Communists Hurled Back by 1st Cavalry
North Korean assault across a 150 mile front near Yongdong was repulsed by American and South Korean forces. Eight tanks with infantry attacked, three tanks knocked out by bazookas, with additional Red pressure reported along roads and in the mountains. American planes and troops were said to have knocked out five tanks near Pon as the battle extended toward Mokpo and Kumchon.
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Tokyo
Korea
MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
Yongdong
Mokpo
Tae fon-Yongdong
Yongdong Tront
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Second Infantry
Dlevision
Poun
Kumchon
Pon
FBI and Citizens Urged to Combat Subversion
President Truman orders the FBI to tighten enforcement against espionage sabotage and subversive activities and asks all federal and state officers and patriotic groups to report information promptly for correlation and action.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Blank Future: She Loses Her Car and Crystal Ball
Jersey City July 24 Rachel Lilly, known for reading tris and predicting the future with a crystal ball, asked police to locate her stolen car. She said the thief also took her crystal ball.
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Jersey City
N. J
Rachel Lilly
Tris
Artillery Barrage Backs China Reds on Quemoy Attack
AIPEI Formosa July 24 The Defense Ministry said several junks moved toward Quemoy Island under a Chinese Communist artillery barrage in what could be a planned invasion of the Nationalist stronghold off Amoy. Nationalist forces on Quemoy would be supported by local air and naval units with Washington approval for any direct assistance if invasion develops. Officials noted the threat to Formosa is heightened as four Communist armies shift to coastal zones in Chekiang and Fukien.
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Aipei
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Amoy
Guanau
Long Beach
Truman
Red Mainland
United States Seventh Fleet
Washingnes
Chekiang
Fukien
Sumebly
Formoss
Customs Seize Disguised L B Italy Cargo
U S customs officers halted a Long Beach shipment intended for Italy after inspecting Berth 5 that revealed 700 bales packed with new clothing hidden inside wool rag bundles. The seized cargo, weighing up to 1200 pounds per bale and valued at about 1 million dollars retail, included men's suits and women's dresses and even some World War I Army attire.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Italy
U. S
Herth A-3
T. Harper
R.H. Crotzer
Verifier
U. S. Customs Service
Harper
U S Won’t Interfere If Communists Eye Formosa Island
Washington says the United States will not intervene if the Communists attempt to invade the Chinese nationalist island of Quemoy near the mainland. The policy banning fighting between Nationalists and Communists covers Formosa and the nearby Pescadores Islands.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Quemoy
China
Axx
Truman
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Truman and Legislators Weigh Emergency Tax Rise
President Truman discussed an immediate emergency tax increase with Congressional leaders to fund expanded military spending. Rayburn said the plan is in discussion and a long range tax bill may follow later this year or next. Committee hearings on the home front economic program began, with Symington describing the plan to the Senate Banking Committee.
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Washington
Truman
House
Rayburn
D.-Texas
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Senate
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Capitol Hill
Ross
Capitol
Senate Banking Committee
W. Stuart Symington
Marine Corps Strength to Rise 60 Percent
Congressional sources say an immediate 60 percent boost to Marine Corps fighting strength is planned, with the Navy readying two to three more aircraft carriers for quick duty. As of June 30 about 75,000 Marines were in service, and roughly half of the increase would occur by expanding squadrons from 12 to 18.
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Washington
Marine Corps
House
Ed Services Committee
A . Forrest P Sherman
Naval Operatr
Sherman
Report Reds Kill Hundreds in Two Seoul Hospitals
A 26 year old Korean doctor told a news conference that North Korean troops killed hundreds of wounded South Korean soldiers in two Seoul hospitals after occupying the city. He said about 50 foreigners in American uniforms were held in Seoul and that every house must display pictures of Kim Il Sung and Stalin. A refugee police lieutenant reported a prominent educator, Son Keum Sun, died by action in Seoul on July 7 as Reds mobilized women without babies to the front.
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U. S Eighth Army
Korea
Toh
Seoul
Republic
Kim I Sung
Joseph Stalin
Son Keum Sun
Red Army
In the Bag hoarder bags scare shoppers Detroit July
Detroit July 24 6 Er nest L Murphy grocer calls for action against hoarding urging merchants to band together without government controls He plans big brown paper bags printed hoarders bag to label customers who buy far over ordinary wartime supplies like sugar and lard and have their groceries placed in the bag
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Detroit
Ernest L. Murphy
Murphy
34 Servicemen Die in Fiery Air Crash
Beach South Carolina July 24 AP an Air Force transport crashed into swampland near the municipal airport exploding into a funeral pyre killing 34 servicemen. Of the dead 30 were Tennessee Air National Guard en route home from war games. Four reserve crewmen were aboard. Rescue efforts halted by flames as medics collected bodies. Families gathered at the guard base and state capitol amid reports of varying crash descriptions.
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Mere Beach
S. C
Air Force
Tennessee Air National Guard
Nashville
Air Reserve
Army
Carolina
State Capitol
Mether Tora
Antioch
Adjutant General's Office
Cpl
Emmett Clifton Brown
Cpl Brown
A-bomb Civil Defense Plans Due Sept. 1
Washington July 24 Stuart Symington said federal civilian defense plans for atomic bomb attack will be ready about Sept. 1 and sent to state governors. Plans will be developed largely by local areas with grass roots execution and substantial needs for doctors and nurses in bombed areas.
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Washington
UM W
Stuart Symington
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Sparkman
D.-Ata
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Senate
East German Reds Air Activity Probed
American intelligence officers investigated reports that East Germany's Communist government is organizing an air force in addition to army and naval units already in training. They said they were inclined to believe the reports, which appeared in the U S high commission's German newspaper Neus Zeitung.
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Berlin
East Germany
U. S. High Commission
Neus Zeitung
Unionists to Picket Against Hoarding
Philadelphia unionists plan a new picket line this week to curb scare buying and hoarding. Andrew J. Kaclin, president of Local 234, says 10 500 Philadelphia Transportation Co. workers will join the effort at retail stores to deter hoarding.
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Philadelphia
Transport Workers Union
Andrew J. Kaclin
Philadelphia Transportation Co
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