Biggest B 29 raid smashes metal plant near Sinuiju
The U S Air Force reports 63 B 29s returned safely after a large overnight raid on the Oriental Light Metals Co plant near Sinuiju 10 miles southeast of the city. The operation, described as the biggest Superfortress raid on a single objective, involved 630 tons of bombs and faced heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Japan
Okinawa
Bowder
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Baldy
Western Front
Oriental Light Metals Co
Sinuiju
Ind
Manchurian
Fair, Cooler For Few Days
The weatherman expects fair and cooler weather for Syracuse over the next few days. Tonight will dip to about 52 with light north to northwest winds, and tomorrow highs near 83 with clear skies. A cold front and high pressure behind it drive the pattern across the Northeast.
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Syracuse
Truman campaign focus on foreign policy and history
In a cross country campaign for the Democratic ticket President Truman defends his administration's foreign and military policy. Marquis Childs writes on the editorial page as the paper highlights the race and the president's place in history.
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Truman
Marquis Childs
Sky Crockery Spotters Gain Confidence
The Civilian Saucer Investigation president Edward Sullivan says there are no more flying saucers today than a year ago but witnesses feel safer reporting them. He credits Air Force jet intercepts with encouraging skywatchers to come forward.
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Los Angeles
Edward Sullivan
Air Force
Quakes Do Not Diminish California Tourism
Southern California continues to attract visitors despite a series of earthquakes starting July 21. Major railroads airlines and hotels report no declines in arrivals or bookings with no noticeable outflow from the state. Movement is mainly in the Bakersfield Arvin Tehachapi area where tremors are felt. National conventions such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars stay on the calendar, underscoring steady visitor interest.
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Los Angeles
California
All Year Club
California Highway Patrol
Bakersfield- Arvin -Tehachapi
AF Takes Over Missile Base at Gold Rock Bahamas
The United States Air Force officially took over the missile base at Gold Rock Grand Bahama Island after a final inspection by a Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks officer.
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Bahamas
INS
United States Air Force
Gold ‘Rock
Grand Bahama Island
Bureau of Yards and Docks
U.S. Navy
Historic 3300 Mile Helicopter Flight Ends in Prestwick
Two U S Army Sikorskys become the first helicopters to fly the Atlantic, completing a 3300 mile hop from Westover Mass to Prestwick Scotland after a 4000 mile Baltic run via Keflavik and Weisbaden. Capt Vincent H McGovern Capt Harry C Jeffers 1st Lt Harold W Moore and Capt George O J Wambrick led the mission praised by Maj Gen Francis H Griswold. The return plan includes Amsterdam and Wiesbaden with an air sea rescue squadron assignment.
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Scotland
Atlantic
Westover
Mass
Keflavik
Iceland
Military Transport Service
Europe
Lair
West
Air Force Base
Weisbaden
Germany
McCovern’s
Francis H. Griswold
U. S. Air Force
Amsterdam
Wiesbaden
Quake Hits Bakersfield Area With Aftershocks
A mild tremor felt at 5:09 A.M. in Bakersfield lasted about 15 minutes with no major damage reported. Arvin in Kern County reported window damage in at least two downtown stores from the quake. The aftershock was felt in the Los Angeles area around 5:10 A.M.
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Bakersfield
Calif
R. R. Littleton
Kern County
Arvin
Los Angeles
MacArthur Named Chairman of Remington Rand
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur accepted the chairmanship of Remington Rand Inc., makers of business machines. James H. Rand announced the offer which had been extended nearly three years ago. Official word says MacArthur will remain a general with no formal retirement plan and will receive annual pay and allowances totaling 19,548 dollars. Formal election occurred at a directors meeting in New York.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Remington Rand, Inc
James H. Rand
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Washington
Army
Remington Rand
New Fuels Stepup Urged
Secretary of the Interior Sena urged private industry to build experimental plants for synthetic liquid fuels. He stressed national defense needs and faster development. Chapman told Congress private industry with government help should construct pioneer coal and oil shale plants, noting gas from coal could cost 1 to 7 cents per gallon per Bureau of Mines estimates, vs 41.4 cents per gallon from the National Petroleum Council. No firm proposals had been received.
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Washington
Sena
Chapman
Congress
Bureau of Mines
National Petroleum Council
Telephone clerk confronts caller over mistaken time tape
A Columbus telephone operator said a man misdialed for the time by tape recording and angrily hung up after she tried to explain. He shouted You can't argue with me youre just a recording.
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Columbus
Millionth Draftee Inducted From Wayne University
Art Weinfeld, 23, Michigan’s millionth draftee since Korea began, was inducted at Fort Meade under Detroit Draft Board 97. He is the 52,000th Michigander inducted and will start basic training. He earned a Wayne University degree in political science and hopes for a military government assignment and to finish a master’s thesis in service.
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Tiv da -Rlihgs
Weinfeld
Wayne University
Detroit Draft Board 97
Joseph Weinfeld
Hudson Motor Car Company
Art
Vera
Elsie
Rita Beitner
Mearoy Fort Waste
Wayne
Army
Parched New England Seeks Rainmakers Aid
Massachusetts and Connecticut move to end drought havoc as farmers count losses. Connecticut tobacco and potato growers back artificial rain via Cambridge rainmakers and a Cambridge firm is authorized to seed clouds. Worcester County farmers seek cloud seeding. state Weather Control Board to hold hearing and officials urge federal disaster classification.
