Delano Opium Smuggling HistoryUnearthed In New Bedford
Westbrook Pegler visits New Bedford to examine Delano family ties to opium smuggling that funded Warren Delano Sr. The antique shop purchase includes a wooden money box with a faded note claiming it once belonged to Warren Delano Jr. and was painted by his father as a child.
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New Bedford
Mass
Delano
Warren Delano
Sara
Franklin D
William Kranzler
Warren
Warren Delano, Jr
Malik to Raise Formosa Issue in Security Council
Lake Success August 25 Malik of the Soviet bloc is expected to push the Formosa question in the security council as anti Communist nations led by the United States aim to keep focus on Korea. Chou En Lai sent cables demanding U S forces leave Formosa and vowed to free the island from "American aggressors."
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Formosa
United States
Seventh Fleet
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chou
Russia
United Nations
Father charged after drill attack on son in Danbury
Danbury Connecticut August 25 police say Joseph Korczynski Jr four and a half held his own in Danbury Hospital with two small drill holes in his chest cavity. The father Joseph Korczynski is charged with plunging the drill and was captured at the Holy Ghost Fathers Novitiate in Ridgefield. He was later committed to Fairfield State Hospital after a jail berserk episode, while the boy remains in critical condition with severe pain. The motive remains unclear and the mother described the father as a wonderful father who did not know what he was doing.
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Danbury, Conn
Joseph Korczynski, Jr
Danbury Hospital
Joseph Korczynski
Ridgefield
Jose
Fairfield State Hospital
Fairfield County
William Green
Korczynski
Andrew Miller
Ridgefield State Police
Helen Korczynski
Knowland urges Congress to fund home guard units
Senator Knowland warns of Communist sabotage and urges Congress to approve a bill giving states authority to establish home guard units to replace National Guardsmen on active duty. He cites support from Secretary of Defense and Senator Tydings and says funding would come from Congress.
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Washington
Knowland
R.-Calif
Congress
Defense Johnson
Tydings
Truman Plans Statement On Threatened Rail Strike
An Army report shows Milwaukee doctor Irving Cowan earning 1125 a day this month for X ray work at the induction center. Army officials promise inquiries. Rep Vinson of Georgia also pledges review. Cowan says he bid for the contract as 5 per chest X ray and operates a machine used for the plates.
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Truman
Washington
Army
Milwaukee
Capitol Hill
Irving Cowan
Raymond W. Bliss
Rep. Vinson
D.-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
Thomas Appleby,Jr
Milwaukee Induction Center
Cowan
5Th Army
Chicago
Wewoka Exhibits 26 Foot Snake Claimed From Maryland
Seminole county attorney said the 26 foot snake shown here last night was bought for 450 dollars from a Maryland firm and brought for exhibition. Zoo keeper G. W. Hall of Tonkawa stated he trapped the reptile after a two hour struggle and released it in a plywood cage.
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Wewoka
Okla
Seminole County
Jack Scott
Maryland
Scott
G. W. Hall
Tonkawa
John Sandlen
Bill Nicholson
Hall
Wild Horse Canyon
Here
Squirrel shooter earns Korea combat praise
U S 25th Division reports recruit John B Cheetham learned to shoot squirrels with a .22 near Daerun Ga He used that skill in Korea after a battle leaving 55 North Koreans dead or wounded at his position The shooter recalled they kept coming and I kept shooting
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U. S
Korea
John B. Cheetham
Woodlands
Daerun
Cheetham
Aides Weigh Planned Seizure Of Railroads
President Truman to issue a 3 p.m. statement on the threatened railroad strike with aides declining to confirm an imminent seizure order. Reports say government operation could begin by tomorrow night as conductors say they will work under seizure. Attorney General McGrath noted discussions of all angles and possible court action if workers refuse to stay on the job.
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Washington
White House
Truman
McGrath
Johnson Calls for Draft of Doctors and Dentists
Secretary of Defense Johnson urged Congress to permit a medical draft up to age 45 for the armed services. He sent a Defense Department bill to Vinson and outlined a four group priority, noting volunteer enlistment among physicians and dentists has been small.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Congress
Armed Services
Vinson
D.-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Army
Recall of 7200 Inactive Reserve Corps Men in Fourth Army Area
San Antonio reports the fourth army area recalls 7,200 volunteer and inactive reserve corps men from Texas Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana. About 2,727 will report to Fort Hood between Sept 10 and 30 to join active duty for one year or more. A second group of 1,881 heads to Fort Hood Oct 2-15 and a third group of 2,602 to report Oct 10-25.
