Europe Arms Fund Lacking Acheson Warns Allies
President Truman sends Ambassador Spofford back to London to press Britain France and other Western European nations to boost their rearmament as NATO defense talks open. The U S aims for a 35 billion dollar annual defense program with allies asked by August 5 to outline boosted plans. France seeks larger American British troop presence and a unified Atlantic command while the U S balances its own funding role.
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Washington
Truman
London
America
Charles M. Spofford
New York
State
Defense Department
North Atlantic Council
Spofford
Britain
France
Acheson
U. S
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Europe
Korea
Atlantic
Congress
King Safety Crowned At 1950 Coal Show
A. C. Nelson 83 of Boisse vain Va received the Coal Show crown from Miss Glenna Bearden as Pioneer Miners Safety Reunion highlighted the 1950 Southern Appalachian Industrial exposition. Nelson, winner of the safety contest, boasts 66 years in mining without a loss-time accident while C T Davis has 61 years. Oldest miners were John Yargo 85 and Nathan Thornton 83.
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Coal’s
King
A. C. Nelson
Boissevain
Queen Bituminous X
Pioneer Miners Safety
N&w
Nelson
Glenna Bearden
Vivian
Daily Telegraph
Wesley Scott
Pioneer
Fred J. Bailey
Cardox Corp
Chicago
Norton Diagett
Pocahontas Land Corp
Bluefield
Coal
Pioneer Miners
C. T. Davis
Pocahontas
John Yargo
Bramwell
Nathan Thornton
John Olds
Pikeville
Rail Labor Peace Talks Arranged by White House
The White House convened peace talks between railroads and conductors and trainmen unions to avert a nationwide strike. Amid mixed progress, a five day token strike looms, involving 300,000 union members and 3,000 workers slated to walk out in Cleveland, St. Louis, and Louisville.
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White House
CIO
New York World-Telegram
Sun
Packard
Detroit
International Harvester
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Brotherhood of
Railroad
Cleveland
Louisville
New Air Force Women May Wear Optional Uniforms
Washington August 19 a new wardrobe for women in the air force is optional allowing nurses women medical specialists and WAFS to purchase blue and grey outfits with a trick dress hat. The uniforms are the same for officers and enlisted personnel except for rank insignia and a sleeve stripe on officers coats.
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Washington
Air Force
WAFS
West Germany reaps war born export boom rise
Western Germany reports booming steel and consumer exports driven by Western arms programs and Korea era demand. British French and American orders push Ruhr plants toward higher output, with officials hoping limits on steel production will ease to meet foreign demand and rebuild civilian industries.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Britain
France
United States
West Germany
Ruhr Valley
Korea
Australian Quads Born In Three Days In Sydney
A British war bride in Sydney delivered quadruplets over three days at Bellingen hospital. Betty Sara, 29, gave birth to two girls and two boys, the last and weakest baby born Saturday. Father Percy Sara, 32, paced the floor and smoked, exclaiming that he now has one of each.
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Sydney
Australia
Betty Sara
Bellingen Hospital
Sara
Percy Sara
R. E. Olds Near Death At 86 In Lansing
R. E. Olds, 86, pioneer in the auto industry and founder of the Reo Motor Car Co and Oldsmobile, was reported critically ill in Lansing and sinking rapidly. He has been bedfast since July.
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Lansing
Mich
R. E. Olds
Olds
Reo Motor Car Co
Oldsmobile Company
Tydings Seeks Early Action On UMT Bill
Senator Tydings announces he will push for early passage of universal military training legislation. The senate armed services committee will hear the Johnson drafted bill Tuesday to authorize the president to invoke UMT. Testimony will include General Omar Bradley and George N. Craig with critics uncertain of committee approval.
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Tydings
Washington
D-Md
Congress
Truman
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
George N. Craig
American Legion
Hurricane Nears Virginia Coast
The Atlantic hurricane swirled toward the region with winds around 140 mph. Coastal residents were warned to brace for high tides and gale conditions as Cape Hatteras and the outer banks faced potential impact.
