Reds Capture Taejon Entrap General Dean
American forces abandoned Taejon and formed a new defense line four miles southeast as heavy Communist attacks continued. General Dean was reported missing after sustaining a fierce fight near Taejon with a tank assault and an attempted rescue amid trapped troops and ongoing bombardment along the front.
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Flaming
William F. Dean
24Th Division
Taeok Mountains
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Red
Pusan
Punggi
Tanyang
38Th Parallel
Pyongyang
Onjong-Ni
Chingjo
Seoul
Dean
Charles T. Joy
Far East
Yongdok
Pohang
1St Cavalry
Joy
Peter Kalischer
United Press
Korea
Kalischer
Induction Center Processing Outlined for Texas Recruits
Local officials detailed a two stage U S Army and Air Force induction process for Texas selectees. The plan includes pre induction roll call orientation and mental and physical exams with chest X rays blood tests and a final oath of enlistment if accepted. Travis County calls start next week with 80 men in quota and 4 020 Texans to take August exams 1 005 to be inducted.
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US Army
Texas
Southwestern
US Air Force
Travis County
Selective Service
San Antonio
Travis
Ike Calls MacArthur a Good Old Egg
General Eisenhower, 59, praises General MacArthur, 70, calling him a good old egg after noting he served under him nine years. The wartime Allied leader, on vacation in San Francisco, says MacArthur remains capable of active service.
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Mac
San Francisco
General Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Europe
Peach growers face poor weather and split marketing in Central Texas
In Gillespie and Blanco counties the peach crop suffers from mild winters and marketing confusion. Two years ago no agencies existed, now two compete while a new Gillespie Fruit Growers cooperative forms. Hill Country Fruit Company, Inc. is privately owned by Hodges, Lindig.
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Stonewall
Gillespie County
Central Texas
Gillespie-Blanco
Gillespie Fruit Growers
Hill Country Fruit Company, Inc
Hill Country Fruit Cooperative
Ernest
Hiram Hodges
Andrews Lindig
Hugo Weinheimer
Seven Story Office Building Planned for City
Architects Giesecke Kuehne and Brooks disclose preliminary plans for a seven story office building on the southeast corner of East Ninth and Brazos Streets one block from Congress Avenue. Owner F D Glass Jr signals possible change to an eleven story structure. No bids or cost given. A first floor plan provided to the city for possible widening of Brazos and Ninth.
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H. F. Kuehne
Giesecke, Kuehne and Brooks
East Ninth and
Brazos Streets
Congress Avenue
Kuehne
F. D. Glass Jr
Enfield Road
City Public Works Department
Brazos
Sheriff Campaign Wins Jail Yard Backing In Fort Worth
Fort Worth sheriff seeks reelection with support from inmates on the fifth floor of the county jail. Prisoners praise his work but few will be able to vote due to incarceration.
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Fort Worth
Mer
Fredericksburg Soldier Missing In Action In Korea
Private First Class Kermit Koch 18 son of Mr and Mrs Emil Koch Fredericksburg reported missing in action in Korea by telegram from the War Department. He had served a little over a year and was listed missing July 5. Koch played for the Fredericksburg Hill Billy football team and lived in the town all his life. A brother Henry Koch serves in the Navy on Guam.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Kermit Koch
Emil Koch
Korea
War Department
Koch
Fredericksburg Hill Billy
Henry Koch
US Navy
Guam
Congress Row Looming Over Truman Power
Congress moves to act on a $10 billion rearmament plan as President Truman seeks broad home-front economic controls. Senate and House members debate inflation remedies, possible tax increases, and wartime power extensions amid probes into prices and profiteering.
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Taft and
Bricker
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Gillette
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House
Senate Agriculture
White House
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W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Treasury
Snyder
Commerce
Sawyer
Interior
Chapman
Labor
Tobin
Senate Armed Services Committee
Jones
Ala
R-Mich
Nixon
R-Calif
Commerce Department
China
Ohio Town Clears Debris From Storm
Work crews cut down trees and dragged away tangled wires after a tornado hit Lima and nearby areas. The storm left 30 injured, three houses destroyed, 30 deroofed, and about 260 homes damaged in Allen County. Estimated damage totals about 1.5 million dollars.
