Reds Smash U N Thrust At Kumsong
TOKYO June 12 Allied tank forces ripped north of Chorwon and Kumhwa as they pressed toward Kumsong, reportedly forcing a new Chinese defense line. Frontline officers noted heavy Chinese resistance and possible relocation of central operations to Kumsong, with weather hampering air support.
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Tokyo
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Communist Assembly
North Korea
Tantwe Tantry Tack
Ubs
Kambhwa
Kamhwa-Kumsong
Chorwon - Kumhwa - Pyongyang
Kumsong
98Th Parallel
Worsan
Feds
Umsong
Yanggu
George McArthur
Far Western
Imjin River
U. S
Marshall
Washington
Ridgway
U S Hikes Output two New Subs Due
The Navy announced two submarines Tang and Trigger will be launched soon as part of a rapid buildup of the U S underwater fleet. Tang will launch June 19 at Portsmouth New Hampshire and Trigger next Thursday at Electric Boat Co New London Connecticut.
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Washington
U —Rh
Navy
Tang
Portsmouth, N.hs, Navy Yard
New London, Conn
Electric Boat Co
Abandoned search for two missing U. S. jets ends in Germany
U S Air Force HQ said the hunt along the Iron Curtain border for two U S jet fighters vanished Friday is hopeless. Col Barney Gidfield noted wide searches by planes and helicopters in Western Germany yielded no results and a routine report was filed to the Soviet air controller in Berlin.
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Frankfur
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Iron Curtain
U. S
Europe
Barney Gidfield
Air Force Public Relations Office
Oldfield
Berlin
Senate OKs India Relief Bill for Hunger Aid
The Senate approved a bill to lend 190 million dollars to India for hunger relief, funding about 2 million tons of wheat and other foods. EAAs officials said shipments would begin within about 10 days after the President signs the measure, amid Nehru’s hope for aid to avert famine.
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India
Senate
Truman
United States
Econome Cooperation Administration
New Delhi
Nehru
Congress
House
Far East
Truman promotes Medina and Murphy to high posts
President Truman elevated Harold F. Medina 63 a key judge in the vast Communist trial to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. He nominated Thomas F. Murphy New York Police Commissioner to replace Medina in the U S District Court for the Southern District of New York. Murphy had been an assistant U S attorney who prosecuted Alger Hiss for perjury regarding his alleged links to a prewar Russian spy ring. Hiss is serving a five year term in prison.
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Washington
Truman
Alger Hiss
Harold FR. Medina
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
New York City
Medina
New York
U. S
Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
House
Eleven Die As Fishing Boat Sinks In Gale
In Block Island Sound eleven people perished when The Jack sank after striking a submerged object. Three were rescued by The Cindy, including Costas Lambrinides. Surviving crew explained passengers clung to life preservers as the craft went down. Coast Guard recovered five bodies by nightfall and rescued Lombardo who clung to life from 2 p m to 9 a m. Missing include Roy Wilcox and Eleanor Wilcox.
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Groton
Conn
Block Island Sound
Vincent Lombarda
Meriden
Antonio
Milford
Jack
Lombardo
Coast Guard
Robert Thornton
Brooklyn
M. Y
Costas Lambrinides
Portland
Thornton
Lambrinides
Cindy
Roy Wilcox
Waterford
Eleanor Wilcox
Thomas
Lamos (Lambrinides
Seacliff
L. J
Castor oil use restrictions urged by industry
The Agriculture Department said industry representatives urged further restrictions on industrial use of castor oil this summer to conserve supplies. The aim is to keep more of the vital oil for strategic stockpile and defense needs while inventories and losses were trimmed earlier this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Newsboys Aid Lightning Victim With City Coins
Gazette newsboys collected coins to fund Earl Harvey’s hospital expenses after he was injured in a robbery near Dickinson and Washington Streets. Harvey, 50, remains in serious condition at Charleston General with a fractured jaw and head injuries. Police plan to question him when his condition allows, as donations rose from an initial $5 to about $10.
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Gazette
Earl
Lightning
Harvey
Dickinson
Washington Sts
Charleston General Hospital
Dewey Williams
Churen
Rico Risk
Gazette Street
Howard Webher
The
Reformed Forger Given Three Year Federal Sentence
Harold Taylor, 35, of 601 Penally Street, told Judge Ben Moore he would reform but received a three year term at the Atlanta penitentiary after pleading guilty to forging two government checks for 279.92 and attempting to pass one at the National Cash Register office. He had a prior record of 14 arrests since 1933 and a prior federal sentence in Ohio. Authorities say he was arrested for robbing Mildred Phillips and borrowing money from Susanne Lutun after promising a trip to Charleston to see a ill son, though no such son exists.
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Meek Harold Taylor
Penally St
Ben Moore
Moore
Atlanta
Taylor
James YP. Easley
Mildred Phillips
Summers St
Faylor
National Cash Register Co
Easley
Susanne Lutun
Canton
Charleston
Potin
Hastey
Columbus
Chillicathe, O
Wedemeyer Urges U S Troop Pullout and Full Mobilization
General Wedemeyer told Congress the United States should withdraw from Korea break relations with Russia and mobilize fully He backed MacArthurs go it alone strategy for bombing and blockading Red China warning that if the Kremlin calls the tune Americas form of government could be jeopardized He supported taking strategic initiative away from the enemy and argued for a broader mobilization including Pacific defenses and Nationalist strongholds.