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San Antonio
Fourth Army
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
United States
Fort Hood
Temple
British Troops Sail for Korea in UN Mission
Fifteen hundred British infantrymen from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Middlesex regiments sailed from Hong Kong aboard the Unicorn and the cruiser Ceylon to join United Nations forces in Korea. Malcolm MacDonald warned they would face Russian weapons and tactics, stating the mission defends Asia and Europe as a UN crusade. The direct route to Korea remained secret. the voyage typically covers about 1500 miles in roughly three days.
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Hong Kong
United Nations
Korea
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Middlesex
Unicorn
Ceylon
Malcolm MacDonald
Southeast Asia
Asia
Europe
Great Britain
North Korea
France
England
Republicans urge new session for proportional convention
In Alexandria on August 25 the Louisiana Republican executive committee urged Gov. Earl Long to reconvene the legislature in a special session to amend the act calling for a constitutional convention. They claim Republicans were deprived of representation and seek equal delegates and changes to preserve Democratic principles.
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Alexandria
Louisiana
Earl Long
Bryant James
Farmerville
Republican State Central Committee
James
Republican Party
Earl K. Long
Fierce Senate Fight Over Excess Profits Levy
Washington battles over attaching an excess profits tax to a $4.5 billion tax bill. Senator George warns such a levy could delay action this year while Connally and O’Mahoney push for an 85 percent rate on excess profits. CIO assails the measure as a boon to wealth. ADA decries it as profiteers paradise.
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Washington
Senate
George
D.-Ga
Truman
Finance Committee
Connally
D.-Tex
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
Congress
Committee of ‘‘Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Army to draft 50,000 more in November
Washington reports a call for more than 50,000 draftees in November as part of the army buildup. The move would affect men aged 18 to 26 chosen by local draft boards, following a current push to induct 100,000 by October and an added 47,000 enlisted reservists called to active duty.
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Washington
Germany
Army
Chiefs of Army and Navy Return From Korea Front
Washington August 25 The chiefs of the army and navy returned from a quick visit to the Korean war front where they reported a general offensive spirit and optimism among American fighting men General J Lawton Collins and Admiral Forrest P Sherman arrived in Washington after conferring with General MacArthur and touring the front and battle zone Sherman said the spirit of offensive and optimism was present in all services Collins said conditions were satisfactory but tougher fighting lies ahead He added he did not bring back a special report from MacArthur.
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Washington
Army
Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval
Far East
General MacArthur
Sherman
Air Force
Collins
MacArthur
Taegu
Hajong
United Nations
Naktong River
Korea
Yongchon
Kumwha
Uisong
Battle over new Taegu road erupts in Korean mountains
In the central Korean warfront in the mountains near Taegu City a major clash erupted Friday over a planned road project. The fight drew in forces on the front line as strategists assessed the route and its impact on supply moves.
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Warfront
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Taegu City
Korean Central Warfront
Bridges to be released by U S appeals court
San Francisco Aug 25 Harry Bridges longshore leader is ordered freed by the ninth U S circuit court of appeals reversing a bail revocation. The ruling follows Bridges 1945 perjury conviction and amid calls by prosecutor Donohue that he threaten national security. The court emphasizes judicial independence from the executive during wartime tensions.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
U. S. Court of Appeals
Bridges
Australia
U. S
F. Joseph Donohue
Bond
United States
George B. Harris
Donohue
William Healy
William Orr
Clifton Mathews
Harris
Communist Party
Mathews
Washington
God Help America
Department of Justice
U. S. Supreme Court
LSU Outlines Modern Functional School Plant at LSU
Louisiana State University designers unveiled plans for a $1,000,000 modern functional school plant on campus. The four buildings will house an experiment to maximize efficiency in educating students and future teachers with AM and FM radio programs acoustically treated walls and bright pastel colors. The facility will accommodate 500 children.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Extension of GI training limited by active duty status
Washington reports the GI bill training extension applies only to war veterans who started studies and must interrupt due to re entering active duty. The VA notes the extension does not cover those who never entered GI bill training before re entry.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
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Westbrook
Pegler
Malik
Home Guard
U. S. Army
Walton H. Walker
U. S. 8Th Army
Earle E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
George A. Belton
Leesville
Chiefs OF Army and Navy Return
South Korea
Waterfront Union
Chinju
Clongno
Kunwi
Sea of Japan
Yongdok
Kigye
Pohang
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