Enlisted Men To Report August 21 For Extended Duty
Kingsport's Surface Division 379 of the Organized Naval Reserve orders 21 men to extended active duty effective August 21. They will report to the U S Naval Recruiting Station in Columbia, D C for assignment. Names to be released after notification. First contingent of Kingsport naval reservists called to duty as a unit.
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Kingsport
Organized Naval Reserve
U. S Naval
Columbia
D. C
J Comedr. Gracy W. Bartlett
USNR
S&t. Risher
USN
Navy
Navy Department
Break In Wythe Epidemic Seen
Wytheville Virginia reports no new polio cases yesterday in a town of 5,500 with 8 cases listed for Wythe County. State Health official Dr. McCown says the epidemic appears to have used most of the susceptible in the town and is easing, as the statewide outbreak remains severe but with fewer new reports.
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Wytheville
Vaip
State
South West Virginia
Owibreak
Wythe County
State Health Department
McCown
State Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Secret UN Meet Tries To Break Malik Blockade
United Nations Security Council members held a closed informal session in New York to urge Malik to end his procedural blockade. President Truman accused Soviet Russia of filibustering while Western delegates prepared to counter with speeches. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb chaired the talks as Yugoslavia and Russia largely stayed away.
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Secret UN
Malik
Security Council
Iakob A. Malik
Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations Eeuxity Council
Warren Audio
U.S
Stalin
Tee
Yugoslavia
Kew York
Gladwyn Debb
Britain
Council
Marr
Idaho Primary Still In Doubt Clark In Lead
As 779 of 858 precincts counted in the Idaho Democratic U S Senate race, former Senator C Worth Clark leads Glen H Taylor by roughly 1 000 votes with 26 40 to 25 405 and Rep Compban IL White trailing Rad 14507, keeping the outcome unsettled two days after the primary.
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Roise
U.S. Senate
Idaho
C. Worth Clark
Glen H. Taylor
Clark
Pocatella
Taylor
Compban IL White
Big Rail Strike Threatens U S
Washington reports White House efforts to avert a major railroad strike amid World War II like crisis. About 300,000 conductors and trainmen seek a 40 hour week without pay loss. President Truman aides and the National Mediation Board press for settlement after a fact finding board opposed the shorter week. Talks resume with union leaders and railroads as the situation remains volatile.
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Tramar
Joh FR Sigelman
White House
National Mediation Board
Presidentis
Mr. Truman
Railway Labor Act
Traimmer
RFC Command Shakeup Hits RFC Top Command
President Truman has replaced two RFC board members including Chairman Harley Hise and named three new directors to the five man board. The moves come as Congress blocked tying RFC lending to Commerce Department control amid criticism over a $37.5 million loan to the Lustrom Corporation and other taxpayer financed ventures.
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Washington
Yynmen
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
Commerce Department
Truman Tate
Harley Hise
REC
Lustrom Corporation
Portland anti hoarding drive claims pledge success
Home Defenders of Freedom declare victory in a wartime anti hoarding campaign across Greater Portland. Volunteers report strong public pledge reach, with 25 food stores showing no shortages this week and shoppers noting rising stock awareness. The effort aims to enroll 10 000 pledge signers as stores distribute cards and insignia. The plan, begun by local business and civic leaders, travels beyond Maine as visitors advocate similar measures back home.
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Portland
Home Defenders of Freedom
Greater
Edward H. Messier, Jr
Deterders
Kessler
Hessler
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Greater Portland
All Express
Dallas
Tex
Gre
London Ontario
Tucson
Arizona
Syracuse
N. C
Youngstown
Wheeling
W. Va
Cambridge
Mass
Maine
Senate
I Fox
Ressler
Kame Defenders of Freedom
Tle-Ap
Americans Push Toward Chinju Base in 13-Mile Advance
US troops pierced toward Chinju in a 13 mile drive, sealing an armored trap on an estimated 1,000 enemy by the front lines. The operation marked the war's largest single day gain for American forces, with South Korean units fending off enemy drives eight miles west of Pohang and renewed pressure on Taegu. Casualties included three upstate Tennessee soldiers with names released by the Defense Department.
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U. S
North Korea
Redts
Naktong River
Ghinju
Waegwan
Naktong
Taegu
Red Bridgehead
Sinamni
U.S
Pedang
Tokyo
Chinju
South Korea
LG 1S
Leek
MacArthur
Pohang
Pusan
Eighth Army
Tapant
Hal ‘Boyle
MacArthur’s Work Pleasing To Truman
President Truman voiced satisfaction with General Douglas MacArthur’s conduct as American and UN commander in the Far East. He declined comment on MacArthur’s Formosa trip and the appeasement criticism, saying Harriman’s briefing captured the gist of discussions. Truman noted no meeting with critics described by MacArthur and said he and MacArthur are in perfect parement.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Far East
MacArthur
Trusnaxt
Avergll Harriman
Tokyo
Harriman
Bartiman
Ther
Iwag
Generalissizxo Civiang Kaishek
Formosa
Asia
Mack Arthur
Truman Doubts OPA revival amid Korea crisis
President Truman said no revival of the World War II OPA, pledging old-line federal agencies will manage emergencies from the Korean crisis. He indicated no immediate mobilization and said Congress should determine future economic controls while he retains discretionary power to set prices and wages.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Howe
Newspaper publishing costs rise with material price hikes
New York reports higher costs for daily papers as Taw materials and pulp and rag stocks surge. Certified Dry Mat Corp announces a 2 percentage point price advance effective today, 16% to 17.2% on mat costs, with the firm stating publishers face higher input costs or risk going out of business.
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New York
Certified Dry Mat Corporation
Unclear OCR fragment hints at regional events and dates
Fragmentary text references local places and dates with scattered names. It mentions Cherokee Lake level and a Thursday to Friday window, plus a person or group and a lake context, but no coherent event or outcome is discernible.
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