Truman weighs letter to Marine Corps League over remarks
President Truman considers sending a note to the Marine Corps League to ease anger over his claim that Marines act as the Navy's police and run a propaganda machine rivaling Stalin's. White House aides briefed as protests pour into his office and Marines in Korea react with stunned anger and profanity.
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Truman
Marine Corps League
Marine Corps
Navy
Stalin
White House
Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff
U. S
Korea
Army
Stars and Stripes
Naktong River Bulge
New Soviet Tanks Move Into Battle On Northern Front
American forces counterattacked around Yongchon driving guerrillas from the key highway junction. North Korea deployed a large tank force, with two brigades aiming toward Taegu, while Kyongju and Pohang remained crucial supply and rail hubs for the UN beachhead.
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Associated Press
U.S
Yongchon
Taegu
U.N
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Eighth Army
Amarinan Aimman Onane
Le 1
Fmantaalgil Gungeil
Doughboys
Youngchon
Kyongju
Pohang
Pusan
U. N
U. S
U. S. First Cavalry Division
First Cavalry
Naktong
Erickson
Korea
Kigye
American sergeant recounts escape from Korean Reds while used as human shield
M Sgt Clarence Jacobson and a companion hid under a hay stack after Reds attacked the rear group. A Communist officer used two guards to force the trio to serve as human shields while he searched the village. Jacobson wrestled a guard, freed his comrade, and they fled as the Reds swarmed the area.
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Stan Swinton
U. S. 25Th
Korea
Clarence Jacobson
Jacobson
Coates
Peace Talks Start In GE Walkout Fight
New York Sept 6 UP peace talks begin tomorrow in the CIO General Electric walkout now tangled. About half of GE's 60 000 IUE members strike 11 plants while the other half work at about 20 plants. Federal mediators in Washington seek a bargaining mood as negotiations resume. Violence flared at Syracuse where 4 000 IUE members picketed the 9 500 worker television plant. Four pickets and two deputies were injured in a near riot. one non striker faced charges after driving into officers and into the plant. The government urged a truce to protect war production.
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New York
Ciio-General Electric Company
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Washington
Union
Syracuse
N. Y
IUE High Command
Pinehurst School Destroyed by Unexplained Fire
An early morning blaze, preceded by an explosion, wiped out Pinehurst school. Superintendent Lewis Cannon put damage at 325000, noting recent remodeling and new furnishings lost. Classes resume next Monday with some held in the community church as firemen from Southern Pines Pinehurst and Aberdeen battled two hours.
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Pinehurst
Lewis Cannon
Southern Pines
Aberdeen
Birth drugs may harm newborns says researcher
STATE COLLEGE Pa Sept 6 Dr R F Becker of Philadelphia reported experiments with guinea pigs suggesting that oxygen deprivation during birth and overdosing of drugs given to mothers can lead to later nervous system damage and mental retardation in children. He showed how asphyxiation was created in unborn animals and observed subsequent behavioral changes and brain cell injury.
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State College
R. F. Becker
Philadelphia
McCarran Wins Nevada Primary Upstate Easy
Senator Pat McCarran secured a strong win in Nevada's Democratic primary, leading George Franklin by nearly three to one with 237 of 324 precincts reported. Republicans Kendrick Johnson and George Marshall fought a tight race for their nomination. Utah also held a primary, with Wallace Bennett winning the Republican senatorial nomination and Rue Gregg conceding.
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Pat McCarran
Nevada
George Franklin
Las Vegas
McCarran
Franklin
Kendrick Johnson
Reno
George Marshall
Johnson
Marshall
Utah
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Rue L. Gregg
Bennett
Four Communist Spies Executed By Nationalists
Four accused Communist spies were executed today on orders of the Chinese Nationalist government in Taipei Formosa. The shooters fired at the back of the head as the prisoners knelt with hands tied behind them. Identified were Li Peng also known as Edward Lee chief Communist agent in Formosa Wang Shen Ho alleged operator of a Formosan radio station Mrs Wang and Miss Liao Feng-Ngau Li's mistress.
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Taipei
Formosa
Li Peng
Edward Lee
Wang Shen Ho
Wang
Liao Feng-Ngau
Vadim Senelnykov
China
Tass
Acheson Seeks German Aid for Western Defenses
Secretary of State Acheson said it is desirable to find a proper way for Germany to aid the defense of western Europe. He stated Atlantic defense preparations have reached a stage to move swiftly from plans to action and to marshal actual personnel equipment and command structure to ensure adequacy.
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Washington
Acheson
Germany
Western
Europe
Atlantic
Taft Critiques Truman Policy Gaps in Foreign Stance
Senator Taft denounces the Truman administration as lacking a coherent foreign and military policy and urges a Republican Congress to provide consistent action. He cites concerns over Formosa defense, Japan and the Philippines, and notes policy clashes between Acheson and January statements. More on page seven A.
