Wonju Falls to Red Attack After Fierce Allied Hold
Allied rearguards fight to delay a southward Red advance as Wonju, 55 miles southeast of Seoul, is abandoned after heavy combat. Russian and Korean Red forces push south along the coast and east toward Taejon and Pusan. U S and FEAF air actions target Kimpo and Pyongyang while refugees retreat.
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Wonju
PV Serena
Seoul
Pusan
Tom Labert
Osan
Taejon
South Korea
Monju
West Korea
Suwon
Kimpo
Korea
Pyongyang
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U. S. Fifth Air Force
Truman outlines defense buildup and tax plan in State of the Union
President Truman said the United States will expand production to 50 000 modern planes and 35 000 tanks a year and will seek a major tax increase to fund the defense effort. He warned against appeasement with Russia while urging unity and outlining ten legislative priorities. He addressed a joint session and pledged wartime mobilization if needed.
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UN Moves Into New Headquarters as Finishing Touches Lag
The United Nations began occupying its unfinished $65 million Manhattan headquarters today while security council and other bodies will operate from Lake Success on Long Island, about 15 miles away, until meeting rooms are completed.
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Economic and Social Council
Long Island
Four Area Men Reported Missing in Korean War Action
Four residents from the Ohio and Hocking Valley area are listed as missing in action in Korea by the Defense Department. They are Pfc. William P. Friley of Pomeroy, Cpl. Gail W. Smalley of Pomeroy Route 3, Cpl. Gerald P. Keck of Carbon Hill, and Herbert Sayre, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sayre of Loon Route 3, who went missing December 1 with the Second Division near the Manchurian border after graduating Point Pleasant High School in 1948 and enlisting in 1949.
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Ohio
Hocking Valley
Department of Defense
William P. Friley
Nellie S. Friley
Chester Road
Pomeroy
Gail W. Smalley
Jennie L. Abbott
Gerald P. Keck
Clarence H. Keck
Carbon Hill
Theodore Sayre
Herbert
Korea
Point Pleasant High School
Legislature to Revise Ohio Marriage Laws This Week
In Columbus the 1949 50 legislature will consider proposed changes to marriage divorce and adoption laws. The code revision bureau drafted the bill after five public hearings across the state. The move follows prior decision to update the statutes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Code Revision Bureau
Denfeld urges rapid arms build up to avert World War III
Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, former chief of naval operations, told Cincinnati reporters that Russia would pause its aggression if the United States arms rapidly. He warned that failure to arm quickly could drag America and its allies into a full war.
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Cincinnati
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Russia
America
Woodsfield Youth Captures District Declamation Honor
Zanesville report of district winners in the state wide Prince of Peace Declamation contest sponsored by the Ohio Council of Churches lists Marietta winner Jon E. Carter of Woodsfield and Barnesville runner up Carol Allen with an alternate noted.
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Zanesville
Ohio Council of Churches
Marietta
Jon E. Carter
Woodsfield
Carol Allen
Barnesville
Boastful Killer Is Object Of Far West Manhunt
The frantic pursuit of Bill Cook stretches from Blythe California into Baja California and Sonora Mexico as police chase the 24 year old ex convict feared killer. A bloodstained car tied to victim Robert Dewey was found near Mexicali and a deputy was kidnapped. Cook warned he would murder again and boasted of killings in Oklahoma plus two men buried in a snow drift.
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Seattle
Guy Woodward
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Texas
Oklahoma
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Atwood
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Cold Wave Break Seen Roads Slick in Ohio
A wet snow blanketed Ohio over the weekend with up to eight inches in parts and three and a half inches in Athens. Most highways remained snow covered with slush freezing overnight. No fatalities were reported as the cold wave edged toward a break in the northern Midwest and temperatures were to moderate across the plains.
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California
Newark's King's Department Store Destroyed in Massive Fire
Newark blotter reports a six story King's department store fire that swept the building yesterday. Fire chief Stanley Shaw estimates damage at 500000 to 750000 dollars with flames erupting from basement to top floors and destroying merchandise and equipment. William Rivitz plans rapid rebuilding once materials arrive.
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William Rivitz
King’s Department
Stanley Shaw
Ohio Weekend Accidental Deaths Shift Amid Low Toll
Eight people died in Ohio from accidents over the weekend, AP reports. Five perished in traffic crashes, one from burns, and two from other causes, marking the lowest weekend accidental death total in months.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Martinsville Furniture Center
A wind driven fire ripped through a Martinsville furniture center, causing about a million dollars in damage. Firefighters fought for four hours, bringing flames under control around 2 a.m. today, leaving a large block in smoking rubble and threatening the entire business district for hours.
