UN Planes Blast Siberia Hill In Day Long Front Raid
UN planes blasted Siberia Hill on the Korean Western Front in a day long assault aided by U S Marines. The hill near Panmunjom changed hands five times in two days as Chinese forces pressed to hold a high point. Sabre jet pilots reportedly destroyed one MIG 15 and damaged another in an eight day streak of jet battles over North Korea. Casualties were estimated at 225 killed and 250 wounded through Sunday.
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Korea
Siberia Hill
U. N
U.S
Panmunjom
1St Marine Division
Ncd
U. S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Manchurian
U. S
Eighth Army
Truce Talks Break Down as North presses for Recess
In Panmunjom the Communists accused the U N Command of derailing armistice talks by air attacks and repeated recess requests. The 35 minute session failed to resolve the prisoner exchange deadlock. Nam Il announced another weeklong recess to Aug 19 while Harrison urged no daily meetings and accepted the pause.
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Sam Summerlin Munsan
Korea
U. N
North Korea
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Red
U.N
Harrison
Nam II
Nam Ila
Findlay Loses Cage Schedule for 1952-53
The Ohio High School Athletic Association suspended Findlay High School from all basketball for the 1952-53 season. The action followed a special board meeting in Columbus after a dispute over the eligibility of 17-year-old David Miller of Findlay, whose father challenged an ineligibility ruling in court.
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Ohio High School Athletic Association
Findlay High School
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Association
ColGm
David Miller
Findlay, Findlay
Jeer Crashes While Trying to Kill Snake. Teenager Dies
In South Hill Virginia Melvin E Crutchfield 17 swerved his jeep to hit a snake on the highway. The vehicle overturned killing Crutchfield though he aimed to run over the reptile. The snake was not struck.
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South , Va
Melvin E. Crutchfield
South Hill
Young Crutchfield
Glacier uncovering five Italian WWII soldiers near Trento
Reports state a retreating Alpine glacier near Trento has revealed five Italian soldiers from World War II. Guides observed the bodies still frozen in ice near Adamello glacier's edge, with uniforms and rifles in a preserved condition.
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Trento
Italy
Bradley Sees NATO Armies Short of Targets This Year
General Omar N. Bradley predicts NATO will fall short of its goals for 50 divisions this year and 96 to 98 by year end. He says the alliance is approaching 50 divisions that are equipped and trained, a deterrent, though some nations lag due to various difficulties. He adds the U S must build and maintain sufficient power to meet world responsibilities.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
CBS
Bradley
Philadelphia
U. S
Japanese Dentist Reports Saucers Over Kyushu Sky
A dentist in Qeppu Kyushu reported two bright circular objects moving northeast to southwest and east to west last night. He said they were faster than planes and not shooting stars, with several other witnesses confirming aerial lights.
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Tokyo
Qeppu
Kyushu
Army Draft Call For October Up
Washington says the Army called for 47,000 draftees in October up from 30,000 in September. The total called since inductions resumed in 1950 would reach 932,000. The Marine Corps has drafted 81,430 men to date.
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Washington
Army
Tember
Marine Corps
Wealthy man's debris heap puzzles investigators in Somerset
In Somerset Pennsylvania a secluded home of a wealthy man named Samuel Jackson King is being searched after his death in a field. Investigators recover bonds, old currency, and coins hidden in a sofa and other places, suggesting an estate near $50,000. A guard protects the site as wills and property questions head to court.
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Somerset
Samuel Jackson King
Mounin
King
Ank
Pennsyl
Agracl
Karl. Hare
Earl Gray
Gray
Hare
Wiftis
Elmer Shipley
Shipley
National Political Round-Up As Parties Prep For Campaign Trails
Democratic and Republican camps move to position ahead of the November 4 election. Eisenhower meets with American Indian leaders in Gallup after talks with Southern governors, while Stevenson backers in Springfield discuss campaign roles. White House briefings, party unity, and AFL plans frame the political maneuvering as labor and leadership debates unfold.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Dixie
GOP
Eisenhower
Congressional Agriculture Committees
Gallup
N. M
Stevenson
Springfield
Frank McKinney
Stephen Mitchell
Wilson Wyatt
McKinney
Truman
Mitchell
Wyatt
A. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
White House
Korea
PCIO
James B. Carey
CBS
James A. Farley
Alben Barkley
Farley
Barkley
Mediators Meet NYC Union Men Over Rail Strike
Federal mediators hold sessions with railroad brotherhoods and New York Central Railroad representatives in New York to avert a strike on Central lines east of Buffalo. Three brotherhoods had set today as strike date. unions agreed to renewed mediation and postponed the action for a reasonable period. The two year old dispute covers 58 claims and grievances over working rules.
