Fresh Red Offensive Near Taegu Sparks Intense Fighting
Allied and Red forces fought seven miles north of Taegu with heavy artillery and infantry exchanges. About 40,000 communist troops massed for an attack as U.S. and South Korean units held positions along the Naktong river bulge and near Taegu. Casualties mounted with 8 killed and 9 wounded among South Koreans after a mistaken American air strike.
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Taegu
Tokyo
U. Eighth Army
First Cavalry Division
Yongchon
Yongchon-Kyongju
Naktong River Bulge
Changnyong
U. S
Bulge
Masan
Uiryong
Eighth Army
First Cavalry
Waezwan
First
Kasan
Associated Press
Jack Macbeth
Macbeth
Waegwan
U.S
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Kyongju
Naktong River
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Wreck of Spirit of St Louis Kills 25 Troop Train
The Spirit of St Louis rammed a stalled Pennsylvania National Guard troop train in dense fog near Coshocton Ohio. Twenty five soldiers died and about sixty were wounded as the rear coach collapsed into scraps. Rescue crews worked in rain to recover bodies.
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Coshocton
Spirit of
Frank Townend
Dallas
Tme
Columbus
Spirit of St. Louis
Ashtabula
Cuyahoga Falls
West Lafayette
St. Louis
109Th Field Artillery
Pennsylvania
28Th National Guard Division
Wilkes-Barre
Spirit
Robert Short
109Th
Here
Captain Short
Frank Townsend
Ohio Highway Patrol
Carbondale
Warhola
Atomic scientists warn Russia ahead in defense planning
Dr. Eugene Rabinowitch says five Russian bombs could cause more U S industrial damage than 20 U S bombs on Russia due to dispersed plants and secret locations. He urges a nationwide blueprint to atom proof the U S economy and infrastructure while Ralph E Lapp notes cities need before the attack evacuation and dispersion.
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Chicago
United States
Russia
Eugene Rabinowitch
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
America
Rabinowitch
Congress
Ralph E. Lapp
Washington
West Allied Forces Test Back East In Cold War Maneuvers
In Heidelberg Germany nearly 100000 troops from the United States Britain and France participate in a week long mock invasion drill. General Mark W Clark observes as U S forces test combat fitness with tanks planes paratroop drops and river patrols.
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Heidelberg
Germany
Mark W. Clark
U. S
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Clark
Washington
Truman
Europe
Russia
U. S. Constabulary
France
Britain
Royal Dragoons
Trieste
Austria
U.S. Navy
Thor Electric Washer For Sale at 211 Franklin Ave
The Messenger Want Ad notes a Thor electric washer offered by J. L. Atkinson. In good condition, priced at $20, available at 211 Franklin Ave as part of a quick one time insertion in the ad section.
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J. L. Atkinsons
Messenger Want
THOR
Franklin Ave
Death of Kang Kom Reported by Moscow Radio
Moscow Radio reported the death of Kang Kom deputy minister of national defense and chief of the general staff of the Korean communists army. The broadcast said he died at the front on Sept 8 with no further details.
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London
Moscow
Kang Kom
Kam Gen
Civil Defense Council Member Under Attack
The Licking County civil defense director failed to secure an Ohio American Legion call for removing Joseph W. Fichter from the state civil defense advisory council. In Newark the Pomona Grange adopted a resolution urging Gov. Lausche to remove Fichter, citing unsatisfactory qualifications for the council post.
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Columbus
Licking County Civil Defense Director
Ohio American Legion
Joseph W. Fichter
State Civil Defense Advisory Council
Newark
Pomona Grange
Frank J. Lausche
Fichter
State Grange
Production Chieftain Named for Mobilization
President Truman creates a National Production Authority to run a $30 billion annual arms program with William H. Harrison of ITT as head. The initial focus covers steel allocations and coordinating scarce materials. An anti hoarding rule and priority orders are expected this week to push defense work ahead of civilian production.
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Washington
Truman
William H. Harrison
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
Mr. Truman
Commerce Department
Sawyer
National Production Authority
Harrison
Oscar Winner Re-elected Amvets Commander in Acclamation
Harold Russell, 36, the handless war veteran and two time Oscar winner, was re elected national commander of the Amvets American Veterans of World War II by acclamation. This marked the first time a commander had succeeded himself. The post pays $10 000 annually. Russell lost his hands in 1944 at Camp Mackall North Carolina when a TNT charge he was fusing exploded.
