Peace Of Reconciliation With Japan Ready To Sign
Washington reports that the United States and Britain unveil a peace of reconciliation with Japan to be signed by about 15 nations in San Francisco the week of September 3. Dulles calls it unique and notes Japan may rearm while regaining sovereign status and a U S Japanese pact will allow U S bases in Japan. A three way pact with Australia and New Zealand and a separate trade treaty are included.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Japan
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Russia
Moscow
Dulles
San Francisco
Free World
U.S
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
Only 87 B 36s Are Reported As Available
Washington AP report says the U S B 36 bomber fleet stands at 87 aircraft with 65 more in modernization for jet assisted takeoffs. Air Force officials testified to the Armed Services Committee that deliveries total 170 but engine changes paused new builds.
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Washington
House
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
Americans eat less meat in first half of year
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department found consumers ate less meat in the first half of the year than the same period in 1950. Slaughter records show supplies averaged 1.4 pounds less per person than a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Labor Warns Pay Control Threatened
President Truman asks Congress for a seven percent across the board pay raise for government workers. A Senate committee approved increases averaging 8.4 percent, affecting about 2,000,000 workers including 500,000 postal workers and 1,500,000 civil service employees. The committee group projects a yearly cost near $500 million with specific raises and caps for different employee groups. Green attended a Capitol Hill briefing on anti inflation controls as CIO leaders voiced support.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Postal Service
Green
Capitol Hill
House
James Carey
CIO
Three Nations Agree on Pacific Defense Pact
The United States Australia and New Zealand reached a mutual defense pact with terms to be formally recorded at a 3 p.m. EST ceremony. Ambassadors John Foster Dulles Percy Spender and Sir Carl Berendsen will attend as the alliance ties into the postwar Pacific settlement and the proposed Japanese peace treaty.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Amassador
John Foster Dulles
Percy Spender
Carl Berendsen
Britain
Averell Harriman to Visit Iran to Seek Oil Settlement
President Truman will dispatch W. Averell Harriman to Iran within 48 hours to explore possible salvage of the Anglo-Iranian oil settlement. Mossadegh has accepted Harriman’s mission though officials say he carries no magic solution. Grady is retiring as ambassador. Henderson to succeed him as envoy to Iran in weeks.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Iran
White House
Truman
Mohammed Mossadegh
Harriman
Henry F. Grady
U. S
Lou Henderson
India
Henderson
Truman Calls Seven Percent Across the Board Pay Rise
President Truman asked Congress to approve a seven percent across the board pay increase for postal and civil service workers to attract and retain skilled staff. He urged uniform percentage raises to avoid disproportionate middle and upper grade cuts and proposed eliminating the two lowest grades for postal workers, allowing Grade Three hires.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Murray
Dtenn
Post Office and Civil Service Committees
Senate
House
Miss Bergman To See Child This Summer
Dr. Peter Lindstrom, former husband of Ingrid Bergman, and their daughter Jenny Ann 12 left for New York en route to Sweden for a planned meeting with Bergman. They will sail on the Queen Mary to England then Sweden, marking the first reunion since her 1949 departure for Stromboli.
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Inglewood
Calif
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid Bergman
Jenny Ann
New York
Sweden
Miss Bergman
Lindstrom
Pia
England
Hollywood
Stromboli
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Meat Prices Cut Blood Donations in Westfield Camp
In Westfield Massachusetts a Red Cross blood drive saw 159 donors with 32 rejected for low iron. Officials blamed the high meat prices for poor iron intake among residents, reducing eligible blood supply for Korea war needs.
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Westfield
Mass
Korea
Red Cross
Red Cross Chapter
Polka Dot House Stuns Warwick Neighborhood
Emery R. Jernquist finished painting his Warwick home black with five inch turquoise blue red orange yellow cream and coral polka dots. He jokes that the house is now unmistakable and wonders what inspired the idea.
Seaway Vote To Be Tried Again Today
Washington AP The House Public Works Committee resumes efforts to vote on St. Lawrence seaway and power bills after failing first time. Buckley D NY says no predictions as it meets in closed session restricting review to two similar bills amid roll call votes and motions to delay or kill the proposal.
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Seaway
Washington
House Public Works Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Chaiman Buckley
Buckley
Dondero
Rmich
Blatnik
D-Minn
Oponents
Drama Critic Ashton Stevens Dies at 78 in Chicago
Ashton Stevens, 78, renowned drama critic and columnist for Hearst papers in Chicago New York and San Francisco since 1897, died of a heart attack at home while dining with his wife Katherine. He had been in ill health but contributed to the Chicago Herald American and wrote several plays.
