House Rechecks Controls After Committee Approves Discretionary Powers
The House returns to wage and price controls with a 5 percent trigger while the Senate backs discretionary authority for Truman on implementation. The administration may seek an excess profits tax as part of anti inflation steps, with McKinnon pushing an amendment tying controls to a 5 percent rise from June 15 levels.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Senate Committee
Capitol Hill
Congress
Rep
McKinnon
D-Calif
MccKinnon
Lab
Californian Sets Record in English Channel Crossing
Florence Chadwick of San Diego conquered the English Channel in a record 13 hours 28 minutes, beating Gertrude Ederle’s 1926 mark by over an hour. Shirley May France quit after 13 hours 46 minutes, eight miles offshore, as thousands watched Dover cliffs.
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England
Florence Chadwick
San Diego
Shirley May
France
Chadwick
Gertrude Ederle
Ederle
Cap Sriz
Nez
Georges Michel
Mille Gade Carson
Shirley May France
Somerset
Mass
Soviet Races New Rebuff
LAKE SUCCESS -UP)- Russia faced another United Nations rebuff on Korea today, but she was expected to strike back with her 44th veto. Delegates prepared to open the second week of the Korean diplomatic battle at a session this afternoon of the Security Council.
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United Nations
Korea
Security Council
United States
U.S
Communists fire on Norwegian freighter near Hong Kong
Chinese shore batteries opened fire on the Norwegian freighter Pleasantville about 15 miles south of Hong Kong harbor. Five shells were fired but the ship was not hit. This marked the third shelling of ships near Hong Kong in three days.
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Hong Kong
Pleasantville
Keeping Busy Keeping Busy
Local business service advertisers tout the benefit of a Messenger Classified ad guiding readers to place ads for broad daily reach. The pitch promises low daily costs, extensive exposure, and proven results to drive calls.
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Messenger
Taft says U S invited attack in Korea at soil event
Senator Robert A. Taft told about 5000 attendees at Morgan County soil conservation day that the United States invited the attack in Korea. He warned arming for World War III could cost fifty billion dollars a year, favoring a focus on consumer credit and domestic cuts. Louis Bromfield praised Taft as an American liberal and Ohio’s great citizen, noting Gov. Lausche was not present.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Korea
Morgan Couty
Aches
Fomosa
Russia
Taft
Louis Bromfiel
Bromfield
Frank J. Lausche
Legion Elects Officers At State Convention
In Cleveland the Ohio American Legion elected officers yesterday led by Ligouri A. Dusseau of Toledo as commander and Rev Richard J Connelly of Lancaster named chaplain The Auxiliary district presidents installed included Mrs Tro Kleplinger of Chillicothe and Mrs C A Richardson of McConnelsville Each served as World War I veterans and World War II clergy in various posts.
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Cleveland
Richard J. Connelly
Ohio American Legion
Connelly
Lancaster
A. Dusseau
Toledo
Tro Kleplinger
Chillicothe
C. A. Richardson
McConnelsville
Retail Handlers Blamed For High Meat Costs
A Western cattlemen spokesperson blamed retail handlers for rising meat prices. Joe Montague of Fort Worth Texas, general counsel for the Lex and Southwestern Cattle Raise Association, said the price of choice beef per pound has dropped seven cents since June 1, while the average consumer price rose twelve cents per pound.
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Washington
Todo
Joe Montague
Fort Wort Tex
Lex and
Southwestern Cattle Raise Association
Five dead in Ozarks shooting in Eminence Missouri
Three people were killed and two injured in a wild shooting spree in the Ozarks near Eminence Missouri. The gunman fled into wooded terrain near the South Central Missouri town.
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Eminence
Ozarks
South Cental
Missouri Town
Crowd Debates City Light Plant Issue in Nelsonville
A two hour Nelsonville City Council session drew about 150 citizens as the council voted 5-2 to place on first reading an ordinance to sell the city light plant at public auction. Speakers argued for keeping or disposing of the plant, noting a controversial political history and a November vote. The ordinance requires two more readings before adoption.
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Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
Arthur Kennedy
John Storick
Charles Dorst
Calvin Lanning
William Smith
Henry Kelch
L. C. Day
E. W. Allen
Harry Blimes
Frank Shivers
John Lloyd Evans
Tony Palermo
Sebring Coal Co
C. W. Monks
Truman weighs excess profits tax plan for corporations
Close associates say President Truman intends to ask Congress for a multi billion dollar excess profits tax to fund arms buildup and counter Communist aggression. Some lawmakers push for an anti profiteering levy while O Mahoney and Mills prepare to press for broad price and wage controls.
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Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
Suport
Yan
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Cp. Mills
D-Ark
September Juntas Listed
Columbus selective service will call up 15 000 more Ohioans for physical examinations in September state director announced. Total draftees tied up since Korea War now 26 000. From latest list 2 860 draftees will be taken in October by counties including Athens 75 Gallia 45 Hocking , Jackson 54 Meigs 39 Morgan , Perry 57 Vinton 21 Washington 81.
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Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Meigs
Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washingn
Refugee claims Reds could mobilize 340000 men
A refugee from Korea told reporters in Taipei Formosa that North Korea would field 340000 fighting men and up to 200000 Chinese Reds as reserves if needed. Wang Kung Wen, ex-head of the Chinese Overseas Association in Seoul, broke down the force as 200000 North Koreans 80000 Koreans trained by Chinese Communists and 60000 Japanese.
