Not Since Civil War Have U. S. Leaders Wrangled
Washington observers report a bitter wartime feud between administration and military leaders over Far East policy and Formosa. President Truman seeks neutrality, while Dean Acheson and the defense chiefs volley on whether to fortify or contain. MacArthur tension and Johnson critiques deepen the intra government split as the nation faces Korea and rising global conflict.
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Knowland Attacks Gag on MacArthur and Korea Report
Sen Knowland of California accused the administration of gagging Gen Douglas MacArthur over a Formosa remark and called for the public release of Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer's Korea report. He warned secret deals undermine U.S. moral leadership and urged Senate committees access.
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Torpedo Explosion Kills 25 in Junkyard
A Hankow scrap yard containing three old Japanese torpedoes from the Chinese Red government exploded while workers broke up scrap. The Hong Kong Kong Pao reported 25 dead, three missing, 20 seriously injured, 32 houses demolished and many homes damaged.
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U S Tightens Trade Curbs on Red Lands
U S moves to tighten controls on strategic materials to curb exports to Russia amid leaks via Western Europe. Acheson to press Britain and France in New York talks. licensing and category lists under scrutiny as officials warn of economic warfare and cooperation gaps with allied governments.
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Macintosh One Gls Personal Hero Grounded to Train Fliers
Maj. Dean Hess known as Macintosh One has been grounded by official order amidst the Korean War. The 32 year old from Marietta Ohio will remain on the ground to train South Korean cadets and pilots converting to F 51 fighters. He has flown 95 missions in under two months and earned praise from infantry units who thank him for saving surrounded soldiers by low level strafing.
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Military transport plane under repair at Fairford base
Air Force mechanics repaired a Saulty engine on a large military transport carrying 24 aboard. The plane had returned to the base from an overwater flight to Osuisan Air Force Base California on August 23.
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Britons Ready Russ Tools Shipment Faces License Tug of War
Craven Brothers chairman Joseph Greenwood announced readiness to ship £1,000,000 in machine tools to Russia next Saturday but urged the British government to withdraw the export license due to international conditions. Labour's Arthur Bottomley noted Britain withholds strategic goods yet has supplied Russia grain and timber in exchange for payment while Attlee vacationed in Scotland.
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Businessman Unit Pushes Tax-save Plan
The Committee for Economic Development urged rapid tax and savings steps to curb inflation from military spending. It forecasts defense outlays could rise to 30 to 35 billion dollars annually within a year and backs a five-point plan including a mobilization act, a 5 hundred million dollar tax boost, a major savings bond drive, and Pentagon spending limits.
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Former New Dealer Bares Red Past
Former New Dealer Lee Pressman testifies he once was a Communist while serving as a New Deal lawyer and that he later broke with the party ideologically in 1935. He says he met with Communist leaders to discuss CIO policies while general counsel from 1938 to 1948 and denied attempting to push those activities as a government lawyer.
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Big Crowd Attends Sheriff’s Rodeo in Los Angeles
The sixth annual sheriff's world championship rodeo drew about 100 000 spectators at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Host Sheriff Eugene Biscalluz welcomed attendees as actor Leo Carrillo joined in the event. Biscalluz's wife Willette had died a week earlier.
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Eugene Biscalluz
Willette
Salvage or Blasts of Hospital Ship Benevolence Studied
Navy salvage experts in San Francisco will decide whether to refloat or blast the sunken hospital ship Benevolence after it sank in 75 feet of water two miles offshore. Eighteen dead and 13 missing after a fog collision with freighter Mary Luckenbach. Coast Guard Navy and Army craft rescued 492. Anson Brown describes the incident as governed by navigation rules. The salvage team from Viking will assess refloat value and search for bodies, with a report to the Bureau of Ships in Washington.
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Korea
Mary Luckenbach
Washington
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