Icing Blamed for Indiana F-84 Crash
The Air Force and FBI report icing of engine inlet screens caused eight F-84 Thunderjets to crash over Indiana during a training flight from Austin to Selfridge Field. No sabotage found. three pilots were killed. All 71 planes are undergoing round the clock inspections for possible effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force Today
Indiana
Air Force
FBI
Austin
Tex
Selfridge Field
Mich
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
Hunt Goes On For Girl Lost In Mountains
Park rangers search the Smokies for Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old Cincinnati nurse lost near Cades Cove. Bloodhounds traced a trail to Highway 129 where her father believes she was picked up by a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Gatlinburg, Tenn
Wild Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Evangeline Lorimer
Cincinnati
Miss Lorimer
Cades Cove
North Carolina-Tennessee
W. M. Lorimer
Seattle
Wash
Lorimer
Seven Men Burned in Hill Air Force Base Blast
An explosion and fire at Hill Air Force Base Utah injured seven men with three in serious condition. Plumbers had connected gasoline lines in a building being prepared to test B 26 bomber engines when the blast occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Chinese guerrilla Lu Ying-Lung executed after revival claims
Lu Ying-Lung a Chinese National guerrilla who opposed the Communists in Wuchow, died in February from illness. Reds exhumed his body in late May and displayed it, then the Wuchow Peoples Court sentenced him to death on June 3 after a week of public accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong «Ong
Lu Ying-Lung
Wuchow
Wuchow Daily News
Wuchow Peoples Court
Lausche Signs Gambling And Benefits Bills
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche signed measures allowing padlock action against gambling casinos and boosting unemployment benefits. The package includes a sheriff removal bill for officials who fail to enforce laws and a proposal making slot machines a felony. Unemployment benefits rise from 25 to 28 dollars weekly with up to five dollars for dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
Marshall Returns From Korean Tour
Secretary of Defense Marshall arrives in Washington after a seven day trip to the Korean war front. He reports a very successful UN operation and praises the Eighth Army as in highly trained, professional shape. He says he discussed troop matters with Gen. Ridgway in Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
United Nations
Elemendorf Air Base
Alaska
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Battlefront
Matthew Ridgway
Hot dogs may rise two cents under OPS price order
The government issued an OPS regulation allowing beef frankfurter sausage makers to raise prices by one to two cents per pound to offset higher beef costs since January. Prices had been frozen at the peak of the previous price freeze. Also notes congressional talks on extending price controls beyond June 30 and potential mergers of NPA and DPA, plus USDA reports of better weather boosting crop harvest prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate
House Banking Committees
House
Spence
D-Ky
Banking
Representative Wolcott
Michigan
Congress
Ruman
Charles E. Wilson
National Production Authority
NPA
Defense Production Administration
DPA
Wedemeyer says seven U.S. divisions offered for Manchuria
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer testified that he asked for seven American divisions to safeguard Manchuria after Japan's defeat but was refused by Gen Douglas MacArthur. He said the move aimed to prevent Soviet unilateral action and to secure Japanese arms for Chinese Nationalists while keeping Russia and satellites from gaining advantage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Manchuria
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Wedemeyer
U S
China
Senate
Mar-Arthur
U. S
MacArthur
Far East
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Pat
Truman
Korea
Russia
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
McMahon
D-Conn
Reds Set Up New Blockade
Berlin report says a new Russian regulation on westbound trade through Soviet-occupied territory acts as a blockade. Western allies protested, demanding cancellation and shipment reversal. The Transitstelle rule requires origin proof for raw materials in shipped goods, seen as harassment risking West Berlin industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Russian Control Commission
Transitstelle
Mossadegh Promises Oil Supply Safe Amid Nationalization
Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh assures President Truman that Iran's plan to nationalize the oil industry will not jeopardize world oil supplies or international harmony. The letter was sent to Washington and follows talks planned with Anglo-Iranian Oil Company officials regarding the takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Truman
Statesman
Washington
U. S
Mossadegh
Britain
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Columbus Couple Killed On Cycle
A man and woman riding a motorcycle were killed instantly in a head on collision with an automobile on an east side Columbus street. Victims Delores R. Zarbough 21 and Carroll Richard Snead 22 lived in Columbus. Alvert Dildime 31 is held for investigation of manslaughter as the driver. The car was veering on the wrong side of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Delores R. Zarbough
Carroll Richard Snead
Alvert Dildime
Mobilizer Rejects Cattle Industry Pleas For Relief
Washington AP Mobilization Chief Charles E Wilson dismissed cattle industry pleas for relief with a firm rollbacks stance saying the current 10 percent live cattle price rollback and 4 percent August and October rollbacks will stay. He warned of a possible beef shortage if supply drops but ruled out rationing. OPS chief DiSalle preparing new beef statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Wth
ODM
Wilson
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Michael DiSalle
Final Voting On Excise Taxes By House On tap
House tax writers move to final voting on a 1951 tax bill with excise increases aimed at roughly 1 billion dollars a year. The plan raises liquor and beer taxes, autos and parts, gasoline, cigarettes, and adds household electrical appliances to a ten percent manufacturer tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means
Revue
Abandoned Search For Missing U S Jets In Europe
