Allied Forces Gain On Border in Korean Advance
Allied forces push toward the Manchurian border near Hyesanjin as U S Seventh Division units move within two miles of the border town. Marines patrol the Chanjin Reservoir area while ROK Second Corps advances on the northwest front. The Kapsan operation yields a Red rout with significant prisoner numbers and a 30 minute battle.
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Associated Press
Seoul
10Th Corps
Seventh Division
Hyesanjin
Adwanane Allen Wenawan Wanaut
Aloyu Welle
U.S
Tom Stone
17Th
Herbert B. Powell
Kaplan
Ing
United Nations
Changjin Reservoir
U. S. First Marine Division
Bulwark
ROK
U. S
St. Paul
Myongchon
MacArthur
U. N
Red 38Th Army
Red Radio
Korea
Musan
Nanam
Armored Ambulance Ride Through Dusty Front Lines
HAL BOYLE recalls a tense Korea front scene with a medics crew aboard an improvised ambulance, a wary military policeman, and a young medic named Junior who vows revenge on the MP after a harrowing encounter. The moment ends with the scarred MP offering quiet, grim luck, and the group left shaken by war’s impact on them all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Property Damage Trial Opens in Raleigh County Circuit
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Ben H. Ashworth presides a cross suit over auto collision damages from September 14, 1949 at Westmoreland Street and Beaver Avenue. Van hook seeks 234.50 from L. L. Washington and Booker T. Washington. Washingtons seek 222.47 from Vanhook. Witnesses include James Kidd, Eddie Hall, and Dewey Marshall. Nine suits were docketed for today. several settled.
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Raleigh County
Ben H. Ashworth
William Holland Vanhook
L. L. Washington
Booker T. Washington
Washingtons
Vanhook
Westmoreland Street
Beaver Avenue
James Kidd
City Police
Eddie Hall
Dewey Marshall
Killarney
Circuit Court
Beckley
Lincoln Mercury
George Fama
Robert Graveley
Dessie Dickens
Charles FE. Kirse
John T. Morgan
Granville Pankey
Dudley Justice
Father kills officer and wounds another in Detroit
A 53 year old father, Charles Marshall Gordy, allegedly fired a 30 30 rifle killing Patrolman Andreas Mellert and wounding Patrolman David Morgan during an arrest attempt. Reinforcements used tear gas as a large Negro neighborhood crowd gathered with fears of rioting despite no violence emerging. Three men were arrested for inciting to riot. Morgan was reported in good condition. Police charged Gordy with murder.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Charles Marshall Gordy
Andreas Mellert
David Morgan
Morgan
Gordy House
Eisenhower Buys 200 Acre Farm Near Gettysburg
The Associated Press reports Gen Dwight D Eisenhower has purchased a 200 acre dairy and general farm three miles south of Gettysburg Pa. The deal was closed last week by attorney Richard A Brown and real estate dealer John C Bream. The home has nine rooms and a good view of the Civil War battlefield.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard A. Brown
John C. Bream
Weather notice for Virginia appears in archive
Fragmentary weather item from a Virginia section mentions a date around 41 ene 58 or 17 in with unclear context. Readable portion lacks concrete forecast details, locations, temperatures, or times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ene
Travel Aid Agent Thwarts Kidnaper
Harrisburg report tells how Deborah Booth a two and a half year old who disappeared with her nurse was found safe in a Philadelphia rail station. The 18 year old nurse Mary Margaret Williams is held on an open charge in Dauphin County Jail. A Travelers Aid agent recognized the child from a photo and tipped police, leading to the pair's return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Deborah Booth
Philadelphia
Mary Margaret Williams
Steelton
Dauphin County
James A. McTague
Deborah
Alfred Verbecken
State Police
Miss Williams
Travelers Aid
Philadelphia Broad Street
Spahr Hull
2 Dead as Damane Mounts in Central California Flood
Fresno reports the worst Central California flood with two dead and thousands displaced. Mountain streams surged due to days of rain and Sierra snowmelt, flooding communities, weakening dikes, washing out roads and bridges, and prompting ongoing rescue operations as a new storm threatened more rain.