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Chicago
Ashton Stevens
Stevens
Hearst
New York
San Francisco
Katherine
Chicago Herald-American
Bricker Seeks Dawson Name in RFC Loans Probe
Senator Bricker said he would oppose excluding White House aide Donald S. Dawson from the final Senate Banking Committee report on Reconstruction Finance Corporation loans. The panel planned to discuss a report ending a yearlong probe into RFC lending, including about 62 million dollars in loans to Kaiser-Frazer.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
White House
Donald S. Dawson
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Dawson
Truman
Auto Crushed By Two Trucks And Five Die
Bridgeport New Jersey reports a car between two trailer trucks burst into flames killing Naval pilot Lieutenant (JG) Albert Karch his wife Evelyn and their two children Susanne and Deborah plus 15 year old June McBride of Hopkinton Mass The crash occurred near the Chester Bridgeport ferry slip The truck driver Michael G Sharick Elkton Md faced charges of reckless killing by automobile
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Bridgeport
N. J
June McBride
Hopkinton
Mass
Chester
Albert Karch
East Greenwich
R. I
Evelyn
Susanne
Deborah
Karch
Cedar Park
Annapolis
Michael G. Sharick
Elkton
Sharick
Rhode Island
Baltimore Attorney Refuses to Answer HUAC Question
Maurice Braverman identified by an FBI agent as a Communist rejected a chance to affirm or deny the charge before the House Un American Activities Committee. He testified for Harold Round, a former Baltimore schoolteacher who refused to answer questions about the Communist Party.
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Washington
Maurice Braverman
Baltimore
FBI
House Un-American Activities Committee
Harold Round
Communist Party
Bradley Optimistic About Korean War Truce Talks
General Omar N. Bradley told senators he is optimistic a settlement of the Korean War can be reached in negotiations with the Communists. The report emphasizes Bradley’s hopeful outlook amid ongoing talks in Washington.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Swede Could Be Named Korea Cease-Fire Overseer
United Nations discussions consider appointing a neutral civilian, possibly from Sweden, to supervise Korea cease-fire terms. The role would involve monitoring compliance, recruiting military personnel as needed, and reporting to the General Assembly, with no mediation duties. An Indian candidate is also mentioned.
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United Nations
N. Y
Sweden
Korea
Trygve Lie
China
General Assembly
Seven Die In Indiana GM Jet Engine Plant Explosion
An early morning explosion at General Motors Allison Division jet engine testing cell near Indianapolis kills seven workers. One survivor with severe burns is among eight at the scene as military police secure the area and recovery of bodies continues amid Army supervision.
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Indianapolis
General Motors ‘Corporation
Jarold E. Wilber
Air Air Force Public Information Officer
Wilber
General Motors
Allison
Air Force
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Truths and Newsmen Asks Free Press at Reuters Century Banquet
Kent Cooper of the Associated Press told a London banquet marking Reuters hundredth anniversary that a free press without government control helps nations understand each other. He praised cooperative AP Reuters news gathering and insisted truth comes from newspapers controlling collection and dissemination.
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London
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Cooper
Reuters News Agency
Reuters
Memorial Stone Planned for Son Killed in Korea in Savannah
James W. Horning Sr demands a highway monument in a Savannah area suburb for his 19-year old son James Horning Jr USMC killed in action December 2 1950 at Yudam Ni Chosin Reservoir Korea. He accuses 1948 politicians of causing the death.
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Savannah
James W. Horning
Korea
James “Aring Horning
USMC
Yudam- Ni Chosin Reservoir
Bridge Blaze Delays Rail Traffic Between Newark and New York
A five mile per hour limit was set on the Hackensack River drawbridge after a blaze damaged the Hackensack River span. Fire Chief Wandras said FBI involvement was sought and origin labeled suspicious. Fire was the second blaze of the day on the same bridge.
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Newark
N. J
Pennsylvania
New York
Hackensack River
William Wandras
Kearny
FBI
Wandras
Actress Gloria De Haven Robbed In Toronto Hotel
Motion Picture Actress Gloria De Haven reported a room ransack at her Toronto hotel during a personal appearance. Thieves seized jewelry valued at $20,000 from the room.
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Toronto
Gloria de Haven
Move Made After Reds Bar Writers Move Made After Reds Bar Writers
Tokyo reports confirm China suspends Korean cease-fire talks and sees no UN chance to continue. Pyongyang-datelined Chinese correspondent quotes Red negotiators saying no formal reply given. Chinese broadcast criticizes Allied press access as arbitrary and questions sincerity of peace talks.
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Tokyo
Red Radio
Peiping
Korea
United Nations
Kyodo
Pyongyang
Red
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Kaesong
UN Breaks Off Cease-Fire Talks Over Press Representation
In Munsan Korea the United Nations halted cease-fire negotiations over press representation at Kaeson as Red guards challenged part of a UN convoy. The Allied command left next moves to the Communists after the U S Eighth Army said Reds had not answered any Allied ultimatum by 10 p m. local time for UN peace convoys to pass unchallenged.
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Sinuiju
North Korea
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaeson
U. S. Eighth Army
Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Thye
Nam I
Ridgway
United Nations Command
Ceasefire Talks Break Off Over UN News Access at Kaesong
In Munsan Korea the ceasefire talks halted as Communist guards blocked a UN convoy carrying 20 newspapermen. UN chief Joy demanded that press representation be cleared to the Kaesong conference site, signaling no resumption until conditions were met. Ridgway called the stance “all or nothing” and left negotiations suspended.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Bail Revived for 15 Communists in Free-On-Bond Ruling
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Learned Hand reinstated bail of 15 Communist defendants after Federal Judge Ryan had revoked it for contempt over disclosure records. Hammett and Hunton face $10,000 bonds. Field’s $10,000 bond was posted by his wife as Contempt sentences previously stood.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Learned Hand
United States Court of Appeals
Civil Rights Congress of
Ryan
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Civil Rights Congress
Field
Hammett
Cue
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