Senate Rejects Hutchinson and Three Other Nominations
The Senate rejected four President Truman nominees for major federal posts in a vote marked by home state politics. Hutchinson's $15,000-a-year trade commission post was defeated 59 to 14, while Switzer Hook Andrews were opposed by their home-state Democrats and one Republican.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Carroll O. Switzer
Iowa
M. Neil Andrews
Georgia
Martin A. Hutchinson
Virginia
Frank E. Hook
Michigan
Motor Carrier Claims Commission
Ferguson
Mich
Hutchinson
Switzer
Barkley
Congress
Gillette
Hickenlooper
Hook
Byrd
Trade Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Commerce Committee
Magnuson
D-Wash
Automatic Hoists Okayed For Man Trips
Charleston West Virginia August 9 The Mines Department may sanction automatically controlled hoists for man trips if they are as safe or safer than manual operation Attorney General William C Marianas ruling follows a question from State Mines Chief Arch J Alexander who pointed to a potential clause requiring a hoist man present when hoisting and lowering men Officials said discretion in enforcing mine laws allows new machines not contemplated by old statutes to be authorized as coal mining technology advances.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mines Department
William C. Mariana
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
West Virginia
Rail Unions Urge Government Seizure to Avert Strike
Unions representing conductors and trainmen urge President Truman to seize and operate U S railroads to avert a possible strike amid wartime crisis. They warn of a national disruption and say workers would operate under government control until the dispute over a 40 hour week is resolved.
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Washington
White House
Senator Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Truman
Morse
John R. Steelman
R. O. Hughes
W. P. Kennedy
United States
Boards May Defer Top College Students
Selective service headquarters authorized draft boards to defer students who completed at least a year of college and plan to continue education this fall. The deferment applies to those in the upper half scholastically and is a temporary measure to clarify policies for students pursuing further study this fall. The move is optional and may lead to permanent rules later.
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Washington
Selective Service
House Approves Inflation Curbs in Standby Powers
The House voted to grant standby price and wage control powers to President Truman for inflation containment. The roll call was avoided via a strong voice vote, as lawmakers pushed to advance the bill, aligning with a Senate banking committee measure awaiting action. The plan allows discretionary controls with limits on voluntary agreements and wage restraint if prices rise.
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Washington
House
Truman
Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Truman reshapes RFC board with five new appointees
President Truman names three new Reconstruction Finance Corp members C Edward Rowe Boston lawyer Democrat Walter E Cosgriff Salt Lake City banker Republican and W Elmer Harber Seminole Shawnee Okla banker Democrat Reappoints Willett Maryland and Dunham Michigan while dropping Hise and Gunderson from the board.
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Washington
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Harley Hise
Senate
C. Edward Rowe
Boston
Walter E. Cosgriff
Salt Lake City
W. Elmer Harber
William E. Willett
Maryland
Walter Lee Dunham
Michigan
Dunham
Willett
Harvey Gunderson
Virginia Traffic Toll Reaches 512 With Five Deaths
Two accidents on Virginia highways yesterday pushed the 1950 traffic fatality total to 512. A head on collision seven miles north of Richmond on Route 2 killed two and injured four. Earlier, a crash between a tractor trailer and a car on U S Route 11 at Middletown in Frederick County killed three youths from Strasburg. The dead included Clarence Newman Knight Jr 30 of Stafford and three Strasburg residents.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
Middletown
Frede
Rick County
Clarence Newman Knight, Jr
Stafford
Robert L. Senseney, Jr
Strasburg
Richard J. Coffman
Mervin Bergey
Knight
Kenneth Mason Corbin
Jefferson, Miss
Betty Wingate
Fredericksburg
Kenneth Butler
Ellerson
George Wingfield
Hanover County
Cletus Nace
Richfield
Winchester Hospital
Russia Builds War Material Near Korea Amid Eastward Shipping
A study by the American Merchant Marine Institute reports Soviet drydocks, ships and cargo moving toward Vladivostok less than 100 miles from Korea. It notes tankers from Constanza and Batum, recent drydock moves from Latvia and Odessa, and grain laden merchantmen. questions the impact on the Korean crisis and the Trans Siberian Railroad.
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Richard Fiske
New York
Russia
Vladivostok
Korea
Baltic
Black Sea
Siberian
American Merchant Marine Institute
Constanza
Batum
Latvia
Odessa
Far East
Pacific
Germany
Antwerp
Idaho Senate Nomination Tightens Between Taylor and Clark
Incumbent Glen H. Taylor trailed former Senator D. Worth Clark by under 1,000 votes as Idaho primary returns from 732 of 839 precincts showed Clark ahead 25,590 to 24,666 with third candidate Compton White at 14,106. A canvass could decide the winner, echoing Idaho’s 1944 close finish.
