Reserve Combat Airmen Needed to Fill Call
The Air Force announced it needs reserve combat pilots and airmen across multiple specialties. It plans voluntary and involuntary activations, citing shortages in navigator, bombardier, radar, and pilot roles, with support fields in mechanics and medical staff. The force aims to reach 548,000 by year end as Guard units mobilize to federal service, while regular fighters in the U.S. are limited to essential defense and strategic duties.
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Aus
Air Force
National Guard
Air National Guard
Air Guard
United States
Ose
AIR Force Organized
House Votes Truman Power Over Controls
The House passed 383 to 12 a bill granting President Truman broad power to impose price and wage controls, with Senate debate to follow. The measure includes controls on wages, rationing, allocations, defense production priorities, and credit, plus a cap on hoarding and a strong prison penalty for excess stockpiling.
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Truman
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
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Senate Banking Committee
Maybank
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Mr. Truman
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Uncle Walt in Oklahoma Mountain Echoes a Farm Saga
A 63-year-old blind Brenham farmer faces hurdles as his German bride, a year past promised vows to honor and obey, plans to return home. The tale contrasts local notes of crime, a Houston bite in a bowl drive in, and a Bastrop woman's diverse activities as the county reports on courts, demonstrations, and everyday life.
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Mohammet
Germany
Congress to Consider Universal Military Training Bill
A Defense Department official said a universal military training bill is being drafted and could reach Congress soon. It would train all youths 18 and 19 as a citizen reserve, with costs estimated from 600 million in the first year to 2 billion annually, and would precede any draft.
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Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Houser
Short
R-Mo
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Truman Raps Red Filibuster Hindering UN
President Truman accused the Reds of filibustering the United Nations effort in Korea and hinted that inflation controls may be considered after Congress calms election jitters. He backed an excess profits tax and warned against a railroad strike, while praising General MacArthur's conduct in the Far East.
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W. Averell Marriman
Douglas
Pacific
State Department
MacArthur
Showers in May Could Temper Austin Heat
The US Weather Bureau reports a possible rise in cloudiness with scattered showers Saturday that may slightly lower temperatures. Friday remains hot and dry with a projected high of 94 degrees.
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US Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Bergstrom Jet Uses Jato To Lift Off From Highway 7
Colonel Cy Wilson of Bergstrom Air Force Base directed a jet takeoff on Highway 7 after an emergency landing between Smithville and Bastrop. First Lieutenant Glendon K. Dunaway piloted the F 4E during the ordeal, with local farmers aiding traffic control. The plane reached about 150 mph on the road, then lifted off with 6 000 pounds of thrust, returning to Bergstrom after taxiing about a mile. Spectators watched from the highway as units flew in from Barksdale.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Highway 7
Smithville
Bastrop
Glendon K. Dunaway
524Th
Bergstrom
Dunaway
Col. Wilson
Jato
Homer Kellar
West Point
Texas
Air Force
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
First Korean War casualty buried without full military honors
Private John L. Marruso 19, killed in Korea, was buried in Detroit with a partial firing party of four veterans instead of a full 12 man tribute. No city or military officials attended. VFW members provided part of the ceremony as neighbors remember him. The flag from his funeral transport was given to his mother Lena Marruso, tying to a World War I flag keepsake.
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Tate
John L. Marruso
Michigan Military District
Cal Cuesta
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW
Marruso
Lena Marruso
John
Japan
Soviet Blockade of UN Korea Aid Denied by Malik
In Lake Success on August 10 the Soviet delegate Malik rejected Western accusations of arming North Korea and refused to end the UN Korea aid blockade. He defended Moscow’s stance amid a two and a half hour council session and signaled possible further talks. American Delegate Warren Austin pressed Moscow to invite South Korea without North Korea.
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Korea
Security Council
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Malik
United States
Kremlin
Warren
Austin
Wallace Says Russia Clearly The Korea Aggressor
Henry A. Wallace told a radio interviewer that Russia is clearly the aggressor in Korea and that the U S is effectively at war with Russia there. He said Russia aims to prolong the Cold War and questioned Communist control of the Progressive Party.
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Russia
Korea
New York
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Russa
Progressive Party
Mass for Big Push Over Naktong Reaches Korean Front
Allied dispatches describe heavy fighting as US forces push toward Chinju and Masan while North Korean units attempt to break the Naktong line. Reports note multiple battalions isolated, exchanges of artillery and air support, and reinforcements rushing to Pohang and Taegu as the front consolidates.
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Naktong
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