Pfc Phil Shipley recalls brutal captivity by Red Koreans
Pfc Phil Shipley describes five months in Korean captivity after August 29 crossfire. He and fellow prisoners endured beatings, hunger, and shirtless marches, with two Americans executed and others harassed. They survived a brutal track to Masan, later liberated by the 25th Division. Shipley reunited with family after hospitals and flights home.
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Mencken Spends Restful Night After Heart Attack
Report says Mencken remained in a hospital in Philadelphia after a heart attack on October 12. Doctors indicated his condition was stable and no new complications were noted.
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Korean Relief To Cost Huge Sum
General Honngin MawArthur estimated the cost of Korean civilian relief at a high level for the remainder of the fiscal year ending next June. The plan, taken over by the Army Department from the ECA, covers war damaged South Korea relief programs and reflects significant fiscal implications.
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Jealous Husband Halts Pyongyang Advance To Help Lone Yank
In Pyongyang sector a US column paused for 15 minutes to aid a wounded American pilot after his F-5a bailout. Medics ferried him across a field to a tank, but he died an hour later. Separately in Chicago a divorce suit revealed Howard Roberts, 25, spied on his wife with telescope and binoculars, jealousy and cruelty cited.
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Stassen Seeks Stalin Letter Reply For World Peace
Stassen, former Minnesota governor and University of Pennsylvania president, says he hopes Stalin will answer his October 1 letter seeking a face to face conference to avert drift to war. Pravda accused him of political ploy while Stassen remains hopeful for a genuine reply and world peace.
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French retreat as forces evacuate Langson gateway
French troops withdraw from frontier fortress of Langson in Indo China as Communist China-based forces push to open supply routes. French defense lines retreat amid nationalist streams and Soviet-shocked Red China pressure, with control of Langson now contested.
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Russia Ready To Talk Jap Peace
Lake Suzeva Oct 20 Russia stood ready today to start formal talks with the United States on a Japanese peace treaty held up five years because the Soviet Union refused to help write it. John Foster Dulles, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, disclosed that Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Malik had advised him of Russia’s willingness to enter the talks. Two months ago the United States decided to proceed with the treaty with or without Moscow’s cooperation. The area involved is about square miles and Lingoy.
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Tighter Credit Controls Urged By White House Aide
Washington October 21 Presidential assistant John Ht Steelman urged tighter credit controls to curb inflation and stall installment buying. He spoke at the Mt. Holy Association outlining possible new restrictions as the government acts to limit material use by rubber producers and ban molasses exports. Officials say no shortage is seen and plan to tax whiskey alcohol for jet engine and industrial uses.
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Man Suffers Head Injury in Local Incident
Fred J. Sch 36 of 34 South Mulberry Street was treated in the hospital emergency room last night for lacerations to his forehead. He was discharged after treatment.
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Marine recalls near ambush and a switch to a jeep
Set Cottingham describes swapping his amphibious weasel with another crew, its ambush killing or missing his peers. He survived, later returning with his unit and securing a Jeep to replace the deadly vehicle. He writes from Korea about battles near Masan Inchon and a continuing Marine drive, noting losses, hospitalizations, and frontline conditions.
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Wall Street Sees Narrow Market With Small Movements
The New York stock market traded a steady path with fractional changes and a balance of gains and losses. The report notes a statistic about movie theater density, stating one theater for about 8,000 residents.
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Pacific Airlift To Continue Indefinitely After War End
Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, commander of Military Air Transport Service, said the Pacific airlift will continue indefinitely after the Korea conflict ends. He noted deployment could extend to Japan and Alaska, with possible shifts away from Indo China. The operation began after the North Korean invasion and has surpassed Berlin’s wartime airlift in plane miles and cargo.
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Soviet bloc ministers seek to offset loss of face in Korea
In Prague Molotov and seven communist ministers reportedly plan to explain to satellite states why Korea’s war turned unfavorably for North Korea and how to present this to their publics. Allied intelligence says Moscow aims to counter Western reassurance that East Germany’s territorial integrity is protected and to frame the NK war setback as a managed setback.
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Pet Dog Blamed For High Fall In Chicaro
Oct 21 report says a small dog leaped onto Mrs. Alice McEligott causing her to topple from a window. The 32 year old woman was treated at Woodlawn Hospital for minor cuts and bruises after landing on soft ground shielded by tree branches. Bridgett Ann, the dog, caused the accident by leaning against the woman at the sill.
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Death takes last of King Tut group
Santa Monica Calif Oct 21 Major Robert Hoyne, one of 22 men who opened King Tutankhamen tomb, has died at age 14. Hoyne believed he was the last survivor of the party that defied the tomb curse inscribed at the entrance promising death to anyone touching the Pharaohs tomb.
Army Seeks 30 Million Pounds Wool Purchase
Washington announced the Army has asked the Commodity Credit Corporation to buy 30,000,000 pounds of wool as the first step toward a total 100,000,000 pounds of wool and woolen goods to meet reserve needs of the armed services.
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