Red Army Attacks UN Lines In Korea For Third Day
Red troops battered UN lines across Korea for a third day. Along a 60 mile front north of Seoul to the eastern mountains they pressed with 40 to 2,500 men but faced heavy UN artillery and air countermeasures. The 8th Army reported 796 Communist dead from Friday fighting.
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LTH
Korea
United Nations
8Th Army
Seoul
Kumsong
Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Mrs. Dan Gasho Dies At Home In Wellman
Mrs Dan Gasho a Wellman resident for seven years died suddenly at her home today Funeral services are arranged through Powell funeral home to be held at Lower Deer Creek church Survivors include her husband seven children and one brother Pete Brenneman of Iowa City Born in Johnson county she lived in Wellman and Kalona communities with husband Dan Gasho married Oct 15 1903
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Wellman
Dan Gasho
Powell
Lower Deer Creek
Gasho
Mary Brenneman
Christian Brenneman
Johnson County
Kalona
Katy
John
Ray
Walter Ott
Cleo
Badger
Iowa
Merton Yoder
Pete Brenneman
Iowa City
Christmas Card Project For YW Mixer Set
YW Mixer members plan a Tuesday evening meeting on October 2 to make Christmas greeting cards. Bring cotton old cards and other materials to use in card making. Fort Jackson South Carolina reports 34 members of one company in training were granted leaves. 10 married and four engaged upon return.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
Dixie’ Division
Mrs Thompson Dies At 68 In Keota Area Home
Mrs Nelson W Thompson 68 of 420 East Washington died at 4 10 this morning after a three week illness. Services set for 2 PM Monday Oct 1 at Sherman funeral home with Dr C Raymond Reed in charge. Burial in Elm Grove cemetery. Daughters of Union Veterans will meet at the courthouse at 1 45 PM Monday to attend. Ida Katherine Kracaw born Jan 31 1883 on a farm south of Keota. educated at Keota schools. taught rural schools. attended Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls earning a Bachelor of Didactics. taught in Redfield and Montrose before marrying Nelson W Thompson July 16 1908. Lived on a farm 40 miles southeast of Washington before moving to town four years ago. Member of Methodist church and several clubs. Survivors: husband Nelson W Thompson, one daughter Verle Gallagher, two grandsons, three sisters Mrs W Sundberg Fort Dodge IA, Mrs Grover Harper Medford WI, Mrs Van S Walter Ocala FL, and one brother Leland Kracaw Keota.
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Nelson W. Thompson
East
Washington Street
Sherman
C. Raymond Reed
Elm Grove Cemetery
Daughters of Union Veterans
Court House
Ida Katherine Kracaw
Keota
John W. and
Louise (Mayer) Kracaw
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Redfield
Iowa
Montrose
Colo
Washington
The
Methodist Church
the Independent Club
Harmony Club
Navajo Club
Verle Gallagher
W. Sundberg
Fort Dodge
Grover Harper
Medford
Wisconsin
van S. Walter
Ocala
Fla
Leland Kracaw
Invite McCarthy To Answer Ouster Move
Senate Elections Committee Chairman Guy Gillette said Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy will be invited to answer charges in a move to oust the Wisconsin Republican. Sen. Benton testified that McCarthy lied and perjured himself, seeking expulsion but noting a simple majority could approving censure rather than removal.
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Washington
Guy M. Gillette
Senate Elections Committee
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Gillette
McCarthy
William Benton
Conn
Benton
Senate
Cool Weather Hits Atlantic Seaboard
A vast cool air mass moved into the Atlantic seaboard causing unseasonable lows while the upper Midwest endured freezing conditions. The Chicago Weather Bureau reported the system crossed into the east, weakened over the Appalachians, with Pellston Michigan recording 25 degrees and Green Bay at 3.
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Atlantic Seaboard
United Press
Upper Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Appalachian Mountains
Lower Michigan
Pellston
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Strikes Slow Work On Defense Plants
Strikes halted or slowed construction at two top secret atomic energy sites and jeopardized 740000 GE workers. Los Alamos laborers refused to cross picket lines, Paducah teams stayed off the job, ironworkers settled, and Minnesota miners held a spontaneous meeting before resuming work. Negotiators and federal conciliators met in New York to avert a nationwide walkout affecting 48 GE plants.
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General Electric
Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Weapons Center
Paducah
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union
Mesabi
Vermillion Ranges
Minnesota
General Electric Co
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
New York
Blast Wrecks Ship Off Gulf Coast
A 40-foot fishing boat Miss Buckeye II exploded ten miles off Clearwater Florida. All 40 passengers, mostly tourists, were rescued within an hour. Two people were injured including a man with a broken leg and another with a heart attack. The nearby Sea Feaver helped haul survivors aboard and rush them to Clearwater.
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Clearwater
Fla
Gulf
Coast Guard
H. L. Huxtable
English Nurse to Speak at Washington County Nurses Meet
Guest speaker Shelia Logan from Liverpool England will address the Washington County Nurses association Tuesday night. Arranged by the American Nurses Association she is currently working at the University of Iowa hospital in Iowa City. The session hosted by Mrs. Robert Choate begins at 8 p.m. at 788 South Iowa Avenue.
