Allied Troops Seize Key Mountains In Korea Drive
UN infantry reached the 2700 foot Mount Kodae near Chorwon and secured routes to shell Chorwon. Farther east, troops seized 3100 foot Kwangdok mountain southwest of Kumhwa and fought off battalion sized North Korean counterattacks. Allies push toward the iron triangle as heavy fighting continues in the Chorwon Kumhwa Yonggang area.
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Korea
United Nations
Kodae
Chorwon
38Th Parallel
Iron Triangle
U. N
Mount Kodae
Chorwon-Kumhwa- Yonggang
Seoul-Chorwon
Pyongyang
Front
Barrel fisher Ralph Winn nets two catfish in barrel
Sioux City report says Ralph Winn of Crystal Lake Nebraska and a companion pulled a 10-pound 28-inch catfish and a 6 1/2 inch fish from a 55-gallon barrel found while cleaning lake bed near his dock. The barrel had a three inch hole and filled with mud and water.
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Sioux City
Ralph Winn
Crystal Lake
Neb
Winn
Beef shortage fears grow as cattle arrivals lag
The Chicago livestock markets report only 4 000 cattle today, far below last week, signaling tighter supplies. Big packers press for price freedom while small packers buy at current rates, and shipments trend east with attempts to stay under government ceilings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michael Howelett
Office of Price Stabilization
Howlett
Armour and Co
Swift and Co
Wilson and Co
Weller Co
Cee Bee
Income Tax and Corporate Tax Hikes OK'd By Committee
Washington AP. The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 125 percent increase in individual income taxes and a five point rise in corporate rates. An overall 90 percent ceiling on individual tax take and 70 percent on corporate earnings was approved, with final votes pending. The panel also backed 1 billion in extra excise taxes and raised the long term capital gains rate to 28 percent for both individuals and corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wave of Protest in U S over Communist Leaders Conviction
Pravda and other papers report a great wave of protest in the United States against the Supreme Court ruling upholding the conviction of 11 Communist leaders. The court held the leaders guilty of conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government by force. The 11 were convicted by a New York federal jury in 1949 and sentenced.
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Moscow P.pravda
United States
Supreme Court
Communist Party
U. S
New York
Downtown markets hit by midnight fire damage
A blaze discovered shortly after midnight damaged Evans Food at 215 West Second and C E Richard and Sons meat market at 213 West Second, with smoke spreading to upstairs apartments. Losses about 15000, insured, buildings damaged, gates closed. reopening planned after insurance work.
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Evans Food Store
West Second Street
C. E. Richard and Sons
Evans
Richard
Transfer Air Ace Can't Beat Record
Tokyo Pi Col. John C Meyer's chance to become America's top air ace ended with reassignment. He leaves with 39 1 2 victories and a Legion of Merit after credits in Korea and Europe. He will be deputy commander of the 101st Fighter Interceptor Wing at Grenier Air Force Base New Hampshire.
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Tokyo
John C. Meyer
America
Richard Bong
Pacific
Meyer
Korea
Europe
101St
Grenier Airforce Base
New Hampshire
Draft UMT Bill Clears House and Heads to Truman
The bill lowers the draft age to 18 years and expands universal military training groundwork. It passed the House 339 to 41 and extends the draft law to July 1, 1955 with 24 months service for inductees. Registration would cover 18 to 26 year olds and safeguards for trainee disability and death benefits. President Truman is expected to sign.
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Washington —i
House
Truman
Senate-House
Senate
Congress
Possible compromise on beef price rollback plan
Washington reports suggest a compromise may be near in the beef price controversy with a cancellation of one or both 4.5 percent rollbacks planned for August 1 and October. Kansas City cattle dealer M. J. Flynn says recommendations from livestock leaders have been favorably received by the administration and may be discussed at the White House news conference.
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Washington
M. J. Flynn
Kansas City
Truman
Flynn
Mr. Truman
Fiynn
J. Roy Turner
Oklahoma
White House
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
DiSalle
Edward F. Phelps, Jr
Akron Feed Mill Destroyed by Fire in Akron Iowa
Akron Iowa fire destroyed a three story feed mill within an hour. Owner John H. Earnest and Fire Chief L. L. Burrill described the loss as 80 000 to 90 000 dollars. Cause undetermined. Volunteers from Akron and Hawarden fought the blaze over three hours threatening a city block.
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Akron
John H. Earnest
L. L. Burrill
Earnest
Hawarden
Soviets Step Up Military Activity Along Iran Border
U S Ambassador Grady reports increased Soviet military presence on Iran's northern frontier while officials note unprecedented maneuvers around the Caspian. Iran informs Shah, Prime Minister, and army chief, as oil nationalization sparks protests and Britain seeks favorable terms amid regional tensions.
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Iran
Tehran
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Caspian Sea
Grady
Azerbaijan
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Anglo-Irranian Oil Co
Acheson Says U S Lacks Strength To Shield Allies
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate inquiry that the United States does not have enough military strength yet to guarantee European allies against occupation and destruction. He called some questions speculative and defended past disarmament and the Yalta accord while noting hot pursuit plans were dropped after opposition from UN members.
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Washington
State Acheson
United States
Lodge
Acheson
Korea
U. S
United Net
U.N
Europe
Yalta
Defense Department
State Department
Military Department
United Nations
U. N
J. Acheson
Russia
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Dairen
McMahon
China
Chiang
Cain
R-Wash
Joint Chiefs of Staff
MacArthur
Commuter Train Crashes Into Gas Truck Causing 51 Fatalities
A Rio de Janeiro commuter train struck a stalled gasoline truck near Nova Iguassu at 4 25 am. The railway spokesman reported 51 died and 47 were injured as fire and gasoline sprayed into the first and last cars. The train was en route from Queimados to Rio.
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Rio de Janeiro
Railway Central Do Brasil
Queimados
Rio
Nova Iguassu
Last to Die Seven Nazis Hanged for Mass Murder
Seven high ranking Nazi criminals were hanged at Landsberg prison for mass murder committed across occupied Russia and Europe. The executions followed four years of legal appeals, denied by the U S Supreme Court, ending Nazi war crime trials dating from 1946 to 1947.
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Landsberg
Germany
United States Army
UL. Ss
U. S. Supreme Court
Adolf Hitler
France
Erich Naumann
Eastern Front
Otto Ohlendorf
Russia
Oswald Pohl
Warsaw Ghetto
Hans Schmidt
Georg Schallermair
Landsbergers
Iowa GI Weds Austrian on Ontario Reservation in Canada
Sgt. John Mitchell of Mason City Iowa and Miss Hedi Gierlinger of Austria will marry Saturday in a church on an Ontario Indian reservation. The couple met in 1947 while Mitchell served with U S occupation forces. red tape blocked a European marriage and barriers kept them apart until Canada granted entry.
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Fort Frances
Mason City
Austria
Ontario
John Mitchell
Hedi Gierlinier
Rannaridel
Gierlinier
Iowa
U. S
Europe
Mitchell
United States
Gierlinger
Canada
Fort Frances Reservation
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Kumhwa
U.S
Dean Acheson
Adrian Fisher
Lady
Henry Calahan
Boston
Park Square
Callahan
Pravda
Paul Meerdink
Ross Evans
Wednes
Khuzistan
Hussein Maki
Mossadegh
Persian Gulf
Cyprus
Senator Lodge
Mass
Kremlin
BY Richard K. Omalley
Paul Blobel
Kiev
Werner Braune
Law
Yer
Simferopol
Crimea
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