Truman Orders Planes and Ships to Aid Korea
President Truman ordered U S planes and warships to aid South Korea and prepared the Seventh Fleet to deter any Communist attack on Formosa. He also stepped up aid to the Philippines and Indo China, and sent a military mission to France and Indo China allies. The move follows UN condemnation of the Korean invasion and signals a broad Pacific security stance.
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Athens Messenger
Athens - Ohio
Truman
Korea
Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Washington
United States
Far Pacific
U. S
Chiang Kaji Shek
Philippines
Indo- China
White House
United Nations
U.N
Russia
Mr. Truman
Tokyo
38Th Parallel
South
North Korea
Seoul
France
Indochina
Charles G. Ross
Congress
Senator Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Senate
Pacific
Indo-China
Smith
Lucas
House Overrides Veto On Benefits Measure
The House, by a 213 to 72 vote, overrode the veto on a veterans benefits bill. It would grant pay raises to World War II veterans who enter the postal service before July 1 of this year but were not in the Post Office Department at conscription. The Senate has not acted yet.
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Washington
Murray
D-Tenn
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
House
Post Office Department
Senate
Furnished two room apartment ad rents on first call
Mr F G Hutchens of Athens placed a Messenger Want Ad for a furnished two room apartment with bath and garage at 38 Central Ave. He received 15 or more calls and rented it on the first call, noting the ad is inexpensive and effective.
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F. G. Hutchens
Athens
Central Ave
Storm Hits Buckeye Lake Wind Damage Shuts Roads
Two injured as a fast moving windstorm uprooted trees at Buckeye Lake and Lancaster, closed sewers, damaged a lake cottage and two boat landings, with two inches of rain and hail in Lancaster and more in Buckeye Lake Hebron area. Fire truck crushed by a tree. lines knocked out. brief severe weather across West Virginia and Pennsylvania with extensive damage and floods.
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Lancaster
Buckeye Lake
Robert Hampp
A. G. School
George Keller
Hebron
West Union
W. Va
West Virginia
Nitro
Kanawha River
St. Albans
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
Meadville
Wisconsin
Oneida
Great Lakes Region
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
No Marketing Quotas On Wheat To Be Asked
The Department of Agriculture will not propose marketing quotas on next year's wheat crop. Secretary Brandan said current wheat supplies are large but not enough to justify controls. This year's crop is forecast about one fifth smaller than last year, and quotas last applied in 1942.
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Washington UP
Department of Agriculture
Brandan
Liquor Board Opens After Freeze Lifts in July
Columbus reports about 900 permit requests on file when the liquor department froze new issuances on April 11, 1949. Those pending will be considered first after the ban ends July 5. About 500 remain. New applications cannot be accepted until 9 am on July 5. Oscar L. Fleckner, liquor director, confirms the policy.
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Columbus
Liquor Department
Oscar L. Fleckner
Chinaware Official Urges U.S. Protection
Dr. Robert F. Martin of the Vitrified China Association testified at a House Labor subcommittee hearing urging Congress to shield U.S. chinaware from imports produced with cheap foreign labor. He warned the industry faces a shrinking domestic market.
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Washington
Congress
Robert F. Martin
Typhoid Shots Given After Flooded Basements
Typhoid shots are being administered to 60 residents here whose basements were flooded by heavy weekend rains. Local health workers coordinate vaccination as precaution against infection.
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Alliance
Seven Injured When Car Crashes Into Cincinnati Bar
Seven people were injured two seriously when a car roared past the dead end of Westwood Ave and crashed into a cafe in Cincinnati. The vehicle overturned a bar and knocked down tables where customers sat before stopping in the cafe front. Police did not identify the driver who was reportedly uninjured.
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Cincinnati
Westwood Ave
Conciliation Talks Fail to End Ohio Port Strike
Conciliation efforts to resolve a strike by more than 400 longshoremen in four Ohio ports ground to a standstill amid multiparty negotiations and warnings of further action.
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Toledo
Ohio
Six Fined After Raid On Legion
State liquor enforcement agents and Chief Parker raided the Legion Club on N Second Ave on Sunday afternoon. Six offenders were brought before Mayor Sidney Russell. bartenders were fined 25 dollars each for selling beer or intoxicating liquor, four men were fined 50 dollars each with 40 dollars suspended for gambling, and an ordinance to close taverns from midnight Saturday to 5 30 a m Monday may be applied.
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Middleport
Legion Club
N. Second Ave
C. E. Parker
Sidney Russell
Parker
Russell
Senate probes Lustron tractor rental fraud claim
A Senate Banking subcommittee investigates Lustron Corp over whether it received and paid for 40 rented tractors, totaling about 500000 dollars, to haul prefabricated houses. A government investigator says Lustron was likely overbilled. Former Lustron staff deny knowledge.
