Communists suffer heavy losses asUN allies press on Korean front
Reports from Tokyo and United Nations fronts say North and South Korean forces mount renewed counterattacks amid heavy casualties. Allied air and naval strikes target red ships while Marines push along the southern peninsula. Ten thousand nine hundred two communist casualties are claimed for Friday and Saturday, with broader losses expected as ground fighting continues around Taegu and Chinju.
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United Nations
Tokyo
Taegu
U.N
People’s Army
Wea
Naktong River
Waegwan
U. S. First Cavalry Division
MacArthur
Chinju
Fifth Air Force
Pusan
Korea
Tongyong
U.S. 27Th Infantry Regiment
Primary selections shape New York House slate
With 43 New York House seats in play Democrats and Republicans hold primaries to nominate. Senator Lehman is viewed as a strong Democratic candidate for the senate while Dewey burnout looms over GOP plans. Mayor Williams resignation shadows the New York City mayoral race as incumbents face limited primary opposition.
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Associated Press
New York
House
Yoming
Mississippi
Wyoming
Delaware
T. Caleb Boggs
Texas
New York State
New York City
Lehman
D.-Lib
N. Y
Senate
Thomas E. Dewey
Joseph R. Hantey
New York House
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
Marcantonio
Williams
Labor walkout halts view fire station work in Lawrence
Workmen at the view fire and police station construction on Eighth and Kentucky street halted for a second day as a labor walkout, organized by the Lawrence building and construction trades council, continued picketing. Clarence Strunk, secretary, said the picket backed by all crafts with open shop terms. Mayor Turner hoped to resume soon while warning against harming contractor relations. a $450,000 project could be finished early next year if work restarts. The council stated they represent common laborers and various trades, and planned talks with contractor L. Constant.
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View
Eighth
Kentucky Street
Lawrence Building and Construction Trades Council
Clarence Strunk
Lawrence Contractors
L. Constant
Turner
Labor Hall
Massachusetts Street
Journal-World
Building and Trades Council
Lawrence
Twne
Constant
Douglas County Men Report for Pre Induction Exams
The names of 26 Douglas County 1-A men notified to report to Kansas City for pre induction exams were announced by Mrs. Gertrude Halberg, with county board notes that one Leavenworth man will be sent to Kansas City for induction on September 6. The list omits addresses per rules and may change as enlistments or statuses alter. The first Leavenworth inductees were sent August 4 and Douglas men on August 7. this marks the local board area handling both counties.
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Douglas County
Kansas City
Gertrude Halberg
Serctive Service
Halbere
Selective Service
Tules
Jordan L. Haines
George Ray Anderson
John H. Goff
Eeri Edward Galyon
Donald Francis Allis
Robert Lee Parry
Ray Clair Boardman
Richard Morton Pickler
Donald Dean Cain
Glenn Aclin Johanning
Norman Ray Williams
Lester Harry Tucker
Robert Carroll
Howard
Elvin E. Cole
Kenneth Wayne
Williamson
Stephen Rang Ellsworth
Robert
Gene Johnson
William Groebe
Billie Joe Porter
George Earl Taylor
Andrew Gatesbary
Raymond FE. Nitchall
Hart R. Cobb
Thurman L. Cobb
Charles Neal Cummings
John Eugene Towner
James Edward
Faris
Mark M. Jones
Three Vehicles Crash at Fourteenth and Massachusetts Intersection
A collision Saturday night at Fourteenth and Massachusetts involved a northbound car driven by Norman Denton and a pickup truck driven by Gordon Bowers. The truck struck a parked car owned by Kenneth McCue Jr, which caught fire. the fire was extinguished with minimal damage. Officers estimate total damage in the three vehicles at several hundred dollars and no injuries were reported.
