Yanks Seize East Korean Ridge in bitter hill battle
U N forces gained a towering ridge north of Yanggu as heavy fighting raged on Korea's eastern front. T-34 tanks and self propelled guns supported North Korean defenses while UN aircraft and artillery targeted Red supply lines. Marines on the east-central front pressed an assault. helicopters ferried 15,000 pounds of supplies to cut off troops.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Yanggu
Yonchon
Parallel 38
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Western Front
Steamer Leads Old Auto Race in Buffalo
Buffalo. AP. Jack Brause 76 in a 1913 Stanley Steamer leads the Chicago to New York race approaching Syracuse after chugging through rain. Rube De Launty 70 in a 1911 Stoddard Dayton finishes on a tow rope, rain halts and motor stalling noted. Brause holds elapsed lead despite earlier deficit, complains only of water intake.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Jack Brause
Rube de Launty
Brause
All Czech Flights Banned By France
Paris reports France suspended all air traffic with Czechoslovakia effective yesterday with no time limit. The move follows halt of Czechoslovak airline flights over Germany and denial of flying rights from Prague, as disclosed by the Allied High Commission.
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Paris
France
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Germany
Allied High Commission
Pra
West Germany
Dewey urged to clarify Pacific defense plan by Bricker
Senator Bricker pressed Dewey to spell out specifics for stronger Pacific defenses after Dewey urged closer political and military alliances in the Far East. The exchange followed Dewey’s call for a Southeast Asia defense program and his support for Eisenhower as 1952 nominee.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Pacific
Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Dewey
Far East
Truman
Europe
Southeast Asia
New York
Capitol
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Dean Acheson
Duff
Ives
Carlson
Rans
Saltonstall
Mass
Atlantic Defense Forces
Senator Taft
White House
Amon Free Neers
Big Three Push New Effort On Austria And West Germany
The United States Britain and France agreed to press negotiations to include West Germany in a European defense framework and to pursue a firm postwar settlement with Austria. They backed Italy’s peace treaty revision and outlined unity behind the Iron Curtain while examining inflation’s effect on rearmament.
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Washington
West Germany
U.S
Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Sate Acneson
Pritish
Mercert Morrison
Irenca
Italy
Bonn
Treasury
Nape
Ugh Gaitskell
Rene Mayer
Two Little Girls Die in Lorain Stove Blast
In Lorain Ohio a kerosene fire caused by Mrs Ethel McGhee exploding a stove killed five year old Sheila McGhee and three year old Shirley McGhee. Arthur 36, Mrs McGhee, and daughter Dorothy 13 were hospitalized in critical condition. An eight month old son William was also critically burned but expected to live. Three other children escaped unharmed.
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Lorain
Sheila McGhee
Shirley
Amherst
N. A. Tillman
Lorain County
Ethel McGhee
Billy
Johnny
W Arthur To Head Cancer Detection Labs
The Chicago Daily News reports Gen Douglas MacArthur may become administrative head of a nationwide network of cancer detection centers. Dr J Ernest Ayre of Miami is expected as medical director, with a $100,000,000 project to establish centers in each state pending higher level announcements.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Douglas MacArthur
J. Ernest Ayre
Miami
Fla
Dr. Ayre
Gen. MacArthur
United States
International College of Surgeons
American engineer Fenae reported kidnapped in Philippines
Mrs. Lester Corp, wife of missing US engineer Lester Corp, offered a 5000 reward for information. Corp, 60, long-time Pampanga sugar mill staffer, vanished after his jeep with four bullet holes was found in a river near Del Carmen. Reports tied to possible ransom and recent lottery win.
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Manila
Lester Corp
Pulungmaba
del Carmen
Corp
Pampanga
Philippines
Manila Times
Baby Dies After Fall From Davenport
In Columbus an infant named Judith Charlene Jividen aged six months died from a broken neck after falling from a davenport. Police reported the mother, 18, was in the room at the time.
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Columbus
Judith Charlene Jividen
Glenn Jividen
Davenport
Two Jet Fliers Killed at Kelly AFB
A T-33 jet collided with the tail of a C-4 during a ground controlled approach at Kelly Air Force Base in heavy rain. Both pilots aboard the jet were killed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Air Force Base
Yoshida Declines To Rearm Japan At This Time
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida stated he would refuse to rearm Japan. The 72 year old leader suggested he might step down once the U.S. Japan security pact is ratified and becomes law. He urged the Japanese to maintain faith with the Western world after returning from San Francisco.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
U.S
San Francisco
Air Force Faces Control Problems With New Guided Missile
The Air Force announced the Matador B-61 pilotless bomber in production while admitting unresolved issues. Experts warn enemies might jam guidance signals or seize control, risking diversion or return fire toward launch sites.
