Five Communist Jets Shot Down In Violent Clashes
U S Sabre pilots claim downed at least five Russian-built jets and damaged 12 more near Suiho Dam and Sinuiju in Northwest Korea. Ninety-nine Sabres participated in the clash as U N forces boost the August air campaign with raids on Pyongyang and surrounding targets.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Pyongyang
U. N. Lane
Haeju Peninsula
Red Western Front
Air Force
Yonan
Marine Corsair
Skyraider
Navy
Changjin
Nam Il protests UN over POW deaths and injuries
Panmunjom Korea Nam Il North Korea’s chief truce delegate protested to the United Nations over the death of one Communist prisoner and wounding of 26 others in Allied POW camps. He demanded a responsible accounting and criticized the UN for discrediting captured personnel and using propaganda during armistice talks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Nam Il
United Nations
U.N
U. N
William K. Harrison
Reds
Nam Ti
Pitcher Bobby Shantz Receives Threatening Letters
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bobby Shantz says he received three threatening notes postmarked Cambridge Massachusetts warning him not to play at Fenway Park in Boston next weekend. He kept one typewritten letter signed A Guy and reported the matter to police and postal authorities.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
Bobby Shantz
Boston
Shantz
Cambridge
Mass
A. Guy
Mr. Shantz
Fenway Park
Athletics
Jimmy Dykes
Bobby
Iton
U. S
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh Pirates
FBI
Marauders Hold Annual Reunion in Charlotte
Merrill's Marauders, a 3200 strong volunteer commando unit that operated behind Japanese lines in North Burma in 1944, hold their annual reunion in Charlotte. About 500 living survivors are named by the reunion committee, with roughly 100 attending. General Frank Merrill will speak tonight about his 18th Division trip to Japan.
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Charlotte Merrill
Marauders
Burma
Frank D. Merrill
New Hampshire
Myitkyna Field
Ledo Road
China
India
Merrill
Singapore
Japan
Clothiers Meet Greensoboro Seventh Annual Convention
The Carolina Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers plans its seventh annual convention at Blowing Rock with speakers including William B. Umstead and Ellis Arnall. Umstead will also headline the Linville dedication of a 228 foot swinging bridge on Grandfather Mountain next Tuesday. A mother who bore twins in prison is freed to time served after Paroles Commission commutation for a Gaston County case.
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Clothiers
Greensboro
Carolinas Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Blowing Rock
Joseph H. Johnson
William B. Umstead
Durham
Ellis Arnall
Office of Price Stabilization
Linville
Grandfather Mountain
Blue Ridge Parkway
Linville Peak
Yins
Raleigh
Paroles Commission
Louis McGully
McGully
Gaston County
Budget Hearings Set for 1953 55 Biennium Requests
Raleigh budget bureau announces the Advisory Budget Commission will hear budget requests from state departments agencies and institutions beginning September 22 and continuing through September 30 1951. Agriculture goes first and the State Board of Education concludes the schedule.
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Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Bureau
Department of Agriculture
State Board of Education
Welch Takes Over Raleigh Command of Patrol Troop C
Capt. Arthur W. Welch was promoted to captain and named commanding officer of State Highway Patrol Troop C at Greensboro. He fills the post left by W. B. Lentz who became colonel, while James R. Smith moved from colonel to major and became an executive officer.
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Welch
Raleigh
Arthur W. Welch
State Highway Patrol
Greensboro
W. B. Lentz
James R. Smith
Lentz
Smith
Tax settlements average 15 cents on the dollar
The IRS reports an open book policy settlement average of 15 cents on the dollar for six compromises totaling 190000 in back taxes interest and penalties. It collected 28600 and claims no better outcome. In fiscal 1951 the bureau pursued 6300000 of delinquent taxes at 1950 prices. J W Barnett Sr of Vossburg Mississippi settled 59000 tax and penalty for 1943 after pleading nolo contendere and paying 1500 in fines due to claimed inability to work.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Areau
J. W. Barnett Sr
Vossburg
Miss
Barnett
Bureau
U S and Britain Propose Three Point Iran Settlement
The United States and Britain proposed a three point settlement of the Anglo Iranian oil crisis including a 10 million dollar US grant to Iran. The plan, presented to Iranian Premier Mossadegh, calls for World Court submission on compensation to AIOC, negotiated oil flow arrangements, and conditional sale of 20 to 30 million dollars of oil now blocked.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Iran
Truman
Churchill
Mossadegh
London
Tehran
World Court
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Aigus
AAIOC
State Department
Fforts
Posal
Lou Henderson
George Middleton
McGrath to Testify in Hearing on DOJ Obstruction Allegations
Former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath agreed to appear before House investigators in mid September to answer charges that the Justice Department sought to block a 1951 grand jury probe into St. Louis tax scandals. The inquiry also examined delays in a separate war contract fraud case involving Norman E. Miller.
