Army Marine Reserve Callups Expand As National Security Moves
Washington report says both Navy Marine Corps and Army are calling up more Reserves with recall orders going out now. Marine Vol Reserve enlisted ranks will be activated and officers including captains and lieutenants in ground forces will be recalled. About 300 aviation officers will also be summoned. Army adds 570 Reserve captains and lieutenants from the engineer corps to active duty by October 13, raising total recalled officers to 8,432. Other developments include Senate hearings on drafting medical specialists Midway Station reopened and old weapon donations halted.
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Army
Marines
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
Corps
Engineer Corps
Senator Hunt
D-Wye
Senate Armed Services
Navy
Midway Island
Pacific
Trinidad
British West Indies
Joint Chiefs Fly To Tokyo in War Talks
Army chief Gen J Lawton Collins and Navy adm Forrest Sherman left for talks in Japan and Korea with Air Force Lt Gen Idwal Edwards joining. In Tokyo they will meet Gen Douglas MacArthur and Far East command officials and then proceed to Pusan. They expect to be away about a week.
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Washington
Army and Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Japan
Korea
Idwal Edwards
Air Force
War Operations
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Far East High Command
Pusan
Smith Named New Chief of Central Intelligence Agency
Walter Bedell Smith, former U S ambassador to Russia and WWII chief of staff to Eisenhower, is named director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The move follows Hillenkoetter’s departure for sea duty. White House aides say it reflects no dissatisfaction with Hillenkoetter. Smith, 54, has long studied Soviet affairs and led OSS origins of the CIA.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Central Intelligence Agency
Smith
United States
Russia
W. Bedell Smith
Truman
CIA
Hillenkoetter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Stalin
Office of Strategic Services
Wiliam J. Donovan
Truman Raps Restrictions On Controls
Washington AP reports President Truman urged anti inflation controls without special privilege concessions or power whittling. Senators Maybank and Flanders sparred over amendments in the home front mobilization bill while Fulbright warned Congress to spell out details. Truman cautioned that powers and wage price provisions may be whittled or limited, risking effective action. The Senate planned a vote on the measure Monday.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
Flanders
R-Vi
Barkley
Fulbright
D-Ark
Quite A Girl Grandma of by-gone days
A tribute to a hardworking grandmother who ruled her household with skill and independence. The poem recalls her daily meals and cleanliness, self reliance, and hobbies such as painting china and sewing. She drove a horse and buggy and attended her club, playing a fancy game of whist.
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Foreign policy tops campaign issues as Democrats push back
Democrats frame foreign policy as a major campaign issue and accuse Republicans of isolationism. A letter to President Truman seeks to reach the Russian people with peace aims, while Senator Sparkman blasts GOP isolationism and cites voting on Korean aid as evidence of a hostile minority. Anderson notes Democrats will publicize Republican voting records to energize voters.
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Washington
United States
Truman
Sparkman
D - Ala
Huntington
W. Va
House
Russia
Korea
Senate
Anderson
New Mexico
White House
Baby Giraffe Born At Cincinnati Zoo
Cincinnati AP report notes the zoo's giraffes High pockets and Buttons welcomed a baby weighing 100 pounds who was walking within two hours of birth. The sex was not announced and the calf was named Food Show to coincide with the zoo’s annual food and home show. Only one of the other offspring remains alive, a prior calf named Mac Arthur sold to the San Antonio zoo.
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Cincinnati
MacArthur
San Antonio
Tex
Accused Red Spy Sobell Arrested in Texas
Morton Sobell, accused American radar expert, is held in Laredo under a $100,000 bond on charges of passing defense secrets to Russia. He will be returned to New York. During World War II Sobell worked as a Navy civilian engineer for General Electric.
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Laredo
Tex
Morton Sobell
Russia
New York
Sobell
General Electric
Federal taxes seen hitting record near fifty billion
Senator George says next year's federal taxes could reach about 50 billion as part of a second wartime tax bill to fund Korea and bolster defenses. The plan adds roughly 7 billion in new revenue atop a 5 billion increase, with potential excess profits levies on corporations and targeted taxes on co ops and similar bodies.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Korea
Senate
Belgian Red Chief Julien LaHaut Shot in Liege
Le Drapeau Rouge accuses King Leopold's Rexists of assassinating Julien LaHaut, Belgian Communist party president and veteran MP, as two gunmen aged around 20 fatally shoot him at his doorway. His wife watched, one week after LaHaut shouted Long Live the Republic during Crown Prince Baudoin's swearing in.
