U.S. Announces New War Prisoners' Code
President Eisenhower backs a six point code for servicemen in combat and captivity. The Burgess Committee says training at home and in schools is needed to instill moral standards. The code requires readiness to die, no voluntary surrender, and no information to the enemy, with responsibility for actions beyond rank and serial number.
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Eisenhower
Code of Conduct Committee
Defense Department
Defense
Carter L. Burgess
Fraser, Cole
Burgess
Jonn E. Hull
Far East
Duresc
Dragons scare resident in Long Beach night call
Police reassured 53 year old Michael Storey awakened by a nightmare that dragons were chasing him. A desk officer quipped that they would call St. George and the dragon squad if the danger returned.
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Long Beach
Calif
Michael Storey
Robert E. Barrick
St. George
Millions In Less Left In Diane's Wake
Hurricanes Diane and Connie battered the North Carolina coast causing extensive property damage and multiple deaths. Gov Hodges and a state task force surveyed losses as winds faded to heavy rain and 20 to 35 mph gusts. Diane directly killed one, with a second death linked to the storm. Connie caused 42 fatalities.
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Raleigh
N.C
Carolinas
Diane
Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Connie
Oshkosh Polio Virus Hits Third Victim In City
An 11 year old Oshkosh boy is hospitalized with polio at Mercy Hospital as the third local case this season. Two Winnebago County brothers Arnold J. Lee 35 and Milton M. Lee 44 are also polio patients with varying certainty of diagnosis. Jeffry Gall 11, twin son of Clarence R. Gall, is diagnosed bulbar polio and admitted. gamma globulin treatment planned for four Gall children. Additional cases include Mrs William Mueller and Daniel Schroeder, plus Marr Louise Langkau and Vicki Wil.
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Oshkosh
Mercy Hospital
Winnebago County
Arnold J. Lee
Omro
Milton M. Lee
Jeffry C. Gall
Clarence R. Gall
Gall
Jeffry Galk
William H. Mueller
Daniel Schroeder
Lincoln Ave
Marr Louise Langkau
Vicki Wil
Actor Alan Manson Refuses HUAC Questioning on Communist Ties
New York actor Alan Manson the 38th witness before HUAC balks at answering whether he was a Communist party member invoking the First Fifth and Ninth Amendments. He says he doubts the panel’s authority and notes a limited recent work history after Broadway and TV roles. George Hall named six fellow actors including Manson as party affiliates. The session ended with a note that the investigation continues on page 2.
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New York
Alan Manson
Communist Party
House Un-American Activities Committee
Manson
George Hall
Brooklyn
Police Chief Seeks Help as Strike Protests Grow
Fond du Lac police chief James Cahill asks for more officers to handle a 10 day old strike at Fred Rueping Leather Co. with 200 300 picketers and 25 30 guards at the tannery entrance. Negotiations with Local 360 AFL AMBC faltered over pay raises and fringe benefits. Mayor Edwin Weis seeks federal mediator J H Lucy to urge settlement.
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Fond DU Lac
James Cahill
Fred Rueping Leather Co
Cahill
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Terry Wins Vice Presidency in Wisconsin State Federation
In a contested election at the Wisconsin State Federation meeting, Terry of Green Bay won the vice presidency over incumbent Schoen by 935 to 530 votes. President Haberman was reelected unanimously, and 10 directors were returned unopposed as the federation grows from 131,000 to about 201,000 members.
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Emmett Tercy
Green Bay
State Federation of Labor
George Haberman
George Hall
SFL
Emmett
Jo‘Terry
Sec
Treas
Hall
Elmer
Esti
Seboen
Wisconsin State Federation of State Federation
Johnr
Terry
State Council
Wisconsin Conference of Teamsters
Schoen
Pres
Haberman
State Labor Federation
Frank Ranner
Milwaukee
L. E. Peterson
Superior
Lawrence Reno
Osh-' Kesh
Orla Coleman
Madison
John Grant
Racine
Arvel W. Kinney
J. P. Maley
Clarence Seefeld
Reno Plenge
Nekoosa
Omer Weidman
Menomonee
Paul Whiteside
Kenosha
State Federation
Henry Ohl
Federation
Damascus
Syria
Ars
Shukry Al-Kuwatly
Chamber of Deputies
Al-Kuwatly
Hashem al- Attassi
Egypt
Khaled al- Azm
Al-Kuwaily
Al-Azm
Polio Gatherings Ban Not Warranted Oshkosh Health Officials Say
Oshkosh city health officials declared polio cases are not sufficient to ban public gatherings. Loren Frank cited Dr. Carl Neupert of Madison who found no evidence polio spreads via crowds, adding the few local cases are normal and no alarm is warranted.
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Oshkosh
Loren Frank
Frank
Carl Neupert
State Board of Health
Madison
Neupert
Dr. Net
McKanza
sRides
Menorminee Park
H. W. Wittig
Fond du Lac
J. E. Washburn
Car Used In Embarrass Bank Robbery Found Abandoned
The automobile used by the Embarrass State Bank robber on August 10 with $4060 stolen was found abandoned in a corn field 10 miles northwest of here. Shawano County Sheriff Ted Bull identified the car as the getaway vehicle, undamaged and likely driven into the field on the Fred Iborn farm after neighbors saw corn knocked down. The auto had been reported stolen in Minneapolis and the search for the robber continues.
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Embarrass State Bank
Here
Shawano County
Ted Bull
FrediBorn
Bul
Minneapolis
Ben-Gurion to Form New Israeli Cabinet
Former premier David Ben-Gurion, leader of the Mapai party, has accepted the task of forming a new Israeli cabinet as announced in Jerusalem. The move follows political shifts within the government and signals a potential reshaping of the ruling coalition.
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Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem
Israel
David Ben-Gurion
Mapai
Asian War Tensions Rise As UN Accuses Communists
The United Nations accuses Communist forces of firing on an unarmed U S Air Force training plane near the Korean truce line, causing a crash in North Korean territory. A second cargo plane was fired upon inside UN controlled territory while searching for wreckage. The incidents are part of a pattern of nine such attacks in ten months, prompting UN protest and calls for restraint.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command Today
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
North
South
U.N
U.S
Harlan C. Parks
Military Armistice Commission
Tokyo
U.S. Far Eastern Air Force
Seoul
South Korea
Red Gunners
Oshkosh and Edina clash for regional title in baseball
Edina fires past Oshkosh Wisconsin champ 54 in tourney play to reach final with a 3 1 record. Tor Moe pitched and finished despite a sixth inning spike on a pickoff play at third base. The 8 p m final is at Municipal Athletic Field Sawyer Ave tonight.
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Oshkosh
Edina
American Legion
Municipal Athletic Field
Sawyer Avenue
Wisconsin
Tor Moe
Northwestern
South Korea Breaks All Trade Ties With Japan
Seoul reports a blanket ban on Japanese trade effective today as relations worsen. Government spokesmen cite Japanese attempts to align with Communism and unresolved claims to Korean property 85 percent.
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South Korea
Japan
Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
Hong Kee Karl
Karl
East German Reds Arrest 100 Miners After Uranium Mine Disaster
Berlin reports that East German Communists arrested about 100 miners over a July 16 uranium mine shaft disaster at Niederschlema. The West Berlin Committee for Free Jurists says arrests target alleged West Berlin contacts and ties to the incident that killed 32 people.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ermath
Washington
United States
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Tbroken
Boy, II
Reds
Red
Edwin Weis
J. H. Lucy
NAVAL
Robert B. Carney
Naval Operations
Arleigh A. Burke
Burke
Annapolis
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
Naval Academy
Dahlgren Hall
Commie
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