UN Troops Repel Fresh Chinese Attack in Korea
In western Korea near Chorwon the Philippine infantry and U S 45th division halted a major Chinese assault on T Bone Hill after five hours of savage fighting. Chinese casualties totaled over 3000 killed or wounded as tanks and artillery pounded UN positions. American air and ground forces reported downing several Red tanks and planes with minimal UN losses.
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SEOUL
Korea
T. Bone Hill
19th battalion
Chorwon
U. N
U. S. eighth army
A.P
Milo Farnell
Gibraltar
T-Bone
Pyongyang
Kamsong
east central front
Edward L. Traweek
Greenwood
Miss
U.S. fifth air force
Baseball results from Boston New York and Chicago
Summary of multiple baseball games with scores and key players. Boston and Cleveland crushed opponents with high run totals as Lopat Berra and Stobbs faced heavy hitters. N Y and Chi split wins with Kosio and Pramesa earning decisions.
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Boston
Cleveland
Hudson
Wilber
Feller
Harris
Hegan
Tebbetta
New York
Chicago
Lopat
Berra
Stobbs
Lollar
Soldier Voting Faces Hurdle
The Senate passed a bill to let all military personnel of voting age ballot in the presidential election. President Truman urged Congress to act, warning that a million service members might be unable to vote. The measure, approved by voice vote after sharp five hour debate, faced Republican and southern Democratic opposition over states rights to run elections.
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WASHINGTON
senate
house
Truman
congress
Rainey resigns as president of Stephens College
Hugh Stephens, president of the Stephens college board of curators, announced the resignation of Dr. Homer P. Rainey as president of Stephens College in Columbia Missouri on June 21.
Secret Steel Meeting Held
Washington notes a 20 day nationwide steel strike dragging on as Congress and President Truman consider Taft Hartley options. New York talks with CIO steel workers union show no imminent peace. industry plans to reopen facilities while shortages bite defense production.
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WASHINGTON
Congress
Truman
New York
CIO steelworkers union
dustry
hushbush
Pittsburgh
General Electric company
Taft
Murray
Steel
Wholesale Price Index Drops on Potatoes and More
The government wholesale price index fell four tenths of one per cent for the week to June 17, to 111.2 per cent of the 1947-49 average. Potatoes led declines after controls ended, with local drops up to 42 per cent, while livestock poultry meats eggs and hides also fell. some items rose including fresh fruits vegetables feeds fats oils and textiles.
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WASHINGTON
bureau of labor statistics index
Charges Filed In Spy Case Against William Marshall
Britain files four additional official secrets act charges against William Martin Marshall, a 24 year old Foreign Office radio operator, alleging April May and June disclosures to the Soviets and a separate information gathering act. Magistrate orders held without bail until next Thursday as government prepares its case.
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LONDON
Britain
William Martin Marshall
foreign office
Russia
J.S. Bass
Marshall
Bass
Clyde T. Wilson
Democrats Win Washington Congressional Baseball Game
Democrats defeated Republicans 6 to 3 in the annual congressional baseball game. Democrats hailed the win as a positive sign for November elections.
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WASHINGTON
Taft Predicts GOP Harmony On Foreign Plank
Senator Robert Taft said he and General Dwight D. Eisenhower would align on a foreign policy plank at the Republican convention and sees no major difference in principle between their views. Taft’s remarks come as he and Eisenhower spar over domestic issues while seeking the GOP nomination. Eisenhower campaign aides plan a sharp Texas clash as delegates tally shows Taft leading in first-ballot support. Democrats meanwhile primed their own hunt for delegates with Kefauver leading the field.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
New Jersey
Texas
Chicago
TRUMAN
Albert N. Carver
Delaware
Carver
White House
Denver
Nevada
Ohio
Sen
Robert Taft
Washington
Associated Press
Denison
Tex
Dallas
Hoover dam
Las Vegas
Nev
west
Ohioan
Republican national committee
Changes Forecast in Scheduled House Voting
The House tentatively voted to lift price controls on most consumer goods and to reorganize the Wage Stabilization Board. The defense production act extension faces further changes next Wednesday with a key Taft Hartley steel strike provision likely to pass, amid administration absences.
