Air Base B 29 Crash Kills 19 After Runaway Propellers
At Fairfield Suisun California, an B 29 Superfortress crashed after two propellers ran wild. 19 people died and 60 were injured as bombs detonated at a trailer camp. Brig Gen Robert F Travis led the crew. Capt Eugene Q Steffes Jr reported propeller failures and attempted an emergency landing before the aircraft broke apart.
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Calif
U.P
Robert F. Travis
Eugene Q. Steffes, Jr
Steffes
Fairfield
Fairfield- Suisun Air Force Base
California
Travis
Air Force
Savannah
8Th Air Force
Europe
Army denies hidden Korea casualty lists claim
A Pentagon spokesman said 2,616 Americans have been killed wounded or missing in Korea, with 2,161 officially notified to families. He acknowledged higher totals exist due to reporting lags and defended the Army’s transparency against Charles Drew Pearson’s charge of a secret figure.
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Washington
U.P
Korea
Drew Pearson
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Two Senators Call for Intel Reforms Over Korea Invasion
Senators Bridges and Byrd urged changes in military intelligence after the Korean invasion. They cited reports suggesting misread warnings and underestimation of North Korean reserves, with Rear Admiral Hillenkoetter noting CIA data dating a year back.
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Washington
Bridges
R.N.H
South Korea
Senate Armed Services Investigating
Byrd
D.-Va
Full Armed Services Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Korea
R. H. Hillenkoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
North Korea
U.S. Breaks Out on 20-Mile Front in Southeast Korea
U S Marines and infantry pushed across a 20 mile front in southeastern Korea driving back Red Sixth Division reinforcements amid a major new offensive. About 9 000 American and South Korean troops attacked as B 29s bombed Pyongyang and Wonsan for a massive five hundred forty tons.
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U.S
Pyongyang
Harriman
Tokyo
Korea
Red
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
United States
Wonsan
Eighth Army
25Th Division
Marine Brigade
Bears to Stage Intra Squad Game at Memorial Stadium
The Chicago Bears seven time world pro champions hold an intra squad football game at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night August 9. Captains Johnny Lujack and Sid Luckman will lead two squads and host a halftime passing contest. Fifty two Bear candidates compete for 30 regular jobs with tickets on sale in Terre Haute Marshall Robinson Linton Danville Brazil Paris Mattoon and Sullivan.
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Chicago Bears
Memorial Stadium
Johnny Lujack
Sid Luckman
Terre Haute
Marshall, Robinson, Linton
Danville
Brazil
Paris
Mattoon and
Sullivan
Taylor Faces Test in Idaho
Senator Glen Taylor, former actor and 1948 Wallace ticket candidate, faces a Idaho primary to gauge support as Democrats choose their two Senate contenders alongside Republicans. Nebraska and Arkansas voters also primaries. Clark, a Taylor opponent, accuses him of ties to Communist-front groups. Taylor, back in the Democratic fold, backs the Truman administration on most domestic issues.
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Associated Press
Glen Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Idaho
Senate
Nebraska
Arkansas
Connecticut
North Carolina
Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Truman
France Announces Large Scale Rearmament Plan
Paris reports France will spend about 5.71 billion dollars on armament over the next three years. The government says Britain and the United States are expected to join in creating Europe's principal ground force.
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Paris
France
Europe
Five Hoosiers Wounded in Korean War Report
Defense Department lists Indiana casualties from Korea with wounded and missing names. Private Carl L. Fisher of Indianapolis and Private Earl C. Giles of South Bend are among the wounded, along with several others from Evansville, Attica, Rising Sun, Danville, and Pulaski.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Department
Indiana
Carl L. Fisher
Marie H. Fisher
R.F.D
Indianapolis
Earl C. Giles
Marie Giles
South Bend
Pine
Lee Roy Miller
Nora Miller
Evansville
Clarence E. Myers
Elizabeth Bunch
Bobbie Dean Stewart
Mary Stewart
Attica
Charles A. Egerton
Rose L. Egerton
Corydon
Pfc
Kirby L. McCreary
Lloyd C. McCreary
Rising Sun
Carl S. Haglund
Mary J. Haglund
Tennessee
Harold A. McDougal
Dewey McDougal
Danville
Dwight L. Hutson
Lavine Huston
T. Vernon
Robert M. Lee
Sarah Lee
Pulaski
Nolan D. Gulley
Clarence Gulley
Valier
Farm Wife Sees Virgin Mary Again At Wisconsin Farm
Necedah Wis August 7 Visitors flock to the Fred Van Hoof farm where a mother of seven says she will again see the Virgin Mary next Tuesday amid a growing pilgrimage. More than 10 000 are expected as a shrine forms near the home attracting trains buses and lodging needs. church officials weigh the miracle awaiting an official stance.
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Necedah
Wis
U.P
Fred van Hoof
van Hoof
Henry Swann
Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
Cuba
Juveniles blamed for $4000 fire in Farmersburg
Juveniles, not yet identified, allegedly started a Sunday afternoon blaze destroying a former London Packing Company building and damaging the town telephone exchange. Total damage placed at $4000. two seven year olds suspected in hay storage area. Firefighters from Farmersburg and aid from Terre Haute Shelburn and Linton fought flames. several volunteers injured.
