Tank led Allied infantry push routs two North Korean divisions
Allied forces struck along a 120 mile front with tank supported infantry. North Korean casualties reached about 10 000 with massed redeployments across the Nam River. U N forces regained positions near Pohang and Yongsan while B 29 strikes and ground counterattacks reinforced the push toward Pusan and Taegu.
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Nam River
25Th
Yongsan
Yongaan
Pohang
United Nations
Kigye
U. N
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Taegu
Haman
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Yonggan
Songjin
Naktong
United States Pushes Special U N Session Early Next Week
United States seeks a special Security Council meeting to probe charges that U S planes bombed Manchuria north of the Korean border. Ambassador Chang seats were contested by Malik as the council votes 9 to 1, with Britain led, Debates continue and a two man inquiry proposed from Sweden and India. The council adjourns to Labor Day with aiming for a speedy special session after Tuesday next.
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Jakob A. Malik
Korea
I Jebb
John M. Chang
Republic of
South Korea
Malik
U. S
Sweden
India
Manchuria
Peiping
Warren Austin
Council
Austin
Air Force suspends Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson over Russia war talk
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson, commandant of the Air War College, suspended after quotes attributed to him about breaking up Russia’s atom bomb stockpiles. President Truman and the State Department had rebuked earlier calls for preventive war. Air Force chief Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg said the force must be an instrument for peace.
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Air Force
Russia
Adinistration
Orvil A. Anderson
Air Ware College
Montgomery
Ala
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Truman
State Department
Matthews
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General Anderson
Sean
Christ
Tumself
Hitler
Bre
America
Washington girds for limited homefront controls
Washington awaits White House signal to enact limited homefront economic controls after President Truman signs the bill. Agencies plan phased orders tightening installment buying terms, prioritizing scarce materials for military contracts, and curbing basic material hoarding to ensure wider distribution. First invocations likely from the Federal Reserve Board and the Commerce Department.
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White House
Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Commerce Department
Truman proposes doubling armed forces to 3 million
President Truman announces a broad mobilization raising fighting strength to nearly 3,000,000 to meet communist aggression. He warns of long, costly sacrifices and higher taxes while urging rapid production boosts and expanded war capacity. Congress pledges support amid debate over scope and funding.
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Washington
Truman
Strike settlement ends switchmen dispute at White House
Washington reports a 17 month wage and hours dispute settled with a 23 cent hourly raise for switchmen and a three year pact. Railroads were seized last Sunday to avert a broader strike by 300,000 trainmen and conductors, whose fight remains unresolved.
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A.f.l’s Switchmen’s Union of North America
Western Railroads
White House
Askine
Record High September Heat Hits Southern California Desert
Los Angeles area baked as September opened with desert sections posting record heat. Thermal and Indio reached 123, near the all time monthly high of 125. Blythe 121. Needles El Centro Imperial 120. Paso Robles 110. Las Vegas 113. Los Angeles saw 83 with nearby Mt. Wilson at 95. Open evenings and Sundays. cole Food Center ind & Linc.ve
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Report 443 Killed in Korean Action
Washington reports next of kin notified of 6,886 US casualties in Korea through August 25. Defense department notes figures exclude later reports. Killed in action total 443. wounded 3,889. missing 2,554. Army casualties dominate: 343 killed, 2,484 missing, 2,484 wounded? Army totals 6,567. Navy 9 killed, 13 wounded, 5 missing. Marine Corps 66 killed, 127 wounded, 1 missing. Air Force 25 killed, 9 wounded, 64 missing.
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Korea
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Marine Corps
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Army
Navy Marine Corps
Back to School Opens in Lawrence District
Lawrence schools announce a split start for Tuesday with 9 am entry for elementary pupils in Cordley Lincoln McAllaster New York Pinckney and Woodlawn. Seventh to ninth grade report to Ninth and Kentucky at 8 am while seniors go to Liberty Memorial High at 8:20. Monday is Labor Day holiday. Wednesday full schedules begin. Rural Douglas county schools set 9 am opening per board rulings. Community picnics and basket dinners common on first day.
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New York Street
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Kentucky Street
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Fourteenth
Massachusetts Streets
Douglas County
Pleasant Labor Day Weather Brightens Kansas Outlook
Topeka reports pleasant holiday weather with sunny skies for most of Kansas on Labor Day. Occasional night showers possible in southeast and east areas. Floods along the Solomon and Arkansas rivers ease. Beloit and areas below the Solomon, plus Great Bend to Hutchinson on the Arkansas, saw limited overflows. Temperatures expected from 50s to mid 80s. yesterday’s high 89 at Leavenworth. St Bernard Pass snowstorm closes route after 18 inches of fresh snowfall.
