North Korean forces breach Kum River line near Taejon
American Kum River defenders were driven back as North Korean troops infiltrated across the Kum River 20 miles northwest of Taejon. Reds, dressed as U. S. soldiers and civilians, suffered heavier losses than U. S. and South Korean forces. 1,000 to 2,000 North Koreans crossed, tanks knocked out, and air support with 190 sorties aided counterattacks near Chongju.
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Tokyo
North Korea
U. S
Kum River
Taejon
Chongju
Swift
George E. Stratemeyer
McArthur
Swift Action Saves Family From Drowning Incident
In Williamsport Pennsylvania a car plunged into Loyalsock Creek. Alfred McKinney 37 saved his wife Anna and daughters Doris 9 and Lois 8 by guiding them to the car roof and swimming them to safety. McKinney was the sole swimmer among the group.
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Williamsport
Loyalsock Creek
Here
Alfred McKinney
Montoursville
RD 2
Doris
Lois
Anna McKinney
McKinney
Tehran
Ivan
Iran
Marines Call On Its Women Marines
The Marine Corps called on its women veterans to volunteer for extended active duty in the United States. An initial quota includes enlisted women and small numbers of lieutenants and captains from women Marine reserves. The first contingent will head to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, with Western volunteers assigned to San Francisco and Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, California.
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Ashington
Twe Marine Corps
United States
Defense Department
Marine Reserves
Mississippi
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Marine Corps
San Francisco
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
California
Indiana County Nears Bond Quota
C Gilbert Wolfender chairman of the Indiana County Savings Bond Committee says series E bonds sales in the county reach 5.2 percent of the Independence Drive quota as of July 1 1950 while Pennsylvania totals 93.6 percent of the state quota. Final results for the drive will be announced the week of July 24.
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C. Gilbert Wolfender
Indiana County Savings Bond Committee
Pennsylvania
Cherry Tree Man Charged In Wreck
Meade Douglass of Cherry Tree R will face charges after a two car collision at Fifth and Locust streets in Indiana. Police say Douglass failed to stop at a stop sign and hit a car driven by Lester H. Balentine Sr of 246 North Fifth Street. No injuries reported. damages estimated at $100.
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Meade Douglass
Cherry Tree R
Fifth and Locust Streets
Indiana
Poliga
Douglass
Lester H. Balentine
North Fifth Street
Six Die In Car Truck Collision Near Mansfield Bridge
Six persons were burned to death when a car and a truck collided on a narrow bridge eight miles south of Mansfield on July 15. The crash occurred as the vehicles met on the bridge, leaving no survivors among the occupants.
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Mansfield
Here
General Amnesty Bill Approved by Grand National Assembly
ISTANBUL July 15 The Grand National Assembly approved a general amnesty bill freeing about 20 000 prisoners. Spies traitors or Communist inciters and those who urged revolt in the armed forces are excluded. Death sentences are reduced to 30 years and life terms to 1 year. Dancers Savoy Frank and Elmer Sinclair noted. Nearby notices list various local items and events including music by twins and a chicken pie shop reopening.
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Isttanbul
Turkey
Grand National Assembly
Savoy Frank
Elmer Sinclair
Cherry Tree RD
Pon Carlo
Phila
John Blair Sinclair
Colorful car air deflectors banned in Indiana
Indiana State Police at the substation warn that colored air deflectors on cars are out and not allowed under the State Motor Code which permits only colorless or transparent deflectors. Offenders face prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ninety Indiana County Men Face Preinduction Examinations
Ninety county men aged 19 to 25 will be called in coming weeks for pre induction physicals, per Harrisburg. About twelve will be chosen to fill Indiana’s state draft quota of 1,401 as part of the national 20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County
Harrisburg
Sportsmen oppose two day anterless deer season
The Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen denounces the two day anterless deer season set by the State Game Commission for November 27 and 28, calling it the greatest possible slaughter of deer. The season precedes an 11 day buck hunt from November 29 to December 9, intended to curb overpopulated herds harming crops. Federation President Dale Furst Jr. of Williamsport voices opposition. Game Commission Executive Director Thomas B. Frye explains the need to reduce deer numbers on farms.
