Nationalists Admit Gain Of Chinese Reds Rail Line Is Severed
Communists push southward into central China severing the Canton Hankow line 313 miles north of Canton while outflanking Hunan defenses. Red forces threaten Nationalist units from Kiangsi to Hunan and approach Yiyang Taoyuan Yuanling as rail towns and supply lines fall under pressure. Nationalist air strikes target Lin Piao’s Hankow HQ with no immediate losses reported.
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Canton-Hankow
Kiangsi
Kansu
China
Lukow
Changsha
Hengyang
Suichwan
Canton
Lin Piao
Hankow
Senate Chiefs Work On Tieup Of Money Bills
Washington AP Senate leaders clash over a 30 billion dollar pile of money bills as Senator Lucas plans to move to restore the 5.647 billion foreign aid measure to the floor amid a potential parliamentary tangle. Amendments sought by McClellan would earmark 1.8 billion for farm commodities and freeze 50 million for ECA loans to Spain.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D - Ill
Appropriations Committee
McClellan
Economic Cooperation Administration
Army
Spain
Satira Named In Suit Filed By Clevelander
Cleveland housewife Louise Ann Salupo seeks separate maintenance custody alimony restraining orders and equitable relief in a suit alleging her husband Sebastian maintained dancer Patricia Satira Schmidt in hotels across multiple cities including New Orleans Detroit Cleveland St Louis Chicago New York and Calumet City She claims she found furs gowns and portraits in her husband’s Cincinnati apartment and says Schmidt does not recognize Salupo.
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Cleveland
Patricia
Schmidt
Toledo
Louise Ann Salupo
Sebastian
Miss Schmidt
Calumet City
Ill
Cuba
John Mee
Chicago
Mee
AFL Laundry Workers Union
Electrical Workers Union
Cincinnati
Salupo
Saura
Harriman Urges Prompt Approval Of Arms Program
W Averell Harriman urged Congress to approve the administration foreign arms program promptly to protect the growing generation from war He testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Acheson met with Senate committees Hearings on the 14 billion program were expected soon Democrats pushed for details on allied use of arms and a coordinated action plan while Republicans pressed for more specifics.
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Acheson
Senate Groupe
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Harriman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Dean Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
House
America
Moscow
Truman
Kee
D-W
Byrd's Control Is At Stake In Virginia Vote
In Virginia a record Democratic primary turnout of over 300000 was expected as the heated gubernatorial race tests the influence of U S Senator Harry F Byrd. The field includes John Battle Francis Miller Horace Edwards and Remmie Arnold with Byrd backing Battle. Republican Walter Johnson faced no opposition for governor in the statewide contest.
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Richmond
Virginia
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
John §. Battle
Francis Pickens Miller
Eisenhower
Horace H. Edwards
Remmie L. Arnold
Petersburg
Arnold
Miller
Edwards
Walter Johnson
Heathsville
Senate OKAY EXPECTED ON APPOINTMENTS
The Senate is expected to approve President Truman's nominations moving Attorney General Tom Clark to the Supreme Court and Senator J Howard McGrath to the Justice Department. McGrath will resign as Democratic national chairman once confirmed, creating vacancies on Finance Judiciary and District of Columbia Committees and prompting possible committee shifts among other senators.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
Justice Department
Senate
Truman
Stennis
D-Miss
Kerr
D-Okla
McGrath
Clark
Frank Murphy
White House
Rhode Island
Finance
Judiciary
District of Columbia
Neely
D-Wva
U S Rejects Soviet Protest Over Italy Pact
United States today rejected a Russian protest against Italy joining the North Atlantic Defense Pact. Secretary Acheson called the charges utterly without foundation in a note to the Soviet embassy. The treaty text is cited as the best answer to the allegations. The protest claimed Italy violated its peace treaty by joining the 12 nation pact.
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Washington
United States
Italy
Acheson
Russia
Girl Beaten In Indian Hill Near Cincinnati
Erlene Brown 19 of Milford was dragged from her bicycle and beaten by a 200-pound youth in Indian Hill, a mile from her home. A former ranger, William Lux, fired two shots at the fleeing car and believed he struck it. Miss Brown was taken to Our Lady of Mercy Hospital with head bruises and a possible collarbone fracture.
