AEC reports record A bomb material production in six months
The Atomic Energy Commission told Congress it produced a record amount of explosive materials for bombs in the first half of 1950 and considered making an atomic poison weapon. It noted uranium-235 and plutonium reached the highest rate in the project’s history and hinted at faster overall operations while withholding exact bomb production figures.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Truman
Commission
The
AEC
Tobin Named War Manpower Boss for 1800 Employment Offices
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin announced the use of the Bureau of Employment Security and state services to meet defense plant manpower needs. He urged employers not to hoard workers and called for cooperation with local offices amid the defense program.
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Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
America
Boston
Massachusetts
Truman
Bureau of Employment Security
U.S. Employment Service
Chiang Meets MacArthur Delayed by Chen Cheng Greeting
In Taipei July 31 General MacArthur arrived from Tokyo and met Premier Chen Cheng before shaking hands with Chiang Kai shek who hurried to meet the U.N. commander. The scene captured a formal greeting signaling ongoing U.N. leadership in Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
MacArthur
U.N
Tokyo
Chiang
Chen Cheng
Reinforcements Do Not Equal Strength For U N Army In Korea
United States and South Korean forces in Korea total about half the strength of the North Korean invaders. Gen. MacArthur’s intelligence estimates North Korea has up to 200000 troops. US and South Korean forces include three US Army divisions and South Korean units, with continued reinforcements from Okinawa and other areas. Casualties may have reduced the South Korean force from about 96,000 to roughly half.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Korea
MacArthur
United States Army
Okinawa
South Korea
Pusan
Kumchon
U.S. First Cavalry
Korean War at a Glance
AP outlines rapid frontline shifts as U S Second Infantry Division lands in South Korea while Chinju falls and advances push toward Pusan. Chinese communists seek mediators. Truman asks 4 billion dollars for anti-communist nations. air force reports tanks destroyed and explosives plant hit. forces outnumbered despite reinforcements. MacArthur meets Chiang Kai shek in Formosa amid invasion fears.
Truman seeks four billion for anti communist military aid
President Truman told congressional leaders he would send a message proposing an additional four billion dollars for military aid to anti communist nations. Representative Cannon said there is unanimous party agreement to expedite the request and that estimates will be submitted to the House Appropriations Committee for immediate action.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Rayburn
13 Additional Men To Be Called for Physical Exams
State Selective Service headquarters reports Hocking County will have 13 men added to a 5000 man statewide quota for pre induction physical exams. Local draft board met to classify men 19 through 25. 16 men in first quota reported marriage, dropping to not subject. Additional 1-As replacing these men per board clerk Mrs. Harry Sweazy.
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State Selective Service
Hocking County
Harry Sweazy
ABC Denies Bridges Time for Broadcast
Longshore chief Harry Bridges was barred from a radio program planned to discuss the Korean War. ABC canceled the appearance citing the program would cover a controversial subject amid near revolts within his waterfront union in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
American Broadcasting Company
Bridges
MacArthur Chiang Converge on Formosan War Plans
Gen. Douglas MacArthur and top commanders arrive in Formosa to confer with Chiang Kai-shek on Nationalist China’s role in Korea and Asia. Chiang expected to press for more Nationalist troops and a stronger anti communist campaign as U.S. indicates defensive actions around Amoy. The meeting coincides with Russia’s UN Security Council chairmanship and timing carries strategic weight.
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Taipei
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Truman
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Korea
Red China
Amoy
Quemoy
U.S
MacArthur
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
U.N
United Nations
Gallipolis State Hospital Doctor Ordered Removed
Dr. Joseph A. Conley of Gallipolis State Hospital was ordered removed by acting superintendent Dr. Samuel L. Bossard. The citation cites malfeasance insubordination ridicule of management and personnel and discourteous treatment of coworkers. Bossard noted Conley persisted in calling on the female side of the grounds after being restricted to the male side.
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Columbus
Joseph A. Conley
Gallipolis State Hospital
Samuel L. Bossard
Conley
Bossard
State Civil Service Commission
Rayburn Reports Truman Sees Current Controls Sufficient
Speaker Rayburn said President Truman still believes the requested economic controls are enough though he might not veto a bill with added powers. Congressional leaders discuss broad home front mobilization including wage price rationing and standby powers.