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Williamsport
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen
State Game Commission
Dale Furst Jr
Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Frye
The
Game Commission
Dance at Central Hotel opens with Johnny's Orchestra
A notice announces a Saturday July 15 dance at the Central Hotel Black' Lick from 9 to 12 with music by Johnny's Orchestra. Also announced is the reopening of the Chicken Pie Shop at 1102 Phila. St remodeled and decorated and open daily for fried chicken.
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Central Hotel
Black’ Lick
Johnny's
Phila. St
Ecuador Revolt Is Broken Up
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador July 15 A revolt broke out this morning but leaders were quickly arrested by government troops The rebels cut communications and distributed leaflets claiming nationwide revolution No immediate news from Quito Interior Minister Carlos Guevara Moreno was the revolt leader Guevara and others detained were lodged at the Guayas Army Battalion The Guayas Battalion set up machinegun posts and sent squads to assess the revolt’s reach
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Carlos Guevara Moreno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Guevara
FOP Lodge 33 to Meet in Clymer Borough Building
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 33 representing Indiana County officers will meet at 2 30 p m tomorrow in the Clymer Borough Building in Clymer Pennsylvania. Dance by the Top Hatters Orchestra at the American Legion Home tonight with dancing until 1 a m.
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Fraternal Order of Police
Lodge 33
Indiana County
Clymer Borough
Clymer, Penna
American Legion Home Top Hatters Orchestra
Ayaa
Gyn Muse
Ron Carlome
Ammunition Barge and Train Blasts Hit Gosport Harbor
A night explosion at Gosport near Portsmouth Naval Base shattered windows miles away and injured about thirty. A munition barge and a 40 car train were involved. cause and sabotage are under inquiry. Fire brigades from nearby communities helped extinguish the blaze as alarms rang over the Channel port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gosport
England
Portsmouth
Admiralty
English Channel
Royal Navy
Bedenham
London
Four Injured As Ceiling Collapses At Thompson's
In Pittsburgh on July 15 a 20 by 80 foot section of the Sixth Avenue Thompson's Restaurant ceiling fell without warning just before midnight. About 25 people were inside. four sustained minor injuries and were treated at a hospital. Firemen rescued patrons as hundreds of late theatergoers crowded the scene. Damage was estimated near six thousand dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Sixth Avenue
Indiana County
Indiana
Chester Huber
Daniel Ciocca
Earl
Pennsylvania Week Special Train to Visit Indiana
An 11 car Pennsylvania Week Special train with exhibits of Pennsylvania products is set to appear in Indiana on Friday October 20. Detailed information will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Van Zandt Foresees U S Evacuation of Korea
Rep James Van Zandt spoke at the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars convention saying the United States may have to evaluate Korea within 72 hours and could evacuate if Communist forces cross the Kum River. He cautioned his view was personal and not based on Washington briefings.
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Harrisburg
James BE. van Zandt
van Zandt
Kum River
Washington
Bastogne Monuments Honor Fallen Bulge Soldiers
Belgium dedicates a $500000 monument in Bastogne to American losses from the Battle of the Bulge. Attending will be Maj. Gen. Anthony C. MacAuliffe, Gen. Omar Bradley, and Mrs. George S. Patton Jr. The clash in 1944-45 aimed to seize Antwerp and halt Allied supplies, leaving 76,890 Americans dead wounded or missing.