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Boseon CU
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New England
Connecticut Valley Cigar Tobacco Associates
Cambridge
Ellington, Conn
Tobacco
Worcester
Mass
State Weather Control Board
Washington
Stevenson Campaign Plan Emphasizes Own Ideas
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson outlined a campaign built on his own ideas while coordinating with the Democratic National Committee and Senator John J. Sparkman. He said he would run the campaign content himself and may influence Truman’s participation while aiming to finish a campaign organization blueprint in two weeks. He noted cooperation from the President but stressed his intent to control messaging and overall direction.
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Sinois
Democratic National Committee
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Stevenson
Truman
Mr. Truman
Gas Blast Kills Girl Injures Three
A gas explosion in a cellar at a summer cottage near Sylvan Lake fatally burned 4 year old Marylin Cantor and critically injured her father Perry Cantor 47 and two teenage friends. The blast lifted the cottage off its foundation briefly and police said illuminating gas from a cellar tank ignited when the father struck a match. Marylin died at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
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Hopewell Junction CP
Sylvan Lake
Marylin Cantor
Vassar Brothers Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Perry Cantor
Bronx
Mother Says Hart Is Back in New York City
Utica reports Stephen Hart aged 32, missing after a trip from Philadelphia, is back in New York City according to his mother Mrs. Merwin K. Hart of New Hartford. His father heads the National Economic Council in New York.
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Utica
Stephen Hart
New York City
Merwin K. Hart
New Hartford
Stephen
National Economic Council
New York
Philadelphia
Ewers
Today’s Chuckle on teen drivers and mistakes
A lighthearted note warns that teaching teenagers to drive often leads to loss of control due to a single mistake. The column uses humor to reflect on common parental driving lessons and youthful errors.
Mississippi's Five Factions Vie In Split Party Fight
Mississippi faces a rare five faction split before national conventions. Democrats wrestle with whether to back Eisenhower or Stevenson while Republicans debate which faction will carry the Eisenhower mantle in the state campaign. Jackson hosts multiple convention splits signaling deep intra party rifts.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Sam Lumpkin
Tupelo
Chicago
Moctalc
Ike to Boost G. O. P. At Indian Ceremony
General Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican presidential nominee plans to attend the 30th Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in Gallup New Mexico on August 10 He will fly from Denver to Gallup watch the plane arrival and deliver a brief address greeting the tribes The visit includes a political push for Republican senators and House members as part of the trip for campaign outreach
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gallup
New Mexico
Southwest
E L. Mechem
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Eisenhower
House
Four Teenagers Lost While Hiking in Michigan Wilderness
Four teenagers two girls and two boys disappeared on a hike near Black Creek trail 45 miles southwest of Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. State troopers volunteers and a search plane scoured heavily wooded borders of Manistee and Mackinac forests after they slipped away at 2 P.M. yesterday. Names include Dorothy Klingler Shirley Kasur Frank Grasscott and Edward Kenyon.
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Sault Ste. Marte
Mich
Maronette National Forest
Mac- Jnac
Black Creek
Sault Ste. Marie
Dorothy Klingler
Chester Klinger
Hinsdale
Shirley Kasur
Chicago
Frank Grasscott
Edward Kenyon
Dearborn
Angry Bees Empty California Town
Swarms of bees invaded Madison California empty streets as residents fled after hives were removed from a vacant lot. About 1000 inhabitants reportedly left the town following the incident.
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California
Madison
Calif
Hoosick Falls Invites Farouk to 25th Anniversary
Hoosick Falls, New York, seeks King Farouk of Egypt to attend its 25th anniversary celebration next month. Mayor Albert Butkas cabled Farouk describing the village as a quiet place near the Saratoga race track.
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Hoosick Falls
New York
Farouk
Egypt
Albert Butkas
Saratoga Race Track
Mossadegh Granted Emergency Powers by Iranian Parliament
Iran's Majlis gave tentative approval to Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's demand for sweeping authority to address the nation's economic and financial crisis. The bill would grant him unlimited powers for six months to implement reforms in economics finance banking and employment, and to reshuffle social and judicial policies and electoral laws.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Majlis
Mossadegh
Progress in Atomic Expansion and Uranium Drilling
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a nationwide push to secure uranium for a broad nuclear expansion, including a 50 percent boost in drilling this year. The 12th semi annual report to Congress notes new plants, three gaseous diffusion centers, and ongoing work on weapon models and atomic powered ships and planes, with tests planned at Eniwetok and a highly active drilling program through 1953.
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Ins
The
Atomic Energy Commission
America
Commission
Congress
AEC
Ohio River Valley
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Paducah
Hanford
Wash
Savannah River
S. C
Here Guests Beam the Straw Vote at Wentworth
In Newcastle New Hampshire guests at Wentworth by the Sea hotel cast 199 straw ballots for Dwight D Eisenhower and 18 for Adlai Stevenson. The tally shows 26 more registered guests than in 1944 and reflects the pre election sentiment.
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Newcastle
N. H
Wentworth - By- the - Sea
Thomas E. Dewey
President Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Stolen car recovered but found stripped in Pittsburgh
Police told Barbara W. Ford her auto had been recovered in Pittsburgh. She rushed to claim it but discovered major parts missing including the motor transmission clutch drive shaft radiator wheels tires brake drums battery tail lights tools and lighter.
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Pittsburgh
Barbara W. Ford
Miss Ford
Farouk Declares He Is No Longer Rich Plans Vacation
Egypt's ex king Farouk told over 100 reporters he has no hidden fortune and no plans for exile. He said he will stay where he is for the moment and denied secretly moving funds or seeking a new home in the United States England Switzerland or Southern France.
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Isle OF Capri
Egypt
United States
England
Switzerland
France
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