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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1950
Page
3
AP dispatch reports President Truman indicating no current need for price and manpower controls. He spoke at a news conference about mobilization, wartime economy, and possible future actions. Baruch and others described contingency plans and urged flexible responses to ongoing developments.
Brussels AP reports socialist rioters clashed with gun armed police outside King Leopold’s palace. Initial counts show at least 30 injured as mounted police broke up the anti Leopold demonstration and gendarmes with rifles moved in.
The House narrowly defeated a government plan to curb price and rationing controls amid doubts over wartime policy. Representative Bunkel proposed a substitute freezing major assets with a rationing system, but the measure failed by one vote. he signaled plans to try again if the administration pushes forward.
Army headquarters in Europe said all enlisted men will be frozen for months starting August 31. Home leaves are cancelled after August 31 as part of the Europe personnel freeze order issued Thursday.
Washington AP report states a 12 member national policy committee will advise on war mobilization. Labor will be represented by AFL President William Green CIO President Philip Murray and IAM head A. Laynes. W Stuart Symington says labor proposed the panel and other members are to be invited.
Syracuse physician Dr. Stanley Groman said he saved taxpayers a tidy sum by letting a private firm dredge a channel in Big Sandy pond for 3 500 dollars after Army engineers estimated 250 000 public spend. Local resident C H Snitchler helped raise funds.
Gen. MacArthur, after a 12 hour Korea visit, returned to Tokyo smiling and confident of ultimate Allied victory. He warned that victory would come with hardship but voiced optimism after talks with Lt Gen. Walker and Lt Gen. Stratemeyer and a meeting with South Korean President Syngman Rhee. Reinforcements were reportedly on the way as he acknowledged ups and downs in the war.
In Tokyo Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered the escorting rocket fighters to return to the front where they would be more useful. His pilot Major Anthony Story said MacArthur released the escort after a drizzle affected the Tokyo landing. The Bataan landed on wet strips as stories of the trip emerged.
The State Department announced the United States will send arms to Siam and begin negotiations on their use. Funding comes from 75 million dollars appropriated for military defense aid in the China area. President Truman has authority to deploy the funds where effective to combat communism.
President Truman told reporters at a news conference that he is not at this time contemplating using atomic bombs against North Korea. He expressed hope for world peace and affirmed his stance during the session in Washington.
A Illinois truck driver John Hawes 29 Highland Park allegedly pulled a gun on a picket who boarded his truck near the Link Belt Speeder plant in Cedar Rapids. The picket Kenneth Burger 324 Fourteenth Street SE obeyed orders after seeing the weapon. Hawes was arrested charged with carrying concealed weapons and released on 500 bond after waiving to the grand jury. The incident marked the first clash as the fourteenth day of the strike ended.
Arthur Summerfield of Michigan resigns as chairman of the GOP strategy committee amid internal disputes. He accuses National Chairman Guy Gabrielson of plans to dissolve or let the committee die, despite support from the executive committee for its campaign program.
In Wichita Falls Texas a 19 year old wife died while attempting to rescue her husband from electrocution. Neighbors found Mrs. R L Cox entangled in an electric line wrapped around her husband's body. Cox 23 had planned to electrify a fence and had tied a wire from a electric line to a garage area. The husband stepped onto a metal barrel as he climbed down from the garage while the wife reached out to help.
Chairman Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee says the Air Force will rapidly expand from 48 to 69 groups starting now, aiming for 88 groups later. About 136000 more personnel will be added to reach 546,911 as $4.535 billion of extra defense funds are allocated to reach the 69 group goal.
Washington Congressman Vinson introduces a bill to create family allowances for dependents of service members. The plan frontloads higher wartime-style benefits with a wife or dependent parent receiving 375 per month, government adds 45 of 75, and 89 is deducted from the serviceman’s pay. First child gets 30, each additional child 20.
New York residents Mr and Mrs Walter Letky, both former staff sergeants in World War II, have signed up again in the army reserve corps at Rochester.
In San Francisco Cpt James Ellis 19 and Joycelyn Thiesse 18 wed in a 48 hour race to marry before Ellis must report to Camp Stoneman. After delays and a blood test search they secured parental permission by telegram and received a last minute army extension to legalize the marriage before his leave expired.
A C-47 carrying 26 passengers and crew from Toyo to South Japan plunged into the ocean 14 hours after the crash site, eight to ten miles off Oshima island. One survivor was pulled from the sea. rescue teams sought the remaining 22 passengers and three crewmen. The four identified correspondents among the passengers were James Supple of the Chicago Sun-Times, Maximilien Philenenko of Agence France Presse, Stephen Siminons of Hilton Press and London Picture Post, and Albert Hinton of the Norfolk Journal. The Heneda port plane disappeared in poor weather about a half hour after takeoff.
The Camp Good Health Fund received a record donation of 600.00 from May Brug Company, bringing the drive within 294.04 of its annual goal. A penny arcade and ice cream social netted 31.41, with about 80 volunteer hours left to raise 5.00 per hour to push the fund over the top. The fund supports Camp Good Health for physically handicapped children, run by Public Health Nursing Association and funded solely by voluntary gifts to The Gazette fund.
North Korean troops and armor massed near Yongdong and Yon Dong as they pressed the 28th Division line. U S air and naval support bombarded Red concentrations while ground patrols reported fragments of fighting near Pusan and Hamyang in a major bid to crack the UN center.
President Truman stated at a news conference that the second part of his tax-boosting program will wait until after the November congressional elections. He pressed for prompt action on a $4 billion request for new personal and corporate income taxes, saying Congress must work on a comprehensive and equitable tax program after the elections.
The Navy searched reserve files to replace Reserve Radioman G. F. Gray of South Braintree, Mississippi. Orders activating Gray were canceled when it was revealed the presumed man was a Wave named Geraldine, not G. F. Gray.
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