Truman faults aid cuts as pity and misguided economy
Washington report on President Truman denouncing congressional cuts to foreign aid as a pity and misplaced economy. Senate debate centers on who should direct aid spending while House approves a smaller total, with talks of a single administrator and primary defense authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Europe
Senate
H. Alexander Smith
N. J
McMahon
Conn
Connally
Tex
Sparkman
Ala
House
Acheson
Taft
Ohio
GOP Policy Committee
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Economic Cooperation Administration
State Department
Deny Finding Missing Pair in London Secret Case
The Foreign Office denied reports that British agents located missing diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean. William Ridsdale said the stories were without foundation and that Britain was still pursuing the two officials, whose disappearance was last May 25. The denial followed hours of silence after the claims appeared in Daily Herald and Daily Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
William Ridsdale
Daily Herald
Daily Express
Britain
British
Secret Service
Ridsdale
Truman Says He Wasn't Consulted On 1952 Run
President Truman said Jonathan Daniels did not consult him before predicting that Truman would seek re election and win. He again refused to disclose his 1952 intentions. Daniels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, had sensed a run and suggested Truman would receive at least 419 electoral votes out of 531 needed for election.
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Washington
Truman
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Ford Production Costs Make Rapid Increases
Detroit reports Ford Motor Co has seen annual production cost rises since January 1 1950. Ernest R Beech executive vice president states materials costs climb 839 million dollars per year and wages and salaries 43 million dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ernest R. Beech
Driver Slain in Chicago at Garfield Park Intersection
Nathan Jenkins a 52 year old furrier was killed when two gunmen stopped his car for a traffic signal at Homan Avenue and Washington Boulevard near Garfield Park. Witnesses described two men leaving a car and firing, then fleeing west. Police reported possible aborted robbery with little motive or clues.
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Chicago
West Side
Nathan Jenkins
Frank O’sullivan
Jenkins
Homan Ave
Washington Blvd
Garfield Park
O'Sullivan
Robert Musial
Graemere
Musial
Bonnie Lee Sedlak
O’sullivan
Rose
Hoover Warns on Public Dishonesty and Courage at Iowa Fair
Former President Herbert Hoover addressed about 20,000 at the Iowa State Fair warning that public tolerance of scandal and intellectual dishonesty endangers the nation. He urged a return to Ten Commandments values and criticized secret wartime commitments, political misdeeds, and the use of fear to shape opinion.
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Des Moines
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
Iowa State Fair
America
Congress
Teheran
Yalta
China
Front Flares As Truce Hopes Fade In Korea Front
Eighth Army reports heavy fighting on the east central front near Yanggu with North Korean shock troops launching waves of fresh assault troops against UN positions on bloody ridge. By day’s end about 1,200 enemy casualties were tallied from artillery and air strikes as commanders warn of possible all-out attack.
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Eighth Army Headquarters
Korea
U.P
United Nations
East Central Front
Yanggu
North Korea
Yongmi
Sinanju
Miss Wisconsin heads to Miss America pageant in Atlantic City
Blonde Sheila Murphy Miss Wisconsin of 1951 left Marshfield Wisconsin today for the first leg of her journey to the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Marshfield
Wis
Sheila Murphy
Wisconsin
Atlantic City
N. J
Widow of Indian Soldier Wins Arlington Burial Favor
The widow of Sgt. 1/c John R. Rice accepts President Truman’s offer to bury her husband at Arlington National Cemetery after a private cemetery halted his burial for racial reasons. Rice, KIA in Korea, will be flown to Washington for the ceremony amid protests from veterans groups.
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Arlington
Truman
Winnebago, Nebr
Arlington National Cemetery
Evelyn Rice
John R. Rice
Sioux City
Memorial Park
Clem A. Evans
J. M. Gunnell
Evans
Gunnells
Hickenlooper
Capitol Hill
American Legion
UN Troops More Strong, Better Positioned in Korea
President Truman told a news conference that United Nations forces in Korea are stronger and in a better position to fight than before the Kaesong truce talks began. He warned of Communist buildup while accusing Soviet propagandists of false claims about U.S. aims toward World War III.
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Washington
U.S
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Kaesong
U. S
Haberman to Speak at Kenosha Labor Day Event
George A. Haberman president of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor will deliver the keynote at the AFL-CIO Labor Day program in Kenosha. He will discuss national political trends and attack Sen. Joseph McCarthy. The program includes invocations, welcoming remarks, a stage show, and community entertainment with races and local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
George A. Haberman
Wisconsin
A. E. Axtell
Washington Bowl
Haberman
R. Merrill Rhey
Bill Exton
Kay Fish Dance Studio
Midwest Music Shop
American Legion
Joseph Zuffa
Lee Wenszell
Robert Knight
Jack Beni
Margaret Hoffman
Helen Prostko
Albert Kirsch
George Benefiel
Adolph Hallenstein
Joe Janssen
Armin Rungin
Zuffa
Exton
Separate pact floated by Japan and Nationalist China
Washington senators reported a state department official said Tokyo and Nanking plan a separate peace agreement. The claim centers on a potential bilateral settlement distinct from broader wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
China
New China agency cites U S plane violation in Korea
London dispatch says an American bombing plane violated the aerial restriction zone near the conference area by circling a parachute flare and dropping. Also reported: circuit judge Gullick N Risford of Ashland Wisconsin dies at 84, oldest active judge in state. Brig Gen David J Crawford reassigned from tank arsenal to Aberdeen proving grounds. Shawano man Earl Kaufmann seeks plea without counsel in estranged wife slaying. judge delays plea for attorney consultation.
