Yanks Break Enemies Last Hold South of Parallel
Weather halted four days of air battles below the Manchurian border as nine enemy planes were destroyed and one probably. Tanks and infantry moved on Kaesong while UN patrols entered the town and pushed east toward the Sea of Japan coast. The 38th parallel cuts ridges near Kaesong where about 1000 enemy troops held ground northwest of the city. Red forces to the east appeared to retreat toward Wonsan as UN patrols advanced up to 30 miles ahead of the main line. Far East Air Forces reported two American planes destroyed and another damaged.
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Manchurian
Kaesong
Chorwon
Sea of Japan
Wonsan
United Nations
Far East
Tehran unrest as mobs target AIOC sites amid oil nationalization
In Tehran mobs tore signs from AIOC filling stations while National Frontists urged mass demonstrations. Police guarded AIOC offices, no injuries reported. Britain warned and prepared force in the Middle East as Mossadegh sought a confidence vote after seizing British oil installations.
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Tehran
AIOC
Britain
Middle East
Iran
London
Senate committee keeps price controls eight more months
The Senate Banking Committee voted 12 to 1 to extend wage price and rent controls for eight months and 7 to 6 to sustain the veto on price rollbacks, rejecting DiSalle’s last minute plea. The panel also defeated plans to create a smaller Defense Plants Corporation and will report a bill to aid small business within three weeks.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
Irving M. Ives
New York
DiSalle
House Banking Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Truman
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Matthews to quit Navy post for ambassadorship to Ireland
Francis P. Matthews will resign as Secretary of the Navy to become the United States ambassador to Ireland. He will be replaced by Undersecretary Dan A. Kimball. President Truman offered the Dublin post earlier, and Matthews plans to resign once Senate confirmation is received.
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Washington
Francis P. Matthews
Navy
Ireland
Dan A. Kimball
Truman
Dublin
Matthews
Omaha
Neb
Kimball
California
Department
Army Air Corps
Senate
George Garrett
Miss Elizabeth Boyce Listed In Stable Condition
Miss Elizabeth Boyce of 1118 Tyler was holding her own at 1 PM after a week in St. Anthony's Hospital undergoing a series of operations. Her condition had worsened the night before but showed some improvement by the afternoon.
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Elizabeth Boyce
Tyler
Miss Boyce
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Weather summary for Amarillo and region
The United States Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy, warm conditions across Amarillo and West Texas with highs near 93 to 95 degrees and lows around 66 to 67. Panhandle outlook notes scattered thundershowers with minimal outdoor disruption, while New Mexico sees showers in the north and eastern areas. Local ads mention FHA home repair loans and regional lumber and thrift stamp services.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
West Texas
New Mexico
Claim Soviet Pilots Fly Jets in China
The China News in Formosa reports 200 Soviet built jet planes based at Hangchow Ningpo and Minhow in East China coastal area. It says the planes are manned by Russian pilots with insignia of the joint Soviet Chinese Communist air force.
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Taipeh
Formosa
The
China News
Hangchow
Ningpo
Minhow
East China
Illiterate Forger Gets Three Years
Odell Watson, described as an illiterate Negro, was sentenced in federal court to three years for forgery after admitting to impersonating a payee and signing a check. Assistant District Attorney Branch Archer advised the plea. Other cases involved four defendants pleading guilty to post office substation burglaries while awaiting outcomes on related charges against Robert James Smith.
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Odell Watson
Watson
Texas
Louisiana
van Eaton
Branch T. Archer
Joe B. Dooley
Archer
Dooley
Carol Davis
David Davis
Lawrence
Theodore Allen
Robert Earnest Simpson
Robert James Smith
Smith
Clayton Heare
47Th District
City Mail Delivery Extended across several city areas
Postmaster Gordon Jordan announced July 1 extension of city mail routes converting mounted curb delivery to house delivery in multiple additions. North Amarillo will gain house service where sidewalks reach houses. zones without walks require front porch receptacles or boxes. Delivery to rear lots or garages remains limited unless sidewalks provide access.
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Gordon Jordan
Fifteenth Avenue
Neilson
Forest Hill
Hamlet
Thompson Park
Mirror
Eighth
Twentieth
Julian
Carolina
West Lawn
West View
Green Acres
Jordan
Amarillo
Carbine
Mortar shells kill eight Marines at Camp Lejeune
Two defective mortar rounds fired during a routine training burst short, mortally wounding eight Marines and injuring 23 at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Brigadier Gen. Clifton Cates ordered an immediate inquiry as 12 of the wounded remain in serious condition.
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Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Wilmington
Clifton Cates
Marine Corps
Sixth Marine Regiment
Seoul Bombed in Early Morning Airstrike
An enemy aircraft dropped three bombs on Seoul on Friday morning. An Eighth Army officer said military security blacked out the bombing’s results. Local officials reported no immediate casualty figures.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Summer heat hits the Texas and New Mexico border area
The region endured 100 degree plus heat with readings 102 in Lubbock Plainview Roswell and Tucumcari. Summer officially arrives tonight at 11 25 and clouds plus a windshift dropped temperatures earlier. Weatherman H C Winburn notes the heat spike followed by a drop as humidity fluctuated.
