Navy to open Sea Receiving Station and depot on Terminal Island
Aircraft construction in the Long Beach area will use nearly all available manpower. Undersecretary Dan Kimball said in Washington that the Navy Receiving Station and the Navy Supply Depot on Terminal Island will be opened and the supply depot enlarged, with shipyards to be largely private for repair and reactivation. Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach is ramping up production on the Globemaster project and B-26 mediation, employing about 7,500 workers, as it gears up but cautions staffing cannot yet grow.
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Dan Kimball
Navy
Washington
Terminal Island
Kimball
Press- Telegram
Snony Navy
Washingtton
Douglas Aircraft Co
Douglas
Long Beach
Douglas Company
Underwater Hike Breaks Records at Hampton Roads
Roy Butler, 38, completed a 14 mile underwater hike across Hampton Roads aided by a fast tide, finishing in under 20 hours after emerging off Old Point Comfort. He surfaced at 9 15 a m with his craft intact but bruised, having feared the bends and blacking out briefly near the channel.
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Ocean View
Roy Butler
Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort
Ocean View Park
Butler
Missouri
Ammunition Packed Plane Crashes in Fog Near Tinker
A twin engine C-46 crashed in heavy fog near Tinker Air Force Base killing one engine and exploding after six crew members escaped. Maj. L. Wright said the cargo was ammunition, en route from Cherry Point to Moffet Field. Fire burned for hours as thousands watched. no pictures were allowed. Crew identified as pilot Maj. Kolp and officers Moose Tobin, Lawrence Inosie, W. H. McLeon, and Pfc Kuhn.
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Alahoma City
Here
Tinker Air Force Base
Maj
L. W. Wright
Tinker Public Information Officer
Cherry Point
N. C
Moffet Field
Calif
Oklahoma City
Maj. Wright
Air Force
Wright
KR. Kolp
K. L Moose
W. J. Tobin
Lawrence Inosie
W. H. McLeon
Pfc. Kuhn
Marine Dies in Head-on Crash Near Anaheim
A Marine, Sgt. Ned Vincent Woleten, 26, Camp Pendleton, died in a head-on collision on Manchester Boulevard near Magnolla Road around 3:15 AM. Two other Marines, Sgt Woleben and Paul R. Torres of Camp Pendleton, were critically injured. Irven Rhodes, 24, San Diego, drove the flatbed truck and was not hurt. The injured were taken to Camp Pendleton for emergency treatment.
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Anaheim
U.S
Ned Vincent Woleten
Camp Pendleton
Glendale
Woleben
Shhan
Janes P. Watson
Camp Waren
Paul R. Torres
Nospitel
Irven Rhodes
San Diego
Watson
Manchester Blvd
West Magnalla Rd
Rhodes
Reds Across River Peril Yank Positions In Desperate Offensive
Reds cross the Naktong River under daylight in a bold move to mass fresh troops against American lines in the center and south. MacArthur’s release notes limited counterattacks and ongoing daylight troop moves, with heavy NK losses reported against U S 27th and 35th Infantry near Chinju. Continued fighting described as an all-out effort to break the new defenses.
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Tokyo
South Korea
Naktong River
MacArthur
Long Beach
U. S
Chinju
Naktong
Tai
Sangju
Local Guard Unit Put on Alert Status
The 186th Operations Detachment at the National Guard Armory 54 E Seventh Street Boyers is placed on alert. Though not organically part of the Long Beach National Guard unit, the 234th Antiaircraft Artillery Group attaches it for training. Maj. Laurence A. Scott commands. All members reside in Long Beach.
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National Guard
Boyers
Long Beach National Guard
234Th
Laurence A. Scott
Long Beach
Marines Fire on Each Other in Six Hour Battle
U S Marines in Korea fired upon each other during a six hour exchange of small arms during the early morning darkness. One Marine was killed by comrades and the fight followed a night patrol that flushed a suspicious Korean from a ridgetop near the command post. Lifing photographers reported the heavy firing as hundreds of rounds were discharged amid brief quiet spells and a momentary illumination by jeep headlights before renewed bursts of fire.
