Troops and Bombers Check Communist Thrust Near Trejon
President Truman plans a partial mobilization with funds and authority to meet the Korean crisis and Western Russia emergency. Final decisions will be announced by Tuesday as Gen Collins and Gen Vandenberg report troops holding a bridgehead and rapid delivery of new weapons, with cautious optimism about the fighting.
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Washington
High Administration
Truman
Congress
J. Lawton Collins
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Army
Air Force Chiefs of Staff
Collins
U. S
Korean Peninsula
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
House
Armed Services Committee
United States
Wallace splits with Progressive party on Korea stance
Wallace declares support for United States and the United Nations in Korea, splitting from Progressive Party leaders who ran him in 1948. He backs U N measures and admission of Communist China, while party heads condemn U S policy and reject his stance. Discussion follows on impact to his position with progressives.
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South Salem
N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
United States
United Nations
Korea
Progressive Party
U. S
Russia
UU N
New York
National Committee of the
Wallace
China
Truman
Formosa
C. B. Baldwin
UN May Form International Legion Unit
United Nations officials weigh forming a volunteer international legion to aid in Korea under General MacArthur. Lie awaits concrete offers from 52 nations and cabinet talks will shape what each country could provide. Egypt rejects sending combat troops, with other Arab League members likely to follow.
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Egypt
Lie
Ve Arab League
Luxembourg
Fort Jackson Chosen as Replacement Training Center
The army reopens Fort Jackson in Columbia South Carolina as a replacement training center the first since the Korean conflict began It will train individuals rather than organized units and no enrollment or start date is announced.
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Washington
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Columbia
Missions Plane Wreckage Found In South America
The U S air force chief reported wreckage of a DC-3 missing since June 9 with 15 Americans aboard located in the Perija mountains 70 miles west of Maracaibo. All bodies were burned and found by a land search party. the plane belonged to the New Tribes mission and was en route from Miami to Venezuela when it disappeared.
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Bogota
Colombia
U. S. Airforce
Perija
Maracaibo
Venezuela
William H. Cleveland
Buenavista
Cleveland
New Tribes
Chico
Calif
Miami
Fla
Venezula
Stalin Replies to Nehru Offer to Mediate Korean War
In Moscow on July 15 Prime Minister Stalin sent a personal note to Indian PM Nehru declining mediation terms. Nehru had offered to mediate the Korean conflict and a response was delivered by Andrei Gromyko to Indian Ambassador Sagguishman. The note hints at possible talks on the Far Eastern question including Korea Formosa and Indochina.
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Moscow
Stalin
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
5Aggrishman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gromyko
Davie Beer and Wine Election Cancelled
Davie County board of elections cancels the beer and wine election set for September 2. Chairman Dr. P. H. Mason cites petitions filed in January and changes to the elections board terms since then. The board’s membership remains the same despite term changes.
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Mocksville
Davie County
Blonde Socialite Marries Negro Director in Bridgehampton Ceremony
Anne Mather a 30 year old Boston socialite wed Frank Curle Montero 40 Negro director of the Urban League fund. The ceremony held at an ocean front home was officiated by Rev James H Robinson with 25 guests and included Mrs Robert A Brooks as matron of honor.
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Bridgehampton
N. Y
Boston
Anne Mather
Frank Curle Montero
Urban League Fund
Montero
James H. Robinson
New York
Ocean Front
Charles F. Brush, Jr
California poised to move past Pennsylvania as No 2 state
California’s population is rising sharply while Pennsylvania’s preliminary 1950 count sits at 10,435,965. Philadelphia remains the nation’s third largest city with about 2,057,210 residents as Los Angeles climbs to fourth and New York holds the top spot.
