Yanks Beat Back Wild Red Hordes on Korean Front
Allied troops repelled two major North Korean offensives on opposite ends of the Korean front. In the south a bayonet assault on a hill near Kigye faltered after American and South Korean defenders halted close-quarters fighting. In the east a red force breached toward Pohang but was pushed back as UN artillery and South Korean units steadied the line. A British contingent landed in the south as part of the opening buildup. The clash around Kigye and the central front near Taegu underline the volatile situation and ongoing concern of a broader red push.
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Tokyo
Pusan
United Nations
Pohang
Kigye
MacArthur
Uihong
Korea
Taegu
U. N
Korean Peninsula
U.S
U.S. 8Th Army
Waerwan
Kunwi
Kick Off Banquet Set for September 13 at Eldridge Hotel
The Chamber of Commerce sports committee announces the annual kick-off banquet for September 13 in the Crystal room at Hotel Eldridge. Committee chair A. E. Woestemerer led today’s luncheon where reservations will be mailed to Chamber members. A combined season ticket for Haskell Institute and Lawrence High football will go on sale after the banquet. Football coaches from Kk. U., Lawrence High, and Haskell will review the upcoming grid season, the first public preview for fans.
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Chamber of Commerce
Eldridge
A. E. Woestemerer
Chamber
Haskell Institute
Lawrence High School
Kk. U
Lawrence High
Haskell
Bull attack injures rider at Franklin county fair rodeo
A Brahma bull attacked Lloyd Breckenridge, 28, of Rich Hill, Missouri, at the Franklin county fair rodeo in Ottawa, injuring his right eye after tossing another rider. Breckenridge struggled to shield the prone man as the bull continued. Coles Food Center advertises open evenings and Sundays.
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Ottawa
Kan
Lloyd Breckenridge
Rich Hill
Breckenridge
Security Council to Air Formosa Issue At Lake Success
At Lake Success on August 29, a majority of the Security Council's 11 members were ready to support a Soviet drafted agenda that would place the Formosa question and the Korean conflict on the discussion list. Most reports said Russia the United States France Britain Norway and Yugoslavia favored the plan with China opposed. Approval could lead Jakob Malik to demand inviting red China to participate in Formosan talks. The United States backs an on the spot inquiry into Formosa but wants Korean questions addressed first.
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Malik
Council
U. S
U.S
Korea
Althe
Formosa
Heavy rains sweep wide area of Kansas state
Topeka reports heavy rains across a wide area of Kansas with more showers forecast. A. D. Robb cites six inch downpour in northern Rush and southern Filis counties and notes storms stretch from McCracken to the Smoky Hill river. Flooding tied to runoff. Smoky Hill area to impound water at Kanapolis reservoir.
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Topeka
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Bureau of Reclamation
Rush
Filis
Robb
Federal
McCracken
Smoky Hill River
Smoky Hill
Kanapolis
Marais Des Cygnes
la Cygne
Beloit
Solomon
X.m
Pratt
Kingman
Nthony
Alton
Caldwell
Liberal
Garden City
Toronto
Larned
Stockton
Conway Springs
Plainville
Sublette
Chanute
Climax
Florence
Elkhart
Goodland
Gulf hurricane grows in size near Louisiana coast
New Orleans reports that a gulf hurricane increased in size and intensity overnight but moved little toward the coast. The advisory places the storm about 450 miles south of Mobile and 24.0N 88.0W with winds of 85 to 95 mph, gales 200 miles northeast, and slow northward drift. Evacuations and precautions spread from Pensacola to Lake Charles as offshore crews retreat and New Orleans braces as Huey Long holiday approaches. A second hurricane southeast of Bermuda remained fairly stationary.
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New Orleans
Louisiana-Mississippi
Florida
Lake Charles
Pensacola
Fla
Morgan City
Texas Line
Gulf Coast
New Orleans Naval Air Station
de Lesseps Morrison
Huey P. Long
Louisiana-Mississippi Coast
Grand Isle
Bermuda
Hearings Scheduled Monday On Wheat Allotment Appeals
Douglas county farmers who appealed to the county Production and Marketing Administration committee for changes in their 1951 wheat allotments will have personal hearings Monday. About 20 appeals were filed, fewer than the usual number. Each farmer received two weeks to appeal, with written submissions followed by a personal hearing to seek acreage adjustments, all subject to state PMA approval. Farmers not staying within the 1951 allotment risk loss of government wheat loans, though noncompliance does not bar other program participation.
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Douglas County
County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
George Butell
Butell
Child Falls Four Stories. Little Hurt in Jersey City
Two year old Lawrence Payton plunged four stories from a front window to a cement sidewalk in Jersey City Aug 29. He suffered only minor cuts per Jersey City Medical Center doctors.
