McArthur gag order sparks campaign debate over Formosa
Republicans seize on a White House gag order as Senator Morse calls for an armed services probe. Democrats split. Senator Lucas backs the President while some officials warn against ties to Formosa policy. MacArthur silent as newsrooms weigh implications for the fall campaign.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Lucas
Illinois
MacArthur
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Chicago
United Nations
Argentina Devalues Peso for Second Time in 11 Months
Buenos Aires reports Argentina devalued the peso again, with the open rate rising from 9.02 to the dollar to 14.25, marking the second devaluation in 11 months and signaling monetary instability.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Markets News Decatur Cotton and crop prices report
Farm markets in Decatur list prices for cotton cottonseed and grains with new crop corn and oats values. New York cotton futures rose with highs for deliveries from March 1951, while officials say no price controls are needed. Prices advanced late afternoon on tighter spot supply and reduced government stocks.
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New York
Broad Commission House
Brannan
C.C.C
Cattle and Hog Market Report From Nashville Auction
Federal state agriculture reports show cattle at 500 head with moderate activity and steady overall. Prices list slaughter steers and heifers 22.00 to 25.00, cutters 19.00, cows 13.00 to 17.00, stockers 22.00 to 27.00, calves up to 34.00 for top vealers. Hogs about 600 head, 50 lower, with good 190 to 250 lb hogs at 24.00 and lighter weights near 22.00 to 21.00, sows steady.
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Nashville
Tenn
North Georgia live poultry market steady on week
North Georgia live poultry market held steady with strong trucking demand. Dressed poultry demand was fair to good and supplies were short in most sections. Prices paid FOB farm ranged from 29 1 2 to 31 cents for broilers and fryers, mostly 30 1 2 to 31 cents.
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Atlanta
USDA
North
Georgia
Johnson Ouster Decision Nears
In Chicago on August 29 delegates of the Veterans of Foreign Wars scheduled a vote for a resolution demanding the ouster of Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. The committee on national security and foreign affairs also prepared a resolution urging President Truman to replace Secretary of State Acheson. Acheson’s name drew boos when mentioned by a New York delegate during a floor debate on admitting communist China to the United Nations.
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Chicago
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gen. MacArthur
Louis Johnson
Committee On National Security and Foreign Affairs
Johnson
Truman
State Acheson
Acheson
Singing School At Church Of Nazarene
A singing school began last night at the Church of the Nazarene on Seventh Avenue West under Tom Stevens direction. The program will run ten days and the public is invited to enroll.
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Church of the Nazarene
Seventh Avenue West
Tom Stevans
Truman Signs Duck Season Rules For Pacific Flyway
President Truman today signed the annual duck hunting regulations. The Pacific flyway states Idaho Utah Nevada Arizona and West coast areas gain five extra days and a higher daily bag limit. Mississippi flyway seasons are shortened by a similar amount while other regions keep most terms. Open seasons for Florida Georgia South Carolina and Alabama Mississippi Tennessee run from late November or December to early January.
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Washington
Truman
Pacific Coast
West Coast
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Mississippi
Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
Atlanta
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Truman Restates Policy On Formosa And MacArthur
President Truman directed MacArthur to withdraw a statement saying war is inevitable if Formosa falls into unfriendly hands. The White House publicized that the U S has no designs on Formosa and that its political future should be settled internationally in the future.
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Chicago
Formosa
White House
U. S
MacArthur
Truman
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Armed Services Committee
Pacific
General Collins
Sherman
United Nations
Korea
Mr. Truman
Austin
Lie
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Forrest P. Sherman
Tokyo
Asia
Far East
Warren R. Austin
Reds Fail in East Coast Push as UN Forces Hold
Red forces pushed southward and were forced back near Kigye while another Red force retook Kigye and threatened Taegu through Pohang. Allied bombers targeted supply centers as British troops landed at Pusan and in a central front buildup, signaling a possible major offensive.
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Kigye
Taegu
Pohang
8Th Army
MacArthur
Waegwan
Kunci
Stan Swinton
U. S
Unicorn
Ceylon
Argyll and Sutherland
Middlesex
United Nations
Hong Kong
Korea
Air Force seeks additional funds for Arnold air center
The Air Force requests 57.5 million dollars more for the Arnold air engineering center at Tullahoma Tennessee in addition to 100 million already appropriated by Congress. Defense Secretary Johnson approved the proposal and it goes to the Budget Bureau for Congress. The plan reduces planned community facilities and increases wind tunnel project capacity to make the center larger and more capable.
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Washington
Air Force
Arnold Air Engineering Center
Tullahoma
Tenn
Congress
Harold Stewart
Air
Defense
Johnson
Budget Bureau
Stewart
Research and Development Board
Aircraft Industry
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Staff
House
White House
Senatorial Action on Supplemental Funds Sought for Power Projects
Truman Clapp urged including funds in a supplemental bill now under Senate committee study after House passage. He proposed 7 million dollars to speed Johnsonville Tennessee units five and six by eight months and 7.5 million for transmission facilities to Oak Ridge Tennessee for the atomic energy plant, aiming for earlier operation.
