Battle behind enemy lines in Korea fuels daring tanks drive
A U.S. tank led battalion breached enemy lines near Chinju in Korea, 22 miles behind the front, capturing maps and equipment while fighting to regain a four-mile-wide corridor toward Wongmeni. Four Sherman tanks and armored cars were abandoned. crews included two farm boys who steered back damaged machines.
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U. S
Korea
U.S
Chinju
Masan
Pusan
U. S. 24Th Division
John E. Church
24Th
Associated Press
O. H. King
Chinisani
Redg
Wongmeni
Gls
Tam O Shanter golf jubilee opens with dawn rounds
Chicago August 3 The $75 000 Tam O Shanter opens with 250 pros starting at 6 am due to heavy entries. 66 qualifiers and 20 hand picked pros begin 72 hole play for the All American title while women and amateurs start their rounds. Notables include Lloyd Mangrum Jack Burke Bobby Locke Sam Snead Jim Ferrier and Patty Berg with Babe Zaharias also favored.
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Chicago
CPI
George S. May
Roosters
Laexe
Ben Hogan
Tam
Lloyd Mangrum
Jack Burke
Bobby Locke
Sam Snead
Jim Ferrier
Snead
Ferrier
Jim Demaret
Mangrum
Byron Nelson
Patty Berg
Babe Zaharias
Training 10000 Indo Chinese Guerrillas Trained by China
French sources report red China is training at least 10000 Indo-Chinese guerrillas for Ho Chi Minh's forces. Camps cited near the north Indochina frontier at Wenshan Tehenngen and Tunghing drill and supply recruits, with limited cross border arms.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Aue
Red China
Ho Chi Minh
China
Wenshan
Tehenngen
Tunghing
Comips
Tan
Itno Dai
Talked Into Ticket in Pulaski for Long Chat
Pulaski New York August 3 a patrolman fined Olive Chief George Soderland one dollar for talking too long with a friend while a parking meter had not expired. He said he paid a coin for the meter then chatted, returning to an overtime parking violation.
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Pulaski
N.Y
George Soderland
Soderland
Ariend
Pirates and Athletics Swap Dillinger Amid Club Turmoil
New details reveal John Galbreath and Frank McKinney backing a Pirates win brokered deal while Pittsburgh receives Dillinger for $100,000 and four players. The A's move signals ongoing franchise shuffles as Eddie Mack contends with market pressures and player value amid management changes.
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New York
John Galbreath
Frank Mc+ Kinney
Pirates
Darby Dan
Pittsburgh
Buccaneers
Athletics
Bob Dillinger
Forbes Field
Philadelphia
Dillinger
Ferris Fain
Alex Kellner
Tigers Turn Whiteforty Pitching Spark In 4-0 Win
Hal White, a former bullpen hopeful turned starter, threw a two-hit shutout as the Detroit Tigers blanked the Yankees 4-0. White drove in the deciding run with a second-inning single, while Gene Woodling and Johnny Mize provided New York’s small offense. Cleveland and Boston winnings also noted as pennant races tighten.
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Red Rolfe
Hal White
Art Outteman
Detroit
White
Tigers
New York
Utica
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Rolfe
Toledo
Sid
Allie Rey
Yankees
Cleveland
Larry Doby
Indians
Bob Lennon
Washington
Lenn
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Walt Dropo
Vern Stephens
Sox
Elmer Vale
Philadelphia
Chicago
Emery Bubhay Church
Cincinnati
Willard Ra Church
Tatty
Bill Werle
Murry Dickzon
Russell
Ehsithele
Tous Johnny Sain
Mth
St. Louis
Cards
Walker Cooper
Sid Gordon
Harry Brecheer
New York Giants
Cubs
Andy Pafko
Giants
Tennessee primary races unfold in free voting era shift
Nashville reports Tennessee holds primary elections with no poll tax for the first time in 62 years. Governor Gordon Browning faces Clifford Allen in a key Democratic contest while Carroll Reece seeks reelection in the First District. Other GOP contests center on Dayton Phillips versus Reece allies and John Jennings Jr. versus Howard Baker. The nine other Democratic incumbents also draw opponents.
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Tenn
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First
East Tennessee
Carroll Reece
G.O.P
Gordon Browning
E. Ho Crump
Shelby County
Memphis
Clifford Allen
Crump
Reece
Dayton Phillips
John Jennings
Howard H. Baker
Jennings
War Planes in Air Over Formosa Strait Crisis Grows
In Taipei Formosa nationalist warplanes operated for a second day with unclear targets. They likely raid Chinese communist forces on the mainland threatening Quemoy near Amoy as General MacArthur and Chiang Kai-shek discussed Formosa defense. The U S Seventh Fleet patrols the Formosa Strait to deter cross-strait action.
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Formosa
Quemoy
Amoy
Ching
Formosa Strait
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Farm ‘Egg
Truman
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Heavy Rain Disrupts Southwest Nebraska Traffic
Haigler Nebraska saw a five inch localized rainstorm near four miles east yesterday disrupting rail and highway traffic. Burlington line tracks were washed and ties displaced delaying travel about five hours. Highway 34 between Haigler and Parks slowed for about an hour amid high water. Benkelman reported a full Republican River but no flood threat. General Marshall and wife vacation with an Army transport plane arriving at Lake Superior country. A blue whale may reach 100 feet and weigh 150 tons.
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Haigler
Neb
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Burlington
McCook
Fort Morgan
Colo
Parks
Benkelman
Lakes
Houghton, Mich
George C. Marshall
Lake Superior
Mercury to Rise as Warm Weather Spreads North
Weather conditions show a cool spell ending with temperatures returning to seasonal norms across the plains central and gulf states. Readings ranged from 46 at Park Falls Wisconsin to 109 at Yuma Arizona with clouds mainly in the northeast and clear elsewhere. An odd note mentions the calendar gaining one day in 2,000 years.
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Plains States
Central States
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
Park Falls
Wis
Chicago
Gulf States
New England
Yuma
Ariz
Grand Marais
Mt Rainyreas
Michigan
Lake Ontario
Apalachians
South Dakota
Nebraska
Western Berlin Exports Hit Postwar High in Early 1950
Western Germany exports for the first half of 1950 reached a postwar peak, totaling 77.4 million dollars, up 57.2 percent from the same period in 1949. Imports stood at 4.118 billion dollars, nearly matching 1940 levels, with a foreign trade gap of 335.4 million dollars for the six months, versus 1.113 billion for all of 1949.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lawrence couple obtains marriage license today
Edward Ellis Brass aged 21 and Donna Wolf aged 22, both of Lawrence, were issued a marriage license today by the Douglas County probate court.
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Edward Ellis Brass
Donna Wolf
Lawrence
Douglas County
East Berlin resumes power to western sectors after blockade yearlong row
Berlin August 3 East Berlin agreed to resume electric power deliveries to the three western sectors after a month long shutoff. The dispute over how payments should be made triggered the June 30 cutoff, with western officials saying eastern communists were testing the west to see if their new power plant would function amid the blockade.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Eas
West
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