We've talked about many wars and conflicts on this podcast, but there's one we haven't covered yet--the Korean War. It's often called the forgotten war, but  today we want to remember it and the other things being reported in newspapers the day it began.

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SOURCES

“Advertisment: Rominger Jewelry Co. (page 4).” Scottsbluff Daily Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, Nebraska), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Albion Family of Cook Awaits Word He Has Inherited $150,000.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), June 28, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Albion Family Of Cook Awaits Word He Inherited $150,000.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), June 28, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Ashcroft, Brent. “Memorial Service Set for Recently Discovered Flight 2501 Mass Grave.” Detroit Free Press. Detroit Free Press, June 23, 2015. https://www.freep.com/story/news/2015/06/23/northwest-orient-flight-2501-memorial/29149889/.

Associated Press. “Café Cook Is Left $150,000 Estate By Judge He Befriended .” The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Tank-Led Communists Invade South Korea.” Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Texas), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Bloody Murder Plotted to Dupe Insurance Firms.” Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, Tennessee), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

Bodell, Luke. “Disappearance over Lake Michigan: The Story of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Simple Flying, June 23, 2022. https://simpleflying.com/northwest-orient-flight-2501-disappearance/.

“Clive Cussler.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, July 22, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Cussler.

Fishman, Joseph Fulling. “Attempts to Swindle the Life Insurance Companies (American Mercury; July 1950).” The Unz Review. Accessed September 26, 2022. https://www.unz.com/print/AmMercury-1956jul/.

History.com Editors. “Korean War.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 9, 2009. https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war.

“Mystery of Call to Albion Mayor on Death Solved.” Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, New York), March 14, 1969. www.newspapers.com.

“National Underwater and Marine Agency.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 15, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Underwater_and_Marine_Agency.

“Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 17, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501.

“Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 17, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_2501.

“Olinto Nenni (1882-1956).” Find a Grave. Accessed September 24, 2022. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88982337/olinto-nenni.

United Press. “58 Persons Dead In Worst US Air Crash.” The Mexia Daily News (Mexia, Texas), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

“Wire Says Man Inherited Fortune Here -- But Where?” Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Florida), June 25, 1950. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.