AAU Meet Opens Today at City Lake
The National AAU swimming meet begins at City Lake pool with over 5,000 expected for opening day. Hawaiian swimmers led by Catherine Kleinschmidt and Winifred Numazi seek to defend titles after last year in San Antonio. The program includes 100 meter freestyle and platform diving with an exhibition night at 8 o clock.
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Harbara Jensen
Crystal Plunge Club
San Francisco
Hodge
Dixie
City Lake Pool
Honolulu
Hawaiian Swimming Association
San Antonio
Texas
Catherine Kleinschmidt
Winifred Numazi
Miss Kleinschmidt
Neck of the Woods
Blackburn Resigns from Labour Party Calls for Coalition Premier
Albert Raymond Blackburn 35 MP announced his resignation from the Labour Party in London. He will sit as an independent in the House of Commons, reducing Labour's slender majority and urging Winston Churchill to head a coalition government to counter the danger to civilization.
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Labor Party
London
Albert Raymond Blackburn
Winston Churchill
Blackburn
Birmingham
House of Commons
Earthquake Hits Western Venezuela Killing Dozens
An Aug 4 tremor in western Venezuela killed about 100 people and wrecked towns in Tocuyo near Barquisimeto, capital of Lara State. Six minute shaking reached Caracas with damage in Guanare and San Cristobal. at least 70 deaths and many injuries reported.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Tocuyo
Barquisimeto
Lara
Guanare
San Cristobal
Man to stand trial for murder after year at state hospital
ESTILL, N. C. Aug 4 A man named John D. Bowers aged 41 will face trial for murder after a year and a half treatment at the South Carolina State hospital Bowers allegedly beat his wife and two children to death with a baseball bat in their blood stained home on December 8 1948
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Estill
N. C
South Carolina State Hospital
John D. Bowers
Soviet submarine sighting reported off Canadian coast
The Royal Canadian Navy says a coastal vessel skipper reported an unidentified submarine surfacing off Nova Scotia without lights. Ottawa officials say at least one Soviet submarine is operating off Canada's coast, with multiple sightings reported along the Canadian shoreline.
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Halifax
Royal Canadian Navy
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Canada
Canadian
Rescue column finds 32 bodies after Sahara airliner crash
A rescue column reports it has found 32 bodies near the wreckage of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara last Saturday. Airline officials had said previously that search efforts would continue.
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Algiers
Algeria
Sahara
Army to Mobilize 62,000 Reservists for Sep Oct
The army will call 62,000 individual reservists for 21 months of duty in September and October from a pool of about 185,000 enlisted reservists not in organized units. First 32,000 to camp by Sept 15, then remainder by mid October. Calls prioritize those with fewer dependents. Most called are veterans of World War II.
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Washington
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve
First Army
New York
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Second Army
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
Third Army
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Fourth Army
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fifth Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Sixth Army
California
Streeton Tries To End Life In Virginia
Suffolk police report an escaped convict Charles G Streeton a 50 year old North Carolina murderer attempted self harm with a spoon last night. Officers intervened and gave aid after Streeton escaped from a Raleigh asylum and was nabbed while hitchhiking along Route 460.
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Suffolk
L. B. Butler
Butler
Charles G. Streeton
North Carolina
Streeton
Raleigh
N. C
Carroll Reece Wins Nomination
In Tennessee GOP primary results Carroll Reece led with 29,496 votes to 27,909 for incumbent Dayton Phillips as 27 of 295 precincts reported. Reece seeks his old congressional seat in the first district after 24 years in office. In the second district Howard H. Baker trailed incumbent John Jennings Jr. Gov. Gordon Browning won the Democratic nomination.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carroll Reece
Congress
Tennessee
Reece
Dayton Phillips
East Tennessee
John Jennings, Jr
Howard H. Baker
Gordon Browning
Meat prices seen drifting lower in fall report
The agriculture department forecasts fall declines in pork and higher grade beef prices as meat supplies rise from a year low. Demand linked to defense programs may blunt some losses, with consumption expected to edge up in October-December and cattle numbers rising on farms this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Government to Reactivate 46 Cargo Ships for Military Needs
The maritime administration announced 46 more cargo ships will be taken out of mothballs to meet military needs, bringing total reactivated ships to 123. Twelve of the ships have been troop transports.
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Washington
Maritime Administration
National Guard to regain jobs after active service
Secretary of Labor Tobin said in a statement that National Guard members called to active federal service will be entitled to their jobs when they return. He urged guardsmen to inform employers in writing of their departure.
