Marines Stalled Near Seoul as Suwon Falls and Airstrip Captured
United Press reports Fierce Communist resistance stalled U S Marines on the western outskirts of Seoul while a southern flanking column seized Suwon and its airstrip. The 5th Marine Regiment battled in rice paddies as UN forces pressed toward the Pusan front and Suwon retreat routes.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Suwon
United Press
Jack James
5Th Marine Regiment
Pusan
United Nations
Siwon
U. S. 24Th Division
Pusan-Suwon-Seoul
Waegwan
Naktong River
Kumechon
1St Cavalry Division
U. S. 2Nd Division
Chogye
Naktong
Chinju
Vowed Vengeance Follows Bad-Check Swindle by Impersonator
DETROIT detective W. B. Sterla declares he will追 avenge after exposure of a bad-check artist using a forged signature. The case centers on fraud involving a signed W. B. Sterla check and ongoing police pursuit.
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Detroit
W. B. Sterla
Mental Patient Claims Train Dynamiting In 1942
Omaha dispatch reports detective and FBI interest in an escaped mental patient Jack Kelly who says he helped blow up a Burlington Zephyr train at Nodaway Iowa in 1942. He asserts four accomplices, mentions a $37 000 haul, and notes no passengers were injured.
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Omaha
Neb
FBI
Nodaway
Jack Kelly
Kelly
Iowa State Hospital
Mount
Pleasant
Jet Fighters Seek Non-Stop London to New York Hop
Two US F-84F jets attempt a nonstop Atlantic flight at 500 mph with three in-air refuelings. They took off from Manston near London and aim to reach Mitchel Field, New York after 3 p.m. CST. Pilots Col. David C. Shilling and Lt. Col. William D. Ritchie lead the mission, after a failed launch Monday due to wind damage to refueling gear.
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New York
Atlantic
London
Prestwick
Scotland
Manston
Mitchelfield
N. Y
Brookhart Sentenced to Suspended Seven Years
C. J. Brookhart, a Missouri man jailed in Washington county for weeks, received a seven year hard labor sentence at Ft. Madison but suspended during good behavior by Judge Frank Bechly in Montezuma. He was paroled to Sheriff Charles Snyder after failing to deliver cattle sold to Cole and Peterson of Washington. Bond for appeal set at $3,000.
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C. J. Brookhart
Missouri
Washington County
Ft. Madison
Frank Bechly
Brookhart
Bechly
Montezuma
Charles Snyder
Oakes Murder Case Shifts to Florida
The 1943 murder of Sir Harry Oakes moves to Florida with a focus on a mysterious blonde said to name the slayer to a California mechanic in 1948. Nassau detective Augus tus Roberts arrives to question Betty Roberts, a former New York model and defense witness for De Marigny, who was acquitted.
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Miami
Fla
Harry Oakes
Nassau
Florida
Bahamas
California
Miami Herald
Augustus Roberts
Betty Roberts
New York
Betty
Alfred de Marigny
Sir Harry
the Herald
Miss Roberts
U.S. Agrees to Formosa Debate at U.N. Assembly
The United States won approval to bring Russia’s charge about the Seventh Fleet’s Formosa voyage to the U.N. General Assembly. The steering committee voted 11 to 1 with two abstentions to place the matter on the agenda, while postponing the Formosa item until China’s instructions arrive.
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Flushing
N. Y
United States
United Nations General Assembly
Russia
U. S
Formosa
China
Assembly
Warren R. Austin
Tingfu
Fr. Tsiang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsiang
Washington Bowling Club Meeting Time Change
The Washington Bowling club will meet at Sitler's at seven o'clock tonight, moving from the planned seven thirty start. Local members are advised to adjust their schedules accordingly.
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Washington Bowling Club
Sitler’s
Malik Walks Out on UN Banquet Thursday
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky and deputy Jacob Malik walked out of a United Nations banquet at the Waldorf Astoria after Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accused Russia of slavery. Dewey said 10 to 15 million slaves exist, prompting the withdrawal amid applause from 1,500 delegates. Officials suggested a planned walkout, though Vishinsky and Malik did not signal beforehand.
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New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Jacob A. Malik
United Nations
Waldorf-Asttoria
Thomas E. Dewey
Russia
Vishinsky
Malik
Dewey
Slacks Sentenced to Fifteen Years as Red Spy
Alfred Dean Slack, chemist, received a 15 year prison term in Greenville Tennessee for passing military secrets to Russia during World War II. Judge Robert L. Taylor rejected the attorney general’s recommendation and noted Slack’s guilty plea and the degree of guilt. Slack had pleaded guilty to feeding munition secrets and samples of RDX to Russia. the government had asked for 10 years.
