Russ Army Steps Up East German Maneuvers Report
U S intelligence says Russia has intensified summer drills in East Germany with eight Soviet divisions in special exercises and five training between Berlin and the Elbe. Mecklenberg district troops stage war games north of Berlin while divisions move Magdeburg to Dessau and along the Elbe. Allied observers expect more maneuvers through August as the Soviet force remains about 206000, similar to 1946 levels.
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Thomas A. Reedy
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Euxpetis
Berlin
Elbe
Mecklenerg
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Dessau
People’s Police
Coast Firms Mobilize in Pacific Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO July 7 AP War in Korea spurs west coast port activity Airlines and shipping firms rush ships and planes to support U S forces Pan American moves planes from Miami and New York Transocean recalls staff seeks more DC-4s American President Lines asks for additional vessels Kilian says ships will carry defense aid and strategic materials Home stockpiling. First ground forces equipment shipment leaves Fort Mason tomorrow aboard Steel Rover with eight and ten ton trailers signal gear and small arms.
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Korea
U. S
Western Pacific
Port Chicago
Dpal
Pan American Airways
Miami
New York
Transocean Airlines
American President Lines
U. S. Maritime Administration
A. F P
George Killion
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Krea
Formosa
Indo-China
Indonesia
Burma
Siam
Military Defense Assistance Program
Fort Mason
Steel Rover
Greatest Jamboree Ends as 47000 Scouts Depart Valley Forge
Walter FORGE Pa July 7 AP the largest youth gathering in the Western Hemisphere closes with 47000 Boy Scouts dispersing to 48 states four territories near 10 other nations. The jamboree ends after a world brotherhood pageant and a final assembly. Cleanup begins. George Washington’s camp site will be restored by Philadelphia contractors.
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World Brotherhood
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Oregon
California
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Philadelphia
George Washington
President Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Arthur A. Schuck
Boy Scouts of America
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Dr. Schuck
Weather Notes Across U S Regions
Weather remains fair in most of the United States with mild to warm conditions. Forecaster H S Kenny cites lingering warmth and humidity in the southern Atlantic and Gulf states with scattered showers, while the northern plains and Rockies see more showers. Western states report fair and moderately warm conditions. Fresno hit 102 and Red Bluff 105 in California.
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Gulf States
H. S. Kenny
Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Fresno
Calif
Red Bluff
Oklahoma City Bus Tie Up Talks Delayed
Oklahoma City bus riders face continued disruption as the union and city bus officials indicate contract talks may not resume until Monday. The strike began at 3:30 a.m. yesterday with members of the city’s only intra city bus system walking off the job.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
City Bus Company
Srigdaty
20 Teeth Extracted, Dies in Dental Chair
Brockton Massachusetts July 7 24 year old shoeworker Bernadette C Morse died in a dentist chair under anaesthetic after 20 teeth were extracted Doctors say an undetected heart condition may have contributed Autopsy ordered by Dr Peirce Leavitt medical examiner
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Brockton
Mass
Bernadette C. Morse
Peirce Leavitt
Miss Morse
Skies Clear as U S Airmen Hammer Reds Front
American fighters and light bombers attacked Communist tanks and supply lines in Korea. B 29s hit Red supply routes north of Seoul while B 26s damaged tanks and vehicles near Pyongtaek and Osan. Two B 26 crews were wounded, two airmen missing, and several tanks and trains were reported destroyed.
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Korea
Fifth Air Force
Seoul
Pyongtaek
Osan
Tom Lambert
Rising Sun Oil Company
Wonsan
Jeft
Ongtaek
North Korea
Chinnampo Harbor
Chinnampo
Red Capital
Pyong‘yang
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U. S
Josses
George E. Stratermeyer
Far East Air Force
Army
Navy
Training Period Cut for Naval Recruits
Great Lakes July 7 The training period for naval recruits was cut today from 14 to 2 weeks.
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Great Lakes
Widow of Geronimo’s Widow Dies in New Mexico Town
Kate Cross Eyes, widow of Geronimo, last great Apache chieftain, died at about 94 on the Mescalero Indian Reservation near Escalero New Mexico. She had lived with her son Robert since 1914. Geronimo led Apache resistance in the 1870s and 1880s and died in 1909 at Fort Sill Oklahoma after years of captivity.
