AEC Outlines Atomic Weapon Production and Research Plans
The Atomic Energy Commission reported a six month surge in current operations for all forms of weapons including the hydrogen bomb and a peak rate in the production of uranium 235 and plutonium. It cited accelerated efforts on atomic submarines and aircraft and detailed worker protection measures and civil defense tools.
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Frank FE. Carey
Associated Press
Science
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Atomic Agency
Truman
Butt
Cilities Coontene
AEC
Commission
Colorado
United States
Colorado Plateau
Serpeamure
Canada
Volume Increase on Weed Market Second Week Sales
Valdosta Ga July 31 Volume was expected to rise as the second week of the 1950 Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco season began. USDA reports first week sales near 2 million pounds per day below last year while prices averaged 6.88 dollars per hundredweight higher than 1949 opening.
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Valdosta
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
Blonde and Engineer Latest Suspects In Atomic Spy Probes
New York reports name Abraham Brothman a 36 year old chemical engineer and Miriam Moskowitz a 34 year old business associate as the latest suspects in a Russia linked atomic spy ring. Julius Rosenberg also slated for arraignment as authorities signal more arrests may follow.
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New York
Abraham Brothman
Miriam Moskowitz
Russia
Klaus Fuchs
U. S
Irv
Ing H. Saypol
Julius Rosenberg
Brothman
Miss Moskowitz
War Manpower Commission
Harry Id
Philadelphia
Fuchs
Gold
Semen H. Semenov
Amtorg
Ulster Chemical Company
Cliffwood
N. J
New York City
Manhattan
Pravda Praises U S Communists While Chiding Vigilance
Pravda lauded U S communist leaders for opposing Korea intervention but criticized lax vigilance that allowed FBI spies into ranks. The party newspaper said American Communists cannot be destroyed and claim growing strength amid persecution, noting FBI data of over 54 thousand members.
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Moscow
Pravda
U. S
Korea
FBI
Communist Party
United States
America
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Tobin Lines Up War Employment
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin formally puts 1,800 public employment offices under the war production program signaling a temporary role as America's war manpower boss. Tobin, 49, former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor, assumed labor secretary duties before Truman's 1948 re election. The War Manpower Commission led by Paul W. McNutt previously handled war plant labor needs.
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Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
America
Boston
Massachusetts
Truman
War Manpower Commission
Paul W. McNutt
High Point Man Streeton Escapes From Raleigh State Hospital
Charlie Streeton a two time killer convicted of fatally shooting Carl Davis in High Point remains at large after a midnight escape from the state hospital for the insane in Raleigh. Authorities believe outside help aided the elusion including obtaining his file and securing transportation. Streeton, deemed dangerous with a psychopathic personality, had been imprisoned at Central Prison and was in solitary confinement when he fled.
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Bill Era
Enterprise
Charlie Streeton
State Hospital For
Raleigh
Solitar
Streeton
Hospital
Carl Davis
Central Prison
Escape by Charles Streeton Alarms Local Police
Police here say Charles Streeton escaped from confinement by feigning illness to reach a hospital. Streeton, jailed in Guilford County after prior trouble with authorities during the Carl Davis case, reportedly fled while awaiting transfer to the state hospital, prompting officials to note the escape was predictable.
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Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
Charles Streeton
Carl Davis
State Hospital
Streeton
Guilford County
Greensboro
Guilford
John Walters
W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Store Level Prices Begin Upward Climb Nationwide
New York reports store level prices rising as raw material costs from the Korean War era lift finished goods. Shoes underwear fuel oil gasoline car parts typewriters lawn seed percale and dairy products show increases while not all firms raise prices. Textile markets show confusion with mills withdrawing quotes and price shifts varying by region and company names not specified.
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New York
Evidence Mounts Russian Officers Advising Koreans
Don Whitehead reports from the Eighth Army in Korea that captured prisoners reveal Russian officers aiding North Korean units. Captain Walter C. Clarke leads a questioning team noting multiple Russians with several divisions and identifying top Red units as veterans of Manchuria.
