European Defense Force May Be Ready by January
The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization proposes an integrated European defense force with a supreme commander and headquarters. Speculation points to Eisenhower as the likely supreme commander, with some units possibly deploying from Korea directly to Europe by January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
European Defense Force
Washington
Western Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Area
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Eisenhower
Truman
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Korea
Fron
United States
Japan
European
Pacific
Frank Pace
Arsamy
Virginia Five Day Weather With Weekend Showers
Five day outlook for Virginia shows showers on Sunday totaling a quarter to a half inch. Temperatures near two to five degrees above normal, cooler Monday and Tuesday, then a warming trend Wednesday.
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Virginia
South End
Bookie System Reported Operating in Chicago Post Office
The Chicago Daily Tribune reports a widespread horse betting network inside the main U S Post Office at 433 Van Buren involving 15 000 employees. Bets range from 50 cents to 3 with runners paid five percent and payments sent to bookie joints outside. A figure known as Kingpin allegedly bosses the operation though postal carriers are barred from betting.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily Tribune
U. S
van Buren St
the Tribune
Kefauver U. S. Senate
Destructive Northwest Storm Leaves Deaths and Damage
A severe Pacific storm roared into the northwest causing one death and widespread injuries. Winds up to 75 mph battered coastlines from Santa Barbara to Oregon, ripping power lines and flooding basements as ships faced distress calls and minor collisions occurred in San Francisco Bay.
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Associated Press
Northwest
Pacific
California
Plains States
Wichita
Kans
Tulsa
Okla
Santa Barbara
Oregon
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Nevada
Idaho
Four Die In Fire At Cass County Home
In Harrisonville Missouri a blaze tore through a Cass County home early today killing four elderly residents. Sheriff Temple Forgest said about 20 people lived there and others escaped or were removed. The dead were Dick Freeman Bill Keltner Jim Berry and Henry Persley. The fire is believed to have started in the basement boiler room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Cass County
Temple Forgest
Dick Freeman
Bill Keltner
Jim Berry
Henry Persley
Flour prices raised by ten cents per hundred pounds
New York mills announce a 10 cent per hundred pound price increase on most major brands of family type flour effective tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Business Outlook Is Reported Good
J Harvie Wilkinson Jr vice president of State Planters Bank told the Rotary Club a six to nine month outlook is quite good. He projected 1950 Q4 disposable income 1 percent above 1949 and 1951 Q1 two quarters 8 percent above 1950, with retail sales rising. He called inflation the longest in world history and warned it could trigger drastic social convulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harvie ‘Wilkinson, Jr
State Planter Band and Trust Company
Rotary Club
Richmond Anker
United States
Jr. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Federal Reserve Bank
Mr. Wilkinson
Harold G. Brown
Peeping Tom Suspected In Lingerie Theft Wave
An alleged Peeping Tom in the northeastern city area may be the thief who stole 25 pairs of ladies undergarments from clotheslines on West Street and Boyd Avenue. Police traced the suspect scene and recovered eight to start, with 17 more later identified by victims. This follows a prior local rise in similar thefts dating back years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Street
Boyd Avenue
J. Thomas Boyd
Franklin Avenue
Joseph Ritter
George Coward
Pine
Chestnut
Eeandles Avenues
Wedd Boyd
Winchester
Oscar Harry
Mt. Hebron
Woodstock Lane
French war planes strike Vietminh near Loay Citadel frontier
French war planes pounded Vietminh concentrations east of Langson and strafed Vietminh troops threatening the Loa Kay citadel on the northwest Indochina frontier. The air offensive aimed to disrupt the Vietminh during their offensive and support Langson defenses amid a new 100 mile frontier line.
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Saigon
Indochina
Loakay
Langson
Piso
Iesman
Espie
Frederick County man cleared in truck manslaughter trial
Cletus Elwood Nace of Richfield Pennsylvania was acquitted by a Frederick County Circuit Court jury of manslaughter charges connected to a August 9 collision in Middletown that killed three people. Witnesses testified but the defense movant led to dismissal of remaining indictments.
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Frederick County
Cletus Elwood Nace
Richfield
Nace
Middletown
Robert Lee Senseng, Jr
Strasburg
Commonwealth
Joseph Massie, Jr
F. L. Woolf
L. P. Coverstone
John Troxell
Doris Wright
Robert Woltz
Elliott Marshall
Paul Clowser
Mervin Bergey
Richard Coffman
Clowser
A. Glenn Anderson
D. A. Cole
George W. Lemley
Dunbar Sale
Ray Boyce
Claude Gore
Franklin Dove
L. F. Dorsey
Cg, Mayes
John Elliott
Frank Minor
Allied Troops Mobilization Pace Eases After Korea Invasion
The Army expects to start releasing mobilized National Guards and reservists next summer with completion before early 1952. The Air Force halts enlistment of Reserves and the Navy says reserve airmen are no longer needed. The Marine Corps will call only a few Reservists as recruiting progresses. Fort Lewis orders halt on overseas shipments of Reservists in refresher training.
