Strong Red Pressure on Pohang Area
AP dispatches report heavy fighting on Korea's east coast with North Korean forces maintaining strong pressure on Pohang while South Korean and U N forces counter attack. U S navy artillery and air support backed South Korean efforts as USAF pilots noted intense clashes from Waegwan to the east coast.
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Tokyo
Korea
Pohang
Tom Lambert
Lambert
Kigye
U. S
Naktong River
Sea of Japan
United Nations
No. 2
South Korea
Boyle
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Waegwan
Taegu
Recs
Mason Port
Pusan
List Of 11 Critical Materials Set Up By GSA
The General Services Administration issued a list of 11 critical materials and ordered government agencies to conserve them. The move targets purchases of motor vehicles typewriters steel filing cabinets and other equipment using these materials. Civilian agencies should progressively reduce existing stocks to a three month six month and monthly supply level by next June 30. The 11 materials are aluminum cement copper lead leather lumber paper rubber steel wool and zinc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Services Administration
Jess Larson
General Services
Larson
Unions Withdraw From Towns CIO Council
Certain United Packinghouse Workers locals pulled out of the Towns CIO Industrial Union council. State CIO headquarters reported withdrawal notices from the Armour and Cudahy locals in Sioux City.
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YES
United Packinghouse Workers
Towns
CIO Industrial Union Council
CIO
Armour and Cudahy
Sioux City
Iowa Sets 25 Day Pheasant Season in Most Counties
Des Moines Iowa conservation commission announces a 25 day pheasant season in 70 counties and a 10 day season in 12 counties starting November 11 in both zones. Long zone mirrors last year while short zone expands from ten to 25 days with a bag limit of three male birds daily and three in possession. Hen pheasants forbidden. Quail season unchanged. Two counties moved to long zone Louisa and Monona. four added to short zone Lucas Wayne Harrison Pottawattamie. Total counties open exclude sixteen. Shooting hours 12 noon to 4 30 pm pheasant. quail 8 30 am to 4 pm. Long zone ends December 5. short zone ends November 20.
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Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Quai
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
Union
Taylor
Ringgold
Decatur
Clarke
Seventy Two Men Report for Army Examinations
Seventy two men from Pottawattamie county reported Monday for pre induction physical examinations at Fifth Army headquarters in Omaha. The call had been issued for seven men but three will be reviewed by the selective service board due to a new directive requaling men in colleges. William Keenan, board chairman, said, Thursday morning, 20 men will report to the local selective service office for induction into the U S army. They will be the first draftees from this area during the current Korean crisis.
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Potttawattamie County
Fifth Army
Omaha
Selective Service Board
William Keenan
Selective Service Office
U. S. Army
Quits Communists Under Taft Hartley Law
P Ben Gold, president of the International Farm and Leather Workers union, resigns from the Communist party to comply with the Taft Hartley Act, according to the Daily Worker. Iowa traffic deaths listed for Aug 28, 1950, show 2949 total for the date.
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New York
Ben Gold
International Farm and Ieather Workers Union
Communist Party
The
Daily Worker
Rural Pupils Return as Schools Reopen Across Counties
Rural pupils in at least 60 of 92 schools resume classes as summer activities end. Nearly 5,000 students return this week and next with 14 town schools including Carson Macedonia Treynor and Underwood reopening. Treynor delayed by addition completion. hot lunches start by week three with a $100,000 wing. Carson and other districts plan improvements financed by a recent bond.
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Ernest Barker
Council Bluffs
Barker
Carson
Macedonia
Treynor
Underwood
Supt
B. E. Mann
Omaha
No Excess Profits Tax at This Time
Senate leader Lucas said President Truman does not want an excess profits tax on corporations "at this time." Lucas quoted the president preferring a later, thorough study and cautioned against current amendments as unadministerable while aiming to keep the tax bill simple for quick passage through Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
White House
Truman
O'Mahoney
Connally
Congress
Pottawattamie County Traffic Box Score Report
Traffic box score for Council Bluffs area covers Aug 22 to Aug 27 with accidents killed and injured totals. Reports two additional fatalities since Jan 1 1950 and cumulative damages totaling 120 908 47 dollars. Outside Council Bluffs figures list daily totals and injuries.
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Pottawattamie County
Hion
Council Blutifs
Council Bluffs
MacArthur Warns Formosa Key to Pacific Defense
General MacArthur in a cable to the Veterans of Foreign Wars warns that holding Formosa is vital to a Pacific defense line. He says losing Formosa could trigger a war, and he compares its strategic value to an unsinkable carrier. The notice outlines his stance amid U S patrols and the broader Korea conflict context.
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Formosa
Key Island
Pacific Defense
MacArthur
Chicago
Pacific
United States
U. S
Formosa Strait
Far East
United Nations
Korea
Vladivestock
Singapore
VFW
Pacific Basin
State Dept and Military in Bitter Wartime Feud
Washington faces a deep civil-military clash over Formosa and Korea policy as President Truman weighs neutrality against fortification. Secretary Acheson pushes containment without provocation, while MacArthur acts as a near autonomous figure shaping regional strategy.
