Tragedy ignored In Korea as hungry children wander
A Philadelphia Air Force officer describes in Seoul a four to five year old girl found in a dirty, starving state ignored by passersby and a policeman. The child is taken from a first aid station to an orphanage, then sent back to the street. He reports hundreds or thousands of such children wandering Seoul, living in alleys and refuse.
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Air Force
Philadelphia
Charles Vogel
Seoul
Korea
UN Bombing Idea Traced to O Donnell Plan
Washington column notes Maj. Gen. Emmett O Donnell urged early in 1950 to strike North Korean cities with B 29s and allow civilian evacuation. The UN now targets towns with limited civilian damage as Air Force officials say the strategy aims to pressure terms without excessive civilian harm.
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Charles Corddry
Washington
North Keean
Emmett O'Donnell
Wm Rosev
O'Donnell
Japan
Richard B. Russell
Senate
North Korea
Fermantic
Air Secret
Thomas K. Finletter
Sprior
Glenn O
Comminder
La Porte Man 87 In Critical Condition
C Lawrence, 87, is in critical condition at his La Porte home. Art Simpson, Bayshore Emergency Corps captain, said Tuesday that Lawrence received oxygen Monday night from corps members after a series of strokes during the past month.
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Wi. C. Lawrence
la Porte
Art Simpson
Bayshore Emergency Corps
Lawrence
Emergency Corps
La Porte Band Hall Used For Classroom
La Porte's old band hall has been moved behind the elementary school to provide temporary classroom space. A canopy protects students from weather as the old hall serves while a new elementary building is prepared. Construction is expected to start within the next five days.
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la Porte
Josephi. Smith
Army Song Sought From Composer Wilbur Harth
CBS radio reported that composer conductor Wilbur Harth was asked by the Secretary of the Army to submit a song for the United States Army. The Army, lacking a formal song in its 177 year history, invited several composers to submit entries and will let soldiers choose the final selection.
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Hollywood
Wilbur Harth
Secretary of the Army
United States Army
CBS Radio
Army
Meoat Hungry Britons Eat Up Horses
Manchester England August 12 The Guardian reports Britain consumes about 59 000 horses annually as meat amid rising prices and a black market that shifts animals to the continent. The survey cites 50 000 horses eaten yearly with 16 500 from the North and South Isolated regions.
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Manchester
Eng
Britain
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Lancashire
Right Dope Vets Told Mustering Out Pay Held Up
Army delays mustering out payments a large share of 50 000 claims returned for information. Nearly 15 000 applications need original separation documents or complete forms. Payments range 100 to 300 dollars and start mailing around Aug 15. Instructions to file with Army Finance Center St Louis Navy Field Cleveland Air Force Denver Marine Corps Washington Coast Guard HQ.
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Washington
Army
Aroy
Army Finance Center
St. Louis
Navy Veterans
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Cleveland
Air Force Veterans
Air Force Finance Center
Denver
Colo
Marine Corps
D. C
Coast Guardsmen
Coast Guard
D.C
Health Progress Cuts Death Rate In Half
Brookings Institution reports dramatic health gains cut U.S. death rate in half since 1900. Death rate fell from 17.2 to 9.6 per 1000 population in 50 years as control of communicable diseases improves and emphasis shifts to reducing chronic illnesses. Infant mortality drops from 130 to 30 per 1000 since 1900, reaching 30 by 1950.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
U. S
German Rocket Experts Back In Business After War
FRANKFURT Germany Aug 12 P The men who helped design the V 1 and V 2 rockets used in World War II resumed work in the new German Society for Rocket Research Tests conducted at Hespenbusch near Oldenburg in the British zone marked a first post war success Five test model rockets were launched with wings and fixed tails Albert Puelenberg co chairmen said the tests showed early progress Boston patrols aided in a street cave in incident driving a police car from a two foot deep pit
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Frankfurt
Germany
London
Antwerp
German Society For Rocket
Resesred
Albert Puelenberg
Hespenbusch
Oldenburg
Boston
William Mullane
Joseph Murphy
Republicans Face 80-Year Jinx In Presidential Battle
Washington August 12 The Republicans confront an 80 year jinx this November not since 1872 has the GOP won the presidency in a year ending with the figure two Ulysses S Grant re elected in 1872 was the only man in the party history to break the jinx
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Washington
GOP
Ulysses S. Grant
His Chastity Not Worth II Judge Rules
Fukuoka Japan August 12 41 An outraged cabinet maker sued his common law wife for robbing him of his chastity and then discarding him. The Fukuoka district court ruled against Satoru Honda 27 who had sued Haru Murata 25 for 770009 yen. The court said Honda was overvaluing his virtues.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Satoru Honda
Haru Murata
Honda
Burglary Alarm Triggers Theft Run, Malden Club
A burglar alarm shorted at a local club in Malden set off a thief at the nearby Magal Capital Theater who fled leaving over $109 in small notes scattered in the cashier’s booth.
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Malden
Mass
Magal Capital Theater
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