Marines Relieve Army Unit Amid Intense Korea Front Fighting
Marines in Korea relieved an Army Sth Regiment combat company trapped by North Korean forces near Chindong and Chinju on the southern front. They scaled walls under fire to free the squad, while roadblocks and skirmishes continued, with Marine units sustaining heat injuries and casualties.
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Korea
U. Bi
Army
Sth
Emnarine
Chinju
Army Infantry
Chindong
Mesang
Ching
Tito Spies Condemned to Die in Bucharest Trial
Berlin report states three men were condemned to death and eight to prison terms ranging from three years to life in the Bucharest trial of 11 alleged agents for Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav army. The defendants admitted beginning spying after Red Army occupation. The notice also mentions comic characters in a separate feature from Puck.
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Berlin
Bucharest
Marshal Tito
Sovyiet
ADN
Tite
Romania
Red Army
Refugee reports and Marine expansion plans in postwar Korea and US
An Aug 1 dispatch from somewhere Korea reports a refugee claim that Russia will cede two Manchurian provinces to Red Korea after the war, via a Seoul refugee and a South Korean officer. Separate Marine expansion plans seek to mobilize up to 200,000 active troops, with potential additional funding and permanent force growth to about 300,000. details include reserve calls, air units, and female reserves.
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Korea
Seoul
Russia
Red Korea
Kenneth R. Cornell
Cornell
Ar Amnbhtea
Tay
Red Army
Chon
Yechon
AFL to Talk Controls Merger in Chicago Meeting
AFL executive council members opened a daylong session in Chicago to discuss federal controls and hear reports from committees on plans for merging with the CIO.
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Chicago
AFL Executive Council
CIO
Coast Guard to reenlist former guardsmen in volunteer reserves
The coast guard said it is trying to reenlist former guardsmen and reservists between ages 17 and 45 into the volunteer reserves. They cannot be called to active duty without consent. Gen J Lawton Collins gave consent to subcommittee. Rep Philbin declined to comment. Truman received a 30 minute briefing from the Joint Chiefs. Byrd warned of possible defense spending increase and asked Congress to be involved. The Navy announced a temporary freeze on resignations and retirements of commissioned officers with under 30 years’ service, affecting about 1700 officers in 12 months, and held navy reserve commissions in abeyance including women officers and nurses.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Navy
Naval Reserve
Ike Urged for Top Defense Job
Augusta residents push a petition to draft Gen. Eisenhower for secretary of defense citing leadership failures for recent losses in Korea. General MacArthur is praised in the motion, and the effort proceeds locally.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Kore
MacArthur
House Delays Controls Bill Amid Debate and Adjustments
The House postponed action on an economic controls bill awaiting further debate and a compromise. Speaker Rayburn hopes to resume tomorrow as committee work continues, with Senate plans to use a base bill and President Truman signaling discretionary control powers and possible excess profits tax. Heavy rain and damage report from Miami closes the piece.
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Spence
D-Ky
Seai
Senate
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Tru- Tan
UN Korea veto battle deepens as second week opens
In Lake Success on August 8, Russia again faced a UN veto clash over Korea as delegates anticipated a second week of diplomatic wrangling. The Security Council tackled two main proposals from the United States and the Soviet Union while military actions in Korea continued independently of the council stalemate. The Soviet plan urged Red China and Red Korea to join talks and called for an end to hostilities and withdrawal of foreign troops, while the American bid condemned North Korea for defying prior orders and urged broader influence to halt fighting.
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Korea
Red
Sore
France to Get two U S warships under aid plan
Washington reports France will receive its first two U S warships under the foreign aid program on August 12 in Philadelphia. The destroyer escorts Samuel F Mills and Riddle, 1240 tons each, served in World War II.
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France
U. S
Philadelphia
Samuel F. Mills
Riddle
Pilot Dies As Jet Crashes Near Nellis AFB
First Lt. Joseph A. Moore, 26, a Glendale resident and jet pilot, was killed when his F-8 fighter crashed after striking an abutment at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas Nevada yesterday. The accident halted training briefly and investigators began examining the cause.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joseph A. Moore
Glendale
Culit
Nellis Afb
Lattimore backs seating China in UN per Nehru view
Peterborough N H Aug 5 Owen Lattimore told a group that Communist China should be seated in the UN as a step toward making Asiatic countries our willing associates. He urged following Nehru’s suggestion to admit China to halt the Korean War, but said the action must be non conciliation to friends and not appeasement of Soviet Russia.
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Peterborough
Owen Lattimore
China
Lattimore
Nehru
India
Ching
Far East
Russia
Battle at sea near Hong Kong harbor during Korean War
Fragmentary report describes allied ships shelling approaches to Hong Kong harbor. A Norwegian freighter Pleasantville and two other ships were struck as a Japanese freighter attempted to reach Japan. Five shells were fired in the engagement.
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Jmai
Tase
Hong” Korg
Ameri. 2Ean
Pleasantville
Incendiary device drops blamed on American plane
Berlin reports accuse a United States crew of dropping two incendiary devices on a Russian-occupied German village. The claim appears in dispatches quoted by ADN News Agency.
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ADN Gays
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