Temperance Sought For Yugoslavia Prohibition Crusade Rises
Belgrade professor B P Tasic leads a temperance drive to curb Yugoslavia's beer wine and rakija use. He cites 300000 alcoholics in a 16.44 million population and a Belgrade survey showing all 1000 teenage boys drank wine with many consuming rakija. He urges banning liquor sales to minors and chronic drinkers and forming a teetotaler mass org.
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Alex H. Singleton
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
B. P. Tasic
Ljubljana
Yugoslav Republic
Slovenia
Ash
U S Sabre Jets Down Six Reds
U S Sabre pilots claim air victories over North Korea, shooting down six MIG15a and damaging two in two separate clashes. Fifth Air Force totals show 316 MIGs destroyed, 58 probably destroyed, 507 damaged in Korea. Ground actions near Kanggye and Wonsan noted with locomotive and supply vehicle strikes.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S
United Nations
North Korea
US Fifth Air Force
Kanggye
Yalu River
Manchuria
Dongju
Pakchon
Wonsan
James Yatel
High Point
N.C
Satae
Draft Exemptions In Mental Cases
Washington report shows 9.63 percent of 34,810 reexamined draftees deemed acceptable after prior rejection for mental exam. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey credits revision efforts since 1948 for improved standards and increased acceptances in the selective service program.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Ike Is Due In New York
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in New York with his wife and campaign staff for a week long stay. He plans to meet GOP delegates and potential nomination readers at La Guardia Field this evening. A crowd of about 5000 is expected to greet the party before traveling by motorcade to Columbia University. A news conference is scheduled for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Hotel Commodore.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Abilene
Kan
la Guardia Field
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Columbia
Commodore
Bureau of Mines Team To Make England Trip
A Pittsburgh based Bureau of Mines technical team led by Regional Director H P Greenwald will travel to Buxton England for the 7th International Conference of Directors of Safety in Mines Research. Director J J Forbes selected Greenwald to head the American delegation as British French and German technologists join discussions on coal mine safety research methods and findings. The six day meeting begins July 7 with seven US papers on coal dust ignition gas ignition blasting misfires and flameproof enclosures among topics.
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Pittsburgh
Bureau of Mines
H. P. Greenwald
United States
England
Department of the Interior Agency
J. J. Forbes
Washington, D. C
Greenwald
Great Britain
France
Germany
Buxton
Glenn H. Damon
Guenther von Elbe
Irving Hartmann
Region VII
Lawrence B. Berger
Bureau
Wanger's Fate To Be Decided Today
Film producer Walter Wanger appears before the jail board of classification in Los Angeles to learn his four month sentence for shooting Jennings Lang. The panel is expected to recommend confinement at the county honor farm with possible release Sept. 13 for good behavior.
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Los Angeles
Walter Wanger
Board of Classification
Jennings Lang
Joan Bennett
Wanger
Lang
Troop Moving Chicago SF to Move an Airborne Division
A logistics note states that relocating an army airborne division from Chicago to San Francisco requires 42 passenger units and 10 freight trains. The terse directive outlines the transport capacity and equipment needed for the maneuver.
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Chicago (Sf
Army Airborne
Natural Gas Use Rises Across Sectors 1940 to 1950
William S. Livengood Jr reports a rise in residential gas consumers from 681,116 in 1940 to 817,896 in 1950. Total natural gas sales grew to $11,677,149 in 1950 from $55,981,789 a decade earlier, with 233,810,713 M cubic feet sold in 1950. Residential use, industry, commercial and public consumption all increased, and capital investment rose from $162,975,800 in 1940 to $261,987,771 in 1950. Prices per thousand cubic feet edged up, and employment in the gas industry fell slightly while production rose from 93,078,641 to 124,843,223 M cubic feet.
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William S. Livengod, Jr
Natural USA
Bureau of Statistics
Pennsylvania
Moscow TV Spreading Across Soviet Cities
Moscow’s skyline fills with television antennas as the capital expands broadcasting six days a week with an extra children's show on Sunday. Sets are made in state factories and sold in state stores without permits. Programs include dramas operas ballets and sports with Moscow Puppet Theatre pieces popular with youngsters.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
British and Allied Ships Fire On Korea As Queen’s Birthday Marked
U S Navy reports five ships including Canadian Athabaska British Crane and three U S vessels blasted Communist gun positions on Ongjin peninsula while British and Canadian crews celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s birthday with a 21 gun salute. The British cruiser Ceylon fired a second salute at another target and spliced the main brace after firing though grog is not allowed by U S Navy rules. Cancer ranks as the second leading cause of death.
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Korea
U.S
Ongjin Peninsula
Athabaska
Crane
J. A. Bole
Chanple
Ceylon
Navy
U.S. Navy
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