Fire races toward Laguna resort as 60,000 acres burn in Cleveland NF
Winds push a massive forest fire in the Cleveland National Forest toward Laguna and Cuyamaca Lake while Pine Hills and Harrison Park face evacuation. Cabins burn in Pine Valley Creek area, with 75 evacuated from Pine Valley and Descanso hit by losses. Navy crews and emergency units assist as the blaze becomes San Diego County's worst since 1944, with tens of thousands of acres scorched and millions in timber lost.
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San Diego
Cleveland National Forest
Laguna Resort
Cuyamaca Lake
Pine Hills
Harrison Park
It & Forestry
Centro
Cuyamaca
William Woods
Ted
Stanley Stevenson
Stevenson
Julian
Pine Hilln Lodge
U. 5
U. S. Forest Service
Pine Valley Creek
Pine Valley
Here
Fine Valley
Atteast
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Fashionable
Descanso
Percy Benbough
Guatay
11Th Naval District
Navy
Flamen
Modoc
Hackamore
Klamath Falls
Ore
Alturas
Noutheast
Persea L. Baxter
U.S. Forest Service
San Francisco
Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes Reported in Kenya
Reports from Kenya describe volcanic eruptions accompanied by severe earthquakes in remote regions. The events threaten wildlife and local ecosystems and were confirmed by authorities monitoring seismic activity in the region.
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Naphust
Kenya
Africa
Yuh Killa
Army and Navy Leaders Depart for Far East Strategy Talks
General J Lawton Collins and Admiral Forrest Sherman led the Army and Navy chiefs from Washington for war strategy talks in Japan and Korea. Lt Gen Idwal Edwards joins the mission with plans to meet Gen MacArthur in Tokyo then proceed to Pusan. Collins and Sherman cite meetings with Far East high command as key to guiding operations while assessing carrier aviation and naval air power.
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Washington
Army and Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Japan
Korea
Idwal Edwards
Air Force
War Operations
Tokyo
MacArthur
Far East High Command
Koiogan
Pusan
Collins
Hoyt Vandenberg
Far East
Sherman
Chief of Naval Operations
Hurricane alert for North Carolina coast in August 1902
The Cape Hatteras area was urged to remain on alert as a Atlantic hurricane moved 350 miles east of Brunswick and winds near 140 mph whirled around a center. The storm was expected to pass east of Cape Hatteras early Sunday with a slow forward speed, prompting advisories for boats to seek safe harbors along the NC coast.
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Miami
Fila
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Brunswick
Truman Motors to Shangri La Retreat
President Truman motored to his Shangri La retreat in the Catoctin Mountains near Ot Mid today for a quiet weekend. He will return to Washington Monday morning. Mrs Truman and their daughter Margaret accompanied him on the 60 mile drive. It was the President's first trip to the dodge in a year.
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Washington
Truman
Catoctin Mountains
Mid
Margaret
Dodge
Last of Slow-motion Quads Arrives in Australia
Betty Sara, 23, an English war bride, delivered the final of four quadruplets at Bellingen Hospital after two girls and two boys. Father Percy Sara, 32, paced the ward, while doctors reported both mother and babies doing fine though the incubator can only hold two. An oxygen unit from Sydney was en route to assist.
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Yoney
Australia
Betty Sara
Ital
Bellingen
Percy Sara
Bellengen
Sydney
Poeters
200000 Reds Move Toward Korean Border Amidized Talks
AP report cites Sen Wiley R Wis saying a 200000 strong Communist force, largely Koreans trained in Manchuria by Russians, is marching north through China toward Korea. He would not name sources but notes potential shifts of forces from Korea to other theaters and references possible atomic use if needed.
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China
Wiley
Formosa
Korea
Rich Iranian noble faces kidnap count
Hollywood reports an Iranian millionaire emir arrest alongside a companion on suspicion of attempting to kidnap two women. Kashani 25 and Archibald McDonald 29 were detained after leaving a night spot, with complainants Dolly Mae Allen 71 and Jean Morgan 20. Authorities noted Kashani’s prominent family ties in Tehran’s import business.