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West
Kate Cross Eyes
Geronimo
A Aches
Kate Crosseyes
Mescatero
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New Mexico
U. S. Cavalry
George Crook
Florida
Florrida
Alabama
Fort Silt
Oklo
St. Augustine
Fla
Mount Vernon
Ala
Mescalero Reservation
Women Face Court Sting of Fifteen Years Ago
CHICAGO July 7 Due to a judge s ruling fifteen years ago Mrs Blanche Dunkel 59 and Mrs Evelyn Smith 61 spent yesterday in solitary confinement at the Illinois Reformatory for Women near Dwight Illinois The two murdered a grocery clerk on July 6 1935 Judge Cornelius J Harrington sentenced them to 180 years each on August 8 1935 and decreed they should spend each anniversary of the slaying in solitary meditation.
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Chicago
Blanche Dunkel
Evelyn Smith
Illinois Reformatory For Women
Dwight
Cornelius J. Harrington
New York Garment District Empties for Holidays
New Yorks busy garment area between Broadway and the Avenue of the Americas from 14th to 23rd Streets quieted as 50,000 workers take the annual two week holiday. The district produces 40 to 50 percent of Americas men clothing, with 400,000 Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America members starting their vacation.
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Broadway
Avenue of the Americas
14Th
23Rd Sts
América
C. I. O. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Pair Got License by Hand Signals
A Norwegian ship officer and his fiancé, both unable to speak English, obtained a marriage license through hand signals at the local bureau. Hughbert Olson, 32, serves as first officer on the Turneffell, docked here, and his fiancée Tora Skasitveit, 28, is an employee on the same vessel. The clerks at the license bureau could not communicate in Norwegian.
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Hughbert Olson
Turneffell
Olsen
Tora Skasitveit
Turnefjell
Detroit Crackdown Hits 590 Motorists
Detroit reports a strict speeding crackdown with 590 motorists jailed and 23 traffic deaths in the latest period versus 34 in the prior 60 days. Traffic Judge John D Watts says the policy shows promise and requests six more months to prove stronger results.
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Detroit
John D. Watts
Robins Answer Call of Tiny Girl
In Newton Mass on July 7 a three year old girl named Betty Jean Lebrun calls Here birdies here birdies and two young robins come from a tree to perch on her shoulder. The pair befriended the child after she nursed one back to health after a fall from a nest.
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Newton
Mass
Betty Jean Lebrun
Rhee Claims No Acts of Sabotage Since War Outbreak
President Syngman Rhee said there has been no act of sabotage since the outbreak of war in the Republic of Korea. Through a spokesman he expressed gratitude for the moral and physical support provided by the United Nations to South Korea amid Communist and terrorist threats.
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Aejon
Korea
Juy 7 2
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Oil Firms Pledge Clamp Against Red Aggressors
Washington July 7 UP American oil companies pledged help to throttle oil shipments to Red China to prevent strategic fuel reaching Communist invaders in Korea. The State Department said firms would cut off supplies to the Chinese mainland though some oil from overseas may continue. Britain opposes cuts, saying current shipments suffice for civilian needs. The United States seeks Netherlands cooperation as Britain and the Netherlands are major Chinese mainland oil suppliers.
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American Oil Companion
United States
China
South Korea
State Department
Britain
Foreign Office
London
Netherlands
Red Paper Raps Use of U N Flag in Korea
Berlin dispatch says Tae giche Rundschau denounces proposed use of the United Nations flag by intervention forces in Korea as a gross misuse of the U N. It also attacks Gen Douglas MacArthur as a fascist dictator and aggressor in a Russian controlled press critique.
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Jaca
Taegiche Rundschau
United Nations
Korea
WA. N
Douglas MacArthur
United Naitions
MacArthur
Weather and tides report from Long Beach Lifeguards
Sunrise 5 48 a m sunset Bah 1 moonrise 12 59 a m moonset 2 42 p m tides high 8 47 a m and 5 36 p m 2 9 and 4 9 ft low 12 20 a m 14 ft 10 37 a m 21 ft water temperature 66 calm surf Thursday's weather statistics and coast survey notes credited to the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Long Beach
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