One Millionth U S Soldier Possibly Fell in Korea War
Defense figures show U S casualties in Korea total 80,079 through last Friday, an increase of 356 from the prior week. The report notes the one millionth American casualty may already be among those lost, with 13,407 deaths and 1,221,000 total allied casualties estimated.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Department
Department
United States
Korea
Associa
Pentagon
Jap Rifle Kills Kalispell Boy
Eight-year-old Billy Hartley died after a bullet from a Japanese souvenir rifle, kept away from children, accidentally struck him at his Kalispell home. His mother Mabel Hartley found him and he died at a local hospital. Surviving siblings include Conrad 10 and Marlene Rae 11.
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Kalispell
Billy Hartley
Mabel Hartley
Billy
Harry Campbell
Earl
Conrad
Marlene Rae
Montanan Killed When Ladder Hits Power Line
Charles Henry Dodell, 53, of Cut Bank, was electrocuted eight miles northwest of Cut Bank while moving a 30 foot ladder that contacted a 7 200 volt power line. The accident occurred Wednesday as he worked for a local contractor. Also reported, Marine First Lt Henry Alfred Commiskey of Hattiesburg Miss received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman for heroism Sept 20 1950 near Seoul in Korea, where he killed seven enemy soldiers.
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CUT Bank
Charles Henry Dodell
Here
Washington
Henry Alfred Commiskey
Truman
Korea
Hattiesburg
Miss
Seoul
Vandenberg Urges U S To Match Soviet Aerial Might
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg told the House subcommittee that the United States must match Russia's growing air power or accept Soviet dominance of global air. He cited Russia's atomic bomb progress and a rising, long-range air capability, urging increased 1952 defense spending and new aircraft orders.
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Washington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
United States
Russia
Air Force
Vandenberg
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Mahon
D-Texas
Finletter
United States Air Force
Adm
John H. Cassady
Navy
Cassady
Naval Air Force
Fechteler Named Chief of Naval Operations
President Truman nominated Admiral William M. Fechteler to succeed the late Admiral Sherman as chief of naval operations. Fechteler, a veteran battleship admiral, has spent 39 of his 55 years in the Navy and may affect Atlantic pact commands. Lynde D. McCormick would become commander of the US Atlantic fleet and likely the pact post. Vice Admiral Donald P. Duncan was named to rear admiral rank.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
William M. Fechteler
Atlantic Fleet
Forrest P. Sherman
Fechteler
Navy
Atlantic
Sherman
Naples
Italy
CNO
Britain
Atlantic Pact Naval Command
Atlantic Pact
International Navy Command
United States Atlantic Fleet
Pact
Adm
Donald P. Duncan
McCormick
Naval Operations
Senate
Duncan
White House
Secretary of the Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Aldermen Warned of Court Action
The city of Butte faced potential court action for failing to conform to the 1947 contract with the state public employees retirement system. Council members, meeting Aug. 8 to hear protests against the $1,235,000 preliminary budget, were told Butte is the only Montana city out of compliance. System administrator John F. Sasek warned of possible claims if nonparticipating employees die or become disabled, citing a Silver Bow County case. The session ran 40 minutes and ended with questions about city enforcement of the retirement pact.
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Butte
John F. Sasek
Helena
Sasek
Silver Bow
Prettiest Plumber to Wed Mechanic
Virginia's prettiest plumber Lillian Ann Baumbach 21 will marry automobile mechanic George William Jacobs Sept 12. She earned a master's degree in plumbing and says she will return to her tools after the marriage.
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Arlington
Virginia
Lillian Ann Baumbach
George William Jacobs
Acheson Rejects Red Plan for 38th Parallel Buffer Zone
Secretary of State Acheson rejected a Communist proposal for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel in Korea. He called the line defensible and noted the 38th parallel does not meet that standard. He avoided naming a precise preferred zone while signaling Ridgway may have latitude in Kaesong talks. Negotiations appear stalled with no clear deadlock stated.
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Acheson
38Th Parallel
United States
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Five Idaho Girls Killed by Lightning on Idaho Wyoming Border
Five Idaho Falls girls were killed and nine others injured in a lightning strike during a church picnic trek high in the Teton mountains near Windcave. A rescue train brought the injured to Teton valley hospital as shocked relatives arrived from the Snake River valley.
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Driggs
Idaho
Teton Mountains
Idaho-Wyoming
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Teton Valley Hospital
Windcave
Grand Teton Peak
Idaho Falls
Betty Kearney
Carol Engstrom
Mary D. Severson
Bernice Malone
Ora Holst
Mary Lou Obard
Dean Bitter
Gwen Allbright
Betty Goldman
Carma Rasband
Joleen Mason
Shaun Larsen
Julia Croft
Relda
Escapee Winkler apprehended in Great Falls theater
Richard F. Winkler, a Deer Lodge penitentiary escapee and former husband of ex Mrs. George Schwobel, was arrested at the Liberty theater in Great Falls by city police after a tip. He had fled Tuesday afternoon from the prison kitchen where he was a trusted inmate. He confessed arrival Tuesday night and offered little detail on his escape. He had been sentenced in 1950 to seven years for second degree assault on his mother-in-law.
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Great Falls
Deer Lodge
Richard F. Winkler
Liberty Theater
J. W. Speer
George W. Schwobel
Winkler
Clark Grady
W. N. Dunwiddie
Bob Ballard
Bob McPherson
Grady
Jack Peterson
Central Avenue
Lou Boudecker
George W. Schwabel
Peterson
Speer
Elizabeth Jensen Pioneer of Butte Dies at 98
Elizabeth Jensen aged 98 a long time Butte resident died Wednesday at her Williamsburg home after a two week illness. Born in Durham England in 1852 she crossed the plains with her family by ox team in 1862 and later settled in Butte marking the 61st anniversary of arrival with the remark I walked every foot of the way from New York to Salt Lake City. She married Christian Jensen in Weston Idaho and life in the Montana town spanned 65 years with deep roots in the pioneer era.
