Regiment X at Naktong Battle A Second Division Feats
A U S Army Second Division regiment fights a bitter night assault across the Naktong west of Changnyong during the second battle of the Pusan perimeter. Reds cross the river in waves with multiple divisions. Capt Niles McIntyre and Maj Frank Mezar describe stubborn defense and acts of courage amid darkness.
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Tts
Naktong
Changnyong
Frank Mezar
Chicago
Ind
7Caloosa
Ala
Iour
Niles McIntyre
Salina
Kan
McIntyre
Kintyre
128 Trapped Miners Laugh as Rescue Efforts Continue
128 coal miners were trapped 200 feet underground at a Scotland mine after a collapse. Gas pockets and cave-ins delayed rescue, with 24 feet of coal face to breach and more than 2000 miners aiding the effort. Rescue was expected to take at least eight hours.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
National Coal Board
The
Coal Board
Glasgow
Tom Walker
Ayreshire
Weather outlook shows cloudy pages and light winds
Cloudy tonight and Saturday with drizzle tonight and tomorrow. Light variable winds shift to southwest, 10 to 15 miles an hour, Saturday afternoon.
Aging Follies Beauty Mary Osterman Falls to Death
Mary Daly Osterman a 42 year old former Ziegfeld Follies beauty dressed in a green summer frock and applied rouge before leaping or falling from a Park Avenue window in New York. Police found her body on a nearby roof. no note was left. She had recently returned from a vacation to help her daughter pack for Vassar.
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Mary Daly Osterman
Ziegfeld Follies
Park Ave
Vascar
Forestory
Osterman
Kathryn
Vassar
Mary Daly
Fdas
Hor Crave
Marine League Calls for Johnson Ouster and Backs Acheson
The Marine Corps League urged President Truman to remove Defense Secretary Johnson and supported replacing him with a "competent and far-sighted statesman" while backing Acheson. The group also demanded purging Communist sympathizers from government and advocated Congress to seat the Marine commandant on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. One dissenting vote opposed the Johnson ouster.
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Johnson
Truman
Defense Department
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State Department
Congress
Commandant of the Marine
Johnnson
Kilmartin
League
Jack Brennan
Jersey City
Ity
LD. Hale
Milwaukee
Nixon
Seattle
Motorist handed 45 day jail term on speed count
Leo W. McLain, 25, laborer, was jailed 45 days by Municipal Judge Harry Keeler for driving 85 mph in a 25 mph zone and for having no driver's license. The judge warned of disregard for traffic safety after two Lakewood deaths. Police pursued McLain May 9 at Anaheim Street and Santa Fe Avenue, halting at Magnolia Avenue and Lomita Vista Drive. He pleaded guilty three weeks earlier and was placed on two years probation.
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Harry ¥. Keeler
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Anaheim St
Santa Fe Ave
Magnolia Ave
Lome Vista Dr
Sete
Crash in Rain Kills Driver on Ocean Boulevard
A sedan skidded 86 feet in rain and struck a palm tree on Ocean Blvd east of Kennebec Ave, killing driver Lauren C. Calkins 45, and injuring three passengers Eunice J. Wilson 28 Louise Cochran 37 and Ralph W. Wallin 41. They were taken to Seaside Hospital. scene described as slick from drizzle.
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Ocean Blvd
Kenneve Ave
Lauren C. Calkins
Neptune PL
Seaside Hospital
Patterson & Snively Mortuary
Long Beach
Eunice J. Wilson
Bonito Ave
Louise
Cochran
Ralph W. Wallin
15Th St
Kennebec Ave
Induction Call for Long Beach Men September 28
One hundred and thirty four Long Beach area men will report for induction into the armed services Thursday September 28 as the first contingent called from selective service ranks since the Korean war began. The first call will assign 36 men from Board No 125 33 from Board No 126 29 from Board No 127 16 from Board No 128 and 20 from Board No 129. City officials arranged a ceremony to mark the departure of the men who will leave for Los Angeles from the Pacific Electric station 156 W Ocean Blvd at 7 09 a m The details will be worked out by the City Council's Armed Services Committee.
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Armed Services
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Pacific Electric Station
W. Ocean Blvd
Armed Services Committee
Volcano erupts north of Mindanao injures and evacuates
Hibok Hibok on Camiguin Island erupted today sending a violent ash shower over Mindanao. A 70 year old woman died and her daughter was injured. Scores killed, thousands evacuated. Weather Bureau notes ongoing eruptions through September.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Mindanao
Weather Bureau
Earthquake Traced to Hollister Area
Berkeley seismographs logged two small quakes last night likely centering near Hollister about 85 miles south of Berkeley. The events occurred at 8 45 p m local time and were detected by the University of California seismograph network.
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Berkeley
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University’ of California
Hollister
Beach Combing and Theatre Pages Featured
The page notes tide information and local theaters with sections for women’s events and schedules. It references Beach Combing and Classified Ads across pages B-2 and B-4, highlighting radio and theater listings and current seaside activities.
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Pege BI
Bose
Pega
Pege
Ex-football player seeks divorce after alleged coercive marriage
A former football player says his wife kept him at home and watched meals and commute, claiming he was a kept prisoner. He filed for divorce claiming $70,000 in community property and demanding equitable division.
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Courtney
Steel Cut for Auto Industry Predicted
Sen. Lucas predicts possible limits on steel for automobiles due to Korean crisis but no auto industry shutdown. He cites rapid steel production gains enabling several million cars yearly alongside tanks and trucks for the Armed Forces. He expects excess profits tax proposals and defense mobilization measures.
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Lucas
D.-Ill
Truman
Ilinois
Congress
Truman U K Bil Grants Family Allowances To Servicemen
President Truman signed a bill providing monthly allowances from 45 to 84 dollars to enlisted men to aid their families. Eligibility ties to allotments from pay, with rates based on pay grade and dependents, retroactive to August 1, 1950, costing about 300 million dollars through June 30, 1951.
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Truman
Lashing Rain Brings Lull to Warfront
Allied troops gained slight territory on the rain battered Korean front as North Korean forces paused their push toward Taegu. U S 8th Army officials said the Red drive had petered out from lack of supplies and manpower, while Masan port faced evacuations amid feared offensives. Battle Mountain near Masan changed hands again as fighting continued along the coastal front.
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Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry
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Yongchon
MacArthur
Pusan
Korea
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Red
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Ma Aan
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Bill Ross
U. S
U S Income Jump Flags Record July Growth
Washington reports a July income surge for individuals reaching a $219 billion annual rate, up from June’s $217.1 billion, with consumer buying power rising as wartime demand boosts farm and business owner receipts. Wages and salaries totaled $143.3 billion annually.
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