Country Sets New Record In Production
The Department of Commerce reports the nation set a second quarter production record with an annual market value near 3724.0 billion dollars. Personal income rose to 284.0 billion, while farm income fell about 1 billion and inventories surged to 8.8 trillion, driven by manufacturing and defense spending.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Defense
Office of Business Economics
Commerce Department
Greas Nations
French Postal Strike Shocks Nation Over Retirement Age
Paris reports reveal fear of retirement age increase for public servants sparked a nationwide stoppage. Premier Laniel aims to keep workers at 62 but allows 55 to retire, though many fear higher penalties. Officials warn troops may deliver mail if strikes persist.
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Earis
Joseph Laniel
France
Latid
Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Services
Missing Boy Richard Rucker Clothes Found in Swiss Wool Near Home
Swiss report says two year old Richard Rucker disappeared July 36 from his miner parents Charles and Mrs Rucker. Clothes found stacked neat a mile and a half from home with no struggle signs. Bloodhounds failed to trace scent due to age and rains washing away track.
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Richard Rucker
Richard
Charles Rucker
Inside Today 1-19 Obituary Notice Fragment
Obituary fragment mentions Radia-Tv person and baby with unclear details. Reading is partial with few identifiable names or dates. No clear event or survivors can be named from the surviving text.
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Radia-Tv
Rothy
Reds Purge Army Units In Germany
Western intelligence reports say the Soviet Red Army in East Germany is purging personnel for failing to quell June anti communist riots. The Information Bureau West notes many officers and soldiers were arrested and sent to Russia for trial after insubordination and failure to follow orders. At least three were shot. The MVD questioned troops used to crush the riots and shifts were made, including Magdeburg units moving to Schwerin and arrests on Ruegen.
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Berlin
INS
Red Army
East Germany
Information Bureau West
Xaid
Russia
MDV
Red Army High Command
Magdeburg
Schwerin
Baltic Sea
Ruegen
Erfurt
MVD
Reed Digs In On Tax Front
Rep. Daniel A. Reed opposes the administration drive to cancel a two billion dollar cut in corporation income taxes next year. As chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, he calls the current law a firm promise to reduce the tax, with rates dropping from 52 percent to 47 percent next April, potentially widening the deficit as profits and taxes shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Washington
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
House
Ways and Mearns
Congress
Eisenhower
Hounds Track Deputy Killers Across Georgia Mountains
Bloodhounds and over 100 officers converged on a Pine Forest area two miles northeast of Adairsville to hunt two prisoners who killed a U S marshal and abducted another guard. A Negro woman reported seeing three large white men in nearby woods as FBI agents and state patrols set up roadblocks.
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Avaimsville
U. S
Istate
FBI
Adaireville
Atie
Sam E
Rome
Vaughn
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Italy
Attilio Piccioni
Georgia Mountain Area
Alcide de Gasperi
Chamber Ofi
Adairsville
Depy
Eugene Gasperi
Jgelich
Butte
Mont
Piccioni
de Gas
de Gas Woodard Larson
St. Paul
Mint
Atlanta
Luigi
Nashville
Leone
Florence
U S Weighing H Bomb Claim By Malenkov
Russia's Premier Malenkov claimed the United States no longer holds a monopoly on the hydrogen bomb and the Soviet Union has mastered its production. U S officials offered cautious responses noting no official claim of mastery, while Truman had previously hinted at advanced thermo nuclear testing. The AEC has provided only silent notes on progress, with comments from members of Congress reflecting skepticism or cautious acceptance.
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America
Washington
Russia
Caim
U. S
Georgi Malenikov
United States
Soviet Union
Eniwetok
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Malenkov
Hinshaw
D-Calif
van Zandt
R-Pa
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Truman
Closed Mines Idle 2256 in Kanawha Sub-District
Twenty coal mines in the Kanawha sub-district or Federal Coal District have closed since January 1, 1951, idling 2,526 miners and causing payroll losses. The survey by the Southern Coal Producers Association shows a broad impact across 12 sub-districts with 15,399 workers displaced and more than 15 million tons of coal produced in the last year of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Southern Coal Producers
Assoc
Pocahontas
Repatriated POWs Begin Homeward Journey From Korea
The first shipload of Americans from Communist prison stockades is set to board the General Walker at Inchon tonight as 325 U.S. former captives prepare to sail. Sick and wounded are sent to Japan or back to the United States, while the fully fit travel home. The western Korean village hosts the sixth day of prisoner exchange with 175 American POWs among a 389 total freed, including 50 British and 25 Turks. The Reds promise 400 more tomorrow, but excluding the ill. The initial group includes 50 South Koreans, 25 British and 25 Americans, with several Americans exchanging remarks with British troops.
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Panmunjom
Stockades
Inchon
U. S
Walker
Freedom Village
Freedom
Japan
United States
Search Craft Grounded By Darkness After Plane Crash
A 36 aboard C 119 Flying Boxcar crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. Five survivors were found. a comprehensive search for the three missing was halted due to darkness and would resume at dawn. The flight was Udine to Tripoli via Libya with American personnel on board. The search involved U S British Italian planes and ships including the Roebuck and Sixth Fleet units.
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Rome
INS
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sicily
U. S
Udine
Italy
Wheelus
Tripoli
Libya
Africa
NATO
Ponza
Palermo
Mediterranean
Youth Defeats Illness Wins All-American Soap Box Derby Title
Freddie Mahler of Muncie Indiana overcame near deafness and a thyroid illness to win the 16th annual All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. The 14 year old racer earned a $5 000 college fund prize defeating Dale King of Los Angeles and his brother Joe King who finished second and third. More than 60 000 spectators attended with Ronald Ford finishing fourth.
