UN Planes Hit Supply Area In Red Korea
The U S Fifth Air Force says about 200 warplanes struck a Communist ammunition supply and troop billeting area on the Korean West Coast near Pyongyang. Sabre jets damaged one MIG15 after interception north of Pyongyang. Eighth Army reports 3134 Reds killed or wounded in the week to Aug 14, Marines winning on Bunker and Iberia Hills near Panmunjom after seizing Bunker Hill Aug 12. Ground actions were minor and easily repulsed.
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Sam Summerlin
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Red Capital
Pyongyang
Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
Bunker
Iberia
Panmunjom
Bunker Hill
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Bunker Hill Sea
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Truman Lowers Corporation Tax Take in New Budget Estimate
President Truman predicts corporate taxes will yield 24.8 billion dollars for the year, down from 27.8 billion. total receipts fall to 68.7 billion with a 10.3 billion deficit. Lawmakers note lagging retail business and potential impacts on manufacturers amid revised fiscal projections.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
Congressional
Truman
Daniel A. Reed
New York
House
Ways and Means
Herman P. Eberharter
Penns: Na
Budget Bureau
Pot Washer Goes Berserk against Prize Flowers
In Newport Wales a 15 year old assistant to the park gardener attacked the potting shed smashing 328 prize chrysanthemums valued at 125 pounds. He left a note calling his boss a pig headed slave driver and was fined five pounds by Newport Juvenile Court.
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Newport
Wales
Newport Tvenile
It Isn't Man's World In Norwich Election
Norwich Assemblywoman Janet Hill Gordon won the Republican nomination for re election topping John R Marshall 97 to 86 in yesterday's primary. Gordon is an attorney and a mother and resides on the same street as Marshall.
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Norwich
N. Y
Janet Hill Gordon
Gordon
John R. Marshall
General Says Alaska Safe From Attack
General Nathan S. Twining told the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce that Alaska’s heart concept makes the territory invulnerable to a surprise attack. He said the core near Anchorage and Fairbanks enables rapid extensions to the far corners. General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, praised progress and noted improved defense despite earlier worries.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Airorce
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce
Nathan S. Twining
Fairbanks
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chamber
No Nonsense Rules Hit Fayetteville Lovers Lane
Fayetteville city council moved to curb late night activity by imposing a 15 minute parking limit on the town’s popular lover’s lane near the university area.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Meaning Of New Communist Moves Strengthens Soviet Dictatorship
William L. Ryan analyzes Moscow toward the Oct 5 All-Union Communist Party congress, noting the shift from Politburo to a stronger Presidium, Malenkov’s rising influence, and the likely suppression of opposition, with implications for peace and potential war.
Arabs Plan Own System Of Defense
Cairo reports seven Arab nations will activate a regional defense arrangement next month at a meeting of Arab League military chiefs. The 1950 security pact binds Egypt Syria Lebanon Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia and Yemen to mutual aid in case of armed aggression. The bloc seeks autonomy from a Western backed Middle East defense plan while demanding refugee repatriation and UN Holy Land resolutions.
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Egypt
Middle East
Arab League
League
Abdel Rahman Azzam
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U. S
Britain
France
Turkey
Arab League Defense Alliance
Azzam
Israel
U. N
Holy Land
Wagner Seeks Democratic Nomination for U.S. Senate
Manhattan officials say Robert F. Wagner Jr. will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator. The 42 year old son of the former senator who helped pass the Wagner Labor Relations Act will be chosen at the Democratic State Convention in New York on August 28, while Republican Irving M. Ives is expected to seek re election in November.
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Manhattan
Robert F. Wagner Jr
U. S
Irving M. Ives
Norwich
Panto
Wagner
Democratic Senate
Boise
America
Vandenberg
Eisenhower
Val
Aly Khan Heads to Chicago After Rita Hayworth Visit
Aly Khan is set to fly to Chicago tonight after several days in Hollywood visiting with his estranged wife Rita Hayworth. No reconciliation is expected though they were seen together publicly, including yesterday when they lunched near her studio.
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Hollywood
Aly Khan
Chicago
Rita Hayworth
Rita
Stevenson Hides Away For Rest In Wisconsin
Gov Adlai Stevenson retreats to a secluded Lake Minocqua estate in Wisconsin to rest and work on speech writing ahead of the campaign. He plans a news conference at noon then returns to Springfield Friday to resume pre election duties. Eisenhower may open the Western tour with a Denver speech on Sept 5. The retreat is a log house with a glass ceiling and a stocked kitchen.
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Wis
Adlai Stevenson
Chicago
Springfield
Denver
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kasson
Minn
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Hollywood
Lake Minocqua
Clark W. Finnerud
Stevensons
Ernest Ives
William E. Stevenson
Oberlin College
Ohio
Carol Evans
United States asks Britain to map Iran aid plan
Secretary of State Acheson proposed a joint Anglo American emergency aid plan for Iran to prevent a Communist coup and to keep oil from Russian control. Britain remained cool to the idea but did not reject it, while discussions focus on token grants and oil actions tied to Iran’s nationalization dispute.
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U.S
Iran
Washington
United States
Britain
State Acheson
Anthony Eden
Acheson
Eden
Persian Gulf
London
Churchill
Tranian
Mohammed Mossadegh
Famed Banker Giannini Dies at 58 in San Francisco
Lawrence Mario Giannini 58 president of Bank of America died in his sleep at a San Francisco hospital after illness. He led BOA since 1936, founded by his father A P Giannini in 1904. Survived by wife Anna Mercedes and daughters Anne and Virginia. Bank had 600 branches in California and offices in London Manila Tokyo Yokohama Kobe and Shanghai.
