Statesmanship urged to avert third world war
Trygve Lie, UN secretary general, in a July 12 report to the General Assembly warns that bold enlightened statesmanship is required to halt a possible third world war. He stresses negotiations and peaceful settlements based on the UN charter, and notes Korea’s crisis as a test for renewed talks despite ongoing Security Council debates. An American spokesman likens seating North Korea and Red China to inviting a thief to tea amid the Korean issue.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
General Assembly
Flushing Meadows
N. Y
Lie
Korea
U. N
Security Council
North Korea
Red China
Council
United States
County assessors add four million to basis in Washington County
The Maryland State Tax Commission was notified that assessors raised Washington County’s assessable base by about 4,250,000. Each month the County Treasurer certifies new property assessments, representing new and other property added to the county’s assessment books during the month.
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Maryland State Tax Commission
Washington County
Commission
Draft Delinquents Face Prison Terms
In New York on August 7, draft delinquents were warned by the FBI that willful violators may face five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. About 24 percent of Selective Service inductees in the New York City area failed to appear for examinations and should contact their draft boards if they made an honest mistake.
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New York
FBI
Selective Service
New York City
Edward Scheidt
Milk Prices Rise in Baltimore Area
In Baltimore and surrounding suburbs milk prices increased by a half cent per quart today. Standard milk costs 20% cents, homogenized 21% cents, high fat 23% cents, chocolate 2144 cents, and buttermilk 20% cents. Dairies cited higher purchase costs for goods other than raw milk as the reason. The last change occurred in February when prices were lowered a cent.
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Baltimore
Dairies
Sulfur Building Damaged By Fire At Plant
A sulfur building at the Central Chemical Corporation on Mitchell Avenue incurred interior damage from a fire of undetermined origin discovered shortly before 7 a.m. Firefighters, wearing masks due to fumes and heat, controlled the blaze about 90 minutes later. Loss includes motors, some sulfur stock, and wood interior. plant official says the section will be out of operation for under 24 hours. An employee spotted the blaze, helped fight the flames before fire crews arrived. The building measures about 25 by 25 feet.
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Central Chemical Corporation
Mitchell Avenue
Deferments For Married Women Weigh Draft Rules
The final policy on deferments for recently married women is near. Local draft boards may deny automatic deferment for marriages after the June 25 start of the Korean War. Selective Service officials in Washington and other cities differ on timing and hastily entered marriages as potential draft evasion.
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Washington
Defense Department
Washington Dispatches
Transportation For Democrats Thursday Night
Laneé Tawes Hammond headquaters at 11 Summit Avenue announced transportation for Democrats planning to register Thursday evening. The Board of Election Supervisors office will stay open until 9 PM, the last night before primaries, with registration ending Saturday noon. Reservations can be made by calling 6632.
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Laneé-Tawes-Hammond
Summit Avenue
Board of Election Supervisors
Ithe
Bridges And Byrd Call For Intelligence Reforms
Washington Aug 7 Senators Bridges and Byrd urged broad changes in the intelligence system after citing faulty military intelligence regarding Korea. They proposed a Senate Armed Services subcommittee review to reorganize operations on a war footing and improve evaluation of reports from around the world.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
South Korea
Senate Armed Services Investigating
Byrd
D-Va
Full Armed Services Committee
Korea
Senate Appropriations Committee
R. H. Hienkoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
North Korea
Hillenkoetter
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Russia
Hoarding impulse subsides in New York markets
New York Aug 7 The impulse to hoard has considerably subsided and business is back to normal in the city and upstate New York a Food Dealers Association reports. Edward A Hausman executive secretary of the Allhoro Retail Fruit Association said there is no shortage of any food and there will be no shortage. He predicted the sugar situation would be back to normal in a week or 80.
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New York
Food Dealers’ Association
Edward A. Hausman
Allhoro Retail Fruit Association
New York City
Hausman
Stock Market Edges Up Slowly Amid Small Gains
New York stocks opened August 7 with a cautious advance in early trading. Most gains were limited to 50 cents a share or less while a sampling of issues declined slightly as investors mixed cautious optimism with profit taking.
