U S Seeks to Limit Chinese Forces in Korea War
Washington moves to keep Nationalist and Communist Chinese from entering Korea conflict. A Formosa note warns Chiang Kai-shek to consider defenses before sending troops, while talks with MacArthur’s representatives continue. UN allies weigh Mad h er as supreme commander amid legal concerns. Truman returns from a yacht cruise as defense and state officials assess morale and strategy.
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U. S
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
MacArthur
China
Korea
United Nations
Red
South Korea
Nerally
Madhur
Indian Held After Death Of Tribesman
Elmer Snatchee, 31, Mesquakie Indian, is jailed in Tama County on suspicion of murdering Norval Mitchell, 26, also Mesquakie. Witnesses say Snatchee fired three 12 gauge shots at Mitchell during a reservation drinking party. Mitchell died from a chest wound. Snatchee reportedly fled to relatives and was arrested at his uncle’s home. Mitchell was a World War II veteran with several siblings on the reservation. Snatchee has prior drunk driving convictions and three children.
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Elmer Snatchee
Tama
Tama County
Norval Mitchell
Mitchell
Snatchee
Tered Mitchell
Russell Kern
Suzy Poweshiek
Davenport
Kern
Robert L. Grossnickle
Iowa Highway Patrol
Walter Willett
Harvey Jones
Grossnickle
Harry Mauskemo
Mauskemo
Ora Mitchell
George Mitchell
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Mamie
Beverly
Rebecca
Waterloo
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Shirley
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Chiang Labels Soviet Aggressor In UN Plea
Chiang Kai-shek branded Russia as the aggressor to North Korea and urged a solemn UN declaration. He released an 80 token speech arguing the United Nations must label Moscow the instigator to force Russia to cease its actions before it is too late.
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Formosa
Chiang
Russia
North Korea
Korea
United Nations
Blast injures 12 at Brazil Fourth of July celebration
In Brazil Indiana police said twelve people were injured when a stockpile of black gunpowder exploded during a private home celebration on Sunday night. About two and a half quarts of powder were held near a fire and tossed onto it, spreading the blaze from a keg to surrounding areas.
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Palisades shooter turns tables with North Korea map target
A Palisades amusement park shooting gallery proprietor drew a landslide business Monday by introducing a large North Korea map as a new shooting target, drawing attention to the attraction and boosting activity at the venue.
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Palisades, N. J
Palisades Amusement Park
North Korea
Keeping Up With Henry McLemore Column Preview
Henry McLemore writes a daily feature in The Gazette from Cairo about travel experiences and distant places in plain language. He emphasizes practical, entertaining anecdotes and avoids foreign terms while highlighting countries like Korea that may appear in tomorrow's news.
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Gazette
Henry
Jean
Cairo
McLemore
Korea
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Ten most boring books named by scholars list
New York AP reports Columbia University Press surveyed editors writers librarians and critics to rank the ten most dull classics Pilgrim's Progress topped the list with Moby Dick Paradise Lost The Faerie Queene Life of Samuel Johnson Pamela Silas Marner Ivanhoe Don Quixote and Faust also noted Shakespeare's As You Like It as his dullest play at No 41
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Columbia University Press
Kinsey Report
Shakespeare
Bronx
John Bunyan
Melville
Milton
Spenser
Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Richardson
Pamela
Eliot
Silas Marner
Scott
Goethe
Venezuelan youths stone U.S. embassy in Caracas
About 15 Venezuelan youths attacked the United States embassy in Caracas with stones on Sunday. Police presence guarded the building as investigators reviewed the incident.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Monay
Hick Urges Atom Choice For AEC Chairman
Senators Hickenlooper and Bricker urged President Truman to name a permanent Atomic Energy Commission chairman immediately. Lilienthal resigned February 15 leaving a three member panel with two temporary leaders, Sumner Pike and Gordon Dean, as vacancies persist and Strauss left earlier.
