Hangye Re-captured as UN Forces Press 10th Corps Counterattack
U S led counterattack across the east central front recapturing Hangye a key road center as Communist forces pull back along an 80 mile front from Mun san to Pungnam. Second Infantry and First Marine divisions spearhead the push with tanks and infantry driving into Hangye amid wreckage and retreating Chinese forces.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S
10Th Corps
East Central
Hangye
Key Road
Munsan
Pungnam
North Korea
U.N
Bradley says MacArthur urged ground troops in Korea
Gen. Bradley testified that MacArthur first proposed deploying U S ground combat forces into Korea to counter Communist aggression. He quoted MacArthur noting the South Korean army could not unite and warning of a Han River line breach without U S forces. Bradley warned such moves would not end the war and risk World War III.
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Washington
Bradley
MacArthur
U. S
Korea
Concfe
Far East
Han River
U.S
Japan
South Korea
Iran
Auto workers to gain three cent hourly raise tied to cost index
Washington AP reports about 1.6 million auto workers receiving a three cent per hour increase effective after June 1, linked to the government cost of living index. The index shows minimal March 15 to April 15 change and a 0.1 percent rise from March 15 to April 15 under the old basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Ranee Statistics
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Asia Will Decide Own Future, Speaker Says
Chicago journalist and former foreign correspondent Frank Smothers told the National Congress of Parent Teachers that Asia will essentially decide her own future. He argued Far Eastern nations are too Asiatic to submit to lasting military control by either Russia or the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Frank Smothers
Chicago
National Congress of Parent Teachers
Asia
Smothers
Russia
U.S
Man Complains About Tough Steak at Lunch Counter
A customer at a lunch counter struggles with a not-so-choice steak. He finally lowers his knife and tells the proprietor it is a shame to fry a tire that still has much tread.
Acheson Says Dickering With Red Chinese May Be Needed
Secretary of State Acheson said negotiations with the Chinese Communists may be necessary if a Korea war settlement becomes possible, but no peace feelers have been received. He indicated no intent to critique Dean Rusk’s remarks and noted U S concern for Iran while denying intervention in its affairs.
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Washington (Ap
State Acheson
Korea
Rusk
Formosa
Acheson
U. S
Britain
Iran
Poles Refuse Air Clearance for U S Ambassador Kirk
Berlin AP report says Poland denied air clearance for U S Ambassador Alan Kirk to fly over Polish airspace from Moscow to Berlin. A U S Air Force plane awaiting the ambassador’s holiday trip was halted in Berlin as Warsaw and Moscow officials pursue Polish cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Alan Kirk
Moscow
Europe
State Department
Warsaw
Hastings boy places fourth in cake contest
Dennis Edgar a 14 year old boy was the only male entrant in a local cake making contest and finished fourth with 86 points. His mother also competed and scored 55 points, among the other entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
England
Dennis Edgar
Pearson Named to State Conservation Commission
Gov Beardsley appointed Floyd S Pearson 32 Decorah attorney to the State Conservation Commission succeeding E B Gaunitz whose term ends June 30 Pearson has art degrees from Iowa and brings fishing and game knowledge to the post His term runs to June 30 1957 with pay of 10 a day plus expenses He is a Republican and the governor plans another appointment before July 1 The senate rejected prior nominations during the recent session
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Floyd S. Pearson
Decorah
State Conservation Commission
E. B. Gaunitz
Lansing
Pearson
University of Iowa
Harpers Ferry
Student Flareup at Rensselaer Amid Draft Tension
About 700 RPI students staged a near riot in Troy early Wednesday over draft anxieties and exam stress. One student and two policemen were injured, seven students were arrested for disobeying officers, and a campus bonfire sparked the disturbance before President Houston urged calm and dormitory returns.
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Troy
N. Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
15Th Street
Livingston W. Houston
Community Budget Records For 1951 Show Funds Raised
The draft summary lists Camp Good Health and various donations such as 1 496 20 memory of Hattie Greer by Mrs Harry Kindig 10 00 C R s Men s club 10 00 B B B class First English Lutheran church Typographical auxiliary No 2108 Tyler school PTA 2 50 RaceS Peeps Budget for 1951 7 613 00 Amount to be raised 6 074 30 ereeee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Greer
Harry Kindig
C.r.’S Men’s Club
Eng
Seven Die as C-124 Plane Crashes in Indiana Field
NEW LISBON Ind. A United States Air Force C 124 Globemaster carrying 12 aboard including five civilians crashed in a field and burst into flames Seven men were killed with survivors seriously injured The aircraft was the largest in quantity and appears to have gone down during an attempted landing Witnesses saw trouble just before impact Captain H L Hensley of Wright Patterson Air Base said the plane was en route from the air development force flight test division at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lisbon
Ind
Air Force
H. L. Hensley
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Dayton
Flight Test Division
Air Development Force
MacArthur Group Meeting Fizzles at Carnegie Hall
In New York the Sustain Mac Arthur Committee rented Carnegie Hall for a meeting but only 39 people attended. Chairman Mrs. Glass Edwards declared the turnout inexplicable after distributing 1,700 tickets priced from 1 to 2.40 dollars. General MacArthur was not invited. The hall reported a $900 charge for the venue and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sustain MacArthur
Carnegie Hall
Glass Edwards
Gen. MacArthur
Western Union Rate Increase Blocked by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission blocked a proposed 10 percent average rate increase by Western Union until Sept. 1 to allow hearings on the legality of the raised rates. The higher charges were set to take effect June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Western Union
Commission
New Auto License Quarters To Be in Courthouse Lobby
The county board set a 2 p.m. June 19 letting for a $5,000 project to build a new auto license department in the east end of the courthouse lobby. The L shaped space will free room in the treasurer’s office and add space for the tax department. Completion is planned within 120 days with a cost bond required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids News
of Supervisors
Auto Department
Tax Department
Auto Division
Cops Save Many as Flood Races Through Hays Kansas
In Hays Kansas two patrolmen raced through rising floodwaters warning residents by siren and door knocking. The flash flood killed four, left three missing, forced 3500 from homes, and caused one million dollars in damage.
