Draft calls and a fatal highway crash headline
The report notes proposed second draft calls under Hershey and Hart amid wartime draft regulation debates. It also covers Vernon Cecil of High Point killed when his car hit a railroad track and crashed, detailing his World War II service and surviving relatives, followed by statewide auto fatalities including a mother and six children in a Goldsboro trailer crash.
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Vernon Marlin Cecil
High Point Rt. 5
Cecil
High Point
Cumby - Davis
Randolph
Highway Patrol
Eeen
W. W. Wilson
Asheboro
Prospect
Highland Cotton Mills
Phillipines
Vick
Ethel Hill Cecil
Lillian Kennan
James New
Home
Helen Boatwright
Kannapolis
N. C
Fern Hunsucker
Sylvia Hunsucker
John Cecil
Route 5
Cumby-Davis Mortuary
H. J. Keenan
Walker Street
Highland Methodist Church
Worth Pugh
Elgin Doby
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Goldsboro
Thelma Wadsworth
Senate Approves Point Four Funds Amid Korea War Context
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 13 to 3 to authorize 26.9 million for direct Point Four technical assistance, near the 35 million Truman proposed, with initial votes and prior allocations including 5 million for the Institute of Inter American Affairs and 2.6 million for Smith Mundt activities.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
Senate
Institute of InterAmerican Affairs
Smith-Mundt
Coffee Price Hike by Great Atlantic and Pacific Co
New York July 17 Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co raises bag packed coffee by four to five cents a pound. Eight O Clock now 74 cents Red Circle 76 cents Bokar 77 cents. Trade circles expect other chains to follow. Company cites higher green coffee prices due to poor crops, not war.
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New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Red Circle
A. and P
Tot Escapes Injury When Hit by Trolley
A two year old, Nancy Montez, was struck by a street car in Chicago. Six physicians examined her for an hour without finding serious injuries. A bruise on her head was ruled from a fall the day before. Police said the car’s cow catcher saved her life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nancy Montez
Nancy
Louise
Truman to Send Korea War Message to Congress
President Truman will transmit a comprehensive Korea war message to Congress and deliver a nationwide radio report that night. The message outlines legislative steps to back U S efforts against the Red invaders and is expected to seek controls on steel, consumer credit limits, and possibly a tax increase. The plan follows talks with Democratic leaders and a lengthy White House meeting with key congressional leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Korea
Charles G. Ross
House
Rayburn
Senate
Barkley
Lucas
Illinois
McCormack
Massachusetts
Florida Moves to Clamp Down on Lush Gambling
Florida officials acting on senate crime committee findings moved to crackdown on gambling. Governor Warren ordered probes into Broward County and Dade County activities, naming Sheriff Clark and Sheriff Sullivan in potential malfeasance cases. Kefauver announced further hearings in St Louis with Miami and Tampa slots eyed.
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Florida
Miami
Fla
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Tallahassee
Fuster Warren
Broward County
Fort Clark
Clark
Warren
Dade County
Glenn C. Mincer
Ings
Senate
Jimmy Sullivan
Mincer
Sullivan
Kefauver
U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
St. Louis
Tampa
Wounded Colonel Seeks Quick Return to Battle
In Korea a wounded colonel on a stretcher recalls a bold Kum river defense. He led a unit that withstood heavy Red artillery and crossfire while back at nightfall Americans prepared to fall back. He refuses evacuation, insisting he will soon rejoin the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Moore
U. S
Korea
Kum
United States
Hoarding Endangers Economy Says Washington Column
The article argues that heavy buying and price boosting across the country threaten the economy. Hoarders and profiteers risk government rationing and price controls, lowering the dollar's value, and undermining free enterprise. It warns such actions could provoke scarcity and wartime controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Britain
Russia
Food price warnings spark drive for controls in Congress
Senator Gillette warns that attempts to profit from war scare may trigger price controls as food costs rise. He notes bakery prices jumped after ingredient costs increased and warns gains could prompt hearings and action. House members Klein and Flood call for a national and local price rise investigation amid bread price increases.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
Diowa
Gillette
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
House
Rep
Klein
D.-N.y
Rep. Flood
D.-Pa
Communists Push in Korea Amid Stubborn American Stand
American defenders fall back from Taejon as Communist forces probe south toward the Kum river. U S and South Korean units halt a Red column near Nan san with air and artillery support. A Pentagon briefing says U S forces will hold south of the Kum and prepare an offensive while U.S. demands include withdrawal of North Korean troops to the 38th parallel.
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Reds
Kum River
Associated Press
Taejon
MacArthur
Kiomadang
Tae
U. S
Yongyang
Yongchon
Taegu-Taejon
Pentagon
Korea
Tokyo
Nansan
Yongdok
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pusan
Seoul
Chungju
Russia
Stalin
New Delhi
Nehru
India
Soviet Union
China
United Nations Security Council
38Th Parallel
Gambling Raid Nets Arrests In Davidson
Fifteen men were arrested and gambling equipment seized at an elaborately furnished farm house in lower Davidson county. Three men Frank Felthouse Hubert Reginald Styles and Robert McCanless all of Salisbury were charged with operating a gambling house. Twelve others were arrested and will be tried in recorder's court. Bonds were posted and items seized included betting forms a teletype printer two poker tables and a dice machine. Felthouse earlier faced Asheville investigations and Cannon received a suspended sentence and fines.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Frank Felthouse
Hubert Reginald Styles
Robert McCanless
Salisbury
Recorder's Court
McCanless
Felthouse
Styles
W. G. Fritts
Fritts
Felthaus
Asheville
Vaughn L. Cannon
Cannon
Tribune Reporter Ordered Out of Korea
Trib reporter Marguerite Higgins, the New York Herald Tribune’s foreign correspondent, said she was ordered to leave Korea and return to Tokyo under escort. Other reporters were barred and told to return as General MacArthur’s command asserted control over Korea coverage.
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Tokyo
Marguerite Higgins
New York Herald Tribune
Korea
Miss Higgins
Walton H. Walker
Taegu
Woolen Co. Announces Wide Price Increase on Worsted Goods
New York July WW American Woolen Co announces price hikes of 12 percent to 14.44 cents a yard on all its worsted goods for men and women's clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Woolen Co
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Randolph County
Ted Hodge
Tottering
North Koreans
Itaejon
Or, North Korea
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U.S
Tsushima
Hershey
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Irving W. Hart
Selective Service Information
Hart
Army
Kvere Bertie Bell
Barbara
Edith
Ivey, Jr
David
Donald
Ivey Wadsworth
John H. Daughtry
Smithfield
John H. Fields
Charlotte Jeweler
Tot
Aspeds
Davidson
Walker
General MacArthur
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