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Greenville
Tenn
Alfred Dean Slack
Russia
J. Howard McGrath
U. S
Robert L. Taylor
Slack
McGrath
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Knox County
Knoxville
Hot War Only Way to Harm Berlin Says Clay
Gen. Lucius D. Clay warned that Russians can only hurt Berlin residents by starting a hot war. He said Berlin is well supplied with electricity, food, and essentials and doubted Moscow will begin hostilities. He noted if war were their aim they would have acted in Korea earlier.
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Berlin
Chicago
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Korea
United States
Inchon
North Korea
Robert C. Miller
United Press
United Nations
America
U. N
Inchan
Indo-China
New York
Moscow
Germany
France
Larsen to Speak at GOP Women’s Meet in Washington
Republican women of the first district meet at the Washington YMCA on Friday September 29 with Robert Larsen state attorney general as featured afternoon speaker. Mrs Tom Davis handles noon luncheon reservations at 85 cents and asks calls by September 27. District president Mrs Marie Wilson will preside at the 10 am business session before lunch.
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Washington
Robert Larsen
GOP Women's Organization
Tom Davis
Davis
Marie Wilson
Larsen
Truman to Veto Anti-Communist Bill
President Truman plans a strong disapproval veto of the broad anti communist control measure allies expect Congress to enact over his objections after Senate 51 to 7 and House 312 to 20 votes. He has promised a quick decision and a news conference is possible today.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
White House
Congress
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Mast held at Eicher church
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Mast were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock in the Eicher church with Rev Leander Fast presiding, assisted by Rev Muller. Ruth Graber led special music. Pallbearers included Ed and Simon Leichty J C Emery Clarence Roy Wenger. Burial followed in Eicher cemetery. Jones Funeral Home assisted with arrangements.
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Elizabeth Mast
Eicher Church
Leander Fast
Muller
Walton Meeting to Be Held Here Monday
The Chicauqua chapter of the Izaak Walton League invites members to a fall meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in St James social hall. Fred Schwab will report on Lake O'Dessa Wood Duck, Bill Griffin will perform impersonations, a conservation film shown, and refreshments served. Delegates to Clinton convention will report.
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Chicauqua
Izaak Walton
Lake O'Dessa Wood
Fred Schwab
The
Conservation Commission
Bill Griffin
Columbus Junction
Clinton
Harold Mangold
A. E. Baldrige
Paul Horak
Kermit Klopfenstein
Herman Wagenknecht
KE. H. Whitehead
City Workers Readied to Return Monday After Strike
Mayor Glenn Mace announced a street department crew would be ready to return by Monday morning and water plant workers would come back in full force. Strikers left for a pay raise the city council rejected citing an estimated $7 000 yearly cost.
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Washington
Glenn Mace
Pardun Funeral Rites Held for Vrreil Pardun
Final rites for Vrreil E. Pardun were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Jones funeral home with Rev. Vernon Pike officiating. Pallbearers were Max Waterhouse, Donald Hayes, Paul Harvey, Earl Chorpening, Ira Hough, and Val Fuhr. Burial was in Keota cemetery.
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Vrreil E. Pardun
Jones Funeral Home
Vernon Pike
Max Waterhouse
Donald Hayes
Paul Harvey
Earl Chorpening
Ira Hough
Val Fuhr
Keota
Balance Sheets Show Victories In Battle Defeat in Decisions
Weekly balance sheet highlights mixed wartime developments from Inchon gains to UN votes supporting nationalists, lighter casualties, and strategic advantages. It notes Communist counterattacks in Indo China, Berlin tensions, and Western plans for a potential western German army while warning against complacency.
House Approves Bill To Boost Income and Corporation Levies
The House approved higher personal income taxes and corporate rates to fund wartime costs. Personal tax rates rise 12 to 20 percent starting October 1, with withholding changes. corporate rates jump from 38 to 45 percent retroactive to July 1. An excess profits tax and a 10 percent excise tax on TVs and deep freezers are also included, with estimates of $4.5 to $4.7 billion raised annually. President Truman expected to sign promptly.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Uncle Sam
Congress
Rev F A Hahn Named Nazarene Pastor Here
Rev F A Hahn will preach his first sermon Sunday as the new pastor of the Church of the Nazarene replacing C F Geiselman. He and his wife moved into the parsonage at 426 East Madison and he has served three years in Farmington five in Davenport and three in Moravia. He studied in Pasadena California where his father in law, a noted religious song writer, has more than 100 songs used in Nazarene services.
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F. A. Hahn
Church of the Nazarene
C. F. Geiselman
Hahn
East
Madison
Farmington
Davenport
Moravia
Pasadena
California
The
Nazarene Church
Washington
Weather forecast for Des Moines Iowa
Fair conditions continue in Des Moines with only minor temperature changes. Today highs 68 to 74, tonight lows 48 to 54, Saturday highs 70 to 76 with winds 15 mph, then generally fair and seasonably warm Sunday and Monday with little or no precipitation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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