American cavalrymen storm uphill toward Taegu under heavy fire
American first cavalrymen charged uphill through a day of heavy Red Korean fire eight miles north of Taegu. Battalions at Hill 3rd faced 40,000 Red troops as they sought to blunt a fresh assault on Taegu, the provisional Korean capital, with the main threat identified northwest of the city.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Taegu
Perk
Tue Ee
Chilgak
Ightfall
Jack MacBeth
Taegu-Tabu
Walton HH. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Pohang
United Nations
Angang-Pohang
Bem Price
First Corps
Angang
U.S
Yongchon-Angang
MacArthur
Naktong River
Hyonpung
Taes
Yongchon
Pusan
United Nations Defense
U. S
Angangni
Bevin Opposes German Armament Plan in Western Defense
British Foreign Minister Bevin criticized arming German forces and urged a path to reestablish Germany as a great nation without integrating German units into Western Europe’s military. He noted Britain favors a strong West German police to curb uprisings and signaled no strong desire to rearm Germany.
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Associated Press
New York
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Bevin
Acheson
Britain
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
London
Alllee
House of Commons
House
Adenauer
Europe
Washington
Schuman
Paris
Spain and Turkey Move Toward Atlantic Pact Inclusion
Senate committee forecast approval of a 2 billion pound foreign arms program as lawmakers push new aid to bring Spain and Turkey into the North Atlantic Pact. The emergency bill totals over 16.7 billion dollars with 4 billion for foreign arms, and senators urge rapid aid to Spain and Turkey amid fears of Soviet actions in Western Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Turkey
Spain
Truman
Tey
Korea
Cain
R-Wash
Europe
Senate
Russia
Russell
D-Ga
Appropriations Committee
West Virginia Truck Group Targets Tailgating
The West Virginia Motor Truck Association says tailgating on highways is unsafe and slows traffic. At its convention, Managing Director Emmett J. Bush urged members to stop the practice, noting it harms public opinion of motor traffic and creates congestion.
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Ane Associateo . Gw
Charleston
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Emmett J. Bush
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Nearby Regions
Cloudy extended forecast for West Virginia with Virginia details. Temperatures near 68 to 69 across regions, cooler midweek then warmer by Friday and Saturday. Showers expected Friday with total precipitation one fourth to three fourths inch. Reports from Beckley Oak Hill Glade Creek list highs and lows, rainfalls, and river stages, noting normal conditions at Greenbrier Bluestone reservoirs.
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W. Va
Beckley
Tlam
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Raleigh Supreme Court weighs two automobile suit appeals
The Raleigh Circuit Court verdicts are under Supreme Court review. Willie Bailey seeks $2.50 in damages after a collision with a transfer company vehicle near Bolt in 1949. Albert McDaniel seeks $300 for property damage after a Beckley crash involving Oral Clark and a cab in 1949.
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Associated Prose
Charleston
Raleigh Circuit Court
Willie Bailey
Supreme Court
Flowrl Derbovd
Service Stores and Transfer Company
Baley
DeBoyd
Bolt
Transfer Company
Raleigh County
Oral Clark and
Hadin Cab Company
Albert McDaniel
McDaniel
Clark
South Kahawha Street
Beckley
Early to Leave Defense Dept
Washington Stephen Early resigned today as deputy secretary of defense. President Truman accepted the resignation effective Sept. 3. Early planned to return to his Pullman, Inc. post after completing a year of duty begun May 1949. Presidential secretary Charles G. Ross declined to comment on further cabinet changes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stephen Early
Defense
Truman
White House
Early
Pullman, Inc
Charles G. Ross
Johnson
Ross
Presser
Hoss
Consumer Curbs Not Likely Soon for U S Pocketbooks
The Associated Press reports cautious steps to rearm may keep consumer pain off budgets for months. Installment buying curbs start next Monday while higher taxes hit paychecks Oct 1. Government mobilization aims to boost armament output, with NPA led by Harrison and Sawyer guiding steel and other materials.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Truman
Inndustry
Commerce Department
Sawyer
William H
Musele
Korea
Wreck Probes Start As Death Toll Mounts
Three agencies opened investigations into a troop train wreck near Coshocton Ohio that killed 33 soldiers. The Spirit of St Louis collided with the stalled train as a foggy night left 11 unidentified dead. 17 seriously injured were moved to Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Coshocton Memorial Hospital.
