New Atrocities Revealed In Korean War
FRANK EMERY reports from Korea Aug 18 that seven more American soldiers were found murdered beside a damaged road with faces burned by gasoline. The tally reaches 39 atrocity deaths blamed on North Korean forces in two days. Escaped Americans identified two suspects, Lt. Kim Kwong Taek and Pvt Chow Pyong Tak, among six Koreans on stretchers at a field hospital.
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U. S. Cavalry
Korea
Kim Kwong Taek
Pvt
Chow Pyong Tak
Kim
Pyong
Cpl
James Rudd
Salyersville
Continnee
Heat and progress mark New Castle Lawrence county area
Residents note an unusually hot spell with a cooler day forecast. Old Timers' Day drew Harry Quest and Duke Byers, while Lawrence county turnpike work advances toward the Mt Jackson Enon Valley road and Moravia New Galilee area. Frank Dayton reports fall webworms at low levels and late hatching with limited damage.
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Harry J. Quest
Johnstown
Duke Byers
Fire Department
New Wilmington
Lawrence County
Kuhn
Mt. Jackson-Enon Valley
Moravia
New Galilee
Japs Send Over First Boat Since The War
Tokyo dispatch reports the freighter Kiyokawa Maru will be the first Japanese vessel allowed to proceed to the United States since 1941. operating for Kawasaki Steamship, it will sail to Seattle to load a cargo of wheat under MacArthur occupation headquarters approval for all American ports.
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Tokyo
INS
Japanese Transportation Ministry
United States
Douglas MacArthur
Kawasaki Steamship Company
Seattle
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending at nine a m show no precipitation. High reached 92 and low 62. River stage at 5.5 feet. A year ago for the same date the high was 82, low 64, with .35 inches of precipitation.
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United States
New Military Secrets Leak Hinted In British Trial
At Colchester a secret court martial of Sgt Francis Arthur Elliott drew U S Air Force officers and non coms for undisclosed charges. Reports suggested a leak link to top secret British and American military secrets amid mention of atom bomb carrying B 36 bombers stationed in Britain. Public barred by the army judge advocate.
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Colchester
Eng
INS
United States Air Force
Francis Arthur Elliott
U. S
Britain
Army worm brood spotted in Lawrence County crops
Frank Dayton of the Lawrence County Agriculture Extension reported a late summer brood of army worms seen in small quantity around the county. Authorities advise precautions in case the brood increases as corn, grasses, and hay fields could be affected.
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Pa Newe
Frank Dayton
Agriculture Extension Office
County
Lawrence County Agriculture Extension Office
New Arrest In Spy Probe Details Release From FBI
The FBI reports Morter Sobell 33 of New York was arrested in Laredo Texas as the eighth suspect in the Klaus Fuchs Harry Gold atomic espionage case. Sobell a former Navy department engineer is charged with spying for Russia while employed by the Navy and fled to Mexico City after David Greenglass was arrested. He is alleged to have conspired with Greenglass and Julius Rosenberg.
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Washington
INS
FBI
Laredo
Tex
Morter Sobell
New York
Navy Department
Klaus Fuchs
Harry Gold
J. Edgar Hoover
Sobell
Russia
Mexico City
David Greenglass
Hospital Ship From Denmark Goes To War
Copenhagen reports Denmark will fit the M. S. Jutland as a hospital ship and send it to Korea. The 8,457 ton vessel sails from New York to Copenhagen and will carry full hospital equipment with 150 surgeons nurses and drivers aboard.
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Copenhagen
INS
Denmark
M. S. Jutland
Korea
New York
New 8 Inch Gas Line Lays Pipe Into City
Laying of an 8 inch high pressure gas line is started by The Manufacturers Light and Heat Co to boost natural gas supply in New Castle. First pipe length placed on McClelland Farm near Bessemer as Moon Gas Transmission taps in. 54 miles of pipe planned to run to the southwest end of New Castle with a regulator station to lower pressure for distribution.
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Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
New Castle
T. J. Foley
McClelland
Beaver Township
Bessemer
Moon Gas Transmission Corp
Tennessee
Buffalo
Foley
United States Kore a peace plan presented to UN
Small Security Council powers showed favorable reaction to the U S peace program for Korea presented to the United Nations. India welcomed the plan aligning with Nehru's peacemaking efforts. Council members noted political gains for the United States.
