First U S prisoners of war freed in Korea
Reports from Yongdong Korea say 24th Division tank crews liberated three American POWs from a North Korean jail as they passed through en route to Taejon. Captives Hat Claas Frank Fyecde Long Beach California. Mackrall Tacoma Washington. James B. Martin San Andrea California. They received rations and whiskey and cried when freed. Martin was from the 1st Cavalry. One survivor, Freele, was mortally wounded. others endured brutal treatment and escape attempts as their captivity lasted 23 days.
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Yongdong
Korea
24Th Division
Taejon
Claas Frank
Long Beach
Calif
Monet
Hans Blais Mackrall
Cohlime
Tacoma
Wan
Eric
Preede
Martin Noid le Waa
Mackrall
Ot Pelmopeca
Freele
Andy
Beniak Elk
Tie
Tor Hilley
Morten
Leaflet Leaflets Urge Korean Reds to Surrender
UN planes drop 2 160 000 leaflets over Korea declaring Seoul captured by North and South Korean forces. Leaflets urge surrender and warn of harsh consequences for those resisting. note Inchon and Kimpo airfields reported taken and Communist leadership blamed for civilian deaths.
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Tory
United Nations
Seoul
South Korea
Mape
Fea Bers
Seri
Inchon
Asi Kimpo
Seaui
Telter
North Korea
Unclear Weather Notice Amid Fog and Cloudy Sky
Forecaster reports tonight and early tomorrow widespread fog and cloudy skies with scattered light rain. Winds shift from west to southwest later, with cooler temperatures expected and minimal precipitation chances by morning.
Five Goals Announced by Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation unveiled five areas for future action including democracy, education, world peace, economic improvement, and human studies. Total resources are about 215 million dollars from Henry Ford family trusts and Ford Motor Co. The foundation will focus initially on these goals while supporting basic research in physical sciences, medicine, and public health.
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York
Ford Foundations
Ford Foundation
Henry Ford
Clara J. Ford
Edsel
Ford Motor Co
Rockefeller Foundation
Ford Trust
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Foundation
Henry Ford II
Coustees
Page AG
Russia's Peace Talk Receives Wary U.N. Debate
At the United Nations, diplomats pressed for time to study a new Soviet peace and atomic control proposal. A Malik spokesman answered four questions posed by a Maryland peace group, including pledges against first use of the atom bomb and support for general disarmament under a U.N. system. The U.S. State Department framed its response as an indictment of the proposals.
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United Nations
U. S. State Department
Jacob A. Malik
Maryland
U. N. Assembly
Russia
U.S
iState Department
Washington
Malik
Stockholm
Gunther Ortheimer
Baltimore
U. W
Soviet Union
U. S
Communist losses put at 25 000 since landing
In Tokyo incomplete tabulations show more than 2 000 Communists killed wounded and captured on Korean fronts since the invasion, with figures still being compiled.
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Commie
Tokyo
Riots Cut Rail Link From Vienna To West
Communist led demonstrations in Vienna disrupt rail traffic severing connections to the west. An Austrian rail spokesman reported no trains entered or left the city after 2 p.m. Vienna time amid protests targeting price rises and wage boosts.
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Austria
Berlin
Long Beach
Mapanied
Repo
Ringstrasse
U. S. Army
Bristol
St. Poelten
U. S
Ballc
Bgreements Sun
Ministry of Interior
Death by own action unit lands on Chimi Island
South Korean navy reports a death by own action squad landed on Chimi Island in Haeju Bay off Korea’s west coast near the 38th parallel after spotting Communist troop concentrations. An undetermined number of Reds were killed. Eight North Korean ships were sunk while trying to flee.
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Chimi
Haeju Bay
Korea
Freedom Crusade Aided by Prisoners
Inmates at the state penitentiary today add a signal to the Crusade for Freedom scrolls. The action marks a public display by prisoners supporting the broader antiwar and civil liberty effort.
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Freedom Crusade
Crusade For Freedom
State Penitentiary
Lockheed tests plan would reshape fighter wings
Lockheed Aircraft seeks Air Force approval to build a working model of a fighter whose wings can change shape. In factory brochures engineers say the movable wing works on the F 60 penetrator, tested in wind tunnels. Takeoff uses forward straight edge, flight switches to swept position for supersonic, landing returns to forward.