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Elizabeth Jensen
Butte
Williamsburg
Jensen
New York
Salt Lake City
Norwood Parish
Durham
England
Pioneer Butte
William Gill
Abraham Lincoln
America
Gill
Plains
O'Dwyer Denounces Report as Smear
Ambassador William O'Dwyer calls a Daily News story alleging a $1,000,000 letter of credit moved to a Manhattan bank a cowardly smear and a diabolical hoax tied to the Senate crime investigating committee. He asserted the report would be fantastic if not for its source.
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Mexico City
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
Manhattan
O’dwyer
New York
New York Daily News
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
The
Daily News
Washington
Crime Committee
O'Dwyer
October Draft Quota Set at 41 000
The Defense Department ordered selective service to induct 41 000 new draftees in October. Of these, 36 000 go to the Army and 5 000 to the Marine Corps. The June to July lull gave way to continued high calls, with total draftees since Korea now 675 000.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Department
Selective Service
Army
Marine Corps
Defense
Congress
National Guard
Air Force
Navy
Marines Corps
Korea
Britain moves to build atomic bombs amid secrecy and debate
Britain confirms active atomic weapons program with ministerial oversight and talks of a test at the Woomera range in Australia. The move follows calls by Churchill and changes in US law, with officials denying details on weapon readiness while stressing continued development.
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London
Britain
Supply Ministry
United States
Soviet Russia
Canada
London Daily Telegraph
High Woomera
House of Commons
Attlee
Woomera
Winston Churchill
Lord Portal
Royal Air Force
Lord Cherwell
Churchill
House of Lords
Portal
Defense Ministry
Admiral Murray Retires On Pacific Coast
Vice Admiral George D. Murray, the top naval officer on the Pacific coast and senior airman of the Navy, retires as full admiral aboard the carrier Antietam at Hunters Point. After four decades in service as a naval aviation pioneer, he led the western sea frontier and the Pacific reserve fleet for three years, succeeded by Vice Admiral John Hal.
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San Francisco
George D. Murray
Pacific Coast
United States Navy
Adm
Murray
Antietam
Hunters Point Naval Station
Western Sea Frontier
Pacific Reserve Fleet
John Hal
Parley Stalemated Over Buffer Zone Before Next Meeting
Allied and Communist negotiators in Kaesong failed to break the week old deadlock over the demilitarized zone at the 17th ceasefire session. The UN and Communist sides, directed by Washington Peiping and Moscow, scheduled another meeting for Friday at 11 a.m. with no direct reply from North Korea.
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Washington
Peiping
Moscow
38Th Parallel
Priday
Adm
Turner Joy
Nam II
Nam Tl
Joy
William Nuckols
Kaesong
Dean Acheson
United Nations Command
Republicans Challenge Truman On New Price Controls
Senator Ferguson accuses the administration of a political double deal on prices while Representative Halleck says Truman would rather politics than enforce the law. Chrysler seeks a 9 percent auto price increase, signaling a price rise parade under the new controls law.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Halleck
R-Ind
Truman
Capitol
Repubiicans
Chrysler Corporation
OPS
Capehart
Pageant Displays Draw Crowds in Anaconda
In Anaconda Copper Camp week events, the downtown business district showcases windows themed to the era with relics from the 1880s. Merchants display heirlooms, jewelry, furniture, costumes, photographs and paraphernalia in line with each store’s trade drawing visitors from nearby towns and tourists.
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Anaconda
Copper Camp
Copper City
Butte Weather Forecast for Thursday and Night
Fair in Butte Thursday and Thursday night with a modest cool down. Expected Thursday morning low 47 and Thursday afternoon high 68. Airport highs 87 and lows 58. School of Mines highs 85 and lows 61. West of Divide fair Thursday 85 to 90. East of Divide warmer 90 to 100 southwest. Little change overnight.
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School of Mines
Divide
Patrol Skirmishes and UN Actions on Korean Front
In Yanggu area north and northeast of Yanggu on the east central front UN patrols clashed with Chinese forces. A UN patrol on the east coast drove Communists from a hill northwest of their position. Allied tanks killed 10 Chinese in the Chorwon Pyongyang sector as Far East air forces flew 500 sorties hammering rail yards, roads, and traffic in North Korea. No enemy ground fire or planes were encountered. Communist ground forces have taken the initiative at night while UN patrols push daily with superior firepower. Main activity from the past three days centers in Yanggu with moderate enemy resistance north of Yanggu and intensified harassing mortar and artillery fire.
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Yanggu
United Nations
Chorwon-Pyongyang
Far East
Sariwon
North Korea
Two Men Die After Falls From Freight Trains Near Bozeman
Coroner reports two men Elmer Barricklow 60 and John Krowalski 42 fell from fast moving freight cars. Barricklow's body found near Clarkston and Krowalski east of Bozeman. Both died of crushed chests. Investigations probe Monday Miles City sighting and Tuesday Livingston link. no inquest expected.
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Bozeman
Story
Clarkston
Rod Kippen
Kippen
Elmer Barricklow
John Krowalski
Cleveland
Ohio
Barricklow
Miles City
Livingston
Children to Have Day at Gardens at Columbia Gardens
Children under 14 will ride free to the recreation grounds courtesy of the Anaconda Copper Mining company. Superintendent Ted Beech reminds Butte parents that the observance is Thursday with buses starting at 9:30 from Park and Main and continuing every 20 minutes.
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Columbia Gardens
Ted Beech
Butte
Apaconda Copper Mining Company
Park and Main Streets
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