Reece Leading in Tennessee Primary Returns
In Nashville area results Carroll Reece leads in Tennessee's first district GOP primary with 29,496 votes to Dayton Phillips 27,909 as 27 precincts remain. Howard Baker leads in the second district over John Jennings Jr. with 23,765 to 11,309, while Gov. Gordon Browning wins the Democratic nomination amid statewide Democrat dominance.
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Nashville
Tenn
Carroll Reece
Congress
Tennessee
Reece
Dayton Phillips
East Tennessee
John Jennings, Jr
Howard H. Baker
Baker
Jennings
House Committee
Phillips
Gordon Browning
Browning
Clifford Allen
Army to Call Out 62 000 Reservists for Two Months
The army will summon about 62 000 enlisted reservists not in organized units during September and October for two months of duty to boost National Guard and organized reserve strength. First call consists of 32 000, ages 19 to 25, prioritizing those with fewer dependents. 116 000 in-unit reservists are exempt. Quotas by army area are listed, with medical exams and 21 days to arrange personal affairs before reporting.
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Washington
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
Organized Reserve
Comry
First Army
New York
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Second Army
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Kentucky
Third Army
Georgia
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Fourth Army
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fifth Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
Sixth Army
California
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Lattimore Defended by Major Papers in Propaganda Debate
Westbrook Pegler reports that the New York Herald Tribune and New York Times dedicating front page space to praise for Owen Lattimore, labeled by Senator McCarthy as a top Russian spy, with critics accusing the pieces of log rolling and political bias. The piece notes affiliations of Fairbank and Duffus and cites other supportive figures while criticizing liberal press posture.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
The
New York Times
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Joe McCarthy
Herald Tribune
John K. Fairbank
Harvard
Ballyhoo
Times
Duffus
Fairbank
Francis Biddle
William L. Shirer
Edgar Snow
Biddle
Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Lattimore
Shirer
Snow
Saturday Evening Post
Foreign Affairs
Shiver
McCarthy
Vermont
Delta Lines Denied as Southern Airways Wins New Routes
Washington Aug 4 The Civil Aeronautics Board granted Southern Airways two new feeder routes in Mississippi Tennessee and Louisiana while denying Delta Airlines bid to serve Monroe Louisiana as an alternate between Shreveport and New Orleans Other applicants Magnolia Airways Continental Southern Lines Trans Texas Airways also sought routes. Oswald Ryan Jose Lee and Russell B Adams chaired the board with Harold A Jones not participating.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southern Airways
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Clarksdale
Greenville
Vicksburg
Jackson
Natchez
Miss
Baton Rouge
Columbus
Mobile
Ala
Laurel
Hattiesburg
Mississippi Valley
Southeast States
Delta Airlines
Monroe
Shreveport
Magnolia Airways and Aviation Company
Continental Southern Lines
Trans-Texas Airways
Oswald Ryan
Jose Lee
Russell B. Adams
Harold A. Jones
Churchill urged leading coalition government after Labor exit
Albert Raymond Blackburn a 35 year old Labor MP resigns and calls for Winston Churchill to head a coalition government. Blackburn from a Birmingham district stays in the Commons as an independent, shrinking Labor's slim majority in the 625 seat chamber. He praises Churchill as a genius and warns of civilization’s dangers while not joining the Conservatives.
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London
Albert Raymond Blackburn
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Blackburn
Birmingham
House of Commons
Churchill
Flying saucer tale debunked by weather officials
Shreveport officials report a glowing red vapor trail near sunset identified as the contrail of a B-36 bomber at about 36 000 feet. The weather bureau and CAA traced the spectacle to aircraft activity, ending the flying saucer rumor in north Louisiana.
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Shreveport
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
CAA
E. L. Jefferson Dies. Monroe Musician Led Civic Arts
E L Jefferson 62 longtime Monroe musician died after a week of illness. He directed music at Ouachita Parish Junior College and served as Grace Episcopal Church organist. He was active in Kiwanis and Monroe Fine Arts Club and leaves three sisters a brother and many nieces and nephews. Funeral high mass at Grace Episcopal Church with interment at Riverview Burial Park.
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E. Lowery Jefferson
Monroe
Grace Episcopal Church
David Jones
E. F. Hayward
Riverview
Hixson Brothers Funeral Home
Meridian
Jefferson
Ouachita Parish
Kiwanis
Monroe Fine Arts Club
Henry A. Whitfield
Willie Harris
Edgar McCormick
Oak Grove
T. R. Jefferson
R. G. Youngblood
James E. Murphy
Quake in Venezuela Kills About 100 Across Towns
An earthquake in western Venezuela last night caused about 100 deaths and left many injured. Tocuyo near Barquisimeto reported at least 70 fatalities with damage in Guanare San Cristobal and the capital Caracas felt a six minute shock.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Tocuyo
Barquisimeto
Lara
Guanare
San Cristobal
Louisiana lawmakers await call for second special session
Baton Rouge reports governor Earl Long left the city as legislators receive telegrams to attend a seven day session starting tomorrow. The call will outline agenda items including a constitutional convention, a home for delinquent Negro girls, a $100000 crippled children fund, and a highway ban on horses mules and donkeys. President John Tucker favors referendum on the revised constitution.