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New York
Fairchild Aircraft Stock Trades on New York Exchange
More than 56.00 shares of Fairchild Aircraft stock were traded on the New York Stock Exchange last week. The stock closed the week at 7 percent.
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Fairchild Aircraft
New York Cork Exchange
European unity group smashes frontier barriers at border
About 300 students from various colleges gathered at the French German border near Wiessembourg to smash barriers with hatchets and burn them as a signal of unity. They raised the European movement banner while delegates of the Council of Europe met in Strasbourg to discuss expanded German and Saar participation. Prof. Michel Mouskhely helped plan the protest, noting it marked a historic march not for fighting but for removing borders. No guards opposed the action.
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Wiessembourg
France
European Movement
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Here
West Germany
Saar
Council
Committee of Foreign Ministers
Consultative Assembly
Michel Mouskhely
University of Strasbourg
British Freighter Shelled By Reds
Chinese Communist shore batteries fired on the 5,090 ton British freighter Hangsang off Hong Kong injuring two officers. The attack occurred about 15 miles south of Hong Kong near the area where the Steel Rover was shelled yesterday.
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Hong Kong
Hangsang
Steel Rover
Oris Indicted by Grand Jury in Murder Case
Steve Oris, 60, indicted by a May Grand Jury for the murder of State Trooper Lauren Ridge on July 14. The panel heard five witnesses in a special session, returned a true bill, and adjourned after about two and a half hours. Oris remains hospitalized in Washington County recovering from gunshot wounds. He is described as remorseful and willing to stand trial.
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Steve Oris
May
Lauren Ridge
Joseph D. Mish
Walter Pollard
Orissa
Washington County Hospital
Ridge
Pleasantly cool days with a warming trend possible
The Weather Bureau forecasts at least one more mild day with a potential warm spell late tomorrow. Today's high should stay under 84 degrees, slightly cooler than yesterday's 86. Saturday night cooled to 43, last night to 60, as Keerleysville's Travis Knode reports. Washington County expects mostly sunny skies today, a cool night with lows 51 to 58, and Tuesday warmer afternoon sunny.
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Keerleysville
Travis Knode
Washington County
Nine To Share In Last Week's Daily Mail News Tip Prizes
Daily Mail announces last week’s news tip prizes totaling 12 dollars. Three top prizes of two dollars go to residents reporting a local walkout a husband overcome while painting a cistern and a drowning victim found. Seven more earn one dollar for various tips about near misses odd birds and other incidents.
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Daily Mail
Georgia Avenue
West Church Street
Maryland Avenue
Boonsboro
Marines And Infantrymen Launch First U S Attack In Korea
U S Marines and Army infantrymen opened a 20 mile front in southeastern Korea pushing back Red forces nearly two miles. About 9 000 Americans and South Korean commandos clashed with the North Koreans near the Sixth Division and Red First Division, while B 29s bombed Pyongyang and Wonsan.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
United States
Pyongyang
Wonsan
U.S. Eighth Army
25Th
Marine
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
24Th Division
Dogkelly
Naktong River
Changnyong
Kogan
Pusan
United Nations
Yechon
Marines Attack in Korea on Guadalcanal Anniversary
On the eighth anniversary of the Guadalcanal landing, units of the U S Marine Brigade launched an offensive in Korea. The action marks a notable milestone tied to World War II heritage and ongoing combat operations in the Korean theater.
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Tokyo
U. S. Marine Brigade
Korea
Guadalcanal
Casualties in Korean War Reach 2616 Through Aug 6
The Army announced today that confirmed casualties of the Korean War through August 6 totaled 2,616.
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Washington
Korean Crisis At A Glance
A snapshot of early Korean War fighting with U N forces driving along a 20 mile southern front while Reds strike on the north. Air power bombards Pyongyang and Wonsan as Harriman visits Tokyo and Trygve Lie urges bold UN leadership to avert wider conflict.
