Red Regiments Mass Near Naktong River In Korean War Update
AP dispatch details renewed North Korean pressure along the Naktong. Allied forces fortify Changnyong and Waegwan crossings as a major bridgehead is pressed south west of Taegu. Marines and Army units trap Reds near Chinju while airfield and port at Pohang see limited action. Descriptions compare tactics to octopus tentacles spreading along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westren
Taegu
Changnvong
Thig
Elemens
25Th Divisin
Changnxyeong
Waegwan
Kaepo
Taezu
Chinju
Pusan
Naktong
Changnyong
Miryang
Yongsan
Pohang
Hal Boste
Naktong River
United States
Seon Boyle
Reds
Kyongju
Japan Sea
Boyle
Kampo
Yongdok
B-29s Reach Near Russian Territory in Korea Raid
U S B-29 bombers flew within 17 miles of Russia's maritime border and dropped 500 tons on Najin, a key North Korean port and rail center. Radar night raid overcast prevented visual confirmation. Fifth Air Force reported six Red tanks destroyed, 12 damaged, and substantial equipment losses across 200 sorties along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Najin
Korea
Manchuria
Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Okinawa
Fifth U. S. Air Force
Two Texans and New Mexico Man Honored For Korean Fighting
U S 24th Infantry Division headquarters announced awards for valor in action near Taejon and Yongdong. Capt Lyndell M Southerland Tyler received a Silver Star posthumously. Sgt James L Mathews Waco earned a Bronze Star. Sgt Daniel Patrick Sullivan Artesia NM was awarded a Silver Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
Korea
New Mexico
Taejon
Yongdong
Lyndell M. Southerland
Tyler
James L. Mathews
Waco
Daniel Patrick Sullivan
Artesia
N.M
Moves to Expand Malayan Tin Production Halted by Terrorism
Moves to expand Malayan tin production continue curbed as terrorist activities impede prospecting for new areas. The unrest blocks exploration crucial for boosting output and future supply security.
Winners Named At Post Rodeo
Southwestern Championship Junior Rodeo ends after 16 hours of finals drawing 4000 plus fans. Floyd Tulman and Wild Bill Elliott headline celebrations with Sonny bykes and Tillman performing. Universal and Movietone shot scenes for national release. Attendance nears 20000. champions include Julie Blond, Linda Hildreth, Billy Sunday, Old Taylor, Tater with detailed results in calf roping bronc riding and hat races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Tulman
Wild Bill” Elliott
Universal
Movietone
New York
Tillman
Sonny
At & P.m
Abernathy and
O'Donnell
Elliott
Lewis Nance
Post Assisting
Julie Blond
Glen Casey
Amarillo
Linda H
W. O. Hildreth
Aledo
Billy Sunday
Ed Simms
Post
Chero
Bobby Cathey
Big Spring
Old Taylor
A. R. Reight
Breckenridge
Tater
Johnny Burson
Silverton
Bobby Dickey
Matavorda
Adam Kennedy
Powder River
Tom Schooler
Calif
Sonny Bykes
Tom Neff
Johnny Leonard
Helen Hightower
Frances Week
Rosemary Rice
Sissy Allen
Ribbon Roping
F. Neat Love
Scooter Fries
Sonny Sykes
Kenneth Stepp
R. E. Josey
Lowie Rice
Henry Fike
Sonny Maro
Bob Hall
Bob Dickey
Roland Day
Bonny Mayo
Billy Hobbs
Bonny Sykes
Bul Teague
Bob Russell
Bynum
Joe Neff
Sissy Miles
Volney Moore
Billy Cogdale
Larry Heatland
Mildred Cotten
Darlene Johnson
Sts Schuster
Neal Love
Boneter Fries
Bob Thompson
Lenny Sykes
Bo Thompson
Benny Sykes
Jimmy Moore
State Rice
Fd Aaron
Her R. E Jeser
