Communists Fight to Save Escape Routes to the North
In Korea battles across east and central fronts clash as Communists strive to defend escape routes northward while Allied armored forces push toward Kumsong. Van Fleet warns of another Red offensive as UN forces anchor pressure on Kumhwa and Kumsong with coastal and inland patrols reporting heavy fighting and casualties.
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Tokyo
Korea
Kumsong
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Inje
Kumhwa
George McArthur
West Central Front
United Nations
Iron ‘Triangle
Pyongyang
Songjin
Walker
U. N
van Fleet
Parallel 38
Chupa
Cbédoy
Labile Army
Kwachon
Death Toll in Montreal Hospice Fire Reaches 32
Montreal fire at St. Cunegonde's Hospice killed 32, with 13 missing and fears the toll may rise to 40. A 52-year-old nun Mother Rita Gervais died trying to save residents, as rescuers recovered charred remains and the blaze destroyed records in the midtown south side building.
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Montreal
St. Cunegonde’s Hospice
August Clement
Rita Gervais
Chauvin
Grey Nuns
P. M. Seguin
Red Cross
Iran Extends British Reply in Oil Negotiations
Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh grants Britain 48 hours to respond to Iran on demanding profits from the Anglo Iranian Oil Company. U S Ambassador Grady facilitated the extension hoping to avoid wrecking talks. Iranian officials insist on a definite yes or no by Sunday morning.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Mossadegh
Grady
Karen Hassibi
Finance Ministry
AIOC
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Agencies Protest 10 Percent Payroll Cut Voted by Senate
Washington reports federal agencies protest to Congress against a 10 percent payroll reduction approved in the first appropriations bill of the year. Chief Judge John W. Kern of the U S Tax Court warned the cut could trigger a breakdown in agency operations.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
John ‘W. Kern
U. S. ‘Tax Court
Air Force Jet Crashes Near Aiken Killing Pilot
An Air Force jet fighter crashed two miles east of Aiken on highway 18 around 7 45 a m. The pilot was killed and their body was recovered from the wreckage nearly two hours later. Identification was not immediate.
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Augusta
Air Force
Aiken
D. C
South Carolina
June Dominates as Most Popular Month for Weddings
Marriage license records from the Thomas County Ordinary show 16 couples applied in June, averaging one per day, with May at 38 licenses. December also proved to be a popular month for marriage licenses.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
Labor Disputes Tie Up American Shipping In Every Major Sea Port
Labor conflicts halt U S shipping across Atlantic and Gulf ports with about 650 ships in 23 ports affected. NMU and CIO unions seek 40 hour work week 25 percent wage boost plus pay scale fixes and vacations while firms warn costs could rise by about 170 million dollars annually. President Truman declines Taft-Hartley intervention.
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New York
Curran
ARA
National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
CIO
NMA
Gulf Coast
Washington
Truman
New York City
Clyde M. Mills
NMU
High Seas
Frank J. Taylor
Wage Stabilization Board
MacArthur Ends Tour in Texas With Demand for Policy Change
General Douglas MacArthur wrapped up his Texas campaign urging the public to oppose appeasement and back decisive victory in Korea. He spoke to a large Dallas crowd and at the Cotton Bowl pressed that the people’s will must drive his peace through victory approach.
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MacArthur
Dallas
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
U. S
Truman
U. N
Fort Worth
Adelphis
Korea
Cotton Bowl Stadium
Jess
Weather summary for Thomasville Georgia June 16 1951
The report notes cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with warm temperatures and widely scattered afternoon thundershowers today and Sunday. Montay warmer and cloudy with a highest yesterday of 69 and a lowest 49 this month. Precipitation totals 0.01 in last 24 hours and 2.72 in the month 20.38 since January 1. Normal for the month is 5.45.
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Thomasville
Montay
Georgia and Northwest Florida Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through today tonight and Sunday. Widely scattered afternoon thundershowers expected in both Georgia and Northwest Florida with no significant temperature shifts. Coastal areas see moderate south and southwest winds.
