Smith to Lead CIA in Place of Hillenkoetter
Gen Walter Bedell Smith, former U S ambassador to Russia and Eisenhower staff officer, named new director of the Central Intelligence Agency succeeding Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter. Smith, 54, will head the agency in September with Deputy William H Jackson, a former Bradley aide now with J H Whitney Co. The move aims to bolster intelligence after questions over the South Korea invasion and follows Hillenkoetter’s request to return to sea duty.
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Elton
Fay Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Smith
United States
Russia
Toplitical-Military Intelligence Unitate
Truman
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
White House
Charles Ross
Hillenkoetter
Navy
Ross
South Korea
First Army
New York
William H. Jackson
Jackson
Omar Bradley
J. H. Whitney and Co
Belgian Communist Leader Shot Dead at Home
Julien Lahaut head of Belgium's Communist party was killed with three bullets at his Liege home by two gunmen. The party paper Le Drapeau Rouge blamed pro Leopoldists. Lahaut, 66, was a vocal anti monarchist and longtime MP. His wife witnessed the attack.
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Liege
Belgium
Julien Lahaut
Communist Party
Lahaut
Leopold
House of Representatives
le Drapeau Rouge
Hurricane Keeps Its Stronghold Off Atlantic Coast
Cape Hatteras area warned to watch for a northward moving hurricane past Fernandina, with 140 mile per hour winds. The center is expected east of Cape Hatteras early Sunday, gale winds possible but full hurricane winds unlikely. A burning freighter, the S S Russell R Jones, battles 40 foot seas as coast guard cutters escort toward Wilmington with all crew safe. Navy ship Kleinsmith aided a mercy run through still mountainous waves. The storm’s aftermath keeps the Atlantic coast on alert.
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Miami
Fla
Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Fernandina
Miami Weather Bureau
North Carolina Capes
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard
Kleinsmith
Russell Jones
July Homebuilding Sets Record Highs in 1940s Data
Government figures show July 144000 new non farm dwelling units started, the best month on record. First seven months total nearly 893000, with housing activity 64 percent above January through July last year.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Earthquakes and volcanic displays in Kenya
In the Chyulu Hills within Kenya’s national game park elephants and rhinoceroses fled seismic lava flows. Game wardens noted frightened wildlife and planned precautions against stampedes after a Friday disturbance near a tourist hotel.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Chyulu
Mombasa
Two Destructive Forest Fires Rage Across California
Two major wildfires raged out of control in opposite ends of California as dry winds pushed flames. East of San Diego more than 50 000 acres burned over three days, destroying seven homes and 12 cabins while Cleveland National Forest crews worked to contain the blaze. In Modoc county near the Oregon line 6 000 acres burned in virgin white pine timber forcing evacuations around Hackamore and blocking highway travel between Klamath Falls Oregon and Alturas California.
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San Francisco
California
San Diego
Cleveland National Forest
California-Oregon Line
Modoc
Hackamore
Klamath Falls
Ore
Alturas
Calif
Sobell Jailed In Default Of Heavy Bail
Sobell, eighth American accused of passing defense secrets to Russia, is held in Webb County jail in Laredo on $100000 bond awaiting removal to New York. Mexican police handed him to the FBI after a border transfer. his arrest details remain private.
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Morton Sobell
New York
Navy
Laredo
Tex
Russia
United States
Martin Sobell
Webb County
Mexico
Sobell
FBI
U. S
Frank Y. Hill
Toexico
Klaus Fuchs
Mexico City
Rio Grande
James V. Allred
Corpus Christi
Irving H. Saypol
Edward W. McDonald
Saypol
Flushing
Queens
Reeves Instrument Company
Two Toledo Men Die In Airplane Crash
Two Toledo men Charles C. Knowlson 27 and Theodore M. Knowlson 22 were killed when their Ryan Navion crashed in a cornfield near Delta Ohio early today. They had left Fort Wayne Indiana last night en route to Kansas City Missouri for a business trip. the cause of the crash is unknown.
