Americans report mass killing of wounded in Korea
United States forces report thirty wounded soldiers shot by North Koreans after a Kum River clash Sunday night. Witness Sgt Arnold McKenny from Newport Virginia and Capt B E Sandstrom of Chadron Nebraska recount the killings including a Catholic chaplain. The North Koreans pushed the line north of Tacjon as U S units fell back to new defenses.
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Newport
Quiet Front Holds as U Sases Frontline Stalemate in Korea
In Tokyo, public information officer says no change in Korean front since yesterday. Troops near Kum River between Taejon and invaders ready for battle with little front action. American air power slows Red drive as Taejon evacuated and South Korean leadership withdraws from the area.
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Associated Press
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Taejon
United Nations
William F. Dean
Dean
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William R. Moore
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Tanyang
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Pusan
Kyushu
Japan
Formosa
China
Russia
Ex-Gi s in Manila Join Fight in Korea
Philippines cabinet backs Quirino stance against sending Filipino troops to Korea while allowing individual volunteers to join UN forces. Ralph Hawkins of the Manila Evening News reports 245 Americans left Manila for Clark Field to volunteer. Government offers rice, coconut oil, soap, and vaccines amid home needs.
Nylon rationing plan announced by major hosiery makers
New York reports nylon hosiery firms plan to allot September production after August cuts of 7 to 20 percent. War scare buying spans several cities as stores seek to secure supply. Some firms told customers no abnormally large orders will be accepted and expected spend may exceed budgeted levels. Raleigh County budget notes a smaller deficit than last year, with optimism on finances.
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Associated Press
New York
E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company
Yon Putes
Sa Ey
Harry Andersow
Raleigh
Weather Outlook and Fiscal Notes for West Virginia
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with scattered showers later in the week. Rain total about half an inch. highs near normal. Plus county budget overdrafts for 1949 30 and requests for next year’s budgets for sheriff clerk and other offices. bids to be opened for recreation facilities at Fitzpatrick Negro Park.
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Memorial Building
Health Department
Lille Beaver Park
Evangeline Booth Dies at 84 World Salvation Army Leader
General Evangeline Booth former commander of the Salvation Army died yesterday in Hartsdale at age 84 after a four year illness and a brief coma. Born in London on December 25 1865 she was the Army’s first woman general and led the world organization from 1924 until her retirement in 1939. She watched the Army’s growth throughout her life and career.
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Hartsdale
Evangeline Booth
Salvastian Army
London
William Booth
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World Organization
Inquest Set Today In Highway Shooting
In Shinnston a inquest is scheduled into the death of Robert Edward Zampedro about 19 who was shot by a state police bullet while fleeing in a stolen station wagon. The youth was identified by his father Valentine Zampedro of Fairmont as state police Lt. W. E. Murphy said the shooting occurred early yesterday during a pursuit by Trooper Kit Carron of the stolen car taken from the home of Robert E Hess in a Fairmont suburb.
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Associated Press
Shinnston
Robert Edward Zampedro
Valentine Zampedro
Fairmont
W. E. Murphy
Kit Carron
Robert E. Hess
No War Paint Plan Sparks Centennial Fund Drive
Beckley residents invited to purchase a 50 cent cosmetics permit to cover up during a summer promotion for the Raleigh County Centennials celebration. The stunt, produced by John B. Rogers Producing Company of Foslozia, aims to raise funds for the August 27 to September 2 event. Foremen from local mines plan to stage weekly square dance demonstrations near the courthouse on Heber Street.
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Kanawha County
Ben Moore
Robert Miller
Marshall
Okey Mills
Charleston
Qus Lyons
Herb Pitts
John Rogers Producing Company
Harold Lambert
W. W. Vines
Beckley
John B. Rogers
Foslozia
Herbert R. Pitts
Kangaroo Court
iMemorial
Pitts
Sisters of the Swish Club
Heber Street
Princewick Man Held in Shooting
Floyd H. Mitchem, 60, of Princewick, was arrested by state police on a charge of shooting his nephew, Lloyd Meadows, 46, near the Mitchem residence. The assailant was intoxicated. Meadows sustained non life threatening injuries. Three other individuals were jailed: William H. Rogers on grand larceny, William Walker of Jonben for assault and battery, Edouard Walker for non support.