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Lubbock
Plainview
Roswell
Tucumcari
H. C. Winburn
Weatherman
Amarillo Air Terminal
Winburn
Globe
Pat Hardage
L. R. Hardage
A Hayden
Bill Jewell
R. B. Jewell
Fannin
Ellwood Park
Driver and His Car Have a Falling Out
A motorist was fined 15 in corporation court after pleading guilty to negligent collision. He claimed the truck door opened as he rounded a corner and he fell out, saying the truck then rolled on and struck a car. A companion in the cab did not notice him until after the crash. Both men were sober, said City Judge Dick Cazzell.
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Dick Cazzell
Cazzeli
Ice Cream Plant Damaged In Large Indianapolis Fire
East Side residents watched as Polk Milk Company plant fire ruined six thousand gallons of ice cream. The blaze caused an estimated forty thousand dollars in damages. Local firefighters battled the flames through the night with no word on injuries.
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Indianapolis
East Side
Polk Milk Company
New Tax Boost May Be the Last to WASHINGTON
Representative Doughton urges a $7.2 billion tax increase to fund defense, saying further rate hikes would be burdensome. He proposes trimming federal spending and avoiding deficit financing as the only safe course. The plan adds a 12 percent defense tax and includes corporate and excise tax increases with various withholdings. See TAXES-Page 5.
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Washington
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means
Poughton
Congress
Hurley accuses State Dept of smearing him in China paper
Patrick J. Hurley, former WWII ambassador to China, told a Senate inquiry the 1949 white paper on China was a deliberate attempt to disparage him. He cited omissions of Truman’s praise to Chiang in 1943. The hearing also touched on Yalta, Alger Hiss, and MacArthur’s dismissal. President Truman declined to comment on the inquiry.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department Today
China
Hurley
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Wiley
Wisconsin
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
King
Yalta
Mr. Hiss
Truman
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Lincoln White
Judge Rejects Community Property Claim in Amarillo Divorce
In Potter County Court of Domestic Relations Judge F H McGregor upheld a divorce for Lloyd Bryan Dudley against wife Dudley, ruling no community property arose from about 1500 head of cattle. Case involved maintenance, Cadillac gift, furniture, attorney fees. appeal planned. See PROPERTY-Page 5.
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Jerry Kolander
F. H. McGregor
Potter County Court of Domestic Relations
Lloyd Bryan
Tyndleanne
Dennewana Tanillae
McGregor
Dudley
Amarillo
Green Acres
Byron Singleton
Cadillac
Hurley says Roosevelt sought changes to Yalta pact before death
Former Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley testified that President Roosevelt, shortly before his death, realized errors in the Yalta agreement and sent Hurley to Moscow to try to amend them.
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Bulletin
Washington
U.P
Patrick J. Hurley
Roosevelt
Yalta
Hurley
Moscow
Hurley Backed Inquiry Question On Record
The dialogue notes Hurley avoiding disparagement while testifying at the MacArthur inquiry. Senator Knowland pressed Hurley for the backstory, seeking clarity on his record amid the hearings.
Woman Driver Horns In on Wrong Party
A 36 year old Fort Worth woman was hospitalized after honking at a red convertible early today. She returned from a relatives visit and claimed the occupants, who seemed familiar, responded with hostility. The car forced her to the curb and a woman passenger accused her of flirting with the husband, leaving the driver with a severe head wound.
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Fort Worth
Loaded Suitcase Was His Undoing
Robert Lee Harris a Negro work man at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock came to Amarillo by bus from Lubbock bought a suitcase and liquor then was nabbed by liquor control agents. This morning he was fined 106 dollars and costs in Potter County Court on a charge of possessing liquor in a wet area for the purpose of sale without a permit.
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Robert Lee Harris
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Amarillo
Harris
Potter County
Truman denies Korea peace proposals at press conference
President Truman dismissed Korean peace propositions rumors saying no such proposals were discussed with the United Nations. He gave mostly no comment replies on Iranian oil inflation bills and federal funding, and praised inter American ties ahead of talks with Ecuador's President Plaza.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Congressional
Senate
Baseball scores and lineups across leagues
In the American League Cleveland and Philadelphia lead their games with runs and home runs noted for Scheib and Brown. Chicago and New York trailed, with Robins and Rogovin on the mound. In the National League Philadelphia won while Boston, Chicago and St. Louis had varied results. rain interrupted events and late scores were not available.
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Cleveland
Boston
Garcia
Hegan
McDermott
Evans
Moss
Philadelphia
Cain
Robinson
Scheib
Chicago
New York
Rogivin
Masi Shea
Berra
St. Louis
Washington
Pittsburgh
Roberts
Seminick
LaPlame
Walsh
McCullough
Fitzgerald
Brown
Nicholson
Sain
Mueller
Schultz
Burgess
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
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Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
Snub DiSalle
US Weather Bureau
Gunn Bros
Wiggins Lumber Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
Wise
Knowland
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
White House
McCarthy
Marshall
Galo Plaza
Ecuador
President Plaza
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