Yanks Withdraw From Taejon Amid Uncertain Command
Front line reports said the 2nd Division was withdrawing from embattled Taejon and Maj. Gen. William F. Dean’s whereabouts were unknown. A MacArthur communique claimed old information and noted a Korean Communist infantry attack near Taejon while U.S. forces claimed progress against Red tanks and a stubborn defense near fuel dumps. Casualties and missing personnel were tallied by the Defense Department, with the first U.S. serviceman wounded in action in Korea listed among 32 wounded and several missing or presumed dead.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Taejon
William F. Dean
A. MacArthur
Japan
Dothan
Ely
Baliie
Dean
Thursdis
Abe
Adde
Defense Department
Herbert F. KE
Mek
Washingtom
Rotter
GUS Tousht
Cloe
UNO
Bate Ropoits
Keita Oat Army
An Kotew
Hearing Reset for Elba State Democratic Contest
A court delayed the Elba election contest about four seats on the State Democratic Executive Committee until August 21. Circuit Judge Bowen Simmons pressed arguments from States Rights and Loyalist factions, with leaders signaling further filings and testing of contest procedures. The dispute centers on the Third District nationalists and regulars, touching Lee Burrell Coffee counties and the May 2 primary outcomes.
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Montcomert
State Democratic Executive Committee
Elba
Bowen Simroont
Tivil
Richard T. Rives
Montgomery
Aud
Ravee
Cent
Simmons
Mat Sontent
Drinotroig
Brates
Brouipolaly InquRerian
Supreme Court
Ophiny
Dudge Shaumons
Willam Stritchard
Birmingham
Lora Unt
Rives
Rughters
Pritchard
Ram Johnston
Mobile
Braieman Germer
McCory
Endilins
Corvey Ma
Tuscaloosa
Lee
Burrell
Coffee
National Party
Cai Peel
10 Minute Parking Extended On Troy Street
Police Chief announces an extension of 10 minute parking on Troy Street in front of the post office. New signs were installed and enforcement will run from 4 am to 6 pm daily to allow more people to park for post office transactions. Movie-goers and downtown visitors may use the space earlier. residents miss access between 6 pm and 8 pm.
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Troy Street
Oig
Kelley
Marine Reservists Alerted For Action
Washington AP The Marine Corps advised its organized reserve units to be ready for selective duty on 30 days notice. The service plans to call first selected units and move within 10 days after order. It is the first general alert since President Truman’s authorization news yesterday.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Wmix
Marine Corps Headquarters
Armed Services
Truman
Sacing Corps
New York
Mopitization Gears Grinding Slowly Here
In a period of mobilization anxiety, draft boards and recruiting offices report little immediate action. Local officials note several vacancies and ongoing staffing changes as Army and Navy recruiters see modest inquiry but few enrollments at noon today.
Four Peronists propose bill to outlay communism in Argentina
Four members of the Peronist majority introduced yesterday in the Chamber of Deputies a bill aimed at outlaying communism in Argentina.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chamber of Deputies
Second Hearing Set At Capital Tuesday On New Bank Charter
A second hearing on a proposed charter for a new bank in Dothan is planned in Montgomery next Tuesday. State Superintendent Marine announced the hearing will be held in his Capitol office, with principals instructed to attend. Objections from First National Bank of Dothan and Dothan Bank and Trust Company persist, arguing a third bank is not needed.
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Do‘han
Montgomery
Turedas
Marine
Capitol
Marier
Hearng
Choiie
Commercial Bank of Dothan
Brooks
Glas
Gles
Marley
Glass
First National Bank of Dothan
Dothan Bank
Tiasc Company
Robert Ramsey
Federal Depositrs
Parliament Votes Leopold's Return to Belgian Throne
In Brussels a joint session of Parliament voted 198 in favor of Leopold II returning from exile in Switzerland, ending the regency of Prince Charles. Opposition parties abstained. abstainers left the chamber in protest as local Christians later backed the decision, calling it grave and disastrous.
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Brussels
Lenneld Ti
Switgerland
Aete
Leopold
Sosalete
Liberale
Charles Leopold
Paul Hen. Spaak
Serand Inader
Dome
Tad
Women Marines to Report for Duty at Camp Lejeune
CAMP LEJEUNE N C UP. The Marine Corps announced that 190 Women Reserves will report next week to relieve 190 Marines for duty with combat units. An advance detail of one officer and two enlisted women will arrive at the base July 25. The remainder will begin arriving July 28.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Meine Corps
Marine Corps
Top Communists Meet in Berlin Unity Congress Draws Red Leaders
East German hosts a large Cominform oriented gathering during the third annual Socialist Unity Congress in Berlin. Delegates from USSR, Italy, France, Britain, Spain and other nations attend amid tensions with Yugoslavia and Greece. Observers note the event signals broader Red bloc coordination.
