UN Assembly May Gather If Crisis Worsens
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie said the 59 nation General Assembly could be convened on 24 hours notice for any new aggression if the Security Council cannot act. He noted the Dominican Republic urged lifting the Madrid envoy ban as its session opens Sept. 19.
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Lie
Security Council
Forview
Jacob A. Malik
Yeal
Malik
North Korea
Council
John M. Chang
U. N
General Assembly
U.N
Assembly
Aurea
China Reds Shell British Steamer Hang sang
Chinese Communist shore guns fired on the British steamer Hang sang near Lema island 15 miles from Hong Kong, wounding two officers and slightly damaging the ship. A five inch shell that failed to explode was removed later. Wounded are Alexander Brown and A A Nelson. captain is L W Harrison. The Steel Rover also took splinter damage nearby.
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Hong Kong
Hangsang
Alexander Brown
Pitlochry
Scotland
A. A Nelson
L. W. Harrison
Lema Island
Sandakan
Borneo
Isthmian Line
Steel Rover
Philippines Offer 5 000 Men For Korea
President Elpidio Quirino announced that the Philippines would send 5,000 fully equipped infantry at its own expense to fight under the United Nations banner in Korea or wherever needed. Congress approved dispatch at Philippines expense, with troops available for use anywhere amid threats to free peoples.
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Manila
Philippines
United Nations
Korea
Elvidio Quirino
Quirino
Marines Plan Full Call Up Of Reserve Forces
The Marine Corps announced plans to mobilize all 80,000 volunteer reserves bringing active strength to about 200,000. Fifty thousand reserves to report for active duty between Aug. 15 and Oct. 31, with 30,000 more mobilized. Some women reserves to be called up, exact numbers undecided. Also more organized air reserve units to be recalled. Coast Guard seeks re enlistments 17 to 45 in reserves with consent rule. General notes on Army tank program and defense spending outlined in subsequent briefings.
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Arthur Edson Washington
Marines
Marine Air Reserves
Marine Corps
Ground Reserve
Organized Reserve
The
Coast Guard
J. Lawton Collins
Army
House
Rep. Philbin
D-Mass
President Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Collins
Truman
Bradley
Senator Byrd
D-Va
United States
Britain
France
Denmark
Norway
Congress
Craig
Leatherneck
Duncan
Bill Blair
Baltimore Sun
West Virginia Reserve Call May Be Light
West Virginia reservists to be called may be fewer than expected due to heavy enlistments. Col. A R Reeves says calls fill vacancies in units already ordered to active duty and quotas will be set by job specialty across the state after August 15. Only nonunit reservists will be mobilized with priorities by age dependents and fitness.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Col
A. R. Reeves
West Virginia Military District
Second Army
Col. Reeves
West
American War Casualties In Korea Reach 2,668
Washington reports 2,668 Americans killed wounded or missing in Korea through Aug 6, with 168 listed as killed. Army casualties dominate totals at 2,616 with 153 killed and 1,590 wounded. Air force total 50 with 14 killed and 34 missing. Navy totals 2 with 1 killed and 1 missing.
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Korea
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Americans Open Korea Front as Channel Swims Run Elsewhere
News briefs report Florence Chadwick and Shirley France attempting to swim the English Channel amid cold 60 degree water near Cap Gris Nez. The piece then covers U.S. forces pushing toward Chinju, Korea, with 10 miles gained by Doughboys and Marines facing heavy North Korean attacks.
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Florence Chadwick
San Diego
Calif
Shirley May France
Somerset
Mass
English Channel
England
Miss Chadwick
Shirley May
Return To Hoot Owl Stage Looms For Mercer
Bluefield Telephone Co. attorney D. J. F. Strother told the public service commission in Charleston that Mercer and McDowell counties will face higher rates and dwindling resources. He appealed for a general rate increase for nine communities, proposing a 63.15 percent rise for business lines and 73 percent for private lines.
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Mercer
McDowell
Bluefield Telephone Company
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Enal
D. J. F. Strother
Welch
Commission
Raven
Strother
Bluefield Telephone
Bluefield
Princeton
McDowell County Champber of Commerce
Jerome Katz
Henry Bailey
Ira Mason Smith
H. E. DeJarnette
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Bluefield Telegraph
Inset News
Associated Press
H. A. Hanson
Hanson
France seeks larger Western troop buildup and unified command
Paris reports France asks for more American and British troops to Europe and unveils a three year two trillion franc aid plan. The package adds 15 new French divisions, lifts total armed forces to about 900,000, and seeks centralized western army command and funding control.
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Paris
France
Europe
U. S
United States
Truman
Congress
Driver dies after permit denial in Iowa crash
Carroll P. Hedges, 25, was killed when his car skidded into a ditch hours after a renewal permit was refused due to defective vision. His two year old son, who was in the car, was thrown clear and suffered only a minor facial cut, according to state highway patrol.
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Iowa City
Carroll P. Hedges
Highway Patrol
Leathernecks and Doughboys Break Through on Korean Front
US Army and Marine units pushed about four miles from Chindong toward Chinju on the Nam River amid heavy fire. The Fifth Marine Regiment and the Army’s Fifth Regimental Combat Team faced artillery and counterattacks, with aircraft support and ships standing by.
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Tokyo
Chinju
25Th Infantry
Pusan
Fifth Marine
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Eighth Army
Naktong River
United Nations
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Army
Fifth Regimental Combat Team
Tom Lambert
Fifth Marines
Chindong
Lambert
35Th
25Th Division
35Th Infantry
Eighth Sermy
35Th Regiment
South Korea
Nam River
Masan
America
William B. Kean
U. S
Fifth
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UN Assembly
China
1St Cavalry Division
Senate Group
HST
Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
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R-Ind
Bricker
Ohio
Tobey
Senate Action
Senate Committee
Sparkman
Reds
U.S
Dover
Chadwick
Murat Guler
Antonio Albertondo
Argentina
Channel Derby
Guler
Bulletin
MacArthur
Sagong
Naktong
24Th Division
First Cavalry
24Th
Bluefield Telephone Co
Unified Command
Owl
Leathernecks
By Tom Lambert
David Duncan
Edward Craig
Marine Command
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