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Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Atlantic
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Learn While You Sleep Says Boss
A Lake Charles store owner reports a cash register theft and then confesses he stole the register himself after finding clerks asleep, describing the event as a 3 pm prank on a hot August day. The tale unfolds with a police desk sergeant taking the unusual call.
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Lake Charles
Cooper Sees Western Europe Defense Urgency
John Sherman Cooper, adviser to Secretary Acheson, warns that the U S and Britain must send men and equipment to defend western Europe against Soviet danger. He cites North Korea as proof of Moscow led aggression and urges a concrete Atlantic pact defense plan and a unified military command.
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New York
State Department
U. S
Britain
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
State Acheson
Third Army Association
Cooper
Department
Washington
Korea
Asian Front Drives At Taegu Engage U S Forces
A 50,000 man Korean Communist force massed north of Taegu as U S and South Korean units launched an eastward attack from the Pohang Kigye line. Tide of fighting drew near Taegu while Changnyong and Naktong actions left Reds battered and retreating. Major General Church said the sector was under control as civilians fled Taegu.
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Tokyo
Taegu
U. S. Eighth Army
Pohang- Kigye
Pohang
Kigye
U. S
24Th Infantry Division
Naktong
Changnyong
West Bank
John H. Church
South Korea
MacArthur
Korea
Chinju
U. S. 25Th Division
Associated Press
Stan Swinton
Unity Against Aggression Seen Outcome Of Korea War
Colgate W. Darden, president of the University of Virginia, told the West Virginia Bar association banquet that Korea may forge world peace through a united front of free nations. He warned no single power can dominate and urged collective security with overwhelming armed strength to deter aggression.
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Korea
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Colgate W. Darden
Darden
University of Virginia
Virginia Bar Association
United Nations
United States
59 US Planes Lost In Korea
The Air Force announced 55 aircraft losses in the Korean war from enemy action, with two C 54 transports, six B 26 bombers, one B 29, 24 F 51 fighters, 17 F 80 jets, four F 82 night fighters and one T 6 target spotter.
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Washington
Air Force
Lack Of Confidence In HST Blamed For Curb Bill Rider
Washington reports that Senate Republican leader cites lack of confidence in the Truman administration as the main reason for proposed changes to the anti inflation bill. The measure would grant Truman authority to use wage price controls and authorize credit and production controls. House backed similar action and Maybank argues enough votes avoid a Communist-control rider, though Mundt and Ferguson dispute that claim and say approval is likely.
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HST
Washington
Senate
Truman
Millikin
R-Cole
Seeeeeae
House
Maybank
D-Sc
Mundt
R-D
Ferguson
R-Mich
Belgium Communist Leader Julien Lahaut Assassinated
Belgium’s Communist party blamed pro Leopoldists for the killing of Julien Lahaut at his suburban home and called for mass demonstrations and a mourning strike at Liege metal plants. The incident followed Parliament approving a government under Crown Prince Baudouin to stabilize the country.
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Liege
Belgium
Communist Party
Julien Lahaut
Leopold III
Lahaut
Baudouin
Leopold
Joseph Pholien
All Social Christian
M. Julien Lahaut
Seraing
Berg Party
Mingo Night Spots Raided By Troopers
State troopers and plainclothes men raided pool rooms clubs and restaurants in Williamson Mingo County seizing liquor and gambling proceeds. Capt. C L Walker led 12 troopers and several arrests were made though numbers were not yet disclosed as raids continued. Places named include the Smokehouse Brunswick pool hall the 5 Club Citizens club and VFW clubrooms.
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5 Club
Citizens Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Logan
Beckley
Mullens
Russian Scribe Calls Yank Prisoners Gangsters in Korea
The Literary Gazette in Moscow published a picture of captured Americans in North Korea signing a peace petition and an interview calling U S soldiers uncultured gangsters. The POW identified only as Paul Sanders, missing in action from Indiana, dismisses politics and culture, while another captured soldier is described as dead drunk. The report labels U S troops as storm troopers and notes a “shameful collapse” of the military position in Korea.
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Moscow
Literary Gazette
North Korea
Stockholm
Gazette
Paul Sanders
Indiana
Shoals
Ind
John Sanders
Paul R. Sanders
Sanders
Korea
Charles Dickens
Oklahoma
U. S
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