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Wauseon, O
Toledo
Delta
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Perrysburg
Charles C. Knowlson
Theodore M. Knowlson
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Kansas City
Ryan Navian
How Business Can Get Business With Government
James Marlow explains a nationwide system through the Department of Commerce to inform businesses of government bids. About 2,100 local outlets display daily contract summaries, with roughly 500 new listings each day, enabling firms like Peoria zipper makers to bid via local chambers and the Chicago office. Bids are opened and the cheapest compliant offer wins the contract.
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James Marlow
Washington
Department of Commerce
Department
Boards of Trade
Chicago
Army
New York
Jones
Peoria
Chamber of Commerce
Ment
Joneses
Japan backs United Nations in Korea war white paper
Japan issues a 3800 word white paper declaring support for the United Nations in the Korean conflict. It frames cooperation with democracies as self defense and calls for public to help curb sabotage while condemning neutrality and leftist opposition. It labels Japan a vital outpost for UN forces in the region.
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Tokyo
Nippon
United Nations
Japan
U. N
New York Guild Strike Nearing End After Settlement Talks
The two month strike of the CIO American Newspaper Guild against the New York World Telegram and Sun neared a settlement today after a 15 hour bargaining session with federal mediators. Guild delegates would bring the terms to 400 strikers for a vote Tuesday night while the paper plans to resume publishing two to three days after final settlement.
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New York
CIO American
Guild
New York World-Telegram
Sun
World- Telegram
B. O. McAnney
Thomas J. Murphy
McAnney
Walter A. Maggiolo
No Special Privileges In Controls Says Maybank
Senate debate on the anti inflation mobilization bill centers on special privilege amendments. Senator Maybank predicts no real special privilege provisions will pass, while Senator Banner and Fulbright warn administration failures could invite such amendments. The Senate plans a Monday vote as Truman pushes for authority to curb commodity speculation.
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Maybank
Washington
Truman
Congress
D-Sc
Senate
Banners
N.vt
Barkley
Flanders
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate Revises Allowance Bill To Help Dependents
Armed Services Committee abandons universal discharge plan for service members with more than three dependents. Instead the measure urges the draft boards to avoid inducting such personnel if their families face hardship, with discharges left to service secretaries. Allowances would start July 1 and backdated to August, funding estimated at about 187 million dollars for the year.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
Senate Committee
Congress
National
Air Force
Senate
House
Incomes Not To Be Further Taxed In January Measure
Senator George projects a record federal tax take near 50 billion dollars for next year. He says a second installment tax bill will be debated in January to add about 7 billion dollars in revenue to fund Korea war efforts and bolster defenses. The plan includes an excess profits tax on corporations effective January 1, 1951.
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Washington
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Korea
Effec
Tive
Senate
House
UN Forces Ease Threat To Taegu
North Korean forces retreat north and southwest of Taegu as UN troops push back the main assault. A Tokchock Island landing by South Korean troops signals new allied action and potential forward base use for air and sea operations while Red divisions regroup north of Kumwha. The Tokyo command cites heavy losses and notes guerrilla activity behind enemy lines.
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Associated Press
Taegu
United Nations
MacArthur
Tokchock Island
Inchon
Seoul
Tokchock
U. S
Kumwha
Changnyong
South Korea
Naktong River
John H. Church
Tokyo
Kunci
Waegwan
Chilly Weekend For The Midwest
A cold air mass from Canada chills the central United States. The Midwest experiences another cold spell with 40s in north central states while the Gulf and eastern states stay warmer though cooler than yesterday from Maine to Ohio. California and desert regions report above 100 yesterday.
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Canada
Midwest
Great Lakes
Mississi Valley
Gulf States
Maine
Ohio
California
Arizona
Nevada
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Masan
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John R. Steelman
Armed Services Committee
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