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Leopold
Julien LaHaut
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Juien la Haut
Leo-Rexistes
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LaHaut
Vive la Republique
the Republic
Baudoin
Brussels
Georgia Executes Three Men in One Day
In Reidsville Georgia three Black inmates were electrocuted for the murder of J. K. Joe a Chinese grocer of Augusta. The condemned were Charlie Cade Curtiss Wynn both 20 and Lincoln Mays 24. The executions began at 12 57 p m and concluded about thirty minutes later.
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Reidsville
State of Georgia
J. K. Joe
Augusta
Charlie Cade
Curtiss Wynn
Lincoln Mays
U S Leaders Seek End to Rail Strike Threat
Washington White House meets union and management reps to bridge gaps on a 40 hour week with no pay cut. John R Steelman warns joint talks aim to find common ground after deadlocked talks last week. Token walkouts loom Monday at three terminals with thousands more at lines and plants across the country.
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White House
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Truman
Steelman
Carriers
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St. Paul
Louisville
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
New York Central
Chicago
International Harvester Company
United Farm Equipmnt
General Electric Company
Syracuse
N. Y
CIO Electrical
Japan backs UN in Korea via self defense white paper
Tokyo issued a 43800 word white paper declaring Japan supports the United Nations in the Korean War as a self defense measure. It urges cooperation with democracies, unity against Communism, and asks Japanese to help prevent sabotage.
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Tokyo
Nippon
United Nations
Ndt
Japan
DAV Aims Tightened Home Front As New Commander Installed
In San Francisco the Disabled American Veterans conclude a week-long encampment with about 4000 veterans, installing Boniface R Maile as national commander. Maile, a World War II veteran and 37 year old Detroit attorney, leads calls for a hard line against domestic Communists and stronger homefront measures.
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San Francisco
DAV
Boniface R. Maile
Detroit
Surprise Landing Deep in Red Territory Shocks Korea War
MacArthur reports four Communist divisions may regroup for a renewed push along the north center front. A surprise allied landing on Tokchok Island by South Korean troops follows shelling by British forces, signaling a potential turning point as Reds withdraw from Taegu and Changnyoung fronts.
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Red
Taegu
Tokyo
MacArthur
United Nations
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Inchon
Seoul
Yellow Sea
North Korean losses reach 50000 in Korea invasion
Washington reports North Korean forces have suffered about 50,000 dead in the South Korea invasion. An Army spokesman puts South Korean casualties at around 37,000 through three weeks earlier. He says American casualty tallies will be released only when they hold value to the enemy.
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Washington
South Korea
Korea
Battle Report on Naktong Front and Taegu Defense
U S Army and Marine forces push toward Kumwha as three to five Red divisions remain north of Taegu. Glancing reports note heavy fighting around Naktong bulge and Changnyong with substantial enemy losses and limited North Korean counterattacks.
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Changnyong
Taexu
Kumwha
Taegu
U. S. 27Th Regiment
John H. Michaelis
MacArthur
Kunwi
Waegwan
B-29s Attack North Korean Iron Works and Rail hubs
American B-29s pounded Chongjin with nearly 800 tons of bombs targeting Mitsubishi Iron Works and rail yards, plus Hamb-Chung bridges and Waegwan front area. The raid involved 90 Superforts, described as the second largest mass B-29 strike of the war, with air force claims of excellent results.
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Tokyo
Chongjin
Mitsubishi Iron Works
Asia
North Korea
Hambchung
38Th Parallel
Waegwan Front
United Nations
Senators Withdraw Hardship Plan On Military Draftees
Washington AP The Senate Armed Services Committee scaled back a provision to discharge all enlisted personnel with more than three dependents. It will now urge that men with heavy dependents not be drafted if their families would suffer hardship, with actual discharges left to service secretaries. Allowances would start July 1 for those called to duty since the Korean War began.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Korea
Senate
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Forces
Hidden Tintypes Lead To Mystery Woman's Heirs in Cleveland
In Cleveland AP report attorney John J. Fuerst says he has identified the missing heirs of Mae G. Haas, administrator of her 250000 dollar estate. Haas, who died in 1948, hid two tintypes and a photograph in her stove. records suggest her birth date is March 26 1875 though Mary Glynn born March 26 1872 is identified. If the NY sisters are confirmed, Haas relatives may receive about 50000 to 60000 dollars while the Glynn sisters could gain around 100000.
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Cleveland
John J. Fuerst
Mae G. Haas
Fuerst
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James Underwood
Binghamton
Mary Glynn
New York State
Walden
Haas
Glynn
New York
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Hammer
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