UN tanks pound Chorwon and Kumhwa frontier in Korea
AP from Tokyo reports Allied armored patrols hammering at Chorwon and Kumhwa as UN forces advance toward the Chorwon Kumhwa Pyonggang bastion. Eighth Army officials estimate 300,000 Reds on the front with 120,000 North Koreans flanking and 180,000 Chinese in the center.
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Tokyo
Chorwon and Kumhwa
United Nations Army
AP Tokyo
Robert Bunson
Eighth Army
Korea
Chorwon - Kumhwa
Pyong- Gang
Eunson
Trianges
Bunzon
Chorwon-Kumhwa- Pyonggang
James A. van Fleet
Bunson
Iran slows action on Anglo-Iranian property seizure
TEMARAN Iran slowed up Wednesday on seizure of the properties of the billion dollar Anglo-Iranian Oil company, but most newspapers here criticized the government for not speeding up enforcement of its nationalization plan.
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Temaran
Ian
Iran
Army to Bolster Combat Strength
Washington reports the army plans to add two or three National Guard divisions and form new regular army divisions and regimental combat teams within a year. Gen John Lawton Collins expects two or three more states’ divisions to be federalized, keeping total strength near 1.6 million.
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Washington
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Collins
National Guard
Europe
Scranton Mother and Two Children Die in Car Train Collision
A Scranton mother Mrs. Albert Plum about 35 and her children George 9 and Charlotte 11 died in a car train crash at a crossing. Carlyle F. Seegers 29 of Och evedan was also killed when a wheel ran over him after falling from a patrol wagon grater on highway 14 north of Allison.
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Associatedress
Iowa
Albert Plum
Scranton
George
Charlotte
Carlyle F. Seegers
Ochevedan
Plum
Jefferson
Seegers
Highway 14
Allison
Guardsmen for Flood Duty Cost Iowa $49,857
Gov Beardsley released a report showing Iowa National Guardsmen spent $49,857 on Mississippi river flood duty in April. Brig Gen Tandy noted $40,978 of the total covered guardsmen pay and said the cost was eight percent of this year’s budget for flood relief.
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Ces.moinesp
Iowa
Mississippi
William S. Beardsley
Fred C. Tandy
State Adjutant General
Burns Are Fatal After High Voltage Incident
Jerry Ellenbolt, 14, suffered fatal burns after contact with a high voltage wire in McGregor Louisiana. He died in a local hospital Wednesday.
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Mcgregor
Jerry Ellenbolt
Nationalist China Owes UN Dues
United Nations records show Chiang Kai-shek’s government has paid nothing on its 1950 1951 membership assessments and owes more than half of its 1949 dues. The UN charter bars voting for two delinquent years unless relief is granted. Other members also owe substantial sums, with 1951 assessments exceeding 42 million dollars and 36 million still uncollected.
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United Nations
China
General Assembly
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
Assembly
Chiang
Retired Rear Admiral Honored at Bradley
Forrest A. Rhoades a 57 year old retired rear admiral and navy veteran of 34 years earned Bradley University student of the year honors. He received the honor scroll during the annual honor day ceremony as he began his first year at Bradley.
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Peoria. II
Bradley University
Forrest A. Rhoades
Rhoades
Bradley
DiSalle asks Canada suspend newsprint price hike
Washington price administrator Michael V. DiSalle urged Canadian authorities to stop the $10 a ton increase on newsprint announced by four large Canadian firms. The request aims to ease effects on U.S. publishers and readers amid rising paper costs.
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Washington P
Michael V. DiSalle
Jbig
Udini Houdini Act Ends With Hacksaw Escape
Albert Udini of North Bergen New Jersey attempted a Houdini style escape from handcuffs Tuesday night. His friends secured the cuffs and he performed the trick, wriggling and pulling until the restraints finally freed at a fire house where they were cut off with a hacksaw.
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North Bergen
N. J
Albert Udini
Harry Houdini
Udini
Kiger Questions Hamilton Subterfuge Charge Over Transit Purchase
Council Bluffs Transit President James R. Kiger denounces Fred P. Hamilton Jr for calling the purchase of Thornton Bus Lines by the Transit “blatant subterfuge.” Hamilton criticizes the move while noting potential next steps by his company amid losses and ICC considerations.
