Truce line debate blocks Korea talks
Washington Aug 1 UPI Secretary of State Dean Acheson said the United Nations cannot accept a Communist demand for a truce line on the 38th Parallel. He backed an armistice plan to fix the line in the defensible general battle area, noting North Korea’s unprovoked crossing proved the old boundary cannot be defended.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Acheson
Korea
38Th Parallel
Kaesong
Planes and Jeeps Scour Desert for Stranded Couple
In Yuma on August 1 authorities and ground searchers scoured the desert after a light plane was forced down. A note suggests the couple started in the wrong direction from water and attempted to walk to safety, with planes and jeeps aiding the search.
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Yuma
Klaus W. Martens
Mary Jean Walker
Malverne
N. Y
Martens
Jim Washum
Civil Air Patrol
U S Casualty Figures Pass 80 000 Mark
The Defense Department reports 80 079 American battle casualties in Korea the highest figure this month with 13 407 deaths 54 541 wounded 10 624 missing 159 captured and 1 348 returned to duty. The tally reflects late June fighting and kin notifications.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Heavy Rains Again Pelt City With Floods and Outages
Heavy rains struck Phoenix for a second time in a week flooding streets curb to curb and disrupting electrical service. Rain totals ranged from .77 to 1.39 inches with centers near Central and Glendale Aves. The Weather Bureau noted the storm stayed mainly north Phoenix, while watersheds saw little rainfall. Police directed traffic from a standing patrol car as businesses like Pfaff Sewing Center faced renewed flooding and sandbag defenses were raised.
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Central
Glendale Aves
Sky Harbor
Weather Bureau
25Th St
Moreland
L. R. Jurwitz
U. S. Weather Bureau
Deer Valley
Alhambra
Glendale
Mormon Flat
Roosevelt Dam
Gila Bend
Payson
Douglas
Flagstaff
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Tucson
Winslow
Roosevelt and
First St
Roosevelt
Lucien Luckett
Pfaff Sewing Center
N. Central
Whisky Row murder and suicide in Prescott bar
In Prescott on Whisky Row a man, John Turner, 45, shot Hazel Thomas, 42, estranged from her husband Dudley, then killed himself in a Montezuma Street bar. Witness A. K. Sessom tried to intervene. coroner said no inquest.
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Prescott
John Turner
Hazel Thomas
Montezuma Street
David H. Palmer Jr
Thomas
Dudley
Turner
A. K. Sessom
Elvin Davis
Edward S. Lyman
UN and Communists clash over buffer zone in Korea talks
At Panmunjom talks the UN and Communist negotiators again fail to agree on where a cease fire buffer line should lie. Vice Admiral C Turner Joy argued the military realities while Red generals pressed for a line along the 38th parallel, seen as weaker for defense. The exchange marked a lengthy session in the 16th cease-fire discussions.
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Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Reds
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Joy
Red
Allies Meet Only Light Resistance on Korean Front
Allied patrols faced light resistance at scattered points along the Korean battlefront. U N forces consolidated a dominating hill mass on the eastern front taken after a five day fight. U S Eighth Army reported no significant enemy activity on that front. The Fifth Air Force flew over 13 000 sorties in July and 5 000 more from bases in Japan and Okinawa. Pilots killed or wounded about 7 600 Red troops in close supportive strikes.
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U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Japan
Okinawa
Air Force
Lattimore Listed For Reply In Senate Probe
Chairman McCarran said Owen Lattimore will be allowed to deny before the anti-subversive committee that he ever served in Soviet military intelligence. Barmine, the Voice of America chief, had testified Lattimore and Joseph Barnes were named as “our men” by the Soviet intelligence chief in 1935. Barnes denied the accusation as fantastic and untrue, while Lattimore defended his record and pledged a reply.
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INS
McCarran
D. Nev
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Lattimore
Baltimore
Alexander Barmire
Joseph J. Barnes
Barnes
Barmire
Soviet Union
Barmine
Voice of America
FBI
McCarthy
R. Wis
State Department
Lodge
R. Mass
Feguson
R. Mich
Far East
Voice
Draft Call Higher Again in October Draft
The Defense Department announced a plan to draft 41,000 men in October, including 36,000 for the Army and 5,000 for the Marine Corps. This follows September's 34,000 and August's 35,000, raising the Korea War total to 670,000 draftees. The September draft will include 28,180 Army recruits and 6,180 Marines. July’s pace fell to about 15,000 per month from an earlier 80,000.
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Washington
INS
Defense Department
Army
Marine Corps
Marines
France borrows subs from Britain for four years
Paris August 1 The French Navy Ministry announced that Great Britain is lending France four submarines for a four year period for reconditioning by the British.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
Forest Blaze In Tonto Basin Under Control
A forest fire near Four Peaks in the Tonto Basin was believed under control aided by rainfall. About 20 men fought the lightning-caused blaze while two smaller fires in the Catalina Mountains near Tucson were also sparked by lightning.
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Payson
Four Peaks
Phoenix
Tonto Basin
Tonto National Forest
Catalina Mountains
Tucson
Head Bullet Wound Can't Stop Ajo Man
Yaido Gonzales, an Ajo smelter worker, walked half a mile with a bullet wound through the mouth, the bullet entering between the eyes and exiting the forehead. A note in his hotel room suggested the wound was self inflicted. he was reported in fair condition at New Cornelia Hospital.
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Ajo
Noted figures react to control bill and inflation worries
President Truman warns the new controls act will harm price and wage controls. British Foreign Secretary Morrison says ordinary citizens should not fear knock at the door as milkmen or postmen may arrive. Governor Driscoll criticizes federal inaction on inflation and calls it a national shame. Retiring Lt Gen We demeyer urges resisting government overreach into individual responsibilities.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
London
Morrison
Youth Eye-Witness Sought In Desert Rose Cafe Shooting
Deputies seek the unidentified youth who witnessed the shooting of 15-year-old Warren Joslin outside the Arlington Desert Rose Cafe. Harold J. Baker, 51, says self defense after a struggle. Joslin critical, coma, at Memorial Hospital. Deputy County Attorney Jack Anderson notes lack of powder burns and prompts further investigation.
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Desert Rose
Arlington
Harold J. Baker
Warren Joslin
Warren Peterson
Baker
Joslin
Jack Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Anderson
Federal Bureau of
Stockpiling Reaches One Third of War Material Goal
The Munitions Board said the national stockpile of strategic materials for potential wartime needs reached over one third of its planned goal. The June report shows on hand value at $3 billion of a total objective of $8.3 billion, up from $2.54 billion six months earlier. It notes possible revisions to the objective to fit mobilization plans and details accelerated contract spending following January appropriations.
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Washington
Munitions Board
Congress
Jilted Girl Dives Into Grand Canyon Rescue Ends 100-Foot Plunge
An 18-year-old Hopi girl Blanche Mahapi leaped from the Grand Canyon rim after a breakup. Companions and rescuers pulled her from the canyon after a 100-foot fall, saved by brush and trees. She was taken to a hospital and reported doing fine.
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Brush
National Park
Blanche Mahapi
Hotevilla
el Tovar
Howard Stricklin
Dean Carey
P. H. Schuft
Ed Wheeler
Gene Figeroa
Santa Fe Railway
J. P. Harris
Fred Harvey Company
Leo Schnur
Ramon
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