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Burbank
Lockheed Aircraft
Air Force
Lockheed
80 Die as Blaze Razes Creswell Coal Mine in Britain
An underground fire at Creswell Coal Mine traps and kills at least 80 men with another 120 escaping on hands and knees. Rescue ends as officials seal the mine and declare no further survivors possible. The disaster marks Britain's worst mining toll since 1947, amid recent mine tragedies in Scotland and elsewhere.
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Creswell
England
Britain
Waitehavert
New Cumnock
Scotland
Long Beach
Sir Hubert Houldsworth
East Midlands
National Coal Board
Sir Hubert
Saboteur Death Penalty Approved by Legislature
California lawmakers moved to uphold a war saboteur death penalty while advancing a large school bond package and civil defense measures. The Senate backed the Beck bill re coding anti-sabotage laws, and approved funding for school construction, disaster relief, and loyalty oaths for public workers as part of a broad preparedness push before adjournment.
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California
Senate
Julian Beck
San Fernando
Defense and Security Corps
State Guard
Assembly
Ways and Means
House
Warren
Jack B. Tenney
Los Angeles
Mer Ballet
Universi
News High Lights Boyle
Boyle headlines the front page with a roundup of top stories and editorials. Page A-9 covers bridge news while classified ads fill pages B-6 onward, offering briefs, notices, and listings across the section.
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World Series Box Seats Sold Out at Yankee Stadium
New York Yankee Stadium box seats for the three World Series games are sold out. General manager George Weiss said mail demand guaranteed a complete sellout for games three, four, and five. Remaining tickets include $4 general admission standing room and 14 bleacher seats at 61 each available per game day.
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New York
Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Mgr
George Weiss
Weils
Bishop, Food Firm Founder, Dies at 94
Beverly Hills reports the death of Roland Porter Bishop 34 with a career as a food manufacturer and civic leader. Born in Kentucky he moved to Los Angeles and founded Bishop and Co makers of crackers candies and jam. He sold the firm to National Biscuit Co in 1930 and retired.
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Roland Porter Bishop
Kentucky
Bishop
Los Angeles
Bishop and Co
National Biscuit Co
Gunmen Rob Couple in San Francisco Ex GE Official Attack
Two teenage gunmen used a disruptive tactic to abduct and rob a retired General Electric official and his wife after leaving an art exhibit. They forced the man to strip, fled with valuables, and vanished into the night near Ella Cate Park, while the car sped away toward Nela Park Cleveland.
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San Francisco
Jack
Martin L. Sloan
General Electric Co
Jane
Los
Babee Cate Perk
Fierce Fight Still Rages in Freed Seoul
Seoul reports say US forces south of the city reached at least a first contact with First Cavalry tanks advancing from the southeast beachhead. The breakthrough risks trapping thousands of North Korean troops as Marines and Seventh Division troops push house to house through central Seoul, encircling key areas and seizing Duk Soo Palace amid intense street fighting.
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Seoul
MacArthur
Tokyo
United Nations
al- Hed High Command
U. S
First Cavalry
Southeast
Korea
Osan
Euwon
Douglas Resigning as Ambassador to Great Britain
Washington learned today that Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas plans to resign as United States envoy to Britain after a 3 p.m. meeting with President Truman. Douglas, noted for his role in the European Recovery Program and the Atlantic pact, has long dealt with health issues and has recently spent time at his Arizona home.
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Lewis W. Dougier
Britain
Douglas
Truman
London
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United States
Europe
Germany
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Lie
Frohwase
Arizona House
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Budget Bureau
Roosevelt
McGill University
Montreal
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Isle
By Don Whitehead
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Mra Sloan
Wte
General Electric
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Mra
Earnest Hobebecht
Leo. S
United Press
Rutherford Poats
Poats
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Seventh Division
South Mountain
Duk Soo
Thomn Doo
Marine Seventh Iment
Uljongbu
Seventh Marines
Long ‘Beach
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