Global War Real Threat Warned By Vinson
Rep. Vinson warns a global war is a real possibility and calls for a rapid buildup of U S forces. He supports extending enlistment, lifting size limits on the armed forces, and approving $10 486 million in extra defense funding. He criticizes Navy and Air Force expansion plans as too conservative.
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Britain to offer small ground force for United Nations Korea
London reports indicate Britain plans to send a small ground force to join United Nations efforts in Korea. Cabinet session signals possible major defense policy changes, but details on size and timing remain undisclosed.
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Foreign Sub Spotted In Sea of Marmara
Istanbul July 25 An unidentified foreign submarine has been spotted in the Sea of Marmara Defense Minister Refik Sikket Ince said today An intensive search is underway The sea lies between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea where Russia is known to have an undersea fleet The submarine was sighted near Izmit center of the American military mission naval program
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Sea of Marmara
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Russia
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Izmit
Stockpile Of Critical Items Half Complete
The munitions board told Congress that just over half of the planned 4.0 billion dollar strategic and critical materials stockpile is on hand or on order. As of June 30 the stockpile value reached 1.556 billion dollars, 38.4 percent of the total objective, with 12.2 percent more on order.
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United States urges faster rearmament for world peace
The United States calls Atlantic Pact partners to speed up rearmament as Korea shows Communism may shift from subversion to armed aggression. Charles M. Spofford leads a 12 nation civilian high command while Britain frames defenses and plans further aid to Korea.
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Thomas Wide Open Senate Fight Draws Southern Primaries
Democrats in four southern states hold primaries today with national focus on Oklahoma where Sen. Elmer Thomas seeks to fend off Rep. Mike Monroney. In Arkansas governor’s race McMath vies with Laney. Louisiana Senate pits Long ally LaFargue and ex representative Mills. South Carolina settles two congressional races with incumbents facing former foes.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
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U. S. House
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Shreveport
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Newt Mills
Monroe
South Carolina
Hugo Sims
Orangeburg
John J. Riley
Sumter
James B. Hare
Saluda
W. J. B. Dorn
Greenwood
Treasury Sees Tax Hikes Likely to Fund Defense
Secretary Snyder said Truman will ask Congress to raise individual and corporate taxes to pay for defense costs in Korea and elsewhere. He endorsed keeping excess profits taxes out of the interim bill and supported stable sales and income taxes while seeking loophole closures. Commerce Secretary Sawyer warned that current control powers may be insufficient if military spending rises, urging rapid Congressional action.
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39 Lost Lives In National Guard Transport Crash
Myrtle Beach report says 39 bodies recovered from wreckage of an army air force transport plane that crashed near the city. Initial toll listed 30 Tennessee guardsmen and four Florida air reserve crew. five more bodies later recovered likely military hitch hikers. Authorities in Nashville began a roll call to identify if the five added dead were Tennesseans.
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Army Air Force
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Regulation W Would Place Credit Control in President Power
Washington July 25. James Marlow reports that Congress may grant the President new power to regulate credit, timing of payments, and down payments on autos, appliances, and homes, a revival of wartime Regulation W intended to curb inflation and curb spending, amid Korea crisis and defense buildup.
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Congress
Reserve Commissions Frozen by Army in Wartime Pause
The Army has ordered a freeze on reserve commissions expiring or about to expire. Five year commissions signed after World War II by officers who left active duty in 1945 are now ending as the Korea crisis grows. The Air Force cannot freeze these due to a different law. Navy and Marine Corps plan no such action. ROTC members remain draft exempt during college but must serve active duty two years after graduation.
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Jones Inducted As Director Civil Defense
RALEIGH July 25 Governor Scott named E. Z. Jones a 48 year old Florida native and Burlington radio executive as North Carolina state director of civil defense with an 8000 dollar yearly salary. Jones will lead public education, assemble staff, and organize a statewide office with headquarters in Raleigh and a possible central sub-office.
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High Point
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More Than 5 000 New War Planes To Be Added
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced at the White House that more than five thousand war planes will be added to the nation's air strength. He spoke after conferring with President Truman and Secretary Matthews and said the outlook in Korea would change in a month as U S pilots and ground crews continued to fight bravely.
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Carrier Planes Slow Korean Front Push In Southwest
Allied air power hit front line targets around Kwangju as U S and British carrier planes struck advancing communist columns threatening Pusan. The fight around Yongdong persisted with American and South Korean forces holding a third of the peninsula.
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Kwangju
Oilman Helis Dies At Johns Hopkins
John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore reported the death of 63 year old oilman William G Helis after a respiratory infection and subsequent operations. Known as the golden Greek by friends he came to the United States at 17 with little to his name and built a vast oil fortune through years of ventures.
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Baptists Warn Freedom of Worship Faces Endangerment
The Baptist World Congress issued a manifesto through a 19 member commission led by Dr. Stanley I. Stuber warning that Christianity risks losing its core principles. It cites threats to church-state separation, arrests in Communist and Catholic-dominant nations, and restrictions on minority religious groups. The Baptists reaffirm their stance for free access to God and liberty to propagate religious opinion without civil or religious interference.
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The
Baptist World Congress Today
Commission of Religious Liberty
Stanley I. Stuber
New York
N. Y
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Wolfhounds Repel New NK Invasion At Korea Front
U S regiment the 27th Infantry Wolfhounds under Lt Col John Michaelis repelled a two wave North Korean attack near breakfast time. They used mortar artillery and air strafing to break up an assault involving eight tanks and hundreds of troops. Lt Gordon Jung reported tanks moving through a fog shrouded valley before being halted.
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Mike) Michaelis
Lebanon
Eisenhower
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Gordon Jung
Cincinnati
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Fla
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Stocks Rally After Slow Start In Mixed Market
New York July 25 A stock market rally formed after early declines brief losses varied widely with gains in rail names Baltimore and Ohio Sin is Central Union Pacific Caterpillar Tractor Nickel Plate and Air Reduction while U S Steel General Motors Boeing and several others lagged or held flat market broad but uneven with some sectors improving and others retreating.
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American Woolen
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Cafe Men Propose Food Price Freeze
The Restaurant Beverage Association of Washington proposed an immediate freeze and rollback of food prices in a resolution to President Truman and Congress. They cited overnight price increases of 10 to 26 percent and said they could not pass these costs to consumers.
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Phone hearing recessed in Raleigh on Southern Bell rate rise
A July hearing on Southern Bell Telephone Company request for a 2.7 million dollar annual rate increase was recessed from 60 to 90 days in Raleigh.
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