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U. S
Korea
David Duncan
Solomon Islands quake detected by Cleveland seismograph
A moderate earthquake event was recorded today by the John Carroll University seismograph, tracing activity to the Solomon Islands region. The report notes regional seismic activity with no immediate damage details available.
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Cleveland
Solomon Islands
John Carroll University
Soldier Escapes North Korean Executioner In Korea
Pvt. Robert L. Young, 20, of Pullman Michigan, escaped capture after a guard prepared to shoot him on a hill near his capture site. He grabbed the guard’s rifle, knocked him unconscious, and fled into a rice paddy reaching American lines by morning. He planned to return to duty within days.
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Jack James Ith
U. S
Korea
Robert L. Young
Pullman
Mich
Young
Tank killing shells rushed to Korean front
An army spokesman said that 90mm shaped charge shells for tanks are now in Korea or en route to American troops. The shells use a shaped charge to blast rock and armor, offering extended range and potent tank destruction capabilities.
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Ashington
Amy
Korea
U. S
Canada May Send 5000 to Korea War
Ottawa reports unconfirmed plans to send five thousand troops to the Korea War, with details still unclear as of today.
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Canada
Korea
Ottawa
Fire reignites in Angeles National Forest amid new outbreak
CASTRIC Aug 5 More than 300 firefighters battled a fresh brush fire in the Angeles National Forest. The flare pushed to a firebreak 12 miles northwest, threatening Warm Springs Camp and a tuberculosis patient evacuation area, with 4000 acres previously burned and 1900 more caught in the new outbreak. Sheriff's arson investigators labeled the blaze the work of a vandal who ignited gasoline containers. No further evacuations planned unless flames advance.
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Castric
Angeles National Forest
Here
Warm Springs
He’ll Remember Drives Off Leaves Wife and Child
An Indianapolis man, James Hardy, drove from Aurora to Madison to retrieve his wife and eight year old daughter Suzan, thinking they were still in the car. Mrs Hardy and Suzan spent the night at the city’s women’s division, while Hardy raced back, adding hundreds of miles to his vacation and an unforgettable tale.
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Madison
Wis
Indianapolis
Aurora
James Hardy
Suzan
Hardy
Senate panel approves speed-up plan for corporate taxes
The Senate finance committee backed a plan to speed up corporate tax payments, raising about 730 million for the current year and increasing roughly 800 million annually through 1952 55 and 1956. The shift would finish within six years, moving from quarterly to six month payments after the earning year. The plan does not alter tax rates and omits a proposed 10 percent withholding on dividends.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Truman
Wilbur Mills
D.-Ark
Treasury
Crash Kills Five Youths Seven Hurt in Oregon Collision
Roseburg, Ore Aug 5 Sixteen year old Willie Morris drove southbound car in a fatal head on crash on Highway 99 near Sutherlin. The dead include Brenda Stackhouse and Don Farthingham both 13, Ernest Arnold 21, Musgrove 19, and others. Seven teens were injured from the northbound car and several passengers from the southbound car. Names include Margaret Roth Farthingham 11, Al Farthingham 15, Louis Morris 18, Kenneth Ros 16, Bobby McKisson 15, David Lackey 16, William Siegel 17.
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Roseburg
Ore
Sutherlin
Suthertin
Willie Ernest Morris
Glendale
Brenda Stackhouse
Don Farthingham
Ernest Arnold
Coe Sth
Oter Musgrove
Musgrove
Kenneth Ros
Bobby McKisson
Oakland
David Lackey
Drain
William Siegel
Los Angeles
Calif
Garet Roth Farthingham
al Farthingham
Louis Morris
Glen
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Pusan
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Associated Press
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Louise McCabe
Fanny
Wichita Falls
Texas
By Tom. Lambert
Commie
Robert Natskakula
Natrona
Berlin
East Berlin
Edward
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