Local Diary Notes Weather Clears For Week Ahead
Fair this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with gentle to moderate east erly winds on the coast. Mrs W J DeVault and son Billy of Johnson City Tenn visiting Irene Hanigan. Harold Carter in unchanged condition at Baugh Wiley clinic. Multiple hospital admissions and births noted, including a new son for Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Parsons. National Guard convoy to Fort McClellan and routine visits begin to fill the day’s diary.
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W. J. DeVault
Billy
Johnson City, Tenn
Irene Hanigan
Third Avenue West
DeVault
Johnnie Hanigan
This City
Harold Carter
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
Robert Lee Parsons
West Wilson Avenue
National Guard
American Legion
Boa Constrictor On Loose Sparks Citywide Hunt In Miami Beach
About 200 residents including firefighters and police search Miami Beach for a six and a half foot boa named Sabu that slipped from dancer Miss Susan Williams' car. The escape, initially treated as a stunt, prompted ladders and squad cars to comb streets and trees as bystanders joined the hunt.
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Miami Beach
Fila
Sabu
Susan Williams
21St St. Ave
Shere
Miss Williams
Senate group drafts bill to set up wage price controls
Senate banking committee members predict finalizing a home front mobilization bill giving President Truman authority to invoke wage price rationing controls. The group, meeting behind closed doors, aims to finish tonight and begin debate Wednesday. Provisions include voluntary actions, selective controls on commodities, and general wage price and rationing powers.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Maybank
D-S. C
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Army reports Korean War casualties total 2618
The Army said casualties reported to families and released through August 6 totaled 2,618. The figure covers Army personnel only with more lists awaiting release after family notification. The breakdown shows 153 killed, 1,590 wounded, and 873 missing in action.
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Washington
Far East
Yester
Limestone Man and Bystander Involved In Athens Fight
Religion debate in Athens Saturday afternoon led to a preacher from the Birmingham area and a bystander being jailed after a fight. Both men posted bonds. the preacher $15 cash, the bystander $30. Police say the conflict stemmed from a disagreement while the preacher was serving a sentence in Oklahoma. Limestone on Page 3.
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Athens
City
Birmingham Area
Tence
Oklahoma
Burg
White Players Barred From Negro League Game
In Birmingham Alabama three white players were kept from taking part in a Negro league game between the Chicago American Giants and the Birmingham Black Barons. Police denied them participation under local segregation laws after they appeared in uniforms.
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Birmingham
Ala
Chicago American Giants
Birmingham Black Barons
Ted Radcliffe
Chicago
Louis Chirban
Attorneys Seek Bridges Release From Jail Today
Harry Bridges lawyers will seek his release from jail on a writ of habeas corpus after Federal Judge George Harris revoked Bridges bail of 25 000. They plan appeals to the U S circuit court of appeals and possibly a higher court for bail. The judge described Bridges as a major communist figure and said his allegiance is not to the United States.
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Bridges
Harry Bridges
Jaméra
San Francisco
U. S
Korea
CIO Longshoremen’s
George B. Harris
CIO
Longshoremen’s Union
George Harris
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Harris
Department of Justice
Communist Party In
France Pledges Three Year Arms Program
Paris reports France will spend the equivalent of 5.71 billion dollars on a three year rearmament plan to deter communism and asks Britain and the United States to station enough divisions in continental Europe. The program adds 15 new divisions and aims to unify Western defense financing and command with allied support. Britain, Denmark, and Norway have announced comparable plans.
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Paris
France
Britain
United States
Europe
Truman
Denmark
Norway
Drive On Hoarding Rally Aims at Portland Maine
The Portland Plan a campaign against hoarding begins with about 4000 supporters pledging not to buy beyond immediate needs during the Korea crisis. A week long drive seeks pledges from greater Portland's 100000 residents and first lapel pin goes to Senator Margaret Chase Smith.
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Portland
Greater Portland
U.S
Margaret Chase Smith
Death Toll Soars After B 29 Crashes At Fairfield Base
A B 29 crashed and exploded during a long training flight at Fairfield Suisun Calif killing 17 and injuring 60 or more. Brig Gen Robert F Travis among the dead. eight of 20 aboard survived. The bomber belly landed after engines failed and a wing scraped.
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Fairfield-Suisan
Calif
Air Force
Robert F. Travis
E. Steffes
East Chicago
Ind
Senate Rebels On Selections
Four Presidential appointments face possible rejection in a Senate rebellion against Truman’s job filling. Virginia senators Byrd and Robertson oppose Hutchinson for the Federal Trade Commission, fearing unfit qualification for the $15,000 post. Other democrats object to Andrews’ Georgia judgeship, while Iowa’s Gillette pushes against Switzer’s appointment.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Senate
Truman
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
Federal Trade Commission
Hutchinson
Byrd
Robertson
William M. Boyle Jr
George and
Russell
Georgia
Neil Andrews
Northern District Federal Court
Andrews
Gillette
Iowa
Carroll O. Switzer
Philippines considers sending 5000 troops to Korea
President Quirino announced that the Philippines would dispatch a fully trained 5000 man infantry regiment to Korea at the country's own expense. Senate support followed, with Cuenco arguing the move aligns with UN duty and democracy in Asia as Formosa and Japan stand as last bulwarks against communism.
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Manila
Philippines
Spain
Korea
Quirino
MacArthur
Formosa
Senate
Mariano Jesus Cuenco
United States
United Nations
Cuenco
Japan
Eee Neve
Igtralia
Indonesia
New Zealand
India
Pakinstan
Chinese Shore Battery Fire Wounds British Crew Near Hong Kong
Chinese communist shore batteries shelled a British freighter near Hong Kong about 15 miles south. Officers aboard the freighter Hangsang were wounded by shell fragments and rushed to hospital as the attack continued. an American freighter Steel Rover was in the same area.
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Hong Kong
Hangsang
Kong
Steel Rover
American Marines Break Through After Early Tank Blockade
American Marines and doughboys pushed about four miles on the southern Korean front in the war’s first offensive after five weeks of retreat. A previous tank bottleneck near Chindong was cleared as 9,000 American and South Korean troops confronted the North Korean sixth division and first division in a two-front clash. W Averell Harriman visited the front, then reported leaders and officials were cheerful and optimistic.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Korea
Chindong
Tom Lambert
Red
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
Caution Urged Over Korea Front Line Developments
The Defense Department warned against calling current Korea front line actions a general American offensive. Officials said these are offensive actions, not a full-scale push to roll back the enemy. They described forays behind enemy lines as a healthy sign and affirmed plans to stay on the beachhead until capable to break out.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
U. S
South Korea
Offensive Underway as B 29s Reach Front
The bombardment began shortly after dawn as B 29 bombers approached, with some aircrews noting the planes were less than six days from departure. Read more on page two.
William Trice Killed In Highway Truck Accident
William Trice 27 of Paint Rock died when a state highway department truck overturned on him while his crew worked on a bridge over Mulberry Fork of the Warrior River on the Gadsden Cullman highway about 7 48 A M near Cullman. Coroner Grady Moss identified him and said funeral arrangements would be announced.
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State Highway Department
Cullman
Grady Moss
William Trice
Paint Rock
Trice
Mulberry Fork
Warrior River
Gadsden
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