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Joseph C. Goodwin
Washington
South Korea
Pace
Army
Air Force
Navy
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Department of the Army
Europe
Death Rate Down In Korea and Japan
Washington reports the death rate among American wounded arriving at hospitals in Korea and Japan is under two percent. Major General Raymond W. Bliss, returning from a month on the front, compares this with World War II’s 4.5 percent and World War I’s eight percent. He cites General Douglas MacArthur praising medical service in Korea as vastly superior to prior wars.
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Washington
Korea
Japan
Hi Army
Raymond W. Bliss
Bliss
Douglas MacArthur
Coldest Fall Night Here with Freezing 32 Degrees
Last night the temperature fell to 32 degrees the coldest of the season at Winchester area. The forecast calls for increasing clouds and a low near 40 to 45 tonight with Saturday mostly cloudy and dry, highs in the mid to upper 60s. Classified notices advertise REMINGTON PORTABLES delivery and frame buildings for sale near Oranda with cash offers due by November 3 and removal required within 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Research Laboratory
Remington
Kenneth E. Henry Company
Oranda
P_ O
Winchester
Shenandoah
Meat shortage feared as prices may rise in 1951
Washington a meat industry economist warns of 1951 meat shortages and rising prices unless the government acts to boost output. Carl H. Wilken says demand may reach 155 to 160 pounds per person next year, higher than Agriculture Department projections. He urges incentives to extend hog feeding, shift pork to next summer, and stabilize prices and supplies.
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Washington
Carl H. Wilken
Wilken
Roundup at Jamaica Racetrack Nets 25 Suspects
New York police hauled 25 suspects from a Jamaica track crowd in a city round up led by Acting Mayor Impellitteri the largest in 20 years. Detectives searched the clubhouse and grandstand for touts while crowds were kept inside exits guarded. One arrestee was Anthony Ricci alias Anthony Gobel a Mafia leader with prior record free on $1,000 bail for a vagrancy hearing November 9.
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New York
Jamaica Racetrack
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Vincent R. Impellitteri
Impellitteri
Tammany Hall
Anthony Ricci
Anthony Gobel
Ricci
Tire Prices Rise at Seiberling Rubber Co Akron
Seiberling Rubber Co raised prices on automobile truck farm tractor and implement tires in Akron. White side wall tires saw a 10 percent increase while other tires were raised by 1 percent.
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Akron
Seiberling Rubber Co
Republican Says Truman Must Expect Dems to Lose Congress
Republican National Committee chairman Guy G. Gabrielson says President Truman plans a special call to Congress to push a socialist program before the new 82nd Congress. He notes four Truman supporters lost in elections and predicts more Democrat defeats on November 7. The report cites possible action on rent controls an excess profits tax and Alaska and Hawaii statehood.
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Truman
Congress
Associated Press
Guy G. Gabrielson
Republican National
82Nd Congress
Gabrielson
Flax
Taylor
Idaho
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Graham
Men Brave Cold Blasts Toward Manchuria Front
U S and South Korean forces push toward the Manchurian frontier across the Korean peninsula amid stubborn Red resistance near Unsan and near the Yalu River. Reports cite Chinese and North Korean elements, bandit actions, and coastal looting as the campaign unfolds with ongoing troop movements.
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Seoul
Manchuria
Spiny
Sea of Japan
U. S. 8Th Army
ROK
Unsan
Chosan
United
U. S. Army
Yalu
U.S
Wonsan
Diamond Mountains
East Coast
Bulletproof Cadillac for sale in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a transportation feature promotes a bulletproof Cadillac offered by gambler Mickey Cohen. The California Highway Patrol denies him a permit to operate it, noting such cars are restricted to money carrying firms and not gamblers. Five armored cars are cited as governed by patrol rules.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Cohen
California Highway Patrol
Fuel Oils Ad Promotes Heating Oil and Kerosene
Classified ad offers kerosene No 2 and No 1 fuel oils for heating. Contact 413 N Dial 3855 for pricing and delivery options.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dwight Eisenhower
North Atlantic Pact Itary Organization
Columbia University
By Elton C. Fay
Weather Outlook
U.C.T
Elks Home
J.R. Brandon
Winchester Star
Miller’s Hardware
Hanna
Bookie Network
Richmond Banker
China Kunming
jLaoKay
Ithailand
Hano
Bangkok
China
Pingley & Carper Cleaners
Manchurian
Leslie Wilcox
Santa Monica
Calif
Arrow
Harold Wilkins
Roosevelt Highway
Wilcox
Wilkins
International
Jamaica
Od Wenmeee
Marine First Air Wing
Onsan
8Th Army
AP Corr
C. H. P. King
North Korea
Hal Boy
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
British Commonwealth Brigade
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
Peninsula
Stan Swinton
Icho
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