FRANKFURT Germany AP The U S Air Force ended its three day search for two F 84 Thunderjet fighters feared down somewhere in Communist Europe. Long range planes and helicopters combed Western Germany near the iron curtain border without success. Disappearance reported to Soviet air controller in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Europe
Iron Curtain
Friay
Air Force
Berlin
Record Harvest Expected With Improved Weather
Government sees a record harvest of crops aided by favorable weather. The Agriculture Department reports a spring turning normal by June and projects about 1.054 billion bushels, the eighth consecutive year over a billion. Corn outlook remains optimistic alongside meat milk and poultry expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Nazi emblem provokes jail time for father in Maryland
In Mount Savage Maryland a 17 year old student wore a Nazi swastika to class prompting a confrontation with principal J Orville Kefauver. The father Charles A Swanger was convicted of assault against Kefauver and jailed four days with a 250 dollar bond set for appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Kefauver
George
Kefauvr
Swauger
Anti Communists win Florence control amid Italian local votes
In the third round of local elections in Italy anti Communists seized Florence while Taranto remained in Communist hands. Alcide de Gasperi allies led Florence with 113 818 votes to 107 398 for the Communists. In Turin the fight favored the Communist block by nearly two to one across 620 sections with 178 596 votes for anti Reds and 131 097 for Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Florence
Christian Democrats
Hedy Lamarr and Club Operator Ted Stauffer Married in Private Ceremony
Hedy Lamarr and Ernest Stauffer were wed at the home of Superior Judge Stanley Mosk in West Los Angeles after obtaining a marriage license in Santa Monica. Lamarr, 35, and Stauffer, 42, recently divorced, plan a Carmel honeymoon with Lamarr considering retirement from films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Los Angeles
Hedy Lamarr
Ernest
Ted) Stauffer
Hollywood
Stanley Mosk
Stauffer
John Loder
Faith Domergue
Santa Monica
Acapulco
Mexico
Miss Lamarr
Carmel
Calif
Southwest Heat Wave and Oklahoma Tornado Hit Hugo
The Southwest faced extreme heat with 107 at Yuma and 105 at Presidio while other regions saw normal or varied conditions. A tornado struck Hugo Oklahoma damaging two hangars two airplanes and several houses and barns yesterday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mercury
Yuma
Ariz
Presidio
Tex
Blythe
Calif
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Middle Atlantic
Gulf States
Central
Great Plaines
Hugo
Okla
Bride Elect Pamela Meyer Dies by Own Action at 19
Coroner's jury ruled Pamela Ann Meyer death caused by poisoning. The Evanston resident, housed at the Orrington Hotel, was to wed James W. Farrington, 23, son of RR president John D. Farrington, in August after a campus romance at the University of Michigan. They had been engaged since April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Carter
Pamela Ann Meyer
Orrington Hotel
Evanston
Miss Meyer
James W. Farrington
John D. Farrington
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
University of Michigan
Goodyear Hit By 3 Strikes
Akron workers strike at Goodyear plants halting Goodyear Aircraft and stopping passenger tire production at Plant 2. About 5,000 at Aircraft plant idle, 1,250 at Plant 2, 225 at the research unit. Union Local 856 CIO UAW authorized the walkout over alleged speeding up. War orders present but civilian output affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Rubber Corporation
Goodyear
Aircraft Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Goodyear Aircraft
Graduate Killed on Job After Graduation
James Edward Lowe, 22, of Eagleville Tennessee, died of electric shock while wiring a house for an electrical contracting firm. He had earned an engineering degree at Vanderbilt University the previous Sunday and began his new job less than 16 hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolensville, Tenn
James Edward Lowe
Vanderbilt University
Lowe
Eagleville, Tenn
Chinese Reds Klee Allies Fearing Trap
Three long columns of Reds fled through eastern Korea's mountains to escape being trapped. UN forces pursued as tanks moved toward the escape routes. Reports said Reds were building up new forces northwest of Seoul near Kaesong and Koranggpo, while the northern front had been reduced to about 75 miles. Front-line dispatches noted little action Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
East Korea
Iron Triangle
United Nations
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Chines
Seoul
Kaesong-Koranggpo
Imjin River
Van Fleet Says Korean Front Sturdy in Interview
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet told AP that a considerable buildup of enemy forces would be needed to dent current positions. He noted the Communists may have many troops in northern Korea unknown to him, but he called the Eighth Army’s position excellent, the best since April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
United States
Europe
Korea
Wedemeyer
Army
Senate
MacArthur
U.S
U. S S
Allies Move Deep in Central Front and Iron Triangle Areas
In hot clear weather Allied forces pushed as far as 50 miles south of the triangle with armored spearheads advancing unopposed. UN troops seized large caches abandoned by Chinese retreat near Chorwon. Mustang fighters targeted pack animals used to haul gear from Pyongyang. Tanks exited Kumhwa as Reds stiffened along the road to Kumsong while sporadic North Korean resistance and patrol advances continued in East Central Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Mustang
Pyongyang
Kumhwa
Kumsong
Poin
Texans Prepare Warm Welcome for General MacArthur
Gen Douglas MacArthur arrives in Austin for a four day Texas visit with an engraved city seal and a big welcome from Gov. Allan Shivers. He then travels to Houston for a downtown parade and to address the legislature on the capital steps. A Galveston stop adds to the itinerary with a brief greeting and no speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
John Bell
Legislative Arrangements Committee
W. S. Drake, Jr
Houston
Allan Shivers
MacArthur
Galveston
Shivers
Rice Institute
San Antonio
Dallas
Cotton
J F Worth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Korea Front
Reds
AKRON
Klee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!