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James R. Kiger
Fred P Hamilton, Jr
Omaha
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Hamilton
Transit
Thornton Bus Lines, Inc
Griswold
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Council Bluffs
Kigec
Cancer doomed Betty Thompson named outstanding citizen
In Atlanta an 18 year old cancer patient Betty Thompson was chosen as the class outstanding citizen as 185 graduates left for commencement. She watched with pride as they presented her the class loving cup and held hopes for a brief marriage to Sailor Tom Amburn before possible death.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom Amburn
Young Harry Always Was Good Traveller
Southampton tale of 70 year old Harry Tatum asked about a 100 mile pensioners bus trip he joins with cheer. He answers “I’m fine, ask dad.” Father William Tatum recalls Young Harry was always a good traveler as he approaches age 95.
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Southampton
England
Harry Tatum
Harry
William Tatum
Clear Way for Nazi Executions
The supreme court denied a last moment plea to stay the execution of seven Nazi war criminals in Germany. The ruling appears to clear the final legal hurdle before their gallows at Landsberg prison in Germany.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Germany
U.S
Landsberg
Dodgers Nip Cards in Protested Game
Brooklyn defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 3 to 2 in a game played under protest after manager Charlie Dressen was ejected in the fifth inning and later found in a box behind the Brooklyn dugout in the seventh frame. Dressen protested a called ball on Peanuts Lowrey. details note other afternoon MLB results from New York, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Washington.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis Cardinals
Charlie Dressen
Dodger Boss
Dressen
Peanuts Lowrey
St. Louis
Stacy
Goyer
Rice
Avenue D Paving Petition Filed for Seventeenth to Twenty-First
Twenty six residents along Avenue D submitted a paving petition to the city council on Wednesday seeking to pave the street between Seventeenth and Twenty first streets. The cost will be borne by adjoining property owners averaging about 10 cents a day for ten years. Nine airmen were reported killed in a large air force plane crash in San Antonio on Wednesday.
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Avenue D
San Antonio
Meldrum Appeals to Supreme Court
Clarence B. Meldrum of 335 North First street appeals a one year license suspension to the Iowa Supreme Court. The appeal, directed to Attorney General Robert L. Larson and others, is set for the October term or as soon as possible. A three-judge district panel previously found him guilty of unprofessional conduct for soliciting jail inmates as bondsman and attorney.
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Clarence B. Meldrum
North First Street
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Robert L. Larson
Harold. H.newcomb
Iowa State
Bar Associat
Matt Walsh
John W. Stoufer
Meldrum
Rain Expected Over Council Bluffs Area Tonight
The weather bureau forecasts more rain in the Council Bluffs region Wednesday night and Thursday. Temperatures will rise from a 57 degree morning low to around 72 daytime. The area has seen a June total near 1.01 inches and a yearly total of about 11.18 inches, with 21.25 inches on the year to date.
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Council Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Truman to seek giant military building program
President Truman will ask Congress to approve the most gigantic military building program in the nation's history. Representative Vinson, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said the projects total 7,000,900,000 dollars, reflecting a sweeping defense expansion.
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Truman
Congress
Vinson D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Gasoline Tank Cache Yields 137.50 in Change
Virgil Riche, a former Council Bluffs bartender now in Chicago, had his car tank drained by a garage man. Shaken from the tank came 137.50 in quarters and half dollars. Riche kept spare change in the tank for future use. He works near Council Bluffs with a construction company.
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Council Bluffs
Chicago
Virgil Riche
Riche
Clyde Luther
3562
Avenue D
Luther
Fourteen Affected By Fumes In Atlantic Legion Hall
Eight women lost consciousness and four remained hospitalized after fumes from a gas heater were blown back into the second floor American Legion auxiliary meeting in the Memorial building Atlantic. Six other women and three children felt nauseated as firemen and ambulances responded. two resuscitators were used and about 25 people were present. The four hospitalized are Mrs Oscar Dahlberg Mrs William Kelso Mrs Earl Beech and Mrs Charles Ballard. all expected to recover. The incident occurred Tuesday night with husbands holding a Legion meeting on the first floor.
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Atlantic
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion, Memorial
Legion
Poinl
Oscar Dahlberg
William Kelso
Earl Beech
Charles Ballard
Plan for Five Day Work Week in House to Gain Summer Recess
Western Republicans mapped a drive to press the House to adopt a five day work week. Seven Western Republicans were designated to work with House leadership on a more strenuous legislative program in hopes of securing a summer recess.
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Washington
House
Packing plant trims Omaha beef operations and staff
Cudahy Packing reported Wednesday that Omaha beef slaughter is about 30 percent of normal. The plant department employs have been cut back about 50 percent as a result.