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Associated Press
Coshocton
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spirit of
Camp Atterbury
Army
Pennylvania
28Th Infantry Guard
Beckley Mt Hope Airport Denounced as Public Nuisance
The Beclley Mt Hope Airport was called a nuisance in court. Webb's attorney argued the airfield violated safety rules by being within 24 feet of State Route B and caused an accident that killed Mrs. Mes Cilie Louise Webb near the airport. Lilly faced no contest.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Berkley Mt. Hope
I. Supreme Court
Countiel
Kermit Webb
iMes
Cilie Louise Webb
Edward Ray Lilly
Ihirh
Raleigh
Webb
Lilly
ICAA
Webly
Evacuation Halted By Taegu Threat
Washington reports halt in air evacuation of the seriously wounded from Korea due to ongoing Communist threats to Taegu. Maj Gen Harry G. Armstrong says plans exist to resume evacuations from rear areas, with longer delays for those needing extended care.
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Associated Press
Washington
Korea
Taegu
Air’ Force
Seneral
Harry G. Armstrong
Armstrong
Gin Taegu
Japan
Hor
Pusan
United Nations
Police Seek Drunk Drivers as Offenses Rise
Police Chief Anthony Scalise denounces rising drunk driving and warns we will prosecute to the limit. Last week seven men were charged and since the month began an average of one violator per day. First offense carries a $56 fine and six month license revocation. Second offense brings six months in jail, no probation, and ten year license revocation. Third offense imposes one to three years in penitentiary and lifetime license revocation.
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Anthony Scalise
Hfe
Trapped Reds Endure Night of North Korean Chanting
About 300 trapped North Koreans in a gully north of Taegu chanted drunkenly through the night as U S troops of the First Cavalry Division attacked. Lieutenant George W. Petersburg described the Red force singing a single tune on a slow phonograph-like recording amid mortars and machine gun fire. The Americans planned an ensuing assault at dawn.
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Jack
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Korea
Taegu
George W. Petersburg
Milwaukee
Petersburg
Eight Die In Powder Plant Explosion At Eldred
Eight people were reported killed in an explosion at the National Powder Company plant near Eldred Pennsylvania. Officials said five or more were injured and the blast shattered windows up to five miles away. Bodies were taken to Deelford and Olean for further handling.
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Tit Associated Press
Eldred
National Powder Company
Here
hostDieelford
Olean
N.Y
President okays adjournment plan amid pending emergency matters
President Truman approved congressional adjournment once emergency business is cleared. House Speaker Rayburn and Senate Leader Lucas said the decision rests with Congress and no new measures are planned. They noted the tax bill and defense appropriation are among urgent items, with conferencing and possible Senate action upcoming.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
Texas
White House
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Senate House
iThursday
Reds Say Korean Industries Ruined
North Korea reports heavy industry destroyed by American bombers in a cable to the U N secretary general and Britain’s Security Council president. The government urges urgent steps to halt U S attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Lake
Korea
Pak Hen Nen
U.N
Tregve Lie
Gladwyn Jebh
Britain
Security Council
U. Dif
Pro Red Channels targets spread to more radio TV figures
Gypsy Rose Lee and Rene Wicker condemned Red Channels as false and hinted at legal action. The episode follows publisher Theodore Kirkpatrick's booklet that lists about 150 performers as linked to pro Communist groups and prompts sponsor calls for fair handling of the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Red
Gypsy Rose Lee
Rene Wicker
FRT
Theodore Kirkpatrick
Ino
Jean Muir
Miss Lee
Miss Muir
Miss Wicker
General Foods Corporation
Military Funeral Set for Statesman Jan Smuts
Pretoria reports a state funeral planned for Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, elder statesman and three war veteran. Smuts died at 81 after illness. burial expected at his Doornkoof farm as South Africa mourns a pivotal, controversial leader who shaped both Boer War and postwar Commonwealth policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Associated Press
Pretoria
South Africa
Smuts
Sven Smuts
Marsal
Union of South Africa
League of Nantang
United Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
Smut
J.B. M. Hertzog
BEL United Party
Daniel F
Malan
Kessel to Direct Beckley Community Chest Campaign
Kessel, of Beckley, will direct the 1950 51 Beckley Mabscott Community Chest drive. President W M Duncan announced the choice shortly before noon. Kessel succeeds co chairmen Jacl Beard and William P Hall Jr. and will meet the board Monday night to set the quota and review the budget. The drive runs late this month through most of October.
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Kesel
Beckley
Mabscott Community Chest
W. M. Duncan
Kessel
Jacl Beard
William P. Hall
Wwe
Community Chest
Duncan
Beckley Business Bureau
Op.ates
Neville Maytag and Furniture Company
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