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Fourteeuth
Massachusetts
Norman Denton
Gordo Bowers
Massachusetts Street
Kenneth McCue, Jr
Paul Ingels
Coolest August Weather In 35 Years Recorded In City
Lawrence residents endured a weekend of record cool August temperatures, with a Saturday morning low of 48 degrees the coldest in August since 1915. Sunday dipped to 49, the coolest in 27 years, as farmers anticipate dry cool days for early fall work and hay harvest. Local stores adapt to fall displays while football coachers prepare for sessions as practice starts soon amid such weather.
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Dougisa
C. J. Posey
Lawrence
Posey
Gas Office
Eatedas
K. G
Trainmen Walkout At Key Terminals
Washington Aug 21 trainmen walked out at three terminals. President Truman ordered John R. Steelman to reunite railroads and unions for another effort to avert a nationwide strike. Steelman reported meetings were underway this afternoon. The walkouts hit Louisville St Paul and Cleveland halting 1 850 workers and signaling a five day stoppage over wages and hours.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Steelman
M. E.S.T
Louisville
Kentucky and
Indiana
St. Paul
Minnesota Transfer Railway Company
C.S.T
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Rai’way
Republic Steel
Republic
Steel Company
Red Cross calls for large blood donations for Korea war effort
The Red Cross urged Americans to donate blood to support fighting men in Korea and the expanded armed forces. Shipments will fly to the Far East, with excess plasma and derivatives stored for military use.
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The
Associates Press
Washington
Red Cross
Korea
Inet
St Anid
Japan
Hunters Find Body Of Pvt Robert Bowen Near Lawrence
Two Kansas City hunters found the remains of Pvt. Robert H. Bowen 18 of Lawrence in a wooded area three miles southwest of the city. The skull and bones were scattered around his Chevrolet coupe with a .22 rifle nearby. Coroner F S Deem ruled death by own action, noting a right temple gunshot likely caused instant death. A suicide note on a cigarette wrapper was found on the car, stating do not fix it and please have the Chevrolet fixed. Bowen had not been seen since May 15 as he left his grandparents home for Keesler Field in Biloxi Mississippi. Funeral services are set for Thursday at Rumsey funeral home. Burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Survivors include Bowen’s mother Mrs Ralph Marshall of Kansas City and two sisters Diana and Vickie.
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Kansas City
Robert H. Bowen
Lawrence
James RB
Anderson
John E. Harris
Douglas County
Deem
Travis E. Glass
Harry Bowen
Route 6
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Red Cross
Sheriffs Office
Altho
Bowen
Glass
Army Air Base
Hubert Harry Bowen
Rumsey Funeral Home
Leland Young
Memorial Park Cemetery
Ralph Marshall
Kansas City, Mo
Diana and
Vickie Marshall
Kansans
Kansas Weather And Wheat Price Supports In 1951
Topeka reports warm conditions after a cool spell with record lows in Leavenworth at 44. Highs reach near 80s to mid 80s in the east, 85 in the west. Heavy Solomon river flooding expected from Abi line to Enterprise with crest above flood stage. Parity wheat price support set at 90 percent of parity, with 1.99 dollars as the 1951 target, variable by July 1 adjustments. {This summary preserves named places and figures from the period}
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Topeka
Kansas
Leavenworth
Solomon River
Smoky Hill
Solomon
Abilene
Enterprise
Niles
Wazhineten
Gat Cauke
Kanaag
Brannan
Mort
Dodge City
Anthony
Garden City
Pratt
Wichita
North Korea to mark hospitals with Red Cross insignia
North Korean Foreign Minister Pack Heung Yung confirmed receipt of a telegram from U N Secretary General Trygve Lie on the destinations of three American hospital ships. The Pyongyang radio said Pack replied that his government will put Red Cross markings on all hospitals.
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Tokyo
Pack Heune Yung
U. N
Trygve
Sine
Pyongyang
Pack
Russia made two mistakes in Korea crisis says British consul
Captain H. Cotton Minchin, British consul in Kansas City, told Lawrence Rotary Club that Russia erred by forcing Korea into a UN issue and by leaving the Security Council to declare the North Korean invasion an aggression. He praised a ground diplomacy approach and warned Russia may spark new incidents while Britain keeps troops tied in Malaya.