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Farmersburg
Ind
London Packing Company
Main Street
Jo Kendall
Tom Miller
Fred Lash
Emil Forbes
Clare Skelton
Lash and Sparks Hardware Company
Don Sharp
Johnson
Terre Haute
Clarence Scofield
Shelburn
Linton
Reserves Reported Ordered to Active Duty in Terre Haute
Local recruiting office lists Army and Air Force reservists recalled for active duty including Lt. Raymond Hedges North Terre Haute and volunteers Pfc. Clarence J. Ferrin Sgt. Harry R. Shannon Harry W. Martin Cpl. Earl Smith with travel vouchers. Non-reservist volunteers Compton and Henry sent to Indianapolis for enlistment physicals.
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Terre Haute
Harry W. Martin
Fillmore
Earl Smith
West Terre Haute
Shannon
Smith
Air Force
Army Reserve
Indianapolis
Lee Compton
Plum Street
Donald Thaddis Henry
Cypress
Ill
Army
McHugh Named Commandant of ROTC at Indiana University
Bloomington Ind Aug 7 Col Harry D McHugh will command the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Indiana University for the coming year replacing Col Jesse Graham who was transferred to Germany. McHugh previously led the U S Army mission to Bolivia during the past year.
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Bloomington
Ind
U.P
Harry D. McHugh
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Indiana University
McHugh
U.S. Army
Bolivia
Jesse Graham
Germany
Reds Disrupt First Korea Drive Near Masan
United Press report from August 7 details a Communist disruption near Masan as American forces attempt an initial offensive in Korea. North Korean infiltrators slipped between units, seizing the main road and wounding the timing of the Fifth Regimental Combat Team’s march. Col. John Michaelis commented on the enemy’s precise knowledge of American positions as a convoy moved in under dim lights.
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Masan
Korea
U.P
Fifth Regimental
John Michaelis
Lancaster
27Th Infantry
Vigo County Assessed Values Rise by 5.8 Million
Reassessment figures assembled by County Auditor Joseph G. Jones show Vigo County's total assessment value up about 5.822 million. Harrison Township reports a net gain of 1.699 million, Terre Haute a net loss of 433 thousand, producing a combined gain of 1.266 million. Personal property drops amid auto reevaluation and corporate shifts. Officials plan budgets using 1949 state figures for corporations and await state data.
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Vigo County
Joseph G. Jones
Harrison Township
Harvey L. Work
Terre Haute
Indiana
Work
Prairieton Township
General Assembly
Taxi Driver's Death Probed in Indianapolis Case
Police in Indianapolis investigate the death of Louis Poynter a 52 year old taxi driver found nude beaten near a southwest junkyard. Autopsy cites two skull fractures and rib injuries with death likely occurring Thursday night or Friday morning. Detectives note little blood in the weed patch suggests the killing occurred elsewhere.
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Indianapolis
Louis Poynter
Poynter
Charles W. Linder
Forrest McKeighan
Simplicity Strike Deadlock Persists At Plant
A spokesman for Simplicity Pattern Company 918 Ohio Street said negotiations are ongoing with no new developments as a AFL Bookbinders strike keeps the plant shut since Wednesday. About 340 employees affected. 20 men and the rest women. Union cites deadlock over wages and working conditions at strike headquarters in the Labor Temple.
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Simplicity Pattern Company
Ohio Street
A.F.L. Bookbinders
Labor Temple
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Bendix Peace Offers Rejected by Bendix UAW Local
Pi C 1 0 U A W members in South Bend Indiana voted 1975 to 999 against a national Bendix Aviation Corp contract and against a plant only agreement. Local president Robert J Mahoney said contracts expired July 1 and leaders urged acceptance. Bendix plant employs 7000 workers and is busy on war materials contracts producing radio aviation and automotive parts.
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South Bend
Ind
Pi—C
U.A.W
Bendix Aviation Corp
United Automobile Workers
Robert J. Mahoney
Detroit
Bendix
Chinese Reds Fire On British Freighter Near Hong Kong
Chinese Communist shore batteries fired on the 5,000 ton British freighter Hangsang about 15 miles south of Hong Kong injuring officers from fragmentation. The shelling occurred in the same area where five small shells were fired yesterday at the American Steel Rover.
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Hong Kong
Hangsang
Fragmen
Steel Rover
Philippines Offers 5000 Infantry for Korea
President Quirino announced Manila will dispatch a fully trained 5 000 man combat regiment to Korea at its own expense. The offer follows congressional approval of sending troops and signals a sharp shift in Philippine policy.
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Manila
Philippines
Korea
Quirino
MacArthur
U.N. Forces hammer North Koreans on broad front
United States and Allied South Korean troops clash with Communist forces across a wide front. U.S. attacks drive into two North Korean divisions near Kogan and push toward Pusan while air power racks up heavy Red casualties. Front reports note intensified fighting south of Yechon and exposed enemy infantry to air strikes.
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Pusan
United Nations
Yechon
Eighth Army
Kogan
Pennsy Wreck Detours Main Line Freight Traffic
Warsaw Ind Aug 7 A burned out bearing caused a gondola to derail and block both tracks just east of Winona Lake detouring main line traffic on the Pennsylvania Railroad after a fast passenger train passed. Sheriff Ray R. Henderson reported 10 freight cars scattered the double track.
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Warsaw
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ray R. Henderson
Winona Lake
Weather Brief At Noon With River Stage Report
The weather note reports a noon reading, sunrise at 5 55, sunset at 7 56, and a river stage of 3 3 feet and stationary conditions. No further details on location or date are provided.
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana Region
Local conditions report yesterday's high 55 degrees with no precipitation. Terre Haute area expects fair weather tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. low around 5 and high about 47. Indiana statewide fair tonight, generally fair and warm Tuesday. Illinois shows fair, warmer tonight. Tuesday highs near 88. Street thermometer readings include 57 at 7 am and 2 pm readings.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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