Deferment Policy For Reserves And Guards Announced
Washington announces a new deferment policy for reservists and guardsmen in critical civilian jobs. A Labor Department list of 48 critical occupations and a Commerce Department list of 72 essential activities guide the exemptions. The draft agency says Selective Service is not affected and did not participate in the lists.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Selective Service
Labor and Commerce Departments
Guardsmen to regain jobs after active duty say Tobin
Secretary Tobin said National Guard members called to federal service have the right to return to their jobs. He advised Guardsmen to inform employers in writing why they are leaving.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Tobin
Pressure on Selective Service grows from many sectors
Government manpower agencies industry scientific societies and universities urge use of draft lists in daily operations. Secretary Johnson says Reservists and National Guardsmen called to active duty will be deferred only six months at a time with possible shorter delays due to overriding military considerations. A Defense Department spokesman notes a Commerce Department link.
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Johnson
Defense Department
Armed Services
Commerce Department
Errol Flynn Moves On From Princess To New Love
Hollywood AP reports actor Errol Flynn has broken with 19 year old Romanian Princess Irinia Ghica and is dating Patrice Wymore a 21 year old actress from Kansas. Flynn plans to marry Wymore sometime in December per his business manager Albert R Blum who denied any immediate elopement and dismissed travel rumors to New York.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Irinia Ghica
Flynn
Paris
Patrice Wymore
Kansas
New York
Albert R. Blum
Wymore
32 Bodies Found Near Sahara Airliner Wreckage
An AP report states a rescue column located 32 bodies near the crash site of a French airliner in the Sahara, the disaster occurring last Saturday.
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Algiers
Algeria
Sahara
Police Believe Boy Killed In Cowboy Game
East Liverpool, Ohio police say 13 year old David Brant Jr. was found strangled in a cave near his home after a wild west game. Police questioned several playmates as the father discovered the body with a clothes line looped tight around the neck.
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East Liverpool, CO
East Liverpool
Chester C. Smith
David Brant, Jr
David Brant
Army Alerts Three Ohio Guard Units
The Army asked Ohio to prepare two truck units and one ordnance unit for duty soon. Frank Pace sent the request to Governor Lausche. The three alerted units would be identified locally, with the Guard’s past strength around 9,000 personnel. Adjt. Gen. Leo Kreber announced the units’ identities would be disclosed later.
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Columbus
Army
Ohio National Guard
Frank J. Lausche
Frank Pace
Adjt
Leo M. Kreber
Guard
Truman Backs Acheson Despite GOP Protests
President Truman openly endorsed Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Johnson, drawing sharp Republican criticism amid charges of unpreparedness for Korea. He also announced Senate actions on a Spain loan, Hawaii and Alaska statehood debate, and disputed Senate leader Lucas on Korea testimony.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
Johnson
Senate
Spain
Lucas
Illinois
Hawaii
Alaska
Tydings
Polio Cases Rise in Scioto County
Portsmouth AP report notes Scioto County records its seventh and eighth polio cases of the year announced yesterday in the city.
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Portsmouth
Scioto County
This Too Shall Pass By You Best Gordon Martin
A motivational verse urges resilience. It frames failure as temporary and centers on giving your best, maintaining self respect, and helping others. The author Gordon Martin reflects on perseverance, worst defeats, and finding renewed strength through effort and support.
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Gordon Martin
Army to call 62,000 enlisted reservists for 21 months
The Army announced plans to call 62,000 enlisted Reservists not in units for 21 months of duty during September and October. From a pool of about 185,000, they will bolster National Guard and Organized Reserve strength, with first 32,000 in camp by September 15. Priority based on dependents. those with no dependents called first. Most are World War II veterans.
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Washington
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Meat Prices Seen Falling With Fall Supplies
Washington AP The Agriculture Department forecasts lower meat prices in fall as meat output rises from a year low. Pork and higher grade beef may drop, while overall demand remains strong from defense programs. Consumption for 1950 seen at about 144 pounds per person, near last year’s level, with feeder cattle demand likely steady.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Man 25 crushed by tree while clearing farm area
A 25 year old man, James Emmitt, died after a tree fell while he helped clear a wooded farm area in Fremont. He was transported to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries yesterday.
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Man
Fremont
James Emmitt
Huge Arms Stockpile Paying Off For Reds
The North Korean war effort is aided by a prebuilt stockpile of ammunition and tanks left by departing Russian forces. Military analysts say a deliberate buildup before any assault mirrors World War II tactics, enabling a rapid push into South Korea even with U.S. potential involvement.
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Reds
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Russia
Republic of
South Korea
United States
House Probers Work On Bill To Curb Reds
House un American Activities Committee teams study proposed measures to curb Communists. Chairman Wood Nixon and Walter back different approaches, aiming to curb subversive ties, require registration, and restrict defense contracts. Sessions proceed in secrecy to prepare bills for the House floor.
