Quiet Korean War Fronts Amid Diplomatic Sparks
Front lines were largely quiet as diplomats pressed China over alleged troop reinforcements. U S Marines advanced toward Changjin dam unopposed, while a U S 24th Division patrol clashed with 200 to 300 enemy troops on the northwest front. Air strikes hit Pukchon and Chongjin as Navy bombers targeted bridges over the Yalu River.
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Korea
U. S
Changjin
Hamhung
U. N. Security Council
China
MacArthur
U. N
Tokyo
Manchurian
Yalu River
Manchuria
Taipei
Formosa
Lin Piao
Pukchon
Chongjin
ROK Officers Report Chinese Fights North of Chongchon
Three South Korean officers of the ill fated Seventh Regiment, sixth division, walked 150 miles through enemy lines and say only Red Chinese are fighting UN troops north of the Chongchon River. They claim one American officer and two enlisted men were killed, with four others unaccounted for, and say Chinese stay in foxholes by day and move by night.
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Tom Lambert
Korea
United Nations
Chongchon River
Seventh Regiment
Republic of Korea
ROK
U.S. First Cavalry
Eighth
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Armistice Day Observed With Parade In Winchester
Legion sponsors Armistice Day events in Winchester with a 11 a m ceremony before the Courthouse on N Loudoun St parade forms at 10 50 from the George Washington Hotel down Piccadilly to Loudoun. Open house runs 11 30 to 2 30 at the American Legion Home and churches will hold memorial services Sunday per local ministerial association.
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N. Loudoun St
American Legion
Conrad Hoover
Retail Merchants Association
Kenneth Patton
Patton
Retail Merchants Associations
George Washington Hotel
Piccadilly St
Loudoun
N. Cameron St
Winchester Ministerial Association
State Department
Coldest Weather Strikes West and Central U.S.
The Associated Press reports a brutal cold snap with blizzard conditions across the west and into central regions. A freezing line stretches from the Rockies to Northern Indiana as Canadian air pushes south, bringing heavy snow in Denver Cheyenne and other locales, wind gusts up to 50 mph, airline cancellations, and slowed highway travel.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Indiana
Texas
Arkansas
Great Lakes
Denver
Lander
Cheyennne
Wyo
Devils Lake
N. D
International Falls
Minn
Red River Valley
Central States
Gulf States
Cooperative buys reach $114 million in six-state region
Richmond reports the Southern States cooperative posted $114,471,879 in buying and selling activity in the past fiscal year. The figure was announced at the cooperative’s 27th annual meeting by an official of the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Southern States
U S Korean War Death Toll Rises to 28,235
The Defense Department said U S casualties in the Korean War reached 28,235 through Nov 3, up 625 from figures released a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Defense Department
Red Chinese Enter UN Formosa Debate
The State Department ordered passports for nine Chinese Communists visiting the United Nations to discuss Formosa. The U S Embassy in Prague was told to issue visas in effect entry permits. The group must stay in the New York area during their stay while the U N Security Council invited China to address alleged U S armed invasion of Formosa.
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Washington
State Department
United Nations
Formosa
U. S
Prague
Czechoslovakia
New York
China Red
U. N. Security Council
United States
Polio Count in Clarke Reaches Nine After New Case
Clarke County reports its ninth polio case this year with six year old Stephen A. Hummer of Boyce diagnosed yesterday. He was taken to the Children's Hospital in Washington and accompanied by his parents in the Friendship ambulance. His father, Alfred Hummer, said the illness does not seem severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Stephen A. Hummer
Alfred Hummer
Boyce
Children's Hospital
Washington
Boyce School
Friendship
Labor adequate as harvest tapering continues in Virginia
Richmond report shows farm labor fully adequate for seasonal needs as harvest winds down across the state. Migrants depart to southern fields as local work finishes. Shenandoah Valley apple areas cut migrant numbers from about 1,100 to under 500. Eastern Shore migrant pool at 1,700, down near 300 from last week. most remaining migrants to depart within two weeks. Apple picking ends in some districts with orchard cleanup in progress while other regions keep reduced picking.