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Fresno
Calif
California
Sierra
Weather Bureau
Murray Condemns Defense Production Plan at CIO Meet
Chicago Palmer House hosts CIO twelfth national convention where President Philip Murray blasts the Defense Production Act as flawed and insufficient for mobilization. He cites weak price and wage controls and aims to broaden labor influence while noting expulsions and a waning Communist influence in the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Murray
CIO
Palmer House
Murray
Two Men Die In State Wreck Near Smithburg
Two men were killed and a third injured in a head-on crash on U.S. Route 50 near Smithburg at 5:45 a.m. A Buckley Parkersburg 23 and Hardman Frederick 24 died in the fire. Buckley’s Air Reduction truck carried acetylene cylinders. Hardman’s Masser Tractor Trailer carried paints and oil. Bodies were not removed for about four hours as traffic remained tied up on the route. Sheriff Paul B Davis noted a light curve and good visibility at the crash site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press West Union
Smithburg
George Buckey
Parkersburg
David Hardman
Frederick
Staley Grimes
Paul B. Davis
Buckley
Hardman
Davis
Air Reduction Corporation
Masser Tractor Trailer Company
Hagerstown
Business Fires Barrage Against Administration's Profit Tax Plan
Business leaders and the National Association of Manufacturers attack the administrations plan for a 4 billion dollar excess profits tax as impractical and inflationary. NAM argues the tax would freeze growth, penalize normal profits, and fail to distinguish defense profits from natural gains. House Democrats oppose Republican substitute testimony, while NAM backs a mixed revenue package with excise tax and higher income taxes.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Charles R. Sligh, Jr
Sligh
Redink
Truman
Associated Press
Washington—House
Ways and Means
Reed
New York
Congress
House
Senate
Socialists win big in two German states in postwar vote
In Hesse and Wuerttemberg Baden, West German Socialists scored clear majorities, ousting Christian Democrats as voters protest rearmament and price pressures. The elections produced the lightest postwar turnout, with 57 to 65 percent voting, and strong calls for new elections and delay of a unified army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Christian Democrats
Hesse
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Moscow
Fritz Heine
Socialist Party
Heine
Adenauer
Russia
Nationwide Video Strike Averted
New York last minute network concession averted a coast to coast video strike by AFL Television Authority actors singers dancers and announcers. The settlement gave major gains including pay scale increases partial curb on film showings and authority member participation in strikes, strengthening bargaining for other AFL unions in Hollywood television.
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New York
AFL Television Authority
Wor-Tv
Television Authority
Hollywood
Authority
AFL
Daughter of Governor Warren is Injured
Sacramento California Dorothy Warren 19 daughter of Gov Earl Warren suffered three or four cracked ribs in an auto accident yesterday. The car she rode struck the rear of a truck at a railroad crossing. Her companion Robert F Harris of Vallejo did not see the truck in heavy rain in time to stop. They were returning from a fraternity dance at the University of California Agricultural College at Davis. Dorothy's 17 year old sister Nina is convalescing from polio.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Dorothy Warren
Earl Warren
Robert F. Harris
Vallejo
Miss Warren
U. of California Agricultural College
Davis
Dorothy
Nina
Extension of Rent Controls Favored
Washington D C November 1950 Chairman Spence of the House Banking Committee said President Truman seeks a short session extension of rent control to March 31 1951 The plan is to extend now and have Congress in January study future needs Spence will introduce a resolution and the committee will hold hearings He indicated support if testimony supports passage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
White House
Telephone Strike Ends as Union Claims Victory
New York and Detroit halved the 11 day Bell system walkout as 33 000 telephone workers return to work. Western Electric and CW A divisions reached compromises after a marathon 25 hour bargaining session with wage gains ranging from nine to 14 cents per hour averaging 11 3 cents. The unions claim victory while companies call the settlements fair though costly in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Bell Telephone System
Detroit
Bell
Western Electric Company
Division 6
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Western Electric
Telephone Lines Blasted and Repaired in West Virginia
Charleston reports a weekend blast cut most telephone service between Charleston and Huntington along U S Route 60 between Milton and Culloden. C&P Telephone Co said repairs completed early Sunday. Investigations by the company and state police consider non natural causes. Clarence H. Johnson suspects dynamite. A F Bowers cites possible shore guns after residents reported two men with shotguns nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Huntington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Milton
Culloden
Clarence H. Johnson
A. F. Bowers
Test Board
Hearing on Telephone Petition Postponed
The Public Service Commission granted another postponement of the Bluefield Telephone Company's rate petition until December 7. Three city attorneys Bluefield Welch and Princeton said they needed time to study an audit and prepare cross examination of the company's witnesses.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Bluefield Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Welch
Princeton
Charleston Hunter Dies in Deer Season Death
HOT SPRINGS Va Bath County records the first deer season casualty as Ray Whittaker Smarr 64 of Charleston West Virginia died not from a hunter’s gun but from a heart attack coroner Dr J T Hornbarger stated Smarr was the deceased man and the season opened today
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Bath County
Ray Whittaker Smarr
Charleston
W. Va
Smarr
J. T. Hornbarger
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