MacArthur reports on Lost Battalion fate and NK advances
General MacArthur said seven American soldiers were not in the Lost Battalion and that the Communist First Division had pushed east from Chonan toward Chongjin about 27 miles away. He cited contact with US forces at Chochiwon and heavy NK pressure near Umsong and Chunju as warplanes intensified operations.
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Tokyo
V/Pi
MacArth
MacArthur
Chonan
Chongjin
Chochiwon
Chinchon
Umsong
Chungju
Chunju
Two Drown As Boat Capsizes in Morgantown
In Morgantown two drownings occurred when a boat capsized on the Monongahela River. Sixty five year old Joseph Blaney and 25 year old Margaret Lease Miller were recovered after the party failed to return from a fishing trip. In Kanawha county twenty year old Earl Lee Lockard of South Charleston drowned in water only waist deep earlier. Coroner Gost Lilly cited a stroke for Lockard. In Charleston William Ehman escaped by clinging to a pilothouse cabin cruiser as it drifted down the Kanawha river. he was in the water over an hour before rescuers arrived.
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Joseph Blaney
Margaret Lease Miller
Monongahela River
Carl Muller
Womn
Par
Earl Lee Lockard
South Charleston
Coal River
Waust
Kanawha County
Gost Lilly
Charleston
William Ehman
Kanawha River
Ehman
Clus
Tiremen
John Stephen Feseer
John R. Monahan
John Stephen
Men Surprised During Safe Job at Vandergrift Club
Two men were surprised while looting a safe inside the Owls Club in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania. Nick Koprivich of Weirton, West Virginia, and Joseph Orhovich of Steubenville, Ohio, were identified by police after a tip. A break for freedom failed as officers fired tear gas and two shots. $900 in cash was found scattered on the floor.
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Weirton
Owls Club
Vandergrift
Pennsylvania
Nick Koprivich
Weirtoh
W. Va
Joseph Orhovich
High Street
Steubenville
Ohio
Cmmeares FM
Jessup Says No Question Who Began War
Charlottesville Virginia dispatch reports Ambassador-at-large Philip Jessup declaring there is no serious question over who started the Korean War. He cites Communist aggression as the provocation, noting North Korean forces attacked South Korea without warning or justification.
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Charlottesville
Draft Board To Be Open Five Days Each Week Now
Grafton youths await word from the selective service, as the draft board will operate every weekday except Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Adjutant General Ch Texas reports the board must begin registering men born 1923 to 1929. Bert Miller, chairman, notes ongoing duties for the 19 to 24 bracket.
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Grafton
Adjutant General
Texas State
A. JT
Bert) Miller
Roval Dyatt Board
Grafton Welcomes Newest Citizen
The Grafton City hospital reports the birth of a baby boy at 9 21 a m on Saturday July 8. Parents are Mr and Mrs Wolk the newborn weighing five pounds five and a quarter ounces.
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Grafton
M Wolk
Great Significance In U N Lag Over Korea
The article argues the U N flag and General MacArthur’s appointment mark a collective international response to repelling North Korea’s invasion. It notes 44 of 59 members backing Security Council aid, U S, British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and Dutch support, and discusses Kremlin reactions and MacArthur’s expanded role in diplomacy.
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United Nation
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
U. N
United Nations
South Korea
U.N. 44
Security Council
United States
Forces rushed to Korean front from US mobile division
At the Pentagon the key issue is delivering enough fighting men to Korea quickly. The Army mobilizes its five‑division mobile strike force stationed in the United States, with Fort Lewis's second division slated for overseas duty. Two anti aircraft units will also deploy as part of this urgent move amid the intensified Korea conflict.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Korea
Fort Lewis
Asia
Tsl
Korean War Zone
Taft Sees War Complicating Excise Tax Cut
Senator Taft says the Korean war will complicate a billion dollar cut in excise taxes. The House has approved the plan, with Senate Finance Committee studying bills. Taft suggests new revenue sources or removing excise taxes, while Senate Finance chairman Senator Walter George plans to press tax cuts, betting the Korean situation may improve in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Ohio
Georgia
Walter George
Father suspects hitchhiker murder in son's death near Newell
Stanley Sutherland, father of 24 year old William Sutherland of Carrick Pennsylvania, says he believes his son was slain by a hitchhiker after his body was found on the Ohio river bank near Newell West Virginia. The coin machine service man carried about 665 dollars and wore a wedding ring and watch, none of which were found with the body. Sheriff Wright leads a hunt for the missing weapon amid a nearby station wagon and unused Newell race track.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Newell
West Virginia
William Sutherland
Carrick
Pennsylvania
Stanley S. Sutherland
Sutherland
Newell Race
Wright
Plan Testing Incinerator at Grafton Next Monday
Grafton's new incinerator may burn refuse before full completion with a test firing set for Monday July 17. City Manager Harry Curry says essential work will finish as the smoke stack is erected and foundation work for it advances. Chicago firm St Goder Incinerator will supervise the test burn.
