Yank Defenders Hold Positions In Taejon Area
AP reports American defenders hold lines around Taejon as Communist forces retreat north and west. US and Australian planes roamed skies, tanks and trucks were knocked out, and Taejon was evacuated after four days of heavy fighting near Kum river. General MacArthur issued no major new update.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Miandaul
Taejon
Gillel
MacArthur
Vita_public information officer
Trejon
William ¥. Dean
Kum
Dean
Y. 8. 24
REDS
Taeson
Teo Red
Kam River
Tasson
Korea
al Yechon
U.S
Yongdox
Srout
Changiy
Wireahelo
Folsom Signs Bill Sets Oct 1 Age for First Graders
Governor James Fal pont signs a measure fixing the entrance age for first graders at six years by Oct 1. City officials and educators warn schools will remain crowded as districts adjust to the new rule amid September enrollments and construction of extra classrooms.
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Folsom
James &. Falpont
Brice Fhiryy
Dothan
Menauve
Senate
Binte
Miso
Ion
Momabay
Syouralds
Flurrs
Eis
Swithhemt
Sir Goadiliye
Salvation Army Commander Gies Dies at 14 in Hartsdale
HARTSDALE N Y Salvation Army Commander Gies dies age 14 after a brief illness. She was the retired commander Evangeline Booth, born 1865 in London, and daughter of General William Booth who founded the army. She lived many years with the organization and played a leading role in its wartime and postwar activities.
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Hartsdale
N.Y
Evangeline Booth
Worldawide Salvation Amny
London
William Booth
Army
Arte
Buyer Caution Urged To Avoid Shortages
A tangled wartime era account discusses potential artificial shortages as grocers warn buyers to be cautious. Merchants report hoarding risks and price pressures while some storeowners stockpile water pipes fences and metal goods, signaling concerns over supply stability and future availability.
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Willig
Dakar
Phinhag
Senate Probe Focuses On Soaring Food Costs Ahead
The article reports a looming Senate probe into rising food prices with lawmakers and officials debating causes and potential responses. Rep. Mary R-NYI notes a gray market exists as a price bunking operation in steel while discussing voluntary allocations to avoid government controls.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Peiven Quay
Chartian Maybank
DRCL
Senate
Maybank
Jim
Wren
Eve Dane
Haylie
Truman
Marijuone Seized Near Defuniae Springs
Deputies arrested Marco Manns after a narcotics raid in Defunia Springs. Sheriff Grig R Miller reported Manning was taken into custody following an attempted car theft tied to 31,000 Oregon notes and narcotics trafficking.
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Defuniae Springs
Marco Manns
Navcoity
Sheriff's
Grig
Miler
Manning
Activation Urged for mothball fleet by Thomas group
In Washington Rep Albert Thomas urged Commerce Department officials to assess reviving World War II cargo and Navy combat ships held in mothballs. He and other House Appropriations members pressed for cost estimates and potential start of hearings on a supplemental appropriation to bring more than 2,000 ships into service.
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Wassington
Lotay
Albert Thomas
Commerce Department
Thomas
House Appropriations Committee
Truman Plans Expanded Forces and Budget for Korea
President Truman to ask Congress for increased military spending and authority to enlarge armed forces by about 770,000, with possible compulsory power if voluntary measures fail. He aims to limit consumer controls and keep Korea fighting as a priority, while exploring production boosts and defense funding through 1949.
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T. Yuan
Congress
Lie Eas
Senate
Truman
Washington
Korea
Commerce Department
Tretanie
Andrews Address at Hartford Electric Fair Visit
Congressman Sivwige Andrews arrives from Tuskegee for the Hartford Municipal address at the annual Rural Electrification Administration Electric Fair. He will return to Washington after the event as the REA fair showcases electrical displays and new officers are to be chosen for the reorganized association.
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Hartford
Sivwige Andrews
Hertford
Alsalyama Rural Electrfication Administration
Andrews
Tuskegee
Washington
Saving Life Of GIs Credited To Fliers
Two American airmen at a Fifth Air Force base in Korea were credited with saving a GI’s wife and stopping a fire that could have destroyed a hangar. PV. Hermit Hanna was injured when a stove exploded, sending flames toward a hangar filled with aircraft and equipment. Sgt. Alvin Lawellin smothered the flames with a blanket, and Corp. Prler J. Miller used an extinguisher to prevent serious damage before evacuation for burns.
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Air Force
Korea
America
Gus
Hermit Hanna
Catth
Hanna
Alvin Lawellin
Dallas
Ore
Japan
Corp. Prler J. Miller
Westchester
Democrats Denounce Loyalty Quiz in Senate Probe
The piece cites Senator McCarthy as charging fraud and deceit in the Democratic report on the loyalty investigations. It notes reactions from Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator Inouye of Hawaii amid partisan critique, with emphasis on the accuracy and completeness of the inquiry.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Allington
Moliny
Senate
Sevatore Tyas
Green
McMahon
Conny
McCarthy
Republic
Kreuzlin
Stalin
Mecarthy
Aitacks
State Department
Department of
Lodge
Musaarhusetts
Carthy
Eas
Navy enlistments rise in local posting but modest gains
Local Navy recruitment notes a small uptick with eight men from Dothan enlisting this month and 15 awaiting orders, compared with 25 total last month. Army recruiting reports steady inquiries but barely above prior levels, while Organized Reserve Corps officers note no volunteers for active duty yet.