Bury Kenney
Sonny Mayo
Reb Parks
Weldon Perry
Ronald Davis
Derwin Biggers
Hurricane Hunter Probes Disturbance East of Puerto Rico
A Air Force B 29 probed a disturbance 600 miles east southeast of Puerto Rico. It found winds near 40 mph and uniform wind direction, suggesting an easterly wave rather than a tropical storm. The wave spurs showers and thunderstorms, ships are asked to report, and a Navy hunter will take over vigil tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Air Force
Puerto Rico
Walter Davis
Miami Weather Bureau
Navy
Equichall Wins Experimental Allowance Purse at Raton Track
J T Dillard's Equichall from Big Spring won the $400 experimental allowance purse at La Mesa Park in a photo finish. The 612 furlong race finished 1 19 2 5 with Equichall paying 6 30 2 40 2 60 on a $2 pari mutuel ticket. second place went to Vicious Vixen owned by M C Grader of Manter Kansas. Aspirant of Tucson earned third with $3.60. Other winners included Me Man Riot from Cline Cattle Co Amarillo and Rhumba Step owned by Al W Knudsen with big payoffs. Little Music and Pairdale also noted as Texas winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HK. R. Talmade
Tucson
Ariz
Cline Cattle Co
Amarilla
Berger
al W. Knudsen
Texas
Little Music
B. G. Hooker
Tenaha
Pairdale
H. B. Ross
Sonora
Switzerland Exports Cosmetics to Major Powers
Switzerland supplies cosmetics and perfumery to Italy Germany France the United Kingdom the United States and Soviet Russia highlighting a broad European and transatlantic trade footprint across six nations and a global market reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
France
United Kingdom
United States
Soviet Russia
Forgotten prisoner freed in mistaken cell mix up
The Tulsa police report a jail release error when a wife asked about her husband. Captain Williams confirmed the man was released Monday but a different inmate, mistaken for him, had been placed in a women’s cell and forgotten, prompting an investigation to find the impersonator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
N. C. Williams
Williams
Major oil deals tie up mineral rights in West Texas
In Lubbock W Tom Jones said he joined his wife in selling a portion of her Mallet ranch mineral rights to the university, while avoiding disclosure of the amount. The deed lists 138 labs and seven and a half sections across four South Plains counties. leasing details for U-Bar ranch not filed at Bailey County. Magnolia Petroleum reportedly leased 30,000 to 131,000 acres for $1.50 to $3.50 per acre, totaling $40,000 to $458,500, with confirmations pending. The Mallet ranch sits amid the Slaughter oil pool with 800 to 900 wells.
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Lubbock
W. Tom Jones
University
Mallet
Mallet Land and Cattle Company of
Missouri
Mallet Ranch
U-Bar
Bailey County
M. G. Bass
Muleshoe
Magnolia Petroleum Company
F. K. Warren and Son
Midland
U-Bar ranch-Magnolia
Amarillo
Warrens
W. H. Kramer
New Mexico
Slaughter
Hockley
Cochran
Terry
Yoakum
UN Aide Reports Tokyo HQ. UN Losses in Korea Rise
UN aide in Tokyo refused to say when forces would arrive as Col Katzin reports two British reporters and Korea’s alternate UN commissioner Col Unni Nayar were killed by a land mine near Taegu. The incident raises UN casualties amid a larger Security Council clash with Soviet delays led by Jacob Malik.