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Clapp
Senate
House
Gore
Johnsonville
Tenn
Oak Ridge
Advances Planned for Power Projects in 1951 Schedule
The September 1951 schedule proposes one million dollars to accelerate installation of generating unit No. 3 at Cherokeee dam by twelve months, twelve million dollars to speed units Nos. 3 and 4 at Widows Creek Alabama by fourteen months, and one million dollars to advance transmission facilities for the New Johnsonville and Widows Creek plants.
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Cherokee Dam
Widows Creek
Ala
Johnsonville
Truman, Maybank Seek Compromise on Price Controls
Senator Maybank and Ives signaled readiness for a compromise plan on stand by wage and price controls. The dispute centers on how broadly to grant authority to the President, with House and Senate versions diverging on selective versus universal application. Both sides aim for a workable, acceptable approach to govern future controls.
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Maybank
D-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Ives
R-N. Y
Conference Committee
Congress
Mr. Truman
Bricker
Rohio
Truman
County Reports First Week Attendance Across White and Negro Schools
The opening count totals 6796 for the two Hartselle white and Negro schools with one missing report. Negro elementary 503 and high 193 back. missing data lifts current estimated attendance to 811. White schools total 6938, Negro 853. several communities report losses up to five students, Cotaco down 35, Massey 13, Falkville 33, Ryan 29, Trinity 31, Somerville Road unchanged for both years. Increases seen in eight areas, led by Valdermosa with 25, Lawrence Cove 15, Gum Pond and Flint 8 each, Nee 1. Six Negro schools show losses, four modest gains, one unchanged. one school has no report.
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Hartselle
Cotaco
Massey
Falkville
Ryan
Trinity
Somerville Road
Valdermosa
Lawrence Cove
Gum Pond
Flint
Nee
Long family attends Auburn graduation in Alabama
Mrs J E Long Walter Daniels Earl Jr and Shirley Long of Athens seven and Miss Bessie Daniels of Decatur return from Walter T Longs Auburn graduation where he earned a B S degree in agriculture. Walter T Long son of Mr and Mrs J E Long visits after graduation. Rev Lacy Welch conducts revival at Church of God 111 Sixth Street South. Noon 85 degrees. max 88. rain 2.15 inches in past 24 hours. Dorothy Cornelius of 301 Oak Street returns home after Mayo Clinic treatment in Rochester Minnesota.
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J. E. Long
Walter Daniels
Earl Jr
Shirley Long
Athens 7
Bessie Daniels
Decatur
Auburn
Walter T. Long
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Lacy
Welch
Church of God
Sixth Street South
TVA
Dorothy Cornelius
Oak Street
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Gulf hurricane harms Western Cuba and threatens drift north
A weaker Gulf hurricane 350 miles southeast of Bermuda stays nearly stationary with 115 mph winds near the center. It caused at least 20 drownings in Western Cuba and over 2 million dollars in damage after striking Saturday night, with 8 to 20 inches of rain flooding rivers in Pinar Del Rio.
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Bermuda
Miami Weather Bureau
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Senate debate over excess profits tax and immediate levy
White House leaders discuss removing profits from war while opposing a quick excess profits levy. Senator Lehman backs the O Mahoney Connally amendment amid calls for a $4 to $6 billion levy effective Jan 1, 1951. George deems the plan unworkable as multiple versions exist.
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White House
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Mr. Truman
Lehman
D-Lib
N. Y
Senate
Congress
Lucas
Illinois
O'Mahoney
Truman
Maryland Joins 1950 North Carolina Football Schedule
Maryland is the sole newcomer appearing on the 1950 North Carolina football schedule, adding a new opponent to the Tar Heels’ lineup.
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Maryland
North Carolina
Mrs. Kelley Is Called Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Kelley aged 77 will be held at 2 30 P M at the home in Decatur with Rev W W Coffee officiating. Interment at Trinity Mountain cemetery Brown directing She died Monday morning at her daughter Mrs Riley Alexander Decatur 3 after a three year illness Surviving are a daughter three sons Jim Birmingham Richard Decatur 3 and William Decatur 1 plus many relatives Pallbearers will be sons and grandsons.
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Cora Kelley
Decature
W. W. Coffee
Trinity Mountain Cemetery
Brown
Kelley
Riley Alexander
Decatur 3
Alexander
Jim
Birmingham
Richard
Decatur
William
Lodge Calls for 18 Months Universal Military Service
Senator Lodge urges 18 months of military service for all able bodied men with a goal of an armed force of 3,000,000. He argues universal service is needed now, while some push universal training with six months in camps and six months with reserves or the national guard.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Senate
United States
Congress
Lodge
National Guard
Monroe County Commissioner Dies in Auto Crash
A 78-year-old Monroe county board of commissioners member, E. M. Deer, was killed in an automobile accident near Franklin Alabama. Investigators said Deer and two African American workers were en route to his farm when the car lost control on a hill and struck a tree.
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Franklin
Ala
Monroe County Board of Commissioners
E. M. Deer
Monroe County
Deer
Vulcan Forge Linked to Mount Etna in Roman Myth
Ancient Romans linked Vulcan the fire god to a forge in the volcano Mount Etna. The smith god was central to mythic craft and volcanic fire symbolism in early Roman religion.
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Vulcan
Mt. Etna
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