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Princewick
Beckley
Lloyd Meadows
Lege
Princiwick
Mitchem
Raleigh
National Mine Seeks Damages in Raleigh County Suit
National Mine Service of Mabscott files a 3000 dollar damage suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court to recover a mining machine from Richard F Thewes Frank Thewes Alphonso A Thewes and Jacob W Thewes doing business as Thewes and Sons Coal Company. The company sold the machine on November 10 1948 under a conditional sales contract for 4500 dollars and defaulted on 2556 25. The plaintiff seeks to recover the equipment while the defendants refuse to relinquish it.
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National Mine Service
Mabscott
Raleigh
Bluefield Soldier Wounded in Korean Fighting Reported
The Defense Department released its 27th casualty list naming Pvt. Richard D. Allen of Bluefield West Virginia among the injured in Korea. Army officials confirm three deaths in the ongoing conflict as of today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Defense Department Today
Richard D. Allen
Lee Holt
Roanoke St
Bluefield
W. Va
Stocks Rise as War News Boosts Market
New York stocks advanced as much as a dollar or more a share on brisk buying. Brokers credited the gains to recent Korea reports indicating U S troops making progress, lifting investor sentiment and broad market strength.
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Associated Press
New York
Korea
U.S
India Plane Crash Fatal to 22 Persons
Twenty two people perished in a crash of an Indian National Airways plane in the Himalayan foothills near Kashmir during a heavy rainstorm. The dead included five Americans and Canadian Brig. H K Angle of Kelowna. United Nations observers were among the victims. U.S. Gen. Courtney Hodges and other officials were noted in connection with the incident.
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Associated Press
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General Motors
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Dems Hit McCarthy With Communists Charge Report
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 11 to 6 to end the inquiry into McCarthy's alleged communists in government charges. The Democratic majority labeled the claims a fraud and a hoax in a report signed by all three Democrats on the panel.
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Associated Press
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Towa
Trent to Seek Another Ten Million for School Building
State Superintendent Wy N Trent announced he will request an additional 10 million dollars from the legislature for school building construction for the second biennium. He urged counties to raise funds through extended taxes or debt so the total aid matches county needs.
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Associated Press
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Miel
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McMahon
Conn
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HESAM
Lanham Calls for Johnson Resignation Over Defense Readiness
Rep. Lanham says Secretary of Defense Johnson should resign blaming his misstatement on readiness after a four to five o clock delay. He accuses President of withholding defense funds and cites the Korean War showing U S unprepared.
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Waslington
Lanham
D-Ga
Johnson
U. S
Acheson
Congress
Progress in Locating Treating Cancer Told International Parley
Paris reports a new blood test to detect cancer is almost 100 percent accurate in humans based on a pentose sugar reaction in blood serum. Swiss doctors Dr Menkes Dr P Renchenick and Dr S Steenmf announced at the International Cancer Research Congress that the test accurately distinguishes cancer patients from healthy individuals.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Paris
International Cancer Research Congress
George Menkes
Rent-ehnick
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Menkes
Washington
James
Persion
Truman
Patton
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York
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Shimkin
Sanfidere
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Goodrich Increases Tire Prices Amid Market Rise
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company announced price hikes for replacement tires and tubes, matching General and Firestone. Vice president James J. Newman said increases ranged from five to seven and a half percent and blamed rising crude and rubber costs for an estimated 250 million dollars in higher American rubber consumer expenses next year.
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AKRO
Goodrich Tire & Rubber Company
General and
Firestone
James J. New
Newman
There’ll Be Fewer 4 F’s In New Draft Plan
Washington reports the Army will draft men with better teeth and may accept some with mild psychoneurosis due to dentist shortages and the need to fill 24 090 replacements by September. Navy and Air Force standards unchanged but under review, with possible future drafts and classifications of 4-Fs.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Nosterday
Washington
Army
Stuart Symington
Wise
Damage suit filed against Lillybrook Coal Company
A $10,000 damage suit was filed today in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office against the Lillybrook Coal Company by Harry Swim. William Holroyd of Mullens will represent the plaintiff in the suit.
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Raleigh County
Lillybrook Coal Company
Harry Swim
William Holroyd
Mullens
Army surgeon general urges Dr Norman E Willis to join Korea medical duty
A letter from the Army surgeon general arrived at Dr Norman E Willis home in McKeesport urging the Medical Corps Reserve lieutenant to consider active duty due to the Korea crisis. Willis is serving in Korea with a medical evacuation unit, and the note stresses the life and death need for doctors.
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