Fresh Red Korean Offensive Expected Any Hour
U S big guns knocked out many communist artillery pieces on day two of a sustained artillery duel northwest of Taegu. U N forces press the Red threat while plans for an all out offensive loom as 40 000 Red troops are believed in the bowing alley corridor. Allied air and ground forces hit Naktong river fronts, Takung pockets, and Sunchon plant targets as counterstrikes continue along the Taegu area and Masan front with heavy casualties reported.
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Associated Press
U. S
Taegu
United Nations
South Korea
Yongchon
MacArthur
U.N
Syngman Rhee
Naktong River
Changnyong
U. S. Suh
Masan
Pusan
Sunchon Chemical
Pyongyang
Maine and New Hampshire primaries shape upcoming vote
Maine voters face a GOP sweep scenario with Gov. Frederick G. Paine favored for re election over Earl S. Grant while three GOP House members draw Democratic challenges. In New Hampshire Senator Tobey is opposed by Wesley Powell as a major national primary, with Emmet J. Kelley clinching the Democratic nomination. Arizona sees Senator Hayden in a two man primary fight with Cecil H. Miller posing the strongest challenge.
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Senate
House
Frederick G. Paine
Maine
Earl S. Grant
Portland
Leland S. Currier
Robert Hale
Charles P. Nelson
Frank Fellows
Lucia Comier
Hale
John J. Maloney, Jr
Nelson
John V. Keenan
Fellows
New Hampshire
Senator Tobey
Cecil H. Miller
Phoenix
Robert
Spirit of St Louis crashes into troop train near Coshocton
In thick fog near West Lafayette Ohio the Spirit of St Louis passenger train plowed into a stalled troop train. Thirty-two Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers were killed and about 60 injured, many in the rear coach. Guard units from Wilkes Barre, Pa., were en route to Camp Atterbury Indiana.
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Coshocton
Spirit of
West Lafayette
Spirit
St. Louis
109Th Field Artillery
Pennsylvania
28Th National Guard
Wilkes- Barre
Robert Short
Dallas
109Th
Battery A
Here
Two Killed In Train Wreck In Gibsonville
At Gibsonville six wounded and two killed in a Southern Railway freight derailment near the station. Eight cars jumped rails. five loaded with autos caught fire. Firemen from Gibsonville Burlington and Greensboro fought the blaze over two hours. Preliminary findings cite a steam fitting falling into a switch.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Gibsonville
P. A. Transon
Winston- Salem
Arnold S. Jackson
Spencer
Southern
Burlington
Greensboro
Asheville
Black Mountain
Alice West
Swannanoa
Marion Plumley
Tryon
Edgar Lee Surratt
Lincolnton
Charlotte
Surratt
Frank R. Williamson
Negro Reserve Unit Mobilizes From Raleigh
Raleigh dispatch reports the 465th quarter master service company, the first army reserve unit drawn from Raleigh’s Negro community, is scheduled to mobilize today at Camp Picket Virginia. The unit ranked high in training and aptitude and earned an excellent rating at Fort Bragg during a July encampment.
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Raleigh
465Th Quartermaster Service Company
Camp Picket
Fort Bragg
465Th
Third Army
Fourth Field family member vanishes amid spy saga
Berlin reports another Field family disappearance as Noel Field’s tale widens. Mrs. Robert Wallach, adopted daughter of ex State Department employee Noel H Field, is missing after Noel vanished in May 1949. U S officials press Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary for answers amid Cold War blame.
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Berlin
Field
U.S
Robert Wallach
Noel H. Field
State Department
Wallach
Paris
Noel
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Budapest
Herta
Hermann
Cleveland
Warsaw
U. S. State Department
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
Iron Curtain
Noel Field
Harrison Takes Over as Head of New Production Authority
President Truman creates a national production authority in the commerce department with William H. Harrison of ITT as head. The move signals mobilization for a $30 billion annual arms program, targeting steel and other scarce materials. Early steps include a scarcity list, anti hoarding orders, and a priority regulation to push defense orders ahead of civilian needs.
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Harrison
New Production Authority
Sawyer
Washington
Truman
William H. Harrison
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
National Production Authority
NPA
Commerce Department
NPR
Doughton Denies Retirement Plans for Now
WINSTON-SALEM Sept 11 U S Rep Robert L Doughton, 86, called retirement rumors unfounded, saying he has no plans to leave Congress before December 1952 and will remain neutral on a successor when he retires. Reports from Raleigh over the weekend suggested he might quit in favor of a district Democratic choice.