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Russia
United States
H. Cotton Minchin
Kansas City
Lawrence
U.S
U.N
Security Council
Council
Malik
South Korea
United Nations
Minchin
Great Britain
China
United Kingdom
Thti
Korea
Malaya
Chill Lingers Over Most of Nation
A sweeping cold spell kept temperatures well below normal from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians and into the Ozarks. Chicago hit 40s for the third day, with a 46 reading as another record low for the date. Gladwin Michigan recorded 37 while southern and western states saw warm to hot conditions. Flooding swept the New York area as two inches of rain drenched homes and businesses amid high winds.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Ozarks
Chicago
Mercury
Gladwin
Mich
Palares
New York Metropolitan Area
Bs Island
KU to receive Hutchinson radio station KISV from KU J schools
Kansas University will acquire all equipment from Hutchinson station KISV FM including a 10,000 watt transmitter a 514 foot tower and studio gear with the transfer to Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. The station will stop broadcasting in mid September and dismantling begins before the transfer to KU.
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Kisiv-Fm
Hutchinson
Kansas University
William Alen White
K. U
Deane W. Malott
J. P. Harris
Kansas
Malott
William Allen White School of Journalism
Public Information
Burton W. Margin
Harris
William Allen White Foundation
K.U
K.A
Mount Oread
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Kansas City
Emporia
C.A.A
Frank _R. Stockton
University Extension
KFKU
Phillies shut out Giants as Curt Simmons dominates
On August 21 Curt Simmons blanked the New York Giants with four hits to lead the league leading Phillies to a 4-0 victory. In Pittsburgh, Jim Russell stole home in the fifth as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pirates 3-2. President Truman nominated Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith for CIA director, after the Smith selection to replace Hillenkoetter was announced.
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New York
Young Curt Simmons
New York Giants
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Jim Russell
Brooklyn Dodgers
Washington
Truman
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence
Senate
Smith
Adm
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Both parties pick county chairmen in Douglas County
Republican Don S. Hults named county chairman at a Saturday meeting in the district court room with Lucille Allison as vice chair and George VeAllen treasurer. Democrat Martha Shultz elected chair with Loren Williams vice, Kay Wright secretary, M. E. Kelly treasurer. Hults vows active block by block work. Shultz is a Valley Falls transplant and livestock business owner's wife. Governing appointments include possible Sheriff Will Johns Jr. replacement by Gladys Johns. Financials show Republican balance 721.88 and Democrat 61 cents optional follow-up rosters planned for September.
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Don S. Hults
Martha Shuix
Massachusetts Street
Hults
Charles Edmondson
State Penitentiary
Shultz
Tom Page
R. U
Lucille E. Allison
Indiana Street
JW. C. Hunsinger
Tennessee Street
George Ve 'Allen
Route 2
Loren Williams
Baldwin
Kay Wright
Mincrs Street
M. KE. Kelly
Delaware Street
Douglas County
O. R. Shultz
Valley Falls
Gladys Johns
Eleventh Street
Will Johns
Frank Carlson
Johns
Republicas County Treasury
Investigating Attempted Break-in At Lawrence Offices
Police probe an attempted break-in of three Lawrence offices including Dr. R. L. Dunlap Corlett Cotton and the firm Asher Gorrill and Asher. Entry gained via unlocked street door on the second floor with three doors jimmied but not opened. Incident reported around 9 30 this morning after weekend discovery. The second item notes East Pittnsburg PA professor Dr Donald G Wilson attending an industry seminar sponsored by Westinghouse Electric Corporation through Friday with theme achieving better understanding.
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Noor
Lawrence Nations
Seventh
Massachusetts Street
Walter Palmateer
Palmateer
East
Donald G. Wilson
K. U
East Pittncburg
Westinghouse Electric Coreporation
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Gale Food Cauler
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Kelvinator Refrigerators
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Vewertiay
Deover
Don Hults
Martha Shultz
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