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Harry Curry
St. Goder Incinerator Company of
Chicago
Ilinois
Pallbearers named for Gene W. Ford funeral
Hundreds file through the late home on Pruntytown Pike to pay last respects to Attorney Gene W. Ford as funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m Reverend F Carl Davis to officiate and interment in Blue Mont cemetery The Taylor County Court House will be closed tomorrow afternoon in tribute Ford practiced here 46 years with wife Ada Halde man Ford and son Layne Haldeman Ford among survivors mourning details include active and honorary pallbearers listed with numerous relatives and colleagues}
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Gene W. Ford
Pruntytown Pike
Atorney
F. Carl Davis
Bluemont Cemetery
Taylor County Court House
Arthur G. Yates
Richard Bord
Robert F. Love
Charles W. Morrow
James V. Flanagan
Harry Curry
O. Jay Fleming
John Q. Musgrove
Kile Morrow
Charles F. Monroe
Leslie J. Loar
J. Guy Allender
John K. Burdett
Harry Friedman
Hugh R. McPhail
W. P. Samples
Francis L. Warder
Frank B. Cathe
Ford
Ada Haldeman Ford
Layne Haldeman Ford
Eleanor Ford Hall
Grass Lake
Michigan
Fannie Ford Wilson
Detroit
Seven Soldiers Found Dead After North Korea Action
An American officer reports seven soldiers with hands tied were found shot in the face in territory retaken from the North. Lieutenant D C Gates of Plattville Texas located the bodies after four men moved toward a front line area then lost and retaken. An observation post saw two men in Jeeps surrender as tanks approached. MacArthur announced a lull in fighting while Stratemeyer said combined American forces halted the North Korean offensive. Air forces claim 41 Communist planes destroyed and 128 enemy tanks knocked out in the third Korean Week.
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Washington
Korea
D.c.gates
Plattville
Texas
Gates
Douglas MacArthur
George Stratemeyer
Far-East
Congress Tries to Trim Domestic Spending On Korea War Costs
Washington reports Congress battles to set a price tag on the Korean War. Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia pushes deeper cuts to domestic spending, opposing the omnibus appropriation of 34.7 billion dollars and urging economies as debate looms in the Senate.
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Washington
Congress
Korea
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Senate
Byrd
Democrats Plan Meeting in Taylor County Rally and Banquet
Democrats host State Treasurer William H. Ansell Jr and State Attorney General Willam C. Marland at a rally and banquet at Flemington grade school at 6 30 p m. County chairman George O Vorel leads the event with Leslie E Given Supreme Court Judge expected as a guest.
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Taylor County
Democrats
William H. Ansell, Jr
Willam C. Marland
Cuanieston
Flemington
Pai ant-Teachers Association
Ington
George O. Vore
county-Democratic Committee
Leslie E. Given
State Supreme Court
Father In Law Arrested After Weekend Shooting
Okey Sipe, 35, Irontown near Thornton, is hospitalized after a weekend shooting that left a gunshot wound to his right hip. His father in law, Alex Koton, was charged with felonious shooting and wounding with intent to kill and arrested July 7. Preliminary hearing postponed. new date not yet announced. Witnesses say Sipe wrestled with Koton over the weapon after an argument with Sipe’s wife Anza. The weapon discharged during the scuffle.
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Okey Sipe
Irontown
Thornton
City Hospital
Sipe
Alex Koton
Koton
Richard B. Bord
Ona C. Jefferys
Harry Batson
Katon
Anza
Marines Remember 8 Years Ago
Atlantic City observers recall August 7 1942 when Marines began deployment from Guadalcanal toward Korea. The modern first division, now reduced to about a third of the 1949 force, plans to rebuild to full strength overseas despite changes in manpower policy. Marines say they will share credit with the Army for any future American war.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Korea
Pacific
Guadal‘canal
Guadalcanal
America
Picket Lines Thrown Around Westinghouse Fairmont Plant
Fairmont plant of Westinghouse Electric Corp faces picket lines after 590 union members voted to set picks. Production workers began strike last Thursday over discharge of a janitor who took a dustpan. the order was later revoked and the man furloughed for three days. Negotiations with the International Union of Electrical Workers are planned for tomorrow in Pittsburgh, expected to influence the Fairmont dispute.
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Fairmont
Westinghouse Electric Corpora
Ion
William Parker
CLO
International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
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Morgantown
Prom
Jessup
Grafton City Hospital
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Canada
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Yugoslavia
Palestine
Kremlin
Manist
Pravda
Security “Council
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Soviet Union
China
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