Trainmen Begin Token Strikes At Key Points
President Truman called for new peace talks as two railroad unions launched five day token strikes on lines serving steel and other critical industries. About 1,000 workers walked out, risking 30,000 more idled, with focus on terminals in Louisville St Paul and Republic Steel’s terminal in Cleveland. Steelman ordered renewed effort to settle wage hour dispute while seizure remained last resort.
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Harold W. “Ward
Washington
Truman
White House
Mr. Truman
John R. Steelman
Brotherhood of Railroad
Louisville
St. Paul
Republic Steel Corp
Cleveland
Republic
U. S. Steel Corp
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Maryland
Steelman
Reds Blame U S for Korea War and UN Deadlock
Czechoslovakia and Red China joined Russia in blaming the United States for the Korea war and the UN stalemate. Chou En Lai demanded seats for Red China and North Korea in the talks and charged U S forces with invading Formosa. William Siroky of Czechoslovakia urged a North Korean representative. Poland echoed similar calls. Malik to read communications at tomorrow UN Security Council session.
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Council
Red China
North Korea
Chou
United States
People's Republic of China
Taiwan
Formosa
Asia
Czechslovakia
Wiliam Siroky
Russia
U.N
Malik
U S Secretary Praises Farmers as Food Supplies Stay Strong
Secretary Brannan said farmers are in fine shape to meet civilian and military needs, with large wheat and fiber reserves and potential for higher production. He noted controls could be postponed unless the emergency worsens, and urged farmers to continue efficient, abundant production.
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Carlisle
Ind
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Brannan C
Big Splash In Channel Sets World Swim Race
Dover England August 21 The Channel swim is set to attract 24 contestants including six women racing from Cap Gris Nez France to England for prizes from the Daily Mail. First man and first woman to reach England win 1000 pounds each with 250 pounds for other finishers. About 60 boats with swimmers trainers reporters and radio gear prepare to depart for the start as entries from Egypt Greece Argentina Guatemala and the United States contest one of history's great crossings.
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Dover
Eng
France
England
London
Cap Gris Nez
The
Daily Mail
Mareen Hassan Hamad
Egypt
Hassan Abd el Behim
Jason Zirganos
Greece
David Frank
New York City
Antonio Abertondo
Argentina
Alfonso Cruz
Guatemala
Five GI volunteers hitchhike to Korea front to fight
Five dusty doughboys from the U S 27th Regiment arrive at the front to volunteer for infantry duty after slipping from dock work at a southern port. Led by Pvt Billy G Smith of Irving Texas and joined by Earl B Benson of Chillicothe Ohio James H Smith of Hillsboro Texas Robert R Hall of Dallas Texas and Norman B Smith of Pocatello Idaho they seek assignment with the second battalion of the 27th Infantry. Colonel John Michaelis praises their resolve and vows to keep them with the unit until they join the fight.
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U. S
Korea
Smith
Pvt
Billy G. Smith
Irving
Texas
Quartermaster Service
Earl B. Benson
Chillicothe
Ohio
Talion
27Th Infantry Regiment
Eighth Army
Billy Smith
Benson
James H. Smith
Hillsboro
Tex
Robert R. Hall
Dallas
Norman B. Smith
Pocatello
Idaho
Norman Smith
John
Mike) Michaelis
Lancaster
Senate Approves Home Front Mobilization Bill With Controls
The Senate passed a home front mobilization measure 85 to 3 granting the president power to impose wage and price controls and rationing across the board if invoked. The bill, opposed by Truman, moves to a conference with the House version which favors broader discretion for him.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Tru
Congress
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate House
House
Fighting 24th Divisions Revenge At Naktong Fight
The 24th infantry division reinforced by Marine and Army units struck at the Naktong river bulge near Changnyong. After a two day offensive they broke the Red Fourth division, lifting pressure on Taegu and Pusan and avenging prior defeats from Suwon to the Naktong.
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U. S
Korea
24Th
Suwon
Naktong
Naktong River Bulge
Changnyong
Taegu
Pusan
Naktong Bulge
Escapee Nabbed Near Jenkinsones
Raymond Church of Kimball identified as an escapee from Huttonsville medium security prison. He was captured near Jenkinsones Welch West Virginia by Troopers Hofstetter Osborne Constable Mathis and Virginia troopers Andes and Mercer and is jailed in Welch.
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Welch
W. Va
Raymond Church
Kimball
Huttonsville
Jenkinsones
Church
McDowell County
Mike Hofstetter
G. H. Osborne
Ronnie Mathis
Virginia
Andes and
Mercer
North Korean Army Fields 15 Divisions
Washington reports defense spokesmen say North Korea has 15 divisions in the field. Three divisions with unknown numbers are moved to rear positions to support 12 divisions on the line against U S and South Korean ground units. Two divisions near Taejon and a third near Chirye back U S forces in Taegu area. An army spokesman praises South Korean offensive spirit amid frequent attacks.