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Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Bricker
Ohio
David E. Lilienthal
Sumner T. Pike
Senate
Gordon Dean
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Lilienthal
Lewis L. Strauss
Pike
Wind Rain Hail Damage Crops in Some Iowa Spots
A Cedar Rapids survey shows Saturday night storms caused flooding and heavy hail damage in parts of Iowa. Nearly 700 acres near Nichols were flooded by two drainage ditch breaches, while hail affected a five mile zone near West Liberty, harming oats and soybeans. Mt. Vernon area saw extensive hail across Palisades, with erosion and crop losses noted. Center Point and Central City reported limb damage and power outages.
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Cedar Rapids
Muscatine County
Nichols
West Liberty
Mt. Vernon
Waldo Myers
Muscatine
Palisades State Park
Everett Jordan
Center Point
Raid by Australian Mustangs Hits Korean Town and Train
In Korea near Suwon, Australian marked Mustangs attacked an American post and an ammunition train, igniting a South Korean town of about 50 000. Two American soldiers and a Korean colonel wounded as refugees flood roads. airstrip near Seoul contested amid advancing forces.
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Korea
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Suwon
Seoul
Bus Crash Kills 23. 900 Miner Children Uninjured
In Bourg-en-Bresse France an express train carrying 900 coal miner children collided with an excursion bus on Sunday. Twenty three bus passengers died while all the children on the train remained unharmed.
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Bourg-En-Bresse
France
West Coast Units Ordered to Far East Marine Move
The Navy announced Monday that Marine ground and air units from the West Coast will sail to Gen. MacArthur's Far Eastern command. Ground elements from Camp Pendleton and air units from El Toro will join by ship, with Yokohama arrival in about 16 days.
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West Coast
MacArthur
Far Eastern Command
Navy
Yokohama
South Korea
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Orient
el Toro
First Marine Air Wing
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
First Marine Division
First Wing
North Korea defies U N by vowing holy war for freedom
North Korea announced its defiance of United Nations sanctions and pledged to strengthen the holy war for freedom unity and independence. The Pyongyang cablegram accused the United States of planning domination since the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth and claimed American imperialists seek to turn the Pacific into an American sea and subjugate Pacific nations.
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Lake Success
Red
Soviet Anti U S Rallies Reported Across Union
Moscow press says thousands of meetings are held nationwide to protest American aggression against Korea. Pravda fronts a four column headline denouncing U S actions and marching slogans include Hands off Korea and Curb the American aggressors.
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Moscow Press
Soviet Union
North Korea
Pravda
Korea
Old-Timer Recalls 1898 Crop Failure Feast
In a humorous reminiscence the speaker recalls a severe drought year 1898 with a nearly ruined corn crop. He quips that his father once ate 14 acres of corn in a single sitting, while his mother cooked a meal from it.
July Fourth Toll Mounting Across Iowa Over Holiday Weekend
A Sunday head on collision near Cedar Rapids killed three people and injured four, swelling the four day holiday death toll. By Monday at least 12 violent deaths were listed in Iowa, with five traffic deaths noted, amid extended holiday reporting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Americans Australians Batter Fee
American and Australian air raids halted North Korean progress near Seoul and Suwon. Communiques report seven tanks and 22 trucks destroyed, two planes shot down, and a stalled Communist advance. B 29s struck Yonpo airfield while hostile columns crossed the Han River south of Seoul.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
South Korea
Pyongyang
Seoul
Yonpo
Suwon
U. S
Han River
Wonju
Han
Johnson says no move to call up reserves
Secretary of Defense Johnson told reporters after a White House briefing with President Truman that there is no present plan to mobilize reserves in the United States tied to the Korean crisis. He updated Truman on developments in Korea after their meeting.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Truman
Cedar Rapids Fourth of July observance shuts city offices
City county and federal offices along with stores and plants in Cedar Rapids close Tuesday for Fourth of July celebrations. The American Legion hosts Hawkeye Downs events including stock car time trials at 10 30 a m, 2 p m races, 7 p m band, 7 30 p m Hawkeye Music Festival, 8 30 p m 40 lap auto races and 9 45 p m fireworks.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
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