24th Division Men Striving to Halt Drive
Eight hundred enemy troops crossed the Naktong River and fought U S 24th Division units about 31 miles southwest of Taegu. MacArthur headquarters noted fighting at Chindeng 30 air miles west of Pusan. South Korean defenses repelled two enemy battalions north of Taegu.
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Sangju
Tokyo
Naktong River
Taegu
Associated Press
O. H. P. King
MacArthur
Chindeng
Pusan
Pugan
Eighth Army
Priority tanks and radar upgrades in rearmament plan
The House armed services committee set top goals in the $ multibillion rearmament drive, prioritizing rush production of the first postwar tanks and speeding the $85.5 million radar warning system. Armored vehicle plans center on a new light 2.5 ton T-41 tank and an updated Patton model, with meetings led by Rep. Philbin and Rep. Rivers alongside Army officials.
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Tashington
House
Armed Services Committee
Ing
Prisn
Vinson
D.-Ga
Rep. Philbin
Mass
Hep. Rivers
D.N.C
J. Lawton Collins
Army
E. L Ford
Army Ordnance
Philbin
Korea
Air Forces
Congress
Alaska
United States
Air Force
B-29 Explodes At Fairfield Air Base
A B-29 crashed at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base California around 11 30 PM causing a massive explosion felt up to 25 miles away. The crash at the main gate sparked a grass fire as fire departments from nearby towns responded. Base officials limited telephone access and did not immediately release casualty details. A motorist 20 miles east described a large red fireball rising about 200 feet.
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Fairfield - Suisun Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force Base
San Francisco
Sacramento
Pewn Paper
Air Force
Navy Unwraps Carrier Monterey
Navy begins removing mothball coverings from the light weight carrier Monterey at Philadelphia Navy Base. The ship one of several 15,000 ton carriers laid up since 1946 and now being returned to fighting form after orders from Washington.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Monterey
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Base
Bridges jailed as U S security measure in San Francisco
Longshore leader Harry Bridges was jailed by a federal judge who called him one of the most potent figures in the Communist party in America. Judge George B. Harris revoked Bridges bail, sentencing him to custody pending appeal on his wartime conspiracy conviction. Bridges, president of the ILWU, faced a four day hearing on government bail revocation amid concerns over his party activities since Korea.
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San Francisco
Calif
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
U. S
Harris
Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Wearehousemen’s Union
C. L 0
Joseph Kennedy
Hall of Justice
District Court of Appeals
Bond
Communist Party
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Korea
Gers
United States
Communist Party In
America
Eeee Bridges
A. P
Blaze Threatens Health Resort Near Castorcreek
In Castric California a brush fire surged again early today forcing evacuation plans as more than 500 firefighters fought flames raging through Angeles National Forest. A county sanitarium near Warm Springs, about a mile from the line, was evacuated last week amid earlier fire danger.
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Castric
Calif
Angeles
National Forest
Forest Service
Warm Springs
Fie
U S Commanders Clear Defense Belt of Civilians
On the Western Front in Korea Aug 5 American commanders along the Naktong River front ordered Korean civilians to clear a five to two mile wide belt behind American lines. South Korean police told farmers and villagers evacuation deadlines varied but civilians may be shot on sight. The move followed a day of patrols that found no major enemy movement toward assault positions across the river.
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Korea
Naktong River
Naktong
Mander
24Th Infantry Division
Maissance
Hwang River
Hypochon
Uliyong
Halson
Church
Brakeman's Error Triggers 54 Injuries on LI Rail Line
A young Long Island brakeman, Robert Colgan of Richmond Hill, mistakenly switched tracks believing conductor Henry Krantz urged him. His error caused a passenger train to crash into a parked freight engine near Huntington, injuring 54 passengers and three seriously. The incident, with about 200 aboard, follows a Feb. 17 disaster on a nearby line.
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Hee N. Y
Long Island
Robert A .Colgan
Richmond Hill
Henry Krantz
Colgan
Huntington
Manhattan
Rockville Centre
New York
Pennsylvania
Riot squad eyes i F Red Protest in San Francisco
A Communist protest meeting on Korea and Longshore Leader Harry Bridges' jailing drew about 200 in the Fillmore district. Police formed a 10 man riot squad after an unidentified speaker labeled American intervention illegal and Bridges’ jailing a fraud. No violence occurred after riot squad arrived.
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San
Ncisco
Korea
Harry Bridges
Fillmore
Bridges
Pilot Killed as Jet Crashes Into Bay
SAN RAFAEL Aug. 5 An Air Force F-34 jet fighter crashed into San Francisco Bay about 10 miles off Point Reyes killing the pilot. Coast Guard rescue units and Hamilton Field recovered the body and parts of the craft.
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San Rafael
Air Force
San Neisco Bay
Point Reyes
Coast Guard
Hamilton Field
South Gate Youth Fishes for Life at Point Fermin
South Gate teen Thompson 17 with three companions were stranded on Dead Man's Rock 150 feet off Point Fermin when tide cut off escape. Lifeguards Enslow and White spotted them, Thompson grabbed a rescue tube after four tries, and all four were rescued with first aid. Accompanying youths were Ace Campbell 31 of South Gate and K E Crowe 33 and O F Crowell 33 of Los Angeles.
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Boe Thompson
South Gate
Hnaven
Dead Man's Rock
Point Ferin
South Gate Youth ‘Fishes For Life’ At Point Fermin
George Enslow
Ed White
Cabrillo Beach
Wegen
Young Thompson
Thompson
Ace Campbell
K. E. Crowe
O Ftii Crowell
Los Angeles
Molotov in China for Formosa invasion report
AP dispatch from Tokyo cites unverifiable reports that Soviet Vice Premier Molotov met Chinese leaders in Peking to discuss three plans including a Formosa invasion and possible Chinese troops in Korea. The reports claim a Far Eastern Cominform directs the plan and note US Seventh Fleet activity near Formosa. No confirmation or evidence of Chinese participation in Korea is provided.
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Tokyo
V. M. Molotov
Formosa
Molotov
Mao Tze-Tung
Kyuichi Tokuda
Communist Party
Fortnoss
Japan
Mao
National Broadcasting Co
George Thomas Forster
Peking
Mao Tze‘Tung
Forster
Fister
China
Korea
United States Seventh Fleet
MacArthur
Manchuriar
North Korea
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Kumchon
Sanborn
Bang
Yathon
Mehang
Naktona
Waegwe
Tuksong
Tengyon
Mangt Pian
Yonbung
Marsar
RY Uisong
Yuchor
North
Chamber of Commerce
Armed Service
Beach Carhbieg
Boyle
Cromword Partie
Southland Magazine
Waterfront
Fairfield
Miles
U.S
Blaze
I. F. Red Protest
Russ
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