Truman Blocks MacArthur Formosa Policy Statement
President Truman ordered General MacArthur to withdraw a Formosa policy statement to avoid混fusion over U S positions. The White House insisted only one voice guides policy while congress pressed for stronger Formosa measures and a broader defense stance in the Pacific.
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MacArthur
Formosa
Washington
White House
Douglas MacArthur
America
Far East
U. S
Asiatic
Congress
Charles G. Ross
United States
Far Pacific
Lincoln
Bill To Draft Medicol Makes Senate Move With Rush Tag
In Washington the Senate Armed Forces Committee approved a bill to draft doctors and dentists with a rush label and sent it to the full Senate. A companion House bill would deny the $100 monthly premium pay to medicos who delay drafting, while draftees would receive the extra pay. The House committee vote on the full measure is expected tomorrow. The committee also rejected drafting scientists and technicians and kept deferment policies for pre medical and pre dental students to maintain manpower levels.
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Washington
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Senate
House Armed Services
House
Rep. Kilday
Aes
Pressman Admits Red Ties While Holding CIO Office
Washington reports attorney Lee Pressman acknowledged consulting with Communist leaders during his decade as CIO general counsel. He said he took no orders and his 1934 Communist cell membership ended in 1935. He joined the CIO post in 1938 earning 19000 annually and denies aiding Hiss or Chambers.
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CIO
Washington
Lee Pressman
Communist Party
House
American Activities Committee
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Alger Hiss
Chambersad Committee
Harvard
Train collision injures score in Connellsville Pennsylvania
A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train collided head on with an express near Connellsville Pennsylvania injuring about fifty people. Eight were admitted to Connellsville hospital and many others treated and released. The westbound No 21 from Baltimore to Cleveland and eastbound No 32 from Chicago to Jersey City involved in the two minute after departure crash. police reported at least twenty received first aid.
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Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Connellsville Hospital
Baltmore
Cleveland
Micago
Jersey City
Army Shakeup Urged by Generals in Korea
High ranking U S officers in Korea call for radical changes in American army organization recruitment and training. They fault non combatant motives and urge recruiting stronger fighters to serve where duty calls. They note brave but ill suited troops and warn current system needs revision.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
Japan
U.S
Officer Arrests Wilco Youths In Stolen Car Chase
Baltimore August 28 two Wilco West Virginia youths Davis 23 and Goings 21 were arrested at pistol point by motorcycle patrolman J C Brady after a pursuit of a stolen car. Davis faces traffic charges and both will have a hearing tomorrow in Eastern police court.
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Pistol Point
Meatieres
Sete
G. Davis
Herman Goings
Wilco
W. Ve
J C. Brady
Ale
Davis
Goings
Eastern Police Court
Brady
Parliament Moves To End crippling Canadian Rail Strike
Ottawa Aug 28 Parliament meets in emergency session to craft settlement machinery for a 124000 rail workers strike paralyzing rail traffic coast to coast. Legislation expected by Wednesday may allow trains to roll by week end as unions say workers will obey orders to return if law directs it.
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Ottawa
Canada
Frank H. Hall
Osman
Louis St. Laurent
United States
Huge Money Bill Goes To Truman
A $35,554,000,000 appropriation bill for general government expenses was sent to President Truman. The measure includes $14.68 billion for regular military funds and $35.222 billion for military assistance to anti-Communist countries, plus $2.525 billion for Marshall Plan funds. The bill also tries to authorize a $62.5 million loan to Spain and includes $110,000 for a new watchdog group.
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Washington
Truman
Spain
Munrey
Watch Dog
Red Leaders Must Be Jailed In 30 Days
The 11 convicted U S Communist leaders were ordered jailed within 30 days unless the Supreme Court grants a further stay. In a 2 1 decision the U S Court of Appeals revoked bail effective in 30 days or sooner if the high court denies a stay. Prosecutors argued they remained loyal to Russia during the Korean War.
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New York
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Russia
U. S
Danville Well Rescue Saves A 30-Year-Old Textile Worker
A 30 year old textile worker Thomas Dunbar was overcome by gas fumes and spent 45 minutes at the bottom of a 50 foot well near Danville Virginia. Rescuers led by Reginald Wallace were lowered by rope to bring him to safety with help from the Danville life saving crew and police and fire departments.
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Danville
Thomas Dunbar
Dunbar
Reginald Wallace
Danville Life Saving Crew
Danville Police and Fire Departments
Schoolfield Police
U S Sues Luckenbach Line Over Benevolence Sink
The United States filed a maritime libel in federal court seeking 14 million dollars after the hospital ship Benevolence sank in a fog near San Francisco's Golden Gate. Eighteen died, 492 rescued, thirteen unaccounted. The suit cites eight counts of alleged negligence and seeks 3.5 million for total loss and 10.5 million for hospital equipment.
