Marines to Japan highlight U S power policy
The dispatch of units from the 1st Marine Division to Asia plus B 29 support to Korea underscores Washington’s aim to keep a strong position in Japan and the Far East. Navy assigns Brig Gen E A Craig to lead Marines, with air wing under Brig Gen Tom Cushman, while the Midway carrier and four destroyers head to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Jashington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
North Korea
Air Force
West
March Field
Calif
Spokane
Wash
Far East
MacArthur
Korea
1St Marine Division
Asia
Washington
Navy
1St Marine
Pacific
Marine
E. A. Craig
1St Marine Air Wing
Tom Cushman
Craig
Camp Pendleton
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
New Britains
Southwest Pacific
Midway
Qegiost Tran
Yugoslavia
Tur
War Secrecy Clamped on Ship Moves
SAN DIEGO July 4 AP The 11th Naval District ordered wartime secrecy on ship movements after Washington said Marines of the 1st Division at Camp Pendleton were ordered to the Korea war zone. Leaves were canceled for Pendleton personnel as the division, recently trained, prepared to move swiftly.
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San Diego
Calif
11Th Naval District
Washington
Camp Pendietom
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
E. A. Craig
Pendleton
Japan
Navy
Military Sea ‘Transportation Service
el Toro
Cailf
Marine Air Base
Lth Naval District
Panama Restores July Fourth Holiday
Panama city reports President Armulfo Arias signed a decree restoring July 4 as an official holiday. The move revives the Independence Day observance once dropped in 1940, aligning Panama with U S recognition of the date in canal zone areas.
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Panama
Armulfo Arias
U.S Controlled
Canal
First Planeload of Refugees From Korea Arrives
Seattle hosts the first evacuee flight from Korea aboard a Northwest Airlines DC-4 marking the start of a twice weekly shuttle from Anchorage to Tokyo. Civilians, and military dependents from Army Navy and Air Force, are guided through processing with aid from the Army Air Forces Red Cross and Travelers Aid. The initial load is said to be around 40 passengers with a 54 capacity.
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Seattle
Korea
Tokyo
Northwest Airlines
Anchorage
Alaska
U. S
State Department
Great Circle
Seattle Port of Embarkation
Fort Lawton
Army
Air Force
American Red Cross
P.s.t
Naval Power Debate Over Manpower and Reserve Activation
European naval power sees temporary fleet increases during overseas rotations while no early return of the Med force is announced. The carrier Leyte and 13 other units are in the region as officials discuss manpower, considering activation of reserve units largely made up of WWI veterans. Federalizing National Guard was explored but set aside.
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Europe
Navy
Mediterranean
Carriier
Leyte
Defense Jeaders
National Guard
Koreans Flee Seoul As U S Air Attacks Loom
Allied pilots report mass exodus from Seoul, population around two million, amid uncertain fears of bombing. Civilians packed highways east of the city as weather slowed air strikes against Korean Communists. Two jeeps among fleeing crowds suggested possible military elements, but civilians predominated. High mountains overlook Seoul with antiaircraft positions prepared.
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U. S. Air Base
Japan
Seoul
U. S
the Statesman
Apamansue
John A. Salyards Jr
Ontario
Calif
Salyards
Firemen Rescue Boy Stuck in Shaft
Gordon C. Seyfried aged 13 was trapped in a 24 by 8 inch rectangular vent shaft at Bryant School during a construction site game. Firefighters hauled him to safety from the top after he became stuck following his birthday eve.
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Gordon C. Seyfried
Bryant School
Gordon
Amaller
Psychiatrists Eye Man Who Bolted Two Hospitals
Joseph Nemeth 40 of Scranton Pa fled Mercy Hospital in Springfield and Hale Hospital in Haverhill to avoid an operation for internal injuries. He was committed to Northamption State Hospital after a third escape and is under observation at a state mental institution.
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Springfield
Mags
WPA
Massachusetts
Joseph Nemeth
Scranton
Northampton State Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Hale Hospital
Haverhill
Hele Hospital
Hewes
Haverhil Hospital
Thompsonville
Conn
State Mental Institution
New Jersey State Hospital
Ex Export-Import Bank Man Buried
Funeral services were held Sunday for Fred W. Rideout 65 a former executive of the Export Import Bank in Washington until his retirement last year He was a widower and died of a heart ailment at his Bangor home Friday
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Bangor
Fred W. Rideout
Washington
Rideout
Aerial Bombs Open Day at Scout Jamboree in Forge
Aerial bombs opened Independence Day events at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Forge Pennsylvania. Eisenhower was expected to attend, with a grand fireworks display and a pageant reenacting key moments in American liberty. The event drew about 47,000 Scouts and leaders from 21 countries.
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Ate Forge
A. m
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sp. Manbatlad
Europe
Patrick Henry
Washington
Valley Forge
Harold Holman
Rockford
Schuylkill River
California
New Hampshire
New
Peter Blenner
Stuttgart
U. & Land Commissioner's Office
Germany
Boy Scout Movement
Switchmen Strike Could Block Walkout in Railroads
Chicago July 4 AP reports a nine day old switchmen strike of 4000 may derail threats by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors who plan a July 15 walkout. Observers warn Taft Hartley intervention could follow if negotiations fail and a broader national emergency arises. The Switchmen's Union struck five western roads while talks continue with the carriers and a 40 hour week remains a core demand alongside current pay of 31 cents an hour.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
The
Order of Railway Conductors
Truman
Switchmen's Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Francis O'Neill
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Weather Becomes Near Ideal Across Much of Nation
Weather was close to ideal for celebrations and outdoor sports across most of the United States. Thunderstorms threatened the Ohio Valley and parts of the Northeast, upper Midwest, and Oklahoma, while the Gulf Coast, South Atlantic, and far Southwest basked in heat. Silver Lake California hit 118 degrees, Red Bluff California reached high 110s, and Phoenix reported 112 amid a sweltering national pattern.
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Ohio Valley
North Atlantic
Upper Michigan Peninsula
South Atlantic
Silver Lake
Calif
Mercury
Red Bluff Lake
Theiifornia Valley
Phoenix
Ariz
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Beaumont
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