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Martinsville
Virginia
Derailment Blocks Tracks Near Dunkirk Causes Long Delay
Two railroads faced an 18 car derailment at Dunkirk, 16 miles north of Kenton, blocking both lines for more than 12 hours. Freight cars smashed into Dunkirk station as service was restored late last night.
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New York Central
Dunkirk
Divorcee Braddock Missing as Search Focuses on Columbus
Authorities continued the hunt for 32 year old Mi nerva Braddock a divorcee from Washington Court House Ohio who has not been seen for three weeks The search has shifted to Columbus with checks planned on her bank physician hotels and hospitals and other potential leads
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Columbus
Minerva Braddock
Local News Index Fragment Returns Sparse Place Names
Fragmentary OCR lists Athens Gallipolis PURUAME 2 casein E sacbe cao Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomeroy Middleport and other place markers with scattered abbreviations and unclear context. The readable items indicate a regional index or brief notices without a cohesive event.
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Gallipolis
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy
Middleport
Celica Cunans
Pune
Eisenhower Takes Over First Troops
Paris hosts General Dwight D. Eisenhower as he assumes command of the first contingent of European troops under his Atlantic Army banner. He warns nations against testing the West and urges united defense while stressing each European member must sustain its own hard core defense.
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France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Eisenhower
Atlantic
Jones
United States
Europe
Eagles Home Burns Loss Put At $100000
Portsmouth reports Fire Chief Floyd Stroman estimates the Eagle Lodge home in New Boston destroyed by fire at 100000. He blames a defective gas unit for the blaze. Two firefighters were injured battling the flames.
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Portsmouth
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Stroman
Janowicz Understudy Dropped From OSU
Richard Doyle of Rochester Pa understudy and buddy of OSU halfback Vic Janowicz has been expelled for low grades. A spokesman confirmed the dismissal and noted both Doyle and Janowicz must maintain a 1.7 average to remain in school.
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Columbus
Richard
Skip
Laborers Echo Taft Sentiment in Columbus Meeting
The Ohio Labor League for Taft formed to back U S Senator Robert A Taft in his re election with a labor audience. It claims 10 691 members worked for Taft last fall. Howard Reynolds of Delaware described the sentiment as a job started in 1950 hoped to finish in 1952.
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Taft
Ohio Labor League
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Howard Reynolds
Delaware
League
1500 Go on Strike At Aircraft Factory
About 4500 production workers walked out at Fairchild Aviation Division plant No 2 near Hagerstown Maryland. Milling pickets surrounded a car and menaced its occupants during a tense scene outside the main C 119 packet assembly line nicknamed the flying boxcar.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild Aviation Division
Man O' War's Owner S D Riddle Dead at 88
Samuel D. Riddle, owner of the famous thoroughbred Man O War, dies at his Media Pennsylvania home at age 88 after a period of ill health and a heart attack two weeks prior.
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Media
Samuel D. Riddle
Riddle
EAS To Try To Control Meat Price
Washington AP Economic Stabilization Administrator Alan Valentine announced a plan for a big early effort to control rising meat prices. He suggested possible rationing and subsidies as tools and noted staffing is being expanded to handle price and wage controls while acknowledging uncertainty about how far meat prices can be tamed. He also indicated rationing could be needed to curb demand and reduce pressure on the stabilization program.
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Alan Valentine
Valentine
ESA
Radio and TV Halt Proposed If Air Raid Threatens
Senator Edwin C Johnson studies a Defense Department request for authority to halt radio and television broadcasts when an imminent enemy attack is believed possible. The wartime risk of using broadcast signals as a beacon for bombing is noted in the debate.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Defense Department
President urges unity in Congress amid sharp policy criticism
In a call for responsible debate, the president said unity hinges on weighing words and deeds, stressing no dictatorship and asking members to put country before party. He linked wartime production goals to national resolve and warned danger from Soviet-led aggression in Korea.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Truman Defends Europe Defense and NATO Unity
President Truman argued that Soviet power threatens free nations and that supporting Europe through NATO is essential to U.S. defense. He said European allies are expanding training and service length, and that combined NATO forces surpass U.S. manpower, countering Hoover and Taft on troop commitments.
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Hoover
Taft
Europe
Honorable Settlement and Military Strength in Talks
President Truman praised European confidence in Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to command Allied forces in Europe and outlined a robust defense industry capable of 50000 planes and 35000 tanks annually. He noted current production is not a pledge to meet those totals but to provide capability if needed. He contrasted the B 36 with the B 17 costs and stressed negotiations with the Soviet Union while rejecting appeasement.
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Dwight Eisenhower
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Truman
Soviet Union
Protest Rejected Over West Germany Arming Policy
Britain and France issued a joint protest against arms support for West Germany. The Soviet stance was rejected by London and Paris as they affirmed their position on European security amid growing tensions.
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