Passman Assured Of Flood Funds For Morganza
Congressman Otto E Passman of Louisiana reports a productive conference with General Feringa head of the Mississippi River Commission and staff. They reached an agreement on funds for flood control development for the coming year totaling 5.7 million dollars, despite earlier presidential cuts. He stresses the Morganza spillway completion as vital to the fifth district and notes continued Corps of Engineers work.
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Otto E. Passman
Louisiana
General Feringa
Mississippi River Commission
Passman
Morganza
Fifth District
Corps of Engineers
ROKs Advance Toward Manchurian Border in Korea War
South Korean forces pushed to within 32 miles of the Manchurian frontier as five allied divisions drive north. Red Koreans fled in ox carts and on foot. U S air units reported anti aircraft fire from across the border hitting an American Mustang, forcing a sea landing three miles from the border. A Marine plane was reportedly fired upon but not hit. The ROK sixth division was said to be the closest on the line.
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Seoul
Washington
U. S
Republic of Korea
ROK
Unsan
Pyongyang
Manchuria
MacArthur
Tokyo
United Nations
Far East
Mapyong
Kanggye
Kanggyoe
Red
Opium Trade Ties Linked to Warren Delano in China
New York reports ongoing inquiries into Warren Delano, grandfather of F D Roosevelt, alleged opium smuggling in Canton. Assertions claim Delano and Russell and Company engaged in illegal trade with British and American smugglers amid 1841 opium wars.
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New York
Warren Delano
F. D. Roosevelt
China
Canton
Waxie Gordon
Hall Roosevelt
Eleanor
Sam MceCoy
Russel and Company
Daniel W. Delano, Jr
Atomic leader outlines progress on U.S. nuclear program
Washington reports Chairman Gordon Dean of the atomic energy commission says the United States is much stronger than a year ago and nearing a site choice for a hydrogen bomb. He notes progress on a submarine atomic power plant and says Pontecorvo’s disappearance is not alarming. He dodges a direct answer on recent Soviet blasts and credits President Truman’s disclosures.
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Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Dean
Bruno Pontecorvo
Finland
A. FE. C
Pontecorvo
U.S
Britain
Truman
Republicans Pass Out Blue Potatoes in Campaign Drive
In Trenton New Jersey on October 25 Republicans handed out blue dyed potatoes branded as hot potatoes. The handouts target the Truman administration to critique a federal surplus potato program described as wasteful. Potatoes wrapped in cellophane carry a warning they are unfit for consumption and claim government spending funds 1.68 per 100 pounds to destroy crops and resell at 1 cent per 100 pounds for fertilizer.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
National Democratic Administration
Joe Stalin
Child's Court Under Attack In Adoption Probe
Memphis investigation into juvenile court operations tied to an alleged baby adoption racket expands as deposition evidence reveals how children were placed with the Memphis branch of the Tennessee Children's Home Society. Judge Camille Kelley defends limited jurisdiction and says cases focus on whether a girl remains with relatives.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert L. Taylor
Chancery Court
Tennessee Children's Home Society
Camille Kelley
Juvenile Court
Carolyn Bloodworth
May Hindman
Laura Klare
Bloodworth
Kelly
Kelley
Acheson Rejects Soviet Proposal On German Unity
Secretary of State Acheson rejected a Prague proposal for a new super power plan to unify Germany under a single government. He blamed Russia for Germany’s postwar misery and urged concrete steps to dismantle the East German army, lift internal trade restraints, and hold free elections in all Germany.
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Washington
Acheson
Prague
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Ulbricht
Federal Republic
Republic of Korea
Nations May Move Swiftly
Washington reports the North Atlantic nations may form a larger, faster integrated land sea and air force to resist Soviet threats. General Omar Bradley urged immediate action to unite forces under the treaty group. A push by a smaller nation sparked a move to expand the combined defense capacity.
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Washington
North Atlantic
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Omar Bradley
Committee For Action Now
Russia
Orderly Call Delay Likely
Washington reports a month or more may pass before reservists gain full benefits of the orderly call up. Marshall’s directive requires a minimum 30 day notice, with two months to finalize policy details as services revise reserve lists and manpower schedules for four to five months warning before reporting for duty.
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Washington
Defense Marshall
Defense
Marshall
Army
Navy
Air Force
Silence over Gen Dean’s status from U S Eighth Army
Tokyo October 25 The U S Eighth Army asked newsmen to withhold information about Maj Gen William F Dean No reasons were given While allied offensives since September spurred rumors of his survival prisoners spoke of talk but none had seen him A P Correspondent Leif Erickson could not learn more on his fate Dean vanished July 20 during the 24th Division retreat from Taejon South Korea The eighth army sent the request to General Mac Arthur’s headquarters
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Tokyo
U. S. Eighth Army
William F. Dean
Dean
A. P
Leif Erickson
Eighth Army
24Th Division
Taejon
South Korea
Jury Picking Continues In New Orleans Murder Trial
New Orleans jury selection proceeds for the joint murder trial of Carlo Quartararo, a night club operator, and Lucille Cotta, in the New Year’s Eve death of Nashville contractor Robert Dunn Jr. A panel of 63 veniremen produced seven agreed jurors, all men from transportation and service sectors, as 83 witnesses are slated. Judge Fred Oser orders night sessions. state must prove Dunn died from simple robbery with intoxicants and chloral hydrate use and manual force.
