Truman urges new security laws while opposing police state measures
President Truman asked Congress for expanded powers to counter domestic Communist espionage and sabotage. He proposed extending espionage statute limits, broader military base security authority, foreign agent registration, and regular reporting by subversive aliens, while warning against Mundt Ferguson style overreach and jail-for-deportable-aliens.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Justice Department
Democratic Policy Committee
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Homer E. Ferguson
R-Mich
Mr. Truman
Smithville Worker Loses Both Hands
Willie Roy Priica 18 lost both hands in an industrial accident at Smithville Metal Products Company. While operating a metal crimping machine used to manufacture ironing boards, the former farmer was injured two and a half hours after starting his shift. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Prlica of Smithville.
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Smithville
ANS
Willie Roy Priica
Smithville Metal Products Company
Prlica
Willie Prlica
Manager of AEC Quits After Tiff With Top Officer
Carroll Wilson resigned as general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission after a bust-up with chairman Gordon Dean. He cited lack of confidence in Dean and questioned Dean’s qualifications. Dean denied comment as lawmakers pledged support for Dean and praised acting GM Carleton Shugg.
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Washington
Carroll Wilson
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Tuesda
Gordon
Wilson
Dean
White House
Truman
Commission
AEC
San Saba Flood Project Studied
A Fort Worth hearing on the San Saba County flood and irrigation plan reviewed all project phases. The restudy centers on flood control water conservation and an upstream dam near Brady Creek, with officials M. W. Trussell Henry Ratliff Jack Bowen Penny Johnson Louis Crump and others present.
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Fort Worth
San Saba County
Delbert B. Freeman
M. W. Trussell
San Saba
Brady Creek
Trussell
Henry Ratliff
L. P. Cobern
Teen age fringe of underworld teased in Dallas suburb
A Texas justice of the peace investigates a reported kid gang near Dallas noting potential prostitution and narcotics selling by youths. The piece cites concerns of a growing juvenile criminal element and hints at broader societal issues.
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Texas
Justice of the Peace
Dallas
Florence Chadwick Smashes English Channel Record
Florence Chadwick, 31, from San Diego, swam the English Channel in 13 hours 28 minutes, surpassing the prior women’s record. Shirley May France, 17, of Somerset Mass, failed to complete the crossing, eight and a half miles from shore as Chadwick finished.
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Dover
Eng
Florence Chadwick
San Diego
Calif
English Channel
Shirley May
France
Somerset
Mass
Florence
Cap Gris Nez
Saudi Arabia
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Ederle
Repreee Michel
Aoe Cra
Ted Worner
Taylor Approves 2 School Issues
Taylor voters approved two measures for the Taylor Independent School District under new Texas laws. A uniform tax rate of 1.50 per 190 valuation passed 155 to 44, and the district assumed bonded indebtedness of annexed areas by 152 to 49. The district expanded from four to 78 square miles.
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Taylor
Taylor Independent School District
Texas
Taylor Independent
United States Accuses Kremlin of North Korea Influence
The United States says the Soviet Union can end the Korean War if it wills. Warren Austin questions Soviet power to halt the invasion and proposes adjournment to press Moscow for a change in UN tactics amid tense Security Council proceedings.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United States
Russia
United Nations
Kremlin
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Austin
Soviet Union
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
Moscow
Taylor Leads Narrow Idaho Senate Nomination Race
Associated Press report: Glen H. Taylor edged into a slim lead in Idaho with 299 votes to 285 for D Worth Clark in 14 of 839 precincts. Rep Compton LL White trailed with 187 votes.
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Glen H. Taylor
United States
Idaho
D. Worth Clark
Taylor
Clark
Rep. Compton LL White
Price Control Agreed On But Not Rationing
The House banking committee approved standby wage and price control powers for President Truman but split on rationing authority. A final bill vote could come Wednesday night as leaders seek a compromise to move Congress off the economic controls issue. The panel also weighs real estate credit curbs and commodity market speculation as it copies Senate permissive provisions and weighs President Truman’s demand for authority to allocate scarce materials and seize plants if needed.
