German Arms Plans Delayed
NEW YORK Sept. 18 UP The North Atlantic Treaty Council recessed for about two weeks after failing to reach firm agreements on a unified European force and West German participation. The communique indicated the council warmly welcomed a defense plan but postponed decisions to consult home governments.
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New York
North Atlantic Treaty Council
West Germany
Council
Europe
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Schuman
West
France
United States
Reservist Officers Tapped in Major Call-Up Across States
The Army announced a large call-up of reserve officers adding 9,545 captains and lieutenants to 7,862 original summons plus 205 chaplain captains and 240 aviation officers. Ground officers will serve at least 21 months starting November. aviation and chaplain roles extend to December. Regions include Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. officers are Organized Reserve Corps members not yet assigned to units. National Guard volunteers may be accepted if approved by state adjutants general.
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Washington
Army
Fourth Army
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
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National Guard
Flood Crest Seen On Sulphur River In Texas
The Sulphur River in Northeast Texas rose above flood stage after heavy rains, reaching 28.4 feet and expected to crest near 30 feet by Wednesday. No damage reported. Trinity River flood crest awaited in Dallas as Austin stays warm and humid with scattered showers.
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Texas
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Naples
Trinity
Dallas
Austin
Weather Bureau
Ex-Congressman May Still Claims Innocence
Ex Congresssman Andrew J. May walked from federal prison in Ashland Kentucky and returned to his Prestonburg home insisting his bribery conviction was persecution of an innocent man.
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Prestonburg
Andrew J. May
Ashland
City lobby regular earns 33 years at Driskill office
A city champion known for long hotel lobby stays has held a central office at the Driskill for 33 years. The note mentions inaugural balls evolving in scope and a Houston officer involved in a minor auto incident after a truck collision. San Marcos police also devised a method to manage overparking.
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Driskill
India Proposes Red China Seat In UN Assembly
In a Lake Success dispatch India formally proposed that China be represented in the UN General Assembly by the Communist government. The move would also urge ousting the Nationalists from all UN organs. The plan, unlikely to pass now, may aim to influence discussions as Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky arrives.
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India
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
China
Republic of China
Jawaharlal Pandit Nehru
Trygvie Lie
Truman Proposes Large Civil Defense Plan to Congress
President Truman outlined a nationwide civil defense program drafted by the National Security Resources Board. The plan envisions a mutual aid system reaching every home with vast numbers of paid and volunteer workers at federal, state, and local levels. He urged creation of a Civil Defense Administration with a $17 500 a year head and said funds would come later, forecasting costs in the millions and perhaps billions over about two years to full readiness.
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Truman
Congress
National Securities Resources Board
MK Truman
Civil Defense Administration
NLRB
W Stuart Symington
United States
NSKHB
Tanks Roll Into Yongdongpo as US Marines Reach Seoul Suburb
Allied air and sea forces strike Red targets while US Marines push from Inchon toward Seoul. Patton tanks lead a river crossing as Second and First Corps assault across the Naktong, with Inchon governance and new military leaders installed amid continuing heavy combat in the Taegu area.
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Naktong
Tokyo
Yongdongpo
United Nations
Inchon
Army Seventh Division
Kim Airfield
Kimpo
Marine Corsair
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Fleet Marine Forces
Pacific
Frank E Lowe
Truman
Oliver P. Smith
Pyo Yong Moon
Pyo
Rimeter
Monfirm
Changnyong
Taegu
Diver Free From Beam After 8 Hours Underwater
Charles Delps a 45 year old Granite City Illinois welder freed himself from a steel beam trapped 40 feet under the Mississippi River near East St. Louis. He surfaced after eight hours and 40 minutes, refused medical aid, but agreed to a hospital checkup. Delps was working to repair the Socony Oil Company dock when a beam fell and pinned him. Two divers assisted and a Coast Guard boat watched nearby. Delps used a high pressure underwater jet hose to tunnel out, later telling his wife he was ready to work again. He earned $75 a day and had earlier dived into a flooded coal mine. The recovered beam was the last to be cut from the dock.
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East ST. Louis
Mississippi River
Charles Delps
Granite City
Lll
Delps
Socony Oil Company
Here
Vincent Palmer
Red Edging
Coast Guard
Lillian
Millard Tydings Repeats as Maryland Senator Nominee
Veteran Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland won his bid for a fifth Democratic nomination to Congress. The victory was reported from Baltimore on September 19.
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Baltimore
Millard E Tydings
Maryland
GE Price Hike Follows Wage Increases
General Electric announced price increases on refrigerators freezers ranges water heaters and automatic dishwashers from six to 13 percent. The rise follows higher materials costs and wage and benefit gains won by GE workers last week.
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New York
General Electric
UN Reports 140000 Korean War Fighters Trained by Chinese Army
General MacArthur's unified command informed the United Nations that about 140,000 combat-seasoned Koreans trained with the Chinese Communist army are fighting with North Korea against UN forces. The report notes Soviet equipment in use and details extensive Chinese army training among North Korean divisions and POWs.
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South Korea
Pyongyang
Kremlin
North Korea
Manchuria
Senators Confirm O Dwyer as Envoy to Mexico
The Senate voted 44 to 22 to confirm former New York Mayor William O Dwyer as ambassador to Mexico. The chamber defeated a motion by Senator Ives to postpone action on the nomination.
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Washington
Senate
William O'Dwyer
New York
Mexico
Chamber
Ives
End to Russian Trade Sought by AFL Leader at Houston Convention
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor urged the United States to stop all trade with Russia claiming U S goods aid wartime aims of the Kremlin regime The AFL criticized Southern Democrats over Taft Hartley repeal and urged a clear policy to Russian people Distinct while war crisis note echoed by ILGWU resolution. Britain bans exporting machine tools to Iron Curtain states amid defense needs during Churchill Wilson debate.
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Houston
William Green
American Federation of Labor
United States
Russia
Green
America
Guishes
Kremlin
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
AFL
London
Britain
Iron Curtain
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Viet Minh siege and border attacks raise red offensive fears
Thousands of Viet Minh troops massed along the Chinese border and two French outposts were attacked amid reports of a mounting general offensive. Dongkhe near the border faced heavy fighting as French forces held. Saigon police disrupted a planned grenade attack.
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Jaigon
Indo-China
Dongkhe
Gfaid
Southeast Asia
Korea
Saigon
Indo- China
Siam
United States
Dean Acheson
Nlles
Laokay
Foreign
Slack Confesses To Wartime Spying For Soviet Russia
Alfred Dean Slack pleaded guilty before Judge Robert L. Taylor to wartime espionage for the Soviet Union. He admitted supplying Russian agents with RDX and its manufacture formula while a chemist at a Syracuse plant and later at Holston Ordnance Works in Kingsport Tennessee.
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Tenn
Alfred Dean Slack
Soviet Russia
Merc
Robert L. Taylor
Slack
Taylor
James M. Meek
Meek
Howard McGrath
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Syracuse, N.Y
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Kingsport
Hagry Gold
Philadelphia
Russia
Holston
Two Moth Ball Ships At Orange Called Out
Eighth Naval District headquarters announced two additional ships would leave the moth ball fleet at Orange Texas on Wednesday and be placed on active duty. One is an auxiliary repair ship that specializes in internal combustion engine repairs and the other is a landing ship dock LSD.
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New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
Orange
Texas
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