Cretan Beauty Refuses Recovery? Abductor Claims Her Love
In Crete Tassoula Petrakogeorgi tearfully urged a peace committee she will not return to her father and will stay with her kidnapper Costas Kefaloughianis who has warned of self harm if she leaves him. Troops search Mt Ida as public anger spikes with calls to price Costas’s head and a curfew is imposed to quell unrest.
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Heraklion
Crete
Tassoula Petrakogeorgi
Costas Kefaloughianis
Mt. Ida
Zeus
Tassoula
George Samoulis
George Petrakogeorgi
Casts
Costas
Anoghia
Constantin Tsaldaris
Sophocles Venizelos
Archibishop
Eugenious
Romance
Samoulis
Marathon City
Churchill charges UK let war tools go to Reds
Winston Churchill accused the Labour government of exporting machine tools and tank parts to Russia and allowing Russian inspectors into British factories. He urged halting exports, criticized defense delays, and called for Attlee to address defense measures and Korea troop reinforcements.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Russia
Poland
Attlee
Craven Brothers
Stockport
Royal Ordnance
U.N
Korea
Passenger and Freight Crash Headon
A Pennsylvanian passenger train collided headon with a freight train on a hillside curve near Boyne Falls Michigan injuring 12 people. The diesel-powered trains remained upright, four freight cars derailed, and 12 were brought to Little Traverse hospital for treatment, 10 seriously.
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Petoskey, Mich
Pennsylvania Railroad
Headon
Grand Rapids
Mich
Petoskey
Boyne Falls
Little Traverse Hospital
Elmira
Truman Urges Genocide Ban Pact Ratification
President Truman urged early Senate ratification of the genocide treaty, condemning mass extermination as a tool of political aims. He named no nations, but warned against rulers who justify genocide and pressed the Foreign Relations Committee to report the convention favorably for swift action.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
United Nations
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Insecticide Timing Relative to Wool Length on Sheep
Insecticides prove most effective on sheep when applied during a period of short wool. Experts note that shorter fleece enhances spray contact and pest kill rates, improving overall productivity and health for flocks.
Three Named for Contempt Action
The House lobby investigating committee voted to cite Edward A. Rumely William L. Patterson and Joseph P Kamp for contempt of Congress for refusing to reveal financing details of their organizations Rumely heads the National Committee for Constitutional Government Patterson leads the Civil Rights Congress and Kamp heads the Constitutional Educational League Kamp is serving a four month jail term for contempt of another committee in 1944 If approved the citations would be sent to the Justice Department for prosecution.
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Washington
House Lobby
Congress
Edward A. Rumely
National Committee For Constitutional Government
William l L. Patterson
Civil Rights Congress
Joseph P. Kamp
Constitutional Educational League
Congressional
House
Justice Department
Pair Officially Named Captives in Korean War
The Defense Department in its casualty list identifies two American prisoners held by North Korea for the first time. Air Force lieutenants Robert H. Layton of Stillwater Oklahoma and Donald B. Sirman of Philadelphia are listed as missing in action. The 76th casualty list adds 13 names: one killed in action, one dead of wounds, three wounded, and six missing in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
Robert H. Layton
Stillwater
Okla
Donald
Salt in Pay Named Source of Salary
The term salary derives from salarium, the Latin phrase for the portion of a Roman soldier’s pay paid in salt, illustrating how payment forms influenced language and value in ancient times.
Another Hospital Ship To Replace Benevolence
The navy announced it will commission the USS Haven to replace the Benevolence which sank Friday night off San Francisco. Haven, a former hospital ship used in Bikini atom bomb tests, will join the fleet to serve personnel in need.
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Washington
INS
Navy
San Francisco
U.S.S. Haven
Haven Se
Air Force pilot reports deceitful enemy during Seoul raid
Lt. Robert R. Blank of Piqua Ohio describes a dangerous encounter after a B 26 raid on Seoul. He spots a large round tank marked Danger gasoline and believes the enemy hides more than fuel. He strafes it at low altitude as it nearly explodes. Pele is cited as the Hawaiian fire goddess.
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Air Force Base
Japan
Robert R. Blank
Piqua
Ohio
Seoul
Cedar Rapids Tech Sergeant Goslin Featured in Life Magazine
The Life magazine feature shows Tech. Sgt. Joseph Goslin flight engineer of a B 29 bomber named The United Nations based in Japan. The photo, taken after a Korean mission, also includes another crew member. Goslin, son of Mrs Marie Goslin of 2505 First Avenue SE, has been in Japan since July 4.
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Cedar Rapids
Life Magazine
Tech
Joseph Goslin
Japan
Goslin
United Nations
Marie Goslin
First Avenue SE
East Iowa Reservists Ordered to Active Duty
Eleven eastern Iowa men receive recall notices for army navy and marine corps service. Ten are Cedar Rapids residents and most must report by September 15 with several addresses listed. Navy recalls include Hutchings Forristall Mitchell while Shatzer of Cedar Rapids awaits physical eval by September 13.
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Iowa
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Elroy McKean
Army Organized Reserve Office
Army Reserve
Iowa Military District
Stewart R. Clapp
First Avenue
John Yossi
Monticello
Lester W. Dvorak
Seventeenth Avenue
Donald R. White
B Avenue
William W. Gallagher
Eighteenth Street
James F. McNeill
William S. Jamie
Naval Reserve Office
Billy E. Hutchings
Dale D. Forristall
Alex J. Mitchell
Mitchell
Forristall
Hutchings
Typhoid deaths fall to new low in 1949 Springfield
The UPI report from Springfield notes typhoid fever deaths hit a record low in 1949 with only one death, far below 1940’s 33 and the early 1900s figure near two thousand annually.
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Springfield
Ill
Boy Wins Prize With His Brother At Pet Show
In McMinnville Oregon Larry Lowe, age 10, won a prize in the city pet show for entries in the biggest class. His entry was his 4-year-old brother Johnny, brought with his mother's approval since Larry had no pet of his own.
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Mcminnville
Ore
Larry Lowe
Johnny
Wherry Denies Ganging Up on Acheson in Campaign
Washington AP report notes Senator Wherry GOP floor leader rejects idea that Republicans target Acheson as campaign tactic. He says Republicans must decide individually if Acheson is a campaign issue. Secretary Johnson says he and Acheson get along well.
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Washington
Wherry
G.O.P
State Acheson
Acheson
Defense
Johnson
Government Likely OK for Color TV Soon
Government may approve color television on a commercial scale within days with an FCC decision expected around September 1. The ruling will determine which of CBS RCA or CTI wins color rights, while existing black and white sets may require small tweaks or continue receiving B and W color programs.
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Washington
INS
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Corporation of America and
Color Television, Inc
RCA
CTI
CBS
Man Says Poll Tax Payment Is Public Duty
Herbert Child, 67, argued he was exempt from paying a $2 poll tax but stated he would not let anyone stop him from paying. He described poll tax payment as a public privilege and duty during the Clinton Massachusetts report.
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Clinton, Mass
ULP
Herbert Child
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