Gifford Named Ambassador to London by White House
President Truman selects Walter S. Gifford, former ATandT chairman and Republican, as ambassador to London succeeding Lewis W. Douglas. Douglas resigns for health and personal reasons and will finish work in London before retiring in Arizona. Gifford, 65, has wartime production experience and may bolster bipartisan foreign policy efforts.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Walter S. Gifford
London
Douglas
No Whistler Menace Found Near Paradis
Hahnville Louisiana September report says St. Charles Parish Sheriff Leon C. Vial Jr. finds no whistler threat in Paradis and notes prank calls from New Orleans. Jacqueline Cadow and Herbert Belsom obtained a marriage license and plan a church wedding at Holy Cross Taft, Louisiana.
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Hahnville, la
Phantomg Whistler
St. Charles Parish
Leon C. Vial Jr
Paradis
Clifford Cadow
Whistler
Jacqueline Cadow
Cadows
New Orleans
Vial
Frank Langridge
Langridge
Jacqueline
Belsam
U S Flag Raised Over Seoul Capitol
Tokyo Sept 27 AP Marines raised the Stars and Stripes over Seoul's national capitol as allied forces cut a 215 mile noose around Reds in the south. General MacArthur assessed the North Korean invaders were staggering toward defeat in South Korea.
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Tokyo
Seoul
MacArthur
South Korea
Hospital Fund Drive Planned for St Francis Sanitarium
Plans for a modern hospital on the grounds of St Francis Sanitarium were announced by Murray Hudson chairing the planning committee. The project costs at least 1.6 million with about 580 thousand from Hill Burton grants and 420 thousand pledged by the Franciscan Sisters. A 600 thousand public subscription in the Twin Cities area will fund the rest. The plan calls for razing 1913 wood construction front, adding a new wing to raise beds from 140 to 200, and housing operating rooms physiotherapy pharmacy and more.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Murray Hudson
Hudson
Hill-Burton Hospital
Twin Cities
Jackson Street
Westbrook Pegler Defends Against Judge Harris Charges
Westbrook Pegler, writing from New York, denounces United States District Judge George B. Harris as false and biased. He claims Harrisinnuendo about a letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Rathborne was improperly used to smear him after reporting the evidence exclusion. Pegler asserts he possesses facts not denied by Harris and challenges the judge to publicly confirm or deny reading the letter.
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New York
United States
George B. Harris
Harry Bridge
Recorder
San Francisco
Harris
Eleanor Roosevelt
F. J. Donohue
Bridges
Ninth Circuit
Pulitzer
Mervyn Rathborne
Truman Letter on Marines Insured
Frostburg Md Sept 27 President Truman's explosive letter about the marines is described as fine art for insurance purposes Rep Beall says he sold a $10000 fine arts policy on the letter which called the marines almost equal to Stalin The letter to Rep McDonough sparked public furor and an apology from Truman Beall plans to auction the letter then give proceeds to the Marines publicity bureau to keep Stalin from getting the upper hand
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Frostburg, Md
Truman
Beall
Stalin
Representative McDonough
R.-Calif
Marine Corps
McDonough
Publ Acity Bureau
Anderson Clayton Income Hits 14 Million in FY
Houston Tex Sept 27 Anderson Clayton and Company a Texas cotton firm reporting its consolidated net income for the year ending July 31 at 14 905 625 Net sales and operating revenues reached 598 912 0 compared with 513 816 751 the prior year The net income equates to 8 83 per share down from 11 43 as the stock value per share rose to 7 62 from 11 43 Exhibit note shows prior year figures and per share comparisons.
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Houston
Tex
Anerson Clayton and Company
Texs
Body of Boy Found in Ice Box at Tampa Tavern
Nine year old Bobby Tipp was found stuffed in an unused ice box behind a Tampa tavern bar. His mother Lois Tipp is being questioned after the missing boy, last seen Monday, failed to appear at school and $2,000 in receipts vanished. A small bullet hole was noted in the head according to Deputy Leslie Swann. The mother, divorced, suggested an intruder might be involved.
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Tampa
Fla
Bobby Tipp
Lois M. Tipp
Ernest Culbreath
Leslie Swann
Swann
Bobby
Tampa Times
Tipp
the Times
Mass killing of 12 American prisoners near Chinju
General MacArthur's headquarters said 12 American soldiers were found dead with their arms bound after being marched to a ravine and executed by North Koreans as Chinju neared fall. Two wounded survivors reported 14 prisoners killed, one identified as a military policeman kidnapped Aug 27, with no food or water for five days. Survivors flown to Japan for treatment.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Chinju
Japan
A. P
Stan Swinton
25Th Division
Swinton
Northern and Southern UN Forces Link Up At Changji
In Korea at Changji the northern and southern United Nations forces linked up after a rapid tank driven advance by the first cavalry spearhead. The junction occurred south of Osan amid tense anti tank fire with Lt Robert Baker from Spokane leading the tank assault and Lt Frederick Procissi from Detroit recognizing friendly armor in darkness.
