Defense Dept Adds 341 Casualties to Korea List
The Defense Department released list No. 341 naming 37 combat deaths 247 wounded 37 missing in action one prisoner of war and 19 injured in accidents in Korea.
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1951
Page
3
The Defense Department released list No. 341 naming 37 combat deaths 247 wounded 37 missing in action one prisoner of war and 19 injured in accidents in Korea.
The forecast predicts widespread afternoon showers today with hot temperatures in the south and Atlantic states. A hot southerly air flow will raise humidity and cloudiness across the East. Separately, about 4,000 church members at their annual conference passed a resolution declaring UMT unnecessary, un-American and un-Christian after a new draft and universal military service bill was signed into law last week by President Truman.
The International Raw Materials Conference urged immediate distribution of 9,550 tons of newsprint to six areas in critical need. Countries receiving allocations include The Philippines 2,500 tons India 2,400 tons Yugoslavia 2,000 tons Greece 1,560 tons Malaya and Singapore 650 tons and Pakistan 500 tons.
Reader's Digest highlights a method from Marie Beynon Ray to sustain energy and productivity. The July issue promises guidance on avoiding fatigue by choosing relaxation over overwork and signals a condensed collection of 42 articles drawn from leading magazines and books.
In Lisbon Maine a car crashed into an electric pole killing driver Karl Bubier 44 of Auburn. Passengers Reubin Dorian 28 of Lisbon Falls slept through the crash and awoke amid wreckage ten feet from the ground unaware his companion had died. The speeding vehicle climbed a guy wire before the fatal impact.
Pope Pius V conferred sainthood on Emile Barons of Vialar of France and Maria Mazzarello of Italy for founding religious orders. The ceremony in Rome drew over 30,000 attendees, including a large French pilgrimage, as cardinals surrounded the pope in a solemn rite.
RANGOON Burma June 24 government says troops killed 10 rebels and wounded 20 in a battle near Thanbyuzayat as about 100 insurgents engaged government forces. A government statement denied Manchester Guardian claims that Communist China supplied Burmese Communists with arms.
Dr. Harry W. Martin husband of Louella Parsons, IN S motion picture editor, died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Hollywood age 61 from jungle fever contracted in World War II. He had been hospitalized since April 18. Funeral plans set for Good Shepherd Church Beverly Hills. Married January 4, 1930.
The announcement noted newspapers will receive newsprint in July from North American sources via diversions from contracts between Canadian and U S mills and publishers. It stated publishers forego those supplies in the interests of the region.
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, visiting Israel, met President Chaim Weizmann Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett and Labor Minister Golda Meir during his Middle East trip in Tel Aviv on June 24.
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