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Washington
Lustron Corp
Senate Banking
Lustron
Paul J. Cetter
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Luston
Commercial Home Equipment Corp
Chicago
Cotter
George J. Burley
Transportation and Supplies
Senate OKs Measure Boosting Price Funds
The Senate approved a bill to add 2 billion dollars to the 4.85 billion dollars already available to support farm prices. The vote was 36 to 35 with Vice President Barkley breaking the tie. The measure heads to the White House for President Truman's expected signature. Backers defeated a Republican effort to curb imports of foreign farm products.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Truman
Insiders Hope UN Action Could Halt Korea Fall
Washington reports government insiders cling to hope that a United Nations miracle might stop the fall of South Korea to Communist forces. Officials stress U N efforts to end warfare, with the United States ready to support but not commit ground troops while rushing planes and heavy weapons to aid President Syngman Rhee.
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Seoul
Kimpo
MacArthur
South
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
John J. Muccio
Muccio
Associated Press
O. H. P. King
Washington
United Nations
Republic of
Korea
United States
Truman
United Nations Security Council
U.N
America
House Debates New Tax Bill Split Among Two Measures
Washington Republicans propose dividing the tax bill into two parts. One cuts taxes on fur coats jewelry movies and similar items by about 1.01 billion dollars. The other raises corporate taxes by about 433 million dollars and closes loopholes for offsetting revenue. Democratic leaders plan a Thursday vote on the single package.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Third Test Slated On Racial Issue
ATLANTA governors race centers on race as Herman Talmadge faces former Gov M E Thompson in a Democratic primary. The solidly anti liberal stance has helped Talmadge gain two wins in the feud over Negro policy.
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Atlanta
Red-gall
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Dixie
Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Extended Forecast for Columbus Warm Up to Weekend
Temperatures will average 1 to 4 degrees below normal with a cool Wednesday and a warming Thursday. Cooler again early weekend with precipitation up to 1 inch as frequent showers expected after Thursday. Normal maximum 8 and minimum 60 referenced.
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Columbus
Defense chief rules out sending U S land troops
Secretary of Defense Johnson stated the United States does not plan to commit land troops in the Pacific. When asked about mobilization, he replied that at the moment no mobilization or partial mobilization is required in the United States.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Pacific
White House
Lake Guards Plane Secret in Northwest Airlines Crash
Lake Michigan hides the secret of a Northwest DC-4 disaster on the New York to Minneapolis run. On the second search day evidence grows that the cause may never be known as 58 perished and wreckage is found 19 miles west of St. Joseph. Perth crash adds 28 dead in West Australia, marking a second deadly air disaster.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Lake Michigan
Northwest Airlines
New York
Minneapolis
Coast Guard
Here
Rail Workers Strike Shuts National Tube Plant
A 300 strong strike by plant railroad workers at National Tube Co. in Lorain halted operations, leaving about 11,000 employees idle as production froze and furnaces and coke works were banked. Maintenance staff remained briefly.
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National Tube
Lorain
National Tube Co
B 29 ditched off Guam leaves one dead two missing eight rescued
Far Eastern Air Force HQ reports the Pacific ditching of a B 29 Superfortress off Guam Friday. One crew member is dead two are missing and eight survive. Rescued include Lt. Gene H. Williams of Portsmouth Ohio.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Guam
Far Eastern Air Force Headquarters
Gene H. Williams
Portsmouth
Ohio
Senate House group OKs draft bill
Senate and House conferees voted a one year extension of the president power to draft young men and to order the National Guard and all reserves to active duty The move follows tense Korean developments and overrides previous draft restrictions Sen Byrd said lawmakers agreed there was no time for dispute The House had earlier approved a two year extension maintaining congressional control over inductions and drafting
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Washington
Senate- House
National Guard
Senate House
Senate
House
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Blind man drowns trying to prove he could swim
In Toledo the blind man John Farkas aged about 45 drowned in the Maumee River early Tuesday while attempting to show he could swim as well as a companion. Panicked, he called for help as divers recovered the body.
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Toledo
John Farkas
Maumee
Koreans Claim Recapture of Uijongbu From North
Korean sources report Uijongbu retaken by Southern forces in a swift counterattack that drove Northern Communist units 20 miles from Seoul. Two Korean reporters in Tokyo confirmed the tale by phone, while a Yongin line remained quiet with the front over 20 miles north.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
Seoul Radio
South Korea
MacArthur
M. P. Echols
Seoul
North Korea
O. H. P. King
Uijongbu
Hyung Keun
Yoo Shai Jeung
Cheju Island
Unprepared for Strike Says CIO Phone Union Chief
Cleveland: Joseph A. Beirne leader of the CIO Communications Workers of America says the union of 300000 members is not prepared to strike. He spoke at the opening of the union convention denouncing dissident groups he accused of a character assassination campaign against him.
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Cleveland
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
Beirne
North Dakotans vote in Fargo for Senate andHouse nominees
North Dakota Republicans and Democrats gather in Fargo to pick one U S Senate candidate two U S House contenders and nominees for state offices as voters cast ballots in a pivotal primary.
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North
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