Red Troop Concentration Becomes Smudge Pot Over Korea
Hal Boyle reports from a Fifth Air Force plane over Waegwan Korea that 98 B 29 bombers pummeled a 21 square mile target north of Waegwan with ten tons per plane. The attack, aimed at 40,000 North Koreans massed for Taegu, produced bright flashes, mushrooming smoke, and heavy damage with no flak or enemy interception.
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Hal Boyle
AIR Force
Waegwan
Korea
Here
Taegu
James Roung
Lowell St
Denver
Colo
Naktong River
St. Lo
Normandy
House Votes To Restore 2-A-Day Mail Deliveries
Washington August 16 The House approved a bill to restore city mail service to two deliveries daily and cancel an April 17 order cutting home deliveries to one daily The roll call was 264 to 108 A companion Senate bill awaits action and President Truman's possible veto remains uncertain The measure removes a provision to fund restored services and targets the post office department order issued in April
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Truman
Rules Committee
Congress
Post Office Delivery Cut Sparks House Floor Debate
An appropriations dispute over reduced daily deliveries, especially to homes, spurred a floor vote after 218 members signed a petition. Debates centered on savings estimates from 15 million to 70 million dollars annually and arguments about effects on business and the armed services.
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Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
House
Donaldson
Post Office Committee
Rules Committee
Armed Services
Young Reynolds' Body Is Recovered
Lone Pine California August 16 Libby Holman Reynolds arrived seeking her missing son after a seven day Sierra Club search found the frozen body of 17 year old Christopher Smith Reynolds heir to tobacco millions onMt Whitney. Steven Wasser man also 17 was with him when the tragedy struck near the summit.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Libby Holman Reynolds
France
Michael Kahn
Media
Harvey Poe
Sierra Club
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Mt. Whitney
Steven Wasserman
Record Earthquake Still Has World's Scientists Puzzled
A massive quake struck yesterday at about 9 23 a m EST with scientists unable to locate its origin. Best guesses place it near the South Pacific or North Burma amid conflicting seismograph readings. Observatories note the event as the strongest in fifty years with potential for massive tidal waves if near land, though no marine disturbances reported.
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South Pacific Ocean
Burma
Philippines
Manila
South China Sea
Tibet
Himalayas
Germany
Geophysical Institute of the University of Goettingen
Messina
Italy
Small Gains Reported on Mixed Stock Market
A morning rush of demand lifted the market into higher territory though gains stayed under one dollar for most issues. Several issues rose above one dollar while rubber stocks lagged. notable gains showed in Santa Fe Canadian Pacific N Y Central Nickel Plate Remington Rand International Silver U S Steel Studebaker J I Case Douglas Aircraft Zenith Radio American Smelting American Woolen International Paper Sinclair Oil and American Airlines. Downsides appeared in Goodyear Firestone U S Rubber Du Pont Allied Chemical General Motors and Chrysler.
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New York
Santa Fe
Canadian Pacific
N. Y. Central
Nickel Plate
Remington Rand
International Silver
U. S. Steel
Studebaker
J. I. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Zenith Radio
American Smelting
American Woolen
International Paper
Sinclair Oil
American Airlines
Goodrich
Firestone
U. S. Rubber
DuPont Allied Chemical
Old
General Motors
Chrysler
Draft Likely To Require More Men Than Proposed, Hershey Says
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, warned the draft may exceed the 185000 annual total as the international situation remains unsettled. He noted September and October calls for 100000 and suggested additional mid year increases are possible. The Defense Department had initially asked for 20000, then 100000 after the Korean crisis.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
Armed Services
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Senator Bailey Wire Tapping Probe Raises Old Case
Senate investigators review a claim that Washington police tapped the late Senator Joseph W. Bailey's telephone in 1945 while he chaired the Senate Commerce Committee. Senator Pepper said testimony from William J. Nolan named Lieut. Joseph W. Shimon as in charge, tapping Bailey and Hughes during debates on airline subsidies.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph W. Bailey
D.-N.c
Pepper
D.-Fla
Bailey
Senate Commerce Committee
United States
William J. Nolan
Nolan
Joseph W. Shimon
Hughes
Korean Reds Reported Getting Troops From Outside
AP dispatch discusses how the Korean Red army could sustain high casualties while appearing stronger. It cites conscription in Korea, possible influxes from Manchuria and China, and questions casualty tallies. Tokyo reports suggest 15 Communist divisions with up to 150000 men, implying expanded manpower and reliance on external armaments.