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Philadelphia
California
Pennsylvania
U. S
Census Bureau
Associated Press
Illinois
Ohio
Los Angeles
New York
Michigan
Texas
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
Washington
Boston
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Crigeeo
Wisccecctastes
Bene
Tioipolee Ca Bee
Gions Wa. Lee
Eatilh J
Ees
Democratic opposition forms to immediate price and wage controls
In Washington July 15 Democratic opposition in Congress rises against wartime price wage and rationing controls tied to the Korean war. Senator George heads the Senate Finance Committee saying sweeping controls now would be a serious error. Senators Connally and Taft voice skepticism about immediate standby powers. The administration leans toward slow action and possible voluntary agreements as President Truman foresees no food rationing.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Taft
Ohio
Truman
North Carolina Elections Board Removes County Officials
Asheville July 15 The North Carolina Elections Board ousted Madison county chairman A E Leake and Swain county member Sam E Davis in a special meeting. Brown Ammons and Roy O Martin will fill the vacancies as legal challenges threaten the action. Davis hearing joined by absent members, with attorneys stating they will seek court review up to the state Supreme Court.
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Asheville
State Board of Elections
Madison and Swain County Elections Boards
A. E. Leake
Marshall
Madison County Elections Board
Sam E. Davis
Bryson City
RED 1
Swain County Board
Brown Ammons
Mars Ilill
Leake
Roy O. Martin
Burson City
Davis
Swain
Charles M. Britt
P. E. Brown
North Wilkesboro
Harry Ferebee
Camden
State Board
David E. Henderson
Charlotte
James Eugene Snyder
Lexington
George A. Shuford
MacKinley Edwards
Supreme Court
Earl Ramsey Farmer
Ramsey
Paos Says Balkans Movements Part of War of Nerves
Greek Field Marshal Papagos labeled Communist troop moves in the Balkans as a war of nerves. He disputed reports of massed forces on the Bulgaria-Greece frontier and warned Greece could destroy any new aggression.
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Chakales
Athens
Greece
Alexander Papagos
Balkans
Russia
Embros
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Oslo
Tito
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Czechoslovakia
Albania
Papagos
Bulgaria
Three Children Burned To Death In Hugo Incident
In Hugo Oklahoma a kerosene range exploded injuring and killing three Poindexter children. Twins William Earl and James Harold aged 13 months and Thomas Anthony four years died as neighbors restrained their screaming mother from entering the blaze. The cause remains undetermined.
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Hugo
Okla
Paul Poindexter
William Earl
James Harold Poindexter
Thomas Anthony
Giant Flying Boat Limps Into Port On 2 Engines
The Caroline Mars, an 82 ton world’s largest flying boat, landed at Alameda Naval Air Station from Honolulu with only two functioning right-side engines. Lt Cmdr A C Snyder and 15 crewmen faced a dire Pacific crossing as left-side engines failed, pilots fought to reach safety above the Farallones. Rescue planes escorted the final approach while a navy cutter stood by.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Alameda Naval Air Station
San Diego
Golden Gate
Cmdr
A. C. Snyder
Farallone Islands
Snyder
Alameda
Mt. Tamalpais
Gate
Civil Areonautics Administration
T. F. Dowling
Carolina
Allied Naval Landing Is Effected at Tokyo
General MacArthur announced U S naval planes have begun aerial reconnaissance along the South China sea coast and Formosa to deter a Chinese Communist attack. Seventh Fleet planes will assist in preventing attacks on Formosa and operations against the mainland. President Truman directed the Seventh Fleet to protect Formosa but urged Nationalists to avoid aggression toward the mainland.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
South China Sea
Formosa
U. S S. Seventh Fleet
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Miami Sheriff Confesses To Racketeering
Sheriff Walter Clark testified before the special senate crime investigation committee that he was a partner in a Broward bolita operation in 1945 and 1946 with his brother and Gordon F Williams. The Broward Novelty company allegedly handled bolita sales of about 253000 in 1945 and coin machine profits of 47000. He denied knowledge of the operation while noting the tax line for police work. The three day hearing highlighted interstate crime links and officials’ possible influence by illegal elements.
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Miami
Fila
Walter Clark
Broward County
Special
Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Robert
Gordon F. Williams
Broward Novelty Company
Clark
Kefauver
Rudolph Halley
Ile
Broward
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North
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N.C. Elections Board
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Taejon
Sun
Samgyo
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