Republicans Press for Clear War Policy and Full Controls
Senate Republicans pressed for a full report on national policies as Congress debates an administration backed economic controls bill. Senator Myers urged immediate mobilization in view of the Korean war while President Truman’s reaction remained undisclosed. Taft proposed limiting wage price rationing and reserving power to Congress.
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Washington
Myers
Pennsylvania
Senate
Truman
White House
Juman
Millikin
Colorado
Congress
Republlcans
House
Maybank
D - SC
GOP
Ives
Taft
Ohio
PUC Calls Meeting On Fuel Gas Supply
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio requests natural gas companies to attend a September 11 hearing in Columbus to address an anticipated winter gas shortage. Chairman H. L. Mason cited unprecedented demand and the companies’ inability to meet projected requirements.
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Columbus
The
Public Utilities Commission Today
Ohio
Commission
H. L Mason
Soak The Profiteers Tax Being Considered
Washington AP Congress tax writers weigh a 1951 super tax on war inflated incomes and excess corporate profits. Finance Committee orders staff to study a national sales tax, a transactions levy, and new excises on non essential goods. They reject an immediate excess profits tax on corporations but open a levy to apply from 1951 and possibly to individuals. George stresses protecting middle incomes from tax hikes. The study may cover a fixed date rise in income since the Korean War.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Truman
Storm stalls in open ocean far from Miami
The Atlantic hurricane halted over open water about 800 miles from Miami with winds near 100 mph around its center. Forecaster Grady Norton said the storm has come to a halt and will likely wallow for hours to build intensity. Movement remains uncertain and no storm warnings are in effect for land.
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Miami
Fla
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Who's Kidding Who
Gordon Martin examines how men imitate female fashion and use padding and tailoring to appear more muscular. The piece notes that clothes can mislead about a person’s build and that women may respond with laughter at the reversals in style.
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Martin
Walsh delays House to push postal service bill
Rep. John R. Walsh was two hours late to today’s House session as colleagues attempted a quorum call to trigger a vote on a bill to cancel a Post Office economy order reducing mail service to one delivery daily. The rule grants Walsh sole recognition to call up the measure today, forcing his presence for any action.
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Washington
John R. Walsh
Ind
D-Ind
Walsh
Green Bay
Wis
House
Post Office Department
Yank Airmen Strafe Reds Near Naktong River Front
American fighter planes strafed a 300 strong North Korean force east of the Naktong River in the U S First Cavalry Division sector and killed or wounded about 100. The Air Force destroyed three of 12 enemy tanks west of the Naktong in the same area while flying 230 sorties despite poor weather.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
U.S. First Cavalry Division
Air Force
Eighth Army
Korea
Naktong
Whaegwang
Packard Idle as Railroad Strike Looms
The threat of a nationwide railroad strike loomed as 8,000 Packard workers in Detroit walked out under CIO United Auto Workers action. Union leaders warned of escalation while urging progress in White House talks led by John R. Steelman. The dispute centers on a 40 hour week for yard service workers and related wage adjustments, with unions seeking pay preserved.
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Detroit
White House
Packard
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
John R Steelman
Truman
Steelman
W. P. Kennedy
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainment
Kennedy
Virgin Seen by Farm Woman At Necedah Wisconsin
A back country farm woman reports a seventh vision of the Virgin Mary at noon CST before an estimated crowd near 100000. Mary Anna Van Hoof says the Mother of God urged prayer as the bishop rescinds a ban on extra services, priests saying mass at St Francis Church and parish hall.
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Necedah
Wis
Mary Anna van Hoof
Mother of God
St. Francis’ Church
Mary Anna van
Britain Has New Little Princess
London AP reports Princess Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter at 5 50 am EST. The newborn is the second child for the heiress presumptive and becomes third in the line of succession behind Prince Charles. The birth creates a sister for Charles and strengthens the royal succession.
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London
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Allied Forces Snarl Communist Timetable
In Tokyo Allied troops outnumbered jammed North Korea timetable for driving U.S. and United Nations forces from the peninsula. Ground fought near Taegu and Waegwan as Kim Il Sung warned troops to push allies out within 16 days. News notes Allied counteroffensives have unsettled Communist plans and heightened near-term stakes.