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Earl Long
Winnfield
John Tucker
Louisiana Law Institute
House Rejects Automatic Wage Price Controls Start Over
Washington August 4 the house discarded its mandatory wage and price curb plan and began crafting a new economic control measure. President Truman denounced the earlier bill as inviting a five per cent rise and urged a pause while Congress revises. The chamber now holds a standby allocation and priorities bill with authority to requisition materials grant loans and curb credits, open to amendments to add wage price controls guided by the BLS six living-cost metric.
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Washington
House
Truman
Rep. McKinnon
D. Calif
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Du Pont to Get Hydrogen Bomb Contract Negotiated
Senator McMahon confirmed a contract is being negotiated with Du Pont Company of Wilmington Del for hydrogen bomb work. The contract aims to fund cost plus a 1 fee and advance the project while site location and access to water power and security are key factors under review.
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Washington
McMahon
D.-Conn
Dupont Company
Wilmington
Del
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Crawford Greenwalt
Dupont Co
Republicans Attack Acheson Anew In Washington
The GOP criticized President Truman for backing Secretary of State Acheson and Defense Chief Johnson. Truman defended the two amid Korea war unpreparedness charges and outlined actions on Spain loan, Hawaii Alaska statehood, Pauley testimony, nominations, and Vatican diplomacy.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
Johnson
Acheosa
Senate
Spain
Lucas
Illinois
Hawaii
Alaska
Tydings
D.-Md
Armed Services
White House
Edwin W. Pauley
Korea
Vatican
Three Killed by Locomotive in Cheyenne Derailment
A runaway Union Pacific helper locomotive crashed into a diesel switch engine in Cheyenne Wyoming killing three crew members Albert Chambers engineer Thomas Harris fireman and G R Crago switch man all from Cheyenne. One injured S C Statz survived and was hospitalized.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Chambers
Thomas E. Harris
G. R. Crago
S. C. Statz
Union Pacific
Borie
Sherman Hill
Statz
32 Bodies Found At Plane Wreckage In Sahara
A rescue column reports it has found 32 bodies near the wreckage of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara last Saturday. Airline officials had previously said 30 persons were aboard.
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Algiers
Algeria
Sahara
McKeesport Arrests Over Communist Registration Ordinance
In McKeesport Pennsylvania Steve Nelson of Pittsburgh and Dave Grant were involved as city officials pushed a new ordinance requiring Communists to register with police. Nelson was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after being ejected during turmoil at the council meeting while Grant was escorted from the scene. The ordinance, to take effect in ten days, carries a $100 fine and up to 30 days in jail for violations.
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Mckeesport
Western Pennsylvania
Steve Nelson
Pittsburgh
Communist Party
Pennsylvania
Dave Grant
Grant
Charles A. Kinkaid
Kinkaid
Nelson
14 More Wounded in Hot Springs From Korea
Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs Ark reports 14 more wounded soldiers from Korea arriving for treatment bringing total hospitalized to 24. All are non fatal wounds, with injuries including bullets to feet shoulders legs arms and hands. names listed include James T. Tignor Sammie D. Manzell Alton Falgaut Jr Terry Landry and Robert A. Caldwell along with hometowns Jackson Tenn Sledge Miss Westwego La Lake Arthur La Reform Ala.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
Korea
James T. Tignor
North Royal
Jackson, Tenn
Sammie D. Mancell
Sledge
Miss
Pfe
Alton Falgaut, Jr
Sale
Westwego
Terry Landry
Lake Arthur
Robert A. Caldwell
Reform
Ala
Malik Shaken Up In Auto Accident
Soviet deputy foreign minister Jakob A Malik was shaken up in a rear end collision on a Manhattan highway while returning from Lake Success after a UN security council session. He was said to be uninjured though the other car knocked down an electric light pole in drizzle traffic.
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New York
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Manhattan
Lake Success
Long Island
United Nations Security Council
Air Force Says No Immediate Guard Call Up
The Air Force stated it has no plan to mobilize air National Guard units soon. A spokesman reaffirmed the policy despite reports of possible imminent calls. The service has activated a limited number of organized air reserve units and certain individual specialists.
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Washington
Air Force Today
Air National Guard
Air Force
Sharp rises in southeast retail sales in first half 1950
The commerce department reports a survey showing sharp increases in retail sales across most southeast cities for the first half of 1950. Gains over 1949 ranged from 1 to 28 percent with Atlanta up 10 percent and several Mississippi and Florida counties posting double-digit gains, while some areas declined.
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Atlanta
Department of Commerce Today
Census Bureau
Biloxi
Miss
Augusta
Harrison and
Stone
Manatee
Sarasota
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Johnson City
Kingsport
Tenn
Gulfport
Sullinvan
Unicoi
Washington
Clarksdale
Coahoma
Quitman
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Pusan
Tokyo
South Korea
U. S.S
MacArthur
Taejon
Chinju
Wonbung
U. S. First Cavalry
Taegu
Naktong River Bar
Liwuvvuuili By
Westbrook
Pegler
LABOR
Flying Saucer
E. L. Jefferson
Koone
Naktong River
2Nd Infantry
Yongdok
Hyonpung
du Pont Company
G. O. P. Blasts
Acheson Anew
McKeesport, Pa
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