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New York
Railroad Brotherhoods
New York Central Railroad
Central
Buffalo
Brotherhoods
Steelworkers At Republic Still Out
In Buffalo New York CIO steel workers plan a meeting with their district director to decide whether to continue a walkout at the Republic Steel plant. The plant’s nine open hearths were banked, production fell, and workers from other departments returned. Union director Molony declined to comment on causes. Company superintendent Fulmer called it a wildcat strike violating an agreement.
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Buffalo
N. Y
CIO
Republic Steel
Republic
Joseph P. Molony
Donald M. Fulmer
Finance Minister Says Japan Too Poor To Arm
In Hiroshima Hayato Ikeda argued Japan cannot afford rearmament. He estimated costs to create 51 divisions, 5000 aircraft and a Pacific-war scale navy would total over 11 billion dollars, with annual maintenance near three billion, equaling Japan’s entire national income.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Refugees say Hvasta escaped Czech prison with prisoners
In Munich a Czech refugee reported that John Hvasta fled Jan 2 with him and four other inmates from a Czech prison where Hvasta, an American, was serving a 10 year spying sentence. In Cincinnati a former serviceman perched 150 feet atop a Little Miami River bridge, threatening to jump as his father and county patrolmen urged him down. Howard Clark of Loveland was named by patrolmen Ralph Conlon and Robert Evans as the 29 year old in danger.
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Munich
Germany
John Hvasta
Hvyasta
Cincinnati
Little Miami
Ralph Conlon
Robert Evans
Howard Clark
Loveland
Crash Injuries Fatal To Young Cincinnatian
Cincinnati police report John Funk a 17 year old local resident was struck by a trolley bus while riding a road bicycle. He died Saturday night at St Marys Hospital after the injury.
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Cincinnati
John Funk
Putnam Plans to Call Congress Oversees Price Talk
President Truman economic chiefs clash over a special session to tighten price controls. Roge Putnam opposes unless prices rise rapidly. Sen. Sparkman opposes timing. Farm Bureau and Rep. Javits also oppose. New OPS standards may raise retail prices after steel, aluminum, and copper boosts approved July 24. OPS to issue standards within a week to 10 days.
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Truman
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Roger Putnam
John Sparkman
Alabama
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jacob Javits
R-Lib-Ny
Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Office of Defense Mobilization
Nall
New York
Putnam
NBC
Sparkman
Farm Bureau
Roger Fleming
Javits
OPS
Flood Traps Mother and Son Near Wenus Valley
A mother Mrs Norman Winchell, 37, and her five year old son Floyd went missing after a freak summer storm and flash flood sent a wall of water 50 to 75 feet high down Wenus Creek north of Yakima Washington. Four others were hospitalized and a daughter Sharon survived after the house was uprooted and washed downstream.
