North Korean push halted as U S forces defend Korea front
U S Eighth Army said North Korean attacks were blunted on the southern front as Marines and divisions hold lines near Yongdong and Hwanggan. General Walker ordered no retreat, urging all units to fight to hold positions until reinforcements arrive. Intelligence put enemy casualties at 31,000 in five weeks, with 170 tanks knocked out and 100 damaged. Vol 70 32 Johnson Files Report on Armed Forces Spending.
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S
Eighth Army
Pusan
Wallon H. Walker
United States
First Cavalry Division
Hwanggan
U. S. Navy
MacArthur
Red Army
U. S. First Cavalry
23Th
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Hobart R. Gay
First Cavalry
William B. Kean
U. S. West Coast
Walker
South Korea
Washington
Hwyanggan
Hadong
Kochang
U. S
Air Attacks Increase Against Supply Bases in Korea
Air Force spokesman said B 29s based in Japan went out in strength early today targeting supply and communications lines in North Korea. The raids mark a step up as Superforts strike closer to advancing Communist troops in the south, with reports noting more than 90 percent of ...
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Korea
U. S
Japan
North Korea
Miss Leta Prince Dies in Charleston at 80
Leta Prince a pioneer of Prince dies in Charleston Hospital after long illness at 80. Services to be held Monday at the Beckley Presbyterian Church with Dr J officiating. Burial in Wildwood Cemetery family mausoleum. Survived by one brother Frank Prince of Charleston and two Charleston nieces. James Prince preceded in death. Body to remain at Keyser Funeral Home until Monday 1 PM then transferred to church in state.
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Leta Prince
Prince
Charleston
Beckleyian Churett
Dr. J
Wildwood Cemetery
William
Letitia Smith Prince
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Frank Prince
James
Keyser Funeral
Presbyterian Church
Man and Woman Arrested On Conspiracy Count
Abraham Brathman of Ulster Chemical Company Cliffwood New Jersey and Minam Moskowitz principal stockholder of the firm were arrested on charges of conspiring with Harry Gold to give false testimony to a federal grand jury investigating subversive activities. U S Attorney Irving Saypal said they arranged to live false fictitious and manufactured information to the grand jury in 1947.
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Associated Pres
New York
Harry Gold
Justice Department
Abraham Brathman
Ulster Chemical Company
Cliffwood
N. Y
Minam Moskowitz
U.S
Irving J. Saypal
Federal Grand Jury
Air Force battles Reds on Southwest flank drive
Fifth Air Force reports heavy sorties over enemy positions along the Southwest flank as Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker flags the southward threat. US planes claim three Red tanks and multiple artillery losses while destroying fuel drums near Kochang. Sixty-plus U.S. wounded evacuated to Japan from a forward airstrip.
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U.S
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Fifth Air Force
Walton H. Walker
U. S
Eighth Army
Tiamcang-Andong- Yonedok
Anui
Kochang
Pusan
Japan
Californians Free Earth Shock Area
CALIPATRIA Calif The tenth severe earth shock in 72 hours forced residents to flee the quake damaged town of 2000. Eleven shocks rattled plaster and bricks as Imperial Valley felt tremors. No injuries reported though Main Street suffered severe damage and Hotel Bel Del Ling evacuated guests in nightwear.
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Associated Press
Calipatria
Calif
Imperial Valley
Bob Merrill
San Diego
Calipatriz
Enicenter
Main Street
Bel del Linga
Government orders start on 4.3 billion aircraft plates project
The Air Force moved to accelerate an immense aircraft program by sending letters of intention to about 200 plane and parts manufacturers. The action, funded by pending Defense Department appropriation and a supplemental request, aims to speed production for thousands of planes with detailed contracts to follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Air Force
Lorders
Department
Defense Department
Truman
Six State Soldiers on Casualty List
The latest U S forces in Korea casualty list No 48 released Saturday shows ten killed in action two died of wounds 70 wounded one injured 50 missing in action and three missing on a plane flight Officials list an array of names including George E Smith wounded and Junior I Moats missing with residences in West Virginia and Rivesville and Palestine areas Cpl George D Fields and Clyde A M Springston are listed as missing in action with addresses in West Virginia and Roosevelt Turner listed as missing in general delivery Oregon West Virginia
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Toe
Washington
U. S
Korea
George E Smith
George C. Smith
W. Va
Junior I. Moats
Leona Moats
Meresville
George E. Trickett
Feith W. Trickett
Rivesville
George D. Fields
Jalad
Fields
Sngdale
Clyde al M. Springston
John A. Springston
Rt. 1
Palestine
Roosevelt Turner
Zona
MM. Turner
General Delivery
Onegon
Twins Weigh 20 Lbs 12 Oz At Birth In St Louis
Belle Aserated Press reports St Louis twins born Friday to Mrs. AL Wy of St Louis. A girl weighed 20 pounds 12 ounces and a boy 12 ounces. The mother, married to an oil company employee, has another daughter aged four. She gained about 30 ounces during pregnancy.