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Kari-Heinz Scuwab
Berlin
Communis
Europe
Red China
Iiform
Communist Party
Fae Todas
East Germany
Comunnistr
Red
Cominform Presse
Yugoslavia
United Nations Committee On the
Balkans
U.N
Tryeve Lie
Cominform
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungar
Xavisbad
Czechoslovakia
Andrei
Vishinsky
Benin
International
Red Organiztion
Socialist Unity Congress
Russia
Sustov
P. N. Pospelov
Reds
Jacques Duclas
Rty
Harry Pollitt
Spain
Enrique Lister
Sociaist Unity Party
Bridge Bond Suit To Be Discussed
A July 27 meeting of the Alabama Bridge Commission was called to discuss a suit seeking to void a 6.5 million bond sale. Birmingham lawyers claim the sale to Decatur State National Bank was in bad faith and improper, risking high state costs and scant bidder information for four new bridges including the Dauphin Island span near Mobile.
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Montgomery Fap
Alabana Bridge Commission
Comlesti
Birmingham
Fadler
Sadler
Zient
Decatur State National Bank
Dauphin Island
Apan
Mobile
President vows rationing if prices rise amid war scare
President Truman warned last night that price control and rationing could be ordered if buying and speculation push prices. He denounced profiteering as foolish and selfish, called the Korean invasion a raw act of aggression, and said the United States will stay in the battle to halt the Communist advance with a hard fight ahead. He criticized Moscow for not influencing North Korea and said the Soviet Union contradicts its words with its actions.
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Jerry Korn Waslington
Truman
O 4
Adie
Voice of America
Broad
Ealing Corporation
South Korea
United Nations
Russia
Moscow
Salu
Republic of Korea
United States
City of Mobile Wins Round in Union Dismissal Case
Mobile Circuit Court denied a bid by four of fifty one city workers to stop enforcement of a new ordinance requiring policemen and firemen to deny union membership. The ordinance, adopted by the City Commission, prompted firings of eight policemen and 33 firemen who refused to sign by Monday midnight. Hearings on the merits set for a later date. The case centers on whether municipal employees may be barred from joining unions and if the Alabama Bradford Labor Act applies to public workers.
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Mobile
APU
Tabor
City Commission
Harry Seale
Alabama
Seale
Vernal Jansen
Dust Unto Dust Tragedy Of Death In Korea
The U S Army buries a sergeant and two corporals from the 25th Division after a Tuesday clash with guerrillas in Korea. A chaplain read prayers at the graveside, quoting a biblical line about rest and the hope of resurrection as the burial rites were performed. The dispatch notes the scene as another grim reminder of war’s toll.
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Tom Lambert
Korea
U.S
City Seeks New Park Site Despite Court Action
City commissioners eye a new park site near Carver High School and adjacent to proposed Negro housing, moving to condemn the Southeast Alabama Baptist Christian Association land after deeming Page Park too small. Negotiations begin with the association. 90 churches must approve sale, with several headaches anticipated.
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Driggers
Carver High School
Page Park
Pat Poyner
Apd
John Flowers, Jr
John Adking
Alsbam Baptist Christian Alliance Association
Adkins
Alabama
Ehim
Monroe Page
Atlanta
Charles M. Graves
Graves
Dothan High School
Atlantic States Show Population Increases
Washington reports that the eight South Atlantic states and the District of Columbia grew 17.7 percent in the last decade, totaling 20,072,794 residents. States listed include Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia, with 1940 counts shown in parentheses.
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Washington
South Atlantic
District of Columbia
Georgia
Maryland
North Carolina
Sula Caroll
Virginia
West Virginia
War veterans admit aiding fraud over war surplus supplies
Five veterans testified in Federal Court in Tampa that they aided a local firm to obtain priority war surplus materials from the War Assets Administration. Each veteran admitted falsifying statements and turning steel pipe and machinery to Dave Gordon and Company Julius Weissman. Forrest E. Watson, a former WAA official, and the firm face fraud charges.
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Tampa
War Assets Administration
WAA
Dave Gordon
Comany Julius BE. Weissman
Deve Gordon
Forrest E. Watson
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