blair House near Truman’s residence in a gun battle. One man died and three presidential guards were wounded. Truman left for Arlington Cemetery under heavy security as police identified the attackers and secured the scene.
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Washington
President Truman
Truman
Blair House
Arlington National Cemetery
Hobart Francis
White House
Broad Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Arlington
Marion R. Preston
Oscar Olliskin
O. Oloskin
Archie B. Davis
Davis
Stassen Picked to Answer Truman Radio Speech
Republican leaders reportedly chose Harold Stassen to reply to President Truman’s radio address, after Sen. Arthur Vandenberg declined due to doctor’s orders. The plan, debated by GOP leaders, involved about 15,000 for a large network hookup to mirror the Democratic address broadcast across nearly 1,200 radio and 76 TV stations.
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Washington
Harold Stassen
Truman
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Vandenberg
R.mich
Vanderberg
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mutual
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Vandenberg
Herbert Hoover
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
House
McCarthy
R.wis
William M. Boyle, Jr
United States to tighten mobilization belt soon
Lafayette La November 1 The United States will tighten its mobilization belt another notch soon says General Raymond P Hufft head of the Louisiana National Guard and director of Louisiana selective service He predicts over 800000 American troops in western Europe within a year as part of 15 to 25 allied divisions west of the Rhine within a year and a half More men would be inducted including married non veterans World War II vets should be inducted only as a last resort and a reverse point system is favored if they are called at all.
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Lafayette
United States
Raymond P. Hufft
Louisiana National Guard
Hufft
Louisiana Selective Service
Europe
Rhine
Selective Service
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