Four New Red Divisions Seen on Korean Front
Four new Red divisions were spotted on Korea's east central front as bloody fighting raged on mountain slopes. A correspondent cited possible offensive action while an Allied officer warned of a strong Red blow, yet doubted a major dent in the UN line.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
George McArthur
McArthur
North Korea
Bob Otey
Yanggu
United Nations
Air Force
Andrew J. Kinney
Kaesong
Truman Letters Capehart in bitter price control clash
President Truman blasts Senator Capehart over amendments to the 1950 price control law. The White House seeks repeal of three provisions as Senate and House delay action until mid-September amid heated exchanges. Air and ground battles in Korea intensify with UN forces faulted as Bloody Ridge yields to renewed hammers.
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Washington
Truman
Capehart
R-Ind
White House
Senate
Indiana
Congress
House
Senate Banking Committee
Pacific Pact To Be Signed Late Today
The United States Australia and New Zealand prepare to sign a mutual defense pact extending security across the Southwest Pacific. The ceremony at the Presidio in San Francisco will link a Pacific alliance against communism with the upcoming Japanese peace conference led by Prime Minister Yoshida, as Russia eyes the treaty process. Delegations from Russia Japan and Britain move in as officials sign the tripartite pact and related accords.
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United States
Australia
New Zealand
John M. Hightower
Acheson
Russia
Moscow
Southwest Pacific
Presidio of
U.S. Sixth Army
Andrei Gromyko
Truman
San Francisco Memorial Opera House
United Nations
Honolulu
Shigeru Yoshida
Washington
U. S.philippines
Pacific
Gromyko
Britain
Carl Berendsen
Percy C. Spender
Strike Plagues Michigan Fair
Detroit AP report says Michigan's 102nd state fair opened amid labor trouble as AFL-CIO jurisdictional dispute blocked cooks and ticket takers. Bob Hope Marilyn Maxwell and Gov. Williams missed lunch and show. 5,000 spectators endured 95-degree heat waiting for the comedian’s act.
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Detroit
Michigan
Afl-Cio
Bob Hope
Marilyn Maxwell
G. Mennen Williams
AFL
Hope
Ing
Sharon Steel plans $335,365 Niles Rolling Mill expansion
Sharon Steel Corporation announces a $335,365 investment to expand facilities at its Niles Rolling Mill Company plant in Niles. The project aims to enlarge production capacity and modernize equipment at the facility.
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Niles (Ap
Sharon Steel Corporation
Niles Rolling Mill Company
Truman Signs Four Bills for $10 Billion in Housing Aid
President Truman signed four appropriation bills totaling about 10 billion dollars to fund operations of the Labor Agriculture and Interior Departments for the fiscal year ending June 30. One measure authorizes building 50 000 public housing units this year.
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Washington
Truman
Labor, Agriculture and Interior Departments
Earthquakes Shake Central Italy Near Rome
A series of quakes struck central Italy with panic in towns and cities. Some property damage reported but few injuries and no deaths. Epicenter located about 100 miles northeast of Rome in the Gran Sasso Mountain region.
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Rome
Italy
Gran Rasso
Sinatra denies suicide claim after Ava Gardner spat
Frank Sinatra dismissed reports he swallowed sleeping pills to end his life after a quarrel with Ava Gardner. He said two pills stuck in his chest after a night of drinking, then he threw up with a doctor’s help and felt fine. He’s in Nevada for engagements and plans marriage after divorce.
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Lake Tahoe
Calif
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Ava Gardner
Nevada
Miss Gardner
Copper Strike Ends In Sight
Washington AP reports Settle Copper Corporation and Kennecott leaders reached an agreement after President Truman urged federal action to end the nationwide shutdown. Negotiations with Phelps-Dodge American Smelting and Refining Company and Anaconda Copper Company began, with possible price moves tied to Kennecott's 15 cent wage package and pension plan.