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Hollywood
Mirkezemi
Kashani
Archibald McDonald
Dolly Mae Allen
Jean Morgan
Helly- Goosen
Truman Signs Law Allowing Japanese Wives and Children Entry
President Truman signed a law permitting 70 Japanese wives and children of American servicemen to enter the United States. The measure allows entries for those married at least 90 days before Congress passed the bill, overcoming barriers based on race.
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O.k.d. Washington
Truman
Man Jentry
Congress
North Korean losses estimated at 50,000 in Korea war
An Army briefing reports North Korean forces have suffered about 50 000 casualties in the Korean War with South Korean losses near 37 000 up to a week ago. It notes 12 North Korean divisions identified and claims the enemy infantry is less effective as U S forces gain fighting experience.
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Washington
South Korea
Korea
Defense Department
Army
Taegu
U. S
Tokyo
Naktong River
U S to Bomb 10 Key Cities in No Korea
North Korea warned 10 major cities including Pyongyang face imminent bombing as leaflets urge civilians to flee to the countryside. Airports and depots at Chongjin Chinnampo Hungnam Songjin Sariwon Wosan Hamhung Sinanju Haeju Pyongyang targeted. leaflets emphasize munition plants rail yards depots and communications facilities.
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Sokyo
North Korea
Pyongyang
Chongjin
Chinnampo
Hungnam
Songjin
Sariwon
Wosan
Hamhung
Sinanju
Haeju
Belgian Communist Chief Julien Lahaut Shot Dead
Julien Lahaut head of Belgium’s Communist party was shot at his Liege area home around 9:30 pm. Police said bullets may have come from a revolver or submachine gun. The official paper blamed pro Leopoldists, and a large crowd gathered outside Lahaut’s residence as a strike was called in nearby Seraing.
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Belgium
Julien Lahaut
Belgian Communist Party
Ion
Lahaut
Liege
Leopold
Accausins
le Drapeau Rouge
Communist Party
Rex Mana
Seraing
Cassina
GOP Leaders Demand Acheson Johnson Ousters
Republican leaders from two Midwest states and the Rocky Mountain region urged President Truman to fire Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Defense Secretary Louis Johnson. GOP chairmen adopted resolutions saying Acheson’s direction harmed U.S. welfare and aided Communist enemies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
Truman
Dean Acheson
Defense
Louis Johnson
Mr. Truman
Acheson
Johnson
State Department
United States
Allied Forces Still Gaining on Taegu Front
Allied troops advanced four miles in two days southwest of Taegu, clearing the Naktong bridgehead and pushing 1.5 miles northwest of the city. MacArthur reported 5684 Communists killed or wounded in the 24 hours ending Friday, with six prisoners taken. South Koreans claimed up to 1000 prisoners elsewhere. Communists massed near Masan and Chinju for possible counterattacks as the frontline line shifted along the southern sector.
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South Korea
Teen
Changnyong
Tokchek Island
Inchon
Seoul
Yelow Sea
Kigye
Pohang
Prass
Tokyo
Pusan
Naktong
Taegu
Red
Douglas MacArthur
Masan
Chinju
MacArthur
Naktong River
Bulge
Taezu
Neaktong
John Church
Army Marine Task Force
U. S
United Press War
Robert C. Miller
Hugh D, Scott Jr. JR
Pad
Henry J. Latham
Superforts Pound Chongjin and Other North Korea Targets
American B 29s struck Chongjin to hit the port rail yards and Mitsubishi iron works near the Soviet border. The raid, among the war’s largest, targeted Hamhung and bridges while over 60 bombers dropped about 550 tons of bombs. Fifth Air Force reported a record 350 fighter strikes and 550 sorties.
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Tokyo
Chongjini
Mitsubishi Iron Works
Astanal
North Korea
Hamhung
38Th Parallel
Waegwan Front
United Nations
Chongjin
Wur
Fifth Air Force
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Truman Motors
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Foe
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Pia Radio
Pape
South
Kore
Jsan
No. Korea
G.O.P
Earnest Hoberecht
Soviet
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