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Topeka
Kansas
Solomon
Arkansas
Beloit
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Leavenworth
Goodland
City teachers tour Lawrence firms to meet business leaders
Fourteen hundred teachers, supervisors and staff toured industrial and commercial sites in Lawrence to understand local business, with 19 new faculty joining the group. Chamber of Commerce leaders spoke on freedom and government entanglements as they hosted a luncheon for about 30 businessmen. E R Zook warned that free enterprise is weakened by government handouts, noting Pentagon excess and widespread public spending. The event stressed the teacher’s role and the need to connect classroom life with daily work.
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Hank
Leo Filer
World Company
Lawrence
The
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Offhoard
Chamber of Commere
E. R. Zouk
C. of C
Zook
United States
John Andrews
Lawrence Observes Labor Day Holiday Schedule
Labor Day begins at noon today for many Lawrence residents and lasts until Tuesday morning. Most stores close or shorten hours Monday while some restaurants and drug stores stay open. Government offices including City Hall and the courthouse close Monday. Post office hours follow holiday rules with no rural or city delivery except special deliveries. Tuesday store hours extend downtown to 5 20 p.m. with Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Journal World runs noon deadline and is open 4 to 6 p.m.
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Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Medic Draft Bill Goes to Truman
The bill to draft physicians dentists and other medical specialists awaits President Truman's signature. It would require medical men under 51 to register for the draft and could call 5 800 doctors and 3 000 dentists who trained at government expense in World War II into 21 months of service. Reserves would avoid draft unless called to active duty.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State Fair bound 4-H teams named for Topeka judging
Douglas county 4-H teams led by Irwin Schwalm and other club members will compete at the Kansas free fair in Topeka September 9 15 along with 24 more county youths. Winners of the county livestock judging contest from the Haskell fair lead to state competition.
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Worden
Jack Trott
Lone Star Club
Lou Mitchell
Kanwaka Club
Roland Flory
Douglas County
Topeka
Deal Six
Haskill Institute
Bette Quigley
Cleta Turner
Worden Workers
Mary Mildred Kalb
Jolly Juniors
Barbara Anderson
Clinton Busy Bees
Haskell
Junior Rew
Laverne Kalb
Kanwaka
Merle Schneck
Meadowlark
C. Eugene Dunigan
Ward A. Sample
Irene Sample
Norman Leary
Ralph Leary
Donald William Funk
Barbara Jean Mitchell
Dale Turner
Delores Mitchell
Jeannette Mitchell
Ronald Johnson
Calvin Weeks
Palmyra
Jimmy Dyer
Glens Dyer
Russell Bailey
Charles McKinsey
Stull Busy Beavers
Worthington
Eugene Worthington
Vinland Valley
Kenneth Craig
Topeka Fair
Lawrence Kiwanis Club
Greece to send infantry brigade to Korea
Athens announces Premier Venizelos says Greece will send about 5,000 soldiers as an infantry brigade to Korea. The cabinet reportedly approved the decision to affirm solidarity with United Nations members and assist in defense of liberty and independence of peoples.
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Greece
Sophocles Venizelos
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Korea
Venizelos
Kansas Counties Qualify For Federal Wheat Insurance
Manhattan Kansas September 2 Fifty two Kansas counties have qualified for federal wheat insurance on the 1951 crop The latest additions are Edwards Graham Grant Haskell Lane Ness Norton Ottawa Rice Rooks Seward Sherman and Stevens The insurance covers drought flood wind hail insects plant dis ease winterkill tornado and lightning The government expects to pay three hundred fifty thousand dollars on fifteen hundred claims for damages in 1950
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CPH
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Edwards
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Haskell
Lane
Ness
Norton
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Rice
Rooks
Seward
Sherman
Stevens
Uncertainty Hangs Over KU As 1950 Enrollment Looms
A Kansas university faces numerous unknowns ahead of fall 1950 enrollment. Officials cite questions on the international situation, draft impact on students and faculty, housing for married students, wartime program activations, material shortages, and rising costs, with registrar James K. Hitt declining to forecast numbers and stressing the perils of guessing.
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Kansas University
E. U
Sap
Studence
Asthe E. U
James K. Hitt
Soviet Russia
Two Trains Crash Near Milwaukee Killing Five
Milwaukee interurban excursion trains carrying eighty fans each collided on a single track nine miles from downtown Milwaukee. Five dead removed from wreckage with warning there are more. Trains were Milwaukee Speedrail round trips to Hales Corners for convention delegates. forward cars telescoped into each other trapping passengers. Also reported is the Korean War casualty, Pfc Richard J Billinger, 19, Victoria Kansas.
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Sept
Associated Press
Milwaukee Speedrail Company
Hales Corners
Weather Outlook for Kansas Sees Partly to Mostly Cloudy Conditions
Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies across Kansas through Sunday with scattered light showers in the southeast. Temperatures will be in the 50s, with a cooler trend in the northwest and a slight rise in western areas as a weak frontal boundary moves through.
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