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Washington
LLP
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
House
Justice Department
St. Louis
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
Department
McGrath
James P. Finnegan
Subcommittee
U.S
Norman E. Miller
Detroit
Miller
Franklin Knock
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Oil Tariff Cut Will Not Lower Prices
Washington officials say no drop in gasoline or fuel oil prices will follow a 50 percent cut in oil tariffs. The move aims to boost imports to sustain defense needs, but tight supply and market conditions prevent price relief for motorists households or industries. Big oil firms remain silent while a spokesman calls the policy beneficial for heavier oils for ships and industry.
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Washington
Truman
United States
America
Louisianan Electors Resign Over Tideland Oil Stand
Six of Louisiana's 10 Democratic electors resigned in protest of Gov. Adlai Stevenson’s opposition to state ownership of tidelands rich in oil. The resignations, joined by Neville Levy and Edward V. Pavy, highlight fears of financial loss if federal control remains, with Louisiana potentially losing 30 million dollars yearly in royalties.
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Louisiana
Stevenson
New Orleans
Adlai Stevenson
Neville Levy
Edward V. Pavy
Opelousas
Truman
Tidelands
Levy
Stevenson Eyes Labor Law Repeal Speeches Heat Up Campaign
In the lull before fall campaigning, Adlai Stevenson may push repeal of the Taft Hartley Act in Detroit and Michigan as he campaigns from New York to labor strongholds. Eisenhower backs state FEPC action, while Lodge warns of Stevenson double talk and filibusters. Truman plots a combative tour with Oscar Chapman possibly joining Stevenson’s push. Indiana GOP backer Capehart pledges Indiana for Eisenhower.
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Associated Press
Stevenson
Congress
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Springfield
Michigan
Detroit
Pontiac
Flint
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FEPC
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Lodge
Senate
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Milwaukee
Washington
Cha
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
Homer Capehart
Indiana
Robert A. Taft
Hurricane Warning Looms Off Georgia Coast
The Atlantic hurricane moves toward the coast with warnings from Fernandina to Georgetown. At 11 am the storm centered about 130 miles southeast of Brunswick and winds near 80 to 90 mph. Officials say coastal areas should take precautions as warnings extend to Jacksonville to Wilmington.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fernandina
Georgetown
S. C
Weather Bureau
Miami
St. Augustine
Georgia
South Carolina
Brunswick
Wilmington
N.C
Miami Weather Bureau
N. C
North Carolina Coast Awaits Hurricane Threat
The North Carolina coast braces as a hurricane, about 90 miles offshore, surfaces a possible 90 mph onslaught within 24 hours. Coast Guard warnings rise, ships seek safe harbors, and several military bases evacuate aircraft and place others on alert. A civilian air cadet instructor dies of a heart attack while en route to Wilson.
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Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
Florida
North Carolina
Ft. N. Henderson
Goldsboro
Stallings Air Base
Kinston
Wilson
Winston - Salem
Roanoke
Cherry Point
Akron
Pope
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Charleston braces for first hurricane Able
Hurricane Able nears Georgetown and Charleston with warnings of 75 mph winds and possible tidal flooding. Navy and Coast Guard units batten down, ships moved to safer berths, and residents evacuate coastal homes as Sixth Naval District remains on Condition 1 and docks fill with weathered vessels.
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Weather Bureau
Carolina
Fernandina
Fla
Georgetown
Georgia
Charleston
Navy
Coast Guard
Ashley River
Navy Yard
Naval District
Cooper River
Dumage
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Little Liz
Congressional Record
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D. C
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Umstead
Pavy
N. B. Carstarphen
Shreveport
State Democratic Central Committee
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High Point
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