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Cincinnati
Erlene Brown
Milford
Indian Hill
William Lux
Naval Pilot Documents His Final Thoughts As Polio Claims Him
James Olin Chiles, 25, a junior grade lieutenant stationed at Anacostia Naval Air Base, died of bulbar poliomyelitis after writing a series of notes to his doctor. From Bethesda Naval Hospital he penned brief entries describing failing vision, speech, and swallowing, ending with paralysis of the neck. He was a Lakeland, Florida native who joined the Navy in 1942 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
James Olin Chiles
Anacostia Naval Air Base
Bethesda
MD) Naval Hospital
Chiles
Lakeland Fla
Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Polio Cases Rise Brightly Across States in 1949 Total
Associated Press tally shows about 8,000 polio cases and 442 deaths by early August 1949. New York leads with 482 cases, California 794, Texas 1,123 not fully counted, while reports from Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin show increases as communities brace for heavy August and September months.
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Associated Press
National Foundation For
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
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New York City
California
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Polio Insurance Sales Criticized By Foundation Official
DeForest Mellon of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis condemns polio insurance ads as belittling charity. He urges ethical marketing while noting a willingness to sell insurance, but objects to ads implying beneficiaries depend on handouts. A New York Foundation spokesman declined comment.
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Cleveland
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
DeForest Mellon
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Association of Health and Accident
Mellon
National Foundation
New York
The
Firemen Free Trapped Man After 11 Hours In River
In Columbia South Carolina two city firemen rescued 21 year old Robert Monroe Lee after 11 hours stranded on a rock in the Broad River. A Navy blimp from Savannah with a helicopter from Pope Field watched as Lee, unable to swim, was lifted to safety in a fire department boat and rushed to Columbia Hospital. His companion 5 year old James was rescued earlier as flood waters from a dam upstream rose.
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Columbia, S. C
Robert Monroe Lee
Savannah
Lee
Pope Field
N. C
Clyde Hurst
Columbia
James
Dent
Jet planes to replace U S fighters in Germany
The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff announced jet planes will replace all standard American fighter aircraft in Germany. Army Gen Omar N Bradley said there will be no known troop reductions, as 17 000 First Infantry Division troops and constabulary units train at the former German Army site. Pravda called the visit “American pressure on countries in Western Europe.”
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
Military leaders begin 10 day European defense study tour
Bradley Vandenberg and Denfeld arrived in Germany for a 10 day study of European defenses and potentials under the Atlantic Pact. They flew from Frankfurt to Grafenwehr in President Truman's Independence and will proceed to London for talks with British defense chiefs and European leaders. Bradley declined to answer on atomic secrecy talks with Britain. Britain and Canada seek more U.S. atomic weapon information. Vandenberg disclosed replacing standard fighters with jet planes. A 35 Shooting Star Jets display preceded 48 P47 Thunderbolts and 24 Liaison aircraft on the field.
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Vandenberg
Denfeld
Germany
Grafenwehr
Frankfurt
Truman
Independence
London
Joint Chiefs
Britain
Canada
United States
Shooting Star
Ogle County Fair draws 20000 visitors, $13385 spent
Owen Griffiths, secretary of the Lawrence County fair, reported that last week's three day exposition drew about 20,000 attendees who spent 13,385 at the gate and on concessions.
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Ironton, O
Owen Griffiths
Lawrence County Fair
Probers Review Cement and Steel Dealings in Senate Probe
Senate subcommittee investigating postwar priorities on steel and cement reviewed allegations from John Maragon about pri orities transactions involving government officials whose relatives allegedly received favors from firms. Mundt said the panel would examine Maragon bank accounts as part of broader probes into five percenter influence on contracts. Maragon denies acting as a five percenter and has been questioned about income tax returns.
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Washington
Senate
John Maragon
Maragon
Mundt
R-Sd
Welcome planned for British Amethyst at Hong Kong
The battered sloop Amethyst limped to Hong Kong under escort by HMS Jamaica after escaping Communist fire on the Yangtze River. Lieut. Cmdr. John S. Kerans will receive the Distinguished Service Order. King George VI approved the award. Forty-four sailors died in the April 20 engagement. the ship endured 30 minutes of shelling while under fire.
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Hong Kong
John S. Kerans
Amethyst
Yangtze River
Nanking
George VI
British Admiralty
Far Eastern Naval Command
Yangtze
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