Truman May Apologize For Spanking Marines
President Truman weighs a letter to the Marine Corps League amid protests over his remark that the Marines are the Navy s police force and have a propaganda machine akin to Stalin s Some White House aides urged a blanket apology while Marine leaders seek to quiet the issue The letter may reflect White House and military disagreements on Marine representation and policy in wartime context.
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Aiken
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Hickenlooper
Iowa
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Douglas
Mr. Truman
Casualty total from Korea War reaches eight thousand eight hundred
Washington AP Defense Department figures show 8,863 American casualties in the Korean War reported to next of kin through September 1, an increase from 6,886 for the period ending August 25. Of the total, 599 killed in action, 5,366 wounded, including 83 later dead, and 2,898 missing in action. Army 4,861 wounded with 69 dead. Navy 14 wounded, 1 dead. Marine Corps 482 wounded, 12 dead. Air Force 9 wounded, 1 dead.
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Truman Blast Irks Marines At War Front
Marines in Korea reacted with confusion and profanity to President Truman’s remark that their frontline effort resembles a Stalin like propaganda machine. A sergeant and a veteran marine questioned the phrase while others urged caution, fearing strain with allied forces. Officers avoided comment to protect relations with other American units.
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Korea
Naktong River Bulge
Six Injured In GE Picket Battle In Syracuse
Six were injured during a heated GE IUE strike bottleneck at the 9,500-employee television plant in Syracuse New York as pickets clashed with deputies. Federal mediators planned to restart talks in Washington with about 60 000 GE IUE members split between striking and working groups.
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Soviets Claim Unarmed Plane Shot Down by UN Fighters
Moscow Radio said a Soviet bomber on a training flight was fired on without provocation by 11 U.S. fighters and that the plane fell burning into the sea near Hai-yun-Tao Island after the attack. Two other Soviet planes witnessed the event.
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Moscow
Yugoslavia backs West on Korea war stance
Belgrade (AP) Communist Yugoslavia condemned North Korean aggression and urged peace, saying the war threatens world peace. Foreign Minister Kardelj told Borba the conflict harms global stability and will escalate great power confrontation, though Yugoslavia will not intervene directly.
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Yugoslavia
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Borba
Korea
Soviet Plane Shot Down Off Korea Declared Training Flight
AP reports Russian envoy Jakob A Malik handed the United Nations a note stating the Soviet plane shot down near Korea on September 4 was a training aircraft.
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Jakob A. Malik
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Korea
Taft and Knowland Press Critique Truman Foreign Policy
Senate GOP leaders Taft of Ohio and Knowland of California attack the Truman administration over foreign policy. Taft argues for a decisive Republican agenda and a united program, while Knowland cites the loss of Capt. John Birch and warns of appeasement at the United Nations. He says State Department doctrine undercuts a strong stance on China and Formosa.
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Probe Looms for Chapman
Washington AP reports Senator Schoeppel accused Secretary of Interior Oscar L Chapman of aligning with the Russian Soviet cause and urged an immediate Senate Interior Committee probe. Senator O Mahoney said Chapman is anxious to testify and Schoeppel will be invited to attend as Democrats dismissed the charges as political.
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House Labor
McCarran Wins Nomination In Utah Vote
Senator Pat McCarran secured renomination in Nevada as a three-term Democrat with about a three to one margin over George Franklin. Utah yielded Wallace F. Bennett as Republican nominee to oppose Democratic Elbert Thomas in November.
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George Franklin
Las Vegas
Kendrick Johnson
Reno
George Marshall
McCarran
Utah
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
Rue L. Clegg
Bennett
Elbert Thomas
Thomas
New York State
Tragic Error Led To GIs Torture Death in Korea
AP report recounts an American sergeant escaping as Korean Reds used him and a companion as human shields after a village search. The dying classmate, last named Coates, screamed for mercy as guards taunted and tortured him. Two soldiers hid in a haystack and later escaped with a tense, rain-soaked three-day wait to rejoin their unit.
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U. S
KOREA
M-Set
Clarence Jacobson
Jacobson
Coates
Red forces seize Pohang as Taegu frontline stalls
Allied forces retook Yongchon and halted further Taegu thrusts while Reds deploy 84 Russian tanks and launch new Patton tanks into battle. Pohang fell, rail and road lines fray, and Taegu’s fate hinges on Yongchon and the highway with Kyongju. Allied air power bombed enemy tanks as front lines shift across the 120 mile Korean front.
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Yongchon
Taegu
Pusan
Pohang
Sea of Japan
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Erickson
Korea
Kigye
Kyongju
Kumhwa
Tabu
Yongsan
MacArthur
U. S. 8Th Army
Cedar Key Struck by Hurricane Leaves Cedar Key and Citrus Belt Devastated
The weakened tropical hurricane moved ashore near Cedar Key and headed northeast, leaving two dead and hundreds homeless in central Florida. Cedar Key suffered complete ruin of all 200 buildings, with 75 percent wrecked, and the town of 900 left without power or water as trees, poles, and debris blocked roads. Aid, water, milk, and blankets were rushed in by Red Cross, National Guard, and a military convoy from Turner Field. The same storm battered citrus areas, causing widespread property damage and displacing over 400 people.
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Gainesville
Florida Highway Patrol
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Turner Field
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Meanest Thief Steals Wallet From Dying Man
AP reports Earl Wesdrop a 44 year old jewelry maker died after a traffic accident. While his family attended a funeral, a thief slipped in and stole the dead man’s wallet containing 30 dollars. His son Robert told police a window was opened and the wallet was taken during the funeral arrangements.
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Paperhanger McGinley Brags Then Faces Wall Repair Troubles
A wife forces her boastful husband McGinley to tackle paperhanging. He buys tools, climbs a ladder, and struggles to align the wallpaper while getting paste and paper on himself. After repeated failures, she ends the endeavor and cleans up the mess, ending his boasts.
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