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Don Whitehead
VA. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Walter C. Clarke
Wilshire Blvd
Ft. Worth
Tex
Clarke
Air Force
North Korea
Manchuria
Tough Texan Walker vows to push Koreas north in Korea
Lt General Walton H. Walker of Belton Texas heads U S Eighth Army in Korea and pledges to drive North Korean forces back to northern skies echoing Patton era offensives He cites Patton’s March 1944 order and recalls his 20th Corps Saint Lo breakthrough as proof of his approach The piece previews a second story outlining broader strategy from Walker in Korea.
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Koreas
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Don Whitehead
U. S. 8Th Army
George Patton
Ghost Corps
Europe
Belton
Tex
8Th U S. Army
Saint Lo
France
Walker
Patton
Third Army
20Th Corps
Texas
Wednemeyerne Academy
Virginia Eraltaxy Institute
Military Academy
West Point
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Eighth Army
King Leopold Offers Temporary Power Transfer for Peace
Premier Jean Duvieresart said King Leopold would temporarily transfer royal powers to Crown Prince Baudouin if opposition Socialists withdraw political and economic demands, delivering the move through parliamentary channels.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jean Duvieresart
Laopers
Baudouin
Truman Seeks Four Billion for Military Aid Abroad
President Truman told congressional leaders he would send a message requesting 4 billion dollars more for military aid to anti Communist nations. Speaker Rayburn said Truman likely would not veto a bill granting extra economic controls and rationing authority. Democratic leaders, including Barkley Lucas and McCormack, discussed domestic controls amid rising congressional sentiment.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
Rayburn
Congress
Texas
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Ilinois
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Violent Deaths In North Carolina Stand At Three
Three violent deaths were reported in North Carolina over the weekend. William Hunsucker, 18, of Sophia drowned in Miller's Pond Randolph County. Robert Capps, 34, of Slocum died when he fell from a power shovel. Preston McMillan, 30, was arrested in Elizabethtown in the axe murder of his wife Laura, 20.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
William Franklin Hunsucker
Sophia
Miller's Pond
Randolph County
Robert M. Capps
Slocum
J. W. Pinkstone
Capps
Elizabethtown
Preston McMillan
Laura
Morale High As Initial Troops From States Land
U S second division troops from Texas California Georgia New York Indiana Oklahoma Vermont Illinois and other states arrive in Korea aboard a southern port ship. Veterans of World War II mix with fresh troops as unloading continues by night under dockside lights.
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Tom Lambert
Korea
al Bellmore
16Th St
Detroit
Isidor Valdez
Lawton
Oklo
George Kopacick
Gary
Ind
Robert E. Sherman
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Joseph Safford
Burlington
United States
Myron P. Ryan
van Nuys
Calif
Lorey Parker
Atlanta
James M. Black
Teague
Texas
Normandy
Texas Rangers
Cpl
Raymond Godsey
Nacog
Russians Silent on Security Council Plans and Korea Actions
Moscow avoids comment on Tuesday's Security Council agenda and potential return to UN bodies. Malik becomes council chair in August as Tsarapkin and other Soviet officials take new posts while Russia contemplates possible participation amid the Korea refugee aid efforts and Western strategy discussions.
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Lake Success
Security Council
U. N
Jakob Malik
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Russia
Bredo Stabell
Norway
Ivan A. Skilarov
M. Penette
Mihail I. Maximov
Jean Fournier
U.N
Malik
Arne Sunde
Sunde
France
Britain
United States
Council
Korea
Moscow
Gen
MacArthur
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Charles G. Streeton
Skips Hospital
Charles Gonzaga Streeton
Mane
Lauds
Commies
St. Louis
American Woolen Company
South Korea
San
Pusan
Yongdong-Hwanggan
Hwanggan
Leopold
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