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Washington County Nurses Association
Shelia Logan
Liverpool
England
American Nurses Association
University of Iowa Hospital
Iowa City
Robert Choate
South
Iowa Avenue
Spunky Texas housewife defies haunting with shotgun plan
In Frankston Texas, 38 year old Mrs. Lallie Carter moved into a house linked to reports of eerie footsteps and a blood handprint. She vows to stay, aided by a shotgun and pistol, while Sheriff Herrington investigates blood evidence and the mysterious intruder. Her father’s Oklahoma City death title her inheritance. Keith Cook visits Sioux City during a family vacation.
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Frankston
Tex
Lallie Carter
Houston
Roy Herrington
Palestine
Cely’s
Herrington
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Carter
Oklahoma
Chinese Radio Claims Allies Planning New Troop Landings
A second RFC official was fired and another suspended in a crackdown for accepting TV sets from an attorney for a reconstruction finance corporation. James C. Hoover and Edwin R. Willard admitted receiving sets in December 1949 tied to a $1.4 million loan after participating in loan negotiations.
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Reconstruction Finance Corp
Symington
James C. Hoover
RFC
Edwin R. Willard
Robert Dudley
National Union Radio Co
Peiping claims UN troop landings and probes in Korea
Peiping radio charged United Nations forces probed the Chinnampo west coast and Wonsan east coast while Gen. Ridgway met Gen. Bradley in Tokyo. The report alleged American aggressors were preparing broader operations despite Cease Fire talks.
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Tokyo
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Omar N. Bradley
United States Joint Chief of Staff
Matthew B. Ridgway
Bradley
Increase Estimate On Draft Numbers
Assistant defense secretary Anna M. Rosenberry said the draft total for November and December will rise to 55 900, with the increase earmarked for the Marines as the corps may grow from two to three divisions. The current Marine strength is about 211 000, and the revised draft would lift total conscripts since 1950 to 734 680.
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Washington
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberry
Army
Marine Corps
Income Tax Boost Debated By Conference Committee
A conference committee will decide next week whether to require an 11 or 12 percent income tax increase this year. They must reconcile a $7.2 billion boost passed by the House and a $35.5 billion measure approved by the Senate, both below President Truman’s $10.7 billion request. The Senate approved its bill 57 to 19 after nine days of debate, with critics calling it inequitable or too small to balance the federal budget.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Legion Post to Host Monthly Meeting in City Hall
Commander Wayne Simerman Sr. urges all members of the Leon Beatty American Legion post to attend Tuesday evening at the Legion rooms in city hall. Several important matters are slated for discussion at the meeting.
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Leon Beatty American Legion
Legion Rooms
Wayne Simerman Sr
Peron moves to quell uprising after navy minister resigns
Buenos Aires reports Admiral Enrique Garcia resigns as revolt shakes government. Navy Captain Anibal Olivier swears in as successor, one loyal soldier killed and four wounded, three rebels wounded. Eva Peron seriously ill but messages voters. Parliament enacts martial law orders and reviews armed forces. Gen Menendez faces possible death penalty. Baroja says plan flawed as rebels flee to Uruguay.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Enrique Garcia
Navy
Juan D. Peron
Anibal Olivier
el Laborista
Jose Menendez
Congress
Peron
Benjamin Menendez
Preston Tucker Plans New Start as GM at Michigan Firm
Preston Tucker, once famed for post war auto plans that failed, says he is starting all over again as general manager at the Ypsilanti based Machine & Tool firm. He is seeking machinery to manufacture jet engine parts for Curtis-Wright under a contract won by the Michigan company.
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Atlanta
Preston Tucker
Michigan
Tucker
Ypsilanti, Mich
Machine & Tool Company
Curtis-Wright
Truman Urges Unity Of Religious Sects Against Communism
President Truman urged world religious leaders to issue a joint statement affirming faith in God over atheistic Communism. He expressed disappointment that years of effort for a common affirmation had not succeeded during his Washington speech to an interfaith pilgrimage.
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Truman
Washington
Mr. Truman
Football Contest Announced Local Sponsor Mace Motor Co
Mace Motor Company the General Tire dealer for Washington County sponsors a nationwide weekly football contest. One thousand dollars will go to the first prize winner each week and the next ten winners receive sets of four tires. Entry blanks are free and available weekly at Mace Motor Company.
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Mace Motor Company
Washington County
Three Washington youths fined in larceny case
Three Washington county youths appeared before Judge Newell in district court this morning and were fined 300 dollars plus costs on charges of larceny from a motor vehicle. Names listed as Bob Crandall Dick Hartsell and Paul Jordan.
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Washington County
Newell
Bob Crandall
Dick Hartsell
Paul Jordan
Des Moines Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy Warmer
Des Moines Iowa area forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon with warmer temperatures 63 to 68. Scattered showers are possible in western portions with south easterly winds 20 to 30 mph. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers developing over central and west portions. lows 50 to 60. Sunday expects more showers but mild, highs near 70. Monday remains cloudy with continued chances of showers and little temperature change.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Dave Cicero
International Soundphoto
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Cely
Keith Cook
Sioux City
Mrs
Max Cook
W. Stuart Symington
Anrum
Georgia
Buford
H. N. MacHan
Spence Edwards
Joe Lee Bishop
Ed Parker
Earl Taylor
Taylor
U. S
Legion Meeting
Eva
Eva Peron
Montevideo
Uruguay
Vincente M Barofja
Baroja
President Truman
White House
Sohn Jang Nal
Park Byung Doo
Gen Hwang
Chin Byung Suk
U.S
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