Reds Drive Forward on East Coast
AP dispatch from Pohang reports North Korean assault along the east coast near Taegu and Pohang. U S air, artillery, and naval support tries to halt the Red drive. US Fifth Air Force notes 171 tanks destroyed and 162 damaged in two months. Gen. Partridge cites losses of 79 planes.
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Pohang
Tom Lambert
U. S
Naktong River
Sea of Japan
Taegu
Uihung
Hal Boyle
Pusan
U. N
South Korea
Boyle
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Waegwan
Masan
Eighth Army
Korea
MacArthur
Tokyo
Pohang-Angang
Nam River
Fifth Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Air Force
North Korea
Ex-New Deal Aide Links Four to 1930s Communist Cell
Ex-New Deal er Lee Pressman testified before the House committee naming John Abt Nathan Witt and Charles Kramer as members of a Communist cell in the 1930s. He said he joined the party under Harold Ware but cut ties, denying Alger Hiss's involvement.
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Washington
Lee Pressman
Pressman
C.I.O
House un-American Activities Committee
John Abt
Nathan Witt
Charles Kramer
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Whittaker Chambers
Communist Party
Harold Ware
Ella Reeves Bloor
Alger Hiss
Communist Cell
Abt
AAA
Henry Wallace
Witt
National Labor Relations Board
Kramer
Party
Frank Tavenner
Hiss
Cedar Rapids Soldier Kenneth Radeke Killed in Korea
Pvt. Kenneth Charles Radeke 27 son of Mrs. Lillian Radeke Cedar Rapids died in action August 12 while serving with the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. He re enlisted in Cedar Rapids, left May 18 for Japan, and transferred to Korea in June. Survived by mother Mrs. Lillian Radeke father Clarence of Marion and sisters Lucille and Betty Gender.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Charles Radeke
Lillian Radeke
E Avenue NE
Radeke
U. S
Korea
United States
Japan
Pvt
25Th Infantry Division
Europe
Clarence
Marion
Lucille
Betty Gender
First Avenue NW
Truman Signs Security Bill Expands Old Age Pensions
President Truman signed the revised social security bill adding about 10 million workers to the old age pension rolls. Retired people will receive bigger checks in October, while current workers begin payroll tax payments January 1. The law more than doubles payroll taxes over 20 years to fund the larger benefits.
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Washington
Truman
Senate approves sweeping 35.55 billion funding bill
The Senate passed a 35.554 billion single package appropriation to fund the government for the next fiscal year. It includes 14.68 billion for regular military funds and a 62.5 million loan to Spain, a move President Truman has publicly opposed. Passage was by voice vote and the bill returns to the House for concurrence in one amendment.
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Washington
Senate
House
Spain
Truman
Iowa Sets Pheasant and Quail Seasons Across State
The Iowa Conservation Commission set a 25 day pheasant season in 70 counties and a 10 day season in 13 counties starting November 11. Quail season remains same as last year with unchanged bag limits. Several counties moved between zones with four new short zone additions Lucas Wayne Harrison and Pottawattie m.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Louisa
Monona
Lucas
Wayne
Harrison
Pottawattamie
Iowa
Mills
Montgomery
Fremont
Page
Davis
Polk
Warren
Marion
Monroe
Appanoose Wapello
Jefferson
van Buren
Henry
Lee
Cass
Adair
Madison
Adams
Unioh
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Clarke
Weeklong Cedar Rapids Rain Forecast
The forecast calls for cloudy dreary weather with showers through Thursday after weekend rain statewide. Cedar Rapids recorded .42 inches of rain with a 2:30 pm temperature of 77 degrees as the city braces for unsettled conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse G. Hunter Named Assistant C R Fire Chief
Jesse G. Hunter 34 holder of a Carnegie medal for heroism was named Cedar Rapids assistant fire chief. He moves from captain at central station to fill the vacancy caused by Stewart Shank’s resignation with the new post effective September 1. Hunter joined the department in 1938 and is a Navy veteran.
