Wounded GI Claims He Saw Gen Dean Shot Near Taejon
An 18 year old machine gunner from the 24th Infantry Division in Korea says he saw Maj. Gen. William F. Dean shot but not killed on July 18 near Taejon. Don Bleh of Palestine, in Fitzsimmons Hospital Denver, recounted seeing the general about 100 yards away as they retreated from Taejon amid machine gun and mortar fire.
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Denver
Korea
William F. Dean
Taejon
Donald Bleh
Palestine
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Dean
Fsar
T Q
Biehl
Herman Blehj
Daan
One Dead One Injured in Fork Shovel Fight
A battle between two men armed with a pitchfork and a shovel left one man dead and the other critically injured in Merced. Lawrence De Christopher, 55, a ranch employee, died. Anthony Delattes, 63, the hand owner, was severely hurt.
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Merced
Lawrence de Christopher
Anthony Delattes
Any Place in Nation Could Be Bombed in Sneak Air Blow
Report from Washington notes an aerial Pearl Harbor could strike many U S locations. Radar and fighter defenses would be stretched. experts say bases launching retaliatory B 29 and B 52s would be prime targets, with industrial centers and Washington at risk.
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United States
U. S
Alaska
Washington
Ir Force
Thriftimart and Markets Ad Digest 1945
Local ad snippet lists multiple value markets and stores including Thriftimart and Value-Marts. Mentions addresses on East Second and Broadway area and references Virginia Country Metal and a few storefront names. Contains fragmented street names and faded typography characteristic of a mid century retail roundup.
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Super Savings
MT. Seneneers
E. Anckeler
Ancheis
Second Thriftimart Aise
I. Uitte
E. Rawr
Broadway
10Th & Atlantic Focuie
Anahelm
Virginia Country Met
LL &. Bvd
Sas Antone
Austin Pushes UN Unity For Korea At Security Council
At Lake Success on August 18 the U S delegation urged a unified independent Korea under UN supervision. Chief U S Delegate Warren Austin spoke after private sessions aimed at breaking a Russian procedural blockade led by Malik. Malik countered asserting U S aggression and warned of broader war while Alvarez and Tsiang criticized imperialism.
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Lake Success
Security Council
U. S
Warren Austin
Jakob A. Malik
Austin
U. N
38Th Parallel
South Korea
North Korea
Soviet Union
Malik
Korea
U.S
Acheson
Syngman Rhee
Cuba
Alberto Alvarez
China
T. F. Tsiang
Alvarez
Tsiang
New York
Texas
U. 5
Develop Use Aerial Rocket in Only 22 Days
The Navy reports to day that its new 61 inch aerial rocket with a shaped charge designed to penetrate heavy armor was developed and shipped to Korea in 22 days under orders from Adm. Forrest Sherman. The first batch went to the western Pacific on July 29 and was used effectively by the Air Force. The weapon is meant to disable tanks and armored weapons, with armor penetration exceeding 10 inches in Army tests.
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Washington
Navy
Korea
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Ordinance Bureau
Naval Ordnance Test Station
Inyokern
Calif
Western Pacific
J. Lawton Collns
Army
Far East
Air Force
New Zealand Moves To One Chamber Legislature
In Auckland New Zealand on August 18 the 98 year old legislative council voted to end the two house system replacing it with a single chamber. The bill to substitute one chamber for the present two houses was approved and will take effect at year end.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Legislative Council
Weather and tides for Southern California area
Sunrise 6 18 a m Sunset 7 35 p m Moonrise 12 48 p m Moonset 11 09 p m Tides high 1 48 a m 3 6 11 2 p m 54 ft low 7 11 a m 8 ft 9 33 p m 10 ft Water temperature 83 surf small foregoin statistics by U S Coast and Geodetic Survey Long Beach Lifeguards report weather statistics for Southern California
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
Edith Sampson Nominated as U.N. Delegate by Truman
Washington Aug 18 reports say President Truman will name Edith Sampson a Negro lawyer from Chicago as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. State Department said appointment counters Russian propaganda about African Americans lacking opportunity or influence in the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Mra
Edith Sampson
Chicago
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Rumored Gang Links With Congress to Be Probed Says Solon
Senate crime investigators will probe reports of ties between national politicians including Congress members and gangsters. Sen. Wiley, head of the crime committee, says rumors are widespread and must not go unchecked. The panel's Florida focus expands to interstate crime and notes organized criminals increasingly enter legitimate business while controlling gambling and related activities.
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Congress
Solon
Ashington
Sen. Wiley
R.-Wis
Senate
Wiley
Florida
Frank Erickson
Uquor
Sen
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Sens
O'Conor
Deane Deera
Ptrikin
Lucas Threatens Atomic Response If Russ Attacks Ally
Washington August 18 U P Sen Lucas of Illinois warned that a Communist attack on any Atlantic Pact nation would trigger the United States to start dropping atomic bombs where they hurt. He spoke in a recorded broadcast, saying allies in Europe could face direct attack near their frontiers and that reliance on UN military aid in Korea should not be overestimated.
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Washington
Lucas
D.-Il
United States
Senate
Democratic
I Mois
America
Korea
Europe
United Nations
Two Die Mishaps Erase Family
A US family of three was wiped out by two separate vacations disasters. Hoyt D. Smith, 53, principal of Mamaroneck Junior High School, and his daughter Sylvia, 14, died in a plane crash near Bear Mountain while vacationing en route to Niagara Falls. Last year the wife Helen S. Smith fell 800 feet at Royal Gorge, Colorado, witnessed by her husband and daughter.
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Bear Mountain
Hoyt D. Smith
Mamaroneck
Sylvia
Niagara Falls
Helen S.smith
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Senate balks as anti red bill standoff grows
In Washington on August 1 1949 Senate Democrats resist letting Republicans pick the anti Communist legislation to go up for a vote. Mundt Ferguson and McCarran press for stringent registration of Communist fronts and foreign trained agents while administration leaders seek narrower measures and prompt action on the mobilization bill.
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Senate
Son
Myera
D.-Pa
Depu
Plone
Mundt
R-S.d
Ferguson
R.mich
Myere
Senate Iate
Myers
Truman
Mate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D.-Nev
Mundt. Ferguson
Ten Ons
McCarran Blle
Mundt-Ferguson
McCar
Soviet Red Star Warns Scandinavia Prepares for War
The Soviet Red Star editorial claims Scandinavia and Denmark mobilize for war against the USSR with American help. It cites Norwegian youths training under U.S. observation, airstrips being built by Americans, and military moves on Bornholm Amager and Jutland plus Greenland seizure.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
Soviet Union
United States
Viet
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Russia
Baltic
Red Star
Norway
Cannon
Handy
Brown
John K. Cannon
U. S. Air Force
Europe
Thomas T. Handy
U. S
Clarence J. Brown
Bornholm
Amager Islands
Jutland
Greenland
Michigan Spy Curbs on Ballot
Lansing will vote on a proposed state constitutional amendment making subversion a crime. The measure would bar free speech and press protections in subversion trials and define subversion as any act or advocacy intended to overthrow the government by force or unlawful means.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Ponterny
United States
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