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House
Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Wood
D-Ga
Nixon
R-Calif
Walter
D-Pa
Senate
Communist Party
Justice Department
Communist - Front
B 29 Strikes Halting Korean War Plants In Hungnam
TOKYO AP American B 29 strikes on Hungnam North Korea halted ammunition and war material production in the major chemical and munitions complex. Three large raids dropped about 1300 tons of bombs on plants including the Chosen nitrogen explosives, Chosen nitrogen fertilizer, and Bogun Chemical works. FEAF said 85 percent of buildings laboratories power plants and warehouses were damaged.
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Tokyo
Hungnam
U.S. Far East
Chemical and Munitions
Chosen
Nitrogen Fertilizer
Bogun
FEAF
Orient
Locomotive Runs Wild Kills Three
An unmanned locomotive ran away eight miles downhill and struck a diesel switch-engine in Cheyenne Wyoming. The collision killed three trainmen and injured a fourth. Speed was estimated at 40 to 45 mph as the locomotive hit an overpass and sent the diesel car flying off the track. Bodies had to be cut from twisted metal.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Devil At Work in St. Joseph Revival
Evangelist Jack Shuler told an interdenominational revival crowd that the devil is at work in St. Joseph after he claimed he was not on the air on radio station KRESS this morning. About 50 attendees raised their hands when asked who heard the program.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Jack Shuler
KRESS
Shuler
St. Joseph
USSR May Ask UN to Listen to Red Korea
The Soviet Union prepared to urge inviting Communist North Korea to participate in United Nations debate on the Korean conflict. Western diplomats expect strong opposition, and a protracted wrangle looms under Malik presiding. The council already voted to open with a U S resolution condemning North Korea and seeking regional localization of the fight.
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Ussr
Red Korea
Russia
North Korea
United Nations
Security Council
South Korea
John M. Chang
Malik
Chang
United States
Senate passes big spending cut in time bill
The Senate votes a 10 percent cut on most non defense and non foreign items amid a 525 million reduction to a 34.24 billion bill funding government operations through June 30. Taft and Hayden expect final action today as House-Senate talks prepare to reconcile differences. The Agriculture Department bears about 136.65 million in losses.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Marshall Foreign Recovery Plan
Economic Cosionce Administration
U. S
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Truman
Bridges
R-Nh
Byrd
D-Va
Agriculture Department
Counter Blow Checks Drive On Pusan In Korea War
North Korean invaders, slowed by a strong American counterattack at the southwest Korean front, bring up two new divisions for a push on Pusan. General MacArthur reports 600 enemy deaths in the Chinju arc and notes heavy pressure with possible additional divisions shifted to the key port area.
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Pusan
U. S
Tokyo
First Marine
Korea
MacArthur
Chinju
Masan
Don Whitehead
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Yongdok
Britain Plans Arms Increase to Aid U S Defense
Britain announced it would boost defense spending to 9.52 billion over three years if the United States helps absorb the economic shock. The plan envisions about 616 million more per year, raising military outlay to 10 percent of national income and expanding arms production for Atlantic Pact forces. President Truman welcomed the offer and urged other Pact nations to follow.
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London
Britain
America
U. S
State Department
United States
Holland
Truman
Washington
House scraps automatic wage price control plan
President Truman denounced the automatic wage price control bill as an invitation for a five percent rise. The House rejected the measure 172 to 141, leaving a controls bill with standby powers and authority for the President, plus possible wage price control amendments. The president indicated he did not want automatic controls.
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Washington
House
Truman
Harriman to Tokyo for Far East policy talks
President Truman’s special assistant on foreign affairs W. Averell Harriman flew to Tokyo for conferences with General Douglas MacArthur. He travels with General Lauria Norstad and Major General Frank B. Lowe and is slated to return to Washington next Wednesday. The trip signals possible major Far Eastern political decisions.
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Washington
Tokyo
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Douglas MacArthur
Harriman
Lauria Norstad
Reece Leading In Tennessee Primary
Carroll Reece led the Tennessee First District GOP race with 29,496 votes to 27,909 for incumbent Dayton Phillips as 27 of 295 precincts reported. In the Democratic primary Gov. Gordon Browning won the nomination.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carroll Reece
Congress
Tennessee
Reece
Dayton Phillips
Gordon Browning
What’s What Sunday Children Seen and Heard at Amateur Night
Sunday feature highlights children at local playgrounds amateur night programs with supervisors managing the show. It also profiles S Clifford Alexander, 75, retired businessman, and his collection of mustache cups and shaving mugs. The Sundays include PICTURES OF MID-SUMMER BRIDES and a financial picture for 1950 Middletown.
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Carlisle
Clifford Alexander
Alexander
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