Korean War Two Months In Brightens As Beachhead Holds
The Korea conflict reaches two months with the UN beachhead secure. MacArthur’s forces push toward Taejon and Taegu as reserves from Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Thailand arrive. Red defense lines at Naktong and Kum river show strain, while U.S. and allied units gain time and experience.
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Seoul
France
Truman
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Red
Naktong Five Bulge
Naktong
Taegu
MacArthur
Australia
Canada
Philippines
Hong Kong
Thailand
Malik Readies New Attacks Amid UN Split Over Korea
Russia's Jakob Malik plans to press the Formosan question in security council talks as antiCommunist nations led by the United States seek to keep Korea in focus. Chou En Lai proposed ousting American forces from Formosa, while Britain faces accusations over Hong Kong moves amid diplomatic talks with Beijing.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
United States
China
Chou En-Lai
Malik
U. N
Trygve Lie
Formosa
Seventh Fleet
Truman
Chiang Kai- Shek
Britain
Chou
Lake Success
Canton
Hong Kong
Peiping
United Nations
Korea
Rainy Cherrapunji Averages 400 Inches Annually
The town of Cherrapunji in Northeast India typically receives about 400 inches of rainfall per year, making it one of the planet’s wettest places.
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Cherrapunji
Northeast India
Markets Report From Decatur Prices List For Commodities
Farm markets in Decatur show cotton middling 36c and strict low, cottonseed at 45 dollars per ton. Broilers 25¢ delivered, hens heavy 18c, hatching eggs 800c per dozen. New crop yellow corn ear 1.39, shelled 1.45. white corn ear 1.94, shelled 2.00. No 2 new wheat and onions free 2.24, No 2 oats 6c. other grains at 13% moisture basis.
Wall Street Slump Deepens Over Largest Six Week Loss
The morning selling push drove the market down several cents to around $2 per share before a bottom was found. Steels and motors bore the brunt of the losses with widespread declines across the list. Afternoon rally attempts were mild and largely capped, leaving little recovery.
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New York
Steels and Motors
Markets at a Glance: Stocks and Bonds Decline
New York markets show broad losses with stocks and bonds down. Rail shares fall sharply while cotton remains irregular as the spot market deals with selling and hedging activities.
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New York
Market Summary of Grain and Livestock Prices
Wheat eased while corn stayed steady in light trading. Oats fell slightly in dull trade. Hogs held firm with tops around 25 dollars. Cattle remained mostly steady as the market paused.
Food price index slips from July highs in 13 cities
The 100 index fell 0.3 percent from July 31 and 0.5 percent from July 15, while the 209 index rose about 2 percent from June 15 before the Korean conflict and is about 3.5 percent below July 1948’s peak. An item by item survey in 13 large cities shows declines driven by tomatoes potatoes onions and bananas with bread down 0.7 percent and round steak off 1.8 percent. Despite some price drops meats rose overall with pork chops up 1 percent and hamburger veal cutlets and bacon slightly higher.
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Ewan Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Richmond
St. Louis
San Francisco
Washington D.C
Armory Train Sends Off Guardsmen Amid Rain
In drizzling rain the Guardsmen boarded a special L N train from the yard office. The last officers and men left around 9 AM while relatives waved from the windows. Col Carl T Jones was found unfit for active service by a special board.
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Huntsville
Carl T. Jones
Final Ballot On Cash Bill Near Final Ballot On Cash Bill
Washington reports the House moved toward final votes on two big money bills totaling over 50 billion dollars to run government and fund armed forces. One bill would allocate 33.85 billion for operations and a 62.5 million loan to Spain. the other would provide 16.77 billion for costs of the Korean War and military strength. The Senate faced a fight over a tax bill of 4.508 billion with proposed excess profits tax, while House debates included speeches and some controversy.
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Washington
House
Spain
United States
Senate
Formosa Invasion Risks Highlight Military Planning
A wartime analysis notes invasion weather from May to August and the monsoon. It warns typhoons could sever fleets and emphasizes US and Allied naval strength in the Far East. It argues Washington will rely on sea air power rather than troops to defend Formosa and assesses invasion logistics and ports at Amoy and Foochow.
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Formosa
Chiang
China
United States
Amoy
Foochow
Battles Front Masan Taegu Drive Hit By Reds In Korea
AP reports heavy fighting in the Masan area where 300 Reds were stalled by U S artillery and 25th Division forces near Sobuk and Tundok. The Taegu sector saw a major pre dawn thrust, air and artillery pounding a wedge as two Red divisions aided the attack.
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U. S
Masan
Sobuk
Tundok
Stan Swinton
Taegu
Tom Lambert
MacArthur
Waegwan
Former Nazi chief Otto Dietrich flees reporters after release
Convicted chief Otto Dietrich dodges photographers and bolts across fields and fences as reporters pursue him after release. The chase ends with Dietrich ducking into bushes as others released include Walther Darre Kurt Rothenberger and Fritz Ter Meer among 11 figures.