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Akmon
Freddie Mahler
Muncie
Ind
Mahler
Dale King
Los Angeles
Calif
Joe King
Allree
Ronald Ford
Mohler
AFL to Hear ILA Overcleaning Showdown in Chicago
In Chicago on August 9 the AFL Executive Council will grill the International Longshoremen's Association over racketeering links. ILA President Joseph Ryan faces graft allegations as the 15-member council may demand his ouster or risk AFL expulsion at the convention.
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Chicago
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
International Longshore-mans Association
MLA
AFL
ILA
Joseph Ryan
AFL Council
Ryan
Four West Virginia POWs Freed From Korean Prison
Four more Mountain State soldiers were released from Communist prison camps at Panmunjom. Cpl. Marvin L. Hoffman of South Charleston, Estel L. McComas of Otsego, Cpl. Garry W. Plum of Tunnelton, and Sgt. Robert E. Moats of Morganstown returned home as the 13th WV men freed since the Korean War exchange began. The Hoffman family hailed the news with relief after years of fear and uncertainty.
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Eugene R. Hoffman
South Charleston
Marvin
West
Charleston
Reds
West Virginia
Panmunjom
Marvin L. Hoffman
Olio Ay
Pfe
Estel L. McComas
Burell McComas
Otseego
Wyoming County
Garry W. Plum
Cecil P. Plum
RED 2
Tunnelton
Preston County
Robert E. Moats
Robert N. Moats
Re Fd 2
Morganstown
Hoffman
Pigskin Pageant float entry from Horton Lumber
The sixth annual Pigskin Pageant announces D. M. Horton Lumber of South Charleston in the commercial division. The event is this Friday night on Kana wha Boulevard starting promptly at 7 p.m.
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Tuc
D. M. Horton Lumber
South Charleston
Kanawha Boulevard
Pam
Red Prisons Food Medicine Are Weapons
Frank Noel, AP photographer, returned after 32 months in North Korean camps and said food and medicine were used as weapons. He described three escape attempts, 42 days in solitary, and 24 hour guard periods. Noel recalled propaganda pressure and a warm Panmunjom reception. He was captured near Changjin Reservoir while aiding Marines and recounted roadblock evasion.
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Freedom Village
Frank Noel
Associated Press
Noel
Panmunjom
Korea
United States
Changjin
Noell
Robert Bunson
Tokyo
Zachary Dean
Douglass
Kan
Dean
Berlin
Berlin Rail Gate Clamp Downs Free Food Parcels
Police brandished automatic weapons at rail stations in Berlin as East Germans seek free American food parcels. The Red threat and force cut inflow, but thousands still rode bicycles or walked through. The Berlin surface line blockade limited food distribution to 98,704 parcels, with East Germans receiving 66,000. Brandenburg lines yielded 37,600. Saxony regions 9,891. Mecklenburg 1,815.
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Berlin
Red
East - Germany
Brandenburg
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Mecklenburg
Mere's List of Americans Freed by Foe
United Nations Command lists American prisoners of war freed on the sixth day of the Korean armistice exchange. Names include Davis, Brown, Conney, Phillips, Connally, Trarrington, Hodge, Williams, Woods, Wyatt and others with mothers wives and grandmothers noted.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Prestee Davis
Juiius Davis
Durham
N. C
James J. Brown, Jr
Prudence Brown
Benjamin Conney
Rosie Gates
Columbus
Raymond el Dorado Phillips
Pfc
Estella Phillips
Wheatley
Ark
James M. Connally
Idessie L
Health
Tex
Edward M. Trarrington, Jr
Alene Govan
Richmond
Herbert B. Hodge
Herbert BE
Hodge
New York City
John Williams, Jr
Mattie Williams
Oatland
Calif Walker
Williams
Mary E. Carrol
Alleyton
David ,Woods
Denrietta Woods
St. Louis
Robert L. Wyatt
West Virginia executive drowns in Florida bay
A vacationing West Virginia executive, Joseph Lewis of Oak Hill, drowned at Bis Cayne Bay in Miami after jumping into the bay from a 26 foot sailboat to recover three small skiffs. His son, Joseph Lewis Jr., jumped in and pulled him back to the boat before police arrived.
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Miami
Fla
West Virginia
Biscayne Bay
Joseph
Lewis
Oak Hill
W.a
Democratic Party Paper Sellout on Newsstands
The Democratic Gest magazine issued by the Democratic National Committee sold over 100000 copies in its first month with subscriptions passing 30000. Clayton Fritchie notes strong initial response, Paris edition sold out in three hours, second run planned at 140000 copies. The plan aims for stable 150000 monthly circulation with costs set at 3 dollars yearly or 5 dollars for two years and a 2 dollar newsstand price.
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Washington
Democratic Digest
Democratic National Committee
Clayton Fritchie
National Committee
Fritchie
Paris
France
IMF Boost for Turkey Signals Liberal Policy Shifts
The International Monetary Fund announces a breakthrough move to aid Turkey amid economic strains. The action suggests Turkey's fast growing economy is sound though in need of balance and hints at policy changes to restore equilibrium. The fund buys Turkish lire worth 20 million dollars in exchange for 10 million dollars, 2 million pounds, and 18.48 million marks, a record share of Turkey's quota.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
Turkey
IMF
Andj
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U.S
Rse
Plesse
Gls
Italian Coast
Stevedore
Cpl
Col
Mere’s
J. S. Lewis
Florida
Democratic Party
Louisville
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