Truman weighs special Congress session on rent, tax and Korea
President Truman said he may call Congress into special session before or after the election. Reports list items for an emergency program including tighter rent controls, possible excess profits tax, new military manpower and broader draft legislation, and additional Korea war funding.
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Mr. Truman
Congress
Truman
Washington
Associated Press
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Marines Lead 50 000 Man Landing At Wonsan
Allied forces push north along the Korean coast and over the Yalu border as the U N spearheads seal Manchurian access. The 1st Marine Division leads a 50 000 strong landing at Wonsan with UN and ROK units advancing toward Onjong and Kojang amid reports of Chinese involvement.
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U.S. Marines
Seoul
Red China
Yalu River
North Korea
Manchuria
Republic of Korea
U. S. Marine First Division
Wonsan
U. N
ROK
Kojang
Chosan
Yalu
ROK Army
Onjong
Pyongyang
United Nations
U. S. Eighth
Army
Leif Erickson
Erickson
Unsan
U. S
Korea
Far East
Sea of Japan
MacArthur
Tokyo
Manchurian
Right
James Champion
Famwork, O
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Dairy Stocks May Be Sold In Inflation
Washington AP reports that defense spending may lift consumer buying power and create an opportunity to unload surplus dairy stocks. The Agriculture Department holds about 170 million dollars in surplus butter cheese dried milk and related products. Prices for milk and dairy may rise next year though not as much as for meats. Midwestern dairymen may shift to meat production hogs, as returns from butter and cheese lag behind fluid milk.
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Washington
Defense
Sam
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agriculture Department
National Defense
Economics Bureau
Department
Draft Makes Largest Call In Ohio Induction
COLUMBUS Ohio selective service headquarters issued its largest postwar induction call of 5615 men for November. Counties list Athens 28 Gallia 17 Hocking 15 Meigs 15 Perry 22 Vinton 8. A pre induction physical for 8000 Ohioans brings total physicals to 51000. Col C W Goble said boards must not induct men who were under 21 on last April 1.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Athens
Gallia
Hacking
Meigs
Perry
Vinton
Ohio
Bogus Bills Reported in Southwestern Ohio
Secret Service agents warned that counterfeit $10 bills are being passed in Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Springfield and Indianapolis. The fakes purport to be issued by the Federal Reserve Bank at Dallas Texas.
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Cincinnati
Secret Service
Hamilton
Dayton
Springfield
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas A. Gallagher
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Tex
Mothers in Dispute Over Blue Star Name
The Blue Star Mothers of America vote in Columbus on a resolution to restrain a Philadelphia group from using a similar name. The dispute centers on identity and trademark concerns affecting the organization’s national branding.
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Mothers IN Dispute
Columbus
Blue Star Mothers of America
Philadelphia
Quakers Urge Global Disarmament and Peace Plan
The five years meeting of Friends in America urged universal disarmament and a three point peace plan. They called for stronger United Nations, abolition of atomic biological and conventional weapons, and concerted action to end hunger poverty and disease. Quaker Hill in Richmond was chosen as new headquarters site with a $100000 fundraising campaign authorized.
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Richmond
Ind
United Nations
Quaker Hill
Quaker Hill Foundation
Isaac Woodard
Indianapolis
King George VI Opens New House of Commons
King George VI opened the new House of Commons building in London delivering a dedication to freedom. He spoke in Westminster Hall due to the freedom of meeting without royal interference. Crowds lined the railings as galleries filled with spectators before the ceremony.
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King George VI
House of Commons
London
George VI
Westminster Hall
Great Palace
New House
Hamden Man Killed In Crossing Accident
Harold Eberts aged 32 of Hamden Ohio was killed when his pickup truck was struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train at a private crossing serving Miami Gravel Co. east of Chillicothe Route 35. Deputy sheriffs investigated the fatal crash.
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Chillicothe
Harold Eberts
Hamden
Vinton County
Chesapeake and Ohio
Miami Gravel Co
Cleveland Strike Ends at White Sewing Machine Plants
A wildcat strike that idled 2000 workers at two White Sewing Machine Corp. plants in Cleveland for nine days has ended. Details of the agreement were not immediately available.
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Cleveland
White Sewing Machine Corp
Taft Campaign Disruption Erupts At Martins Ferry Theater
A minor scene during U S Senator Robert Taft's Ohio visit ended with Charles Harn, president of Wheeling Steel CIO Clerical Union Local, escorted from the Elzane Theater after attempting to speak during a Q A. Taft declined to press charges as Harn was released shortly after.
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Columbus
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Elzane
Charles Harn
CIO Clerical Union
Wheeling Steel Corp
Larry Wooddell
Ferguson For Senator
Ferguson
Frank J. Lausche
Don H. Ebright
Ebright
Medina
Mansfield
Lausche
Lisbon
Shadyside
Taft
Harn
Political Action Committee
Clark C Hill Case Revived
A civil rights complaint reopens the Clark C Hill murder case filed with Medina County District Attorney Don C Miller. Emile Reiss of Columbus represents Hill who was convicted in 1948 of murdering 17 year old Jeanette Weimer near Medina.