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U.S. Army
Reserve Corps
Navy
U Five
Buidig
Dothan
Army’ Recruiting Office
Jmstenantin
Roy Oustreich
Tthe Orc
Lino Usheers
Strikers To Return To Work At American Snuff
Members of the CIO United Steelworkers will resume work tomorrow at the American Snuff Company after a six month walkout marked by multiple violence incidents, ending labor dispute tensions at the plant in Memphis.
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Memphis UP
CIO
United Steel
Workers of America
American Snuff Company
Wounded GI slain by Reds as taebjeon battle rages
AP dispatch from Korea reports thirty wounded American troops shot to death by North Korean forces after a Sunday night push across the Taejon front. Accounts from Sgt. Arnold McKenny and Capt. D. E. Sandstrom describe stretcher cases being left as others were killed, including a Catholic chaplain. An American medical officer was shot in the leg and the wounded were evacuated following the assault.
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Williams & Moore SN
American Command Post
Korea
Kent River
Moore
Taejon
Arnold McKenny
Newport
D. E. Sandstrom
Chadron Nebr
Sandstrom
McKenny
Jaerena
Park Site Purchase Strikes Price Snag
Dothan commissioners moved to condemn land adjoining the Page property for a park amid objections to a 5000 price tag for two to three acres. The move was delayed to July 28 as efforts continue to secure adjacent land from Jon Flowers Jr and Pat Poyner, who demand that price or nothing. Plans call for a combined park of about six acres once Poyner Flowers land is acquired. officials debated naming the park and delaying Negro facilities until race-related issues are settled.
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Dothan
Jana
Jon Flowers, Jr
Pat Poynet
Jim Brennan
Flowers
Foyner
Clyde Levern
Officialx
Brennan
Charles M. Groves
Atlanta
Page
Arta
Poyner-Flowers
Recreation Board
Lovért
Court Ready For Vote In Third District Democratic Fight
Principals in the Third District Democratic Executive Committee contest go to Circuit Court at Elba for rulings on four issues tied to a hearing. Judge Rowen W. Simmons will decide on proper filing and deposit while ruling on jurisdiction and the propriety of the contest as four States Righters navigate divisions within the party. The case centers on alleged fraud in electing Loyalists from Coffee, Lee, and Russell counties and involves multiple contestants and subcommittee actions from June hearings.
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Third District
Democratic Executive Committee
Elba
Rowen W. Simmone
Opp
Wil
National Party
Coffee
Lee
Rusell
E'ba
Alte
State Committee
Geganer T. McCorney
Simmons
Supreme Court
Ira
H. M. Abercrombie
Birmingham
LaRue Horn
Dothan
Grover Hughes
Genev
Jack M. Bridges
Headland
Tyeal Davis
Ef Auburt
Sve
Ben May
Fred M. Garner
J. E.bubber Buntin
S. M. Ard
Czerk
Britigas
W. D. Adams
Dale County
Hughes
Robert H. Shelley
Henry County
Davia
Yetta G. Samford
Opelikava
Horn
Flow Of British Oil To Red China Ended
London AP reports a Foreign Office spokesman said Britain has halted all oil shipments to Red China. British services in the Far East have seized stocks for their own use, raising volumes and citing UN Security Council 10.F for Korea peace. Only one British firm, Sveli, had sold oil to the Chinese Communists, with six months total around 36,600 tons, a tenth of China’s civilian needs.
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London
Foreign Office
Britain
Red Chin
Far East
Korea
Red Ching
Red
Sveli
China
Second Hearing On Bank Charter To Be Conducted
The Commercial Bank of Dothan faces a second hearing on its proposed state charter after renewed objections and pending approval conditions. D. B. Mar tley, new state banking superintendent, said the hearing will allow objectors and organizers to present arguments as the application remains in the pending stage.
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D. &. Martley
Montgomery
Herfer
Brooks Gs
Miley
Glass
Folsom
Issile
Chickasaw
Kile
Marley
Brundidge
Markey
Grasp
Solite Marley
Dothan
First National
Dothan Bank A Nd ‘Trust Co
Robert Ramsey
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mobile police and firemen fired for non union pledge
MOBILE AP Forty-one Mobile police and firemen were dismissed for refusing to sign non union affiliation statements. Eight police and 33 firemen failed to sign by midnight, the deadline set by city ordinance. Police Chief Dudley McFadyen and Fire Chief L L Petrey said operations would continue with remaining staff, as firefighters would double up temporarily. Some discharged workers plan to appeal to the Mobile County Personnel Board amid threats of a union show of force.
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Mobile
Bre
Dudley B. McFadyen
L. L. Petrey
Petrey
Mobile County Personnel Board
Sam Shannon
Mobile Central Trades Council
Med Anid
Shannon
Mobile Police
Te Ce . Ihe
Firemen's Union
Yoral
Fatsration
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Salvation Army
Gies
Marijuone
Sterling F.oreen
Mons
Dea
Solons
Maguerite Higgins
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