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Washington
United States
Taejon
U. S
Taegu
Chirye
South Korea
Yields To Urge Lands In Clink
Arthur Ray Ford twenty one yielded to an urge to torment police when deputies came to Four States to investigate last week. He released air from two front tires of the county cruiser and removed valve cores. Ford was convicted of petty larceny, fined one hundred dollars and jailed sixty days.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Arthur Ray Ford
Ford
Engle Tichnell
Congressional Leaders Set Tight Schedule on Anti Red Legislation
Washington leaders mapped a busy week to push anti Communist measures. Senate Democrats agreed to early action on control bills while avoiding civil rights riders, with a possible three day recess near Labor Day. The House Un American Activities Committee planned action Thursday on a broad anti Communist package including Mundt Nixon Ferguson provisions and a bill banning Communists from federal jobs.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Congress
Humphrey
D-Minn
McDowell County Man Missing in Action in Korea Named
Defense Department releases casualty list No. , confirming Pfc. Gerald A. Choate missing in action. Choate is son of Mrs. Ethel Choate of Worth, McDowell County, in Korea conflict records.
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McDowell County
Korea
Defense Department
Pfc
Gerald A. Choate
Ethel Choate of
Worth
Wife Of Burma Surgeon Shocked By Arrest News
The Parkersburg wife of Dr Gordon S Seagrave known as the Burma Surgeon expresses shock at his arrest in Rangoon on suspicion of aiding rebel Karens. She backs his innocence and notes his transfer 500 miles from Namkham to Rangoon amid civil war rumors. The Seagrave family has other members in Parkersburg and naval training.
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Burma
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rangoon
Gordon S. Seagrave
Namkham
Dr. Seagrave
Gordon Seagrave
Mission Hospital
Korean War Front Sees Limited Communists Attacks
The Associated Press reports limited North Korean attacks on both ends of the western front were repelled by American troops. CASUALTIES rise as estimates put 15,000 killed or wounded for four days. Red China seeks UN representation during Korean talks.
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Korea
Tokyo
Red Radio
United Nations
U. S
Washington
Lake Success
Red China
Filthy Richmond Home Exposes Lingerie Theft Case
Richmond police linked two girls aged 11 and 14 accused of stealing laundry to a Northside residence a mansion-like ruin kept in squalor. The Wackers, Herman and Marie, pleaded guilty to child neglect with Sept. 15 cleanup deadline. animals and trash filled the house while neighbors had long complained.
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Richmond
Northside
Herman Wacker
Henrico County
Collyer
New York
Wackers
Jewett
Wacker
Marie
Wacker Place
South Braces For Next Big Commie Drive
North Korean Reds attacked at both ends of Korea's western front but failed to crack UN defenses. The battle left a toll of more than 15 000 Reds dead in four days. American regiments repelled tanks and infantry along the Taegu front as priorities shifted toward Bloody Battle Mountain and nearby hills. Syngman Rhee visited the front as U S forces pressed counterattacks and prepared for a new push toward Pusan.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
U. S. Eighth
U. S
Taegu
Haman
Sobuk
Syngman Rhee
Waecman
Eighth Army
Naktong River
Masan
Pusan
Three States Hold House Primaries Across New York Mississippi Wyoming
Voters in New York Mississippi and Wyoming cast primaries for 53 house seats 45 in New York. Wyoming also picks gubernatorial nominees while Delaware Democrats nominate an opponent for J Caleb Boggs. NY parties set conventions Sept 6 7 to name governor and senate candidates.
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New York
Mississippi
Wyoming
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Senate
Lehman
Joseph R. Hanley
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Congress
Vito Marcantonio
James G. Donovan
Hurricane No 2 Spotted In Atlantic Storm Region
Tropical hurricane No 2 formed in the Atlantic while hurricane No 1 weakened near Nova Scotia. Warnings spread across Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, as the new storm's 100 mph winds moved northwest. The earlier storm hit Nova Scotia with heavy rain and winds then weakened, while the new system was forecast to enter the Caribbean tonight.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Leeward
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Maurienne
Antigua Island
Halifax
Florida
San Juan
P. R
Caribbean Sea
Hitler's Financial Wizard On Trial Again
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, once Hitler's financial adviser, faces a fifth trial in Lueneburg for denazification charges. He has circulated through courts since 1946 with acquittals and reversals, while reportedly composing an opera in his spare time.
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Lueneburg
Germany
Hialmar Schacht
Hitler
Schacht
International Tribunal
Nuernberg
Alice W McCullough Dies In Huntington
Alice Witcher McCullough age 88 died in Huntington West Virginia tonight. She was the widow of longtime Cabell County attorney Frank Fenton McCullough. Her father General John S Witcher, a former West Virginia secretary of state and first Republican congressman from the state, served in the Union Army.
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Huntington
W. Va
Alice Witcher McCullough
Frank Fenton McCullough
Cabell County
John S. Witcher
West Virginia
Argentine Officials Inspect Bluefield Area Coal Fields
Three high level Argentine officials toured Bluefield area coal operations and the Pocahontas facilities visiting No. 3 mine at Amonate and the Pocahontas exhibition mine. They studied American coal production methods to boost Argentina's output.
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Argentine Republic
Bluefield
Atilio Capa
Ministry of Public Works
Alberto Flores
Department of Ports
Ministry of Marine
Luis Calliari
Industrial and Commercial Ministry
Cappa
Link Belt Company
Huntington
Great Britain
France
United States
Baltimore
Newport News
Argentina
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Western Line
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