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Tokyo
Katzin
India
UN Commission
Korea
Col
Unni Nayar
Christopher Buckley
London Daily Telegraph
Ian Morrison
London Times
Taegu
Col Nayar
Lake Success
Washington
Africa
Europe
U. S
UN Security Council
Jacob Malik
Security Council
Malik
Russia
Jean Chauvel
France
Plans For Fair Highlight Cotton Exhibit And Queens
The Panhandle South Plains Fair aims to showcase a step by step cotton to fabric display with Texas Technological College support. A Panhandle South Plains Fair queen contest features Miss South Plains and Miss Lubbock County titles with $500 prizes and entries invited from many counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Technological College
D. M. Wiggins
Cauton
Luwbock
L. A
Worla
South Plains
Caprock
New Mexico
Ihe
Unltea
Chamber of Commerce
W. O. Keeney
Gaines
Terry
Bailey
Lamb
Motley
Dickens, Yoakum, Lloyd, Haie, Lynn
Cochran, Hockley, Crospy, Dawson, Garza and
Lubbock
Demos Speed Bill Faces Conference as Tax Reforms Move
The excise tax reduction bill nears House conference after a White House backed set of tax increases advances. Democratic and Republican senators debate an excess profits tax and a farm cooperative earnings distribution proposal amid broader loop hole closing measures and a 10 percent manufacturers tax on TVs and freezers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Coughton
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Sen. Williams
R-Del
City detectives probe burglary at S M Miller residence
Investigators track a burglary at S M Miller's home 1508 Twenty-seventh reported by daughter Mrs L F Middleton of 2506 Thirty-third. Entry via bathroom window pane. Property list pending Miller's return from Colorado vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Miller
L. F. Middleton
Lee Rice, Jr
L. W. Forrester
Miller
Colorado
Chaplain Details Korean War Wounds and Moral Resolve
Chaplain Ellenberg surveys wounded soldiers in a Korean War hospital ward, praising their morale and belief that liberty and civilization are at stake. He notes injuries from tank and mortar fire, reassures men about future duties, and recounts support from Japanese occupation troops, families, and volunteers before a gravely wounded youth declares he is going home tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenberg
Governors Island
New York
Korea
United Nations
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
States
Derby ties and music mark big soap box show in Akron
The piece previews a major soap box derby with 60,000 expected spectators. It notes pre race events at Camp Y-Noah, celebrity appearances by Jimmy Stewart and Jack Dempsey, and a field of 11 to 15 year old drivers including Texas entrants Frank Gray Jr and Marvin Baer. Eddie Bell’s weight issue is resolved to meet limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Akron
Camp Y-Noah
Lubbock
Jimmy Stewart
Jack Dempsey
Wilbur Shaw
William (Hopaiong Cassidy Boyd
West Texas
Ededie
Lubbock County
Idalou
Lynn Gee
Los Angeles
Robert Lemore
Manchester
N. H
David Mussallam
Mission City
British Columbia
Jack Detore
Burlington
Gerald L. Taylor
Juneau
Alaska
Johnny Burke
St. Petersburg
Fla
Boston
Mass
Detroit
Fargo
N. NC
Texas
Frank Gray, Jr
San Antonio
Marvin Baer
Pamna
David Martinez
Laredo
Jimmy Hail
Amarillo
Ronald Graner
Fort Worth
Eddie Bell
New Mexico
Rolfe Black
Albuquerque
Carter Taylor
Santa Fe
Eddie
Derby Downs
Joe Lon Teal
Johnson Sees Tax Hike At Risk From Soaring War Costs
Johnson warned that a proposed £5 billion tax increase could be swallowed by inflated prices. He urged an Armed Services subcommittee to thoroughly study rising military costs, noting stark price jumps since 1939 from B-17s to B-36 bombers and destroyers, tanks, and division outfitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Armed Services
Missing Clovis mother and baby sought by police
Clovis authorities seek the whereabouts of 17 year old Mrs Leland Lawhern and her five and a half month old son missing from their home for over a week. A cab driver saw her in town recently and police believe she may have fled to Roswell or Michigan. She had been a waitress in a Clovis restaurant until Aug 3 and left town voluntarily with little clothing.
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Clovis
Leland Lawhern
Roswell
Michigan
Births in Lubbock area announced in Lloyds Texas paper
Congratulations to several families on newborns at Lubbock Memorial Hospital and West Texas hospitals. Details include weights from 6 pounds 4 ounces to 7 pounds, times around morning or afternoon, with fathers described as Levine's employee, Reese Air Force base staff, former military or contractor, and service station owner.
