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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1950
Page
4
Herbert J. Philips, former University of Washington philosophy professor ousted last year for admitting Communist party membership, filed yesterday as a candidate for King County school superintendent. The post is a partisan office in Seattle.
Mrs Buford H Jones of Roundtree Dr Avastin Texas praises Bakers Hair Tonic and Latherist Shampoo for dandruff and itchy scalp. She endorses the products after using rival removers and notes the makers offer a full refund if not satisfied.
Washington, July 21. The army said if any National Guard units now in summer training camps are called into federal service they will return home first. A spokesman explained that guard units in field training are not organized to move directly to federal duty and would have to return home to prepare.
Clayton authorities hold two brothers on suspicion of the revenge murder of their brother in law who had sworn out a warrant after ignoring a threat. The case highlights tensions within the family as investigators seek clues and motive.
Berlin reports that President Wilhelm Pieck addressed 4000 Communist faithful at a mass rally. Cominform delegates from casts illuminate party strategy as guests, with Pieck denouncing American war adventuring in Korea and U S bases worldwide. Premier Kim Il Sung Mao Zedong and Stalin portraits hung above the rostrum.
In Korea near Taejon on July 21, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, a key commander of the U S 24th Infantry, was last reported directing a bazooka team amid fierce tank battles. Corporal Ralph Vargason and Private Alfred Wessels recount Dean rallying troops, passing ammo, and directing fire as Taejon fell, with fear mounting for the general’s safety while youths and engineers escaped the burning city.
A Kansas City man was killed and four others were seriously injured in a head on collision between two cars near the Indiana Ohio state line.
Associate Justice William Douglas of the U S Supreme Court is hospitalized in Fortland Oregon after a horse kicked him in the shin at his Wallowa Mountain cabin. The injury did not improve with home treatment and required medical care.
North Korean forces blocked routes with burning American vehicles and fired tracer rounds to impede retreat toward southern defenses. Red snipers covered roads for miles while trapped GIs fled to hills after trucks were blasted by tanks artillery and machineguns. Sgt. Ray Turnbull reported from Tokyo that soldiers sought higher ground as they regrouped. Cpl. Richard A Johnson described the rough trek through rugged terrain as men chose hills to move forward.
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