Churchill's Army Proposal Adopted by Assembly
The Belgian Socialist leader Paul Henri Spaak urged speed for a Western European defense under a single command to counter Soviet threat. Churchill's plan, backed by the assembly, passed 89 to 5 with 27 abstentions but has no immediate practical effect.
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Strasbourg
Paul-Henri Spaak
Europe
Brussels
North Atlantic
European’ Consultative Assembly
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Assembly
House of Commons
Speak
Marne
London
Long Illness Fatal To Jacob Huffman
Jacob C. Huffman 80 of 825 91st avenue died at St. Clare hospital after years of illness. A farmer from Clarno and Cadiz townships, he was born July 17 1876 in Hardin County Iowa to James and Mary Huffman. He married Nellie Meacham in 1894 and Flora Belle Campbell in 1902. both wives died. Survived by son John, brother Alvin, two sisters Emma Huffman and Mrs Arthur Gilmore, and two grandsons John Jr and Stanley. Funeral at Shriner Neushwander Monroe with Rev L Mamel officiating. burial Greenwood.
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Jacob C. Huffman
91St Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Clarno
Cadiz Townships
Mr. Huffman
Hardin County
James
Mary Even Downs Huffman
Nellie Meacham
Flora Belle Campbell
Monroe
Alice Shank Strader
Cadiz
Browntown
John
Clarno Township
Alvin
Township
Emma Huffman
Arthur Gilmore
John Jr
Stanley
Rockford
Iiters
Anna
Elizabeth Drake
United Brethren Church
Modern Woodmen
Shriner-Neushwander
Kiwanis Appeal Aims at Polio Ward via Cheese Day Drive
The Monroe Kiwanis plans a Cheese Day lunch counter on Sept 9 at Recreation Park to raise funds for a new St. Clare hospital polio ward and support Shrine KC efforts. A Sunday night event features speeches by local officials, a Liniment League softball game, and a Cardinal baseball showcase to boost donations.
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St. Clare Hospital
Shrine-Kc
Recreation Park
Monroe Kiwanis Club Today
Kiwanis Club
Shrine- KC
N. E. Bear
Kiwanis
F. A. Buehler
Chris Stauffer
Green County Shrine Club
Herman Schmitz
Knights of Columbus
Emmett J. Norton
Monroe Park
Edward Kane
Shrine
Liniment League
Madison
Shrine Clowns
Laverne
Lefty) Andrews
Monroe
Cardinal
Platteville Cardinals
Luther League convention opens at Adams Lutheran church
The 28th annual Luther League federation convention for the Rockford district of the Lutheran Free Church is held at Adams Lutheran Church through Sunday. The business meeting occurred this afternoon, with an evening devoted to pocket testament movement work and a campfire hymn sing and wiener roast. Sunday's program includes 10:30 a.m. worship, dinner, varied music, and the closing message by Dr. Blegen of the Lutheran Bible Institute of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League Federation
Rockford
Lutheran Free Church
Adams Lutheran Church
Aid Society of the Church
Blegen
The
Luther Bible Institute of Chicago
New Draft Rule Lets Guards Members Join Before Induction
Capt. Raymond C. Fritz of the 128th Infantry confirms a new selective service provision allowing men to enlist in the national guard before induction. Those joining prior to induction may stay in the guard while awaiting federal eligibility decisions, with unit command certification of duties and drills required. Applicants under 18 years and six months are exempt from induction if duties are performed as guardsmen. Contact 1903% 10th street or phone 2299 for details and enlistment in the medical unit.
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National Guard
Raymond C. Fritz
128Th Infantry
Monroe
Adjutant General’s Office
Guard
Capt
Fritz
10Th Street
British miners urge Stalin to stop Korea war
About one hundred thousand British coal miners sent a cable to Prime Minister Stalin urging an end to the fighting in Korea. The appeal reflects labor support for peace amid the international crisis.
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Stalin
Durham
Eng
Korea
Senate Approves Wage Price Controls Bill In Congress
Senate leaders predict passage of a bill granting President Truman authority to impose wage price controls and rationing with broad support from Republicans and Democrats. The House previously approved the measure 383 to 12, while Senator Taft criticizes giving Congress timing powers. Senator Ives defends the administration’s request and rejects Taft's proposed minus timing control.
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Washington
Senate
Ives
Truman
House
Maybank
D-Sc
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Ohioan
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Seventh Arrest Made In Atom Spy Roundup
The seventh American and second woman arrested in the Klaus Fuchs atom spy ring was charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. Mrs. Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg, wife and sister of two men already accused, is accused of helping persuade her husband and others to share A-bomb secrets with Russia.
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New York
Klaus Fuchs
Army Air Force Call 59 444 More In Reserve Ranks
The army and air force announce recall of 59 444 reserve personnel, bringing total called for active duty to 121 444 within 10 weeks. The air force projects 8 000 officers and 42 000 enlisted by early fall as an initial requirement.
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Army
Air Force
Washington
Far East
Maritime Administration
Navy
Leyte
Lake Champlain
Two British Reporters and Indian Aide Killed in Korea
The U N said a land mine blew up a jeep near Taegu killing three people including Christopher Buckley of the London Daily Telegraph Ian Morrison of the London Times and Col Unni Nayar the Indian U N commission member on Korea The deaths raise total war casualties among correspondents to twelve since the Korean conflict began.
