Caroline Mars Struggles Home on Two Engines
Rescue operations near San Francisco focus on the large passenger aircraft Caroline Mars after an in-flight emergency. Coast Guard cutters, crash boats, patrol bombers, and B-17 escorts converge to locate and aid the crippled plane while crew juggle engines, fuel, and ballast to keep the aircraft aloft. The rescue effort involves Hamilton Field and Coast Guard units with a focus on engine failure and survival at sea.
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Mars
San Francisco
Caroline Mars
Deak
Ponling
Coast Guard
Hamilton Field
Pacific
Air Free
Aiganig
Cmdr
Snider
Dt Lonkerdt
Solder
G. FB. Welch
E. J. Turner
R. BE. Fulwider
A. E. Reed
A. E. Mix
Aviation
D.C. Gillespie
R. M. Timmons
R. W. Burns
Fiat
J. Lagate
C. E. Hinckie
P. J. Ronish
H. E. Howard
Prices Drive Surge In Food Cloth And Gas
News from July 15 reports a nationwide price surge for essentials including food cloth and gasoline with widespread buying. Consumers stockpiled sugar coffee nylons sheets soap while merchants note scare buying and some panic in Memphis Nashville Augusta Boston and New York. Officials warn against panic and urge holding line on prices as leaders expect no long term shortages.
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York
Maine
California
United States
Louisiana
Mississippi
Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Augusta
New York
Georgia
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc
Paul Gilbert
South Bend
Ind
National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Joseph H. Axelrod
Wwamsutta Mills
Rubber Company
Buffalo
Kansas City
Atlanta
The
Iron Age
Boston
San Francisco
Chicago
Dallas
New Orleans
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Widow Dies After Diving Into Farm Bonfire
On a Rockford farm, widow Mayme Wright, 56, built a large bonfire of rubbish and then apparently dived headfirst into it. Coroner David L. Klontz reported the scorched body was found by her two sons who had been in a field about a half mile away and returned to check the flames.
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Rockford
David L. Klontz
Mayme Wright
Senator George Opposes Wartime Controls on Prices and Wages
Washington July 18 Democratic opposition forms in Congress against immediate wartime price and wage controls or standby authority. Sen. George of Georgia leads the Senate Finance Committee arguing sweeping controls now would be a serious error. Sen. Connally of Texas doubts necessity, while Sen. Taft opposes standby powers. Administration leans toward slow action and possible voluntary allocations for steel and war materials to aid military production.
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Washington
Congress
Sen
George
D.ga
Senate Finance Committee
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relation Committee
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Reds Advance Within Six Miles of Taejon In Fierce Front Clash
North Korean forces with tanks and heavy artillery fought along the Kum River front near Taejon. American troops, supported by air power, repelled crossings, destroyed pockets, and tightened defenses as the bridgehead widened and the front remained fluid.
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Taejon
Kum
Kum River
Kongju
Amer' Si
Nonsan
Sevenway
People’s Army
Erican Army
Syngman Rhee
Pyongyang
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Washington
MacArthur
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