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Richmond
Virginia State Employment Service
VSES
Shenandoah Valley
Vote counting error narrows Michigan governor race margin
A counting mistake in 25 Detroit precincts reduced former Governor Harry F. Kellys lead over incumbent Governor G Mennen Williams to 2374 votes in the Michigan gubernatorial race.
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Detroit
Harry F. Kelly
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Royal Navy debunks Loch Ness monster as man made
London reports that Plymouth based Royal Navy experts claim the Loch Ness monster is a hoax created from 320 World War I dummy mines linked in eight strings moored in the lake by the Welbeck minelayer in 1918. The horns crumble, mines sink, and only a few strings may remain.
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London
Plymouth
Loch Ness
Welbeck
Inverness
North Sea
J. C. MacKay
The
Inverness Courier
Royal Navy
Election reshuffles 1952 presidential prospects in major states
Tuesday's results reshaped the GOP field with wins in Ohio New York Pennsylvania Illinois and California expanding possible nominee lists. Dewey Warren and Eisenhower remain central while Duff and Dirksen emerge as potential new faces as interparty competition widens.
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D. Harold Oliver Washington
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
California
Lucas
Illinois
Myers
Tydings
Maryland
Gov. Bowles
Connecticut
Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
James H. Duff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Everett M. Dirksen
Harold E.stassen
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Dewey
Warren
Walter A. Lynch
James Roosevelt
Banner
Joseph T. Ferguson
Duff
Senate
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Kiwanis Talk on Social Security Rules for 1951
Kiwanis members heard Harry A. Nelson of the SSA field office explain new 1951 Social Security regulations affecting wage earners. The plan requires many domestic workers farm laborers and small businessmen to pay tax on net earnings with specific thresholds and conditions. The policy takes effect January 1951 and is paid via 1952 income tax filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Social Security Administration
Harry A. Nelson
Nelson
J. J. Newberry CO
GOP Gains Herald Slam bang Attack On Foreign Policy
Republican gains in off year elections threaten Truman foreign policy program. Acheson says he will not quit as GOP attacks him and administration policy. Senate and House shifts reduce Democratic margins and may block the fair deal in a defense oriented Congress.
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GOP
Rand Named Federal Price Stabilizer Nominee
William M. Rand of St Louis financier and president of Monsanto Chemical Co has been invited to become a federal price stabilizer according to government sources reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William M. Rand
St. Louis
Monsanto Chemical Co
Local Notices and Holiday Closings in Winchester Area
Heating oils prompt delivery and credit firm notices headline a busy Winchester page. Armistice Day closures blanket insurance offices and lending firms. A bake sale at Singer Sewing Machine Store features Burnt Church Choir. Job ad seeks a bookkeeper for J W Grove Furniture. Bazaar dates November 10 and 11 raise funds for Old Bethel Methodist Church Building Fund with displays in local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heat, Inc
Cameron Dial
Commercial Small Loan VA. Loan & Thrift Corp
Winchester Credit Corp
Singer Sewing Machine
Burnt Church Choir
Winchester Association of Insurance Agents
J. W. Grove Purniture Co
S. Loudoun
Winchester
Old American Legion
Shen Valley Bank
McCrory
J. C. Penney
Old Bethel Methodist Church
Henry T. Goode & Son
Farmer turns $6.89 into $63,000 surplus gear sale
East Texas farmer bought surplus aircraft computers for a few cents each, later sold them back to the Government for $63,000. Senate committee chair Lydon B. Johnson reported the tale of a WWII naval officer buyer, noting disposal agencies mishandled the bid and storage, urging tighter controls on defense surplus.