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Washington
Lincoln
State Department
United States
Korea
Russia
Truman
Far East
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Western Pacific
Truman silences MacArthur over Formosa clash
President Truman personally ordered General MacArthur to withdraw a Formosa statement issued to the Chicago VFW encampment. The White House said the general acted beyond policy, repeating the national position toUN ambassador Warren Austin. The move highlights rifts between military and diplomatic voices and prompts GOP criticism of administration transparency.
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Gen
MacArthuri
Formosa
Truman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. S. News and World Report
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Charles G. Ross
MacArthur
Chicago
United States
Warren Austin
United Nations
Knowland
R.callf
Rossaid
Japan
Korea
Ong
VFW
Pacific
Social Security Bill Signed Expands Old Age Pensions
President Truman signed the revised social security measure expanding old age benefits to about 10 million more people. The act raises payroll taxes over 20 years, doubling them, and extends new payroll contributions from next January. Officials noted a later White House statement and Truman’s objections to a provision limiting the labor secretary’s power over unemployment insurance funds.
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Washington
President Truman
White House
Truman
Congress
Secretary of Labor
Army Directs Rail Operation
The army directed the nation’s railroads to run on time after President Truman seized the industry to avert a nationwide strike. Unions called off walkouts, about 300,000 members stayed at work, and seven railroad presidents with army colonel ranks led regional operations. Perishable freight and military supplies moved as passenger trains ran on schedule.
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Washington
President Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
Order of Railway Conductors
Army
Karl R. Henderson
Council Bluffs Crea
6000 Catholics Gather for Holy Name Rally in Mason City
An estimated 6000 men attended a mass rally in Mason City led by Rev. James Kelier founder of the Christopher movement. The event, a union of the Holy Name Society of the Dubuque archdiocese, included 40 altar boys and over 100 priests, candle light procession, flag raising, and a two hour program with 15 monsignors. Waterloo Knights of Columbus fourth degree served as honor guard in black and white regalia.
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Mason City
James Kelier
Christopher Movement
Union of the Holy Name Society
Dubuque
Leo Binz
Waterloo Knights of Columbus
Council to Meet in Executive Session Over Parking Plan
City Council and City Manager Oliver D. Comstock will meet in executive session Monday at 7 30 p m to discuss about 25 items. Possible topics include improvement plans for city owned parking lots on Willow Avenue Main Street and Vine Street between Bryant and North First Streets.
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Oliver D. Comstock
Einer P. Juel
Comstock
Willow Avenue
Main Street
Vine Street
Hryant
North First Streets
Fight New Gas Rate Increase Fight New Gas Rate Increase
More than a dozen Northern Natural Gas customers in Nebraska Iowa and Minnesota opposed proposed rate hikes. Spokesmen called the proposals unjust and discriminatory as a federal power commission examiner heard arguments from Lincoln and Omaha area officials and utility firms about jurisdiction and legality.
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Washington
Northern Natural Gas Company
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Omaha
Federal Power Commission
P.L. Farnand
Minneapolis Gas Company
Northern
Sam Jensech
John Jacobson
Lincoln
The
Power Commission
Donald Evans
Towa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Iowa Power
L. J. Marrn
Central Electric and Gas Co
Metropolitan Utility District of
Council Bluffs
Court of Appeals Revokes Bail of 11 Communists
The U S court of appeals revoked bail for 21 convicted communist leaders in a two to one ruling and gave them 30 days to try to stay their jail terms. U S Attorney Irving Saypol said the decision effectively grants a 30 day stay while they may seek a further stay from the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S Court of Appeals
U. S
Irving I. Saypol
U. S. Supreme Court
Push Legislation on Medical Draft Moves Forward
The Senate Armed Services Committee approved unanimously a bill to draft doctors dentists and medical specialists for military service. Senator Hunt a dentist seeks swift passage in the Senate as the House panel also considers a similar measure. The Senate bill ages doctors through 53 and dentists through 45, while the House sets 45 as the top age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hunt
D-Wya
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
House
Truman nominates Hate as ambassador to Saudi Arabia
On Monday President Truman nominated Raymond A. Hate, a Foreign Service career officer from Manchester Iowa, to be ambassador to Saudi Arabia after the resignation of J. Rives Childs.
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Washington
Truman
Raymond A. Hate
Foreign Service
Manchester
Saudi Arabia
J. Rives Childs
Mostly Sunny Tuesday Forecast With Warmer Highs
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies on Tuesday with some clouds and a high near 75 degrees, compared to Monday’s mid 70s. Hamburg noted a 0.75 inch storm rainfall and an 3 a.m. electrical strike caused no major damage. Showers were possible in Council Bluffs late Monday with 0.24 inch of rain reported in the prior 24 hours, and Tuesday morning low expected around 57 degrees after a 61 degree low Monday.
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Hamburg
Council Bluffs
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Hallberg
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