Army Calls Non Divisional Guard and Reserve Units to Duty
The Army announced it will progressively call non-divisional elements of the National Guard and reserves to active duty while avoiding division sized units for now. Units will be alerted about 30 days before movement and individuals may volunteer for certain grades. Congress weighs lifting overall service ceilings and extending enlistments by one year as Marines and Navy reserve units move to active duty.
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Army
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Department of the Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
Trushan
Marines
House
Towe
Vinson
D-Ga
Marine Corps
Far East
Fighting Services
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Senate Armed Services Committees
Truman
Gurney
R-Sd
U. S. Treasury
Guard
U S Negro Troops Drive Invaders Out of Yechon
U S infantry forces under General Lambert drive North Korean troops from Yechon 60 miles northeast of Taejon and 55 miles north of Taegu in a 16 hour battle. The Yechon victory marks a major ground success for American troops in Korea. Casualties were light, enemy losses unknown.
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Bu Ay Lambert
South Korea
Yechon
Taejon
Taegu
MacArthur
U. S
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Government Preparing Food Report to Reassure Public
Washington reports the Agriculture Department drafts a detailed six month food outlook to curb fears of shortages. The study cites plentiful supplies, rising slaughter rates, and large cold storage stocks to argue no basis for hoarding or sharp price hikes.
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Washington
Thegriculture Department
Truman
Gestae Brannan
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
New Salve Reported to Make Breast Cancers Disappear
Paris July 21 Dr Hanes Lettre of Heidelberg reported at the International Cancer Research Congress that a new salve derived from autumn crocus and related to colchicine halted cancer cell division. Some breast cancers treated with the drug vanished and had not returned after three years though not declared cured. The drug N methyl colchisamade is given after applying a slight electric pulse to deepen penetration and requires cautious long term use due to toxicity to healthy tissue.
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Paris
Hanes Lettre
Heidelberg
Germany
Lettre
International Cancer Research Congress
Institute For Exrimental Cancer Research
Eidelberg
Air Force May Seek Draft Authority If Volunteers Lacking
Washington July 21 The Air Force indicated to the House Armed Services Committee that if volunteers and reserves fail to meet manpower needs it may seek Congress power to draft veterans of the last war. Col Harland Parks testified the service expects to fill posts mainly with volunteers and reserves but desires draft authority as a backup. The defense department also asked Congress to repeal the provision allowing 18year olds to enlist for one year and shift to 19year olds enlisting for 21 months.
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Washington
Congressional Armed Services Committees
Senate
House
Tydings
Air Force
Congress
Harland Parks
Armed Services Committee
Stock Market Sees Mixed Moves In Choppy Session
New York July 21 Traders faced uncertain prices amid heavy volume as early gains faded and a midday rally gave way to a slow climb. Leaders with steady gains included Republic Steel U S Rubber J I Case Republic Aviation Schenley and others while tech and auto names like U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Boeing IBM Radio Corp and Du Pont lagged along with several large industrials.
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New York
Republic Steel
U. S. Rubber
J. I. Case
Republic Aviation
Schenley
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
Soviet troop movements reported near Astra border city
Iranian general staff says reliable informants report minor Soviet troop movements north of Astra in northeast Azerbaijan province on July 21. Local confirmation and potential border tensions under review by Tehran authorities.
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Tehran
Iran
Astra
Azerbijan
Price Wage Controls Discussed by Administration Leaders
Washington reports that Congress talked of price and wage controls in response to wartime costs. Senator O Mahoney urged a 10 percent tax rise to fund Korea and finance committees favored pay as you go. Commerce canceled licenses to ship U S goods to Communist China and lawmakers pressed for excess profits taxes to curb profiteering.
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Senate-House Economic Committee
O'Mahoney
House
Senate
Doughton
D-N. C
Tax Writing House
Ways and Means
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Douglas ,Jr
Banking
Commerce Department
U. S
China
Governor to Name Full-Time Civilian Defense Director
Raleigh July 21 The governor is to receive a recommendation for a full time director of North Carolina civil defense as 42 air observer supervisors prepare posts in eight northeastern counties Col L C Rosser will forward the plan E Z Jones of WBBB Burlington is a leading candidate salary about 8000 a year funds approved to operate until the 1951 legislature convenes legislatures to provide ongoing funding estimated at 18000 to 20000 annually the civil defense council was constituted by the council of state in May to oversee the program and its personnel
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Raleigh
Scott
North Carolina
Col. L. C. Rosser
State Council of Civil Defense
E. Z. Jones
WBBB
Burlington
Council of State
Civil Defense Council
Pre-Induction Exams Start August Fourteen Across Three Cities
North Carolina draft officials announce pre-induction examinations beginning August 14 in Raleigh Fayetteville and Charlotte. Inductees are slated to depart for training camps in late September under the new draft law first quota for the state set at 610 men to be supplied.
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Raleigh
Tar Heels
Selective Service
Fayetteville
Charlotte
North Carolina
Communists Fight to Hold Yechon as Taejon Falls
American Negro infantrymen seized Yechon after a 16 hour battle, halting Red advances toward supply lines. Allied ships shelled Yongdok to disable its communications role while U N aid expands though ground troops remain limited. MacArthur says Taejon loss has no strategic value. new front lines form on higher ground as weather hampers operations.
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Yongdok
U. S
South Korea
U.S
Congress
Lake Success
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Korea
MacArthur
Taejon
Charles T. Joy
Far East
Allied
Smithfield Man Faces Manslaughter Charge in Seven Deaths
Smithfield resident John H. Daughtry 30 today faced a manslaughter charge over the death of seven members of the Ivey Wadsworth family. Mrs. Ivey Wadsworth and six children died when a trailer they rode in was struck by Daughtry’s car near a filling station, according to Wayne County Deputy Roy Percise.
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Goldsboro
John H. Daughtry
Smithfield
Ivey Wadsworth
Daughtry
Wayne County
Roy Percise
General Dean Missing After Taejon Fight
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, commanding the U S Twenty fourth Infantry Division in Korea, was last reported directing a bazooka team during the Taejon battle as North Korean tanks pressed the city. Front line officers expressed hope he would escape, while witnesses described him aiding ammunition supply and leading tank destruction efforts amid collapsing streets.
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Tom Lambert
H. P. King
Korea
William F. Dean
Taejon
U. S
Twenty Fourth Infantry Division
Twenty-Fourth Infantry Division
Dean
Vargason
Newark Valley
N. Y
Pvt
Alverd
Stanton
Tex
A Bomb Not Practical For Korea War Says Officials
Washington reports military officials doubt the atom bomb could end the Korean war quickly. terrain and dispersed NK front lines limit targets, with few strategic sites. only a small Wonsan refinery and a single steel plant exist, making nuclear use unlikely.
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Elton
Fay Washington
the Armed Forces
Korea
U. S
Japan
North Korea
Wonsan
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