Big Red Onslaught Is Expected At Taegu
Tokyo reports a major Communist attack north of Taegu as United Nations forces advance tank led. If the Reds respond, the fate of the crucial American supply base may hinge on actions within 48 hours. Col. John Michaelis of Lancaster, Pa., commands the US 27th Regiment and warns this is a critical phase.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Taegu
Col
John Michaelis
Lancaster
United States 27Th Regiiment
Red Force Aimed at Taegu Main Communist Threat
North Korean forces, though suffering losses, still threaten Taegu with six divisions aimed at the rail and road hub. Taegu links to Pusan, Kyongju, Pohang-Dong, Masan, and key supply lines, making its defense crucial to UN momentum. American and South Korean forces countered attacks as Red divisions massed and probing actions pressed within miles of Taegu.
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Washington
Pentagon
United Nations
Taegu
Pusan
Japan
Kyongju
Pohang-Dong
Naktong
Masan
Col. Michaelis
South Korea
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Senate Approves Family Allowances Bill For Enlisted Families
The Senate sped through a bill granting monthly cash allowances from 85 to 155 dollars for families of enlisted service members across Army Navy Air Force Marines and Coast Guard. The plan splits costs with servicemen paying 40 dollars and governments 45 plus increases for higher ranks and dependents. The House version varies and extends retroactivity to August 1, with similar caps and a three dependent limit.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tyd
Ings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
House Committee
Plane ripped open by runaway engine lands safely in Denver
A four engine American Airlines jet bound from Los Angeles to Chicago and New York suffered a catastrophic engine rupture over the Colorado Rockies. The fuselage was torn open but the craft landed safely after 19 minutes. One passenger died of a heart attack. Seven passengers and five crew members suffered minor burns or injuries. Forty five passengers continued east aboard another plane.
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Denver
American Airlines
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York
James Mackris
Detroit
Maxwell Miller
Los Angeles Tenants
Disaster Council to Meet Sept 6 in Helena
Montana's disaster council will polish a model civil defense plan here on September 6 Governor Bonner said. The council and adjutant general's department prepare a local authority project to protect people from disaster or war. Each community will set up defense measures based on the model plan and consider targets, surveys of utilities, relief centers, evacuation, hospitals, debris clearance, and road repairs as part of local readiness.
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Helena
Montana
Disaster Council
John W. Bonner
Adjutant General's Department
Bonner
Mother and Two Children Die in Silver City Fire
In Silver City New Mexico a mother Anita Dominguez 28 and her two children Mary Lou 10 and Alexander 1 perished from asphyxiation and cremation when their home in Vanadium burned on Tuesday A fourth child Irene Dominguez aged four survived in grave condition after neighbors pulled the youngster from the blaze the coroner's jury returned the verdict.
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Silver City
N. M
Anita Dominguez
Mary Lou
Alexander
Vanadium
Irene Dominguez
Anaconda Soldier Missing in Korea
Pvt. William E. Corcoran, 22, of Anaconda, son of Mrs. Catherine Corcoran, is listed as missing in action in Korea. He joined the Army two years ago, served in Japan nearly a year, and attended Anaconda Junior High School. He was born in Anaconda and had local relatives including two brothers and two brothers-in-law living there. He was the only Montana service member on the casualty list released Tuesday.
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Anaconda
William E. Corcoran
Catherine Corcoran
East Fifth
Washington, D. C
Corcoran
United States Army
Japan
George
Leo Corcoran
Courtland Grice
James Myrick
Senate approves trimmed down highway measure
The Senate unanimously passed a reduced two year federal aid highways program worth 1.138 billion dollars for 1952 and 1953. The bill faced further changes in House Senate conference. Rural roads suffered the deepest cuts while urban highway funding also declined under amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Public Works Committee
Public Roads Committee
Truman
Senate House
House
Byrd
D-Va
Egyptian Leads Pack in Mass Swim Across English Channel
Nine swimmers completed the Dover crossing on Tuesday led by Hassan Abd El Rehim an Egyptian army lieutenant who set a new record time of 10 hours 53 minutes winning £1000 from the Daily Mail prize sponsor. French electrician Roger Le Morvan finished second while English schoolteacher Eileen Fenton won the first women’s prize and finished sixth overall in 15 hours 31 minutes.
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Dover
England
English Channel
London
Old Channel
Matthew Webb
France
Webb
Hassan Abd-El Rehim
Ant
London Daily Mail
Roger le Morvan
Paris Electrician
Cap Griz Nez
White Cliffs
Georges Michel
le Morvan
Rehim
Eileen Fenton
American Warship Bombards Chongjin In North Korea
A Far East naval summary reports an American destroyer conducted a highly successful bombardment of Chongjin on the North Korea east coast. The strike followed heavy aerial bombardments that hit the city with more than 1,000 tons of bombs over two days, targeting Mitsubishi Iron Works, rail spur lines, harbors, warehouses, and a radio station, with fires visible at sea.
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Tokyo
Far East Naval
Chongijin
North Korea
Chongjin
Mitsubishi Iron Works
Sonjin
Montana Farm Boy Wounded in Farm Accident near Joplin
Glenn Gutcher, 15, was critically wounded by a .12 gauge shotgun blast on a farm north of Joplin while harvesting wheat. The weapon discharged as he was dismounting a combine to shoot a rabbit. He was reported in critical condition at a Havre hospital Tuesday night.
