MacArthur Warns of Drift Toward Totalitarian Rule
Cleveland dispatch reports Gen. Douglas MacArthur declaring a steady drift toward totalitarian rule in the United States. He warned leaders who disarmed postwar victory and criticized the State Department while praising civil liberties abroad. The speech, amid debates on Korea and the Japanese peace treaty, drew massive crowds and sharp responses from Czech officials and others.
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Douglas MacArthur
United States
United Nations
Japan
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State Department
Department of State
Far East
Korea
San Francisco
Orient
New York
John R. Sammon
Czech Delegate Attacks MacArthur Policy at Jap Peace Talk
In San Francisco the Czech delegate Dr Gertrude Sekaninova condemned General MacArthur's Japan occupation policy and Allied postwar aims at the peace conference. Eric Johnston signaled his resignation from the economic stabilization post while warning of steel and copper supply strains and a drive to build defense plant tools by 1953.
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MacArthur
Japan
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Gertrude Sekaninova
Andrei Gromyko
National Production Authority
Wilson
Wage Stabilization Board
Word Battle Over Kaesong Parley Spun By Denials
The Korean truce talks stalled as Gen. Ridgway ruled Kaesong out as a resumption site. Nam Il and Joy traded notes from Peiping to New York, with both sides accusing the other of delaying and doctoring messages. Ridgway said talks must occur away from Communist territory to avoid interruptions.
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Kaesong
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Peiping
Adm
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Joy
Nam
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U.N. Command
Ridgway
Senator Bridges reports Soviet walkout planned at peace conference
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire said he has learned that Andrei Gromyko and the Soviet delegation intend to walk out of the Japanese peace conference.
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San Francisco
Bridges
Andrei Gromyko
Sailor Targets Navy Chow Faces Possible Court Martial
Bruce S. Hopping 30-year-old yeoman third class and Maplewood, N J., native spread handbills denouncing naval chow at Bainbridge training center. Officials say action could violate regulations. debate over mutiny surfaced. Hopping admitted distributing notices three weeks ago and urged trainees to write Congress about the meals.
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Naval Training Center
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Hopping
Maplewood
N. J
Robert Hall Smith
Smith
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Washington
Congressional
Copper Workers Begin Back-To-Work Move
Denver reports a back-to-the-job movement began today in the nation's vital copper producing industry, ending a strike that had paralyzed output since August 27. The restart involves copper mines and processing plants as workers return to duties.
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Denver
Jumpy forger judged guilty after courthouse ledge stunts
In Wilson North Carolina on September 6 1930s era press recounts Daughn Arthur Cain a 39 year old prisoner in a forgery trial leaped onto the courthouse roof paced the narrow four foot ledge for about two hours while crowds watched. A priest and jail matron persuaded him down and the jury found him guilty. Judge Stevens sentenced him seven to ten years per count to run concurrently.
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Henry L. Stevens
American Legion
Cain
R. F. Mintz
Court House
Work Could Start On Atomic Carrier
Washington reports the chief of the navy bureau of ships said the navy could begin designing an atomic powered aircraft carrier if Congress approves. Rear Admiral Homer N. Wallin told the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers that only congressional approval is needed to start study and design work toward construction.
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Navy
Bureau of Ships
Congress
Homer N. Wallin
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Defense Work Gobbling Up Nation's Steel
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson said civilian supplies are already pinched as guns tanks and planes drive bolstered armaments. He noted shortages and inflationary pressures may intensify even as mass production nears full stride.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Britain’s Steel Deal With U S Promises 2-3 Million Tons
Washington reports Britain's treasury chief Hugh Gaitskell obtained a qualified promise of between two and three million tons of American steel in the next year. A Mobilization spokesman said Charles E. Wilson agreed to earmark the steel for British use and make deliveries if the economy permits it.
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Wilson
Defense
Motion Picture Association of America
Washington
Britain
Treasury
Hugh Gaitskell
Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
Newsmen Seek Tass Evidence as Spy Group Probe
A committee supervising congressional press galleries asked the justice department for evidence that Tass the Soviet news agency functions mainly as Russia’s intelligence arm. Lawmakers urge barring Tass and other Iron Curtain reporters from galleries in retaliation for William N Oatis imprisonment. The letter to Acheson asks if mass Tass representatives should be ejected from galleries.
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Justice Department Today
Tass
Russia
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House
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Communist
Czechoslovakia
Fletcher Knebel
Des Moines
Iowa
Register and Tribune
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
Acheson
State Department
Briton Rebuffs Iran Oil Talks as Mossadegh Fights
Britain rejected renewed talks with Iran over oil nationalization after Mossadegh demanded the removal of 350 British technicians at Abadan. Tehran deputies boycotted a confidence vote, signaling wide opposition to Mossadegh’s ultimatum. The foreign office said negotiations are broken off, though Iran’s oil law remains popular and Mossadegh could still press pressure over the weekend.
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Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Anglo-Iran Oil Company
Abadan
Senate
Richard R. Stokes
Tehran
Majlis
Matoaka Water Hearing Resumes in West Virginia
Public Service Commission resumes hearings on Matoaka water service reforms in Mercer county outlining rate changes. The town seeks to condemn and buy the system financed by revenue bonds, with proposed rates from 1.12 to 0.50 per 1000 gallons and a $2.25 monthly minimum, amid questions on financing mains and improvements. A separate petition by 10 railroads seeks intrastate rate increases to align with new interstate tariffs.
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W. Va
Public Service Commission
Matoaka
Mercer County
Matoaka Water and Improvement Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
James W. Gerard Ex Envoy Dies at 84 in New York
James W. Gerard, 84, former American ambassador to Germany before World War I, died at his summer home in Southampton, N Y. He faced a tense wartime period as a diplomat and later left Germany after U S entry. A corporation lawyer and lifelong Democrat, he authored several books including My Eighty Three Years In America. His wife, Mary Daly, at his bedside. they married in 1901.
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N. Y
James W. Gerard
America
Germany
United States
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gerard
U. S
Mary Daly
Marcus Daly
Supreme Court
New York
Berlin
Fear Of Huge Red Offensive Heightens U N Korea Tension
U S Eighth Army HQ in Korea reports two allied patrol bases encircled by Chinese forces northwest of Chorwon and a renewed Red tank aided assault near Yonchon. An American company of about 200 men fought out of a Red trap 35 miles north of Seoul after an 18 hour battle as Western front pressure and artillery barrages intensified.
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Korea
Chorwon
Reds
Seoul
Can F Palacy
Yonchon
Imjin River
38Th Parallel
Kaesong
Associated Press
Sam Summerlin
Summerlin
U. N
Robert J. DeMeres
Sparta
Wis
DeMeres
Insurance Premiums Raise Plan Rejected
Charleston West Virginia September 6 A plan to raise auto collision premiums by six percent for West Virginia drivers was rejected by State Insurance Commissioner Robert A Crichton He rejected the National Automobile Underwriters Association request saying increases were based on speculative future costs and would burden policyholders with experiences in other states.
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W. Va
West Virginia
Robert A. Crichton
National Automobile Underwriters Association
Crichton
Senators Say America Has New Weapons More Devastating
Washington reports Senators described fresh war weapons as non atomic yet far more terrifying than atomic arms. The committee approved a $5 million追加 for air power atop a prior $56 billion wartime appropriation, with details kept secret and a projected air force force expansion beyond 95 wings.
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