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Washington
Aug
House Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
Kunkel
R-Pa
Chamber
House Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Korea
Maybank
D-Sc
State Committee
Mr. Truman
Centex Storeman Succumbs at 65
TAYLOR Aug 8 ANS F J Wuthrich 65 year old storekeeper found dead at home at Frame Switch between Hutto and Taylor Justice of the Peace Sam Burna had not issued a verdict by Tuesday night He is survived by four daughters and five sons with relatives in Taylor Austin Oakland and San Antonio Funeral services set for Saturday at 4 pm Condra Funeral Home Taylor Reverend Theodore Krienke officiating Burial in West Taylor Cemetery
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Taylor
ANS
F. J. Wuthrich
Hutto
Justice of the Peace
Sam Burna
Wuthrich
Elsie Michalk
Oakland
Calif
Helen Johnson
Alice Simpson
Austin
Pauline Sorenson
Johnnie Wuthrich
Arthur Wuthrich
Albert Wuthrich
San Antonio
Fred Wuthrich Jr
Harold Wuthrich
H. T. Hehman
Mary Burrow
August Decker
Alex Wuthrich
Condra Funeral Home
Theodore Krienke
Round Rock
West Taylor Cemetery
General Kean chases his son in Korea frontline
On the southern front in Korea dated Wednesday August 9, Major General William B Kean, commanding the US task force for Chinju, arrived at the front to urge his southern flank to move as quickly as the northern. He noted his son, Lieutenant William Madison Kean, leads a leading northern platoon and praised their progress.
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Korea
William B Kean
Chinju
William Madison Kean
Taegu Front Holds As North Koreans Cross Naktong River
North Korean tanks and troops crossed the Naktong near Waegwan and drove on Taegu while US 24th Division and First Cavalry launched counterattacks from the Taegu corridor. Reports said Waegwan remained in UN hands as fighting raged along the river and surrounding hills.
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Tokyo
Naktong
Taegu
Reds
Waegwan
First Cavalry
Chongnyang
Associated Press
O. H. P. King
King
24Th Division
United Press
Naktong River
Chinju
Eighth Army
Pusan
Hal Boyle
United Nations
Fifth Air Force
Leif Erickson
Changyong
John H. Church
24Th
Changnyong
First Cavalry Division
Rok
Republic of Korea
Marines Begin Call-Up Of Combat Specialist Reservists
The Marine Corps will mobilize about 80,000 volunteer reservists starting with those holding combat specialties. Emphasis targets officers up to captain rank and enlisted men to sergeant, with an initial 50,000 called between August 15 and October 1 and 30,000 later. Congress includes several reservists among lawmakers. A few women Marines will be summoned initially.
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Washington
Ania
Ane Marines
Lu Trsuay
Army
NAVY
The
Coast Guard
Congress
Defense Department
House
Marine
Donald L. Jackson
R-Cal
Jams T. Patterson
R-Conn
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Francis Case
R-S.d
Clark W. Thompson
D-Tex
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Thompson
McCarthy
New Order Postpones Reserve Induction And Exams
Selective Service headquarters ordered local draft boards to indefinitely postpone physical exams and induction for members of organized reserve units and the National Guard. The directive applies whether enlisting before or after 1-A classification and requires adherence to unit rules and drill attendance.
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State Selective Service
National
Paul L. Wakefield
Elective Service
Wakefield
National Guard
National Selective Service
Washington
Selective Service
Guard
Prediction of 97 Degree Heat For Wednesday
The Weather Bureau foresees more hot and dry summer weather on Wednesday with temperatures near 97 degrees. A spokesman said conditions from the past several days are expected to repeat.
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Weather Bureau
MacArthur Questions Feasibility of Japanese Troop Enlistment
General Douglas MacArthur expressed doubt on enlisting Japanese volunteers in the US Armed Forces without a peace treaty. He noted Japan is under international control and a unilateral US move would be doubtful until a treaty is concluded. He has started increasing the Japanese police reserve and supports speedier treaty action, while Senator Magnuson backs enlistment alone.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Magnuson
Dwash
United States
Korea
British Report Says USA Papers Stolen
The Laborite Daily Herald said a suitcase with secret atomic research papers disappeared from a train leaving London for the North of England. It identified the owner as American scientist F. W. Greentrees who had been working in the United States on joint British American atomic research.
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London
Laborite Daily Herald
North of England
F. W. Greentrees
United States
Greentrees
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