Kansas City Disaster Corps Formed to Rebuild City
Kansas City activates Disaster Corps Inc to clean flood muck with 10 hour days at half pay. Bank presidents, ditch diggers, truck drivers, and labor leaders join as city pledges swift, coordinated recovery. Army Engineers assist. crews target pumping stations and flood zones along the river.
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Kansas City
Disaster Corps, Inc
Robert W. Long
Perrin McElroy
Batile
L. P. Dunkingham
Southwest Blvd
Corps of Engineers
Army
Tno
David M. Proctor
Cockingham
Philippines balks at Japan peace terms in council vote
Manila July 17. The Philippines council of state votes unanimously against proposed peace terms for Japan. Quirino plans intensified protest measures, possibly ending trade pacts with occupying powers and maintaining a formal state of war, signaling strong objection to lack of separations.
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Manila
Philippines Council of State Today
Elpidio Quirino
Japan
Quirino
Philippines
Split Income Rule to Stay
Washington July 17 AP Chairman George of the Senate finance committee said the new tax bill will not eliminate the split income provision which benefits higher broker taxpayers. Labor unions call it a loophole and want it removed to boost revenue by about 2.5 billion annually. The administration does not recommend discarding the feature, which was enacted in 1948 to relieve inequity from community property laws that let many couples split income to lower tax brackets.
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Washington
George
D.ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Senate
PLAN DEFENSE OF KEY AREA GEN IKE MEET PARIS
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower met with central command chiefs in Paris to plan defenses for a key Western European area. Attendees included Field Marshal Montgomery and Gen Alphonse Juin. Reports said Juin would relinquish Moroccan duties to take full time SHAEF post, with Guillame deputizing in Germany until then. By 1951 end Juin could command multiple Allied divisions across national forces.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
Germany
Alphonse Juin
French
Morocco
North Africa
Juin
Jhis
Hisenhower
Supreme Headquarters Command
Eisenhower
Gert
Augustin Guillame
Just
Bremerhaven
Chinese Red Shouts at the Wrong Man
In Korea a Chinese Communist soldier, confused by battle, handed his burp gun to Corporal Charles Rife of Jolo, West Virginia, and yelled for a reload. Rife shot him dead, later quipping that he dislikes being hollered at when mistaken for a Communist.
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Tokyo
Korea
Cpl
Charles Rife
Jolo
W. Va
Rife
Cavalry Division
Teens Flee Home by Air to Hollywood from Rye
James Hillhouse and sister Judy ran away from home to Hollywood by air seeking dream projects. Detectives met them at Burbank airport. parents wired money for their return. They admitted writing two $160 checks on their mother's account for plane fare and spending money. The pair belong to the Junior American Yacht Club and sail a Lightning-class boat.
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Burbank
James Hillhouse
Judy
Rye
Hollywood
Alan Ostroff
Ray Dow
Francis Hillhouse
James
Debbie Reynolds
Dean Stockwell
American Yacht Club
Iran Parliament session erupts in uproar over Zahedi charge
Iran's parliament adjourned amid shouting after deputy Lehah Pirasteh accused Interior Minister Perullah Zahedi of plotting riots to topple Premier Mossadegh. The session followed clashes between Mossadegh supporters and a Communist mob amid martial law and heavy security. Harriman met British and Iranian officials as nationalization tensions lingered.
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Tehran
Iran
Perullah Zahedi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
W. Averell Harriman
Anglodranian
OW Co
Harriman
Lehah Pirasteh
Reza Hekmat
Zahedi
Haxiriman
Mountain Guest Palace
Truman
Francis Shepherd
Bagher Kazemi
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Arthur Fisk
Lea Mora
Roy Best
Colorado State Prison
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A. P
Gen. Ike
Central Command
Meet
Press-Telegram
Associated Press Wiraahate
Jack Fasson
Fasson
Prest-Telegram
Ed Lunckurg
Robert B. Hewett
Associated Press
Gardena
Ronald Lee Thomas
Ernest Austin
Roy B. Wimberly
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