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Washington
East Texas
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Lydon B. Johnson
Dtex
Johnson
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force Procurement Sea
Wright Field
Ae Ea Es Navy
Texan
Senate and House Results From The Elections Report
Senate Democrats kept control 49 to 47 while present Senate stood 54 to 42. Missouri gains for Democrats and gains in Idaho Illinois Utah California. House Democrats held 234 to 199 with 1 undecided and 1 Independent. Old House 259 Democrats 169 Republicans 1 American Labor Party 6 vacancies. Republican gain 27, Democratic loss 27. Governors Republicans 6 in several states. Democrats 10 with 1 undecided Arizona.
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Senate
Missouri
Idaho
Illinois
Utah
California
House
Democrats
Old House
American Labor Party
Colorado
Connecticut
Maryland
Michigan
Nevada
New Mexico
Arizona
Ocrats
GOP Requests Recount in Senate Contest
The tight race between Democratic incumbent William Benton and Republican Prescott Bush triggers a recount request by Republican State Chairman Clarence F. Baldwin. If Benton’s apparent win is overturned, Democrats and Republicans would each have 48 seats with Vice-President Barkley as tie breaker after a close gain deficit of under 1,000 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
William Benton
Prescott Bush
Clarence F. Baldwin
Senate
Benton
Bush
Barkley
U S General Warns We Might Not Defeat China
Seattle report quotes Lieut. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, wartime staff to Chiang Kai-shek, saying the United States may never defeat Communist China. He cites North Korea and China as a massive potential military force and questions how many divisions could be generated among 450 million Chinese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Sixth Army
Train Collision Near Loganport Injures Nineteen
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck a switch engine after passing an open switch in Loganport Ind. Nineteen people were hurt including fourteen passengers and five railroad workers and postal clerks. Most were treated and released from area hospitals.
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Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati
Chicago
Truman Keeps Cheerful Demeanor After Election Setback
President Truman projects calm as Democrats retain Senate 49 to 47 and House with a comfortable majority. He weighs potential 1952 run while aboard the U S S Williamsburg, described as a cheerful man despite Missouri loss of Senator Donnell to Democrat Hennings.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Mary Gail
Truman
Senate
House
National Committee
Charles G. Ross
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Ross
Forrest C. Donnell
Missouri
Donnell
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
St. Louis
Picket Lines Form Quickly Around Exchanges
CIO Communications Workers Union strikes paralyze parts of the telephone network from coast to coast. About 33 000 workers walk out after rejecting a 10 to 11 1/2 cent raise, demanding a substantial boost as Western Electric and Michigan Bell face separate wage disputes.
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New York
CIO
CIO Communications Workers Union
Western Electric Manufacturing
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Michigan Bell Telephone
Telephone workers strike without local pickets extend to region
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company manager PP Marks reported no local picket line and normal operations despite a water-area strike. He said access to the office was uninterrupted and any outside information was limited.
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Marks
Winchester
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Switchboards Fire Delays Hit Regions During Walkout
Picket lines spread as Southwestern Bell workers walkout slows manually operated exchanges. In New Jersey calls restricted to emergencies, Minnesota crews man long distance boards, and Seattle and other cities report emergency handling only. Officers Charles and Montgomery faced disciplinary action amid unrest, while mediation efforts continued through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamat
Charles
Robert Montgomery
Carl Lubeman
Little Rock
Ark
Southwestern Bell
Memphis
New York
CWA
New Jersey
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Kansas City
West Coast
Seattle
Winchester Auto Dealers Close for Armistice Day
All members of the Winchester Automobile Dealers Assn will close their places of business all day Saturday November 11 Armistice Day. John H. Clayton closed Armistice Day November 11th.
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Watermelon Park
Berryville
John A. Miller
Winchester Milling Corp
Winchester
Cole Auto Dealers
Fe Automobile Dealers Ass’n. of Winchester
John H. Clayton
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Red China
Riteway Cleaners
N. Braddock St
E. Piccadilly St
Colonial Art and Craft Shop
Winchester Post Office
Legion
Kiwanis
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Acheson
Congress
U.S
China-Wedemeyer
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