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Erated Press
ST Louis
Prands
AL WY
St. Louiis
Olain Mather
Huntington Reserve Doctor Goes Active Navy Duty
Acting head Dr. Wallace Van Den Bosch of Huntington State Hospital entered active duty with the Navy on Saturday. Named to a hospital post just last week the lieutenant will begin duties at the Fenfireton N I Retraving Station in August.
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Navy
Huntington State Hospital
Wallace R. van den Boseh
Mas Raedo
van den Bosch
Ao Hospital
Naval
Prac
Only 18 Per Cent Spent for Planes and Weapons
Washington report cites Defense Secretary Johnson figures on military spending 1945-1950 showing 18 percent of $48 billion went to new planes ships and guns, 60 percent of Truman’s $10.5 billion request for weapons, with pay procurement and operations taking the largest shares in the four peacetime years ending last June.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secrretary of
Defense
Johnson
Vinson
D. Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
House Committee
Congress
West Virginia Voter Registration Figures Released
Final 1950 West Virginia voter registration shows 3,054,573 total from 35 counties, down to 627,466 Democrats, 419, ATL Republicans, and 7,836 independents, with shifts since 1948. Richmond reports June and year-to-date sales gains at department stores, while a Kansas crash in Kingman leaves two dead and five injured, including Charleston resident Jane Harvey.
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Charleston
Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
West Virginia
Vice Consul Killed in Tibet by Border Guards
A U S vice consul Douglas S Mackernan was shot and killed by Tibetan border guards while attempting a dangerous escape from Communist held Northwest China he was mistaken for bandits by the Tibetans and Tibet apologized for the error The killing occurred April 13 and was reported by the State Department.
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Tibet
Associated Press
Washington
China
Himalayas
State Department
Douglas S. Mackernan
Don’t Lose Democracy by Default
An exhortation to vote emphasizes that abstaining empowers dictatorship. With low turnout, minority rule grows as a danger to democracy. every citizen must exercise the franchise, register choices, and vote in all elections to preserve American governance and prevent erosion of rights.
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West Virginia
America
State Business Tops First Half Predictions
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports 1950 first half mixed, with war scare seen as production spur in manufacturing and coal demand. Coal output down 14.8 percent, dollar value of products 4 percent lower, wage payments 6.5 percent below 1949. Building activity strong, retail sales down 2 percent, energy and oil up, checks declined 5.3 percent, unemployment compensation up 24 percent. Also notes a Savannah, Georgia case of a woman, Carine Sacffield Waysman, who died after being kept asleep since a 1946 operation.
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Chamber
Kenova Bank Robbery Foiled In Quick Chase
Huntington police captured two men within 150 minutes after they robbed the First National Bank of Kenova on Saturday. W. R. Turner said $10,461 was taken but $52 remained recovered. The suspects Edgar Allen Moore, 24, Marshall College student, Ashland Ky, and Peter John Mayer, 26, Detroit Mich, were arrested on the western edge of Huntington. The initial loot estimate was $25,000.
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Associated Press
Huntington
First National Bank of
Kenova
W. R. Turner
E. Ray Blake
Edgar Allen Moore
Ashland
Marshall College
Peter John Mayer
Detroit
Mich
Sheet Sign Sets Hoarders In Hoarders Note At Store
Aniston store manager Joel Winfred described customers snapping up every sheet at the counter. He split the display into two signs: sheets for those who need them two dollars each, four per customer, and sheets for hoarders two dollars ninety cents each with no limit. He noted no one has bought more than two sheets at a time since the signs appeared two days earlier.
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