Army Chief Declares Reds Won’t Drive U S From Korea
Washington reports Gen J Lawton Collins said U S ground forces will stay in Korea until reinforcements arrive to push back invading Communists. He dismissed evacuation talks and urged stabilization first, with anti tank weapons and tanks arriving for use. Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg backed morale and effectiveness of air and ground forces amid cooperation across services.
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Korea
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van Zandt
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Vandenberg
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Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Mr. Truman
Army
Navy
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Korean
Korean Peninsula
World's Mightiest Flying Boat Triumphs Over Pacific Peril
The Caroline Mars, 8242 tons and flying boat status, completed a harrowing 480 mile flight from Honolulu to San Francisco on two engines with one failing on the left side. Lt. Cmdr. A C Snyder and 15 crewmen plus three Navy passengers faced possible disaster as engines sputtered. Rescue planes accompanied the approach as the giant aircraft neared the Golden Gate, finally arriving at 6 17 p m. over the Farallon Islands region.
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Farallone Islands
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Alamenda
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Gate
US Infantry Holds Reds At Kum River Near Taejon
US infantry supported by constant bombing checked a north Korean lunge across the Kum River near Taejon in heavy fighting. Field dispatches said the Communists built up forces south of the river but patrols were driven back by alert American defenses.
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Tokyo
U. S
Kum River
Taejon
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U. S. Eighth Army
Red
Moore
South Korea
MacArthur
Associated Press
William R. Moore
Democratic opposition to wartime price and wage controls
In Washington July 15 Democratic senators oppose immediate wartime price wage and rationing controls tied to Korea. Senator George heads the Finance Committee warns against sweeping controls while Senator Connally says standby powers unnecessary. Taft already opposes granting such powers. The administration favors slow action and possible voluntary allocations of steel and materials for plane and artillery production.
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Congress
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D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Burton Tells Jury Of Threats In Shammoon Shooting Case
Bland county jury hears Burton claim arresting officers threatened to beat his brains out to obtain a murder confession in the January fatal shooting of F Vincent ABC agent. Burton testified as defense opens its case. officers deny maltreatment and recount a three mile chase into the woods.
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ABC
Burton
A F. Vincent
Vincent
A. C. Elmore
Wytheville
Bland County
W. M. Price
Victor Dorsey
J. L Dillon
Narrows
Giles County
Hollybrook
Top Military Men Join HST In Conference
Washington officials say President Truman will ask Congress by midweek for funds and authority to partial mobilize for the Korean crisis and Western Russian emergency. Gen Collins and Gen Vandenberg described troop progress and new weapons, while Rep Van Zandt warned of possible evacuation. Johnson and other officials attended a Blair House briefing with no public decision.
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Washington
High Administration
Truman
Congress
Fourth Field Army of China Moved Toward Manchuria
Hong Kong dispatch says pro Nationalist papers claim China has ordered the entire fourth field army to move to Manchuria near the Korean war zone by month’s end. The unit under Gen Lin Piao has swept through China and reoriented after recent Nanjing and south China deployments.
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Manchuria
Lin Piao
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Freight Derails and Fire Blocks Potomac Line
A westbound B&O freight derailed near Sleepy Creek along the Potomac River, 12 miles west of Martinsburg, after a defective journal box caused a derailment. Four tank cars burned with flaming crude oil spreading across tracks and fields as crews from Hancock and Berkeley Springs fought the fires. Normal service resumed by 6 p.m. with interim detours and limited track reopenings later.
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Washington
Cumberland
West Virginia Panhandle
Wythe Epidemic Adds Two Wytheville Polio Victims
Wythe county toll rises to 22 with two more polio cases. A two-year-old girl was sent to Memorial and Crippled Children’s hospital in Roanoke, and a 19 month old to Richmond for care. Roanoke center noted no additional cases today and no further arrivals expected. Local shoppers appeared less crowded despite steady business.
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Memorial and Crippled Children’s Hospital
Roanoke
Richmond
India Backs China Reds In U N Seat Bid
London July 15 India has urged America and Russia that admitting Communist China to the United Nations is the first step to ending the Korean War. Nehru’s messages to Stalin and Acheson circulated as Commonwealth officials said. Washington signals unlikely U S support. Nehru argued Red China entry would prompt Russia to lift its UN boycott.
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India
America
Russia
China
United Nations
Commonwealth
Jawaharlal Nehru
Stalin
Dean Acheson
Washington
United States
Nehru
U. N
Korean War At A Glance
AP reports Korean front action with American air support repelling North Korean units near Kum River and Taejon. Truman to seek funding and mobilization authority. possible activation of guard divisions. Gen. Collins optimistic. U S casualties projected under 500. Stalin responds to Nehru note with undisclosed details.
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Taejon
Washington
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National Guard
Collins
Korea
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Moscow
Stalin
Jawaharlal Nehru
Churchill Warns West Faces Grave Danger From Soviet Pressure
Winston Churchill warned that the western world now faces graver danger than at the height of 1940 Nazi threat due to world wide Soviet pressure. He spoke in Plymouth on July 15 mentioning the peril facing allied nations.
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Hitler
Censorship Of War News Hinted As Correspondents Banned
Two U S correspondents were barred from the Korean front by army officials and then allowed to return as censorship questions emerged. The dispute centered on Lambert of the Associated Press and Kalischer of United Press over alleged sensational reporting and potential aid to the enemy.
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Russell Brines
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Tom Lambert
Associated Press
Peter Kalischer
United Press
Walker
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Col
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MacArthur
Lam
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United
Echols
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Kalischer
New York
U S
North Korean Casualties Estimated Between Eight and Nine Thousand
Washington reports North Korean losses estimated at 8000 to 9000 up to July while American casualties run under 500. An army spokesman notes the NK figure may have margin for error but is close to the truth and cites about 300 tanks originally estimated.
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