Truman Signs One Year Draft Extension With Guard Powers
President Truman signed a one year draft extension granting mobilization power for the National Guard and reserves in emergencies. The measure, rushed through Congress amid the Korean conflict, runs to July 9 1951 and sets ceilings for total armed forces while preserving veterans and essential worker deferments. The act allows mandatory wartime production orders and industry seizure if needed, though no immediate call ups were planned.
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Fraud Allegation Talmadge Primary Ballot Hiring Case
FBI disclosed a woman confessed to vote buying in Georgia Democratic primary, earning $1 per vote, with reports of $2 for others. She voted multiple times at different locations in Richmond County where Talmadge led, amid tense local politics and undisclosed identity.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Richmond County
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Eugene Talmadge
Richmond
Talmadge
Ed Mason
Savannah
Mason
Kilroy Returns From Five Year Postwar Break at Japanese Base
Kilroy comes back from a five year layoff at an American air base in Japan. GIs headed to Korea see a wall jingle that mocks the prior joke with Kilroy’s name appearing again after a pencil broke.
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Kilroy
Korea
Strong Quake Cracks Structures in Chile
A strong earthquake struck Arica Chile on Friday causing cracks in buildings and panic among residents. Arica is a coastal city of about 14 000 people near the Peruvian border in Chile's far northwest.
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Chile
AS YOU LIKE IT TAVERN TALES AND TROUBLE
A sentimental tale follows a man with two skunks through taverns churches and businesses. He ends jailed with a $25 fine and a sense of remorse. The page also notes a boisterous strip tease incident and a hotel room recruitment scam where 18 men lost their billfolds to a fraudulent employer. Page references and a light note on turkey sinus sickness conclude the item.
Truman urges unity against hate at Boy Scout jamboree
President Truman addresses 47,000 scouts in Valley Forge urging nations to reject hate and distrust. He recalls Hitler Mussolini and Communist nations, calls for work toward the common good, and receives the Silver Buffalo award from Eagle Scout David Freeman. He notes Korea decisions but omits specifics.
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Boy Scouts of America
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Italy
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North Korea
Korea
Magnuson Seeks Power to Halt Foreign Ships At Ports
Senator Magnuson proposes restoring presidential authority to regulate and detain foreign flag vessels entering U.S. ports without a national emergency. He warns a spy or enemy vessel could deliver atomic or biological weapons in a Pearl Harbor style attack and calls for action to prevent such incursions.
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D-Wash
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Magnuson
Senate
Pearl Harbor
Gas well blows in during Beaumont test at 3500 feet
In Beaumont a gas well blew in during a test at 3500 feet near a residential area. The Scott Myers Cannon No. 1 well released pressure around 1600 pounds as Beaumont firemen and police assisted. Residents were told to shut off gas pilots and electricity while crews worked to cap the well.
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Scott Myers
Senate approves 1.22 billion arms aid to resist Communism
In a rare 66 to 0 vote the Senate backed a 1.22 billion program to arm nations resisting Communism including 1 billion for Europe and 16 million for Korea and the Philippines. The measure moves to the House for financing action with broad support amid the Korean crisis.
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Nebraska
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D-Va
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Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Foreign Relations Committee
Massachusetts
Austin approves cab act with higher short ride fare
The city adopts a new cab act starting Saturday raising fares for trips of 1.5 miles or less to 45 cents and replacing the old zone system with meters. The basic fare is 45 cents for the first 1.5 miles plus 5 cents for each extra 0.25 mile while meters are required but some firms may operate using speedometer readings temporarily. J. E. McClain becomes chief taxicab auditor and inspector Saturday, with two assistant inspectors to be named later.
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Clouds Bring Relief from Heat in Austin
A cloud blanket over Austin broke a damaging heat wave with a peak of 87 degrees at 1 pm and low 80s afterward. Rainfall reached .08 inches and scattered showers were forecast for Saturday with continued moderate temperatures and considerable cloudiness.
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Weather Bureau
Suction Pulls Flier To Death Over Virginia Coast
James Trotter, 32, of Miami, swept from an airliner wing door into the dark Atlantic near Accomack Virginia. The incident occurred during a Newark to Puerto Rico charter flight on Argonaut Air Lines as steward Carl Knight watched the door open and grabbed a ladder to resist the strong suction.
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Combat Units Flown In as Yank HQ Moves South
US infantrymen arrived in Korea by air on Saturday as the 24th Infantry Division led a rush to bolster faltering South Korean defenses. Brigadier General John H. Church said troops were ferried from Japan to a southeast Korean airport and driven toward Taejon, with the front forming 25 miles north of the city.
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Americans evacuate Suwon after ten hour retreat to Taejon
About 280 wet exhausted U S troops reach Taejon after a long evacuation from Suwon amid heavy rain. Brig Gen John H Church vows no further retreat as troops reform a new HQ here and troops face dangerous roads and damaged equipment. Corporal George F Miller sustains a broken ankle during evacuation and continues to drive with the injury.
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Burrowsville
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Han River
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Czechs Sentence Spy to Gallows
Prague reports a Moravian Circuit Court sentenced one man to death and twelve others to long prison terms for treason spying terrorism and anti state activity. Frantisek Dvorak led the ring and received death. Racomir Pomp sentenced to life. Marie Herzanova 42 got 25 years and 50 000 crown fine. Ten others received 8 to 18 years. two acquitted.
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Lifesaving Blood Drive Rekindled Hope For Austin Woman
A woman in Seton Hospital needed O negative blood and within 30 minutes two strangers arrived to donate after a broadcast appeal. The transfusion began and the patient, Mrs Laura Anderson of 1622 East Third, survived the critical night though remains in grave condition.
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Seton Hospital
Seton Laboratory
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1622 East Third
90-100 Communists Executed by South Korean Forces
In Taejon official reports state 90 to 100 South Korean Communists were executed before Republican forces evacuated Seoul. Among the executed was Kim Suim, dubbed Mata Hari, who claimed relationships with an American colonel and a top Korean Communist.
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Lee Jong
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