Allied Forces Repel Red Korean Assault on Taegu
Allied troops including Marines and infantry halted two Red thrusts totaling about 42,000 men near Taegu. A 30,000 strong North Korean force north of Taegu was driven back 12 miles by South Korean and American units. The city became a fortress as refugees fled, while Maj. Gen. John H. Church praised the Changnyong fight where Reds retreated across the Naktong River.
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Taegu
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Red
Changnyong
Naktong River
John H. Church
Navy engineer Sobell charged with spying for Russia
Morton Sobell a former U S Navy civilian engineer was arrested in Laredo Texas and charged with giving national defense secrets to Russia. He is the eighth suspect in a roundup tied to a Soviet spy ring and faces potential death penalty if convicted.
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Justice Department Today
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Russia
FBI
Morton Sobell
New York
Laredo
Tex
J. Edgar Hoover
Sobell
United States
Mexico
Justice Department
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New York City
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General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
Racketeers Going Legit Probers Day
Washington report says organized criminals are moving into legitimate businesses beyond gambling. The Senate Crime Committee notes their cash reserves and violent methods enable unfair competition with lawful firms, targeting hotels, restaurants, clubs, liquor distribution, auto dealers, and even steel firms.
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Senate Crime Committee
Congress
Florida
Eggs Dumped On Highway Attract Crowds In South Carolina
A truck driver dumped about 36 000 eggs valued at over 1000 along a rural road near Norway South Carolina. Residents loaded crates for free. Sheriff George L Reid suspects a late shipment rejection from an Orangeburg poultry concern. packing slip shows Minneapolis August 9.
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S. C
South Carolina
George L. Reid
Orangeburg
Minneapolis
Salvation Army Home Receives $6000 Bequest
Cleveland probate records show sixty year old John Alden Burt who lived in the Salvation Army Home for 12 years left the institution six thousand dollars in his will.
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John Alden Burt
Salvation Army
Austin Calls for Troops From U.N.
The United States urged UN members to speed up sending ground forces to Korea and to strengthen existing units rather than form new special formations. Warren R. Austin stressed rapid dispatch and noted no army forces from other nations had arrived in Korea as of July 31.
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Warren R. Austin
Korea
United Nations
United States
Anti-Red Bill Splits Senate
Senate leaders oppose allowing Republicans to decide which anti- Communist bill is called up. Senator Myers says the decision rests with Democrats. Republicans Mundt and Ferguson intend to attach their bill to a home front mobilization measure that would curb wages and prices and regulate the economy.
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Washington
Senate
Myers
D-Pa
Mundt
R-Sd
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hurricane changes course away from Florida coast
Floridians breathed easier as a severe hurricane shifted northward into the Atlantic. At 4:45 a.m. EST the storm, about 350 miles east of Melbourne, was moving north northwest at 10 to 12 mph with a high pressure system behind it. Forecasters said conditions favored the storm remaining at sea.
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Fla
Atlantic
Florida
U.S
Melbourne
River Strike Talks Deadlocked in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant the Huntington river officers association and seven employers held a Thursday morning meeting at the Pritchard Hotel that ended without progress or a future bargaining date. Forty Harbor 26 and Harbor 25 delegates attended with company owners and Prosecuting Attorney Jack Johnson present.
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Huntington
Licensed River Officers Association
Pritchard Hotel
Harbor 26 Association
Pittsburgh Harbor 25 Association
Jack Johnson
Harbor 26
Legionnaires urge Russia expelled from UN despite war risk
Baltimore observers report speakers at a veterans meeting called for Russia to be expelled from the United Nations even if the move could trigger a world war. The remarks linked Russia to aggression and called for stronger international action.
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Baltimore
Russia
United Nations
Enemies Could Strike U.S. From Air Without Warning
Washington reports that a Pearl Harbor style air raid could hit nearly any U.S. location today. Experts say radar and fighter defenses are inadequate, and only destroying enemy bases and industrial centers could blunt attacks. Long range bombers and B-36 B-29s threaten continental bases and Washington remains a key target.
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United States
Polar
U. S
Taft Opens Earliest Ballot Drive In Ohio Campaign
Senator Taft launches the first campaign push in Ohio for 1952 with a rally in Cleveland. About 3000 supporters attend as he vows to back Don E. Ebright for governor and push toward a Republican victory nationwide.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Don E. Ebright
Ohio National Guard units at Camp Atterbury inspection
Non divisional units of the Ohio National Guard were inspected at Camp Atterbury Ind by Maj. Gen Leo M Kreber the adjutant general alongside Grig Gen Kenneth Cooper. The 166th Regimental Combat Team 107th Armored Cavalry and 372nd Separate Infantry Battalion took part in the two week training period.
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Ind
Ohio National Guard
Leo M. Kreber
Kreber
Grig
Kenneth Cooper
107Th Armored Cavalry
Ironton Banker Turnbull Dies at 64
Ironton cashier Arthur Turnbull 64, longtime officer of First National Bank, died here yesterday. He was brother of William B Turnbull junior dean at Ohio State University College of Engineering.
