29 Jul 1950
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Newspaper
Logan Daily News
Location
Logan, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1950
Page
1
Washington July 29 Backers of President Truman’s request for limited controls faced a rising sentiment in Congress for full mobilization. In the House support for consumer price controls was strong and leaders were wrestling with how far to extend rationing and economic powers.
Army to add 240000 troops. Navy aims to enlist 70000 reserve Seabees. Senate delays vote on Truman production and credit controls. Synthetic rubber output up to 675000 tons. Congress asked for 600 million to stock vital war materials. 18 million requested to refit reserve cargo ships. Senate bill grants power to search foreign ships in U S waters. DOJ announces two more federal grand juries to handle subversive cases.
Senate backers of strong wage and price controls push to shape a plan as Bernard Baruch urges immediate action. Maybank cites Baruch urging standby power to invoke controls with Truman, while White House aides see possible added measures. Farm prices rise 6.5 percent mid June to mid July as govt accelerates nonfood supply efforts.
Two Senate Foreign Relations Committee members forcefully urged blocking admission of Maoist China to the United Nations. They said the U S must use the Security Council veto if needed while U S troops fight communists in Korea. The State Department has argued against U N consideration but indicated a veto would be exercised if a challenge arose.
London reports Britain will not release regular Army personnel whose enlistments end and calls up reserves for duty in Korea. Volunteers are told to prepare for service as the pledge to fight in Korea is backed by this pause.
Washington reports indicate an Army spokesman foresees a steady influx of United Nations troops and materiel into Korea. Rep Vinson suggests the armed services may seek higher funding beyond the current 25 billion plan as mobilization ambitions grow.
Three elderly Columbus residents dies in a head-on collision with a log-carrying truck fifteen miles southeast of Zanesville Ohio. Ben D Niesz 68 and wife Margaret 63 died instantly. Ida Gallagher 7 suffered a fractured skull and died later. Winnie Moore 59 in very serious condition with chest injuries.
Sheriff Roy Conway of Pike County Kentucky was shot to death outside his home after an anonymous call lured him outside. Conway had campaigned against bootleggers and gambling, leading raids in the county, and was elected as a Democrat last year. Police are continuing to investigate the murder and seek clues to the gunman.
Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker told Eighth Army division commanders there will be no retreat and no surrender as North Korean forces strike near Hwanggan. He said the operation has entered a crucial stage and the army must hold its lines, fight it out, and wait for reinforcements at Pusan.
Governor Lausche announced four Ohio National Guard units will be called to federal service. All are company-size service support outfits including two truck companies and two ordnance units. Induction is set for August 19 by order of the Army. Names remain undisclosed publicly while local commanders may identify units for affected areas. An armored field artillery unit was previously alerted with no induction date.
Temperatures climbed through the morning in Hocking County reaching 85 degrees by 11 A M after a 57 degree low. Weathermen expect warm weather to continue over the weekend with a chance of scattered showers.
A Brazilian Constellation aircraft crashed near Porto Alegre killing all 49 aboard last night. It stands as the worst aviation disaster in Brazil's history.
Tokyo reports a General MacArthur spokesman citing North Korean losses of about 31 000 killed or wounded since the war began with 170 tanks destroyed and 100 damaged. He notes no tank replacements and conscripts filling front lines while U S forces claim greater stability after repelling assaults at Kum River and Taejon.
An 11 month old, Donna Jean Beatty, drowned in Pleasant Run near Lancaster Ohio after a walker toppled from a trailer camp yard. Deputy Lige Miller reported the child was left in a yard walker and fell into six inches of water. She was the daughter of Clyde and wife.
General Walton H. Walker orders troops to fight to the death as North Korean pressure rises on the central front. Kochang, a key supply hub from Pusan, reportedly falls to Reds while U.S. infantry hold main lines. Air strikes target Hadong and Kochang as carrier planes join for a fourth day. Washington says the Army needs 240000 more troops and the Navy aims for 70000 reserves.
In Brussels thousands of anti Leopoldists riot while Liege proclaims a siege. The governor resigns amid strikes. soldiers are readied to intervene. Walloon separatists are described as a noisy minority amid the turmoil.
A common pleas court judge disbarred attorney Thomas A. Joseph of Zanesville. He is already serving a prison sentence for suborning perjury by getting a client to lie under oath, with a sentence of one to ten years.
Film star Bette Davis and actor Gary Merrill married yesterday in Juarez Mexico in a civil ceremony. The union marks her fourth marriage as they honeymoon today.
In Tokyo Col M P Echols urged war correspondents to show discretion in Korea reports to protect soldier morale and the US image abroad. He cited Paris and Rome advices that stories of crying American troops damage the American position and warned against portraying troops as unable to hold the line. He did not name reporters or stories and proposed no censorship changes.
Two American infantry divisions faced repeated communist assaults in southeast Korea as MacArthur reported slight gains by Reds in the Yongju Andong and Tanyang Yechon areas. Walker vowed fight to the death with no retreat, while UN air power and ground units contained the threat to Pusan and Yongdok. Casualty figures showed over 3,000 North Korean dead in sustained fighting.
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