Decisive Battle Rages as Congress Debates Rationing Plans
In Washington, Congress shows growing support for broader rationing and full homefront mobilization to supersede President Truman’s economic control bill. The Baruch plan faces strong opposition from some lawmakers, while the Senate GOP weighs partial controls ahead of the November elections.
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R-Pa
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D-Ga
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North Korean assault presses US lines in South Korea
In a weather hampered but decisive clash, about 90 000 Red forces attacked American positions across a 200 mile front southeast of Yongdong. The battle centered on the First Cavalry and 25th Division areas near Ichon and Hwanggan as U S forces hold and seek to close a Taegu corridor while authorities warn of mounting enemy pressure.
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Hwanggan
Red 15Th
Ichon Village
Taegu
Pusan
MacArthur Headquarters
O. H. P. King
King
Heavy Artillery Fire as Red Attack Rages in Korea
In the five week war the Red assault pressed under heavy artillery and mortar fire. U.S. forces mounted a large counterattack with the First Cavalry Division repelling advances near Hwanggan and Taeju while the 27th RCT of the 25th Division shifted to new positions. American and Korean units held lines elsewhere as North Korean forces advanced toward Pusan.
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Hwanggan
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Army drafts plan aims for 800000 troops by mid 1951
The Army announces a stepped up draft plan to hit about 800000 ground troops, boosting September calls to 50000 and promising another 50000 in October. Total force goals include an Air Force of 548000 and Navy 579000, with overall strength near 1927000 by summer. President Truman signs an order extending enlistments for 12 months to stabilize manpower.
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Senate Defeats Douglas Effort to Cut River Harbor Funds
Senator Douglas faced a sharp Senate rebuke as his bid to trim non defense spending stalled. The dispute over the Army Engineers river harbor and flood control budget of 731.546 million ended with his 60 percent cut proposal dying and other Douglas motions rejected by voice or narrow votes.
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Ferguson
R-Mich
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R-Mass
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Ohio
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R-Del
Ohio Welfare Load Continues To Increase
Ohio's welfare work rose over the last 18 months as State Welfare Director John H. Lamneck reported 37,687 mental patients in Ohio, up from 36,796 on December 31, 1948, with 14,798 in penal or juvenile institutions or on parole, up from 13, on the same date.
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Ohio
John H. Lamneck
Public Welfare Department
Extended Ohio forecast shows mild warmer weekend
Columbus area five day forecast calls for temperatures 2 to 4 degrees above normal with normal high 78 and low 58. Warmer Saturday and Sunday then cooler Monday through Wednesday. Widely scattered thunderstorms expected Saturday and again midweek with total precipitation under a quarter inch.
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Ohio
Bryan Youth Cleared Of Murder Charge
James Connally of Bryan, held since July 13 on a charge of first degree murder, is freed after Williams County grand jury ignored the accusation. The case stemmed from the May 5 shooting that killed George W. Fisher, age 76, as alleged by 18 year old Jack Hartman who signed the affidavit.
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James Connally
Williams County
Jack Hartman
Connally
Hartman
George W. Fisher
Melhern
Connolly
GOP Leaders Map 50 Campaign Opening in Cleveland
Republican leaders will meet in Cleveland at noon Tuesday to discuss the official opening of the 1950 GOP campaign for statewide offices. State party Chairman Ray Bliss announced yesterday the policy committee set the campaign opener for Aug. 17 in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Ray Bliss
All-Out War Efforts Urged by Ohio Legionnaires
Ohio Legion posts urged to mobilize in a war basis to support Korea. Commander Bruce Henderson called for eight points including civilian defense, universal military training, noncombatant service for conscientious objectors, rationing and anti hoarding, and backing UN police action.
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Ohio Legionnaires
Bruce P. Henderson
Warren
Legion
United Nations
Korea
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Congress
UN Boycott Ends as Russia Rejoins Security Council
Russia ends boycott of the United Nations Security Council and Jakob Malik will assume the council presidency on August 1. The move allows discussion on Korea and other actions but raises questions about recall of vetoed measures. Malik, the Soviet deputy foreign minister, did not indicate attendance at today’s meeting. The council will hear reaction to Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s Korea review.
