Senate Moves to Pass McCarran Anti Communist Bill
In Washington the McCarran anti Communist bill appeared headed for Senate passage despite President Truman’s opposition. A final vote was set after about 20 amendments including a Kilgore substitute allowing possible detention camps in war or national emergency. Trump Warned Senate may stay in session to handle emergencies and veto questions.
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McGarran
Senate
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McCarran
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D-Wva
Kilgore
Steve Early Resigns as Defense Deputy Secretary
Washington Sept 12 Stephen Early resigned today as deputy secretary of defense effective Sept 30 President Truman accepted the resignation reluctantly He will return to his post as vice president of Pullman Inc Presidential Secretary Ross declined to confirm reports that Secretary Johnson may resign amid criticism over the Korean War and defense leadership
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Washington
Stephen Early
Truman
White House
Early
Pullman, Inc
Charles G. Ross
Johnson
Ross
Congress
Charlotte Knitters Go Out on Strike
Charlotte knitters at the Oakhurst Plant of Hudson Hosiery Mills walk out when the first shift joined a late afternoon strike led by the second shift. Pickets ring the gates as 50 to 150 workers gather, mostly women, amid a dispute over workload and pay related to a new training program for women on the third shift. Company leaders deny wage cuts and say the issue stems from a misunderstanding.
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Fritz Seifart, Sr
Great Britain Expands Korea Troop Roll and War Drive
Prime Minister Attlee announced Britain will send more troops to Korea and Germany as part of a large defense buildup. He outlined a £3.6 billion program over three years, mobilizing 1.25 million workers for arms production. New austerity measures and tighter export controls to Russia are planned, with possible seizure of scarce raw materials.
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Attlee
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Russia
Army Officer Charged With Huge Theft
Reno dispatch reports Maj Harold Dean Banning a 39 year old Berlin finance officer jailed for questioning over alleged misapplication of more than $250000 in Germany. He says the funds are his personal savings and not Army money.
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Berlin
Willie
Lee Ramsey Banning
Arkansas
Banning
Defense Department
U. S. Command
Washington
U. S
Nevada
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Jack Goss
Mystery Tow Tugs Dragger Crews Speak Of Nightmare
Portland sailors from the Cherokee and Evzone report a terrifying underwater tow off Brier Island. The 110 and 386 foot vessels were pulled submerged for up to ninety minutes by an unseen force, ending when cables snapped. Skippers doubt whales or current, hinting at a submarine possibility.
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Brier Island
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Thomas Jordan
Bewsman
Canada
Rearm America Tumbles Toward Wartime Supply Controls
The first steps to rearm America may take months to affect consumers. Curbs on installment buying begin next Monday and higher taxes hit paychecks Oct. 1. In steel, government aims to ease wartime pinch as 21 firms meet with Secretary Sawyer and Harrison, now head of the National Production Authority. Ambitious plans to boost output for guns and planes unfold while the mobilization bill powers the government to allocate vital materials.
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Cornell
Washington
America
Truman
Big
Commerce Department
Sawyer
William H. Harrison
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Harrison
New National Production Authority
NPA
Korea
Wilkes-Barre Stunned By Railroad Tragedy
Wilkes-Barre residents mourn 33 soldier relatives killed in an Ohio troop train wreck. Fifty plus were injured as the Pennsylvania 28th National Guard division headed to Camp Atterbury. Officials plan mass funeral, emergency HQs, and half mast flags as families await body repatriation. Senator Myers urged a federal probe to prevent a repeat.
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National Guard
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Korea
Military Affairs Department
Kingston
Frank A. Weber
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wilkes- Barre
Luther W. Kniffen
James H. Duff
U. S
Francis J. Myers
D.-Pa
Myers
Oil City
William S. Livengood, Jr
Divorce suit details abuse claims in Hays case
Commercial Artist James D. Hays sues for divorce in Los Angeles alleging his wife Ruth M. Hays taught their 17 year old son to apply lighted matches to the father's bare feet while he slept and encouraged pet torture and an invitation to shoot him. The husband, 44, also cites the boy’s activities and a past attempt to induce violence.
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Los Angeles
James D. Hays
James M
Pop
Hays
Ruth M. Hays
Bevin Leaders Oppose German Rearmament Policy Shift
British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin arrived in New York for western talks and said Germany must become a great nation but that arming its military is not the way. He signaled opposition to Acheson’s plan to form German units in a Western European defense, while Britain supports a strong central West German police to counter uprisings. Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick noted Germans do not passionately seek rearmament, and Britain has no strong wish to rearm.
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New York
Ernest Bevin
Germany
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Britain
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Washington
Paris
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Truman
Drunk North Koreans Sing Through Night Siege Near Taegu
About 300 trapped North Koreans chanted drunkenly in a gully north of Taegu as U S Cavalry units shelled and prepared an assault. Lt George W Petersburg of Milwaukee said the Reds played a phonograph with one song on repeat during the night long siege before dawn.
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Jack Macbeth
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Korea
Taegu
George W. Petersburg
Milwaukee
Lieutenant Petersburg
Petersburg
Former Prison Official Puts Up His Bond
A.W. Livengood former prison maintenance foreman posted a $2,500 bond in Forsyth superior court Winston Salem on charges of embezzlement and misfeasance. Indicted with former Prison Director J. B. Moore by Wake county grand jury, they are set for Wake superior court in October. The case stems from a State Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged use of state materials and prisoner labor for construction at Moore’s home. Livengood supervised the prisoners involved.
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N. C
I A.W. Livengood
Prison Department
Wake County Grand Jury
Sara Allen
Wake Superior Court
Livengood
Forsyth Superior Court
Winston- Salem
J. B. Moore
Moore
State Bureau of Investigation
Assault Trial Starts In Court at Winston
Four jurors were chosen in Forsyth Superior Court for the trial of Clyde Brown, a Winston-Salem man, charged with beating Betty Jane Clifton a Reynolds High School student found unconscious in her father’s downtown radio shop on June 16. The jury selection, presided by Judge Dan K. Moore, was to continue for most of the day.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Clyde Brown
Forsyth Superior Court
Dan K. Moore
Sylva
Worst Is Over Says Commander Of Allied Force
Allied line in Korea reports Hill 314 near Taegu captured after a day of heavy fighting. US First Cavalry and UN forces pushed two peaks, with near 1,000 troopers storming Hill 314 to seal a strong Taegu northern anchor. General Walker states the worst is over, though enemy still capable of striking.
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Taegu
Chilgok
Jack MacBeth
Taegu-Tabu
Walton H. Walker
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Pohang
West Point
United Nations
UN Security Council approves annual report despite veto threat
The United Nations Security Council, in a 10 to 0 vote, approved its annual report to the General Assembly. Soviet delegate Malik abstained on a resolution to condemn U S actions in China while debate over seating Communist emissaries continued amid drama and shifting support. France indicated it would allow emissaries to speak during plane incident debates, though it had not recognized Peiping. Egypt abstained as several nations backed seating, and Chinese Red claims of aggression were argued in the closed-door session.
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United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Jacob A. Malik
London
United States
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China
Formosa
France
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MacArthur
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Blakeslee
Bikini
United Nations
MacArthur Needs Reinforcements for Korea War
AP columnist DeWitt Mackenzie notes Washington plans for a bigger US force in Europe while MacArthur in Korea lacks ground troops. He cites UN sanction support from ten nations, with Scots Highlanders and Australian units already in action, and India offering a field ambulance. The piece weighs strategic risks and the UN test.
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MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
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