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Ima
Ohio
Lima
van Wert
Allen County
W. A. Marks
American Associated Insurance Companies
Showers Expected in Austin as Heat Persists
The weatherman says scattered showers may reach the Austin area Saturday afternoon but will offer little relief from the heat with highs in the mid 90s on Friday and Saturday. Thursday’s high was 95 degrees.
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Austin
Grocer Fights Sunday Blue Law In Austin
Austin independent grocer H. J. Arnold vowed to defy the Sunday closing law and spend heavily to fight it. He said he would keep stores open and target all non permitted drugstore sales, as authorities prepared to enforce the blue law starting Sunday.
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Austin
H. J. Arnold
Big Bear
Austin Retail Grocers Association
Arnold
Robert Snead
Paul Smothers
D. A. Shipwash
Snead
R. D. Thorp
Scientist Admits Giving Secrets to Russia
Harry Gold a Swiss born biochemist pleaded guilty in federal court to relaying stolen United States atomic secrets to Russia. He faces possible death penalty though sentencing was postponed to September as authorities review his background. The indictment cites 11 secret missions with Klaus Fuchs, the British scientist imprisoned in London.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
United States
Russia
James J. McGranmery
Gerald A. Gleeson
Gold
McGranery
Klaus Fuchs
London
Painter Woodward Deny Self Nomination for UT Chancellor Post
The two UT leaders Dr T S Painter and Dudley K Woodward Jr deny self nominations for the universitys first chancellor. A regents split and an informants claims about closed sessions and support for an Austin attorney Dan Moody are noted as unverified. No board action was announced after the meeting.
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T. S. Painter
University of Texas
Regents
Dudley K. Woodward Jr
Dallas
University
Painter
Woodward
University News Service
Dr. Painter
Austin Statesman
Associated Press
Austin American
Austin
Dan Moody
Moody
Travis County
William E. Darden
Waco
Margaret Batts Tobin
San Antonio
Board of Regents
F. E. Kirkpatrick
Brownwood
C. O. Terrell
Fort Worth
Edward B. Tucker
Nacogncches
James W. Rockwell
Houston
A. M G. Swenson
Stamford
David M. Warren
Panhandle
C. P. Bower
J. Alton Burdine
Byron Short
Robert M. Moore
Galveston Medical Branch
William M. Moore
M. D. Anderson Hospital For Cancer Research
I. E. Telford
Houston Dental School
Carl L Moyer
Southwestern Medical Schoor
James Shepherd
R. L. Bobbitt
Bartlett Family Still in Polio Ward at Brackenridge Hospital
Three Bartlett family members are listed as polio patients at Brackenridge Hospital. Estelle Haas, mother of the two children already being treated, is in fair condition. Kathleen, 5, Robert, 7, were admitted earlier, with the children reported in good condition.
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Bartlett
Brackenridge Hospital
Estelle Haas
Kathleen
Robert
Texas Groups Among 86,000 In New Order
The Marine Corps and Navy moved to call up reserve units to active duty amid a broad mobilization. About 47 000 Marine reservists and 9 000 air reserve personnel plus 30 000 sailors were mobilized or ready for active duty, with Texas units in Austin and Houston noted among those affected as the Army and Air Force also responded to the new security orders.
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Navy
Army
Far East
Truman
Marine Corps
Marine Reserve
United States
Austin
Texas
Texas National Guard
K. L. Berry
Berry
Fort Hood
Houston Marine Reserve
Edward L. Hutchinson
Eighth Marine Reserve District
Air Force
Defense Department
Organized Air Reserve
Dallas
Dallas Naval Air Station
Hugh R. Nieman Jr
Naval Air Reserve
Texas Poll Shows Brooks Lead in Democratic Lt Governor Race
The Texas Poll report from July 10 14 shows Pierce P Brooks leading the field for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Texas with 18 percent while 51 percent are undecided. Governor race favors Allan Shivers with 73 percent support and 12 percent undecided.
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Joe Belden
Texas Poll
Texas
Pierce P. Brooks
Dallas
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Case March
Waco
Brooks
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