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Havre
Glenn Gutcher
Joplin
Ray F. Gutcher
Young Gutcher
Union Walkouts Not Spreading Amid Rail Talks
Union officials say rail walkouts in two short lines and three terminals will not spread. A moratorium on further actions was announced as White House talks failed to yield progress. In Canada, 124000 workers joined a nationwide rail strike disrupting mails and service, prompting Ottawa to summon Parliament.
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White House
Canada
Washington
Truman
Louis St. Laurent
Ottawa
Widow of Auto Victim Has Close Call
Mrs. Rose Vogel narrowly escaped death after a fire at her 40 East Granite apartment. Six weeks earlier her husband Fred J. Vogel, 40, died in a car crash near Clark park. Firemen revived her with a resuscitator and she was taken to St James hospital, not seriously harmed by smoke.
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Rose Vogel
Fred J. Vogel
Clark Park
Vogel
Hennessy
East Granite
Butte
St. James Hospital
Park and Wyoming
John O’donnell
Phil Judd
Sporting Goods
Butte Weather Forecast Wednesday Thundershowers Expected
Partly cloudy to cloudy with afternoon thundershowers Wednesday and little change in temperature. Expected minimum reading Wednesday morning 42 and maximum Wednesday afternoon 78. Readings cover 12 midnight Monday to 5:30 p m Tuesday with varying highs and lows by location including School of Mines and airport.
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School of Mines
Divide
Mississippi and nearby races reflect diverse leads in early returns
Mississippi results show Winstead leading with 1,625 of 329 precincts in the fifth district while Collins, Hollis, Brame and Mason trail. Williams leads in the seventh district with 4,201 votes. Wolfe leads Smith and Lamb in the third district race. Kilburn and Heller secure nominations in New York. Barrett and Harrison lead early in Wyoming and for Congress respectively.
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Associated Press
Arthur Winstead
Korea
Mississippi
Fifth
Winstead
Ross Collins
J. O. Hollis
O. D. Brame
Robert F. Mason
John Bell Williams
Davage Smith
Will Whittington
Oscar Wolfe
Frank Smith
Lomax Lamb, Jr
New York
Clarence E. Kilburn
Frank W. Aikin
Louis B. Heller
Brooklyn
Wyoming
Frank A. Barrett
William Henry Harrison
GOP
Congress
Montanan Believed Killed by Train
The body of James Monroe Phillips, 68, was found in the Milwaukee railroad yards at Alberton Mineral County Sheriff-Coroner Francis Tamietti said Phillips a resident of Alberton the past few months was believed struck by a train at 9 am but discovered at noon He formerly lived in Lenoir North Carolina born June 16 1882 The body was taken to Missoula with funeral arrangements awaiting word from a North Carolina brother.
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Superior
James Monroe Phillips
Milwaukee Railroad
Alberton
Mineral County
Francis Tamietti
Tamietti
Phillips
Lenoir
N. C
Hurricane Degenerates Over Antigua Squall Area
A small tropical hurricane that struck Antigua with 120 mph winds Monday night has degenerated into a squall area. No injuries are reported and the storm’s center dissipated as it moved away from the island. Local authorities monitored sea conditions and advised caution for shipping in nearby waters.
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Miami
Fla
Antigua Island
Young Scientist Admits He Stole Plutonium
Denver August 23 A 28 year old Sanford Lawrence Simons, a University of Denver researcher, admitted taking plutonium from the Los Alamos project. Recovered intact from under his Denver home, the highly fissionable material he kept as a souvenir while employed at DU since 1948 faces an atomic energy act case with potential five year penalty and $10,000 fine. Simons, married with one child, said he feared harm to his family and had hidden the vial due to radioactivity.
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Denver
Los Alamos Atomic Project
Sanford Lawrence Simons
FBI
Russell Kramer
Simons
Kramer
University of Denver
Los Alamos
Albert C. Jacobs
Senate panel backs wartime tax exemption for GIs
Washington Aug 22 The Senate finance committee approved tax relief for military personnel in combat zones with all pay tax free and officers to receive a 200 monthly war area exemption. The panel left it to President Truman to define combat areas.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Military Chiefs Expect Korea War End by Spring
Washington reports from Aug 22 state that military leaders anticipate the Korea conflict concluding by next spring. Defense spending may remain above 25 billion annually for years due to global Communist threats, with 1955 defense outlays projected around 24.6 billion as mobilization costs and intelligence reforms unfold. Leaders testifying before the House Appropriations Committee outlined force buildups, reserve activations, and new weapons purchases across Navy, Army, and Air Force, plus emergency construction at bases and a Dugway proving ground for chemical, biological, and radiological defense tests.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Defense
Louis Johnson
Dean Acheson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Korea
Russia
White House
Walter Bedell Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Navy
Army
National Guard
Air Force
Bradley
Dugway
Utah
Propaganda war at UN ridiculed by Austin
United States delegate Warren R. Austin derided Soviet allegations of US aggression in Korea as applesauce and falsehoods. He labeled the North Korean regime as the aggressor, condemned Malik for delay and talk, and said a Soviet shell found on a 1950 battlefield exploded in the Security Council as a misguided missile.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
United Nations
Russia
Korea
Warren R. Austin
Kremlin
Austin
Security Council
Veremont
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
VA to Stop Sending Patients to Army Hospitals
The Veterans' Administration will cease sending patients to most continental military hospitals except in emergencies. Defense officials cited staffing needs in Korea, casualty flow to the U.S., and rapid military expansion as reasons. Immediate effects hit Army hospitals with Navy hospital arrangements to follow as needs grow.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Continental
United States
Defense Department
Korea
Department
Veterans Administration
Navy
Air Force
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