Navy Prepares Second Task Force in Pacific
Pearl Harbor reports the U S Navy forms a second task force to bolster policy against Communist aggression in the Far East. The Philippine Sea will anchor the new unit at Pearl Harbor with Grumman Panther jets, supporting the Seventh Fleet and potentially long range missions from Guam Subic Bay or Sangley Point.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Far East
Truman
Formosa
Seventh
Valley Forge
MacArthur
U. S
Hong Kong
Formosan
Pacific Fleet
Philippine Sea
Walter F. Boone
Seventh Fleet
Manila
Moore
Maddock
Cabazon
Wantuck
Guam
Subic Bay
Sangley Point
Philippines
Navy Fighter Planes Trigger Air Raid Sirens in Formosa
United States Navy fighter planes, likely from the carrier Valley Forge, flew over northern Formosa triggering air raid sirens in Taipei. Chinese spotters warned, Nationalist air force dispatched fighters, and the Seventh Fleet was deployed to shield the island fortress from invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
U.P
United States Navy
Valley Forge
China
Keelung
Truman
United States Seventh Fleet
Formosan
Retreating South Koreans Rally After Seoul Fall
South Korea forces regroup along the north bank of the Han after Seoul’s fall. Communists push near Suwon but bridges and rail lines blown slow crossings. Kimpo airfield near Seoul remains contested while a stubborn South Korean garrison endures artillery barrages.
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Seoul
Suwon
Han
Kimpo
Engineers Oppose Valley Authorities
SANTA FE New Mexico June 28 Western states engineers rejected regional basin or valley authorities like the Tennessee Missouri and Columbia river authorities. The Association of Western State Engineers at its 1950 convention urged opposition to such legislation and backed reclamation Army engineers and Agriculture Department programs. The note ends with a separate fact that annual U S shoe production is about three pairs per person or 450 million pairs.
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Santa FE
N. M
Western States Engineers
Tennessee Valley Authority
Missouri Valley
Columbia River
Association of Western State Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Army Engineer
Department of Agriculture
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mrs. K R Rorabeck and daughter Susan return to Portland from Helena after visiting relatives. St John the Evangelist Catholic Women meet in parish hall with luncheon and business, elect delegates to Helena convention, plan lawn social, next no host luncheon July 25. Birth announced of Ann Ruth Cleary in San Francisco to Frances Henter Cleary. brothers in religion and education noted. Dyer sisters visiting from Bellflower with Morgan family. Nazarene Missionary Society plans prayer meeting and June program with Gwen Trevenna leading devotions.
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K. R. Rorabeck
Susan
Portland
Rorabeck
Katherine McDonald
South Side
Walter Sewell, Jr
Arthur Trimble
St. John the Evangelist
National Council of Catholic Women
C. W. McKenna
Edgar O'Keefe
McKenna
John Studer
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Helena
Gamer's
Mary Hawkesworth
O'Keefe
Studer
James C. Harris
Josephine Braus
Robert Strozzi
P. T. Brady
E. A. Reber
Hawkesworth
John Boland
William Stern
F. M. Charles
George P. Murphy
Thomas Carrig
George Tompkins
Catherine O'Leary
Alma Osterman
Robert Hemphill, Sr
John Schumacher
George Gingras
Ted Pacheco
Homer Lambdin
John Dever
Ed Winters
Sewell
Trimble
Ann Ruth
Frank Cleary
Mill Valley
Calif
San Francisco
Cleary
Timothy Leo
Frances Henter
Leo Henter
Mr. Cleary
George O’brien
East Center
Richard Dyer
Bellflower
William Morgan
Harvard
Dyer
Mrs. Morgan
John Cochrane
Utah
Dyers
Butte
City
the Missionary Society of the First Church of the Nazarene
Gwen Trevenna
Ted Hegstad
Japan
MacArthur
Thelma Bartz
The
Prayer and
League
Report of blazing object seen over South Idaho
Two airline pilots told a Wednesday news conference they saw a brilliant blue and orange object like a dirigible moving over Southern Idaho. They said passengers and observers in Las Vegas and Silver Lake plus Air Force and Navy pilots also viewed it. The object hovered about 60,000 feet high, 30 miles away, with long light trails.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Idaho
Sam B. Wiper
David Stewart
Las Vegas
Nev