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Washington
National Guard
Tobin
House Rejects Mandatory Wage and Price Controls Bill
The House junked the mandatory wage and price curb plan amid debate and rewrites. President Truman denounced the measure as inviting a five percent rise and lawmakers moved to a standby controls bill with limited powers. The fight centered on wage price powers and eight month limits, with amendments expanding or narrowing scope before settling back to banking committee proposals.
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Washington
House
Truman
Banking Committee
Crawford
R.-Mich
United Nations
Hoffman
R.mich
Secretaries of Defense, Commerce and the Treasury
Rep
Rogers
D-Fla
Congress
Long Preparation Apparently Paying Off For Invaders
The article analyzes North Korea's war readiness, arguing a prewar Russian stockpile of arms and materiel aided the invasion. It credits long buildup with enabling sustained offensive momentum despite UN and Allied pressure, and notes revised intelligence on North Korean tanks and troop numbers reaching about 300 tanks and 200,000 troops.
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Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Republic of
South Korea
United States
North Korea
United Nations
Red Army
Truman Signs Bill Lifting All Military Size Limits
President Truman signed a bill lifting all limits on the size of the U.S. armed forces, marking a broad expansion of military strength. The action was announced in Washington on Aug 4.
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Washington
Truman
Devil at Work in St. Joseph Denies Radio Airing
Evangelist Jack Shuler leading an inter denominational revival said the devil is at work in St. Joseph after questioning the audience about a radio program on KRES. He claimed he was not on the air that morning and about 50 people raised their hands.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Jack Shuler
KRES
Shuler
St. Joseph
Runaway Locomotive Kills Three in Cheyenne Switch Crash
A unmanned locomotive sped eight miles downhill and struck a diesel switch-engine in Cheyenne Wyoming killing three trainmen Albert Chambers engineer Thomas Harris fireman G R Crago switchman and injuring S C Statz the lone survivor The brakes failed while the engineer was out of the cab and the switch engine was hit on an overpass 15 feet above street level by an engine that had just come up Sherman Hill
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Chambers
Thomas E. Harris
G. R. Crago
S. C. Statz
Union Pacific
Borie
Egineer
Sherman Hill
Statz
Russian Leaders Ignorant of Western Ways, warn diplomats
Veteran war correspondent Wes Gallagher argues that Soviet leaders lack understanding of the West. He cites widespread Western warnings ignored by Hitler as a parallel, noting Soviet propaganda and espionage failed to align with Western reality, fueling misjudgment and blind frustration behind the iron curtain.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Germany
Frankfurt
Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Berlin
Stalin
Europe
Hitler
Stock Sales In Narrow Range
Demands for stocks faded after a weak opening advance in New York trading. Early gains dissipated with changes mainly around 50 cents a share or less. Notable declines hit U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft American Oil and U S Rubber Montgomery Oil and U S Gypsum. Steadier names included Youngstown Sheet Sears Roebuck Radio Corp Consolidated Natural Gas Kennecott Copper McIntyre Porcupine Air Reduction Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak Union Carbide General Electric American Woolen International Paper Chesapeake and Ohio Nickel Plate and Standard Oil New Jersey.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
American Oil
Montgomery Oil
U. S. Gypsum
Youngstown Sheet
Sears Roejuck
Radio Corp
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
MclIntyre Porcupine
Air Reduction
Dow Chemeal
Eastman Kodak
Union Carbide
General Electric
American Woolen
International Paper
Chesapeake and Ohio
Nickle Plate
Standard Oil
N. J
Communist Pressure Builds in Korean Front Battles
Heavy tank and infantry fighting erupted on the Pusan front as Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported no let up in the battle. North Korean forces pressed near Pusan and Masan while U S Marines joined the action. A Hong Kong report linked Lin Piao to a northeast assignment, possibly Manchuria, as 25th Infantry moved south to meet the assault.
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Associated Press
Pusan
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Manchuria
Chunju
Chunji
Masan
27Th
U. S
Hong Kong
Lin Piao
U. S. 25Th Infantry
24Th
Local Guard Batteries Alerted for Possible Active Duty
National Guard units in High Point and Thomasville alerted for possible mobilization from the 540th field artillery division. Notification came via Major Bloxton assisted by Gen Metts. Estimated activation around 380 days. drills to increase. unit strength about 60 percent with preparation including exams and records organization.
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National Guard
Thomasville
540Th Field Artillery Division
High Point
Bloxton
van B. Metts
Raleigh
North Carolina
Monroe
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