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Carlo Quartararo
Lucille Cotta
Nashville, Tenn
Robert Dunn, Jr
Herman E. Palmer
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Ward Joseph Belaire
Edward Ernest Schexnayder
A Motor Company
James Patrick Cosgrove
Public Service Company
John Walter McDonald
The
Ambrose Leitz Daigre
Texas Terminal Railroad of
New Orleans
Philip John Becker
National Bank of Commerce
R. E. Dunn
Nashville
Criminal District Court
Fred Oser
Quartararo
Cotta
Oser
Forbidden Ground Visited by King George VI
London reports a mysterious private visit by King George VI to the new House of Commons building, a site historically forbidden to kings. Buckingham Palace and Commons officials refused details, citing the unwritten constitution and a need for secrecy. The king, Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Mary toured the bombed site, which replaces a structure destroyed in May 1941.
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London
George VI of
England
House of Commons
Charles II
Buckingham Palace
George
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Brady among 24 liberated POWs flown to Tokyo
Tokyo Oct 25 24 liberated American prisoners of war arrived from Korea aboard a transport plane. The men freed by Allied troops from prison camps north of Pyongyang on Oct 20 21 were taken to hospitals in the Tokyo area for treatment. The group included Pfe Thomas L Brady Route 3 Box 82 Monroe La.
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Tokyo
Korea
Red Capital
Pyongyang
Pfe
Thomas L. Brady
Monroe
Roundup Made on Hoodlums in New York City
New York on October 25 reports police sweeping dives and gang hangouts to arrest every known hoodlum. Acting Mayor Impellitteri ordered the dragnet after alarming reports of potential threats to the November 7 election. Police Commissioner Murphy pledged round-the-clock action with about 19,000 officers.
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New York
New York City
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Scottoriggio
Thomas F. Murphy
Impellitteri
Joseph Scottoriggio
East
Harlem
Murphy
Income Boosted by More Employment
Washington reports that for the year ending August the non farm workers’ earnings rose by 12.3 billion dollars with employment gains and longer hours driving most of the increase. Private wage payments climbed to an annual 122.4 billion in August, the Commerce Department said.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Jolson's body taken home after funeral plans
Hollywood mourns as the entertainer Albert Jolson aged 64 dies in a San Francisco hotel room. His body arrives by plane and is taken to a mortuary in Encino with friends and colleagues paying final respects. Funeral set for Temple Israel on Hollywood Boulevard before interment at Forest Lawn.
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Hollywood
Jolson
Encino
San Francisco
Temple Israel
Hollywood Boulevard
Max Nussbaum
Saul Silverman
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Harry Brand
Harry Cohn
Louis Epstein
Harry Akst
Martin Fried
Nathan Kramer
al Goetz
John Sneckenberger
New York
American Heart Association
Entertainment World
Cecil B DeMille
Sonny Boy
Asa Jr
Jolsons
Ruby Keeler
Albert
Miss Keeler
Louisville Ave Bank Branch to Rise on North Seventh Street
W. C. Salley, the lowest bidder, won the contract for a new branch bank of the Central Savings Bank and Trust on Louisville Avenue at North Seventh Street. The project costs total about 98,485 dollars, including vaults and fixtures. The stone and brick building will feature a glass front, night depository, drive in windows, circular paved drives, air conditioning, and modern fittings.
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W. C. Salley
the Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Louisville Avenue
North Seventh Street
H. H. Land
Oliver
Shreveport
Alexandria
Columbus
Pilgrims May Find Rome Crowded for Holy Year
Vatican City reports Rome faces crowded conditions as Holy Year pilgrims prepare for Nov. 1 ceremonies surrounding the proclamation of the Virgin Mary’s bodily assumption. Hotels in Rome are nearly booked with expectations of half a million visitors in and around St. Peter’s Square as Pope Pius XII awaits the dogma declaration.
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Vatican City
Rome
St. Petersburg
Pius XII
West Monroe Buys 13 Acres for Playground Use
Ouachita parish school board approved selling 13 acres to West Monroe city for 7500 dollars with a stipulation that the land revert to the district if used for non playground purposes. John P. McKee and Hugh Taylor spoke for the city. Frank Masling and Son won a 191698 dollar bid for a new Calhoun school complex. Ronnie Terrall secured a 207900 dollar bid for Mineral Springs colored school. Merl L. Padgett said West Monroe High School plans would be ready by December 1 and bids may be invited.
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Ouachita Parish
City of
West Monroe
John P. McKee
Hugh Taylor
Frank Masling
Plan to Overthrow Philippines Bared
Manila reports the defense department uncovered a secret Communist master plan to topple the Philippine government. It outlines 35 divisions totaling 116,000 men, to be launched next year, with habeas corpus suspension for suspected subversives.
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Manila
National Defense Department
Philippines
Quirino
Defense Department
Luis Taruc
Hukbalahap
Forces Near Manchuria Border Hold Short in Korea Push
Informed sources in Tokyo say U S and British troops in Korea will stop at least 20 miles short of the Manchurian border to minimize border clashes. South Korean forces will advance to the border to pursue Korean Communist remnants, with Korea also bordering Russian Siberia.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Russian Siberia
Red China
Manchuria
North Korean Push Near Border Amid UN Cleanup Report
Reports describe ROK forces advancing toward the Yalu border as the ROK eighth division moves north of Huichon and the first division enters Unsan. Intelligence in Tokyo says a force reaching the border is erroneous, with limited resistance and several vehicle losses near Mapyong.
Threat to Split Austria Raised by Communist Newspapers
Vienna Oct 25 Communist paper Volksstimme warned Austria could be divided like Germany as Russia countersaw five pro Communist district police chiefs in Soviet Vienna. Police chiefs refuse to quit. most Russian sector officers continue patrols while American intelligence says no security threats yet.
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Vienna
Austria
Germany
Uder
Berlin
Volksstimme
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Orleans
Louisville Ave
Central Savings Bank and Trust Co
Hoemoktong
Huichon
North Central
Yalu River
Kim Il Sung
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