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London
U.P
Communist
New China News Agency
Korea
Erence
Ashland
Wis
Gullick N. Risford
Wisconsin
Bayfield
Iron Price
Taylor Counties
Washington
David J. Crawford
Army’s
Tank Arsenal
Aberdeen
Ordnance Proving Grounds
E. E. Macorland
Shawano
WUP
Earl Kaufmann
M. G. Eberlein
Eberlein
Kaufmann
Community Fund Sets Goal At $236 666 For 1951 Drive
The Community Fund announced a campaign goal of 236 666 to cover 17 cooperating agencies including USO re admitted this year. The drive runs Oct 3 to Oct 25 under co chairmen R S Kingsley and Jack Beni with budget details presented by Richard Lindgren and a board of directors.
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Community Fund
Homer H. Heeman
R. S. Kingsley
Jack Beni
Campaig
United Service Organization
USO
United States
Protestant Youth Council
Catholic Youth Organization
Kenosha
Unified Fund
Boy Scouts of America
Carmelite Homes
Kenosha County
Bruce Eastman
Robert L. Grover
Charles Dilday
Harry Chemerow
R. Merrill Rhey
W. W. Martelle
A. C. Homer
Jessel S. Whyte
Advanced Gifts
Bruce Tower
Clinton Young
Harry Flottman
Emil Robillard
Elmer Bernitt
Edward Fechner
W. J. Lucareli
W. G. Kult
Herman C. Gundlach
Weather Report Shows 80 Degree Temperatures Across Wisconsin
The day featured cool breezes tempering temperatures near 80. August's gray weather lingered over the state although Kenosha enjoyed sunshine. Friday brings scattered showers, with Wednesday highs in the 80s including Eau Claire and Menomonie at 85. Unseasonably high overnight lows were common, with readings in the 60s and 70s. Superior dipped to 57 and La Crosse and Lancaster reached 73.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Eau Claire
Menomonie
Superior
la Crosse
Lancaster
New Draft Rules Trim Deferments Across Demographics
Washington officials say Truman must approve new draft regulations that would end deferments for 300,000 plus men. 150,000 to 200,000 childless married men would lose deferments. 150,000 four F’s may be drafted as mental standards drop. Age limits shift 18 to 26, with universal service provisions. Also reclassifies displaced residents awaiting citizenship and requires 9,000 conscientious objectors to do essential defense work.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service
U. S
Wisconsin Draftees Rejected At Low Rate In 1943
Milwaukee Jan 1 to Aug 23 Wisconsin's draftees faced a relatively low rejection rate. Major Edwin A Gehm, commanding officer at the induction center, said about one fourth were rejected. Pre induction rejections totaled 16 percent for physical ailments 6 percent for mental defects 1 percent for moral reasons and 1 percent for other reasons. An additional 4 percent were rejected on induction.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Wisconsin
Edwin A. Gehm
Red China radio accuses U S of Korea air violations
Peiping radio in Tokyo charged daily American planes violate the Korea truce area. It attacked Gen. Ridgway as lying and distorted after he refused to reopen an inquiry into Kaesong bombing claims. The broadcast cited a flare drop near truce talks and offered no reply from top Red commanders.
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Tokyo
Red
China
Peiping
Kaesong
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Atom Submarine Power Plant Contract Let
Westinghouse Electric Corp. announced it has been awarded a contract to build the world’s first atomic submarine power plant for Pittsburgh and the project marks a milestone in naval propulsion. The deal secures exclusive rights and enables ongoing development for the submarine’s reactor system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atom Submarine Power Plant
Pittsburgh
A.P
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Surprise Witness Snares Dismissal in Deputy Impersonation Case
Richard Riley 30 of Kenosha faced bound over to municipal court after a deputy sheriff testified he twice flagged down and followed Riley who impersonated a deputy near Carol Beach Estates on Aug 13. Riley, already fined for drunken driving in April, remains free on $1000 bond. Deputy Joseph Farrar testified to Riley’s attempts to flag him down and the subsequent pursuit ending near the grove of trees where the incident occurred.
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Richard Riley
Rt. 1
Kenosha
Riley
7Th Ave
North Western
Joseph Farrar
Farrar
Carol Beach Estates
Carol Riley
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