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Jersey City
N. J
Lawrence Payton
Jersey City Medical Center
Opinions Differ Over Rule Truman Placed on MacArthur
Washington reaction split along party lines as Republicans labeled a White House gag order on General Douglas MacArthur. Democrats were mixed with some backing MacArthur while others supported Truman. The incident centered on Formosa policy and the president’s control of U S foreign policy during the Korea era.
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Truman
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Lucas
Hlinnis
MacArthur
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Chicago
United Nations
White House
U. S
Truman Restates Policy On Formosa And Praises MacArthur
President Truman sent Gen. Douglas MacArthur a formal restatement of U.S. policy on Formosa and commended his Korean campaign. The move aims to clarify MacArthur’s stance, ease the incident’s sting, and sustain his Far East prestige amid Asian reactions. White House officials emphasized no designs on Formosa and noted potential domestic political fallout.
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United Nations
Asia
MacArthur
Far East
U.N
Truman
Liey
Arren R. Austin
White House
Formosa
U.S
Sen
State Department
W. Averell Harriman
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
Noted Educator to Speak Tonight at Town Meeting
Dr. Harold C. Hand, professor of education at the University of Illinois, will speak at the Town Hall Meeting tonight in the high school auditorium on Education for Life Adjustment. He arrived at 5 o'clock and has spent two days in Davenport conducting similar programs and will consult for local public school teachers tomorrow. Twenty to thirty civic and service groups will join teachers and parents for the event.
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Harold C. Hand
Hand
Davenport
Iowa
Dr. Hand
University of Illinois
Bulgarian poet Chrelkov dies in Sofia dispatch reads
Prague report notes the death of Nikola Chrelkov Bulgarian communist poet laureate of the Georgi Dimitrov prize in Sofia Aug 29 according to a published dispatch.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Nikola Chrelkov
Comunist
Georgi Dimitrov
Sovia
Argentina Devalues Peso Amid Market Shifts
Beunos Aires August 29 Argentina devalued the peso for the second time in 11 months with the open rate rising from yesterday’s 9.02 to the dollar to 14.25. The previous devaluation occurred in October 1949, when the peso dropped 46 percent against the dollar and was revalued against the pound, falling from 20 U.S. cents to about 11 cents in the free market.
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Beunos Aires
Argentina
U. S
Cordley school remodeling work starts under contract
Constant Construction began the Cordley school remodeling with blacktopping of an all weather playground and fencing for new equipment and materials. The main addition will extend east and southeast of the building with a north wing forming a courtyard, housing ten classrooms an auditorium and offices. Architects Greist Eckdall and Davis visited with staff to discuss possible high school layouts for the Nineteenth and Louisiana streets project while work on the football field and playground resumes after weather delays.
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Cordley School
Constant Construction
Ted Greist
Oscar Eckdall
Evan Davis
Nineteenth
Louisiana
Meeting Date Change For Douglas County Home Clubs
Leaders of 31 Douglas county home demonstration units were notified that the family life lesson meeting date has been changed. Southern units will meet Friday from 10am to noon with Miss Vivian Briggs in the Community building basement. northern units meet 1 to 3pm in the Community building. List of represented units and clubs is provided. Originally Miss Briggs planned two days, September 1 and 2, with southern units Friday and northern on Saturday.
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Douglas County
Bette Quigley
Vivian Briggs
South Douglas
Central
Enterprise
Live and Learn
Baldwin
Willmyra
Y. B
Hesper
Belleview
Weaver
Eudora
Lone Star
Sigel
Vinland
Lawrence
Stull
India
Kaw Valley
Lecompton
Pleasant Valley
Glenn Springs
Riverside
Brackett
Woodlawn
Brackett Dwells
Evening Star
Deaf to Strike Plea Informed Labor Stand Off
Washington reports John L. Lewis told AFL President William Green that coal miners will not be bound by any AFL inspired no strike pledge. Government not asked labor groups to forego strikes during Korea fighting, but Green and some CIO officers would consider it. United Mine Workers released a sarcastic memorandum from Lewis to Green.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
A.F.L
William Green
Lewis
Green
Sauer Walks Yankees Over Indians in Extra Innings
Hank Sauer lined a single to left with the bases loaded and two out in the tenth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6 5 win over the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a doubleheader played today in New York.
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New York
Hank Sauer
New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Doerr Homers Twice in Red Sox 13 6 Win Over White Sox
Boston, Aug 29 Bobby Doerr belted two homers fueling a 15 hit assault as the Boston Red Sox run past the Chicago White Sox 13 6 in the series opener. Doerr led the attack with multiple RBI and key drives in the win at home.
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Boston
Bobby Doerr
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Fair Opens Tomorrow at Big Springs Through Sept 1
The Douglas County livestock and agricultural fair opens at Big Springs tomorrow and runs through Friday evening September 1. Miller's Bar-B-Q closes until September 5.
