Yanks Seize Vital Area In North Korea
Allied First Corps troops clinched control of the Chorwon Kumhwa region, key ground in the central Korean triangle, with Greek Turkish Philippine and Thai units supported by American tanks and artillery. Reports say the area fell late Sunday. Communist forces began retreating northward amid heavy losses.
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Tokyo
Iron Triangle
First Corps
North Korea
Chorwon
Kumwha
Tom Pradshaw
Eighth Army
U.S. First Corps
Chorwon-Kumwha
James A. van Fleet
Thailand
Kumhwa
Yanggu
United Nations
Hwachon
Frank Milburn
North
South Korea
Iran Rejects Soviet Demand Over Dam on Northern Frontier
Tehran reports Iran rejected a Soviet demand to halt work on a dam at Aghai after a Soviet frontier commander complained it shifted Azerbaijan’s boundary. The clash came as Iran’s oil ministry moved to seize Anglo-Iranian Oil Company assets in Abadan ahead of London talks, amid anti British unrest in Bahrain.
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Tehran
Iran
Aghai
Azerbaijan
Iranian National Oil Company
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Methodists Close Annual Conference 531 Appointments Read
The 13th West Virginia Methodist conference in Charleston closed with Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke reading 531 ministerial appointments before an audience of about 3,500. He warned of a despair forged into philosophy and a war driven economy. New and retained appointments were listed for numerous churches across the Bluefield district and surrounding areas.
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Charleston
W. Va
Lloyd C. Wicke
South
C. C. Yates
First Methodist Church
F. E. Perry
Mt. McComas
R. A. Atkinson
St. Paul's Methodist Church
F. E. Shea
McComas
Atkinson
Madison
Ronceverte Flood Damage May Exceed $600,000
Ronceverte West Virginia faced flash flood losses estimated between 300 000 and 600 000 as mud filled streets along US 219. Mayor Co W Shankland reported guardsmen police and volunteers aiding cleanup with stock and fixtures in a seven block business district hardest hit and no injuries reported.
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Ronceverte
W. Va
Greenbrier County
Co. W. Shankland
State Road Commission
WRON
Fairlea
Shankland
150Th Infantry Regiment
Sharkland
Gardendale Mayor Promoted to Corporal in Korea
Gardendale Alabama mayor John B. Harris, elected in February 1950, has been promoted to corporal in the first Marine Division as he serves a second term. Despite dual duties, he signs official papers from his Korea duty and plans to finish his term February 15, 1952.
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Korea
Hizzoner
Marine
John B. Harris
Gardendale
Ala
First
Marine Division
Uty
Reds Demand Jap Peace Treaty Talks
The Soviet government called for a July or August peace conference on Japan with all nations that fought Japan to participate. Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin delivered a 19 page note to U S Ambassador Kirk after rejecting separate U S talks. Moscow urged a council of foreign ministers including China to handle the treaty question in June or July.
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Moscow
Japan
V. A. Zorin
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Foreign Office
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
China
United States
Red China
Sunday Rains Across The Middle Atlantic And Weather Extremes
The Middle Atlantic seaboard saw rain on Sunday while other regions remained hot and muggy. Eastern storms dumped over an inch of rain in New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and North Carolina as temperatures ranged from over 100 in Texas to subfreezing in Nevada.
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Middle Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf Area
Oklahoma
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Washington
Texas
Florida
Ely
Nev
Caribou
Yellowstone
Senate probe turns to China policy in Far East inquiry
Washington June 10 Senate armed services and foreign relations committees focus on whether a nationalist communist coalition existed in China. Gen Wedemeyer, author of a 1917 China Korea report, testifies as the eighth witness amid questions tied to MacArthur and U S policy options.
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Washington
United States
China
Senate
Far East
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Korea
6Th Army
San Francisco
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Douglas MacArthur
Far East Command
Chinese Peace Feelers Unlikely In Near Future
General Marshall said he cannot imagine the Korean war lasting years and doubted any Chinese peace moves soon. He noted China faces a delicate issue of face and wants to push U S forces out of Korea, while denying plans for peace talks or cease fire. He spoke during a briefing in Tokyo about dispatches to Ridgway and Eighth Army goals.