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Georgia
Florida
Bill to Increase Tax Revenue Scheduled for Action
A bill to raise government tax revenue by 7.233 billion dollars annually is tentatively slated for House action next Wednesday. Approved 19 to six by the Ways and Means Committee, it may be the largest single revenue measure in U S history if enacted by House Senate and President Truman.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
U. S
Senate
Truman
Congress
Republicans Push Rent Ceiling Hike On Senate Floor
GOP Senators who lost a committee fight to boost rent ceilings to 37 percent vow to press the measure on the Senate floor. The Banking Committee approved a bill to prolong and widen rent controls, adding new defense areas under the program while keeping the 20 percent cap above base period levels for most.
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GOP
Washington
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Trueman
Moody
D-Mich
Bridges Denies Lobby Influence on China Policy
Washington June 16 AP Senator Bridges denied the China Lobby influenced his support of Chiang Kai Shek’s Nationalists in the MacArthur inquiry era. Senator Butler and others faced questions as Democrats allege fundraising ties. Kohlberg named a China Lobby figure with sizable contributions to Bridges and Butler. Bridges said he supported China for a decade and campaigns show no influence. MacArthur inquiry moves to hear more witnesses as subcommittee plans advance in Dallas comments.
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Washington
Bridges
RNH
Chiang Kai Shek
John Marshall Butler
Butler
Kohlberg
China
Tee
MacArthur
Dallas
Tex
Truman
Korea
Russell
Knowland
R-Calif
Approv- Bridges
Wave officer resigns as WAF director sparks Pentagon fuss
Women in the Air Force clash over the appointment of a Wave reserve officer to direct the WAF. The Pentagon stir follows Lt. Col. Geraldine May's sudden resignation for personal reasons and the lack of comment from the former director as associates say the move surprised them.
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Washington
Air Force
WAF
Pentagon
Geraldine
Jerry” May
May
Truman Suspends Ban on Aid Behind Curtain
President Truman suspends the Kem amendment ban on aid to nations trading with the Iron Curtain for up to 80 days. Republicans condemn the move as nullifying Congress and risking security by letting strategic materials flow to Communist satellite states. The suspension, issued after lawmakers left for the weekend, aims to study trading situations in aid-receiving countries.
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Truman
Rowland Evans, JR
Washington
White House
Kem
R-Mo
Trueman
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Congress
Capitol Hill
National Security Council
Howver
U. S
Russia
Security Council
Ex convict opens gunbattle in New Orleans French Quarter
A wild gunbattle erupted in New Orleans French Quarter as police arrested an ex convict after reports he stabbed night club dancer Sheila Ryan. Tear gas and bombs were used to rout him from the dancer’s apartment. one officer, Sgt. Henry Morris, was wounded in the left thigh as he knocked on the door.
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New Orleans
Sheila Ryan
Henry Morris
Trade Pacts Extended By President Truman
Washington June 16 AP President Truman signed a bill extending the reciprocal trade agreements act to June 12 1953 The measure allows the president to negotiate tariff cuts in exchange for concessions while barring concessions to Russia and satellites He criticized new provisions as cumbersome and warned against product by product tariff legislation and possible safeguards to prevent injury to American industry
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Free World
Russia
America
Congress
United States
Pavo and Quitman Open 1951 Watermelon Shipments
June 16 reports two early melon shipments in Georgia. Pavo Cooperative Association plans the first carload from the 1951 crop to depart today for distant markets. In Quitman the Hickory Head Agriculture Club ships the season’s first Brooks county melons, averaging 28 pounds, bought by Robert Bennett for over $500.
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Pavo
Pavo Egre Rieh. Co-Operative Associa
Brooks
Quitman
Brooks County
Hickory Head
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Macon
W. M. Haygood
Dublin
W. E. Scott
Bishop Moore
Atlanta
J. Ed Fain
Columbus
Ralph Porterfield
Cordelo
W. E. McTier
G. E. Clary
Savanah
U.S
S.C
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