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Formosa
Refus
Korea
Wang Kung-Wen
Chinese Overseas Association
Seoul
Christening Plans After Cleveland Man Finds Unknown Liquid
Donald Guide, 28, struck a chunk of concrete while digging a drain and uncovered a liquid filled with mystery. An unnamed neighbor tested it and deemed it dangerous. Mrs Guide, 26, is due to give birth next week, sparking talk of the christening for their baby.
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Cleveland
Donald ¢. Guide
Guide
Marines to expand reserves and seek larger force
The Marines plan to mobilize 50 000 of 80 000 volunteer reserves to active duty this fall and may seek January funding to raise strength toward 300 000. House members call for a permanent minimum of 300 000 and broader mobilization across regulars and reserves. The Coast Guard may reenlist former Guardsmen and reservists into the reserves.
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Washington
Corps
Vinson
Dga
House Armed Service Committee
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Mansfield
D-Mont
Marine Volunteer
Coast Guard
16 Year-Old Robert Stephens Dies by Own Action
In Zanesville sixteen year old Robert E Stephens killed himself with a .22 rifle, pressing the trigger with a toe. He left a note saying he did not wish to return to Hancock Junior High School. His father John Stephens had shot himself a year earlier after wounding his wife Betty.
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Zanesville
Robert E. Stephens
Robert
Hancock
S. S. Daw
John
Betty
Weather outlook for Columbus area this weekend
Temperatures will run 2 to 4 degrees above normal with highs around 83 and lows near 63. No major temperature change through Sunday as rainfall averages a quarter inch from showers Friday into Saturday.
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Columbus
War Briefs from Korea and Beyond Stir Global News
Reports from Tokyo and Washington relay optimistic talks from General MacArthur to President Truman. Shanghai and London dispatches note Lattimore’s call for Communist China in the U N and Randolph Churchill joining the Telegram staff. Five Fifth Air Force pilots are missing in Korea amid ongoing combat operations. In Detroit a manpower tightening prompts women to drive taxis again. A Korean refugee claims Russia will grant two Manchurian provinces to Red Korea after the war. Captain Cornell confirms the Seoul teacher’s account of the claim. MacArthur reportedly invited Romulo to join his war staff, according to unconfirmed reports.
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Tokyo
W. Averell Harriman
Washington
Truman
General MacArthur
Korea
Seoul
Russia
Red Korea
Kenneth R. Cornell
MacArthur
Carlos P. Romulo
The
Philippines
Warships Set for France From U S Aid Program
France will receive two 1240 ton destroyer escorts Samuel F Mills and Riddle on August 12 in Philadelphia. Henri Bonnet will accept from Rear Admiral R E Schuirmann and ships will be renamed Arabe and Kabyle.
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France
U. S
Philadelphia
Samuel F. Mills
Riddle
Henri Bonnet
R. E. Schuirmann
Fourth Naval District
Defense Department
Lausche backs wage and price controls in speech
Gov. Frank J. Lausche said wage and price controls should be enacted as voluntary self restraint by sellers fails to stop rising prices. He warned that merchants raising prices are paving the way for mandatory controls. The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation will confer with political candidates from both parties to discuss agricultural problems.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio
North Korean Crossings Threaten Allied Forces in Korea
North Korean troops crossed the Naktong River in two bridgeheads, with up to 9000 soldiers reported. U S Eighth Army says the two crossings remain a primary concern as Marine and Infantry offensives push east of Chinju with gains and renewed counterattacks near Taegu and Changnyong.
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Korea
U. S
Chinju
Waegwan
Taegu
Changnyong
MacArthur
Offensive Fighting Intensifies Across Korea Front
In fierce area northwest of Taegu Allied planes hit seven Red tanks poised to cross the river. General MacArthur says Korean losses in six weeks total about 44,500 men. Marines, Fifth Regiment units, and U S forces push back the Reds as Chindong offensive widens the war. Naval power expands with five ships bombing Tanchon and western coast bombardments near Inchon.
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1St Marine Division
35Th
Sth
Chinju
34Th
Naktong River
Pugong-ni
Taegu
24Th Infantry
MacArthur
General Pershing
Korean Peninsula
Tanchon
38Th Parallel
Inchhon
Seoul
New Guns Seen at Kimpo As Pilot Attacks Surge
American forces report new anti aircraft guns at Kimpo airfield and heavy combat along roads west of Chidong as Marines push toward Noyang and land and carrier aircraft mount a three day attack, with Red forces countering near Masan and Chinju.
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Kimpo
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Tom Lambert
Chidong
Fifth Infantry
Chinju
Noyang
Masan
Buckles Bridge Floor Buckles Indefinitely Closed
The floor of the Ohio River Bridge linking Parkersburg West Virginia and Belpre Ohio buckled yesterday. The span carrying U S Route 50 sank four to five inches at the center. State engineers will inspect the damage as traffic reroutes to the Williamstown Marietta bridge twelve miles north.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
Belpre
Ohio
Williamstown
Marietta
Wine tax set in Ohio on Michigan wines
Ohio imposes a retaliatory tax of 46 cents per gallon on Michigan wines sold in Ohio. State Tax Commissioner C Emory Glander announced the measure and said it becomes effective August 17.
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Ohio
Michigan
C. Emory Glander
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