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MacArthur
Red
China
Wedemeyer
Russia
jHe
U. S
Kremlin
Asia
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Truman
Gen. MacArthur
Beef Supply Shifts as Dealers See Substitutes Ahead
Chicago dispatch notes steaks in many butcher counters while cattle sales lag after a week of price controls. Stockyards offered 28,500 head, down 6,000 from last Monday, smallest Monday run since Feb 14, 1949, prompting debate over feeder and range operator offerings and a warning of possible beef shortages.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau
Roger Fleming
Col
U S Veto Seen On Soviet Peace Plan
The State Department labeled the Soviet proposal for a Japanese peace conference as propaganda and expected to reject it. Washington described the plan as delaying the Pacific treaty process led by the United States, with Moscow seeking veto power for major powers and Communist China. Ambassador Dulles travels back from talks with Britain and France as U S efforts continue.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Japan
Michael 3. McDermott
Pacific
OPS Raises Price Ceiling On Sausages And Processed Meats
Washington officials disclosed that Tuesday orders will permit higher prices for processed meats such as sausage frankfurters and bologna to reflect increased beef costs. An OPS regulation will set dollar ceilings for sausage products and rules for wholesale veal. A brewing price survey affects about 370 breweries and 8,000 wholesalers as Congress debates removing cotton and livestock from price controls.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Congress
Rep. Rains
D-Ala
House Banking Committee
Bloodhounds Track Girl Missing in Smokies Hunt
In Smoky Mountains National Park near Gatlinburg Ohio girl Evangeline Lorimer, 21, a nursing student, disappeared Friday while hiking with her father. Bloodhounds and 60 national park rangers scoured rugged terrain. only her topcoat was found as searches continued in the dense, bear-populated wilderness.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Ohio
Smoky Mountains
National Park Rangers
Evangeline Lorimer
Stu
Dent
Coineinnatti
Jewish Hospital
Miss Lorimer
Lorimer
W. MM. Lorimer
Seattle
Wash
Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Lois Coada
Coada
B. E. Merning
Mernin
Vacancy Rental Ads From The Gazette Classifieds
The Gazette promotes quick rental turnover with repeated vacancy listings. Ads describe apartments and houses with details such as rooms, furnishings, location near St. Albans and Spring Hill, rents ranging from 25 to 165, and references.
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the Gazette
Bath
Coal River Road
St. Albans
Spring Hill
Phone Talks Break Down In WV Telephone Strike Stalemate
About 3,800 state telephone workers remained on the job without a contract as talks between the Communications Workers of America and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co of West Virginia reached a stalemate. The union seeks a 10 percent wage increase while the company offered about 70 percent of that demand. The contract expired at midnight and negotiations had bogged down since Saturday. No walkout was planned at midnight. The union covers non supervisory workers in Charleston Huntington Beckley Lewisburg Martinsburg Fairmont Wheeling and Parkersburg.
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Communications Workers of America
CIO
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Beckley
Lewisburg
Martinsburg
Fairmont
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Clay Wild Man Sent to State Mental Hospital
Orval Elijah Brown known as The Wild Man of Sizemores was ordered committed to a state mental hospital amid his murder trial. The 43 year old Navy veteran was charged with killing Willard Reedy of Bickmore on Sept 3. A one-man jury mistrial followed and the court ruled he was not mentally competent at the time of the killing or trial. Brown had five prior stays in mental hospitals since 1935, and his appearance and lifestyle earned his nickname.
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Clay
Orval Elijah Brovin
Tizemores
Willard Reedy
Bickmore
Reedy
Jake Fisher
Brown
Wild Man
Sizemores
Clay County
Navy to Boost S Charleston Housing Rents
Residents of the Navy's low-cost housing in Armor Park and Bungalow Park in South Charleston face rent increases on August 1, some 40 to over 100 percent. Navy orders from Washington aim for uniform shelter rents based on local rentals, with a survey board established to set fair rates.
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U.S. Navy
Armor Park
Bungalow Park
South Charleston
Gazette
U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant
Navy
Washington
Rep Brehm Fined For Taking Gifts
Washington June 11 Rep Brehm Waiter E Brehm of Ohio was fined 3600 for illegally accepting 1300 in campaign gifts from a federal employee clerk. Judge Burnita Matthews suspended 5 to 15 months jail, noting belief in his claim of unknowing wrongdoing. He must pay within 30 days, and plans to seek stay pending appeal.
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Washington
E. Brehm
Burnita 5S
Matthews
Brehm
Vacuum Packed Bones May Aid Transplants
Medics demonstrate a method to store bones and blood vessels in glass jars using vacuum packing for long term transplant use. Navy physicians G W Hyatt T C Turner and Andrew Bassett of the Naval Medical School and Naval Research Institute describe quick freezing with liquid nitrogen and vacuum sealing to preserve materials for years.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Assoc
Navy
G. W. Hyatt
T. C. Turner
Andrew Bassett
Naval Medical School and
Naval Research Institute
Bethesda
AF Enlistments Drop That May Point To Draft Move
The Air Force reported enlistments fell about 15 percent in April and May as it eyes the first use of the draft. Officials blamed weaker draft usage and a new Defense Department system to distribute recruits by service and intelligence ratings. Navy plans to rely on volunteers, while Army expects 20 000 to 25 000 monthly draft reductions from earlier levels.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Navy
Army
Joravy
Prayer for Peace Endorses Love Over Power
A brief 30 second prayer asks God for wisdom for people and leaders to seek Thee for peace. It condemns trusting other powers and urges laying aside politics forever, attributed to Joseph B. Whine, pastor of First Christian Church in South Charleston.
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gAmen
Joseph BR. Whine
First Christian Church
South Charleston
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