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Lake Success
India
U .N. Commission On
Korea
Taegu
U. N
Christopher Buckley
London Daily Telegraph
Ian Morrison
London Times
Col
Unni Nayar
Indian Commission
Thirteenth Annual Willyam Tell Pageant Rehearsals Begin
Rehearsals for the 13th annual Schiller Wil helm Tell pageant in New Glarus are under way with Paul Grossenbacher as Gessler in German and Joshua Hoesly as English Gessler. Gilbert Ott returns as Wilhelm Tell in both versions, with the English show set Labor day afternoon in Elmer's Grove. The German Swiss play airs the Sunday before. The production uses live animals and Swiss yodelers to evoke 14th century struggle for freedom. Usherettes still to be chosen by Mrs Gilbert Ott.
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Glarus
Schiller
Labor Day
Paul Grossenbacher
Gessler
Joshua Hoesly
Gilbert Ott
Wilhelm Tell
Elmer’s Grove
Aid Society
Evangelical and Reformed
Saved Pusan for U S Heroic 24th Held Enemy for 19 Days
Chicago Tribune reports from Korea August dispatch by Walter Simmons detailing the 24th Infantry Division's stand in the first 19 days of the Korean War. Maj. Gen. William Dean, missing in action, led a depleted force with heavy losses and limited equipment. The division delayed a push to Pusan, despite severe casualties and shortages.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Eighth Army
Korea
Walter Simmons
Tribune
William Dean
Carlyle
Ill
Simmons
24Th
Japan
Chongju
Taejon
19Th
Yongdong
34Th
Dean
Tokyo
Pusan
Tax Bill Exempts Soldiers in Korea
The senate finance committee agreed that GI soldiers fighting in Korea will pay no federal income taxes and officers’ taxes will be reduced. A special hostilities exemption will be in a new tax bill proposed by President Truman to raise 5 billion annually as the war’s first installment. The plan also includes higher withholding and corporation taxes to boost revenue and speed up corporate tax payments over five years.
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Washington
Congress
Korea
Truman
America
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate
White House
Finance Committee
Young Colonel Leads Drive To Free Pohang
Kim Hi Che a 28 year old colonel leads a South Korean army element toward smoke darkened Pohang six miles southeast of the base. An American armored task force passes through ambushes to reach Pohang air base where 60 abandoned homes near the strip were torched by guerrillas disguised as refugees. The fighting drew praise from multiple Korean and American commanders who want him assigned to their forces.
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Hal Boyle
Pohang
Korea
South Korea
Angang
Fifth Air Force
Kim Hi Che
Kim
Taft Says Policy Invited Invasion Of Korea
Senator Robert A. Taft blasted the Truman administration for a policy he called an invitation and a green light to North Korea to attack South Korea. Speaking at a mass press conference with about 100 Ohio editors, he argued the United States failed to defend beyond Okinawa and warned UN action would decide pushing past the 38th parallel.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Far East
South Korea
Ohio -Republican Editorial Association
Okkinawa
Japan
Philippines
Taft
Korea
United Nations
38Th Parallel
United States
North Korean Push Prompts 25th Division Northward Movement
North Korean forces reportedly streamed across the Naktong in the central front as the U S 25th Division moved north from the southern front to reinforce defenders around Changnyong Waegwan and Pohang. Roadblocks hampered traffic while allied forces sought to hold the airfield and recapture Pohang.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Naktong River
MacArthur
Red Fourth Division
Changnyong
Waegwan
Decorations for Valor in Taejon Yongdong Fighting
The 24th Infantry Division Headquarters announced that twelve enlisted men and five officers were decorated for valor in action around Taejon and Yongdong in Korea. Bronze Stars were awarded to Sgt. William A. Check of Stevens Point and other named personnel.
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U. S. 24Th
Korea
Taejon
Yongdong
24Th Infantry Division
William A. Check
Stevens Point
Monroe Mercury Records Cool 54 Dip Overnight
The mercury fell to 54 last night in Monroe, bringing a taste of fall. Temperatures were back in the mid seventies by noon, and the forecast calls for a cool weekend with partly cloudy skies through Sunday.
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Reds
Naktong
Camp Mccoy
Co. K
Willis J. Kohlhagen
Rudolph Maurer
Hilton Kirchner
Dwight Bump
Arthur C. Nondahl
T. J. Burgy
Glenn L. Kubly
Dwight
Charles Robertson
William H. Leopold Jr
Merle Robertson
Albert J. Egger
David Johnson
Robert Hauser
Joseph McArdle
James Hyland
Lawrence Reimers
Arthur Schneider
Arthur F. Tschudy
Rudy Gerber
Earl Boo
Jacob Huffman
Adams Church
Atom
U.N
Tell Play
U.S
Miryang
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Max Desfor
Destor
Yongsang
Kyang
24Th Division
Erickson
Mike) Michaelis
Chinju
First Cavalry
Kaepo
Tuksong
Seventh
Monroe Mercury
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