Draft calls may exceed 185000 as Hershey warns
Washington AP report says the draft will likely surpass the 185000 limit previously authorized. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, said the July estimate is outdated amid unsettled world conditions. Calls for 100000 men were issued for September and October, with plans for further calls in November. no draftees with dependents have been taken.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Rail Walkout Called At 3 Key Terminals
A spokesman for a major rail union announced a five day strike starting Monday at three strategic terminals Kentucky Indiana Terminal Railroad in Louisville Minnesota Transfer Railway in St Paul and River Terminal Railway in Cleveland The White House declined to seize the railroads to avert a nationwide strike as other labor actions spread including 8000 Packard workers walkout in Detroit and possible GE strike vote debated in New York by CIO Electrical Workers.
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White House
Truman
Kentucky and
Indiana Terminal Railroad
Louisville
Minnesota Transfer Railway
St. Paul
River Terminal Railway
Cleveland
Railroad Brotherhood
Detroit
Packard
General Electric Company
New York
CIO Electrical Workers
House passes major social security expansion bill
Washington AP bulletin reports the House approved a wide expansion of social security coverage and higher benefits in a landmark legislative action.
House Set To OK Social Security Bill
Washington AP report notes final House action imminent on a broad Social Security expansion with higher benefits and broader coverage. The measure would raise covered workers from 35 million to about 45 million including self employed and domestic workers while benefits rise significantly for current beneficiaries and future retirees.
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Washington
House
Truman
Knowland
R-Calif
Secretary of Labor
Senate
Postal cuts voted down in House restores city delivery
The House defeated cuts to city mail service 284 to 108 and sent to the Senate a bill ordering the Post Office to restore two daily city home deliveries and reverse the April 17 one-delivery plan. A Senate panel approved a companion bill, with no guarantee President Truman will sign. The House also removed a provision that would require extra funding if needed.
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Truman
Congress
A Thinker’s Salt and Pepper Shaker Fix Idea
A visitor to lunchrooms notes common flaws in salt and pepper shakers. Salt pours too fast through oversized holes while pepper shakers clog, leaving insufficient pepper for flavoring. The piece suggests a clever inventor could design better shakers to win public acclaim.
Bombers Turn Target Into Vast Smudgepot
In Korea near Waegwan 98 B 29s blitz a 21 square mile target, turning the area into a vast smoke and fire pall. The wave of bombers unload ten tons each at 7000 feet, with little enemy resistance as infantry on nearby ridges cheer.
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Grandstand
Taegu
James R. Young
Denver
Colo
Naktong River
St. Lo
Normady
Baruch says U S can win with resolve and mobilization
financier Bernard Baruch, age 80, tells New York Journal American he believes the United States can lick any foe once the nation understands the stakes. He cites a land of diverse peoples facing Stalin’s Russia and calls for price controls and a mobilization plan.
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New York
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Guy Richards
New York Journal-American
Hale and Erect
Baruch
Winston Churchill
Madison Avenue
Winston
Stalin
Russia
Hitler
Germany
Robinson Sees Possible Brooklyn Trade Before 1951
Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers says he would not be surprised if traded before the 1951 season, amid rising team tension as the defending champions lag six and a half games behind. Branch Rickey, Dodgers president, is reportedly irate over the club’s performance.
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Brooklyn
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Robinson
Associated Press
Giant quake may have been in Himalayas
Seismologists split on where yesterday’s massive quake originated with experts in Britain Germany and the United States placing it in Tibet Burma or Eastern India. The tremor, described as the strongest in Goettingen Institute history, could have triggered ocean tidal waves though no marine disturbances were reported. The blast was so immense that initial waves obscured subsequent recordings.
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Himalyan
Tibet
India
Burma
Daniel Linehan
S. J
Boston College
Weston Mass
Himalayas
Germany
Geophysical Institute of the University of Goettingen
Messina
Italy
Bank Robber Agrees To Face Ohio Court
Joseph Wayne Nolen 25 waives hearing and agrees to return to Ohio to face charges in a Cincinnati bank robbery July 26. Nolen previously indicated he would fight removal. attorney says he will go voluntarily to jurisdiction of federal court in Ohio.