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Cleveland
Harold Russell
Amvets
Russell
Camp Mackall
N. C
Thomas Returns Home After Prison Term
Allendale New Jersey welcomed former congressman J Parnell Thomas back from Danbury where he served eight and a half months of a six to 18 month sentence for padding his government payroll. He was the former chairman of the House committee on un American Activities.
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Allendale
N. J
J. Parnell Thomas
House
Committee On UN
Unions Seek One More Wage Round Before Freeze
The president of the AFL International Chemical Workers Union urges one additional round of wage negotiations before a government imposed wage freeze. The call highlights labor pressure ahead of price and wage controls.
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Cincinnati
AFL International Chemical Workers Union
Union Threatens Strike At Cleveland GE Plant
About 2500 CIO International Union of Electrical Workers members threaten a walkout at the General Electric Co plant in Cleveland. Union spokesmen said action would begin today if the strike vote is approved after a meeting.
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Cleveland
General Electric Co
CIO
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
Model Flyer Electrocuted Near Home
Logan Ohio area tragedy reports 19 year old Robert Milton Bay of New Plymouth killed when a wire controlled model airplane struck power lines near his home. Bay a McArthur High School and Ohio State Uni alum recently joined Scott Viner Manufacturing in Columbus. He survived by parents Milton Bay Sr Gertrude Miller sister and Gene brother with grandmother Lavina Miller and aunt Josephine Bay. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Logan
New Plymouth
Robert Milton Bay
Milton Bay
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Bay
McArthur High School
Ohio State University
Scott-Viner Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Gertrude Miller
Near
Orland
Gene
Lavina Miller
Josephine Bay
Yolande Berbeze Crowned Miss America 1951
Yolande Berbeze of Mobile Alabama is Miss America 1951 after defeating 53 entrants in Atlantic City New Jersey. The 21 year old winner stands 5 feet 4 and a half inches and says she neither drinks nor smokes. She is the first Miss Alabama to win the title and has worked as a receptionist in political campaigns in Mobile.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Big Jim Folsom
Taft urges Republican Congress to shift foreign policy
Senator Taft warns of a weak course in foreign policy and urges election of a Republican Congress to push change. He emphasizes international issues to Ohio voters as Democratic Leader Lucas accuses Republicans of isolationism and political sniping over communism.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Illinois
Senate
Lucas
Public To View Part Of GOP Convention
The 1950 Republican state convention in Columbus on Sept 20 will be open to the public for the first time in years. The one day event will adopt the 1950 campaign platform with Sen. John W. Bricker as chairman. Speakers include Sen. Robert A. Taft Don H. Ebright and Dr. Arthur Flemming.
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Columbus
U.S
John W. Bricker
Rohio
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Don H. Ebright
Arthur
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Portsmouth Floodwall Dedication Marks Generation Project
Portsmouth prepares to dedicate a 10.125 million floodwall protecting the city and New Boston along the Ohio River. The ceremony includes a steamer cruise, a plaque unveiling, and praise for the U S Army Engineers who built the system, with officials from both cities attending.
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Portsmouth
New Boston
Ohio River
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Army
Walter A. Krueger
Huntington
U. S
L. H. Huestis
Vernal Riffe
Albert F. Marting
Citizens’ Flood Defense Committee
Army
Ill
Ohio
Congress
Flash Floods Hit Virginia Two Are Dead
Heavy floods from a hurricane moving toward North Carolina killed at least two people in Rockbridge County Virginia. The storm damaged hundreds of homes and flooded roads and rail lines across the state with the hurricane about 200 miles offshore. In Amarillo Texas a revival tent collapse during a rain hail storm injured about 50 of 7000 worshippers. the tent was valued at $22,000.
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Amarillo
Tex
Traffic Kills 16 in Ohio Over Weekend
An Associated Press tally shows 16 Ohio fatalities from weekend traffic incidents including 11 highway deaths. A three car crash near Lima at Scott's Crossing left two dead. A Greyhound bus collision near Sharonville injured 12, including 10 from Dayton. Leah Henry of Wildwood New Jersey died en route to Lima hospital. John Perrin of Ottoville died of injuries.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Scott's Crossing
Lima
Leah Henry
Wildwood
N.J
John Perrin
Ottoville
Greyhound
Sharonville
Dayton
Taft Attacks Post Office Curtailment at Ohio Clerks Meet
Senator Robert A Taft criticized government curtailment of postal service before about 100 delegates at an Ohio section United National Post Office Clerks convention. He called the postal service a major business and urged government operation with business efficiency and planning.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Ohio
United National Post Office
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