Sabre jets down 12 MiGs in North Korea air battle
U S Fifth Air Force reports Sabres shot down 12 MiGs in a single day over North Korea as bombers sweep frontline positions. Allied losses to be released in weekly summary. Separately at Panmunjom armistice talks, U N Command accuses Communists of stalling while recess extended to Sept 12. Major Gen Harrison blasts Red stance and prisoner exchange demands.
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Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
North Korea
Changjin
Far East
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Air Force
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Reds
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U N to vote of confidence in Korean truce talks
United Nations General Assembly to be asked by 16 nations with troops in Korea to back the truce negotiators at Panmunjom. The move aims to show UN solidarity despite likely Soviet bloc opposition. The draft also seeks endorsement of refusing to return POWs who do not want to go home. The U S favors resuming Assembly discussion on the war, though opposed last year.
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United Nations General Assembly
U. N
Panmunjom
Korea
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U.S
U.N
Dion
United Nations
California baby kidnap case linked to Moroney girl
Parents of Mary Agnes Moroney, kidnapped in Chicago in 1930, await meeting with Mary Beck McClelland of San Pablo after newspapers and scientists cite similarities in fingerprints blood type and teeth. Authorities call the case unsolved. Moroney family seeks identification, while cautions about ethical limits cloud certainty.
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San Pablo
Calif
Michael Moroney
Mary Agnes Moroney
Chicago
Missing Persons Bureau
Moroney
McClelland
California
Elect Man Whom Stalin Will Fear, Dewey Urges
Gov Thomas E Dewey urged electing a president who would frighten Stalin and inspire the free world at a Syracuse farm dinner. He endorsed Dwight D Eisenhower for the GOP nomination and outlined five issues for November: leadership against Communism, cleaning up Washington corruption, cutting federal costs, a stable peacetime economy, and preserving individual freedom.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Stalin
Farm
Washington
Eisenhower Opens Southern Drive With Strong Campaign Tone
Eisenhower formally launches a Southern tour in Philadelphia, delivering a hard hitting speech plan. Gov. Sherman Adams says the campaign will be as vigorous as ever, as Eisenhower gains Dixieland momentum. He vows a foreign policy critique and visits Chicago, Kasson, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, while addressing racial issues and urging cooperative group responsibility.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Philadelphia
Mason- Dixon
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
New Hampshire
South
Pennsylvania
NBC
Truman
Chicago
Kasson
Minn
Adlai Stevenson
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Little Rock
Ark
Tampa
Fla
House Probers Plan to Call McGrath in Sept Session
U S House inquiry into the Justice Department prepared for public testimony from former Attorney General J Howard McGrath set for September 15. The panel held a closed session with T Lamar Caudle ex assistant attorney general fired last November and explored recent disclosures. Mullally testified he received 750 from Gordon Leake a former colleague. he said it was not a fee or compensation. MeInerney had no recollection of the Carnation case.
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Justice Department
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Wadesboro
N. C
Carnation Milk Co
Buffalo
Caudle
James A. Mullally
Criminal Division
Gordon LiEakle
Mullally
John ‘Acker
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Acker
Food and Drug Administration
Eakle
Irvin Goldstein
Garden
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Bre
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Aec
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India
Noth Mullally
jStudents
Mfillally
Jess
Hyderabad
Indiana
Mulla
Justicetivite
Riment
James E. MeInerny
Cardie
MeInerney
Bulgaria dismisses two more officials in government shakeup
Vienna dispatch reports Bulgaria's Communist government fired two more top officials, Trade Minister Dimiter Ganev and Agriculture Minister Nicola Stoilov, following the ouster of Heavy Industry Minister Anton Jugov. Zavko Zivkov is named foreign trade minister and Stanko Todorov becomes agriculture minister.
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Vienna
Austria
Bulgaria
Iwo
Dimiter Ganev
Nicola Stoilov
Sofia Radio
Anton Jugov
Zavko Zivkov
Stanko Todorov
20 Are Killed In Marseille Explosions
Marseille France Am Po Nice said at least 12 and possibly as many as 20 persons were killed Wednesday night by explosions and fire that destroyed two soap factories and ten adjacent houses.
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Marseille
France
Po- Nice
Guards Area Increased At Probe on Reds Hearings
The Guards at the U S Courthouse in Chicago were bolstered as the House Un American Activities Committee hearings continued. Riot sticks and shotguns were issued to guards at entrances to the mail tunnel while pistols were removed to prevent close confrontations. City police were added to the security detail as the committee pressed on with testimony into alleged Communist infiltration of Midwest defense industry. Several union members were excused from questioning due to a strike against International Harvester.
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U.S
House Un-American Activities Committee
Frank Allen
Matt Henderson
International Harvester Company
John S. Wood
D-Ga
United Electrical Farm Equipment Workers Union
Midwest Defense Industry
Grant W. Oakes
District 11
Gerald Fielde
International Harvester Conference Board
Dewitt Gilpin
Deliveries Of Defense Items Set New Mark
Washington reports July defense deliveries of planes tanks guns and ammunition reached a new peak totaling slightly above two billion dollars in value for 140 major items. Acting Defense Mobilizer John R Steelman released portions of a secret monthly report to President Truman noting steel strikes slowed acceleration and that pipelines for military atomic energy and machine tool output are resuming.
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Washington
Defense
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Truman
Air Fields Program Ordered by Truman
Air fields program ordered into immediate effect by President Truman following a Doolittle commission report. Airports to play major role in community planning and integrated with other transport. Fields should be moved closer to the cities served, within about 40 minutes.
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Washington
United States
Truman
James H. Doolittle
Elizabeth
N. J
Doolittle Commission
Nine Hurt in Fort Worth Blast At Bell Plant
A magnesium fire at Bell Aircraft Plant No 1 in Fort Worth ruptured a warehouse injuring at least nine people. Firefighters fought a 15 minute blaze with a volunteer unit from Saginaw and witnesses said magnesium burning triggered a blast felt five miles away.
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FT. Worth
Tex
Osman
Munist
Walter
Junion
Bell Aircraft
Saginaw
Must Draft 4 Fs to Fill Need at Hershey Push
Washington selective service chief Lewis B. Hershey says some men presently rejected as 4-F will be tapped to meet the armed forces manpower needs of 1,200,000 men in the coming year. The 4-F group may be called from.
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Shoe Dealer Mockery Sparks Stevenson Shoes Joke
Flint Republican shoe dealer Fred Elliott mocked Gov. Adlai Stevenson at a rally by noting holes in Stevenson's shoes, offering a new pair, while campaign manager Wilton Wyatt defended the governor's spending and cautioned about misinterpreting fashion as policy.
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Adlai Stevenson
Fred Elliott
Fliint
Elliott
Steveson
McCarthy Seeks Re-Election With Swift Attack On Stevenson
Senator Joseph McCarthy launched his Wisconsin primary campaign with a fierce rebuke of Governor Adlai Stevenson. He claimed Stevenson supports Alger Hiss and denounced Democratic smear tactics while urging voters to back his hard line against communism. McCarthy noted his surgery recovery and pressed for votes to prove he can confront traitors in government.
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McCarthy
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Illinois
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MacCarthy
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Hiss
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