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Baltimore
Joseph Wayne Nolen
Ohio
Cincinnati
Nolen
U. S
Ernest Wokart Nolen
Why Can the Red Army Strike Hard With Casualties High
The analysis explores how North and South Korea can sustain a Red Army with estimated casualties over 40 000 while maintaining or increasing manpower. Explanations include conscription, influx from Manchuria and China, possible overestimates of initial strength, and reserves. It notes supplies from the North lived off the land, reduced fuel use, and the Allies' air and sea dominance. It discusses American casualty figures, American and UN firepower, and troop buildup offsetting enemy gains.
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Washington
Red Army
North
South Korea
Manchuria
China
Pentagon
Far East
Korea
United States
United Nations
United States Army
Wanamaker Drops Out Of Ohio Supreme Court Race
Akron AP Wanamaker Republican Walter B Wanamaker a 20 year Common Pleas judge withdraws from the chief justice contest against Carl Weygandt citing inadequate salary. He notes $11,500 vs $12,600 and higher Columbus living costs. GOP committee has until August 22 to name a replacement.
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Akron
Common Pleas
Walter B. Wanamaker
State Supreme Court
Wanamaker
Carl V. Weygandt
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio Gop
Justce Post
Columbus
GOP State Central Committee
Bliss
Truman seeks GI Family Aid plan with compromises
Washington AP Truman and Congress push for a rapid family support allowance system for servicemen with high priority in both houses. Administration plan would pay dependents 75 dollars monthly plus 25 per child up to 150, and 60 for a dependent parent. Senate plan alternatives start at 60 for a wife, 81 for wife and child, and 105 for wife plus two children, with a likely compromise near 65.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House Armed Services Committees
House
Budget Bureau
Tydings
Massive Bomber Strike May Have Turned Korean War Tide
Tokyo dispatch reports 98 B-29s dropped 875 tons of bombs over a 26 square mile zone along the Naktong River, forcing Red troops to retreat under cover of night. Observers said the attack may have halted a 60,000-man North Korean offensive buildup and boosted Allied defense with reinforcements arriving for Negro infantrymen. Ground scouts found Reds digging in and fleeing in disarray after the air raid, while U S forces noted a lull in fighting on the front.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
United States
New York
Manhattan Island
Fifth Air Force
West Bank
Naktong
Red
U. S
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
Senate Hurdles on Anti Communist Rider to Control Bill
Senate Democratic leaders fight a Republican bid to add an anti-Communist rider to Truman price and control legislation. Mundt and Ferguson push for Communist registration as a condition, Johnston abstains, while the chamber votes on amendments to curb subversives and protect contracts already in effect.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Mundt
D-Sc
Ferguson
Re- Mich
Johnston
Vision claims stir crowd at Vermeer Wisconsin shrine
Thousands of spectators from many states heard farmwife Mary Anna Van Hoof recount a message from the Virgin Mary at an improvised shrine near Necedah. She says the Mother of Christ appeared six times and urged everyone to pray. Observers, about 100000 strong, left divided between belief and skepticism as no phenomena were seen.
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Necedah
Wis
Wisconsin
Mary Anna van Hoof
Tobacco heir found dead on Mt Whitney
Libby Holman Reynolds rushed from France to locate her missing son, Christopher Reynolds, after Sierra Club volunteers found his frozen body on Mt Whitney’s east face. Fellow climber Steven Wasserman, 17, died nearby, with Wasserman’s body later recovered in a snow crevasse as rescue teams concluded the ascent ended in tragedy.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Libby Holman Reynolds
France
Sierra Club
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Tobacco Mile Lions
Mt. Whitney
Steven Wassereman
Wasserman
William Stix Wasserman
Philadelphia
Ray Gorin
Dollar Day Bargains Hit Middletown Stores Thursday
Middletown merchants offer real price cuts in a tradition called Dollar Day with 49 stores participating. The Middletown Journal publishes a special edition guiding shoppers on what to buy at lower prices and the best times to shop, with Ortman Stewart Transportation offering free rides downtown from 9 to 11 a.m. in the morning.
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Middletown
Middletown Journal
Ortman-Stewart Transportation Company
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