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Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Acheson
Japan
Okinawa
Philippines
Brewster
GOP
Truman backs quick senate vote on Alaska and Hawaii statehood
President Truman entered the effort to win senate passage of Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills before adjournment. Delegates E. L. Bartlett of Alaska and Joseph Farrington of Hawaii said the president will use every possible influence to secure a vote prior to adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
E. L. Bartlett
Alaska
Joseph Farrington
Hawaii
Mr. Truman
White House
Knowland accuses Chinese Reds of 1945 slaying of US officer
Senator Knowland on the senate floor condemned Chinese Communist forces, saying they shot and killed unarmed American Captain John M. Birch of Macon Georgia five years earlier during a North China mission to view Japan's surrender after V J Day. He cited an eye witness account now kept by the army.
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Knowland
California
Senate
John M. Birch
Macon
Birch
Gulf Hurricane Weakens Near Tampa Bay After Damaging Florida
A Gulf hurricane near Tampa Bay weakened as warnings for squalls and dangerous gales spread across northern and central Florida. Cedar Key suffered extensive damage with 200 buildings ruined, 400 to 500 residents homeless, and two deaths from electrocution. A second hurricane center hundreds of miles offshore moved northwest with 150 mph winds, prompting ship avoidance.
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Tampa Bay
Miami Weather Bureau
Tampa
Florida Gulf Coast
Florida
Atlantic
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Savannah
Cedar Key
Florida Highway Patrol
Olin Hill
Turner Field
Albany
E. J. Cosgrove
Oil Company
Hattie Kersey
Jacksonville
West Palm Beach
Traffic Accidents Hit Record Labor Day Toll
Chicago reports Labor Day weekend fatalities at 565 with 389 traffic deaths, 78 drownings, and 98 misc accidents. The figure surpasses the 1949 toll of 550 but is below the NSC projection of 435 and last year’s 410.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Yugoslavia Aligns With West on Korea War
Belgrade sept 6 Yugoslavia condemned aggression by North Korea and stated it would not intervene directly. Foreign Minister Kardelj told Borba the war endangers world peace and harms Korean gains as he prepared to attend the UN General Assembly in New York.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Edward R. Kardelj
Borba
Korea
Kardelj
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Russia Veto Expected Over Korea Resolution at UN
At Lake Success on September 6, Russia's Jakob Malik urged the UN Security Council to block the US drafted resolution calling nations not to aid North Korean aggressors. He labeled the US move as a cover for American Korea policy and argued the North Koreans are fighting a just war.
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Stanley Johnson Lake
Russia
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Council
U. S
Korea
Koreans Have Well Equipped Army Says McNarney
AP dispatch reports Gen. Joseph T McNarney of the Defense Department describes North Korea as an undisciplined but well trained and well led force equipped with up to date Soviet weapons. The piece notes U S ground forces faced a numerically superior foe, with air and sea power underutilized and atomic options avoided. It questions strategic choices and domestic pressures shaping policy.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
United States
North Korea
Joseph T. McNarney
Defense Department
U. S
Korea
Pentagon
Russia
North Carolina Casualties Listed in Korean War
Defense Department announces casualties from North Carolina in Korea. Wounded: Pfc Jasper W Sellers of Wadesboro and Pfc James C Wagoner of Kansas City. Missing in action: Pfc Fletcher R Thompson of Rocky Mount.
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Washington
Defense Department
North Carolina
Jasper W. Sellers
Glen Sellers
Wadesboro
James C. Wagoner
Lola M. Wagoner
East 10Th St
Kannapolis
Fletcher R. Thompson
Ida Thompson
Corey Road
Rocky Mount
Plane Crash Kills Pilot Near Teaneck New Jersey
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in a residential street killing pilot Thomas E Heaton Jr of Pittsfield Mass. Passenger Kenneth Gogan, also of Pittsfield, was critically injured and taken to a nearby hospital. The craft had departed Teterboro Airport en route to Pittsfield to meet CIO official James Carey and Holyoke local John Cake lagahan for a GE strike conference in Washington.
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Teaneck
N. J
Thomas E. Heaton, Jr
Pittsfield
Mass
Kenneth Gogan
Teterboro
James Carey
International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
John H. Cakelaghan
Holyoke
Washington
General Electric
Auto
Stock Market Slips Amid Apathy On Sept. 6
The New York stock market drifted downhill with losses around 50 cents a share on a wide range of leading issues. Buyers were hard to tempt amid a lack of aggressive selling pressure and concerns over a possible capital gains tax. Major declines hit U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Caterpillar Boeing Radio Corp Kennecott Copper Air Reduction Dow Chemical International Paper Chesapeake and Ohio Standard Oil Johns-Manville
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Congress
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Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Caterpillar Tractor
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