Truman to ask Congress for steel controls and credit curbs
Washington officials predict President Truman will send a message to Congress proposing steel controls and consumer credit limits with a possible tax increase. The plan aims to support Korea war efforts while avoiding broad nationwide rationing or price controls. Additional military spending is expected, with estimates in the low to mid billions.
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White House
Congress
Truman
Korea
Far East
U.S
Formosa
Indochina
Philippines
House
Federal Reserve Board
Amvets Seek Charter Change for Korean War Veterans
The Amvets plan to revise their charter to admit veterans of the Korean campaign and future conflicts. The decision was made at a national executive committee meeting. Current charter limits membership to those eligible under American Veterans of World War Two.
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Cleveland
Amvets
Congress
Patrol Chief Denies Civil Liberty Violations by Bellefontaine Officers
Columbus. Supt. George W. Mingle of the State Highway Patrol denied charges by four Logan County attorneys that Bellefontaine area patrolmen violated civil liberties. He called the accusations unjust and defended arrests and fines as routine, noting proceeds are split between local subdivisions and the state. He said books are open and questioned the need for a judge to form a committee.
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George W. Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Common Pleas
Elmer L. Godwin
Godwin
Logan County Bar Association
Mingle
Five Men Trapped In Lark Mine Fire
Rescue crews searched 400 miles of smoke filled tunnels at the Lark mine in Utah looking for five United Steelworkers workers missing since an early yesterday blaze. The maintenance crew is believed to have reached fresh air zones as smoke hampered location efforts.
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Lark
Utah
U.S. Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
United Steelworkers
Explosion Damages Ebco Warehouse Amid Strike Activity
An explosion likely from dynamite lightly damaged Ebco Manufacturing Co warehouse in Columbus early today. The blast, the latest in a series since the June 19 strike began, caused about $10 in damages, according to Battalion Fire Chief Elmer Brophy.
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Columbus
Ebco Manufacturing Co
Elmer Brophy
Caroline Mars Returns On Wing and Prayer
The 82 percent Caroline Mars flying boat completed a 480 mile Pacific flight from Honolulu to San Francisco in 6 17 p m after a flight with one engine shut down due to a faulty unit. The craft carried on despite the emergency and arrived safely in the evening.
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Caroline Mars
San Francisco
Pacific
Honolulu
Christmas in July Celebration At Dayton Church
Dayton church holds its fifth consecutive Christmas in July event as the congregation sings carols and hears the Nativity story. The observance protests commercialization of Christ’s birth.
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Dayton
Christian Tabernacle
Christ
Tornadoes and Floods Hit Midwest States
Severe weather lashed the Midwest with tornadoes hail and heavy rain over the weekend causing damage and at least one death from a flash flood in Wisconsin. Tornadoes touched down near Craig and Cordova Nebraska while floods struck east central Nebraska for the second weekend in a row.
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Midwest
Wisconsin
Craig
Cordova
Neb
Odd Lights in Sky Attract Residents
Three disc shaped lights in a clear sky for about two hours drew residents to the riverbank. Observers described the lights as big and round and yellow white with no searchlight beam visible. A similar sighting was reported at Gallipolis and local officials attributed it to a searchlight beacon airplane or carnival display.
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Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Compromise Began On U S Security Bill
A small group of Senators and Representatives began shaping a compromise bill to broaden the federal security program for the aged and needy. Both chambers have passed similar measures, and conferees from the House and Senate will reconcile differences to form a final act.
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Washington
Senate
House
Union leaders call for all out preparedness in Korea crisis
AFL President William Green urged mobilization of labor and full preparedness as the Korean war escalates. He warned of the risk of a third world war and said unions stand ready to cooperate as free citizens.
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Washington
AFL
William Green
Green
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Florida Moves To Crack Down On Gambling Operations
Florida officials using evidence from a Senate crime inquiry moved to curb gambling rings. Governor Warren ordered Broward Sheriff Clark to face a malfeasance probe while Dade State Attorney Mincer must report on the S and G Syndicate and related gambling in Dade County. The committee cites a 1948 syndicate income of 26,520,045 dollars.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Tallahassee
Fuller Warren
Broward County
Fort Lauderdale
Walter R. Clark
Clark
Warren
Dade County
Glenn C. Mincer
S and G
Dade County Grand Jury
Senate
Paul M. Jones Elected Chair of Ohio Bankers Group
Paul M. Jones of Medina has been elected chairman of the Council of Administration for the Ohio Bankers Association. The selection solidifies leadership of the state banking group and aligns with its governance structure.