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Wash
Wenus Valley
Here
Gene Pomeroy
Wenus Creek
Norman Winchell
Floyd
Winchell
Sharon
Mossadegh Granted Sweeping Powers For Six Months
Iran's Senate approved Premier Mohammed Mossadegh authority to govern by decree for six months in nearly all areas of national life. The Majlis had already backed the measure, while the lower house refused an extension of martial law, leading to a tense political clash.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
Senate
Mossadegh
U S Urges Britain Iran Shift In Policy
Washington weighs pressing Britain to change its Iran policy to avert a Communist take over from within. Talks with London seek quick steps to bolster Premier Mohammad Mossadegh, including easing Iran’s oil blockade to lock in anti Communist gains amid a fragile, split government.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
Iran
London
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Efficiency In Tax Office Is Promised
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder said the nation will have a federal revenue service of top efficiency integrity and economy. At ceremonies unveiling the new headbench of the Internal Revenue, the 64 political collectors are replaced by 21 civil service district commissioners. Three career tax service men were sworn as assistant commissioners: Justin Winkle Norman Sugarman and Gar Hoppe.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Call
Truman
Congress
Tax Service
Justin F. Winkle
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Norman A. Sugarman
Cleveland
Ohio
Revenue Service
Makmes Gar E. Hoppe
Thorndale
Tex
Bureau
ODM Launches Blood Drive
Washington reports an intensive nationwide blood donation drive led by the Office of Defense Mobilization as co ordinator, with support from the National Advertising Council. The Red Cross is the official collection agency. Blood is needed for Korea wounded and plasma storage for potential atomic attacks.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
Truman
National Advertising Council
ODM
American Red Cross
Korea
Sweden Drops UN Case Over Swedish Plane Shootdown
Sweden will not take its diplomatic dispute with Russia over the June 16 downing of two Swedish planes to the United Nations. Foreign Minister Oesten Unden said the UN cannot help after weighing all factors. Sweden had planned to forward exchanges with Russia as a prelude to UN Security Council action. The Russians say the planes were shot down after entering Soviet airspace.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United Nations
Russia
Foreign Office
U. N
Oesten Unden
Husqvarna
UN. Security Council
Price War Up in Air Denver Gas War Twist
A Denver service station operator boosted a city gasoline price war by offering a free airplane ride with a tankful of gas. He reported today that his business has quadrupled.
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Denver
Schuman Plan creates Western Europe coal steel pool
The Schuman Plan authority began work to create a common coal and steel market among six nations. Jean Monnet chairs the nine member executive, who cut ties with their governments and seek rapid tariff removal, with aims of European prosperity and potential political integration.
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Joseph Dynan
Luxembourg
Schuman Plan
Western Europe
Six Nation
Coal-Steel Pool
Jean Monnet
Saar
Monnet
Six Nations
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Europe
Jordan Monarch Abdicated After Parliament Recommends
Jordan's Parliament voted to end King Talal's reign and proclaim Crown Prince Hassan as monarch. Cabinet reports say the king's health, diagnosed as schizophrenia, worsened, prompting a three-senator council to exercise royal powers. Abdication plans had circulated since June and were corroborated by Beirut and Jordan officials.
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Amman
Jordan
Talal
Hussein
Beirut
Council
Late Rains Fail to Ease Deep Southern Drought
The weekend rains reach the drought struck South but do little to save crops and pastures. Losses in Southern agriculture exceed a half a billion dollars with some estimates topping a billion. North Carolina and New England report severe damage. Rhode Island seeks federal disaster designation alongside Maine and Massachusetts.
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Atlanta
Dixie
North Carolina
New England
Dennis J. Roberts
Rhode Island
Maine
Massachusetts
Cairo Premier Calls Clean-Up Of Politics
Cairo Egypt Premier Aly Maher urged political parties to purge corruption or face extinction. Maj Gen Mohammed Naguib backed calls for legislation to raise living standards and limit land ownership. The Army warned it could intervene if parties fail reforms amid rising tobacco taxes and higher cigarette prices.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aly Maher
Moammed Naguib
Naguib
Maher
FBI Reviews Senate Crime File Quietly
The FBI is studying the Senate Crime Committee files but will not disclose the purpose. The volumes, once active, were compiled during months of hearings headed by Senator Kefauver, covering interstate gambling narcotics trafficking and other multi million dollar rackets.
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Washington
FBI
Senate Crime Committee
Sen. Kefouver
Dtenn
Miniature Train Jump Kills Baby at Park
A miniature train at an amusement park derailed around a lake, smashing into a tree and killing a one year old girl while injuring nineteen other passengers. The gasoline powered engine with three open coaches carried about forty people, mostly families, when the accident occurred.
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London
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