UN split on Russia return to Security Council
United Nations diplomats were divided over Russia ending its boycott and returning to the Security Council. Speculation ranged from moves against Nationalist China to new tactics in Korea and possible actions in the Balkans or Formosa. Russian chief delegate Malik said he would assume the presidency on Aug 1.
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Russia
U.N
Security Council
U. N
China
Balkans
Formosa
Council
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Austin
U. N. Security Council
Korea
London
Britain
Jakob A. Malik
Yugoslavia
Ales Bebler
Expect Reds To Take Off Mask Soon
Washington dispatch argues the United States must win the Korean conflict quickly or risk a broader war with Russia. Officials speculate Russia could strike within three years, or sooner if U S performance worsens. Authorities cite a $35 billion outlay and a push for 600000 more troops, with a mass draft planned for September.
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Russia
Korea
Kremlin
Truman
Congress
Tober
Pentagon
Germany
Iran
Yugoslavia
Asia
Mississippi Irked By Supreme Court Execution Stay
Willie McGee avoided execution as the U S Supreme Court stayed his sentence. Circuit Judge F Burkitt Collins condemned the Burton led stay citing no law or precedent. Governor Wright blasted the Civil Rights Congress for seeking clemency and accused it of trying to undermine state judicial systems.
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Willie McGee
Mississippi
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Circuit Court
F. Burkitt Collins
Harold Burton
U. S. Supreme Court
Cleveland
Fielding Wright
Civil Rights Congress of
New York
Civil Rights Congress
Wilie McGee
FBI urges facts not gossip to curb saboteurs
J Edgar Hoover outlines seven steps for citizens to aid the FBI during the military emergency. Emphasizing action over rumor, he urges reporting verifiable facts about sabotage or espionage and warns against private investigations. A close public cooperation system already links FBI offices nationwide.
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Jack Adams
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Truman
White House
Federal Bureau
United States
Youth's Death Attributable To Faulty Amusement Device
Wilmington July 28 A coroner's jury of electrical experts ruled that 15 year old Spencer boy Carol Lewis died June 6 at Carolina Beach from an improperly installed amusement device. The jury found no criminal negligence. Lewis died after grasping the handles of a shooting device while still wet from a swim.
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Wilmington
Spencer
Carolina Beach
Carol Lewis
Lewis
National Security Resources Board Would Decide Major Allocations
Washington July 28 The Truman administration debates which agency should control allocation of critical materials. NSRB may be asked to issue all major decisions on steel and other supplies, potentially making it an operating body rather than an arbiter, according to officials. Symington favors keeping NSRB as an umpire while old-line departments would handle actual allocations.
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Congress
Truman
Commerce Department
Interrior Department
Agriculture Department
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
NLRB
W. Stuart Symington
Mr. Truman
Dr Graham May May Resign For United Nations Role
Senator Frank Graham of North Carolina could resign from the Senate to take up an active United Nations post after his gubernatorial appointment and term. He already serves on a U N panel and may join the American delegation to the September General Assembly session. Some officials doubt any immediate plan, while Graham pressed President Truman about nominations during a private visit.
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Washington
Frank Graham
DNC
United Nations
Senate
Graham
U. N
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
Truman
Senate Banking panel to vote on Baruch plan wage price controls
Senate Banking Committee discussed the Baruch plan for immediate wage price controls and planned a vote. The panel also tweaked the Truman administration bill to exempt farms from defense takeover facilities and framed the intent to fit within competitive enterprise. The House approved the President’s plan 20 to 1 while Baruch’s plan failed 10 to 9, with Kunkel vowing to push it in the next House floor vote. The Fed reported a 46 percent rise in department store sales year over year, while sugar distributor sales rose 37 percent in early July. the government will buy remaining Cuban stocks to support U S markets.