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Columbus
Paul M. Jones
Medina
The
Ohio Bankers Association
War scare profiteering prompts price control warnings
Senator Gillette warns that price boosts amid wartime fear may trigger controls as bread and bakery prices rise. He notes bakers quick to lift prices post decontrol and slow to cut when costs fall. House members Klein and Flood seek investigations into nationwide price hikes including a local one cent bread increase.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
D-Iown
Gillette
House
Rep
Klein
Flood
D-Pa
North Korean Forces Press Taejon Front in Korea War
North Korean infantry divisions with heavy artillery moved toward Taejon as American defenses retreat from the airfield north of the city. MacArthur reported enemy gains but said Korean and U.S. forces inflicted heavy losses, with tank and aircraft actions shaping the eastern front.
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Korean Republic
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Kum
Associated Press
William R. Moore
George M. Edwards
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Edwards
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William F. Dean
Dean
Korea
Walton H. Walker
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Chungju
Yongdok
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Pusan
Fifth Air Force
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Strike Stops City's Buses In Portsmouth Standoff
Portsmouth City Lines workers walked out Sunday after wage cut talks failed. 43 drivers and 11 mechanics idle as Carl J. Phipps sought a 10 cent hourly cut to replace an expiring contract. unions asked for a 12.2 cent raise.
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Portsmouth City Lines, Inc
Carl J. Phipps
Lausche to Join Cleveland Parade for Baptist World Congress
About 20 000 people including Governor Lausche and Mayor Burke are expected at the parade opening the Baptist World Congress in Cleveland. President Truman is invited but his attendance depends on the Korean situation.
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Frank J. Lausche
Thomas A. Burke
Baptist World Congress
Truman
Goodrich Tire Plant Ends Week Wildcat Strike
Production in the Tire Building Division of the B. F. Goodrich Co. restarted today as CIO United Rubber workers ended a week long wildcat strike. The first shift began at midnight after workers voted at a mass meeting called by George R. Bass, Local 5 president.
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Akron L?p
B. F. Goodrich Co
Cio-United Rubber Workers
George R. Bass
Local 5
Victims Kin Sign For Duty In Air Force Enlistment
George M Sayre and Harry W Hayman, brothers in law of Lt Darrell Sayre, enlist in the Air Force after his death in a Korean air crash. They join 14 other local men pledging loyalty as a wall roster lists July and Lackland AFB departures with names from Athens Racine The Plains Gloucester Chauncey and Stewart Route 1.
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George M. Sayre
Harry W. Hayman
Athens
Air Force
George Sayre
Darrell Sayre
Racine
Southeastern Ohio
Korea
Hayman
Sayre
Japan
Columbus
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Richard A. Fultz
Anna Mayles
Glouster
Richard A. Viney
Gladys Viney
Errett J. Walczak
Leta Walczak
Charles F. Pyles
Margaret Chevalier
John A. Starekey
Clarence Starkey
Stewart
George R. Tinkham
Carl Tinkham
the Plains
Willliam E. Bryan
Violet Bryan
Gerald L. Dunslevy
Buck Dunlevy
Camilla Sayre
Havery W. Hayman
Harry Hayman
Thomas E. Talbert
Leslie Talbert
Robert B. Miller
Bart Miller
Murray Mine Appeals Rule in Unemployment Case
The Murray Coal Co. of Murray City in Hocking County appeals a ruling granting unemployment compensation to 31 miners for September to November 1949. Referee James P. Mellett allowed the claims July 7 after an April hearing. The Board of Review will rule within two weeks, said Secretary Amos Garrison.
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Columbus
Murray Coal Co
Murray City
Hocking County
James P. Mellett
Board of Review of the
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Amos Garrison
Accident at Chesapeake Claims Two Men
Two Huntington men, John Ferritt Jr. 28 and Hobart May 21, died in an early morning crash in Chesapeake, Lawrence County. Their car struck the rear of a tractor trailer driven by Franklin Hopkins of Huntington, who said he was slowing when the collision occurred.
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Ironton
John Ferritt, Jr
Hobart Kirk May
Huntington
W. Va
Chesaspeake
Lawrence County
Franklin Hopkins
Raynor Burcham
General Booth Near Death in Hartsdale Home
General Evangeline Booth, 84, retired chief of the Salvation Army, remained near death at her Hartsdale, New York home.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Evangeline Booth
The
Salvation Army
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