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Winston-Salem
U. S
Robert L. Doughton
Doughton
Washington
Congress
Coughton
Raleigh
Democratic Executive Committee
Winds and Floods Pound Middle Atlantic States
The Associated Press reports flash floods across Virginia and Maryland as heavy rains from a hurricane move north. At least four people drowned, two more missing, and extensive damage hit Rockbridge and other counties as roads and rail lines wash away.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Rockbridge County
Gunpowder River
Bel Air
Baltimore
Essex
Afl
G B S Breaks Thigh In Fall At Home
George Bernard Shaw, famed playwright, broke his thigh in a garden fall at his country home and was taken to a hospital in Luton for emergency surgery. A hospital spokesman said the 1st year old author and wit was very comfortable and had a small library with him. Officials expected operation this afternoon or tonight, with no immediate expert opinion on his condition.
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Luton
Eng
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Selected Railway Stocks Popular
New York Sept 11 Selected railway issues drew buying in a firm market. Gains reached about 150 dollars a share for Santa Fe. Moderate rises were seen in New York Central Southern Railway Baltimore & Ohio and Southern Pacific. Most price changes were 50 cents or less. Higher prices were paid for Western Union Callahan Zinc Kennecott Copper U S Steel Armco Steel Chrysler United Aircraft American Telephone American Woolen Standard Oil NJ and Johns Manville.
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New York
Santa Fe
WN. Y. Central
Southern Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Western Union
Callahan Zinc
Kennecott Copper
U. S. Steel
Armco Steel
Chrysler
United Aircraft
American Telephone
American Woolen
Standard Oil (Nj
Johns-Manville
Nation Warned of War Three Years In Advance
ELTON C. FAY notes nine unsung prophets warned in a 1947 official report to President Truman about a possible distant conflict. The advisory commission predicting geopolitik tactics, infiltration, and potential atomic threats included Compton, Davis, Poling, Walsh, Wilson, and Rosenman among others.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
United States
Korea
United Nations
Rope
Asia
Truman
Congress
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joseph E. Davis
Moscow
Daniel A. Poling
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Samuel I. Rosenman
Lawmakers Questioning Acheson on Far East War Risk
Washington lawmakers pressed Secre tary of State Acheson in a closed briefing on recent foreign affairs moves. They sought further detail on Far Eastern policy amid Korea, while Acheson reiterated that war with Russia is not inevitable, countering Senator Long’s warning of imminent atomic attacks.
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Washington
State Acheson
Formosa
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Acheson
Senate
House Foreign Relations Committees
Europe
Russia
Senator Long
D-La
Foreign Relations Committee
Long
U. S
Mahon
D-Texas
Knowland
R-Calif
Pacific
Far East
Korea
Coast Guard Cares For Stranded Danish Freighter Paris
ELIZABETH CITY Sept 11 Coast guard cutters reached the helpless freighter Paris in high seas stirred by a hurricane The Unimak first to assist took aboard the Paris and towed it but the line parted The Amtank had stood by while the Paris engines had failed and was later relieved by the Unimak The Paris crew of 27 reported their engines drowned out and the ship in danger of sinking The Unimak expected to tow at six to eight knots toward Wilmington while the Paris rode out the night awaiting safer conditions
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Elizabeth City
Coast Guard
Unimak
Paris
Cape Hatteras
Animak
Amtank
Cherokee
Norfolk
Wilmington
Chas. Johnson Named Customs Collector
President Truman nominated Charles M. Johnson of Burgaw North Carolina to be collector of customs at Wilmington North Carolina replacing John Bright Hill in a Washington announcement dated September 11.
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Washington
Truman
Charles M. Johnson
Burgaw
N. C
Wilmington
John Bright Hill
Acheson to press Western Europe build up
Secretary of State Acheson is expected to press for a strong Western Europe defense buildup by July 1 with five to ten American divisions, contingent on allied action. He meets Bevin and Schuman in New York with other North Atlantic ministers arriving later. He cites mutual effort and U.S. atomic superiority as key balancing factors against Soviet strength.
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John M. Hightower
New York
State Acheson
Europe
Truman
U. S
Britain
France
Russia
Acheson
America
Bevin
Schuman
North Atlantic
United States
Asia
United Nation
South Korea
Pusan
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Ohio
GOP
Gibb McAughtrie
Knockshinnoch
New Cumnock
Scotland
London
PRR
Fields
Middle Atlantic States
Richmond and
Fredericksburg
Long Island
Cape Cod
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Giore
G.B.S
Chas. Johnson
Customs
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