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Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Bernard M. Baruch
Ives
R.-N.y
Rters
Senate
Banking Committee
Maybank
D.-S.c
House Banking Committee
Elder
Kunkel
R.-Pa
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Agriculture Department
Department
U. S
Army Plans One More Draft Call This Year
Washington July 28 The army aims to raise strength to 834000, adding 240000 officers and men from 594000, under Truman budget, with Gen Collins briefing on a $3.059b army request. A second draft could follow by year end to approach 800000, as 100000 draftees become 150000 in September and October.
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Washington
Rep
Vinson
D. Ga
Truman
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
United States
First Cavalry Battle Front Shudders In Major Korean Offensive
Nine Red divisions about 90,000 men launch a sweeping assault along the 200 mile Korean front. The U S First Cavalry fights a savage holding action, retreating briefly before stabilizing positions. US and South Korean units counterattack to protect Kumchon Taegu and the Pusan port line amid heavy artillery and rain. Russia ends UN boycott triggering Cold War speculation.
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Associated Press
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United Nations
U. S. First Cavalry
First Cavalry
MacArthur
United States
West Central
U. N
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15Th Division
U. S
Yongdong
Kumchon
Taegu
Pusan
Yongdok
Washington
Emergency Proclaimed By King George VI Full War Footing Declared
King George VI proclaims a military emergency authorizing reserves to be called up. The Admiralty plans to place the Far Eastern fleet on a full scale war footing. Fifty carrier experienced pilots and technicians will be recalled, with about 1,100 officers and men kept on duty as their terms expire.
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Armed Services Committee
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London
George VI
Royal Navy
Admiralty
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Robeson farmer held for murder of young wife
A 35 year old Robeson county farmer Marvin Hunt is jailed in Lamberton charged with beating his wife Christine Hunt 30 to death with a tobacco stick at their farm near the state line. Sheriff Willis C Britt says 13 lacerations on the head and claims she fell after the attack.
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Robeson County
Marvin Hunt
Dillon
S. C
Christine Hunt
Willis C. Britt
Hunt
Britt
More Men Needed on The Battle Line Says Boyle
Hal Boyle reports from Korea that U S forces must be beefed up to win quickly. He notes generals are skilled but overextended and urges sentry numbers and better weapons to accelerate victory as American troops move toward the battlefront amid rugged roads and heavy dust.
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
Korea
G. I
Joe
Large North Carolina Draftees Seen Under Army Call
About 3 050 Tar Heels may be drafted by October as the army raises its call from 20 900 to 100 000 men. Col. Hugh Upton notes quotas go to 34 counties first for the 610 initial draftees with later calls expanding to other counties as offices reopen.
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Selective Service
North Carolina
Hugh Upton
State Selective Service
Col. Upton
Upton
Charlotte
Fayetteville
GM Shares Lead Market After June Quarter Profit Milestone
General Motors common stock surged in heavy trading in New York after news that GM earned the most money in a June quarter of any U.S. company. GM rose as high as 3 to reach 84.25, with Chrysler advancing more slowly. Other firms including U S Steel Republic Steel Studebaker U S Rubber Goodrich and GE showed higher prices amid a broad rally across key industries.
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U. S. Steel
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Youngstown Sheet
Studebaker
U. S. Rubber
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Admiral
Emerson
Philco
Avco
Mfg
American Telephone
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Allied Chemical
American Cyanamid
du Pont
American Can
General Electric
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
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U. S. Gypsum
Johns- Manville
Goldsboro Sees Four-Hour Deluge Floods Streets
Goldsboro was drenched with 7.35 inches of rain during a four hour period yesterday afternoon. The downpour flooded basements blocked streets and slowed the Wayne county tobacco harvest, the weather observers reported making it the hardest rainfall in several years.
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Goldsboro
Wayne County
GE Unveils Low Cost Color TV System for Existing Sets
General Electric announces a color television concept named frequency interface that can operate with current black and white receivers. The system has been submitted to the Federal Communications Commission for approval.
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Syracuse
N. Y
General Electric Company
Electronics Department
Federal Communications Commission
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