Alaska braces for ground war along northern defense line
At Anchorage and across Alaska, steel helmet troops train with rifles pistols and gas masks and await tanks and more troops to bolster air force and infantry units. Lt. Gen. Nathan Twining says a quick warning could trigger a fierce defense along a line from Ladd AFB to Kodiak as fears of sabotage rise.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Ed Big Elmendorf
Nathan Twining
Alaskan Command
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Kodiak
Gulf of Alaska
Korea
Alaskan
Twining
Fairbanks - Kodiak Line
Nome
Bering Strait
Tobacco Market Dates Announced for Flue-Cured Belts
The North Carolina and Georgia-Florida flue-cured tobacco belts set auction start dates. July 24 begins Georgia-Florida run. other belts follow Aug 1 to Sept 11 with variances in sales days. Marion Fowler of South Carolina warns openings may limit farmers' selling time.
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Raleigh
Georgia-Florida
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
South Carolina
North Carolina
Border Belt
Sandhills
Middle Belt
Virginia
Old Belt
Georgia-Florida Belt
Board of Governors
Middle Or
Old Belts
Marion Fowler
South Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Association
Moore Quits Amid Stated Falsely Accused Probe
North Carolina prison director J B Moore resigns after SBI probe into alleged misuse of prison labor and state materials for a home garage. Acting director H H Honeycutt named to lead. nine of ten commission vote unanimous to accept resignation. Moore denies wrongdoing and cites inability to continue with credit to state. Governor Scott backs commission action.
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Raleigh
H. H. Honeycutt
Highway Commission
J. B. Moore
Moore
SBI
Highway
Henry W. Jordan
Honeycutt
Prisions of
North Carolina
Henry G. Shelton
Speed
W. Guy Hargett
Richlands
A. Wilbur Clark
Fayetteville
R. E. Earp
Selma
James A. Barnwell
Burlington
George S. Coble
Lexington
M. Otis Poole
Candor
Mark Goforth
Lenoir
Joseph Graham
Iron Station
Dale Thrash
Asheville
Scott
Jor
U S Employment Set to Break June Records
Government experts predicted that June employment would set a new record. Census data showed 61 482 000 civilian jobs, up 1 751 000 from May and 4 535 000 since January, while unemployment rose to 3 384 000 as teens sought summer work.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agriculture Department
Long Bloody Struggle Is Forecast
Reports from Korean combat command assets show a hard likely campaign ahead for American troops as South Korean forces reportedly hold Suwon and deny North Korean tanks south of the Han River. Weather could hinder air superiority and ground operations as U S forces establish footholds and push back the invading North Korean forces.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Suwon
U. S
Han River
America
Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Guam
Town Marshal and Suspect Die in Battle in Wister
In Wister Oklahoma July 14 the town marshal Theral Johnson 45 and robbery suspect Troy Sterling 22 were killed after a gun battle near downtown while two suspects fled. A posse with bloodhounds hunted for a remaining suspect after the ambush on a railroad crossing during a kidnapping and robbery arrest attempt.
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Wister
Okla
Wisterdam
Marshal Theral Johnson
Troy Sterling
Marshal
Oklahoma
Johnson
Poteau
Sterling
Leflore
Jack Craig
Craig
Johnison
Naval Blockade of Korea Keeps Supply Lanes Open
The United States and Britain impose a naval blockade around the Korean peninsula to prevent new landings by North Korean forces and to keep sea lanes open for U.S. troops from Japan. Analysts doubt the blockade will stop Soviet shipments to North Korea, given existing land routes via Manchuria and Russia. The plan envisions a cordon across the Yellow Sea and isolation of Seishin from Vladivostok, while air strikes may target roads and rail lines in North Korea.
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Korea
Yates McDaniel
Washington
Russia
Truman
U. S
Japan
Manchuria
Siberia
North Korea
Yellow Sea
Dairen
Heijo
Seishin
Vladivostok
Navy
38Th Paralel
Soviet Union
Wartime Unity Revival Sparks North Korea Action Debate
Congress revived wartime unity as senators urged ground action beyond South Korea. Knowland and colleagues pressed to cross the 38th parallel and seek UN elections to unite Korea, while Taft warned Russia might resist. The Senate approved a $1.2225 billion foreign arms bill and a year extension of the draft.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
South Korea
Senate
House
Truman
Korea
Orient
Knowland
R.-Calif
Flanders
R.-Vt
Millikin
R.colp
United States
38Th Parallel
North
United Nations
Truman Warns Scouts on Tough World Ahead
President Truman addressed about 50 000 boy scouts at Valley Forge during the second national jamboree. He urged peace and freedom, cautioned against Communism, and praised American youth while noting the global struggle for liberty. He then departed on the Williamsburg to Washington, met by his daughter Margaret.
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Valley Forge
Truman
George Washington
Streathen
Liberty
Mr. Truman
Americas
Washington
Williamsburg
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Margaret
New York
Philadelphia
Four Missing In Bomber Crash At MacDill Field
Four crewmen are unaccounted for after a Boeing B-50 bomber crashed and exploded during takeoff at MacDill Air Force Base. Six survivors escaped, none seriously injured. The aircraft, based at Chatham Air Force Base Savannah, GA, had been operating from MacDill on training missions when fire started shortly after leaving the runway.
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Tampa
Fla
Big Air Force
MacDill Air Force Base
Thayer Olds
307Th Wing
MacDill
Scout With a Fez From West of Suez
A 47 000 boy jamboree at Valley Forge hosts an exchange between a deeply tanned boy from Oregon and a fez wearing scout from west of Suez. The Oregon scout asks for a swap and the fez scout reveals he is from Schenectady.
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Valley Forge
Suez
Oregon
Defenses Stiffening Below Han
American ground troops began airlift into Korea heading to the front as North Korean forces breached the Han river line and advanced toward Suwon. Tacit reports indicated U.S. air losses and a stiffening defense as Seoul and Taejon prepare for renewed combat amid heavy fighting along the Han river.
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Associated Press
Korea
Air Force
Tokyo
MacArthur
Han River
Suwon
South Korea
Washington
Taejon
Seoul
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Korean Defense Ministry
Communi Radio
Pyongyang
Koan
Bat
Han River Line
Chunchon
Lawyers predicted to dominate 1951 General Assembly
Around Capitol Square the 1951 House is expected to hold about 52 lawyers and the Senate about 31, indicating a majority of lawmakers with legal backgrounds though still under half of legislators. Governor Scott faces ongoing jests about lawyers while backing pro Scott candidates in some counties.
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Lynn Nisbet
Scott
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Jesse Jones
Kinston
Carl Hicks
Greene County
Jones
Person County
Byrd Butterfield
Page EL
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Utenan
Taiden
Nangen
Samchok
Ssangju
Andong
Kyongju
Mansan
Miles
Tobacco Mart
U.S
Taft
Ohio
Siberian
Magnuson
D.wash
Fez
Schenectady
Capitol Square
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