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Miro
Joe F Gaylor
Llil
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Levine's
D. Robinson
Veitking
Lubcock Memorial Hospital
Reese Air Force Das
Meoo
Mis
VO Sturgeon
To Isao
West Texas Hospital
Ana Mer
Vo Howare
Aber
Prs
Anerna
Tech contracts push up bids for college projects in Texas
The board reviewed bids for a pearicultuire building and new greenhouses south of the livestock pavilion. Lord and Burnham had the lowest bid among three, but costs rose to about 884000 after changes to the greenhouse plan. Several utility contracts were approved, including sewer and water treatment work, with further committee study of campus water wells.
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Lord and Burnham
Union
Standard Construction Company of
Lubbock
Nineteenth Street
Science
Worthington Pump and Equipment Company of
Fort Worth
David C. Pfeiffer
Dallas
D. M. Wiggins
C.F. McLaughlin
Snyder
Raymond Pfluger
Eden
Charles W. Wooldridge
Bill Henderson
Texas Tech
Future Farmers of America
Robert Bass
Kilgore
Texas Tech Foundation
Bass
Foundation
San Antonio
Nationalist Leader Urges New U S Planes for Air Force
Chinese Nationalist Chief of Staff Gen Chow Chi-fen appealed for reinforcement of the air force with New American planes and equipment. He cited 6,899 sorties by Nationalist airmen in the past year, claiming 83,000 enemy deaths and destruction of military and supply targets. He said Formosa defense is straining resources and parts replacement is harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
INS
Chow Chi-fen
Chow
Texas Drys Report Slow Steady Gains
The United Texas Drys reported 40 Texas counties prohibit alcohol sales up from 123 dry counties in 1940. Dr. Walter H. McKenzie noted a slow but steady shift toward statewide prohibition and a rise of 17 dry counties in ten years. He cited dry margins in Marion Scurry Hayes Lubbock and Andrews counties and predicted a future statewide referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
United Texas Drys
Texas
Walter H. McKenzie
UTD
McKenzie
Dios
Hquer
Marion
Scurry
Hayes
Lubbock
Andrews
Uncertain Fall Hiring Seen In Lubbock Area Jobs Outlook
TEC observers say fall employment in retail and services may rise if conditions permit but world factors cloud near term. Unemployment stands at about 2.4 percent of the non farm labor force with 700 jobseekers, while July new claims drop to 599.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connell
Lubbock County
Lubbock
Texas
TEC
Reserve Groups Seek Recruits for Lubbock Units
The 317th Military Intelligence Headquarters which activated about a year ago in Lubbock lists one officer and 15 men with 29 more needed to reach strength. The roster shows only First Lieut. Haskell Taylor and Sgt. Robert G. Christopher. 14 more reservists are sought from the local area. Major Samsel said the designated reporting station for two Lubbock units has not yet been set, and no other active duty orders involving Lubbock units have been received. The 411th Transportation Battalion and the 317th MI HQ are the first local units called to active duty amid the current crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
317Th Military Intelligence Headquarters
Haskell Taylor
Robert G. Christopher
Lubbock
Samsel
ORC
411Th Transportation Battalion
Truman Leaves Washington for Potomac Weekend Cruise
President Truman and his daughter Margaret sailed from Washington aboard the White House yacht Williamsburg for a weekend rest cruise on the Potomac. The vessel departed shortly after noon from the naval shipyard and is expected to return Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Truman
Margaret
Potomac River
White House
Williamsburg
Naval Stun Factory
Man Killed in Wreck Near Abilene
A collision six miles northeast of Abilene resulted in one death and two serious injuries. Britt Clifford, 23, of Moran, was killed when his car sideswiped another vehicle, struck a bridge broadside and plunged into Dead Man creek. Injured were Thomas Bills and Billy Wayne Davis, both about 25 from Moran.
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Abilene
Here
Dead Man Creek
W. T. St. John
Britt Clifford
Moran
Thomas Bills
Billy Wayne Davis
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Levelland
Phillips-Dupree Hospital
Linda Thompson
Jack Thompson
Lamesa
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Cecil H. West
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James William Rimmer
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Rimmer
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Lubbock Machine Company
Soap Box Derby
Johnson Urges
Moooasa Mis Or Jones
Leland Peace
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Lewxas Hoev
Agme Engineering
A. G
Pat) Mayse
Paris
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