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Douglas County
Big Springs
Kansas Parties Adopt Platforms At Topeka Meeting
Aug 29 Topeka Kansas Republicans and Democrats concluded two days of platform planning and reorganized leadership. GOP chairman C I Moyer succeeds Wes Roberts. Ed Am gubernatorial candidate praised for continuing state progress. Wayne Ryan urged wartime unity and strong government. Democrats elected John Young chair. Rozella Switzer vice chair. Dolores Moxcey secretary. Louis Kampschroeder treasurer. Carl Rice pledged support for Paul Aiken. Local district officers named in caucus elections.
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Topeka
Kansas
Washington
Wayne Ryan
Clay Center
G.O.P. Party Council
Ryan
Frank Carlson
Ed Am
C. I. Moyer
Severance
Kan
Stockman
Moyer
State Commission of Revenue and Taxation
Edward F. Arn
C. W
Wes) Roberts
Holton
Phil R. Hawkins
Clathe
Lucille McCreath
Lawrence
Fred E. Dunlap
Pleasanton
Carl Rice
John Young
Saint
Rozella Switzer
McPherson
Dolores Moxcey
Atchison
Louis Kampschroeder
Garden City
Rice
Paul Aiken
Frank McDonald
Grace Barackman
Humboldt
Harry Butler
Kansas City
Stock Market Index Shows Minor Gain Across 60 Stocks
The average of 60 stocks rose to 78.8 points, gaining 0.2 points. Investors watched small upticks across sectors as trading concluded with modest momentum.
Truman Preparing A Report To Nation
A White House official says President Truman is preparing a nationwide report on international affairs the Korea war and home controls. The talk, likened to a fireside chat, could be ready this weekend and would be his first nation address since the July 19 radio address outlining a partial mobilization for Korea.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Korea
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Plan for new social security tax announced by revenue bureau
Washington reports preliminary plans to collect social security taxes under the new act signed by President Truman. Reporting forms replace stamps, with payments due at filing, covering household workers, farm workers, and self employed individuals. Eligibility requires specific quarterly work thresholds and incomes, with tax rates 3 percent for the first 3600 earned and 2 1/4 percent for the self employed. Plans for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to be announced later.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
George J. Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
City to Rebuild Major Sewer After Collapse
The city council approved a plan to reconstruct a 70 year old storm sewer from the Central Park entrance on Sixth Street to the Kaw River. A cave‑in between Sixth Street and the river created a 10 by 20 foot hole. Estimate is about $25,000 with state reimbursement expected for over 100 feet of new line. local share about $11,000. Additional actions included street light installations, a beer license for Dorothy Fetty, water line extensions costing $2,200, a bid for a new fire pump truck to be delivered by next January, and police personnel adjustments.
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Central Park
Sixth Street
Kaw River
Lew Henry
J. C. Haer
Henry
West Frence
New Hampshire Street
North Second Street
North City
Dorothy L. Fetty
East Eighth Street
Water Department
Pros Avenue
Rock Hill
Fifteenth Street
West City
Oxford Road
Emory Road
West City Limits
Paul Ingels
Avale
Provi
John Davis
Lyons Street
Davis
Richard Martini
F. A. Russell
Oliver Boseman
Ed Elam
James Postma
T. J. Glasgow
City Dads Authorize Mayor To Pick Underground Police
The Lawrence city council approved an underground police idea and a volunteer traffic observer system to report violations to the police. Observers will not arrest and their reports may be used against offenders later. observers' identities remain secret. Council heard concerns about traffic safety near schools and intersections lacking full controls, urging traffic lights at Sixth and Indiana and Twenty third and Massachusetts.
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Lawrence
James Postma
Turner
Postma
Denver
Dallas
Nicholas F. Lopes
Sixth
Indiana Streets
Twenty-third
Massachusetts Street
Lopes
Osthoff Pleads Guilty to Drunk on Highway Charge
Andrew F Osthoff of Kansas City Missouri pleaded guilty in county court yesterday to being drunk on the highway and transporting an open bottle of liquor in the car Lorene Hollingsworth fined Osthoff ten dollars on the first count and fifty dollars on the second plus court costs
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Andrew F. Osthoff
Kansas City
Lorene Hollingsworth
Size
Osthoff
Weather Outlook for Four States Sees Mild Cooling
The four state area including Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Oklahoma expects temperatures three to five degrees below normal from Wednesday through Sunday. Normal highs reach 85 in Nebraska and Missouri, with lows from four to sixty five in Nebraska and sixty three in Missouri. Rain and showers, with thunderstorms, are expected mainly Wednesday and Thursday in Missouri and Oklahoma, and Friday in Oklahoma. Thunderstorms are also possible in Kansas tonight and Wednesday morning.
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Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Kanas
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