Contro ls Bill Set for Sure Approval
The Senate prepared to vote on a home front mobilization bill granting President Truman broad emergency powers over the economy. The measure includes credit limits and defense production features with wage price controls and potential rationing. House approval came Aug 10 amid opposition from the CIO over proposed amendments and anti Communist riders.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
CIO
Mundt
Ferguson
McCarran
D-Nev
Reds suffer heavy losses in desperate Taegu push
Allied forces report 11000 casualties inflicted on Red Koreans over 48 hours as they pressed toward Taegu and Pusan. Red ships, tanks, and columns were knocked out in battles along the central and southern fronts aided by night artillery and aircraft.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Taegu
Chinju
Pusan
Tip
Pohang
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Haman
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Masan
Kumhwa
27Th “Wolfhound
MacArthur
Kim Il Sung
Kim
South Coast
Whitehead
Police Grab O A Coeds
Cleveland police report two Ohio University sophomores admitted passing more than 500 dollars in bad checks during summer. A 19 year old from Lakewood and a 20 year old from East Cleveland said thrill seeking led to the crime. Parents will make the checks good. police do not plan charges.
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Cleveland
Ohio University
Lakewood
Senator Sees Profit Levy On Tax Bill For War Costs
Senator O Mahoney predicts the Senate will add an excess profits levy to a 5 billion dollar tax bill saying it does not cover Korea War costs. Finance Committee leaders oppose adding the provision. The House and President have not acted, though Truman indicates an eventual excess profits tax. The debate is set to begin this week.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
House
Powder Puff Flight Heads to Boston From Columbus
A powder puff and beaux derby flight departs Columbus Thursday. Women pilots and male escorts, members of the Ninety Nine Club, will fly to Boston for the National Air Force convention August 25 to 27.
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Columbus
Boston
National Air Force
Ninety Nine Club
Want Ad Notice from Market Place of Southeastern Ohio Messenger
Brief ad copy inviting readers to use the Want Ad service for buying selling renting or exchanging items and promising rates on request prior to insertion with a result number referenced from the marketplace publication.
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Department of the Messenger
Southeastern Ohio
Messenger
Jackson 34 Employees Resign Over Pay
Thirty four of Jackson's about 50 employees sign for resignation effective Sept 1 1950. Signers include all eight police patrolmen and workers from light water street and alley departments. fire department and city hall clerical staff did not sign. Mayor Frank Pritchett confirms receipt of the letter noting council delay on a raise petition filed seven weeks earlier.
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Jackson
Frank Pritchett
Marion Maloney
Two Unions Begin Brief Railroad Strike
Washington reports two large railroad unions initiate five day token strikes at midwest terminals including Cleveland and Minneapolis Saint Paul as pay deadlock persists. Republic Steel in Cleveland also halts operations, laying off about 1500 workers from a 7000 workforce amid union action and a presidential request for keep running.
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Washington
Midwest
Cleveland
Louisville
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Republic Steel Corp
Brotherhood of Railroad
Republic
Truman
British Plan Ground Aid in Korea Deploys 1500 Troops
An official source names two British battalions the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex Regiments totaling 1,500 to join United Nations forces in Korea. Gen Sir John Harding announced in Singapore that a British infantry force would be sent immediately after MacArthur requested reinforcements. Britain will provide its first ground troops though sea and air forces already operate. Britain has pledged 5,000 troops. Chou En Lai urged a peaceful solution to the Korean question.
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Hong Kong
Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders
Middlesex
United Nations
Korea
John Harding
Singapore
Harding
Far East
MacArthur
Britain
Red
China
Chou En-Lai
Ohio Labor Attacks Taft as AFL Launches Campaign
In Columbus the Ohio Federation of Labor joined a statewide bid against U S Senator Robert A Taft as an AFL CIO effort to defeat Taft was publicly announced. AFL spokesmen name bury Taft as their top order for the convention with top leaders to speak during the week long session.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Labor
CIO
U. S
Robert A. Taft
AFL
Robert Taft
Dentist Dr Clesson Dougherty Dies After Street Heart Attack
Dr Clesson H Dougherty 52 a longtime Orient State School dentist died in Grove City after an apparent heart attack suffered on the street. Funeral arrangements will be announced by his family. He served the school for 20 years and lived in Columbus.
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Columbus
Clesson H. Dougherty
Orient State School
Grove City
Hurricane forms in South Atlantic near Miami
A small but dangerous hurricane developed overnight in the South Atlantic Ocean near Miami while a second major storm moved north toward Canada.
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Miami
Fla
South Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Atrocity Hill Lesson From Bitter Taegu Battle
In a four day struggle near Taegu Korea the hill dubbed Atrocity Hill becomes memorial to 36 American prisoners executed by red guards. The US First Cavalry held the ridge northwest of Waegwan while air and artillery bombardment stalled North Korean forces. The desperate fight ended with Americans teaching a grim lesson on resisting surrender to the enemy.
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Waegwan
South Korea
Taegu
Korea
United States First Cavalry
Naktong
Seoul
Busan
Horst W. Schroeder
Middle Village
N. Y
Red Decision on Korea Must Be Made Soon
Washington observers weigh Moscow’s timing as North Korea stalls. Russia faces a choice to enter the Asiatic war or wait for stronger military leverage. Officials expect a possible two to five year delay while Moscow boosts troops, armor, air power, long range bombers, and submarines amid uncertain intelligence.