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U.S
Ship Line
San Francisco
United States Today
Luckenbach Line
Fea
Federal District Court
Golden Gate
Luckenbach Lines
Payments For Inductee X Rays To Be Probed
Reports show large sums paid to physicians for examining X rays of draft inductees. Vinson stated he is ordering the reports and noted an average of $1 125 per day.
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Vinson
Reservist Goes to War as Friends Paint His House
Marion Ohio reports Karl Kurz 24 an air force reserve member ordered to active duty September 3. He began painting when six friends arrived unannounced and finished painting his six room house in four hours.
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Marion
Karl Kurz
Kurz
Air Fore
Six Vacationists Die In Alpine Bus Wreck
A bus carrying French vacationists plunged about 65 feet down a west Innsbruck Alpine slope killing at least six passengers. Twelve others are in critical condition. No identities released due to incomplete reports.
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Vienna
Austria
Innsbruck
Virginia Traffic Deaths Jump To 558
The Associated Press reports Virginia’s 1950 traffic fatalities rose to 558 after five more deaths from automobile accidents on highways in the Old Dominion were reported to state police.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Americans Aid Sagging South Korean Front Near Pohang
American artillery war ships planes and tanks reinforced the Republic of Korea line on the eastern front. South Korean troops regained ground around Pohang near Pusan the UN port, as Reds infiltrated within three miles of Pohang in an admitted confused battle.
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U. S
Tokyo
Pohang
Pusan
United Nations
Korea
British Land Troops Land in Korea With UN Reinforcements
Two battalions from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the Middlesex Regiment arrived in Korea aboard a British carrier after training in Hong Kong for 16 months. They were greeted by American, Korean officials, and cheering crowds as the Consolation hospital ship sat nearby. A British advance party had arrived earlier, and school children joined the welcoming ceremony in warm, sunny weather.
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Korea
Hong Kong
Argyll and Sutherland and
Middlesex
U. S. Navy
Consolation
United Nations
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Highlanders
Middlesex Regiment
South Korea
Gary Mine Still Burns at No 2 Mine in Gary
The No 2 mine of U. S. Coal and Coke in Gary, West Virginia, continues burning. Inspector E. L. Chatfield said a precise extinguishment time is unknown, but water is gradually flooding the affected section. The fire lies five miles back in a worked out area. a six inch water line was installed, with two and three inch lines earlier.
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Welch
W. Va
U. S. Coal & Coke Company
Gary
E. L. Chatfield
West Virginia Department of Mines
Flying Haystack Panic Shocks Nearby Village
Large shapely mass looms under low clouds approaching villagers who flee in fear of potential explosion as the mysterious object nears the port area.
Lad Strangles When Pinned By Window
An 18 month old boy, Edward Ulysses Williams Jr., died after a window fell on him pinning his throat in Fort Dodge Iowa. His parents Edward A Williams and wife recently moved from South Norfolk Virginia.
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Fort Dodge
Edward Ulysses Williams, Jr
Edward A. Williams
Thief Steals Wooden Nickels From Taft Chamber
Taft California August 28 A thief took about 500 dollars in wooden nickels from the chamber of commerce office over the weekend. The nickels were to be used as currency for next month’s Oil-Dorado celebration. Chamber Secretary Warren D Bruce warned that only nickel nickels will be legal tender if the wooden pieces are not recovered.
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Taft
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Warren D. Bruce
Delinquent Girls Scarce In Youngstown
The Col. L. T. Foster home for girls in Youngstown has closed after 29 years serving Mahoning county. The facility shut due to too few delinquent girls in the county, with only three residents remaining.
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Youngstown
Col. L. T
Mahoning County
Town Retaken Near Pohang Amid Red Offensive
South Korean forces reported recapture of Kigye, nine miles northwest of Pohang, as communist thrusts threatened the east coast. Reds previously seized Kigye in a weekend drive, advancing about seven miles before allied resistance stiffened.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Kigye
Korn
Pohang
United Nations
Battle Mountain Front Sees Repeated Shifts In Control
U N lines report heavy fighting along a 120 mile front from Pohang to Taegu. Reds launch a third major assault this day on U S Negro troops atop Battle mountain while armor and artillery back the south Korean defenders near Masan and the port of Pusan.
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Taegu
U. N
U. S
Battle Mountain
Uihang
Eighth Army
GOP White Paper Hits Asia Policy
The GOP issued a 20 000 word white paper praising administration China Korea and Formosa policy while condemning eastern policy as boomeranged. It cites Democratic and Republican officials dating back years and criticizes Yalta and Acheson remarks asserting dust settled over China.
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Republican Rational Committee
China
Korea
Formosa
GOP
House
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Yalta
Russia
Japan
Stake Acheson
Truman
MacArthur
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