North Korea War Exposes U S Ground Forces Shortfalls
AP reports the United States has fought over ten weeks of a ground war it was unprepared for. Ground forces prove weakest, with more than 6,000 U S casualties, while air and sea power remain strong. The piece questions strategic concepts, intelligence, policy, and public demand for peacetime life amid limited use of atomic weaponry.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Pentagon
Russia
Republic
South Korea
Markets reflect grain and poultry prices in Decatur
Farm markets show cotton middling at 39 percent and strict low 3732. New crop yellow corn ear 1.49 and shelled 1.55. White corn ear 1.94 and shelled 2.00. Hens heavy 18 cents, broilers 25 cents delivered. Hatching eggs 80 cents per dozen. No. 2 new wheat and oats prices given with moisture adjustments.
Wall Street Treads Lower as Market Settles Quietly
The New York stock market opened and drifted to slightly lower levels with losses under a dollar per share. Liquor stocks showed relative strength while most sectors eased slowly. Turnover amounted to about 1.3 million shares, modestly above Tuesday's 1.25 million.
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New York
Market Report Mixed as Commodities Show Varied Moves
NEW YORK stock activity edges lower with leaders in a slow decline while bonds retreat after early gains. Cotton rises on renewed trade buying. wheat stays easy under hedging pressure. Corn and oats swing with light trade. hogs unevenly move 25 to 50 cents either way, top $23.75. Cattle show uneven strength to 25 cents lower, top $33.00.
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New York
Oscar Chapman To Get Hearing On Senate Probe
Senator Schoeppel charged in a senate speech that Interior Secretary Oscar L. Chapman was closely allied with the Russian Soviet cause and had associations with communist front groups. He suggested Chapman may have left them only to preserve his official position as the probe began.
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G. Milton Kelly Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Senate
Schoeppel
R-Kas
Untold War Rescue Behind Hay Stack
A personal account recalls escape during captivity with an American soldier pinning a guard, wresting a .45, and fleeing into a haystack. They endured rain and hunger as enemy searchers scoured the area until allied forces provided a glimpse of rescue.
Retraction Demanded Over Truman's Marine Remarks
Reports from the League convention show Nixon and Marine leaders quarrel over President Truman's Korea remarks. Marines and friends split between calls for a retracting statement and defense of his role, while lawmakers criticized the tone as insulting.
McCarran Wins Nevada renomination in Democratic primary
Senator Pat McCarran, 74, won re nomination in Nevada by a near three to one margin over George Franklin, a Las Vegas lawyer. Republicans Kendrick Johnson and George Marshall battled for the GOP seat to challenge McCarran. In Utah Wallace F. Bennett clinched the Republican senatorial nomination. Rue L. Clegg conceded to Bennett after midnight. Bennett will face Senator Elbert Thomas in November.
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Associated Press
Pat McCarran
Nevada
George Franklin
Las Vegas
Kendrick Johnson
Reno
George Marshall
McCarran
Utah
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Rue L. Clegg
Bennett
Elbert Thomas
Thomas
New York State
Walter A. Lynch
Thomas E. Dewey
Joe R. Hanley
United States
Herbert H. Lehman
Hanley
GOP
Secretary Acheson Defends UN Actions in Korea
The secretary says the aggressor uses tricks to divert world attention from his crime. He cites UN forces in Korea as slandering by claiming civilians are being bombed, while insisting the UN attacks target only military objectives of the invader.
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Korea
United Nations
U. N
Acheson
Apportionment Fight Aims to Block Extra Democratic Seats
Scruggs argues the suit targets not dictating actions but the legislature’s failure to act. The case seeks to bar Secretary Sibyl Pool from certifying more than one Democratic nominee per county. Separately, notes discuss summer beverage vitamins and Marines public relations compared with other services.
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Scruggs
Secretary of State
Sibyl Pool
UN Forces Regain Yongchon and Hold Key Junctions
UN forces recaptured Yongchon amid heavy fighting and reported Kyongju safe. MacArthur noted 2,035 communist casualties and 69 prisoners in the 24 hours ending noon Tuesday, with Red tanks and battalions pressing near Taegu and Pohang. British troops linked with US forces along the Naktong barrier as river combat intensified.
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Yongchon
Kyongju
Pohang
MacArthur
Hong Kong
Naktong River
Taegu
U.S
1St Cavalry
Masan Port
Pusan
Stan Swinton
U. S. 25Th
Swinton
Mason Front
Yongsan
Leif Erickson
Kigye
U. S. 8Th Army
Anyang
Pohang- Yongchon
U. S. First Cavalry
Kasan
Hurricane devastates Cedar Key and surrounding coast
The hurricane battered Cedar Key with up to 125 mph winds, destroying 75 percent of buildings and leaving 900 residents without power or drinking water. A 100 boat fishing fleet sank and two deaths occurred from electrocution. Emergency aid from Red Cross and National Guard arrived from Gainesville as the storm tracked from Cuba toward Florida.
