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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1950
Page
3
In Rome, Roger Bilessen tackled a blanket snatching Greta as Miss Myra Sharpe’s clothes line was pulled. Greta was poisoned and later transported home alive with Tom Carson, who urged Roger to be believed and forgave the confrontation.
British ground troops disembarked from the Unicorn and Ceylon in a Korean port joining UN forces against North Korea. The Scots and London troops, recently from Hong Kong, greeted by South Koreans and Americans, express readiness for mountain fighting and a sense of purpose.
Chinese Communist charges that American planes attacked three Manchurian villages were denied by a Far East air forces spokesman. Chou En-lai reportedly urged action at the United Nations, while Peiping radio cited a reconnaissance over a fourth town near the Korean border.
Washington officials announced a list of 11 critical materials including aluminum cement copper lead leather lumber paper rubber steel wool and zinc. The General Services Administration ordered agencies to conserve these items and reduce stocks by June 30 to three six or twelve month supply levels based on item type and replacement needs.
In Taft California a thief took about 500 dollars worth of wooden nickels intended as currency for next month's Dildona do celebration. The incident occurred over the weekend at the chamber of commerce office amid the town's annual civic jamboree preparations.
In Kirchhorsten Germany villagers reported a haystack carried by a wind forming an unshapely mass that appeared like a flying saucer approaching through low clouds. Terrified residents fled in fear of an explosion.
The Daily Herald reports from Stockholm that Russian submarine officers are traveling in Soviet merchant ships to worldwide ports. They aim to gain pinpoint navigation and vessel recognition skills while prefabricated hulls are shipped for training. The dispatch puts Russia’s total subs at about 380 with 130 in long range strength, 50 in the Baltic and 60 in the Pacific, with 20 unlocated.
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