General Allied Attack Pushes East Korean Front
Allied and South Korean forces launched a broad assault along the east coast of Korea near Kigye and Kumhwa as 50,000 North Koreans massed north of Taegu. US 24th Division and Marines pressed the Changnyong thrust while Red Fourth Division reportedly collapsed after fierce fighting.
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Taegu
Pohang-Kigye
Kigye
Pohang
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
Indong
Kumhwa
Jack MacBeth
Changnyong
Naktong River
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Naktong
John H
Lack of Confidence in Truman Aids Anti Inflation Bill Debate
A Senate Republican leader said lack of confidence in the Truman administration drives proposed changes to the anti inflation bill. The measure would grant the president broad wage price control powers and authorize production and credit controls as Congress and the White House clash over rider amendments. Senate Democrats aim to block a Communist control rider while negotiating with Maybank and Mundt Ferguson on separate security provisions.
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Truman Sends Spofford to Urge More Western Allied Aid
Ambassador Charles M. Spofford flies from New York to London to press Britain France and other West European nations to intensify their rearmament and sustain a defense program around 35 billion dollars annually. He will report US plans and seek broader American support ahead of the Sept meeting.
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Europe
Korea
Atlantic
Talented Native Son Hollis Schriber Dies in DC
Hollis W. Schriber 35, Amarillo native and former valedictorian, was found dead in his Washington apartment doorway yesterday morning. He had been treated for multiple sclerosis by a local specialist and reportedly died of a heart attack. his mother Mrs. Esther Schriber of 805 Mississippi was unaware of his illness.
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Amarillo
Hollis W. Schriber
Washington, DC
Mr. Schriber
Esther Schriber
Mississippi
Schriber
Washington
Tri State Farming Empire in Bloom
Farmers and ranchers surge forward as the Tri State Empire enjoys an unprecedented agricultural outlook. The feature highlights a dramatic shift from drought to abundant moisture and frames the era as a remarkable achievement in one of the world’s richest farming regions.
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Tri-State
Tri-State Empire
Another Russian Surprise in UN Session Awaited
UN Security Council members anticipate a new Soviet move next week possibly in a private meeting or the next public session. President Jakob A. Malik aims to unveil the proposal amid a procedural deadlock over South Korea's representative.
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Lake
UN Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Council
Korea
South Korea
John M. Change
Childress Railroad Worker Improves After Injury
O W Price a Childress railroad handcar operator remained in critical condition at Highland General Hospital though authorities reported slight improvement today. He was injured August 10 when his handcar collided with a giant trailer one mile south of Pampa on the Lefors highway.
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Pampa
O. W. Price
Childress
Highland General Hospital
Price
Lefors
Mexican Leader Padilla Ends Exile Returns to Mexico
Ezequiel Padilla, former wartime foreign minister of Mexico, crossed into Mexico at Laredo today ending four years of self imposed exile. He had lived in the United States, lecturing and writing since his 1946 defeat by Miguel Aleman.
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Ezequiel Padilla
Mexico
United States
Miguel Aleman
Leon Trotsky
Stalin
Mexico City
Vega
Arcturus
Missouri
Jefferson City
Fort Orleans
Lumber Prices At Olver and Wiggins Co
Olver and Wiggins Lumber Co lists FKr 2x4 and 2x6 at seven ninety five per hundred. Located at 1200 West 6th.
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Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
West
Rail Peace Talks Reopen as Strikes Proliferate Across Industry
The CIO Newspaper Guild settlement with The New York World Telegram and Sun ends an eight thousand Detroit Packard workers walkout while farm equipment workers at International Harvester also strike. John R. Steelman mediates as 300,000 railroad workers face five day token actions. Union demands include a 40 hour week at 48 hours pay and parity with engineers. Some 3,000 miners walk off in Cleveland, St. Paul and Louisville and 5,000 on key lines for US Steel and New York Central. Republic Steel halts mills threatening 35 tons of lost output as coke ovens and furnaces prepare to shut down.
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International Harvester
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Bers
Brotherhood of
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Louisville
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Joliet
Eastern
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Lake Erie
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Republic Steel Corporation
Iver Terminal Railway
Ahoga River
Republic
Plains Politics Nears Finish in Lone Star Runoff
In the Panhandle run off district contest, Amarillo's Altavene Clark and Pampa's Walter Rogers prepare for a final week of campaigning facing Dems for local and state offices. Clark targets inflation and home front preparedness while Rogers promises an odds defying win as they tour radio studios and meet voters.
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Cong
Ben Guill
Altavene Clark
Amarillo
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Clark
Congress
Thief Snags Wallet From Palmer House Guest
Chicago August 19 a guest named Lyman H Priday of Collegeville Pa reports a theft at the Palmer House on the 21st floor. He says a thief reached through a fire escape window to steal his wallet from pants on a chair containing 200 dollars in cash and 300 in traveler's checks.
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Lyman H. Priday
Collegeville
Priday
Palmer House
Art of Happiness series debut on editorial page
The Sunday News Globe presents the first installment of The Art of Real Happiness by Norman Vincent Peale with Smiley Blanton M D. Readers are urged to follow the series as it appears on the editorial page.
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Borger
142Nd
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Fort Worth
Denver
Dick Robinett
Kyle Speed
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Simpson
William A. Cheshire
Norman Vincent Peale
Sunday News Globe
Smiley Blanton
M. D
Dr. Peale
North Korean forces mass near Taegu and Masan in Korean War
Reports indicate North Korean troops trained in Manchuria and now mass at both ends of the central front, 15 to 25 miles north of Taegu and 30 miles west of Masan, threatening a pincer against UN forces. The Masan sector lies opposite the US 25th Division with Pusan as the main supply port under risk.
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Pusan
Korea
Eighth Army
Chinju
Panhandle War Hero Lt Norman DeBord Wounded in Korea
Lt Norman DeBord of Samnorwood, son of G A DeBord, wounded on the Korean front per the Defense Department casualty list. The 25th Division hero previously helped six trapped men cross a river, earning dispatches and a Bravery citation. He is a Sumnerwood High School graduate who later attended Texas Tech and rejoined the Army in 1949.
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Collingsworth County
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Texas Tech
Amarillo Dog Show Training Class at Crockett and Twelfth
Training class for dogs to enter the Amarillo Dog Show runs 3 PM to 2 PM near Twelfth Street and Crockett. A joint meeting of the Central Labor Union and Amarillo Labor Legislative Council is held at Carpenters Hall, 2124 West Seventh.
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Crockett
Central Labor Union
Amarillo Labor Legislative Council
Carpenters Hall
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