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, NEWS IN BRIEF
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (JP)—Two
gunmen who stole $90 from liquor
store owner John Burr Monday
evidently have some respect for
the law, after all.
One of the bandits lifted a bot
tle of whiskey from the shelf and
1' started to take a drink.
“Not here,” cautioned his com
panion. “This is an off-sale place.
It’s against the law.”
So the pair left—with the whis
key.
WEST LOS ANGELES, (JP) —
Author Foroty Parker and her ex
husband, screen writer Alan
Campbell, are remarrying Thurs
day. Their second wedding will be
held in their new Bel Air home.
“I called her up in New York
and asked her and she said yes.”
Campbell explained yesterday.
f “You never know why you do
those things.”
The couple were divorced in
1947 after 14 years of marriage.
Campbell blamed “the war and
separations” for the break-up.
WASHINGTON, (JP), The House
voted today to restore city mail
service to two deliveries a day.
DURHAM, N. H. (JP)—The Uni
versity of New Hampshire hap
pily announced today harmony
exists between the United States
and Russia—so far as the plant
world is concerned.
A cross between American and
Russian mulberry bushes has pro
duced a superior specia, U. of N.
H. plant breeders have discov
ered. The bushes are to be put on
display at the horticultural farm
Friday.
MIAMI, Fla. (/P)—Winds up to
135 or 140 miles an hour were
- found in the tropical hurricane
wallowing some 725 miles due
east of Miami early today.
The U. S. weather bureau said
a navy “hurricane hunter” plane
reported that the “eastern quad
rant has winds over 120 knots and
it is beginning to drift in a west
erly direction.”
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SUTTON, Eng., (iP)—Until to
day, there was a series of next
door addresses on Carshalton Road
^ which went like this:
No. 18, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Long.
No. 20, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Short.
No. 22, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lit
tle.
Today Mr. and Mrs. Short’s
daughter Kathleen married Frank
Large.
The newlyweds are moving into
No. 24.
TUNIS, Tunisia, (#)—Five Tu
nisian shepherds took refuge in a
haystack during a storm yester
day. All were killed when light
ning struck the stack.
VALDEZ, (IF)—Construction of
W a SI60,000 sewer system for Val-!
dez, possibly next year, is being
considered by the city council.
Felix Toner of Juneau outlined
preliminary engineering details atj
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| Giant Quake
Believed In
Far East Area
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(By The Associated Press)
Some scientists agreed today
1 that yesterday’s earthquake—one
of the greatest ever measured by
man—may have occurred near the
wild fastness of the Himalaya
Mountains.
Whether the ’quake shook the
| earth in Tibet, Eastern India or
northern Burma was uncertain in
the opinion of these seismologists.
The Rev. Daniel Linehan, S. J.,
! head of the Boston College seis
| mograph station at Weston, Mass.,
said it was not surprising that no
word had been received from the
vicinity of the quake.
He said his opinion was “better
than a guess” that it probably oc
curred in the wild Himalayas of
Eastern India.
British experts decided the
giant tremor took place in Tibet,
or perhaps Burma. One Kew ob
servatory official placed it be
tween the Himalayas and Burma.
In Germany, the geophysical
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Royal Daughter
Born To Prince
And Princess
LONDON, (jP)—A princess was
born yesterday to Princess Eliza
beth, heiress-presumptive to the
throne of the British Empire, and
her handsome husband, Prince
Philip.
The new princess, second child
of the royal couple, is third in line
of succession to the British crown.
She follows her chubby 21-month
old brother, Prince Charles.
The birth of the baby at Clar
ence House near Buckingham Pal
ace, home of Elizabeth and Philip,
pushed Elizabeth’s sister, viva
cious Princess Margaret, into
fourth place in the royal succes
sion. |
A bulletin issued by the attend
ing physicians said the baby came
at 10:50 a.m. (GMT) and that “her1
royal highness and her daughter
are both doing well.”
The baby princess weighed six
pounds, an official announcement
disclosed.
Her birth touched off spontane
ous family and public celebra
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America’s W eapons
((/P) Newsfeatures)
Navy's largest, fastest and most
heavily armed carrier-based
dive-torpedo -bomber is this
AM-1 Mauler. It carries three
torpedoes, 12 rockets and four
20 mm. cannon at 275 knots.
A Different Kind
Of Fish Story
((/P) Newsfeatures)
WANESVILLE, N. C. (/P)—C. E.
Weatherby, coach of Waynesville
High School's athletics, always
carries along a bunch of small bal
loons on bass fishing expeditions.
The balloons get into the act af
ier the first catch. He inflates one,
ties it to the tail of the captive
fish by an eight-inch string, then
tosses the fish back into the wa
ter. The bass wiggles off to join
the school. Weatherby follows the
balloon.
Proof of the pudding: Weather
by usually comes home with his
bag limit. 1
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Install Beta Sigma
Phi Chapter Here
A charter chapter of Beta Sigma
Phi sorority for Nome, was for
mally installed last Monday night
at the home of Mrs. Harold Har
per. The impressive candle-light
service was read by Mrs. EUe
Guenther, executive staff mem
ber, from the international offices
in Kansas City, Mo.; who formed
the chapter here. She was assisted i
by Mrs. Jim McLean and Miss
Mary BoelL
Before a ritual table attractive
ly arranged with yellow roses and
tall black tapers, the sorority
flower and colors, fifteen young
women, their director and sponsor
received the pledge degree and
badge of the organization. This
pledgeship terminates after a six
months' period, when the foil
membership wil lbe conferred up
on them and their charter grant
ed.