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Tokyo
U. S
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Korea
Japan
Matthew B. Ridgway
Far Eastern
Eighth Army
South Korea
MacArthur
Far East
China
Truman
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate
United Nations
U.N
Very Strong New England Earthquake Shakes Rhode Island
An earthquake rattled parts of southern Rhode Island and Connecticut at 1 20 p m EDT centered about 76 miles south of Harvard Mass. It caused buildings to shake and items to fall from shelves with a deep rumble heard by residents and police. No damage was reported.
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Westerly
R. I
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Harvard
Tion
Mass
New England
Abe Solovietzick
Westerly Sun
Hope Valley
New London
Conn
Newport
Westfield
North Kingstown
Province
95 784 Army Men In Chair Corps
The Senate preparedness subcommittee reported that 95 784 soldiers are serving in non combat or chair corps roles. It called the wasteful overhead and urged policy revisions to use more limited service, more women in uniform, and more civilians as instructors and workers. Investigators sampled 16 training camps and found 85 264 enlisted men and 10 520 officers in overhead functions, far above needed for frontline duty.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Armed Services
Army
WACS
Navy
WAVES
Johnson
Air Corps
Marines
Berle Ends 22-Hour TV Marathon For Runyon Cancer Fund
Milton Berle completed a 22 hour telecast that raised 1 127 211 dollars in pledges for the Damon Runyon cancer fund. NBC said final totals would be released later as pledges continued to pour in. Berle handled 2 000 calls and lost nine pounds, ending at 9 am EST.
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Milton Berle
Runyon Cancer Fund
New York
Damon Runyon
Theational Broadcasting Company
Berle
the Cancer Fund
Louis B. Mayer
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Film Studios
Buffalo, N. Y
E. Hollander
Saint Peter, Minn
Jacksonville
Fla
Omaha
Neb
Broadcasting Company
Early End To Meat Fuss Seen
Michael V. DiSalle, price stabilizer, forecast an early end to the beef shortage and quick settlement of meat price controls. He said beef production would be nearly normal in a few weeks and doubted a producers strike akin to 1946. DiSalle spoke in Philadelphia at an Italian American society dinner and predicted Truman would address price controls on a national radio broadcast.
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Philadelphia
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSelle
Truman
Washington
London
United Nations
Iere
Envoys From 16 Nations Study Plans for Korea Peace
Washington June 10 envoys from 16 nations with forces in Korea study plans for a public peace bid to the Communists. They discuss a potential 38th parallel truce framework and aim to prepare terms for negotiation, with US and Britain driving the effort and MacArthur's earlier bid noted as a factor.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
U.N
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Britain
Dean Rusk
Herbert Morrison
State Department
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
mid-Korea
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Korean
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Edward F. Butler
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Methodists
Bluefield
Wicke
P. A. Hawkins
Bradshaw - English
W. I. Piber
Caretta
L. A. Dorsey
Lerena
D. F. Zinn
War
W. P. Hornbarger
W. F. Bird
Anawalt-Pageton
Paul H. McKain
Athens
O. W. Watson
Bartley
M. M. Forren
Berwind
G .W. Stewart
Bluefield Bland Street
J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Bluefield Grace
A. A. Angle
Bluefield Trinity
L. E. Steyer
Bramwell-Coopers
W. D. Hicks
Brushfork - Bluewell
Johnson Wilson
Caples-Hemphill
A. H. Roe
Carswell-Eckman
N. W. Looney
Coalwood
C. B Dickenson
McDowell
J. R. Cottrell
Montcalm
Lewisburg
C. E. Winkler
Arbovale
Gay Feather
Frankford
Ezra Bennett
Hominy Falls
Frank Johnson
Levelton
Arnold Akers
Central
Marlinton
Lee Roy Richardson
Monroe
Bill Roberts
Rock Camp
Harold Farmer
H. V. Wheeler
Talcott
John Sarve
Williamsburg
F. P. Reynolds
Alderson
Edward Lester
Alvon
W. T. Whagner
Bellepoint
L. V. Martin
Earl Debar
Crichton
E. K. Sawyer
Durbin
R. H. Crawford
Edray
Q. R. Arbogast
Greenbank
Don Hinkle
Greenville
L. E. Rorsey
Levisay
Fred B. Wyand
Hinton
J. O. Hamrick
Reds
Middle Atlantic
THE
Associated Press
Gen. Wedemeyer
Solons
Eye Coalition Question
George
D-Ga
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wedemeyer
Acheson
Adm
Raymond Spruance
Knowland
R-Calif
Cain
R-Wash
U.S
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