Silver Lake
Calif
Air Force
Navy
Stewart
King
Kan River
Seoul
Gerry
Suwon
Syngman Rhee
United States
John J. Muccio
Taejon
Korea
Chung J1 Kwan
Tokyo
Reds
Pohangdog
Taegu
United States Army
Washington
Red
United States Navy
London
Attlee
Britain
Registration Bill Sought by GOP Leaders
Senate Republicans agreed to push a Communist registration bill as part of a must-do list before adjournment. Taft said the plan, discussed in a closed session, would require registration of all Communist party members and officers of front groups and bar Communists from government jobs and passports.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Lucas
Illinois
Mundt
R-S. C
Ferguson
Rmich
Johnston
D-S. C
Communist Party
American Bishop Charged With Leading Spy Ring
American Catholic Bishop Patrick O'Hara is charged in Bucharest with leading an underground Romanian espionage group aligned against the government. The indictment names seven Romanians plus figures such as Capt. Eugene F. Karpe and Bishop Guido Del Mestri, alleging covertly gathering and transmitting data on Soviet and Romanian troop movements, airfields, radar sites, ship movements, and energy fields. The death penalty is sought for all defendants, with Karpe previously killed under mysterious circumstances while traveling through Austria.
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Bucharest
Romania
U.P
Patrick O'Hara
Eugene F. Karpe
U. S
Seattle Man Hurt In Auto Collision At Amherst Drive
Seattle resident Leo E. Denzel, 67, was injured when two cars collided at the Amherst Sherman intersection on Wednesday evening. He was taken to St. James hospital with chest shoulder and head injuries. X rays will be done to check for fractures. Denzel rode in a car driven by Harry Cole of Butte. the other driver was Mike Foley of Butte. Neither driver was hurt. The vehicles were badly damaged.
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Leo E. Denzel
Seattle
Amherst
Sherman
St. James Hospital
Denzel
Harry Cole
Butte
Mike Foley
Thomas Mulcahy
Emergency plane service to monitor fires in Deer Lodge area
An emergency aerial fire observation plan for the Deer Lodge National Forest is arranged by Region 1 officer L M Stewart of Missoula and Tom Kocher of Butte Aero Sales. Planes will be used only in emergencies during the fire season to locate and assess fires reported by remote observers after standard forest service checks.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
L. M. Stewart
Region 1
Missoula
Tom Kocher
Butte Aero Sales Company
Forest Service
Bids for Tiber dam project to be called next month
Harold E. Aldrich announced bids for the prime contract on the Tiber dam and reservoir near Chester will be called in July. The package covers dam spillway outlet works and a large dike with total project cost around 27.4 million dollars, including the dam 4500 feet long and 196 feet high and a 22 800 acre reservoir spanning about 25 miles.
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Great Falls
Tiber
Chester
Harold E. Aldrich
Reclamation Bureau
Upper Missouri
Aldrich
France Quake Shakes Southern Towns with No Casualties
An earthquake of medium intensity struck part of southern France on Wednesday night near Perpignan. Church bells rang in many towns but no injuries or property damage were reported.
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France
Perpignan
U.R
MacArthur Flies to War Front and North Korea Press
MacArthur shifts to the front as C 54 transports transfer from the Philippines to speed supply. U S planes bomb northern targets while southern Korean forces defend Taejon and Suwon amid cross peninsula fighting and mass civilian refugees.
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Philippines
Suwon
United States
Japan
Taejon
Seoul
Pyongyang
Red
Unified
Korea
Munsan
MacArthur
Associated Press
Charles Gerry
United States Defense Department
Washington
Kimpo
Tokyo
O. H. P. King
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Lawrence Fellows
Irish Christian Brothers
Chicago
L. A. Fellows
South
Arizona
J. C. Fellows
Robert Hemphill
Grand
Robert Hemphill, Jr
Florida
Ill
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Berne
Wis
Boulevard Fire Department Auxiliary Sewing Club
Montana Street
Agnes Seman
Frances Ferrian
Tiber Dam
Montana
Galena
Montana Standard
S. Main
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