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U. N
Korea
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Wonsan
North Korea
Tokyo
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Bate
U. S
Lake
Trygve Lie
Miller Sentenced to 30 Days for 2.50 Theft at Franklin Street Stand
Roben L. Miller, 70 West Franklin Street, was fined 30 days in jail by Magistrate Marty Snyder after being convicted of stealing $2.50 from Donald L. Hrenheim, who runs a Franklin Street newspaper stand. Witnesses said Miller pretended to make change and scooped money from the stand, while Miller claimed he had no motive beyond support from relatives and welfare.
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West Franklin Street
Marty &. Snyder
Roben L. Miller
Donald L. Hrenhemiun
Franklin Street
Miller
Uo. Welfare Department
Wnesses
Work Stoppage In Third Day At New York Central Iron Works
The three day work stoppage at the New York Central Iron Works continues with no settlement in sight. CIO Steel Workers Union representative Edwin Abbott reports only about a dozen workers crossed the picket line and no conferences are planned with plant management. Police say picketing remains orderly with no disturbances.
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New York Central Iron Works
Edwin Abbott
CIO Steel Workers Unions
Abbott
Posters praising Russia found in old Barracks at Camp Cooke
Veterans of the Reserve 13th Armored Division occupying Camp Cooke California for a two week training period discovered wartime government posters praising Soviet Russia still on the walls. They removed the posters and cleaned the barracks, which have been unused since 1946.
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Camp Cooke
Calif
13Th Armored Division
Camp Cooke Barracks
Soviet Russia
United Nations
Three New Polio Cases Reported in Wythe County
Wytheville Virginia August 7 three new polio cases were reported lifting a weekend respite for a county hit hard by the outbreak. Since July 1 about 122 residents of Wythe County’s 23 000 population have contracted polio and the state health department has reported 14 deaths in the crisis.
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Wytheville
Wythe County
State Health Department
Cpl William Cline At Korea War Front
Cpl William R. Cline, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Cline of Williamsport Route 1, was reported at the Korea war front.
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Cpl
William Cline
Korea War
William R. Cline
Harry Cline
Williamsport
Adopts 9 Possums When Mother Dies Under Auto Wheels
Mrs Alfred Shives of Pectonville is caring for nine young opossums after their mother was killed by a car on the Pectonville Mooresville Road. The orphans, cared for by Shives with doll milk bottles, are reported to be thriving and feeding well.
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Alfred Shives
Pectonville
Pectonville-Mooresville
Warren Reed
Many Apply For Enlistment In Hagerstown youths
Hagerstown youths show rising interest in military service with several weeks of increased enlistment applications. Local recruiters report seven Army applicants all of draft age and four Navy applications with varied age status including a WWII veteran. Air Force and Army share roughly equal appeal, while the Navy sees mixed eligibility among its four applicants.
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Hagerstown
Army
Air Force
Navy
Philippines Ready To Send Troops to Korea
Manila reports President Quirino announced a government offer to dispatch immediately a fully trained infantry regiment to Korea. Congress approved sending troops at the country’s expense. if more troops are needed, training will begin for volunteers, though outside financing would be required.
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Manila
Philippines
Korea
Quirino
MacArthur
Three Oxford Brothers Join Marines to Serve Together
Fort Worth August 7 three Oxford brothers Pvt H C Oxford Pfe John L Oxford and Tech Sgt Thomas R Oxford Marine Air Reservists were called to active duty. The trio, who enlisted together, obtained Navy permission to serve as a unit. Their mother Mrs H V Oxford expressed she will have her boys together no matter what.
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Fort Worth
Oxford Brothers
Pvt
H. C. Oxford
Pfe
John L. Oxford
Tech
Thomas R. Oxford
Marine Air
Navy
H. V. Oxford
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Wendell Schurr
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