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Third Army
Atlanta
Red Cross and
National Guard
Gainesville
Cedar Key
Crystal River
E. J. Cosgrove
Oil Company
Tampa
Hattie Kersey
Jacksonville
Cuba
Key West
Gulf Coast
Atlantic
West Palm Beach
Fla
Cretan Romance Clashes Intensify Over Abducted Bride
In Greece, clashes erupt as opponents of a Cretan marriage gather near Crete and Athens. Petra georgi family partisans protest the wedding of Tassoula and Costa amid an ongoing legal dispute over weapon charges and an expected public demonstration in Herakleion.
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Athens
Greece
Crete
Petrocogeorgi
Constantine Kephaloyannis
Costa
Herakleion
Tassoula
Liberal Party
George Petracogeorgi
Constantine
Manuel Kephaloyannis
M. P
Petracogeorgi
Manuel
Taft State Department Eyes US Seat for Chinese Reds
The State Department plans no vote for or against seating the Chinese in the United Nations and argues for possible appeasement. Taft says Korean war reveals internal policy conflicts. Senator Brewster criticizes Truman appointees including Dulles and Cooper as GOP advisers.
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State Department
China
United Nations
Taft
Brewster
GOP
Senate
Truman
John Foster Dulles
New York
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Acheson
Community and Mine Notes From Decatur General Hospital
Local notices report patients at Decatur General Hospital including W. Black and C. Strothers with admissions, plus Mrs. Manker and Mrs. Sparkman. A revival led by Hance Davenport starts Sunday at Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church east of Falkville with daily services. Sheriff records two arrest warrants for trespassing and peace proceedings. two building permits issued for homes on West Cherry and Eighth Street East. A Morgan circuit suit seeks 1200 dollars for Ford conversion damages.
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Hance Davenport
Ebenezer Freewill Baptist Church
Falkville
Joe Pettey
Marshall Feltes
West Cherry
James D. Bagwell
Eighth Street
Seaton Avenue
Morgan Circuit
Drinkard Brothers Motor Company
Blackwell Motors
Ford
Norman H. Harris
Casualties in Korea Rise in Latest Pentagon Report
The Defense Department said 8,863 American casualties in the Korean War had been reported to next of kin through Sept 1, up from 6,886 on Aug 25. Killed in action total 599, wounded 5,366 with 83 later dying, missing in action 2,898, by service: Army 465 KIA, Navy 9, Marine Corps 97, Air Force 28.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Marines
United Nations
Ohips
Another Veto By Reds Looms
Russia is expected to cast its 44th veto to block a U N Security Council resolution urging nations not to aid North Korea. Jakob Malik denounced the U S plan as aggression while North Koreans claim to be fighting a just war. A UN report said forces shot down a plane with Soviet markings off Korea and recovered a Russian lieutenant’s body.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
Russia
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Council
U. S
Korea
Ften. MacArthur
Profits Levy Fight Brews On Capitol Hill
Rep Mills urged delaying any excess profits tax until the Ways and Means Committee studies it, warning a rushed move could derail a 4.508 billion dollar annual tax hike intended to fund defense. Rep Eberhart threatened to block further action until a vote on the profits tax is allowed.
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Washington
Mills
D-Ark
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Rep
Eberharter
D-Pa
Teachers join Decatur high and elementary faculties new term
The Decatur school system announces a wave of new staff across its high and elementary schools. New high school teachers include a Washington photographer and scientist, a college graduate with teaching experience, a distributive education specialist, an ex-WAVE, and a Millsaps graduate with art and language study. Physical education will be taught by a Birmingham-Southern graduate. Elementary additions include Decatur graduates Sylvia Green and Shirley Braswell, Gordon Bibb hires, and staff at Somerville Road and West Decatur. The institute will run morning and afternoon sessions with a lunch break.
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Washington
Pacific
Decatur
Marvin Eubanks
Dorothy Moore
Gadsden
Joan Fox Folwell
Millsaps College
Lillian Gilbert
Birmingham-Southern
Sylvia Green
Shirley Braswell
West Decatur
Miss Green
Alabama College
Montevallo
Miss Braswell
Auburn
Atchison Adams Frix
University of Alabama
Robert E. Lee School
Birmingham
Gordon-Bibb
Regina S. Montgomery
Somerville Road School
Florence State Teachers College
Tuscaloosa
W. R. Riley
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Joseph T. McNarney
Red Asia
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J. N. Chandler
Gurley
R. Turner Wilcox
Chandler
Traphagen School of Fashion
Estelle Dunn
The
Decatur Printing Co
Wall Street
Chicago
Oscar Chapman
Coates
Stars and Stripes
Marine League
Baton Rouge
Marine Corps xxx
Nixon
League
White House
Marine
Rep. McDonough
R-Calif
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Aiken
R-Vt
Thye
R-Minn
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Clay Nixon
Mr. Truman
T. W. Black
Sixth Avenue West
Decatur General Hospital
C. W. Strothers
Johnston
Frank J. Manker
Ninth Avenue East
Purvis Sparkman
Cpl
Joe A. Saim
Camp Campbell
C. B. Humphrey
Recorder’s Cour Ae
W. Nelson Guthrie
Central Methodist Church
Blanche Jones
Miami
Joe Barthelemy
Greenwood, Miss
J. C. Kimes
Morgan County
Selective Service
King Mason
Danville
Ala
Casualtties
Reds
Fight
Francis M. LE May
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