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Washington
Air Force
Truman
Peoria Grand Jury Indicts Mechiorre in Bradley Scandal
Peoria County grand jury indicted basketball star Gene Squeaky Mechiorre and six reputed New York gamblers in connection with Bradley University's point fix basketball scandal.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria County
Gene “Squeaky” Mechiorre
New York
Bradley University
Higher car price tags approved by government
The government authorized auto dealers to pass along factory price increases on new cars. The move followed General Motors filing new price lists seeking higher prices for its models.
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Washington
General Motors
McGrath Urges Broad Overhaul of Election Laws
Attorney General McGrath asked Congress for a sweeping revision of election laws. He said the current system is riddled with loopholes and out of date in many ways.
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Washington
McGrath
Congress
Lawyer seeks mental exam for key witness in graft case
In New York AP report, a lawyer for two Brooklyn police graft defendants says he will press for a psychiatric test of Harry Gross, the prosecution's chief witness who escaped custody but was recaptured.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Harry Gross
Senate OKs Defense Bill with 59 Billion Total
The Senate approved a vast defense appropriations bill totaling 59.5 billion dollars by a 79 to 0 vote after four days of debate. House action trimmed 3.47 billion. negotiations will iron out differences next week. An added 5 billion was earmarked for airpower and secret weapons research.
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Senate
House
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
U. S
cMahoney
Flanders
R-Vt
Langer
R-Nd
H. Alexander Smith
Whittle
Ferguson
R-Mich
Case
Taft
Ohio
George
14 Inch Rain Floods Alice Texas Submerges Town
Alice Texas faced quarantine like isolation as 14.21 inches of rain swamped streets and left hundreds homeless. Amphibious vehicles evacuated victims while Red Cross official R E Horine warned the deluge was easing though damages could top a million dollars.
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Alice
Tex
Texas
R. E. Horine
Jim Wells County
Red Cross
San Diego
Horine
Curtis Vinson
Alice Echo
UN Reds Wait For Messages in Stalled Armistice Talks
The UN Command and the Communist side entered a 23rd day of stalled talks in Panmunjom as they await replies to latest notes. North Korea and China demanded the UN halt strafing and rejected Ridgway suggestion to move talks, insisting on resuming on equal terms only after violations and provocations stopped.
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Tokyo
UN Command
Allied Board of Strategy
Red
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Communist High Command
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Panmunjom
Kaesong
Supreme Allied Commander
German Battleship Raised for Steel Scrap in Poland
Polish salvage crews raised the German battleship Gneisenau at the mouth of Gdynia harbor and will receive 20,000 tons of high quality steel scrap for use in factory production.
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Warsaw
Poland
Gdynia
Demo Leader Sped Deal Under Senate Probe
A diary-keeping witness testified before a Senate subcommittee that William M. Boyle Jr. helped arrange an RFC loan for a St. Louis printing firm in 1949 after three prior rejections. John E. Toole of American Lithoford said Boyle, then DNC chairman, phoned RFC chairman Harley Hise to push the loan, a claim denied by Hise and Dunham.
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Washington
William M. Boyle, Jr
RFC
St. Louis
John E. Toole
American Litteford Corporation
Senate
Boyle
Reconstruction Finance
Toole
Subcommittee
Harley Hise
Walter L. Dunham
Toring
American Litheford
Democratic National
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
R. J. Brauner
Cecil Green
Hise
Jim Finnegan
Senator Mundt
R-Sc
Dunham
Purdue Develops Nearly Seedless Watermelon at Purdue
Purdue University reports creation of a nearly seedless watermelon weighing eight to ten pounds. The fruit is round and designed for refrigerator storage. Commercial seedmen are expected to have it next year. The university touts high quality.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Purdue
Back To College Featured In Sunday News Journal
The Sunday issue highlights college life with a full listing of Middleton students heading to various schools. A front page women's section raises the question why college, while students share serious and candid answers. The edition also lists part time education opportunities for locals in the Miami Valley.
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Sunday News-Journal
College
News-Journal
Miami Valley
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