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Dietrich
Walther Darre
Food and Agriculture
Karl Rasche
Dresdener Bank
Heinrich Lehmann
Krupp Empire
Kurt Rothenberger
Justice Ministry
Rudolph Lehmann
Fritz Ter Meer
Big J. G. Farben Company
Doctor's Pay To Be Probed Amid Army X-Ray Costs
An Army inquiry into a Milwaukee doctor, Dr. Irving Cowan, follows reports he averages 17125 daily for X-rays and plate checks of draft entrants at the Milwaukee induction center. The Army and Congress pledge investigations while Cowan notes his charges may drop once Army equipment is available.
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Washington
Army
Milwaukee
Capitol Hill
Irving Cowan
Raymond W. Bliss
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Bouse Armed Services Committee
Thomas Appleby Jr
Milwaukee Induction Center
Cowan
5Th Army
Chicago
Surgeon General
Rail unions press for 40 hour week with pay for 48
The unions demand a 40 hour week without pay cut for 48 hours of work for yard workers and higher pay for union members on rolling trains. The Army is slated to run the railroads with Maj. Gen. Frank A. Heileman as chief of transportation and Brig. Gen. Andrew F. McIntyre as assistant. President Truman said the strike call by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors was issued after assurances there would be no walkout.
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Rers
Army
Pennsylvania
Frank A. Heileman
St. Louis
Andrew F. McIntyre
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railway
Truman
Brotherhood of
SMU star Kyle Rote sets 1949 scoring record in SWC-12
Kyle Rote of SMU scored more touchdowns during the 1949 season than any other player in the Southwest Conference-12. Jimmy Foxx went to bat six times in a game on June 16, 1938, and was walked every time up.
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Kyle Rote
SMU
Jimmy Foxx
Four jailed in Morgan County. births and church notices cited
Four persons were jailed in Morgan County in the last 24 hours including one by the Highway Patrol on a driving while intoxicated charge and three for public drunkenness. Dr. and Mrs. Mervil B. Parker announce the birth of a son. Church notices include sermons at Westminster Presbyterian and Central Methodist with who will preach and topics. Weather records show noon 81 degrees with 18 inches of rainfall for past 24 hours and a high of 92 the previous day.
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Morgan County
Highway Patrol
C. B. Humphrey
Mervil B. Parker
Ferry Street
Hamil Clinic Hospital
Perry J. James
Athens College
Central Methodist Church
W. Nelson Guthrie
TVA
U.S
Trial recounts deadly cafe shooting and disputed eye witness accounts
Jury continues hearing as witnesses dispute sequence of the fatal shot in the cafe case. Ed Mack allegedly fired twice at Grady and fled while Grady resisted, with varying testimonies from Terry’s companions and Ed Mack’s cousin about the confrontation and its lead up.
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Ed Mack
Grady
Owen
Ann Wright
Bridges to Be Freed Friday
Harry Bridges, CIO longshore leader, is to be released from jail by order of the ninth U S court of appeals likely today. The court, in a 2 1 decision, reversed a federal ruling revoking his $25 000 bail after his 1945 perjury conviction to obtain citizenship.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
U. S. Court of Appeals
CIO
Bridges
Australia
U. S
F. Joseph Donohue
United States
Fededral
George B. Harris
Donohue
Army calls up 77,000 enlisted reservists in staged orders
The Army mobilization includes 8,432 officers and 62,000 enlisted reservists. Age limits are 19 to 35 for most, with some specialist exceptions. Of 62,000 enlisted, 32,000已 received orders and 77,000 remain to be called in four groups from Sept 15 to Nov 10.
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Army
National Guard
Mrs. Ellen Stricklin Called By Death at 89
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen P Stricklin 89 will be held at Smyrna church Saturday at 2 PM. She died Thursday morning at her Hillsboro residence. Rites by Rev Paul Lang and Rev Lila Lang. Burial in adjoining cemetery. Survived by son Robert Hillsboro and four stepdaughters including Mrs Pearl Cartee Decatur and Mrs Serdeck of Tennassad.
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Ellen P. Stricklin
Smyrna
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U.N
By Belman Morin
Tokyo
Cassino
Manchuria
Ray Richards
International News Service
Ernie Peeler
Stars and Stripes
Kum
Taejon
William F. Dean
Smiland
Keystone
Hawaii
Decatur
Camp Campbell
Louisville and
Nashville
Cpl
Roy Freeman
Pvt
Therman G. West
Ross Wooten
Decatur Printing Co
Postoffice
Beni Street
Wall Street
Armory
Otto Dietrich
Nein
John A. Troxler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fort Campbell
William Powers
Tanner
Decatur General Hospital
James S. Allred
Sixth Avenue East
Baugh-Wiley Clinic
William Healy
William Orr
Clifton Mathews
Harris
Communist Party
Ellen Stricklin
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