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Cleveland
Don C. Miller
Emile Reiss
Columbus
Clark C. Hill
Hill
Jeanette Weimer
Medina
Reiss
William H. Batchelder
Charles Williams
Victory Kilb
Medina County
Al Jolson Honored With Hollywood Funeral Tributes
Thousands viewed the casket at Temple Israel as Jolson, age 64, was laid to rest after a heart attack. Notables including Benny, Cantor Silverman, Jessel, Crosby, De Mille, Hope, Marx, Mayer, Paley, Schenck and Warner brothers attended the service and the widow requested donations to the American Heart Association.
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Hollywood
al Jolson
Doubtless
Temple Israel
America
Show Business
Jolson
Max Nussbaum
Saul Silverman
George Jessel
Erle Galbraith
American Heart Association
San Francisco
Jack Benny
Edgar Bergen
Eugene Biscailuz
Eddie Cantor
Bing Crosby
Cecil B. de Mille
Rumored Pact Nations Army Head Contenders for Western Command
A U S official predicted the North Atlantic Military Committee will urge immediate appointment of a supreme commander for a joint Western European defense force with a chief of staff. Eisenhower or Bradley are top candidates. plans cover short, 1951 medium, and 1954 long term force builds.
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Washington
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Europe
Eisenhower
North Atlantic
Omar Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
North Atlantic Military Committee
Truman
Bradley
Court To Rule In Slots Case In Ohio Gambling Question
Ohio Supreme Court agreed to hear whether mere display of a slot machine violates gambling laws. Edward D. Shaffer was fined 50 dollars and jailed 10 days in Paulding County for exhibiting a slot machine, a ruling later reversed by the appeals court for lack of proof of display for gain. The high court will decide the case on its merits.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Edward D. Shaffer
Paulding County
Common Pleas Court
Shaffer
Edwards
Goss Dies After Addressing Herald Tribune Forum
Albert S Goss 68 master of the National Grange collapsed and died last night shortly after addressing the 19th Annual Herald Tribune Forum. The funeral and arrangements were not immediately announced.
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New York
Albert S Goss
National Grange
Herald Tribune
Chinese Forces Reported Crossing Tibet Frontier
Taegliche Rundschau the official Soviet paper in Germany reported that Chinese People's Army units entered Tibet early Tuesday morning. The piece said the invasion aims to free Tibet from imperialist oppression and strengthen western defenses of the Chinese Republic.
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Berlin
Tibet
Chinese People’s Army
Taegliche Rundschau
Soviet Control Commission
Germany
Peiping
China
Washington
Democratic Peoples of the Republic of
Credit Curbs Sharp Decline in Retail Sales Nationwide
The AP spot-check shows varied effects of the Fed credit tightening on shopping. Shoppers cut back purchases due to higher down payments or insufficient income to meet steeper monthly terms, signaling a broad sales slowdown.
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New York
Associated Press
Federal Reserve Board
Henderson Gets Check
Arthur M. Henderson a 29 year old Chauncey trackman arrived in Washington to claim a War Claims Commission check first sent last August He rode a bus from Alliance and said he will return home to Chauncey with the $232 He plans to seek a railroad job in St Louis next week and is not married
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Washington
Arthur M. Henderson
Chauncey
Henderson
War Claims Commission
Alliance
Pennsylvania Railroad
James Henderson
St. Louis
Top Officials Call for Strong Mobilization to Secure World Peace
New York officials from government, farms, business and labor urged a mighty buildup of America's economic and armed strength to deter Communism and preserve world peace. Air Force Secretary Finletter and Natl Security Board head Symington led the forum urging mobilization in action and a dedicated faith in ending war.
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New York
America
New York Herald Tribune Forum
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
CIO
Philip Murray
Mark Clark
Army Field Forces
Claude A. Putnam
National Association of Manufacturers
Finletter
Release of Guard Units Indicated by Clark
General Mark W. Clark said some National Guard units now in federal service may be released in seven or eight months if no international emergency arises. The units will start a 28 week training program next month followed by maneuvers, with some guardsmen kept longer to warn other troops.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
Army Field Forces
National Guard
National Guard Association
Clark
Railroad To Continue Ohio Passenger Run
The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad will continue hauling passengers between Springfield and Jackson, Ohio. The State Public Utilities Commission rejected a request to abandon the service after hearings.
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Ohio
Columbus
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton
Springfield
Jackson
PUC
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Kaesong
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Kosong
Pyonggang
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Fred Dixon
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Joseph T. Ferguson
East Liverpool
Hoover
Theodore Cross
Samuel R. Gerber
Cuyahoga County
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Pact Nations’ Army
Lloyd Campfield
Gallipolis
Ohio State Penitentiary
Campfield
Memonger Newsphoto
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Symington
Advisory Committee
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