Marines and Army Storm Ashore On West Coast Inchon Landing
American marines and infantry stormed ashore at Inchon on Korea's west coast behind Red lines. Led by tanks, U S forces drove two miles into Inchon. Wolmi Island fell after an hour of battle. General MacArthur directed the operation as Sixth Army reported Angang and Pohang activity on the east coast.
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Tokyo
Korea
Inchon
Seoul
Leathernecks
U.S. 10Th Army
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Red Army
Relman Morin
Morin
Wolmi Island
Wolmi
Inchon Harbor
General MacArthur
U.S. Eighth Army
Angang
Redheld Pohang
Eighth Army
Pohang
U.S
Inchon Landing Report Signals Allied Counter Offensive
The third east coast landing during the Inchon operation marked the start of an all out allied counter offensive. Maj. Gen. Chung Il Kwon spoke of simultaneous landings near Po Hang and Yongdok with Marines ashore at Wolmi Island. Allied bombardments preceded the assault as British and American ships fired on targets along the coast.
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Inchan
38Th Parallel
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Bill Ross
Inchon
United Nations
Chung Il Kwon
South Korea
Pyongyang
Seoul
Taegu
Chung
Wolmi Island
Congress Assures October Tax Boost
Congress decides not to delay the October 1 income tax increase for most Americans and opts to pursue retroactive excess profits tax in January. Senate and House agree to act, unsure if action continues after November elections or in the new 82nd Congress.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
Senate backs 17.2 billion defense bill amid Korean War push
The Senate approved a 17.192 billion emergency defense measure to expand U S military power and arm allies, sending it to a conference with the House. An added amendment would cut off U S aid to nations selling arms to Russia, while both chambers fund aircraft, manpower, atomic work, and strategic stockpiles.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
America
Senate House Conference Committee
House
White House
Russia
Wherry
R-Neb
Korea
United States
United Nations
33 Families Begin Burying Train Victims
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania the Wyoming Valley mourns 33 soldiers killed in a troop train wreck on an Ohio flatland. A funeral train returned the coffins to town as 50,000 people watched, with flags at half mast and black bunting. Family members, from poor to wealthy, awaited interments at Kingston Armory where 32 families had requested military honors. the first funeral was set for today.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming Valley
Ohio
Kingston Armory
Ohio State Opens Campus to Political Meetings After Ban Lifted
Ohio State University invited Democratic and Republican party leaders to hold meetings on campus for the first time in two years. President Howard I Bevis invited Eugene H Hanhart and Ray Bliss to lead a single campaign meeting after the trustees lifted the campus ban.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Howard I. Bevis
Eugene H. Hanhart
Ray Bliss
NPA Issues First Inventory Control Order
Washington announces the National Production Authority will issue its first control order to curb hoarding of scarce war materials. The plan includes a scarcity list of bottleneck items and a ban on accumulating oversized normal operating stocks, with penalties up to a year in prison or $10,000 fine.
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Washington
NPA
Fairless: Steel defense need overestimated by industry
Benjamin F. Fairless, president of U S Steel, argues the administration’s defense steel estimate is only one third of what the industry deems necessary for safety. He says steel demand for defense will eventually affect auto, refrigerator, and appliance production.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin F. Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Extended forecast for Columbus and Manila eruption report
The Columbus forecast shows temperatures 4 to 7 degrees below normal with a normal high of 68 and low of 49 and a warm Sunday followed by cooler weather around Wednesday. Precipitation averages up to 1 inch with periods of rain Sunday and Tuesday or Wednesday. Manila reports 51 killed in Hi bok Volcano eruption at Malacañang Palace.
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Columbus
Manila
Malacanan Palace
Hibok
Ministers Propose Unified Western Defense Against Russia
North Atlantic Treaty Council opens with U S Britain and France urging immediate steps to form a unified Western European military force. Plans include German units and reinforcement talks tied to allied willingness to share defense duties. The ministers wrap up a three day conference promising to reconvene Monday to finish outstanding work on Germany.
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New York
West
North Atlantic Treaty Council
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Acheson
Germany
Full Scale Bombing Simulation Set For Marion
Marion prepares for a Sunday civil defense drill with Ohio Air National Guard planes including two B 26 bombers three C 47s and 12 F 84 fighters. The guard will coordinate water purification and emergency response to illustrate how civilians would defend and restore order during a real air attack.
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Marion
Ohio Air National Guard
Leo M. Kreber
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Ohio National Guard
112Th Engineer Combat Battalion
The
Guard
Cleveland
Martin
Tritium Found in Water Signals Hydrogen Bomb Link
Philadelphia report of two scientists finding the colorless gas tritium in ordinary water, noting its potential for hydrogen bombs and that current production relies on reactors, with no ready extraction method yet.
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Philadelphia
GE Talks Continue Amid Mediation for Quick Labor Settlement
General Electric and the CIO Electrical Workers resume talks in Washington with government mediators urging a rapid settlement to avoid idle war defense plants as tensions rise over wartime production priorities.
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Washington
General Electric
CIO Electrical
Bronx postal worker charged with selling Irish sweepstakes tickets
Jerome Bloom 52 a Bronx postal employee was arrested on accusations he sold hundreds of Irish sweepstakes tickets through his stamp window over years. He is held in 1000 bail for a hearing on September 28 before a U S commissioner. Bloom has served 32 years with the postal service.