Within ten days the chapter will
receive its official name from the
Home Office.
Before the installation cere
mony, Mrs. Guenther conducted j
an organization meeting, advising
the pledges of their sorority priv- j
ileges. Following the installation
the officers were installed, and
the new president, Mrs. Jim Mc
Lean, conducted a short business I
session to determine the future
meeting dates. The second and
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B-29’s Smash Reds
With 3,500 Bombs
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(By The Associated Press)
Panicky communist troops reel
ed in retreat on the Naktong River
frontin Korea today after a giant
smash by 98 B-29 suporforts un
loaded 1,750,000 pounds of explo
sives on their offensive buildup.
The massive blow, inaugurating
a new role for the giant bombers,
was aimed at breaking the back
of a 60,000-man communist build
up across the Naktong where a
kickoff had been expected against
Taegu, the main American * for
ward position in South Korea.
Large-scale U.S. reinforcements
have arrived on the battlefront in
the southwest sector, where Ne
gro units of thUe S52..th , fio
gro units of the U. S. 25th Divi
sion have been fighting some of
the fiercest battles of the war in
the area of Chinju, main commun
ist southern base. The replace
ment units were not identified as
to size or outfit.
A communist admission that the
North Koreans might eventually
be thrown back to the starting
point of their invasion, was re
ported from Formosa, island
stronghold of the Chinese Nation
alists. Reports in Taipei said the
Soviet Union and Red China have
agreed that the Chinese commun
ists will throw 150,000 troops into
the war if the invaders are push
ed back to the 38th parallel, di
viding line between North and
South Korea. Recent arrivals in
Taipei from Red China reported
that Soviet vice-premier V. M.
Molotov, said to be in full charge
of communist expansion in the
Orient, visited Peiping to arrange
the pact. The reports were uncon
firmed from any other source.
President Truman spent 20 min
utes today with his joint chiefs of
staff, reviewing the Korean war,
while the nation wondered if the
massive superfortress strike meant
a turning of the tide which might
lead to victory.
There were some indications on
the main front northwest of Taegu
that the enemy might be blowing
up the very underwater bridges
he laid down for his big push. If
this was so( it appeared the Reds
expected a ground attack in the
wake of the B-29 smash, which re
portedly spread terror in Red
ranks. Observer pilots reported
enemy units stunned and demor
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America’s W eapons
((/P) Newsfeatures)
B-26 Reconnaissance bombers
flying over the Japanese
mainland. These fast hitters fly
350 miles per hour, range 940
miles and have a service ceiling
of 25,000 feet.
Korean Situation
At A Glance —
Tuesday* August 15* 1950
(By The Associated Press)
Communist forces smashed sav
agely today against the American,
southern flank on the Naktong
River bridgehead southwest of
Taegu, main U. S. forward base in
South Korea. This Red drive roll
ed ahead six or seven miles in the
Changnyong area, 23 miles south
west of Taegu, in some of the se
I verest fighting of the war.
A breakthrough in the Changn
yong sector not only would im
peril Taegu, but probably would
j signal the beginning of what the
! communists hoped would be the
final push to Pusan to throw the
defenders into the sea. But a U. S.
officer expressed confidence the
j Reds could be pushed back. Head
quarters said the battle was “in
decisive.”
While the U. S. 24th Division
battled the Red push on the south
ern flank under a blistering sun,
with both sides suffering heavy
casualties, United Nations forces
frere holding just to the north in
the area where the Reds already
have swollen, their bridgehead to
12,600 troops. The Changnyong
front has been almost semi-circu
lar.
The Reds rammed ano t h e r
bridgehead across the river on the
northern end of the Naktong river
front near Waegwan, wheer the
kickoff of a communist general
offensive has been awaited, but
severe Allied air punishment of
the communist concentrat ions
have thrown the Red timetable
out of kilter.
But there was heavy fighting on
other fronts. On the northeast rim
of the ’40-mile-long battlefront,
Allied forces moved to within a
half mile of Red-held Pohang, for
merly the No. 2 U. S. east coast
supply base.
On the southern end of the curl
ing front—behind the advance of
Marines and infantry—U. S. Ne
gro troops with the 25th Division
captured a rocky hill in fierce
fighting, freeing the remainder of
a force of 200 American artillery
men who had been encircled by*
the Reds.
American pilots reported a com
munis mechanized column of
more than 100 vehicles moving
toward Chinju, communist south
ern base being threatened by the
A m e r i c a n Leathernecks and
Doughboys in their southern
drive.
Moscow admitted publicly that
the Soviet Union was responsible
for the military power of the Red
North Koreans. The press carried
an article by Kim Do Bon, chair
man of the Presidium of the North
Korean People’s Assembly, which
said Russia gave his country war
material, machines, mining equip
ment, electric locomotives and
tractors in the postwar period. He
said this material was that which
was not produced in Korea, and
he hailed Prime Minister Stalin as
“our liberator and best friend of
the Korean people.”
A Russian-made North Korean
Yak plane dropped two 500-pound
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