We Can’t Pacify Asia by Ourselves Says Nation Wide
Nationalist Chinese spies warn of a Communist invasion of Formosa as the Seventh Fleet guards the island. The piece argues the United States cannot fight China alone and urges UN collective action or withdrawal to defend the U.S. and homes if allies balk. It notes Korea forces are largely American with minor international troops and urges allied sacrifice if Asia heats up.
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Big Island
United Nations
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Asia
Korea
England
Turkey
Thailand
Australia
Slogan Contest Urges Car Safety Against Russian Roulette
The 20 30 Club seeks reader slogans to curb risk taking on highways. They plan a Saturday vote by a committee and favor a Russian Roulette theme with a revolver image. readers may mail suggestions.
This and That Quotation Note from The Kiwanis Bulletin
W S George notes a sensible girl is more sensible than she looks and defines a convalescent as a patient who is still alive. The Kiwanis Bulletin line reads humorously on common sense and terms in mid century jargon.
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W. S. George
The
Kiwanis Bulletin
Wes Izzard
Three New Taxes Taking Shape
The Senate Finance Committee moved to tax television sets and home freezers at 10 percent, raising about 50 million yearly. The plan, part of President Truman's emergency tax bill, would also add five million annually by taxing slot machines. income tax hikes were not acted on yet.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Hennings Narrowly Leads Allison in Missouri Senate Race
Missouri Democratic Senate race tightens as Thomas C. Hennings leads Emery W. Allison with 292 precincts left. Allison trims the gap with rural returns but concedes no defeat, awaiting absentee ballots. Truman and Gov. Smith back Allison. Donnell wins GOP Senate nomination.
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Associated Press
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
St. Louis
Missouri
Democratic Senate
Truman
Emery W. Allison
Allison
Rolla
Hennings
Forrest Smith
James M. Pendergast
Kansas City
Jackson County
Thomas J. Guilfoil
Forrest C. Donnell
Kansas
Virginia
West Vi
Proposal Seeks To Outlaw Communists
A House bill would outlaw the Communist Party and require all Communists to register as agents of a foreign government. The measures were introduced as Mundt Nixon curbing bill action began.
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Communist Party ban proposed by Georgia representative
Today in Amarillo Representative Cox of Georgia submitted a proposal to outlaw membership in the Communist Party with penalties up to 10 years in prison and fines of 10000 dollars. Cox claimed Communists are criminals against civilization and Christianity as the measure targets foreign agents and party affiliation.
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Georgia
Communist Party
Walter
Pennsylvania
Weather Almanac and State Facts From The Daily News
The Almanac lists US Weather Bureau forecasts for Amarillo and West Texas with fair nights and mornings, partly cloudy afternoons and evenings, possible thundershowers by late Friday, and 60 to 85 degree highs. It covers Tri-State skies, moonrise, planetary events, and a July Aquarius full moon eclipse visible across North America. It also provides Connecticut state facts including population 1,994,818, area 5,009 square miles, Hartford as capital, motto Sustinet, and symbols Mountain laurel White oak Robin with a brief tense verse.
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Oscar A Detten Killed in Wreck Near St Francis
Oscar A Detten 45 a farmer was killed instantly in a two car crash at the intersection of St Francis Avenue and Ben Masterson Highway two miles west of St Francis. His nephew Donald Detten 20 was uninjured and a passenger Miss Peggy Hoeling 20 Route 3 River Road sustained serious head and left arm injuries. Peggy Hoeling was taken to St Anthony's Hospital in serious but conscious condition.
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Oscar A. Detten
Donald Detten
Panhandle
Peggy Hoeling
Route 3
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R. T. Hodges
Oscar
Production Looms on H and A Bombs Both
Washington August 2 A P The United States appears to gear for hydrogen bomb production without easing A bomb work DuPont named to design build and operate new plants for materials usable for weapons or power fuels The move hints at producing plutonium and or tritium in large quantities while preserving the A bomb program
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United States
DuPont Company
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Commission
Delaware
Alarm Clock Price Controls Backed by Senate Panel
The Senate Banking Committee approved automatic price and wage controls plus rationing if living costs rise to a set point. The plan includes criminal penalties for hoarding and black market activity. Support splits with Bricker backing penalties and Fulbright pushing automatic controls, while Truman offered cautious flexibility.
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Senate Banking Committee
White House
Senate Committee
Bricker
Ohio
U S Rejects Soviet Deals to End Korean War
U S chief delegate Warren R Austin rejected Soviet efforts to tie Red China entry into the UN to the Korean conflict. He insisted no settlement linking Korea to other issues will be accepted as long as fighting continues.
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United Nations
Austin
North Korea
Republic of Korea
Jakob A. Malik
Jebb
Council
Korea
China
Malik
Soviet Union
Red China
Allied Elements Consolidate Line At River Barrier
United Nations forces stabilized their Korean front behind the Naktong River awaiting fresh reinforcements from the U S Marine and Army units. The withdrawal continued with minor exceptions as UN forces fought near Yongdok Chinju and Pusan while air and naval support attacked enemy vehicles bridges and rail lines.
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Naktong
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