Alliance Delegation Welcomed Here for Centennial Tour
A motor caravan led by Mayor Harley R. Ewing arrived Thursday afternoon welcomed by Acting Mayor Albert A. Hoyland Councilman Joseph F. Medure and city officials. The Alliance Ohio group promotes its centennial celebration from August 28 to September 2 and includes 25 of Alliance’s notable young women and chaperone Ann Neidenthal.
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Harley R. Ewing
Ann Neidenthal
Albert A. Hoyland
Joseph F. Medure
Alliance
O. Caravan
Deaths in New Galilee Marlansburg Ellwood City Natrona
Anthony A. Radich age 66 of New Galilee R D 1 dies. Belle Locke Stoner 78 of Marlansburg. Charles 1 Ellwood City. Henry 73 Natrona.
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Anthony A. Radich
New Galilee
R. D
Mrs
Belle Locke Stoner
Marlansburg
Charles
Ellwood City
Henry
Natrona
Thirteen Enlistees Inducted Into 229th Field Artillery
Thirteen young men sworn in at Cunningham Armory join the 229th Field Artillery Battalion prior to deployment to Camp Atterbury Indiana. Names listed include Joseph S. Jennings Calvin D. Davis Dewayne S. Gibson Ralph G. Kneran Andrew J. Soltesz Paul J. Freed John R. Sharp Carl E. Book Edward R. Smith Walter I. Conner Rollie K. Akers Walter C. Leckfer and David F. Clausen. A large crowd attended as the American Legion Band played the National Anthem and Major Alfred F. Barnes presided at the induction.
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Cunningham Armory
United States of America
Legion
Alfred F. Barnes
Gilliland
Adjutant Capes
Death Sentence for Student Gibbs to Die in Electric Chair
Edward Lester Gibbs a 25 year old college student and air force veteran was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the murder of a 21 year old Franklin and Marshall college secretary. Lancaster County Judge Joseph B Wissler pronounced the sentence after a four day trial in Lancaster PA. Gibbs stood with downcast eyes as the judge spoke none of his family attended the proceeding.
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Lancaster
INS
Edward Lester Gibbs
Air Force
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster County
Joseph B. Wissler
Pitman
N. J
Gibbs
Wissler
W. Hensel Brown
Centineea
Runyon Named Seal Sale Head
J Nelson Runyon a noted Ellwood City and New Castle businessman was appointed Seal Sale Chairman for the 1950 Christmas Seal Campaign announced by J O Huston president of the Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society. The county campaign aims to raise funds for tuberculosis controls.
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J. Nelson Runyon
Ellwood City
New Castle
Seal Sale
J. O. Huston
Lawrence County Tuberculosis Society
Thousands Flee Taegu As North Korean Threat Shrinks City
South Koreans flee Taegu amid North Korean advance with 270000 residents swelling to 400000 as refugees move toward Pusan. The Taegu mayor orders civilian evacuation at 11:30 am local time, spurring a mass exodus as the crisis unfolds.
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Taegu
Acme Telephoto
Korea
Ines Armen
U S Forces Drive Back Reds Around Taegu Bridgehead
U S forces report heavy fighting along the Changnyong bridgehead near Taegu as South Korean and U S units push red troops south and reclaim ground lost in the Thursday assault. MacArthur says South Korean First Division regains part or all of lost ground and holds firm against the main enemy push.
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I. N
Tokyo
U. S
Taegu
Changnyong
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
24Th Division
Naktong River
Pohang
Kigye- Pohang
United Nations
Pusan
Eighth Army
More North Korean Troops Surrender Briskly
In Tokyo a briefing officer reported increasing North Korean troop surrenders. He attributed the trend to a large air force campaign that is cutting enemy supplies and lowering morale.
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Tokyo
INS
Air Force and Navy Pummel Front Line North Korea
U S air force and Navy planes struck North Korean front line troops and communications while pursuing targets behind lines. F 80 jets and F 51s strafed enemy positions killing infantry and damaging materiel. Night intruder sorties hit tanks trucks and vehicles in Seoul Kumchon Waegwan and Sunchon areas. Locomotives were knocked out and fires reported amid large activity.
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Navy
Taegu
Sinban-Ni
Uiryong
Waegwan
Air Force
Seoul
Kumchon
Sunchon
Sik Techies
Weather Tribute Poem
A playful weather verse greets the forecaster and readers with a sunny mood. The speaker notes heat and hiking plans while smiling at the season's warmth and the responses of people and fishermen.
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