Tanks Press Withdrawing Communists
U N tanks entered Chorwon and Kumhwa in North Korea collapsing the Iron Triangle as infantry and allied troops moved in to secure the area. LT Gen James A Van Fleet announced the final seizure of the region amid an eight day battle. Allied forces seized roads to Pyongyang and Wonsan and cleared key routes along the central Korean road network. Red resistance weakened except east of the Hwachon Reservoir as about 40 000 Reds were said to have sacrificed in the effort.
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Tokyo
U.N
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Iron Triangle
North Korea
38Th Parallel
James A. van Fleet
Pyongyang-Wonsan
Korea
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Hwachon Reservoir
van Fleet
U.S
George C. Marshall
Marshall
West Texas Storm Strikes Abilene with Hail and Tornadoes
Severe weather battered West and East Texas with hail, torrential rains, and winds up to 120 mph. Abilene endured a damaging tornado strike near South 14th and Chestnut, many buildings damaged and windows shattered while a church back wall collapsed onto a pastor’s car. Two injuries reported in a Texarkana plane crash near Atlanta, and Roby area suffered heavy flooding and outages.
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Abilene
Texas
West Texas
Brownwood
East Texas
Milton Nelson
Texarkana
Atlanta
Rotan
Merkel
Weather Bureau
South 14Th
Chestnut Streets
South Abilene
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
OPS Predicts Arizona Beef Surge and Price Drop
Los Angeles June 11 UP Regional OPS Director John H. Tolan forecast ample beef for housewives in Arizona with a 10 cent a pound price decline by October after a survey of California Arizona and Nevada. He called the beef supply in each state good with robust choice grades and lower inferior stocks, while sales remain modest for the season.
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Los Angeles
John H. Tolan
Tolan
California
Arizona
Nevada
Wedemeyer backs MacArthur denial of coalition plan
Washington June 11 Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer and Gen Douglas MacArthur denied ever supporting a plan to unite Chinese Nationalists and Communists in a coalition government. Secretary Acheson earlier cited a 1945 Tokyo message, prompting senators to interpret it as endorsement of a Nationalist Communist coalition. Wedemeyer stated the message was misinterpreted and he never accepted pessimistic views on Formosa, urging continued American firmness in the region.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Douglas MacArthur
State Acheson
Senate
MacArthur
Acheson
Tokyo
Wedemeyer
Adm
Raymond Spruance
China
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Defense
Truman
State Department
Formosa
Seven Drown In Flash Flood In Erban Erban Village
Seven people died when a flash flood swept through the village of Erban Erban in north central Anatolia yesterday, according to AP reports from Istanbul dated June 11.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Erban Erban
Anatolia
Preliminary Hearing Waived for Guzik in Morals Charges
Charles A. Guzik 41 tied to 31 morals offense counts waived preliminary exam in East Phoenix Precinct Court. Attorney George Wilson requested the waiver shortly before the 9:30 a.m. start. Guzik held on $150,000 bond, to be arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court. information expected today. Son of Chicago mob figure Jake Guzik, he was jailed after reports of immoral acts involving boys at 6734 N 13th Place.
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Charles A. Guzik
East Phoenix
George Wilson
Guzik
Harry E. Westfall
Westfall
Maricopa County
John J. Flynn
Jake
Greasy Thumb
Chicago
Charles Guzik
13Th Pl
Officials Say U S Ready To Aid Tito
Washington officials said the administration would provide Yugoslavia with very substantial arms and military supplies if Marshal Tito seeks aid. Talks between Yugoslav General Staff Col Gen Kotche Popovic and Defense Department officials were described as satisfactory and nearly concluded.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Kotche Popovic
Defense Department
Burglary Suspect Held After Eve of Thefts
Police arrested Donald George Auberle after he was spotted leaving a residence and returning a purse to a bedroom. Detectives Wolf and Rust linked him to two burglaries at Richard Rechff’s home and Mrs. G R McTaggart’s residence, with $11 taken from a purse. Auberle on parole from Arizona State Prison confessed to the burglaries.
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John Wolf
Don Rust
25Th Avenue
McDowell
Richard Rechff
17Th Ave
G. R. McTaggart
Rust
Donald George Auberle
24Th St
Arizona State Prison
Carol Jean Warnstaff
Rechff
Minnie Lowy
E. Granada
McTaggart
Wolf
Auberly
Auberle
15Th Avenue
Iran replies to Truman on oil nationalization in Iran
Tehran reports Iran has answered President Truman’s appeal for moderation and talks. U S Ambassador Grady was summoned to Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi to receive the reply whose contents were not disclosed. The cabinet reportedly drafted the reply after a late session as Britain Iran talks near, and six Anglo Iranian Oil Company representatives arrived for conferences on nationalization.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
Henry F. Grady
Bagher Kazemi
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
London
Mossadegh
White Sox Park Robbed of $75,000
Burglars broke into a concession firm office at Comiskey Park in Chicago and stole a two tone safe containing about $75,000 in receipts from soft drink and snack sales. Police say the men sealed the park fence, jimmied the door, and moved the safe through a wall to a ramp for removal by truck.