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Tokyo
Korean Peninsula
Four Crewmen Die In Texas B-29 Crash
Four crewmen were killed when a crippled B-29 bomber from Barksdale AFB crashed in a field near Fort Worth Texas. Eight crewmen escaped with minor injuries as the plane struck homes and burst into flames while attempting to land at Carswell AFB two miles away. Captain Richard W. Swanson of Cleveland was among the survivors.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Here
Richard W. Swanson
Cleveland
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shrevesport
Carswell Air Force Base
Westinghouse to raise prices on 1951 TV sets and radios
Sunbury Pa AP report states Westinghouse tele vision and radio division will increase prices on selected 1951 model television sets and radios by 10 to 30 dollars.
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Sunbury, Pa
Westinghouse Corporation
Senators Probe Capital Wire Tapping Aims at Tighter Laws
Senate subcommittee under Senator Pepper interviews John M. Howard of a telephone firm and Robert Corish of the Mayflower Hotel about wire tapping of Hughes suite in 1947. Pepper cites police detective Bryant on tapped lines and devices used to enable tapping. He warns wire tapping has been done since 1937 or 1938 into 1949 and may be widespread.
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Pepper
D-Fla
John M. Howard
Telehone Company
Andobert Corish
Mayflower
Howard Hughes
James G. Bryant
Hughes
War over foreign policy dominates congressional campaign
Daily campaign feature paints a sharp clash over Korea policy as Democrats and Republicans accuse each other of mismanaging the war. Senator Wherry and Senator McMahon exchange charges, then agree voters will hear more on foreign policy before November.
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Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
South Korea
McMahon
Connecticut
Senate
Europe
Fire crews blocked by double parked car sparks run in
Wise Guy in Hoboken New Jersey last night confronted firefighters as they tried to move a double parked car blocking a one way street. He jumped on a running board of a fire engine and shouted where do you think youre going to a fire. He was booked on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Hoboken
N. J
Red North Korean push breaks at Naktong front near Changnyong
Allied forces battle heavy fighting as Red troops with tanks surge east of the Naktong river, overrun segments of the 24th Infantry Division. Taegu remains South Korea's emergency capital as Waegwan crossings test U S and allied defenses amid escalating casualties.
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Tokyo
Wedesday
Naktong
Changnyong
U. S. 24Th Infantry
MacArthur
Taegu
South Korea
Korea
Japan
Snaking
U. S
Masan
South Republic
Waegan
Waegwan
U. S. 8Th Army
Taegu-Pusan
Changnyong Ridge
Jack MacBeth
MacBeth
India Proposal for a Peace Path in Korea Debated
UN Security Council members weighed an Indian plan to let a six-member nonpermanent group study all Korea peace proposals and report back by a date. Sir Benegal Rau urged a private, public session excluding Cold War rivals to craft fair settlements, with France Britain and the US receptive in principle. Russia’s Jakob Malik offered little on the idea amid ongoing procedural exchanges.
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LAW& Success
Security Council
Sir Benegal
N. Rau
Rau
Korea
France
Britain
United States
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Rich Youths Body May Lie Near Mt Whitney Summit
In Lone Pine California AP report says Christopher Reynolds heir to a 7 million fortune may be dead near the summit of Mt Whitney after a search party spotted a faded shirt near the 14,496 foot peak. His companion Steven Wasserman, 17, had been found earlier. Libby Holman arrives in New York from Paris as the fate of the boy remains unclear.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Christopher Reynolds
Mt. Whitney
Harold Gates
Libby Holman
New York
Paris
Christopher
Young Reynolds
Steven Wasserman
Political Forecaster Bets Against Taft in 1952 Election
Louis H. Bean, Look Magazine contributor and Department of Agriculture economist, predicts Taft and Lucas will lose in November. He cites a Democratic sweep with Republicans gaining but not capturing Congress, naming other GOP incumbents likely defeated and suggesting Taft could lose Ohio to Joseph Ferguson. Taft dismisses the oracle as a democratic fad.
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Washington
Louis H. Bean
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
Ill
Bean
Department of Agriculture
Look Magazine
Congress
McMahon and Benton
Connecticut
Myers
Pennsylvania
McCarran
Nevada
Taylor
Idaho
Donnell
Missouri
Millikin
Colorado
Joseph Ferguson
Ohioan
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Stanley Tretrick
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Little Princess
NEA Radio-Telephoto
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Pohang
Sea of Japan
38Th Parallel
Kim Il Sung
Red
Texas
Naktong Line
India
Benegal Rau
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