More Effective Atomic Bombs Than World War 2 Type Hint
Washington report notes official discussion of radiological warfare and underground A-bombs. Senator McMahon hints newer A-bombs surpass Hiroshima Nagasaki types, while a government book weighs RW feasibility and underground explosion effects on tremors and radiation.
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Washington
United States
Japan
McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
NBC
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Energy Commission
Yencemen
Nagasaki
Bikini
AEC
Kremlin
Korea
Russia
America
Search For Second Boy Still On In California
Four veteran climbers lower themselves over Mt. Whitney to search for Christopher Smith Reynolds son of Libby Holman after the body of his companion Stephen Rice Wasserman was found in a crevasse. Reynolds, heir to a $7 million fortune, was last seen near the 14,496 foot peak as authorities plan another search while Wasserman’s body is removed. The parents of Wasserman were present at Whitney Portal, and the search continues with potential aid from Paris-bound mother of Reynolds.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Mt. Whitney
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Reynolds
Stephen Rice Wasserman
Whitney
Wasserman
Young Reynolds
Paris
Miss Holman
Zachary Reynolds
William Stix Wasserman
Philadelphia
New York
Whitney Portal
Young Wasserman
W. C. Rigg
Ralph Adams
Cerro Gordo
Western Europeans Push for Unified Army Against Soviet Threat
Strasbourg Aug 14 Western European leaders press for immediate talks to form a unified European army. Tsaldaris urges Parliament consultative assembly to start steps led by Spaak with Churchill's plan backing. Proposals include a European defense ministry and quick parliamentary ratification.
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Philip Clarke
Strasbourg
France
Constantin Tsaldaris
European Council
Consultative Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Tsaldaris
Winston Churchill
Spaak
Churchill
Britain
Western
Europe
Spaaks Churchill
Assembly
Council
United States
Canada
Leon Maccas
Security Group
Meccas
Government seeks revocation of bail for 11 leaders
The United States urges a federal court to revoke bail for 11 convicted top Communist leaders, arguing they threaten national security by backing Communist forces in Korea. The defendants must show cause next Thursday why the motion should not be granted as Saypol cites a dangerous, continuing conduct.
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New York
Korea
U.S
Irving H. Saypol
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
Department of Justice
United States
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Washington, D. C
Jnk H. Saypol
Saypol
FBI
Justice Department
What Is Communism Here Is One Man's Explanation
Dewitt Mackenzie explains communism in plain talk distinguishing old time communal ideals from Bolshevik doctrine. He describes Moscow as source, state control of resources, suppression of individuality, purges, atheism, and the aim of world revolution via the Comintern now the Cominform. He warns of agents at work in the United States and urges informed vigilance to prevent espionage or sabotage in a potential cold war.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Cincinnati
Miss Betty
America
Moscow
Russia
Third International
Comintern
General Staff
Cominform
Red
Hitler
Betty
United States
Connally accuses GOP of clouding Korea war issues
Senator Connally charges four Republican Foreign Relations members with a political statement aimed at upcoming elections by criticizing Truman policy toward China Korea and Formosa. He says unity at home is needed and accuses Republicans of intent to influence the campaign. The GOP signs split the committee over foreign policy.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Uhn Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Korea
Connally
Truman
Russia
China
Korea
Formosa
Wiley
Wisconsin
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
Vandenberg
Michigan
Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Kremlin
Weekend death toll tops a dozen in North Carolina
Over the weekend at least 13 people died in North Carolina from violent or accidental causes. Causes included ten auto crashes, one fatal fall from a train, and a fatal bludgeoning. Notable deaths include Beulah Kennedy of Florida from a Winston-Salem crash and Col. William Robertson found dead after a fall near Charlotte.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Beulah T. Kennedy
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
R. C. Gardner
Arnold Paul Woolman
Col
William Ross Robertson
Southern Railway
Eetbe
Goldsboro
Roy C. Billings
Glen Raven
Koreans Massing 60,000 Troops For New Drives
Reports from Tokyo say North Korean forces around Waegwan and Taegu are gathering up to 150000 troops in a major push across the Naktong river. MacArthur's headquarters note underwater crossings as the Red army presses toward Taegu with a Taejon Taegu corridor objective and Pusan as the distant goal.
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Naktong
Waegwan
Changnyong
Pusan
Taegu
Pohang
Kampo
Japan Sea
Tokyo
Naktong River
Korea
Japan
MacArthur
South Korea
Taejon- Taegu
Chafignyoung
Ex-convict moved after Palmetto Town lynch scare abates
Curtis Shedd, 30, who admitted killed John Boyter and his two daughters in a case tied to Walhalla near Georgia, was moved from Walhalla jail to Gainesville Georgia amid a 3000 to 4000 crowd. National guardsmen patrolled to keep order. The slain man’s widow, Christine Boyter, 30, was questioned and later removed. The incident prompted a precautionary transfer as authorities believe no charges were filed yet.
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Gainesville
South Carolina
Georgia
Curtis Shedd
Georgia Patrol
Shedd
Walhalla
S. C
National
Valhalla
Eddie Weathers
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Woody Wilson
John Boyter
Jonnie May
JoAnn
Christine Boyter
Boyter
Georgia Line
Clayton
Wilson
Parole Granted to Five More Japanese War Criminals
General MacArthur's legal section approved the parole of five additional Japanese war criminals, raising the total paroled to 75.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Reds Accuse United States of Expanding Korean War
Pravda accuses the United States government of expanding the Korean conflict via aggressive Far East measures. It cites MacArthur Chiang Kai-shek Harriman talks and Harriman’s Tokyo and Korea trips as evidence, and faults U N Security Council obstruction by the British American bloc.
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Reds
United States
Moscow
Pravda
Strivin
Korea
Communist Party
Far East
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Harriman
Dele
Gate Jakob A. Malik
United Nations
Malik
Security Council
U. S
Britishers Await New Heir As Princess Elizabeth Delays
London Aug 14 Princess Elizabeth continues to await the birth of a second child. She spent time with Prince Charles at Clarence House before returning to Buckingham Palace. King George VI travels to Scotland for grouse hunting and was to be informed of any arrival.
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London
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Clarence House
George VI
Balmoral
Scotland
Queen Elizabeth
King George
Prince Philip
Buckingham Palace
Willian Gilliatt
John Weir
Jets Blast Communists in Japan and Korea
American F-80s based in Japan joined close air support missions over South Korea with rockets bombs and machineguns. Lt James J Giles and Lt Joh W Jackson described targeting a Kumchon command post and Taejon troop billets while B 26s conducted night intrude strikes hitting rail yards and convoys toward Seoul.
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Japan
Enem
James J. Giles Indianapolis
Waegwan
Poksong
Shooting Stars
Joh W. Jackson
South Gate
Calif
Kumchon
Ralph S. Parr
Chevy Chase
Thir
Kumehon
Seoul
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Middlebury
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Middlebury College
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Montclair
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