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Rayburn
Washington
Truman
Senate panel backs two year death penalty for spies
The Senate judiciary committee approved a bill to allow the death penalty for peacetime espionage for the next two years. The current maximum penalty for such crimes is thirty years in prison.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman faces pressure on price and wage controls
Rising sentiment in Congress backs adding stand-by authority for price and wage controls and rationing. Rayburn said Truman might not veto a bill granting extra controls, as discussions include Barkley Lucas and McCormack with Senator Maybank noting White House staff studies the issue.
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Truman
Bernard Baruch
House
Congress
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Bowles
Mr. Truman
Rayburn
Texas
Barkley
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
McCormack
Massachusetts
Capitol
Maybank
D-Sc
White House
King Leopold Proposes Temporary Delegation of Power
Premier Jean Duvierusart says King Leopold offers to delegate royal powers to Crown Prince Baudouin for a limited period if Socialists withdraw demands and pursue them through parliament. The offer was announced in Brussels on July 31.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jean Duvierusart
Leopold
Baudouin
U S Fifth Air Force Reports Korean War Losses and Destructions
Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge spoke at U.S. Eighth Army headquarters in Korea detailing air and ground losses and destruction. He said the Fifth Air Force flew 6388 sorties in five weeks, destroyed 44 enemy aircraft with 11 damaged, and reported 43 American aircraft losses from action, accidents and mechanical failures.
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Don Whitehead
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Partrdge
MacArthur
Tokyo
Partridge
Russians aiding North Korean forces seen by POW reports
Captain Walter C. Clarke leading a U S Army team interviewing prisoners in Korea reports multiple North Korean soldiers describe Russian officers with Red units. He notes prisoners claim four to five Russians per division and ranks from captain to lieutenant colonel.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Walter C. Clarke
Ft. Worth
Tex
North Oreans
Clarke
Air Force
Peace Overtures Do Not Condone Reds
President Rajendra Prasad said Nehru’s peace overtures to Russia and the United States were not meant to condone aggression. In a parliamentary address he said the letters to Stalin and Acheson aimed to bolster UN strength and hasten a peaceful end to the dangerous situation.
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New Delhi
India
Rajendra Prasad
Nehru
Russia
United States
Korea
Prasad
Stalin
Dean Acheson
United Nations
Glouster Defeated In Legion Tourney Opener
Zanesville beat Glouster 5 to 4 with three ninth inning runs to seal the win. The Ohio American Legion junior baseball tournament is double elimination, giving Glouster another chance in the event.
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Glouster
Legion
Columbus
Zanesville
Portsmouth
Galion
Cincinnati
Ohio American Legion
Fresh Troops Head for Front To Brace Lines
Belman Morin reports from Tokyo that U S Second Infantry Division troops under Maj. Gen. Laurence B Keiser landed to reinforce the front. The dispatch notes arrival as part of wartime deployment strengthening defensive lines.
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Tokyo
U.S. Second Infantry Division
Laurence B. Keiser
Bombing hits large North Korean munitions plant near Hangman
Far East Air Force reports that 85 percent of the Chosen Nitrogen Chemical Co. munitions plant at Hangman, North Korea, was damaged by a Sunday B 29 raid. Nearly 50 bombers dropped 500 tons of bombs with aerial photographs showing excellent results.
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Tokyo
Chosen Nitrogen Chemical Co
Hangman
North Korea
Far East Air Force
Seoul
U. S
Koreans Press Advancing Fronts Near Pusan
Allied lines shrink as North Korean forces drive west and southwest toward Pusan with up to 200000 troops. Chinju falls as U.S. positions pull back 50 miles from the coastal base. Kumchon resists as MacArthur travels to Formosa to discuss aid from Chiang Kai-shek while a naval action near Quemoy draws national attention.
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Associated Press
U.S. Second Infantry Division
U.S
South Korean
Kumchon
Chinju
Les
Pusan
Hay Boyle
Air Force strikes Yosu and Nitrogen Plant Bombed
F-82 Mustangs hit Yosu marshalling yards and storage dumps with machinegun nests targeted in port area. B-29s bomb Kumsan and Puyo while North Korean troops on the Hadong Chinju highway face air assaults.
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Air Force
Yosu
William Jorden
Tokyo
Port City
MacArthur
Sunchon
Hadong-Chinju
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