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San Francisco
Lawrence Mario Giannini
Bank of America
Ae Bank
Anna Mercedes
Anne
Virginia
Giannini
A. P. Giannini
Quintuplets Born in Brazil Hospital Report
In Sao Paulo a 38 year old woman delivered girl quintuplets in three hours at a hospital in San Carlos. Weighing under three pounds each, all five babies have good survival odds according to doctors. The parents are Jose Albano and his wife Maria.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
San Carlos
Jose Albano
Maria
Timken strike ends as contract OK’d in Canton vote
The Timken Roller Bearing Co strike ends with 8 000 Canton workers eligible and 2 000 voting. Canton ratified the new contract with a 10 percent wage hike and modified union shop, while Columbus and Zanesville workers approved after dissent over wage percent, hours, and insurance. Recalls begin at all three plants.
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Canton
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Columbus
Zanesville
CIO United Steelworkers
Timken
Lawrence Jones
Washington denies Swedish guards roughing up Swedes
The White House stated that preliminary reports indicate there is not one word of truth to claims that Margarets guards rough up Swedes. The denial stresses the administration has seen no corroborating evidence of such incidents.
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Washington
Margarets
White House
Truman Bodyguards Face Scrutiny Over Swedish Citizens
Presidential secretary Joseph Short said State and Treasury departments investigate the incident after reports that Margaret Truman's bodyguards roughed up Swedish citizens. Short cited initial reports claiming nobody was touched or threatened.
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Margaret Truman
Joseph Short
State
Treasury Departments
OPS Plans Higher Ceilings for Metal Goods
Washington officials say the Office of Price Stabilization is drafting an order to raise price ceilings on products containing steel, aluminum, and copper. The rule is expected to be issued within about ten days.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Communists Plan First Congress in 13 Years
Moscow dispatch reports the Communist Party of the Soviet Union proposing to abolish the Politburo and form a Praesidium to run between sessions. The party would also rename itself the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and convene its first congress in 19 years on October 5, aiming a fifth five year plan to lift industrial output 70 percent by 1955.
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Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Russia
Communist Party
Congress
Polit Wro
Central Committee
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Politburoe
All-Union’ Communist Party
Bolsheviks
Tehran clashes as Reds battle U S personnel riot
In Tehran six Americans including two lieutenant colonels were attacked by Iranian rioters amid renewed fighting with Communist youths. Master Sgt. Paul Goodwin was struck by a cabbage as troops and police faced mobs, with two policemen and one soldier stabbed before rioters fled under tear gas.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
Nolo
Paul Goodwin
Ted
Diplomats see Russia’s Politburo move as propaganda
Washington and American diplomats say Russia’s abolition of the Politburo and calls for a Communist Party congress are meant to fool outsiders and Russians into believing democratization. Experts view the plan as propaganda plus party necessity, noting the Politburo word has become a byword for dictatorship.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet to hold party congress amid economic plan push
The announcement signals a possible consolidation of power for the Soviet leadership as a party congress is outlined with directives for a fifth five year plan from 1951 to 1955. The plan aims for annual industrial production growth of 12 percent.
Earthquake Felt Near West Coast of Canada
A Columbia University seismograph recorded a moderately severe quake about 2,800 miles from New York, likely off the west coast of Canada, today.
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New York
Columbia University Seismograph
Canada
Eisenhower Seeks Middle Path in Speech to Boast Debate
Eisenhower plans a major Boise address from the State Capitol steps, denouncing leftist groups and urging a middle-ground approach. He will appeal to Western concerns like reclamation and water power, while vowing to woo the 1960 electorate and avoid extremes.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Boise
Idaho
Eisenhower
Republican O
Nixon challenges Stevenson to take a stand in New Hampshire
In Hampton Beach Gov Adlai Stevenson is urged by Sen Richard Nixon to answer public questions about Truman administration support Dean Acheson Brannan farm program and federal coastal control Nixon accuses Stevenson of being handpicked by Truman and says he must choose between Truman and the people Eisenhower has stated his positions and Nixon calls for Stevenson forthrightness.
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Hampton Beach
N. H
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Gov. Stevenson
Nixon
Beach Resort
Gov
Stevenson
Sen
Gen. Eisenhower
Man Survives 13 Floor Plunge For Ill Hours
MIAMI, Fla. A man plunged from the 13th floor of the Pacific Building and died 11 hours later after crashing through the roof of a two story adjoining structure. Charles R. Svoboda 41 former employee died at 3 35 a m Police said he jumped from a window in a men’s toilet across from the downtown post office He struck the roof head first and left a two foot square hole He suffered severe head injuries multiple broken bones and possible internal injuries He was conscious briefly at Jackson Memorial Hospital before dying officials said there was no clear reason for the leap.
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Miami
Fla
Charles R. Svoboda
Pacific
Svoboda
Jackson
Eamoeral Hospital
Bank Robbery Hits Reyno Arkansas Bank
A masked bandit robbed the Reyno merchants bank of about 18000 dollars today. He escaped after injuring two bank officials and a merchant in the vault.
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Reyno, Ark. 2
Reyno and Merchants Bank
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