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Security Council
Douglas MacArthur
Prayers Answered Missing Son Safe From Korea
The Olnhausens and neighbors received a defense telegram confirming Gary L. Olnhausen returned to the army morning report after being listed missing since July 14 in Korea. Mrs. Olnhausen recalls a neighborly outpouring of prayers. Ohio liquor agencies to receive a 5 percent sales commission again.
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Harry Olnhausen
Defense Department
Gary L. Olnhausen
Army Morning
Korea
Liquor Sales Reach 3 Million in Columbus Week
Ohioans bought 83,144,564 dollars worth of liquor in the week ended July 15, with Columbus leading totals across the state as retailers reported strong demand for spirits.
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Columbus
U S Races With Time In Korea
The United States confronts a race against time in Korea with broader war risks against Russia. Officials weigh whether Moscow will enter a wider conflict within three years or sooner as manpower and defense outlays expand.
Glander Calls for Curb on Government Spending
Ohio tax commissioner C Emory Glander said the state must curb all unnecessary government spending at once. He urged federal, state and local governments to cut expenses to meet war costs and control inflation.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. Emory Glander
Police mum on leads in Cincinnati bank holdup
Police refuse to discuss new leads in the Wednesday bank robbery in Cincinnati in which three gunmen seized about $35,000. No arrests announced as investigators hold details pending.
Red offensive pushes along Korean coast near Chinju
United Nations forces report heavy fighting as communist units push toward Chinju from the west coast. The First Cavalry and American air support clash with Red armor and infantry along the Taejon Taegu corridor and Seeback mountain passes guarding supply lines to the north. battles center around Yongdok Yongdang Hwanggan and Hadong Chinju sectors with heavy shelling and counterattacks as UN spokesmen promise defensive holds and counteroffensives.
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Pusan
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Steel for War Home Possible Firms Say
Leading steel producers say ample steel can be supplied to meet military needs without harming civilian use. Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel and Irving S. Olds of United States Steel commented on the issue.
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New York
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Irving
Olds
United States Steel Corp
New Slaying Seen as Possible Return of Mad Butcher
A partly mummified head found in Cleveland prompts investigators to probe links to the Kingsbury Run torso murders. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber notes similarities in dismemberment but says no proof the Mad Butcher is active.
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Cleveland
Samuel R. Gerber
Kingsbury Run
Astute submarine sighting off Newfoundland confirmed
Reports from Ottawa confirm the submarine seen July 10 off Newfoundland is the British submarine Astute. Canadian sources had speculated it might be a Russian craft, stirring a flurry of concern across allied lines.
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British Admiralty
Newfoundland
Astute
Belgians Riot as Workers Strike King Leopold Return
Belgian capital sees mass strikes with 300 000 idle workers as factories close and demonstrators clash with police near Laekken palace. One anti Leopold protester dies from injuries while others gather in Antwerp defying bans to demand abdication.
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Leopold
Miners Reinstatement Ordered by NLRB for Sidener
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the reinstatement of Lloyd H. Sidener of Canton Illinois who was fired and fined $50 000 by a United Mine Workers local after attempting to return to work during the 1950 coal strike The NLRB ruled that United Electric Coal Companies UMW local 7455 and a UMW subdistrict violated Taft Hartley law in Sidener s treatment who was local president when the dispute began.
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National Labor Relations Board
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
United Mine Workers
NLRB
United Electric Coal Companies
UMW
Sidener
New Weatherman Gets Ohio Director's Post
Columbus reports a new Ohio Director of the U S Weather Bureau. L T Ted Pierce succeeds George W Mindling who retired in May. Pierce previously held a similar post in Billings Montana.
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Ohio
L. T
Ted) Pierce
U. S. Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
Pierce
Billings
Mont
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