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Hays
Kan
Paul Reveres
Big Creek
Clarence Weth
Eddie Staab
City Hall
Gerald Gibson
Nampa
Idaho
Joan Denham
Treva
Doyle Eaton
Eaton
Wakeeney
George Maska
Ing
National
Power outage hits 21 Iowa counties after turbine room blaze
Electricity failure at the Iowa Electric Light and Power Plant in Cedar Rapids cut power to 21 eastern central Iowa counties at 11 43 p m A 15 000 kilowatt generator burned out and flames spread across a 60 foot turbine room Nobie A Smith turbine room operator escaped injury Chief engineer Charles Slauson estimates damage at 200 000 insured Power restored to hospitals by 12 20 a m and across the county by 12 40 a m Some Cedar Rapids residents were without power for almost two hours St Lukes hospital reported a new daughter born to Mrs Gordon Nordstrom at 11 50 p m on Tuesday
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Light Company
Smith
City Fire Department
Iowa
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cedar Rapids
Charles Slauson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gordon Nordstrom
Eleventh Street
House Group Alters Income Tax Proposal
Washington AP report details a heated Ways and Means Committee session voting a flat 12.5 percent income tax increase for individuals and higher excess profits tax on corporations. Party-line approval prompted Republican criticism of railroaded changes. officials say revenue stays about the same $2.845 billion, but tax burdens shift toward higher earners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Simpson
R-Pa
Reed
N.Y
Bever Park power cut planned during work at new substation
A light company spokesman said brief power cuts are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in the Bever Park Memorial drive SE area as work proceeds at the new Bever Park power substation. He stressed the outages are unrelated to the Tuesday night power failure.
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Bever Park Memorial Drive SE
Bever Park
Palo Woman 27 Killed in Crash Near Davenport
Mrs William Baum 27 of Palo was killed when her car crashed into a ditch near Maysville ten miles north of Davenport Tuesday around 9 30. Her husband was injured and shocked. Baum reportedly blinded by oncoming lights. Surviving: husband two children parents siblings and in laws. Funeral arrangements pending at Turner Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
William Baum
Palo
Maysville
Baum
Bernice Loraine Doty
Victor
Waukegan
Jerry Ray
Sharon Kay
Lacey Doty
River
Pfc
LaVerne Doty
Air Force
Denver
Willard Bortz
Cedar Rapids
Don Schuldt
Deep River
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Palo Legion Auxiliary
Turner Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids Food Bill Constant Through March to April
The Cedar Rapids retail food price average stayed level from mid March to mid April. Meat poultry fish sugar cereals and bakery prices rose while fruits vegetables fats oils dairy and beverages fell offsetting the gains. The mid April index stood 234.8 percent above the 1940 June average and was 16.8 percent higher than a year earlier. Lamb prices led gains up 3.2 percent while fresh fruits and vegetables fell 1.4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BLS
Ers
International Union of Electrical Workers
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Jennifer Jones Visits U.S. Army Hospitals in Korea
Movie star Jennifer Jones arrived in Korea for a Wednesday tour of U.S. Eighth Army hospitals visiting patients and staff as part of a goodwill mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
Jennifer Jones
U.S. Army
Oil Truck Man Inspires Child Play in Des Moines
A Des Moines scene shows two year old Larry Christiansen watching an oil truck fill a tank. After the truck leaves, he imitates the oil truck man. A patrolman notices oil and water in the gutter and traces it to the source, Mrs. L P Christiansen, who had connected a garden hose to a pipe and turned on the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Larry Christiansen
Larry
L. P. Christiansen
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Edward M. Almond
Pukhan
Choyang
Chunchon
Sen. Brewster
Maine
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yugoslavia
Indo-China
Dean Rusk
China
Kirk
Associated Press
John Srutkowski
Brooklyn
John, Jr
663Rd
Camp Edwards
Mass
George Durante, Jr
Forest Hills
National Guard
Boulder
Putnam
Clinton
Grant, College
Franklin
Buffalo
Rabbit Grove
Central City
Waubeek
Edward Ferreter
Ferreter
Henry J. Hood
Colonial Bakery
Walter M. Brown
Jerry Hunt
C.R
Noble A. Smith
B Avenue NE
House Group
Bill Constant
Jennifer
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