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Arthur Turnbull
Ironton First National Bank
Wiliam B. Turnbull
College of Engineering
Ohio State University
Marine Corps Opens Emergency Enlistments in New York
Marine recruiting officials announced authorization for enlistments in New York for the duration of the emergency. The move aims to bolster active personnel numbers during the ongoing crisis and extends to qualified volunteers meeting eligibility.
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New York
Marine Corps
Hurricane Postpones Carrier's Air Trip
A tropical hurricane threatening the Florida coast delayed the Havana award trip for Carrier Jerry Taylor and his father. A call to Cincinnati airport indicated airline schedules could be disrupted at any time. They will fly once rescheduled.
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Florida
Havana
Jerry Taylor
Cincinnati
U S Responds to French Plea on European Defense
Washington states Western Europe must bolster its own defense before U S commits more troops. Defense officials reject immediate promise of a supreme commander and five extra divisions, insisting Europe must prove its willingness to fight alongside Korea.
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Washington
Western Europe
United States
Atlantic
Department of Defense
Europe
Korea
Cloud Milker Contract Extended for Six More Months
New York City will continue weather work as the Board of Estimate extended Dr. Wallace E. Howell's contract for six months. Howell, the Harvard meteorologist hired to “milk the clouds” last spring during a drought, will stay on to support the water supply effort.
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New York
New York City
Board of Estimate
Wallace E. Howell
Harvard
Labor Unrest Surges Across Rail Steel and Auto Sectors
Nationwide labor tensions escalate with railroads planning five day token strikes affecting 50 000 workers and wage demands. Steel and coal sectors idle 25 000 plus Phoenix Iron and Steel 800 CIO workers on strike. Packard Detroit Auto Workers 8000 strong strike in progress with other key plants facing walkouts.
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Ala
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Sanderson-Halcomb
Syracuse
N. Y
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Phoenix Iron and Steel Co
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Packard Motor Company
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Extended Forecast Shows Slightly Cooler Normals Ahead
The forecast calls for temperatures 1 to 3 degrees below normal with highs around 76 to 79 and lows near 55 to 58. Warmer Sunday and Tuesday, cooler Monday, then cooler Wednesday with scattered showers Sunday and again Tuesday or Wednesday.
United Korea Policy Outlined By U N Arm Austin
The Security Council heard Warren Austin present a U S demand for a unified independent Korea under UN supervision ending hostilities. Malik challenged U S aims while Cuba and China officials criticized the United States. The session paused over India’s peace committee idea and whether Korea would be conquered or negotiated to unity.
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NK claims US ordered Korean executions in 1949 secret doc
North Korea alleges a secret American military intelligence document proves that in January 1949 the United States ordered South Korea to execute 69 Koreans in Taejon. Tass circulated the dispatch citing the Pyongyang cor respondent.
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Che Hak Chun
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President's Tax Bill Near Ready for Signature by Sept
Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved President Truman's tax bill to boost revenue shaping the tax system toward wartime footing. The measure seeks a first installment of 5 billion dollars with readiness for presidential signature by September 1.
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Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Taegu Threat Eases as Allied Forces Counter Red Advance
U S 27th Regiment and South Korean First Division spearhead a counterattack with 45 ton Pershing tanks in steep hills north of Taegu. Marines and 24th Infantry push Reds back from the Naktong, recapture Pohang and Kigye, while Taegu braces for evacuation of up to 800000 civilians amid the largest threat in Korea.
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Naktong River
Changnyong
U.S
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Naktong
Pohang
Kigye
Marines Break Red Offense in Steep Hills South Korea
Allied reports say the North Korean Fourth Division took heavy losses and may withdraw north into steep hills under fire. Marine Corsairs bombed retreating Reds while Marines and doughboys sealed a sausage shaped hill atop the river crossing near Taegu. Civilians flee Seoul as evacuation orders create a military fortress in the capital.
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U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
Naktongz Bend
Changnyong
Taegu
Social Security Bill Passes in Congress With Broad Support
The Senate approved the compromise Social Security bill by voice vote with no dissents, sending it to the White House after House passage. Though not meeting President Truman’s full recommendations, the measure is expected to be signed into law.
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Congress
Senate
White House
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Senate House
Truman
Bandits Rob VFW Club At Greenfield Strikes Early
State Highway Patrol investigates a robbery at the VFW club in Greenfield Ross County. Two masked men entered around 4:20 a.m. and took about 1500 dollars from an undetermined number of patrons. One robber was about 15 with red hair. the other older, heavy set with sandy hair.
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State Highway Patrol
VFW Club
Ross County
Eastreenfield
Policy clash over Korea policy sparks White House feud
President Truman and Senator Wherry traded contemptible digs over Korea policy as Taft joined in criticizing the administration. Wherry accused Acheson of failures in foreign policy while Truman rejected the charge as contemptible.
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Wherry
R-Neb
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Cincinnati Marines March Off to Duty
Thousands of solemn-eyed Cincinnatians lined downtown streets to bid farewell to combat-clad members of the 15th Signal Co Marine Corps Reserve marching off to active duty. Their initial destination is Camp Lejeune North Carolina.
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15Th Signal Co. Marine Corps Reserve
Camp Lejeune
N. C
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