Rhee Civilians Flee Taegu as Red Assault Strikes
Seven captured American tankmen were reported executed in the Hill 303 battle north of Waegwan as North Koreans killed 32 bound prisoners. Three prisoners identified two North Koreans as the murder group. officers and witnesses from the First Cavalry Division prepared to pursue war-crime prosecutions.
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Hal Boyle
US First Cavalry
Korea
Hill 303
Waegwan
Manning
Pak
Day
Kim
Manring
Vallejo
Calif
First Cavalry Division
LaFayette J. Shurtleff
Providence
R. I
First Cavalry
Dpd. D. Rasco
Santa Monica
Robert Brown
Indianapolis
Wayne M. Evans
Wilkes Barre
Europe
Unanimous Senate Panel OKs Five Billion Tax Hike Plan
Washington August 17 Republicans and Democrats back a $5 billion tax increasing bill intended to fund non Communist world defense. The Finance Committee predicts quick Senate and House approval and a possible White House sign by September 1. The measure raises income taxes by about 20 percent for many, boosts corporate levies, closes loopholes, and taxes certain goods while exempting service pay for Korean war service. The committee rejects an excess profits tax for now but asks staff to prepare later options. George predicts revenue near $5 billion and notes potential further gains as the economy expands with defense.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
George
D-Ga
Senate
House
Kite House
House Ways and Means
Hurricane veering to northwest line expected to miss Florida
A Atlantic hurricane of 140 mph winds shifted northward about 400 miles east of Palm Beach. The storm, 350 miles across, aimed at the Northern Bahamas and Southeast Florida earlier, could change course again per the US Weather Bureau. No Florida alerts in effect.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas
Florida
Palm Beach
US Weather Bureau
Truman Rebukes Wherry Over Acheson remark in Korea policy dispute
President Truman sharply rebuked Senator Wherry for saying the blood of U’ s boys in Korea is on Secretary Acheson. He called the remark contemptible and said reporters may quote it. Wherry accused the administration of foreign policy blunders amid bipartisan tensions in Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Wherry
Korea
Acheson
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Texas doctors trained for atomic warfare care lectures
The University of Texas will conduct lectures to prepare doctors for caring for atomic warfare victims. The piece notes wartime housing and unemployment anomalies and directs readers to Page 5 for more on misallocated funds in Attorney General Price Daniel’s office, with $5,000 awaiting claim.
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Texas
University of Texas
Price Daniel
Daniel
Texas approves record daily oil flow for September
The Texas Railroad Commission authorizes a 2 823 720 barrel daily crude oil flow for September an increase of 202 836 barrels daily over current limits. Allowing for underproduction and new wells the commission expects about 2 630 000 barrels daily and total petroleum liquids at 3 129 364 barrels daily. Aimed to meet September demand the plan restores earlier proration in Scurry Kent and adjacent counties and contemplates 21 to 22 producing days across regions with a next hearing set for September 19 in Austin.
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New Discovery
East Texas
Scurry
Kent
Raymond Myers
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Scurry County
J. A. Neath
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Ernest Thompson
Olin Culberson
Joe Zeppa
Tyler
H. P. Nichols
East Texas Oil Association
Austin
Koreas Fall Back Near Changnyong
North Korea launched a major assault near Taegu with 30 000 troops threatening the American base at TaeguTeaguePrompting mass civilian evacuations over 500 000 to leave The US Eighth Army reported initial gains by US Marines and South Korean forces around the Changnyong bridgehead as Pohang fell to Communist forces and Kumhwa was overrun The situation remained fluid with conflicting reports on recapture efforts and potential regrouping of Red divisions including the First and Sixth South Korean Divisions and possible linkups with Waegwan
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Masan
South Korea
Life Magazine
David Douglas Duncan
Waegan
Kunci
Taegu
Changnyong
Chinju
Chinju-Sachon
Pusan
Pohang
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Shelletruck
Teegu
Syngman Rhee
John J. Muccio
Muccio
2Th Division
Naktong
Acros
Kunwi
Kumhwa
Eighth Ara
Kigye
Eant Miles
MacArthur
Wacewan
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Korea
Yongdok
US Mth
Provisional Government
Waegwan
US Seeks UN Peace Aims for Unified Korea
The United States told the UN Security Council that any Korea peace program must aim at a unified and independent Korea. Warren Austin outlined goals including ending hostilities and deterring future invasion, while Malik of the Soviet bloc criticized the push and urged representation from both Korean sides. Discussions followed a closed session amid stalled seating of Korean representatives.
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United States
United Nations
Korea
All Korea
Warren Austin
United Nations Security Council
Austin
Mexico raiders seize Red Broadcaster in Chihuahua City
Mexican inspectors led by Jesus Galindo raided a hidden Chihuahua City radio station and arrested a man who called himself Enrique Ricard. They seized code books used to send coded messages to Russia and said signals had been heard from northern Mexico for some time.
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EL Paso
Chihuahua City
Russia
Jesus Galindo
Mexico City
Enrique Ricard
Galindo
Ricard
Mexico
Oil man James Hunt found dead in Driskill Hotel
James Fenwick Hunt, 31, an employee of Phillips Petroleum in Uvalde, was found dead in his Driskill Hotel room. A coroner’s verdict labeled the death suicide by cyanide poisoning, with a cyanide-soaked Kleenex found in his mouth. Hunt used an assumed name and entered the hotel Wednesday night, with the body reported to be in the room for hours. The scene showed burned lips and fingers and no luggage. The body awaited funeral arrangements at Wilkie Donnelly Funeral Home.
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James Fenwick Hunt
Driskill Hotel
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee Hunt
Bob Minger
Minger
Hunt
Pag Fowler
Frank Turner
Phillips Petroleum Company
Uvalde
Wilkie- Donnelly Funeral Home
Treason Trial Set For Ex Sergeant Provoo
Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman scheduled the treason trial of John David Provoo a former Army sergeant for October 16. Provoo, 33, a former Californian, had been slated for August 14 on charges he joined the Japanese after capture on Corregidor at the start of World War II.
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New York
Samuel H. Kaufman
John David Provoo
Corregidor
Kaufman
Far East
Provoo
Tornado Hit Kilgore Damages Derricks Injures One
A tornado ripped through Kilgore in the northwest area around 2 30 p m causing serious damage and sending one man to the hospital. Six to ten oil derricks and lines were down amid a thunderstorm flux across the northern half of the state.
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Kilgore
el Paso
Louisiana
Waco
Longview
Midland
US Weather Bureau
Muenster
Sherman
Quanah
Break With Showers May Follow Scorcher
The Weather Bureau forecast a slight break in Austin's heat wave with scattered thundershowers for Friday and Saturday. Cooler temperatures are expected and highs may reach the low nineties.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Parson Praises Lord In Korea Battle Fatal for North Koreans
Pennsylvania chaplain Captain Logan I. Weston of the 25th Division led a unit against 700 North Koreans when two machine guns were being set up. A thigh wound halted him briefly, yet he returned and helped tally 27 enemy casualties. Weston, a former Merrill’s Marauders veteran, earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star with two clusters.
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Korea
Pennsylvania
Logan I. Weston
Frank
Merill
Burma
Translyvania Bible School
77Th Infantry
Weston
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Salyersville
Roy L. Day Jr
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Chicago
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Chon Tyong
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Chon
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Teeeenee
Eens Ane
Reuben
Railroad Commission
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Li-Nation Council
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