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Cedar Rapids
Jesse _G. Hunter
Central Station
E. P. Kohout
Edward A Prochaska
Hunter
Stewart Shank
Fire Department
Cedar River
Dice Trio Spurn Offer of Judge
CHICAGO AP Three men arrested on disorderly conduct charges rejected Judge Nuncio J Bonelli s offer to settle their case in the courtroom They faced a choice to roll dice for discharge or risk 30 days in jail One man reached for the dice hesitated and backed away The judge then dismissed the charges citing bad luck
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Chicago
Nuncio J. Bonelli
Bonelli
Packard and Union Agree On Pensions and Wages
Detroit UP report says Packard and the CIO United Auto Workers reach a five year contract ending an 13 day strike by 8 000 workers. It includes 125 monthly pensions a cost of living based pay scale and automatic four cent hourly raises yearly with a five cent boost September 1. Ratification vote set for Tuesday and production to resume Wednesday.
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Detroit
Packard
CIO
United Auto Workers
Norman Matthews
UAW
Matthews
General Motors
Committee backs draft of doctors and medical specialists
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday approved unanimously legislation authorizing a draft of doctors dentists and other medical specialists for military service.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
U S Attacks in Manchuria Alleged by Communist China
London AP reports Communist China accusing U S planes of five Sunday raids into Manchuria from Korea. Peiping protests to Acheson, demands UN condemnation. U S Tokyo says no overflight. China cites details of B-29 recon flights and strafing near Linkiang Antung and rail targets with injuries claimed.
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London
China
Korea
Manchuria
U. S
Linkiang
Yalu
Tali Tzu
Antung
War is inevitable if Formosa falls says MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur warned that losing Formosa would make war inevitable as he outlined a vast Pacific defense arc. He said a line of islands from the Aleutians to the Marianas, held by naval and air power, could dominate Asiatic ports from Vladivostok to Singapore and thwart any continental Asian attack.
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Chicago
MacArthur
Pacific
Formosa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U. S
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Formosa Strait
Far East
U.N
Korea
Vladivostok
Singapore
Pacific Basin
Pacific Ocean
Asiatic
Aleutians
Marianas
Asia
V.F.W
Truman pulls MacArthur Formosa statement after White House probe
President Truman orders General MacArthur to withdraw a Formosa statement. The White House deems the move a breach of foreign policy domain and criticizes MacArthur's encampment message to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Senate leaders and aides discuss a widening rift over policy coordination.
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Formosa
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
MacArthur
Chicago
U. S
Mr. Truman
Warren Austin
U.N
United States
V.F.W
Ross
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
Averell Harriman
Cretan Beauty Weds Her Kidnapper in Cave Ceremony
In Crete, the island’s famed abducted beauty believed to trigger conflict with Greece reportedly married her kidnapper. Costas Kefaloghianis placed a laurel wreath in a mountain cave ceremony on Mt Ida, according to his relatives.
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Heraklion
Crete
Helen of Troy
Costas Kefaloghianis
Mt. Ida
Korean Girl Joins Red Hunters In Korean War
Tokyo dispatch profiles Han Chi Ock 27 known as powderpuff commander in Kellys gang. The girl guerrilla, one of two women among 120 volunteers led by Lt Paul Kelly, fights North Korean forces with knives and stealth, reportedly claiming five enemy lives and carrying a carbine and grenades.
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Frank Emery
Tokyo
INS
Joan of Arc
Han Chi Ock
Kelly
Miss Han
Band of
120
Volun
Teers
Paul Kelly
Grafton
W. Va
Red Leaders Bail Revoked by U S Circuit Court
The U S circuit court of appeals revoked bail for 10 of 11 Communist leaders convicted of conspiring to teach and advocate violent overthrow. The court gave 30 days to surrender or seek Supreme Court relief to continue bail pending appeal.
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New York
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
VFW Delegates Censure Administration Over MacArthur Message
Veterans of Foreign Wars delegates condemn the administration for forcing Gen. MacArthur's withdrawal of a message. National Commander Clyde A. Lewis cables support to MacArthur promising the message would not be read, and calls for no comment while praising MacArthur's stature.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Clyde A. Lewis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gen. MacArthur
V.F.W
John R. Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
Tokyo
Chicago
VFW
Lewis
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