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Cudahy Packing Company
Omaha
Fe Princeton Grad Poll Names Elizabeth Taylor Favorite Desert Island Companion
Fe Princeton University graduates voted actress Elizabeth Taylor as their favorite Desert Island companion in an annual poll revealed Wednesday. The survey highlighted Taylor among a list of celebrities and reflected campus whimsy rather than a formal award.
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Peinceton
W .J
Elizabeth
Taylor
Desert Island Companion
Feinceton University
Washington happiness on beef front as talks yield calm tone
Washington meeting between President Truman, Western cattle raisers and Price Director DiSalle yielded a hopeful mood with spokesman Roy Turner stating we are all very happy and will cooperate in handling the problem. In Chicago predictions of a meat shortage persisted as DiSalle’s price rollback order limited beef on the hoof and packers warned shortages, though DiSalle expected a national survey to show adequate supply and said the rollback would not be rescinded. The first 10 cent per pound stockyard price cut took effect this week with further cuts planned August first and October.
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Washington
Truman
Western
Michael V. DiSalle
White House
Roy Turner
Oklahoma
Chicago
American Meat Institute
Wang
Meat Institute
Diballe
Turner
DiSalle
Acheson says MacArthur HQ had Korea invasion report
Secretary of State Acheson testified that MacArthur's headquarters received a June invasion alert three months ahead but he did not believe it. He noted prior intelligence and Wedemeyer’s 1947 report warnings, while senators pressed on secrecy surrounding the documents and U S policy on Korea.
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Doug
Washington
MacArthur
South Korea
Adm
Roscoe A. Hillenkoetter
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Wedemeyer
Korea
Peoples Army
Final Vote on Tax Increase Begins in House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee met in session on Wednesday to begin final voting on a proposed 7.1 billion tax increase. Democrats expect few fundamental changes but anticipate many votes on individual items and possible upsets. Rep. Simpson sought a second showdown on the excess profits tax affecting corporate earnings, amid claims Democrats violated prior agreement not to alter that tax. The panel also eyed reimposing a 3 1/3 percent tax on electricity from public power sources sold to consumers, with REA cooperatives exempt.
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Washington
House
Ways and “Means Committee
Richard M. Simpson
Rpa
Land
Simpson
Rep
Reed
New York
REA
Can of Ether Down Well Puts Skunk Family to Sleep
Ventura fire marshal responds to a throat specialist office where a vent pipe housed a family of skunks. He dons a doctor’s smock and pours ether down the well, sending three sleeping and powerless skunks to rest while eliminating the stink.
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Ventura
Calif
Joe Moore
Moore
Painters Mark Crosswalks at Plaza Postoffice
Crosswalk painting began at the Plaza in front of the temporary U S postoffice at Bryant and North Main, after spring rains delayed the work. Capt. E E Winger, head of the police traffic department, noted the delay.
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Bryant
North Main Streets
U. S. Postoffice
E. E. Winger
Husband and Wife Both Phi Beta Kappa
Edward Lee Davis of Mexico Missouri and his wife Bettie Davis, both in the same University of Missouri graduating class, are elected to Phi Beta Kappa national honor society. They reside in a university owned trailer camp on campus.
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Columbia, Ma
University of Missouri
Edward. Lee Davis
Mexico
Bettie
Appointed Bishop Named For Dubuque Archdiocese
The Most Rev Amleto Cicognani announced by Pope Pius XII the appointment of Msgr Loras Lane vice chancellor of the Dubuque archdiocese as titular bishop of Bencenna and auxiliary to Archbishop Henry Rohiman of Dubuque.
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Washington
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
United States
Pope Pius XII
Loras Thomas Lane
Dubuque, Sa
Bencenna
Auxilary
Henry P. Rohiman
Dubuque
Eisenhower Warns Aggressors At Sainte Mere Eglise
General Dwight D Eisenhower stood at the site of the Allied drive in France and warned possible future aggressors that the free world would rally here again if western civilization were threatened.
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Ike
Ste. Mere Eglise
France
Dwight D. Eistenhower
Free World
Grain Bill Passes For 2 Million Tons To India
The House approved a compromise plan to ship 2,000,000 tons of grain to India to prevent a famine. The roll call vote was 235 in favor and 82 against, sending the measure to the Senate.
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Washington
House
India
Senate
Roscoe Thoma Dies Prominent Iowa Attorney
Roscoe P Thoma 65 longtime attorney and former Iowa State Bar Association president died Wednesday at a Rochester Minnesota hospital. He practiced law in Altoona and served as a leader in state legal circles. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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Alurinuy
Roscoe P. Thoma
Iowa State Bar Association
Rochester, Minn
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