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New York (P
Bronx
Jerome Bloom
U. S
U.S
Ohio Protects State Workers
Governor Lausche moved to protect civil service workers entering the armed services by granting a one year leave of absence with potential extension by appointment. He noted a prior attorney general ruling that a similar protection expired and expects the legislature to consider a new law extending the protection.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Diamond Alkali Men To Vote for Union
Striking workers at the Diamond Alkali Co plant in Fairport Ohio will vote on September 22 to choose a bargaining agency. The United Mine Workers Union will not appear on the ballot as it did not file required non-communist affidavits under the Taft Hartley Law.
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Cleveland
Diamond Alkali Co
Fairport
United Mine Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Former Navy Pilot Wins Plowing Match
Lloyd Shafer 31 from Chatsworth Illinois won the national contour plowing contest near Urbana Champaign County, dethroning 25-year-old Dean Wilson of Urbana. Shafer, a WW II Navy pilot and father of three, operates a 480 acre farm in Illinois.
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Urbana
Dean Wilson
Champaign
Lloyd Shafer
Erain
Chatsworth
Shafer
Ohio church approves merger splitting four conferences
The Miami Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church approved mergers that divide Ohio into four sections. The new conferences are East Ohio, Sandusky, Southeastern Ohio, and Miami.
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Dayton
Miami
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ohio
East Ohio
Sandusky
Southeastern Ohio
War Briefs From Around the World
Highlander reinforcements sail to Japan as 66 troops leave Lyneham. Defense Dept reports 96 Korean area casualties including 86 killed in action and 83 wounded. Roberts denies warning of large North Korean troop concentrations. Britain plans 5500 Tommies in Korea with 150000 trained for Europe. Pyongyang claims North Korea repulsed an amphibious enemy landing.
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Washington
Defense Department
Fort Macarthur
Calif
United Nations Commission
Korea
W. L. Roberts
Roberts
United States
London
Moscow
Pyongyang
Marshall Bill Gets Approval
The House armed services committee approved legislation to allow Gen. George C. Marshall to serve as secretary of defense in a vote of 18 to 7. Chairman Vinson announced the result as the Senate committee had previously approved the bill. The opposing Republicans were Reps. Short, Arends, Shafer, Elston, Towe, Gavin, and Myer. The Senate and House are expected to act quickly.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
George C. Marshall
Defense
Vinson
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
House Committee
Short
Missouri
Arends
Illinois
Shafer
Michigan
Elston
Ohio
Towe
New Jersey
Gavin
Pennsylvania
Myer
Kansas
Senate
House
Marshall
Red Korean troops burn 3 Americans in front lines alert
An Army inquiry reports three U S soldiers were thrown into a fire by North Korean captors during the August 31 overrun of a command post on the western front. Witnesses described a 10 foot wide blaze built from blankets and refugees.
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U.S
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Army Inquiry Board
Lester Marcum
Vaughn's Mill
Marcum
Stephan
Claycraft Announces 10 Cent Hourly Raise
NEW LEXINGTON A 10 cent hourly pay increase for 10 employees of the Claycraft Co. of Shawnee was announced yesterday. The firm makes high grade glaze brick. The old minimum wage was $1.23 an hour, and the new rate is $1.33 per hour.
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New Lexington
Claycraft Co
Shawnee
Pressure on Kimpo Airfield as UN Forces Advance in Korea
Communist broadcasts claimed heavy pressure at Kimpo airfield near Inchon as UN forces narrowed lines. South Korean Assemblyman Chin Soo cited a warship-supported coastal landing at Kunsan on the Yellow Sea. U S forces and South Koreans fought to hold the Taegu corridor while Marines hit Pohang and Samchok came under artillery fire.
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Inchon
Seoul
Kimpo
Korea
Chung
United Nations
Yellow Sea
Kunsan
Chin Soo
Sea of Japan
Pohang
Anyang
U. S. 24Th Division
Missouri
Samchok
Taegu
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Hobart R. Gay
Shaw's Condition Worsens. 94-Year-Old Playwright Battle
George Bernard Shaw's fracture of the thigh worsened today. A kidney and bladder specialist was summoned to examine the 94-year-old playwright at Luton and Dunstable Hospital while doctors said he is comfortable but his general condition is less satisfactory.
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Luton
Eng
George Bernard Shaw
Luton and Dunstable
Automobile strike kills truck driver Wayne Young in Navarre
An auto incident on Route 2 in Massillon area killed Wayne Young aged 57 of Navarre as he walked across the road. Police say the truck driver stayed at the scene and the investigation continues.
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Massillon
Wayne Young
Navarre
Route 2
Truman Seeks Japanese Peace Treaty Involves 12 Allies
President Truman authorized talks with 12 World War II Pacific allies including Soviet Russia on preliminary steps for a Japanese peace treaty. He rejected Moscow’s demand that only the big four draft it, signaling a possible split if Russia refuses to participate.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
State Department
Soviet
Moscow
Britain
China
U. S
Japan
Ohio 150th birthday plans set for March start
Preliminary plans for Ohio's 150th birthday celebration will begin March 1, 1953, with drafting scheduled for October 6. The project aims to mark the state's sesquicentennial with events statewide.
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Columbus
Ohio
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