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Omar Bradley
Combined Chiefs of Staff
George 5. Patton, Jr
Bulge
Antwerp
Ray Rites Sunday At 2:30 O'Clock
Funeral services for B. Dwight Ray co publisher of the Indiana Evening Gazette will be at the family home 135 South Fifth Street at 2 30 p m tomorrow Sunday Dr Marty Burton Boyd pastor of the First Presbyterian Church will have charge Interment will follow in Oakland Cemetery
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B. Dwight Ray
Indiana Evencing Gazette
South Fifth Street
Marty Burton Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Oakland Cemetery
Dormitory Plans Omit Architect Named Winslow
A Gazette news item on Indiana State Teachers College new men's dormitory and its architect's drawing failed to mention J Carlton Winslow of Indiana as one of the architects. The omission leaves the involvement of Winslow unclear in the published report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Indiana State Teachers College
J. Carlton Winslow
Indiana
Hartnett Charged For Fast Driving In Indiana Borough
Information filed against Edward J. Hartnett of Indiana R D 3 for fast driving on Indiana Borough streets per police records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Hartnett
Indiana
Gasoline Tank Blast Damages Terre Haute Facility
A gasoline storage tank exploded in Terre Haute Indiana causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. A truck driver Carl Lee twenty nine was lightly injured and a fire destroyed a bulk storage plant of Mid-Continent Petroleum. Police suspected prowlers as the blast origin with two men seen hammering the tank but not located.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Carl Lee
Feldmann Elected Pennsylvania VFW Commander
Harrisburg July 15. Lee G. Feldmann of Hazleton was elected department commander of the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars at the closing convention. He succeeds Lynn Brotherson of Erie as head of the state VFW. James J. Davis of Philadelphia was chosen senior vice commander. Parade and ceremony highlighted the 31st annual convention.
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Harrisburg
Lee G. Feldmann
Hazleton
Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars
Feldmann
Gcg
Lynn Brotherson
Erie
James J. Davis
Philadelphia
VFW
Rule Sykesville Trap Is Illegal
State Highway Department rules a speed trap at Sykesville illegal and says fines from the trap are reimbursable. Dance at new Eagles Home Saturday July 15. Harry Finley’s Ey’s Quintet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
New Bagies
Gazetty
Harry Finley
Sykesville
State Highway Department
New Eagles
Indiana midshipman among 100 at U S Naval Academy visit
William Balint Jr of Indiana was part of a group of about 100 midshipmen touring the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis. A local event announced Wake Top Hatters Orchestra performing tonight at 8 pm with dancing.
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William §. Balint, Jr
Indiana
U. S Naval Academy
Annapolis
Toadsquarters
Prices Rise On War as Excuse
The July Bureau of Labor wholesale price report shows broad increases across foods, wearables, and goods amid wartime references. President Truman stated no food shortage, no rationing, and no immediate move to price or wage controls, with trends lagging retail by a few days and key items like corn hogs cotton and cocoa beans driving the climb.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Truman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Moscow Labels Tito as Traitor in Yugoslavia Provocation Claim
Oslo dispatch says Moscow radio compared Premier Tito of Yugoslavia to Syngman Rhee and accused him of provoking Eastern Europe. It branded Tito an exponent of American war plans in the Balkans and said Yugoslavia is repeating Rhee’s provocations along borders of socialist states.
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Oslo
Norway
Moscow Radio Today
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Syngman Rhee
Europe
Tito
Balkans
Korea
Asia
Tita Clique
Fire Sweeps Seaside Resort in Hampton Beach
A $500,000 fire destroyed 18 buildings in Hampton Beach New Hampshire sweeping a hotel four restaurants a penny arcade and boarding houses within about ninety minutes. One hotel damaged no serious injuries reported. The blaze began near Dudley Hotel in a rear photo shop and was fought by 11 fire departments using sea water.
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Hampton Beach
N. H
New Hampshire
Ocean Front
Chamber of Commerce
Dudley
British freighter Fanstone sinks after mine strike
The 560 ton Fanstone carrying iron from Emden to Hull struck an old mine off the Dutch north coast and sank within minutes. The crew of 11 was rescued after drifting 23 hours in a small boat.
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den Helder
Netherlands
Fanstone
Emden
Hull
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U. S. Army
Florence Dean
Cleveland
Marguerite Siebold
Detroit
Mich
South Korea
NEA
Marines
Cherry Tree Man
Gen
Clymer
Ray Rites
Homer City Road
John Conard
Creeks Side
Gordon Stevens
Sipos
Walton A. Walker
General MacArthur
Vets
Moscow
Seaside Resort
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