Liberators Of Manila Move Into Battle Positions
Three hundred exhausted GIs from the 34th and 19th regiments reached American lines after a 60 mile trek from Taejon through ambushes. They describe fighting and starvation, with captives and wounded carried by comrades over mountains and through rivers. Chaplain C G Chapey of the 34th recounted outflanking and retreat, while Sgt Jerome W Krause and Sgt Theodore De Sautel spoke of hugs from locals and hot rice.
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Korea
Taejon
34Th Regiment
C. G. Chapey
Erieville
N. Y
Jerome W. Krause
Fargo
N. D
Theodore de Sautel
Baltimore
Pfe
Gerald Bernhart
Reading
Bernhart
First Cavalry Division
Manila
Kum
1St Cavalry
Taejon No. 1
Weather for Cleveland Area Mild and Sunny This Afternoon
Northeast Ohio forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and continued mild temperatures with low 60s tonight. Sunday turns partly to mostly cloudy with little change in temperature. highs near 84. Market details occur on page two.
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Cleveland. O
Ohio
Seven Major Items Will Come Under Controls Soon
President Truman poised to grant emergency defense powers to allocate seven key materials. The list includes steel aluminum copper tin rubber zinc and certain chemicals with direct effects on consumer goods such as automobiles appliances cookware pipes wires tires and nylon products. The Commerce Department drafts allocation plans with advice from the National Security Resources Board and stockpiling may be expanded beyond current items.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Commerce Department
National Security Resources Board
Western Powers Move to Military Route in Korea War
Washington and London abandon diplomacy after four failed mediation attempts. Dean Acheson says no more moves unless North Korea returns to the 38th Parallel. Attlee notes Britain’s talks with Moscow failed. UN urged cease fire but North Korea ignored it. Russia declined Chinese seating in UN Security Council. Britain sought talks with Russia but China seat blocked. Acheson warned no peaceful settlement in sight.
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Washington
London
Dean Acheson
38Th Parallel
Clement Attlee
Britain
Moscow
United Nations Security Council
North Korea
United States
Russia
India
China
UN Security Council
Council
Great Britain
Security Council
Korea
Acheson
May End Ceiling on U S Forces
Washington reports mobilization plans show at least two million men in uniform by year end with more called and Congress weighing elimination of the 2,005,000 cap. Senate approved extending 193,000 servicemen’s enlistments. House vote due Tuesday as Army calls reserves and National Guard units who may be sent overseas.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Far East
House
Senate
Defense Department
Organized Reserves
National Guard
Mobilization at a Glance Amid Wartime Pressure
Washington reports mobilization steps across services. Army calls some National Guard to active duty while Marines order 47 000 ground reserves to active duty. Navy calls up 4 000 air reserves and Air Force warns of drafting World War I veterans. Ships pull 32 mothballed vessels into service as deferment policy talks continue. Congress moves to extend enlistments and shield ports from atomic threats. Public works trimmed to essentials while allocations set for steel aluminum copper tin rubber zinc and chemicals.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Congress
Senate
U.S
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Truman
Bone
Fumes Fatal To Lorain Resident
Dr. Paul F. Tillman, coroner, ruled that Radamus Moreno aged 20 of Lorain died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Moreno was found in the bathroom of his rooming house at 1361 East 29th Street at 8 p m Thursday by landlady Mrs. John Segonia. Coroner stated fumes from a water heater in the small bathroom apparently caused the death.
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Paul F. Tillman
Radamus Moreno
Lorain
Moreno
East 29Th Street
John Segonia
Navy tightens coastal defenses as Russian subs loom
In San Diego Adm. Forrest P. Sherman says the Navy is boosting coastal defenses amid Russian submarine concerns. He notes Pacific Fleet talks with leaders and Neptune anti submarine planes strengthening the western Pacific. Sherman cites ongoing building programs and a four to six month period to reach authorized strength.
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San Diego
Calif
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Sherman
Western Pacific
Two Youths Hurt By Flying Wheel At Race Track
At a Cincinnati area race track last night a flying wheel from a midget racer fatally injured two youths. James Karpe, 12, died after hospital admission and Robert Ellis, 17, died early today from injuries. Spectator Erwin Hansell Andersen, Indiana, suffered minor cuts.
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Cincinnati
James Karpe
Robert Ellis
Erwin Hansell
Andersen
Ind
Boy Injured After Fall From Bicycle in Cascade Park
David Koviak of 411 Louisiana Avenue was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital last evening for abrasions and brush burns on arms hands and face after a fall from his bicycle in Cascade Park according to hospital report. SEER and Wine-Free Delivery- Phone 4527. Marsh Guenin adv.
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David Koviak
Louisiana Avenue
Elyria Mermorial Hospital
Cascade Park
la Hospital
Marsh Guenin Adv
General Dean Listed Officially Missing In Action
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean commander of the U S 24th Infantry in Korea was listed missing in action after Taejon battle. President MacArthur reported Dean believed wounded but alive. he stayed with his men in the fight and was last seen in Taejon before the city fell.