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Washington
Settle Copper Corporation
Heoden Copper
Kennecott
Truman
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
American Smelting and Refining Company
Anaconda Copper Company
Utah
Nevada
New Mexico
Anaconda
Montana
Office of Price Stabilization
Plane Crashes Near Alaska Aerial Tragedy Toll Rises
Anchorage AP reports a Navy Privateer with 10 aboard crashed in the Aleutians yesterday, while a C-47 from Elmendorf Field went missing on a flight between Latium and Naknek. Eight bodies recovered from the Privateer on Little Tanaga Island. no survivors found. The incidents mark the eighth and ninth crashes or disappearances in Alaska over six weeks, with about 85 dead or missing overall.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutians
5039Th
Elmendorf Field
Latinum
Naknek
Bethel
Little Tanaga
Ohio counties to be named disaster area by USDA
The Agriculture Department will declare 31 drought patched counties in Southern Ohio a disaster area likely early next week. Butler, Preble and Warren Counties would be included. Farmers in the disaster area may obtain government loans to buy feed and seed and in some cases for subsistence.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
Butler
Preble
Warren
Texas Synthetic Plant Rocked By Explosions
A series of powerful explosions followed by a fire tore through a sprawling butadiene plant near here. Authorities investigated the blasts as residents reported shockwaves and smoke plume across the area. No injuries were immediately reported.
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Texas
Borg Tex
Senate Group Eases Levies On Luxuries
The Senate Finance Committee tentatively eases taxes on luxuries including cameras, telegrams, operas and symphonies. They cut rates on domestic telegraph, cable and radio messages to 15 percent and remove the admissions tax on opera and concert tickets. Seven injured as Phillips Chemical plant blasts near Borger Texas. one in serious condition, fire continues hours after initial explosion.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Phillips Chemical Company
Texas Panhandle
Phillips Chemical
Phillips Petroleum Company
Harry Lassiter
Doctors Examine Philippine Chief at Johns Hopkins
President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines underwent an elaborate medical check-up at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. X rays blood tests and various procedures were planned to assess his recovery from kidney surgery performed a year earlier at the same hospital.
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Baltimore
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Chicago Police Seek Slayer Of Six Year Old Girl
Police hunted clues in the brutal murder of six year old Yvonne Georgiana Biritz whose body was found in a West Side hobo jungle. The child’s head was crushed and investigators say she may have been swung by the ankles. Four to five teen boys were seen near the scene by railroad switchmen.
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Chicago
Yvonne Georgiana Biritz
West Side
Wanda Biritz
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Frank Sheehar
Homicide Squd
Unidentified Plane Drops Flares Near Korean Truce Talks
An unidentified two engine plane dropped 12 flares over the U N camp at Munsan and over the allied reporters near the peace train. Allied observers noted no further action followed and officials offered no immediate explanation. Kinney and others investigated Kaesong claims and disputed UN involvement.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam II
United Nations Command
Five
Kaesong
Pitcher's Wife Tries Death The Action
Mrs Goldie Queen wife of Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher Mel Queen attempted suicide by gas in her home after calling a neighbor from St Louis to check on things She was revived and is in satisfactory condition at South Side Hospital The couple's three children were not harmed Police say she was sick and tired of baseball and of her husband's talk about it
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Pittsburgh
Goldie Queen
Mel Queen
Carl Hillenbrand
Mrs. Queen
Queen
St. Louis
Hillenbrand
Senate Approves Seven Billion Foreign Aid Program
The Senate last night approved a 7,286,250,000 foreign aid package to bolster free world defenses against communism. The total was 1,213,750,000 less than the 8,500,000,000 requested by President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Taft Votes Yes On Foreign Aid Bill
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio voted for the multi billion dollar foreign aid bill as the Senate passed it 61 to 5. Sen. John W. Bricker from Ohio was paired against the measure.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
John W. Bricker
Senate fights over foreign aid authorization and funding
The House authorized 212.5 million dollars in foreign aid with a Senate committee to reconcile differences later this month. Senate leader McFarland says passage moves the program over a hump, but many expect the real fight will be over funding. Senator Schoeppel warns the tax bill must pass before aid is financed, as most funds target arms and military equipment.
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House
Senate
McFarland
Arizona
Congress
Schoeppel
R-Kan
Perons Wife Will Not Run
Eva Peron, 29, told Argentinas radio audience she cannot accept the Peronista party nomination for vice president. She declined the high honor to run with her husband Juan D. Peron in the November election amid army opposition rumors and party tensions within Peronista ranks.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Peronista Party
Labor
Cies
Peronista
Peron
Ho Quijano
Heat Cuts Automaking in Detroit Plant Slowdown
Detroit AP reports scorching heat of 95 degrees disrupted auto production. About eleven thousand workers were idled, some sent home, others quit or were laid off as factories slowed or halted output.
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Detroit
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