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Korea
Washington
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Double Shuffle in Federal Court Gambling Case
In Los Angeles Federal Court Judge Ben Harrison presided as three defendants Quong Hi Wong Low and Luey Jak admitted crossing the border without proper credentials. The judge likened the scene to a poker game and ordered each defendant to ante up one year in the federal jackpot.
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Los Angeles
Ben Harrison
Murray Wire
Wong Low
Luey Jak
Harrison
Fede
Princess Margaret Rose Reaches 20 Unwed Momentous Birthday
Balmoral Scotland Princess Margaret Rose turns 20 still a spinster shattering the old Glamis Castle legend that a girl born there must wed before twenty. The royal princess remains a single daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
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Balmoral
Scotland
Margaret Rose
George VI
Elizabeth
Glamis Castle
Gillette and Mutual Secure TV Rights for 1950 World Series
Baseball commissioner A B Chandler announced Gillette Safety Razor Company and the Mutual Broadcasting Company won the television rights for the 1950 World Series for $800000. The same parties will hold radio broadcasting rights at a cost of $175000.
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Cincinnati
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Mutual Broadcasting Company Today
A. B. Chandler
Permit Suspension for Mansfield American Legion Post
The State Board of Liquor Control announced a 15 day suspension of the private club liquor permit for McVey Post No. 16 American Legion in Mansfield for Sunday liquor sales. The action was announced yesterday by the board.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
McVey Post No
American Legion
Mansfield
Marietta College Professor Dies at 66
Dr. Edmund G. Howe head of Marietta College political science department died of a heart ailment. He previously taught at the University of Alabama from 1920 to 1938 and later joined Marietta College. He maintained a Tuscaloosa home and spent summers there, leaving a widow and two sons.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Edmund G. Howe
Marietta College
Marietta
Ohio
University of Alabama
Four Men Missing From Mansfield Reformatory
Four Mansfield Reformatory trustees were listed as missing from the Osborn State Honor Farm. They are James A. Graves 18, Ross County burglary. James E. Jones 22, Guernsey County burglary. Dana Abbott 21, Highland County motor vehicle without consent. Floyd Peterson 24, Franklin County armed robbery.
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Sandusky
Mansfield Reformatory
Osborn State
James A. Graves
Ross County
James E. Jones
Guernsey County
Dana Abbott
Highland County
Floyd Peterson
Franklin County
War Briefs Highlight Korea Confusion and Claims
Reports from Tokyo note an intelligence officer puzzled by a missing Seventh Division while citing 19 or 20 prisoners in Po hang jail. Dallas recalls WWI Korea photograph miscaption. Red Cross warns blood needs rise for Korea. New York reports 100000+ job gains since Korea. North Korea confirms UN ship designation telegram. In Korea 35th Regiment captures a 1950 Russian machinegun bound for Lake Success to counter Malik claims.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Headquarties
Pohang
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
New York
Jakob A. Malik
Soviet Union
North Korea
Temperature dips to record lows in August across Ohio
Ohio weather reports show near record cold on August 21 with morning lows from 36 degrees in East Liverpool the coldest August reading in 35 years. The city previously dipped to 34 degrees in August 1915.
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Columbus
Ohio
East Liverpool
Burmese authorities detain American doctor in Rangoon
Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, famed American physician to Burma’s sick, is held on suspicion of aiding Krean rebels in Rangoon. No charges yet. he will appear in court. He was arrested at Namkham near the China border after involvement with Kachin rebels is alleged.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gordon S. Seagrave
Seagrave
U.S
Kachin
Naw Send
Chienese
Tydings Plans UMT Hearing
Senator Tydings says Congress is unlikely to act this year on Universal Military Training. The Armed Services Committee he leads will open hearings on UMT tomorrow, after Johnson urged approval. He calls UMT an insurance policy for peace.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Congress
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Senate
Patrol Safety Unit Spreads Messages Across Highways
A State Highway Patrol portable unit toured the area over the weekend to promote safety. A jeep and trailer stopped at Routes 50 A and 33 Saturday and Routes 50 and 7 Sunday, with a patrolman broadcasting safety slogans and cautioning motorists to reduce accidents.
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State Highway Patrol
Miss Lillie Bolen Dies at Albany
Miss Lillie Bolen aged 67 and a native of Vinton County died suddenly of a heart attack Monday at her Albany home after illness. Survivors include sister Mrs Emma Martin and brothers Bert Bolen and Everett Bolen, all of Albany. Funeral services are incomplete.
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Albany
Lillie Bolen
Vinton County
Emma Martin
Bert
Everett Bolen
One Legged Man Caught in Cleveland FBI Arrest
Robert W. Cales, 40, long Wanted on an extradition charge, was arrested by the FBI in Cleveland yesterday after escaping police in Charleston West Virginia last summer despite a wooden leg.
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Cleveland
Robert W. Cales
Charleston
W. Va
FBI
Stalin Stupid Sparks Outcry at PEN Congress
In Edinburgh a clash at the PEN congress arose when Robert Sherwood accused Stalin of fomenting war. Dr Archie Lamont challenged him and poet Hugh MacDiarmid walked out, amid remarks that Stalin has shown abysmal stupidity.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Robert Sherwood
Stalin
PEN
Archie Lamont
New York
Hugh MacDiarmid
Sherwood
Theft Charge Suspect To Fight Extradition
GALLIPOLIS The Gallia County sheriff says Michigan authorities notified them that T. B. Cochran, wanted on theft charges, will fight extradition. Sheriff George Ehman planned to ask Prosecutor John Halliday for a requisition on Cochran's arrest.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Counry
Michigan
T. B. Cochran
George Ehman
John Halliday
Cochran
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