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Washington
William F. Dean
U. S. 24Th
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Department
Dean
Taejon
MacArthur
Tokyo
Dutch Navy Unit Joins American Warships Off Korea
A Dutch Navy unit has joined American and British vessels off the Korean coast. Spokesmen said bombardments on the Korean east coast caused terrific damage and slowed North Korean forces, while praising high cooperation between navy and army. They avoided identifying the Dutch unit or its exact location.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Taejon
Living Costs Rising Before Korean War Invasion
The government reports that as of June 15, before the invasion of South Korea, the cost of living rose to its highest in a year and a half. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites a 170.2 index, driven by food costs, with wholesale prices up 3.7 percent from four weeks earlier and major city hikes in Philadelphia Boston Baltimore Cleveland and Buffalo. Rents also trended higher.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
South Korea
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Buffalo
Leopold Returns To Belgium After Five Year Exile
King Leopold returned to Brussels from five years in exile amid heavy security and guarded by 6000 troops. He announced he would hold the throne, urged unity, and was welcomed by loyalists but faced strong Socialist opposition and potential strikes. Protests and police protections dominated the capital as the king resumed rule.
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Leopold
Belgium
Brussels
Bold QI
Evere
Switzerland
Laeken Palace
Baudouin
Jean Duvieusart
Paul-Henri Spaak
UN moves to resolve Chinese representation at General Assembly
The United Nations outlined a quick path to decide Chinese representation at the fifth General Assembly opening September 19 at Flosing Meadows. The credentials committee will rule if the Nationalist delegation or a Communist credential should be accepted, a decision needing a simple majority. Russia has boycotted the UN for 28 weeks over the issue.
Chinese Communists Shell Two Islands Off the China Coast
The Nationalists reported shelling by Chinese Communists of Kinmen and Little Kinmen, near Formosa, as the U S Seventh Fleet faced questions about intervention to defend the Nationalist stronghold. The action heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait and involved Chiang Kai-shek’s perimeter island.
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China Coast
Formosa
China
United States
Truman
Kinmen
Little Kinmen
Strait of
Chiang Kai-Shek
Woman Held for Grand Jury in False Welfare Claim Case
Iola Jackson 27 of 61 Chestnut Street pleaded guilty to obtaining 5909.58 in welfare relief over 28 months by false pretenses. She was bound to the grand jury under 300 bond. penalty up to three years. Her husband Harold Jackson faces separate neglect charges and was jailed in Cleveland.
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Lorain County
Floyd Shaw
James P. Horn
Iola Jackson
Chestnut Street
Welfare Department
Harold Lee Jackson
Cleveland
Jackson
American forces press toward Communist lines near Taejon
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said American units along the Taejon Yongdong road hold constant contact with North Korea as First Cavalry troops join the fight southeast of Taejon. The 24th Division fell back under heavy fire as Red forces attacked, while Yongdok was recaptured on the east coast with help from the Seventh Fleet.
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1St Cavalry Division
Pohang
South Korea
U .S
Tokyo
Taejon-Yongdong Road
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry
Taejon
First
24Th
Yonkdok
Chonju
Imsil
Yongdok
U. S
Pusan
Seventh Fleet
Car Crash Causes Eye Injury and Multiple Collisions
Edward Horvath, 21, of Diagonal Road, reported an injury to his left eye after his vehicle went through a guard rail and down a ravine on Route 10 at 2 15 AM when he was blinded by oncoming truck lights. Separate incidents include a collision on East Bridge Street at 3 35 AM involving Harvey A Smith and Forrest Hodges, and damage to Harlan Liles’s right rear fender on Broad Street from a backing car.
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Edward Horvath
Diagonal Road
R. D. LaGrange
Route 10
Sheriffs Department
Horvath
Harvey A Smith
Hanover
Eastbridge Street
Forrest Hodges
Smith
Railroad Bridge
Harlan Liles
Second Street
Broad Street
John Gray
Middle Avenue
Robert Hoy
Cleveland Street
John Pachuta
Valley View
East Bridge Street
Roy
Slayer Dies In Electric Chair In Ohio Penitentiary
Delbert E. Spencer, 33, condemned for the murder of Pauline Bailey near Glouster on July 22, 1946, died last night in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair after Gov. Lansche denied clemency. The pardon and parole commission had recommended mercy, but Spencer faced execution calmly as he entered the death house.
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Columbus
Delbert E. Spencer
Ohio
Pauline Bailey
Glouster
Spercer
Frank J. Lansche
Pardon and Parole Commission
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Karl Hermann
Olice
NieoweRs
Elyria Trading Post
Middle Ave
A.m. Adv
Duvieusart
Charles
Council of the Crown
Slayer
Bowker Elec
W. Broad
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