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WASHINGTON
house
wage stabilization board
Truman
senate
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Spencé
D-Ky
WSB
Swedes Demand Russia Punishment For Baltic Air Incident
Stockholm reports Sweden will press for Russia to punish Soviet airmen after a Swedish flying boat was shot down over the Baltic last May. Sweden rejects Soviet claims the rescue plane violated territory, insisting the airmen acted unarmed and stayed 15 miles from the Russian coast.
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STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Russia
Baltic sea
Schricker Seeks Senate Seat Against Jenner
Indiana Governor Henry F Schricker announced he would accept the Democratic nomination for U S senator from Indiana. If nominated at the state convention he would face Republican incumbent William E Jenner in the November race.
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INDIANAPOLIS
Henry F. Schricker
U. S
Indiana
Schricker
William E. Jenner
Jenner
Tax Chiseler Bill Is Delayed
Washington June 21 A draft bill by Rep King aimed at punishing tax chislers and influence peddlers was snagged by congressional objections delaying House action. The measure sought to tighten tax laws and curb abuses revealed by revenue probes.
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WASHINGTON
house
Rep. King
D-Calif
History Lecture Startles Reds At Truce Talk
At Panmunjom the UN negotiator disclosed that the Soviet Union favored voluntary repatriation of prisoners in World War II, a point that unsettled North Korean and Chinese delegates as talks remained deadlocked over Allied prisoners. The briefing cited Soviet practices at Stalingrad and Budapest as examples of voluntary repatriation.
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Korea
United Nations
Russia
William K. Harrison
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Panmunjom
William Nuckols
Nam Il
Red
Nam
Lee Sang Jo
Hsieh Fang
Nuckols
Nam II
Harrison
Germany
Stalingrad
Red army
Budapest
institute of law
USSR
academy of sciences
Mass prison break rocks Anchieta island in Brazil
Police in Ubatuba captured 16 of 400 convicts who escaped Anchieta island prison after setting fires and killing 15 guards and workers. The fugitives, armed with machineguns, landed near Ubatuba and threatened two other towns prompting troops, planes, and boats to rush the area to restore order.
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SAO PAULO
Brazil
Ubatuba
Anchieta island
Dangler Guimaraes
Guimaraes
Anchieta
oder
Sao Viceente
Caraguatuba
Sao Vicente
German Red Ouster Rumored
Berlin reports suggest Otto Grotewohl may be ousted as East Zone premier with a party rally in the Soviet sector possibly deciding the leadership. Ulbricht, seen as ready to assume top title, has backed the merger since 1946 and maintains influence despite long rumors about Grotewohl’s health and standing with the Russians.
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BERLIN
Otto Grotewohl
Socialist Unity (Communist
Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht
United States demands U.N. inquiry into germ warfare charges
The United States pushes for a U.N. sponsored probe into alleged Soviet germ warfare. Russia may veto or China and North Korea may bar investigators, leaving the issue to a Monday debate as Malik counters the U.S. move. The plan ties to the 1925 Geneva protocol and Red Cross participation.
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UNITED NATIONS
N. Y
United States
Russia
U. N. security council
council
China
North Korea
Jacob A. Malik
U. S
international Red Cross
U.S
Red Cross
security council
Malik
Ernest A. Gross
Korean Politics Fight Continues in South Korea
In Pusan on June 21, 38 Democratic Nationalist members boycotted the national assembly, delaying any compromise on South Korea's political crisis ahead of Monday's presidential election. Rhee demands popular election and cabinet controls. 122 votes needed for passage.
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PUSAN
Korea
national assembly
South Korea
Democratic Nationalist party
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Polio Cases Rise Across Texas Cities
Houston and Dallas hospitals treat 333 polio cases as Texas faces rising numbers. Eleven new cases were reported in Houston, Dallas added three, and El Paso reported its first death in 22 cases.
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Tex
Dallas
Texas
El Paso
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