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U. N
Changji
Chanji
Korea
United Nations
Osan
Poun
Suwon
Changiji
Robert Baker
Hartson Ave
Spokane
Wash
31St Regiment
Frederick Procissi
Gray Ave
Detroit
Seventh Division
Baker
First Cavalry
Prisoners Listed as Not Found After Seoul Liberation Report
Tokyo reported confusion over 300 to 400 allied prisoners said freed in Seoul. General MacArthur updated at 3:20 p.m. claiming 400 rescued, while a later A P dispatch noted a list of prisoners found in Seoul but no prisoners. Koreans said POWs had moved out of Seoul in recent days, per A P and battlefield briefings.
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Pusan
Seoul
Inchon
Yellow Sea
South Korea
Republic
U. S. First Cavalry
U. N
Seventh Division
Inchon-Seoul
Changji
United Nations
Pusan- Inchon Line
MacArthur
A. P
Don Whitehead
South
Tokyo
Tom Lambert
Lambert
U. S. 10Th Corps
Bill Ross
Korea
32Nd Regiment
U. S. Seventh Division
Officials Fear Support Of Defense Plan May Decline
Washington reports indicate Pentagon leaders fear waning public backing for the national defense program. Analysts note history shows postwar periods swung toward reduced military force, with renewed rebuilding only after rising tension and events like the seizure of Czechoslovakia sharpened urgency.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
Pentagon
Russia
Congress
Czechoslovakia
President Truman signs vast defense bill in White House
President Truman signed a $17,099,902,285 defense bill in the Oval Office at 10 20 a.m. EST to bolster U S and allied defenses. The act provides 4 billion dollars for military aid to friendly nations and imposes a mild restriction on economic aid to countries supplying Russia or Soviet satellites.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Oval
White House
Russia
Mrs J M Kirkland Dies in Ruston
Mrs John Morris Kirkland 35 formerly of Monroe and later Ruston died in a Ruston hospital early Wednesday. Funeral at First Methodist Church Ruston Thursday 10 a.m. She is survived by husband John Morris Kirkland a son John Kirkland Jr mother Mrs R W Rustin sister Mrs Neil D Buie Monroe and brother Commander J S Rustin now in New Orleans. She was active in civic circles in her city.
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John Morris Kirkland
Monroe
Ruston
First Methodist Church
John Kirkland, Jr
R. W. Rustin
Neil D. Buie
J. S. Rustin
New Orleans
Taft Blames Truman for Deliberate Inflation Policy
Senator Taft of Ohio asserts the Truman administration pursued a deliberate mild inflation to push prices higher. He argues inflation can be curbed only with tax increases sufficient to cover government spending and vigorous use of government powers to curb credit expansion. Taft and adviser Blough back higher taxes to finance defense and oppose wartime deficits.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Ohio Voters
Roy Blough
Blough
Lake Placid
N. Y
Congress
Monroe Chosen For Kiwanis Meet In Louisiana
Biloxi Miss Sept 27 The Louisiana Mississippi West Tennessee district of Kiwanis International elected W E Watts 44 year old Brookhaven Miss life insurance executive district governor Monroe La was chosen as site of next annual convention New lieutenant governors were elected without opposition Lem Barlow Tom Mullen J Thomas Dunn Milton Moore Sidney Penn George Purvis Lawrence Simon Charles Thibeaut and Robert Menuet all named with their districts listed
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Biloxi
Miss
Tennessee
Kiwanis International
W. E. Watts
Brookhaven
Monroe
Lem Barlow
Whitehaven
Tenn
Tom Mullen
Greenville
J. Thomas Dunn
Meridian
Milton Moore
Greater Gentilly Club
New Orleans
Sidney Penn
George Purvis
Rayville
Lawrence Simon
New Iberia
Charles Thibeaut
North Baton Rouge
Robert L. Menuet
Alexandria
Baton Rouge Food Cost Rises Fast
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 27. The LSU commerce research division reports food costs in Baton Rouge rose 7.2 percent from March to September. The rise reversed a six month decline, placing prices 8-10 percent above September 1949. Eggs led with a 19.5 percent increase, fats and oils up 14.6 percent, meats and poultry up 12.2 percent.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Commerce Research Division
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Sbbatist
Gifford
Radio Sta
Greater Seoul
Sta
U.S. Embassy
1St Marine
Palce
U. S
By Don Huth
St. Francis
Westbrook
Pegler
Anderson Clayton
Miami
Dade County
Robert R. Taylor
J. M. Phillips
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Taylor
Phillips
By Bill Ross
First Cavalry Division
Seventh Infantry Division
U. 5
Reds
J. M. Kirkland
Kiwanis Meet
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