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Associated Press
Glen H. Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Idaho
Senate
Clark
Taylor
Compton White
Pepper
D-Fla
Graham
D-Nc
Thomas
D-Okla
Gurney
R-Sd
Nebraska
Walter R. Raecke
Terry Carpenter
Raecke
Val Peterson
Wytheville Polio Epidemic Seen Receding Yet Lingers in County
A Virginia health official said the Wytheville polio outbreak, the nation’s worst this year, appears to be fading with no new local cases. Two county cases raised Virginia’s total to 336 for the year, prompting the state to cancel a Madison College home economics teachers conference next week.
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Wytheville
Virginia
Wythe County
State Health Department
A. S. McCown
State Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
McCown
Henry
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Franklin
Grayson
Arlington County
Campbell, Bedford
Roanoke
State Department of Education Today
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Seven West Virginians listed in Korean War casualty file
Defense Department released casualty list No. 59 naming seven West Virginia soldiers among the wounded. Pfc Arwon E. Blankenship of Clear Fork Wyoming County. Cpl David M. Dudley of Worth McDowell County. Pvt Marlin C. Jones of Cyclone Wyoming County. Pfc Leo Marcum of Breeden Mingo. Pvt Robert Elmer Page of Lanham Putnam County. Pfc John David Poole of Montcalm Mercer County. Pfc Conley Webb Jr of Warriormine McDowell County.
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Washington
West
Cyclone
Wyoming County
Leo Marcum
Sue V. Marcum
Breeden
Mingo County
Robert Elmer Page
Icy M. Page
Lanham
Putnam County
John David Poole
James E. Poole
Montcalm
Mercer County
Conley Webb, Jr
Ruby Sparks
Warriormine
McDowell County
Telephone Workers To Vote On Unions In Virginia
Richmond Virginia August 9 An agreement allows Clifton Forge Waynesboro Telephone Company employees to vote on union representation later this month The consent election will be held August 29 in Waynesboro August 30 in Clifton Forge and Covington and affect 66 employees conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.
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Richmond
Clifton Forge
National Labor Relations Board
Gasoline Price War Shuts 4000 New Jersey Stations
In New Jersey about 4,000 service stations closed as a price war spread. 3,000 shut voluntarily while others were blockaded by pickets. Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll ordered an inquiry into public welfare risk. John Dressler led the strike from Route 4, directing “shock troops” and exerting pressure to halt price reductions. Sun Oil Co. blamed for starting the war and vowed to keep its stations open.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey Gasoline Retailers Association
John Dressler
George Washington Bridge
Dressler
Sun Oil Co
Malik Agrees To Secret Meet In Security Council Session
Malik tentatively agrees to attend a secret session with other Security Council members in Lake Success to break the Korean stalemate. A British spokesman says he agreed in principle but attendance is not guaranteed. The session will precede a higher level meeting as the US and Britain decide against removing him from presidency duties for now.
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Malik
E.S.T
United States
Britain
Security Council
Woman Backs Car Over Man Who Slapped Her
In Wheeling West Virginia on August 9 a woman faces a reckless driving charge after backing her car over man Thomas Hanaway who had slapped her. Hanaway suffered a broken left shoulder and multiple injuries and was hospitalized.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ray Lucas
Eileen Coward
Thomas Hanaway
Scotland Yard Joins Hunt For Atom Data
A stolen large brown suitcase carried an atom data briefcase from a first class compartment on the London Blackpool train. It belonged to Frank Miller Greenless of Britain's atomic energy production division at Risley. Greenless was later identified as British. Scotland Yard joined the hunt.
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London
Greenlees
Scotland Yard
Solons speed legal defenses against spies and loose talkers
Washington moved fast as the Senate passed three anti subversion bills to strengthen penalties for peacetime spying and tighten immigration and security controls. The measures authorize deportation and new exclusion powers, target subversive aliens and diplomats, and let agency heads fire security risks. The bill now goes to the House.
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Solons
Washington
Congress
Senate
United States
House un-American Activities Committee
Truman
House
New US Drive On River Line In Korean War Fighting
U S forces push toward Chinju and Pusan as Fifth Regimental Combat Team and 25th Infantry Division link near the burned city. North Korean Yongdok changes hands, while cross river assaults along the Naktong continue and Taegu defenses hold.
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Chinju
U. S. Eighth Army
Fifth Regimental
25Th Infantry Division
35Th
Pusan
United Nations
Naktong River
Taegu
Yongdok
U. S
U. N
Army
25Th Infantry
Associated Press
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Whitehead
Masan
H. P. King
Changnyong
King
East Bank
Pearson Menoher
24Th
Naktong
First Cavalry
Waegwan
Lief Erickson
Eighth Army
Army to Reopen Five Camps for Training Troops
The army plans to reopen five camps immediately to train combat and service troops. Camps listed are Rucker in Daleville Alabama Stewart in Hinesville Georgia Roberts in San Miguel California McCoy in Sparta Wisconsin and Edwards in North Falmouth Massachusetts. Capacities range from 3,800 to 27,000 men with Rucker holding 25,000 and Roberts 26,000.
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Army
Rucker
Daleville
Ala
Stewart
Hinesville
Roberts
San Miguel
Calif
McCoy
Sparta
Wis
Edwards
North Falmouth
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