Marines Meet Their Match Pentagon Gremlin Fouls Up War
Pentagon gremlin blamed for goofy gear failures as AP reporter Art Edson details towels that dry poorly after washing and canteen cups that stay hot too long. Marines joke about burned lips in Korea and a gadgetry mix up that makes fruit cocktails taste alike while the casualty is humor.
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Pentagon
Art Edson
Washington
San Juan Hill
Korea
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Pelilieu
Free for all fight grows over future of economic controls
Washington reports a wide cross section of leaders urging continuation or reform of the defense production act as June 30 expiry looms. Critics claim controls wasteful while supporters push for price ceilings and broader powers to curb inflation and guide defense costs. Walter Reuther advocates wage stabilization tied to broader equality of sacrifice. Charles E. Wilson comments on national risk in a future all-out war.
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Washington
Congress
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers Union, Cio
Reuther
Senate Banking Committee
House
Oil Firm Offers Talks on Iranian Oil Crisis
The Anglo Iranian Oil Co. offered to send representatives to Tehran for full and frank discussions with Iran as a five day deadline to propose nationalization neared expiration. Deputy Premier Fatehmi said Iran viewed the move as an acceptance of taking over the company holdings while the firm reserved its legal rights and did not specify negotiable points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Hussein Fatemi
AIOC
Spring Valley Band Concerts Announced for Park Season
Spring Valley summer band concerts at the city park begin at 8 p m Thursday with John Morris directing the Preston high school band. E C Zellers original Spring Valley band director is away at summer school. Plans for the season were announced by band chairman E B Peterson.
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Spring Valley
John Morris
Preston High School
E. C. Zellers
E. B. Peterson
Eight Minnesotans Die in Weekend Mishaps
Eight people in Minnesota lost their lives over the weekend, six in traffic. Richard Leavitt, 4, of Minneapolis, died from a skull fracture after the car door opened on a city street. Others include Mrs. Oistad and Mrs. Nilles in a collision with a freight train, Sarah Travers in a head on crash near Carlton, Zeon Pfau in a ditch crash on highway 210, Katherine Stumpf in a truck crash near Delano, Fern Donovan from lack of oxygen in a St Paul apartment, and Tommy Cosgrove who fell in an elevator shaft at L S Donaldson Co. in Minneapolis.
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Richard Leavitt
Paul Leavitt
Minneapolis
Hennepin County
Herbert Oistad
Melvin Nilles
Kennedy
Great Northern
Sarah Travers
Duluth
Carlton
Zeon Pfau
Aitkin
Highway 210
McGregor
Katherine Stumpf
Highway 12
Delano
Lawrence
Kenneth
Stumpf
Maurice Fallon
Hutchinson
Fern Donovan
St. Paul
Tommy Cosgrove
Thomas Cosgrove
L. S. Donaldson Co
Russia agrees to Big Four talks plus NATO bases topic
Russia accepts a Western invitation for a foreign ministers conference in Washington on July 23 but only if the Big Four discuss NATO defense pledges and U S overseas bases. Western officials call this a de facto rejection of the invitation.
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Paris
Russia
Washington
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Ernest Davies
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Cities Right to Give Red Oath Upheld
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that cities may compel workers to take loyalty oaths covering past five years not to advocate overthrow of the government and not to belong to groups that promote such violence. It barred punishment for past Communist party membership. Justice Clark authored the majority opinion for a 5‑justice bloc.
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Washington
Communist Party
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Los Angeles
Clark
Vinson
Reed
Jackson
Minton
Guard officer dies at Albert Lea meet
Harvey M. Johnson aged 56 from Red Wing, a colonel in the state guard, died of a heart attack at the Albert Lea rifle and pistol club meet on Sunday.
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Albert Lea
Harvey M. Johnson
Red Wing
State Guard
Albert Lea Rifle and Pistol Club
Reds Open Up on UN Spearheads
In heavy rains Allied troops push through counter-attacks to widen the UN spearheads in North Korea. Artillery and flamethrowers target dug-in Chinese and North Korean positions as UN forces advance toward Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyonggang. The Eighth Army pursues a main line while planes suffer losses, including two C-119s and an F-84.
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Tokyo
North Korea
United Nations
Yonchon
Kansong
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Yongpyong
Yongong
38Th Parallel
Hwachon
GI Escapes Chinese Captors After Guard Snooze
Pfc. Vance Ringling of Warroad Minnesota, a rifleman with the U S Second Division, slipped from a Chinese camp after a guard dozed. He crawled into brush and walked three days to friendly lines, aided by South Korean troops and U S forces.
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U. S
Pfc
Vance Ringling
Warroad
Minn
Ringling
A Val
Rok’s
Acheson Denies Communist Influence on China Policy
In testimony Acheson denied any Communist influence in shaping Chinese policy and defended U.S. aid to the Nationalists. He cited a 1948 Barr report on Maoist setbacks, and stated he supported MacArthur’s dismissal for not backing administration policies.
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Acheson
China
Sen. Wiley
R-Wis
State Department
Nished
Barr
MacArthur
Far Eastern
Morrell Plant Seeks to End Beef Slaughtering
John Morrell and Co packing plant in Sioux Falls says it may discontinue beef slaughtering due to inability to buy cattle as price controls are rolled back. The plant conducted a six hour kill today.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
John Morrell and Co. Packing Plant
Office of Price Administration
Supreme Court affirms 11 Communists' Smith Act convictions
The Supreme Court, by a 6-2 vote, upholds the conspiracy convictions of 11 top Communists for plots to overthrow the U S government by force. Chief Justice Vinson writes the majority, with Justices Black and Douglas dissenting. Convictions date to October 14, 1949 after a nine month trial before Judge Medina in New York.
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Washington
Supreme Court
America
Black
Douglas
Clark
Congress
U. S. Dist
Harold R. Medina
New York
U. S. Circcuit Court
Police Inspector 59 Takes Own Life in Philadelphia Home
Police Inspector Warren W. Hobson, 59, shot himself in the basement of his West Philadelphia residence. He was the second inspector to die by self-inflicted gunshot in under a year, following Crags D. Ellis last October. Since May 1948, six city employees have died by their own actions. a pistol lay beside Hobson's body, and no note was found.
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Philadelphia
Warren W. Hobson
West Philadelphia
Hobson
Crags D. Ellis
Media
Ellis
David Hemphill
Efficient cheap weed control urged by University expert
Al Larson weed specialist urged cultural practices as cheap control methods at a 4 H building meeting. He promoted cutting weeds at the bad stage, smother crops, and leaving fields fallow to exhaust root reserves, plus coordinated county cooperation through the weed and seed inspector.
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al Larson
Mower County Fairgrounds
Larson
University Farm Seed Laboratory
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James A. van Fleet
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