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White Sox Park
Chicago
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Brink
Express
Osborn School Bond Vote Set With Land Purchase Plan
Osborn School District holds a bond election tomorrow for 165000 dollars to fund five new classrooms a new lunchroom and a outdoor auditorium at Grandview Longview and Encanto schools plus purchase of three acres south of Grandview. Property owners vote on the bond from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. while property owners and parents vote on land from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Polling sites include Osborn Central and Osborn Grandview Camelback Indian School 12th St Encanto and 15th Ave.
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Osborn
Central
Grandview
Camelback
11Th Ave
Longview
12Th St
Encanto
15Th Ave
Board of Trustees
Brothers Set Fast River Pace on Grand Canyon Run
Two brothers Jim and Bob Rigg in an unpowered raft push toward a record pace on the Colorado River from the Grand Canyon north rim to Pierce Ferry. The 285 mile course amid 65,000 cfs flow and 18 major rapids saw the duo cover about 140 miles the first day, faster than Otis Marston, who held the prior speed record by 4% days. The brothers, sons of a Grand Junction banker, operate a guest ranch at Medicine Hat Utah and were proteges of Norman Nevills. Marston observed them racing past him, noting they were the fastest he had seen.
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Boulder City
Colorado River
Grand Canyon
Jim
Bob Rigg
Otis Marston
Berkeley
Calif
Grand Junction
Colo
Medicine Hat
Utah
Norman Nevills
Pierce Ferry
Lake Mead
Marston
Woman Missing In Great Smokies
Rangers and volunteers combed bear-infested areas of Great Smoky Mountains National Park for Evangeline Lorimer 21, a Cincinnati student nurse missing since Friday. The search involved park staff and volunteers from the local area as dawn broke over the park near Gatlinburg Tennessee.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cincinnati
Evangeline Lorimer
Jewish Hospital
Desperate Desert Search For Missing Ontario Boys
A 15 year old believed lost in the hot desert south of Wickenburg was reported aboard a bus bound for Lawton after leaving Buckeye with 14 year old Eugene Abell. Abell was found near a dry wash after their wreck while the other boy David McCarter remained missing as authorities intensified a large search involving sheriffs posse and volunteers.
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Wickenburg
Buckeye
Tawtan Olla
Lawton
David McCarter
Eugene Abell
Ontario
Calif
Abell
Vulture Mine
Angie McCarter
David
General Electric
Murphy Nomination for Judge Post in Southern New York
President Truman nominated Thomas F. Murphy to be a federal district judge for southern New York. Murphy, New York City police commissioner, would succeed Judge Hand upon Hand’s retirement, with Harold R. Medina moved to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Washington
Thomas F. Murphy
Alger Hiss
Truman
New York
Noted Officials Comment On Atomic Bombage In USSR and China
International News Service quotes Thomas E. Murray saying one bomb is too many as atomic fears rise. In Tokyo Defense Secretary Marshall notes Chinese Communists face a difficult situation with the burden of national face shaping their strategic posture.
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Washington
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commissioner
Tokyo
Marshall
Blast Kills 5 At Naval Base Guantanamo Cuba
A U S Navy bulletin reports an explosion at Guantanamo Bay Cuba naval base killing five people including three Cubans and two Americans. Details were not immediately available but the blast is believed due to a gasoline fire.
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Washington
INS
Navy
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Morrison Reveals British Extend Diplomat Hunt To Greece Egypt
Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison told Parliament Britain cannot locate two missing diplomats Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess. He said the chase extends to Greece and Egypt and warned the security issue could spark a government overhaul. MacLean had private leave May 26, Burgess was on leave awaiting fate. Both left Southampton May 25 landing at St Malo May 26 and vanished with no trace since. Morrison noted MacLean suffered a prior nervous breakdown in Cairo but recovered to head the American section. He added no evidence tied them to taking official documents.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Donald D. MacLean
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Washington
Greece
Egypt
Morrison
Britain
MacLean
Burgess
Southampton
St. Malo
France
Cairo
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Clyde Hall
Hall
Ralph Abell
Phoenix
Murphy
United States
Hiss
Medina
Supreme Court
International News Service
Naval Base
Bulletin
Sky Harbor
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