13 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1950
Page
1
Nearly 50 B 29 Superfortresses carried 500 tons of bombs in the largest mass air strike of the campaign. The raid targeted a railroad center north of the 38th Parallel and returned safely, with radar guiding in thick mist.
SAN FRANCISCO four engined planes carry military personnel and materiel to Japan and Korea in a Pacific airlift. Officials of the Military Air Transport Service discuss the operation, with some aircraft chartered from commercial lines.
Washington reports an estimated 800 Soviet naval vessels near the Korean war area, including 70 to 80 submarines. Analysts see many small craft and no aircraft carriers, with landing craft posing potential amphibious risk while the submarine force commands most U.S. concern.
Officials report pressure on the Truman administration to seek limited control over industry to aid Korea war effort. No plan or emergency power decision has reached President Truman. cabinet meeting tomorrow will review home front mobilization with a top to bottom survey. Johnson and Symington lead mobilization planning.
Senate investigators opened a three day public hearing into Florida gambling with 35 law officers and officials present. Senator Kefauver and his team arrived last night to hear from gambling leaders and local officials.
Washington reports a developing administration push to speed up U.S. arms shipments to Western Europe amid the Korean crisis. Officials discuss potentially doubling the current aid of weapons and equipment worth about 1 billion dollars to NATO allies. Aimed at strengthening Non Communist defenses, the move faces tensions with ongoing Korean theater demands.
Washington says a G 29 Superfortress was shot down by enemy fighters near Seoul, marking the first B 29 loss in action. Tokyo says North Korea will observe the Geneva Convention on prisoners of war. Battlefield reports claim 18 captured U.S. soldiers were executed by invading Communists. Bryan Jack Hartman testifies in a murder trial that James Connolly killed Hartman’s grandparents last May 5.
The House approved by 327 to 14 a bill granting 11 government agency heads authority to fire employees deemed security risks without appeal, affecting about 800,000 federal workers as it moves to the Senate for consideration.
Wildcat strikers at the B F Goodrich Co and the Seiberling Rubber Co threaten to push the number of jobless rubber workers beyond 4000.
BRYAN CP Youthful Jack Hartman on trial for first degree murder in the rifle slayings of his grandparents Mr and Mrs George Fisher of Melbern. Hartman named a “companion” but the name was not released. The companion was questioned by Sheriff Norman Barnes in Williams County jail with no charges filed. The court paused after Hartman, who had signed a Parkersburg WV confession, said the pact with the companion kept them from naming each other.
Four men from Athens including three Army enlistees and one Air Force recruit reported for physicals in Columbus. They will train next at Fort Knox Kentucky and Lackland Air Base in San Antonio Texas. Merle C Simmons from Nelsonville and Glenn W Snider from Baltimore join Norman H Foulton and Dennis W Fraley Jr. Simmons and Snider have prior service in Germany and Hawaii respectively. Recruiter William Jansen said the station will stay open Sundays to accept enlistments.
Washington announced tightened security guidelines for all military public affairs offices. The Navy distributed a three point checklist restricting disclosure of troop and ship movements while allowing some general data and photos under existing security limits. The Army and Defense Department issued similar orders to commands nationwide.
John J. Edmiston, a former FBI undercover agent, was recalled by HUAC to testify on Communist activity in Ohio. He named many alleged Ohio Communists from the early 1940s and described party involvement in labor groups. Edmiston and his wife joined the party on September 3, 1940, and filed daily reports to the FBI until their expulsion in December 1941.
A Senate committee begins an inquiry into the nation’s fuel resources and industries. The study examines the impact of rising natural gas and oil use on coal producers and workers as coal demand declines. Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman testifies, joined by Senators Myers and Humphrey and chaired by O Mahoney.
The $1 010 000 000 excise tax cut bill is dropped by the Senate Finance Committee after White House advice. Treasury may seek higher taxes if the Korean crisis doesn't ease. House plan would repeal or cut many excises and raise $433 million from corporations to offset losses.
A special eastbound train carrying 300 Eastern vacationists collided with a freight near Paynesville Minnesota injuring about 40. No fatalities reported. The crash derailed only the first two cars while shattered glass filled passenger cars. Passengers included A B Arnstein and Mrs John Bonnifield among others. Freight train was attempting to take a siding.
General J. Lawton Collins and Hoyt Vandenberg, chiefs of staff for the Army and the Air Forces, plan an on the spot view of the Korean War. They arrived early and conferred with General MacArthur to assess the situation.
Tokyo reports a Navy spokesman denies rumors that the 27,000 ton carrier Valley Forge was sunk. Navy Department officials in Washington also refute the rumor and say the carrier on duty in the Western Pacific remains afloat.
An entire Naval reserve fighter squadron at Los Alamitos California volunteered for active duty. VF 781 totaled over 100 officers and men including 24 pilots six ground officers and 74 enlisted personnel under Lt Condr Collin Oveland. Sixteen former members also joined. Most are World War II veterans.
Beaver resident Burl Blanton, 39, was killed in a rock fall at Cambria Clay Products Co. plant five miles west of Jackson. George Culp and Luther West, both of Beaver, were injured in the accident yesterday.
Tugs and launches shuttled the St Lawrence River early today removing 780 passengers from the 20,000 ton liner Franconia which rammed a shallow reef one mile from Quebec during the night.
The House Un American Activities Committee attacked the Campaign Committee For The World Peace Appeal which claimed about one million signers. Rep. Kearney said the drive aims to confuse Americans and paralyze resistance to Communist aggression while Rep. Velde labeled it treasonous and insidious.
DETROIT Two strikes slowed assembly lines in some plants while a steel shortage loomed as production in the auto industry and broader industry had been at record rates. President Truman was said to consider asking Congress for standby power to allocate steel and other critical materials because of the Korean War. Ford Motor Co. contemplated cutting Saturday overtime due to reduced steel supplies.
Pi wreckage of an unidentified military plane and three survivors were sighted by air today in the Bassett Peak area of the Galuro Mountains in Southern Arizona. A rancher reported an early morning crash and explosion in the mountains. Three survivors were seen about two miles from the wreckage.
Washington says there is no present plan to issue a second draft call after asking for 20,000 draftees. A spokesman denied reports the Army would seek 80,000 more draftees despite published stories.
Tokyo reports North Korea issued its shortest communique during the war stating its forces were continuing their gallant fighting and claiming two American P 38 aircraft were shot down on Tuesday.
U S Air Forces launched a daylight B 29 bombardment on a rail center north of the 38th Parallel, dropping 500 tons of bombs as nearly 50 planes returned safely. Ground units dug in behind the Kum River, while North Korean divisions massed to cross the barrier. General MacArthur noted continued withdrawals to prepared positions behind natural barriers amid heavy fighting and widespread Allied air operations against transport routes.
Canberra reports Acting Prime Minister Arthur Fade denounced that the cabinet approved a recommendation by the defense council for compulsory military training across Australia.
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