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Elton
FAYAP
Washington
Red Army
North
South Korea
Manchuria
China
Far East Command
Pentagon
Korea
United States
Tokyo
Korean Front
North Korea
Family Support Allowances For Servicemen Studied
President Truman and Congress push for a rapid family support allowance system for servicemen. Proposals differ on payments and contributor shares, with committee hearings under way and a September 1 start eyed. Administration favors 75 dollar base with child increments. senate plan drafts suggest 60 to 81 with variations. A compromise may set base around 65 dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
G. I
Tydings
Senate
Senate Committee
Old Maids Day Noted With Festivities In Denton
In Denton Texas the first Old Maids Day was proclaimed by the mayor. Merchants offered free corsages movies taxi rides and other treats as part of the celebrations. Miss Dorothy Babb a Latin instructor at North Texas State College joked about the focus on presents and special days for spinsters.
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Denton
Tex
Denton Record Chronicle
Dorothy Babb
North Texas State College
Twenty Five Percent Fail Physical Exams in North Carolina
At the pre induction processing center in Raleigh on August 16, 24 of 93 Alamance and Warren county selectees failed physical examinations. Mental test results were not immediately available. Only 66 of 82 Alamance and 27 of 35 Warren selectees appeared for the exam.
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Raleigh
Alamance
Warren County
Army
Warren
Bombers Strike Korea Front With 98 B-29 Assault
U S bombers dropped 1 750 000 pounds of explosives on a 60 000 strong Communist buildup across the Naktong river front near Taegu as U S reinforcements arrive in the southwest Chinju sector Negro units of the 25th division engage in heavy fighting amid reports from Taipei of potential Soviet and Red China troop escalations President Truman reviews the war with the Joint Chiefs as observers note possible underwater bridge damage signaling a ground attack risk.
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Associated Press
Naktong River
Korea
Naktong
Taegu
South Korea
Chinju
Formosa
Taipei
Soviet Union
Red China
38Th Parallel
North
V. M. Molotov
Orient
Peiping
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Not To Seize Railroads
The White House states President Truman has no plan to seize the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. John R. Steelman hopes to resume talks within days to avert deadlock as 300000 train men and conductors press for seizure, a move not currently in the president's mind.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Ross
William W. Park Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Roy O. Hughes
Brotherhood of Railway Conductors
Cool Weather Suppresses Summer Clothing Sales Across Cities
The article notes department stores struggle to move hot weather stock while air conditioning vendors report a decline in sales. Weather data show a widespread cooler than normal pattern across Pennsylvania Kentucky Maryland Missouri and the central Atlantic states with cool nights delaying crops and unusual polar outbreaks spreading from central Canada.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
The
Philipsburg
House Expected To Approve Broad Social Security Bill
The House faces final action on a wide expansion of social security and benefit increases. President Truman backs the general concept but opposes the Knowland amendment limiting the labor secretary on unemployment funds. Rep. Lynch seeks to remove that amendment.
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Washington
House
O. K
Truman
Knowland
Rcalif
Rep
Lynch
D-N.y
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Secretary of Labor
Batory Guests Jailed In Britain
Two Americans who boarded the Polish liner Batory were detained by British police in Southampton and held at Winchester jail until Aug. 30. They will be deported aboard the ship on its return to New York after being denied permission to land. The men are William Newton of New York and Howard Campbell of Des Moines. Newton landed his rented seaplane alongside the ship about 100 miles off New York. he said he lost his way and nearly ran out of fuel.
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Southampton
Eng
Winchester
New York
William Jesse Newton
Howard Campbell
Des Moines
Newton
Atlantic Ocean
Jan Cwiklinski
Hurricane Still Far Off Florida Coast
A hurricane about 725 miles east of Miami is reported by the U S Weather Bureau with winds up to 140 mph. A navy hurricane hunter plane notes winds over 120 knots in the eastern quad rent and a gradual drift westward. Chief forecaster Grady Norton calls it a severe hurricane and notes increased intensity in the last six hours. The drift remains slow at six to seven miles per hour toward the west.
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Miami
Fla
U. S. Weather Bureau
Grady Norton
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