Fair Enough Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler
New York Sept 7 Fair Enough Westbrook Pegler recalls a Vermont trip and a booklet by Joe H Fountain who was present in the old Coolidge home at Plymouth at 2 47 in the morning of Aug 3 1923 when Calvin Coolidge took the oath and became thirtieth president. He mentions Paul Mallon and Congressman Porter Dale in a story about the Plymouth visit.
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New York
Vermont
Joe H. Fountain
Rutland
United Press
Paul Mallon
U. P
Paul
Plymouth
Mr. Fountain
Porter H. Dale
Senate
Dale
Fountain
Mr. Coolidge
Truman to Address Nation About Homefront Controls
President Truman will speak Saturday night to outline homefront controls in the current emergency. He declined to say if price controls will be limited and noted details will be provided in the speech. The administration seeks 40 million dollars to build an organization for selective price controls by next April 30. He denied plans for a single stabilization agency and said civilian administrators will handle controls. No military dictator will rule, and signing of the defense bill may take a few days after department review.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Truman Signs Giant Fund Bill and Sees Spain Loan Block
President Truman signed a $35.6 billion government funding bill and opposed a Spain loan provision. He warned the measure’s $550 million nondefense cut is unwise and dangerous and pledged to seek reductions without harming essential services. He suggested impounding funds may follow to force congressional revisions.
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Washington
Truman
Spain
Franco Spain
United States
Congress
Executive Branch
Reds Master Plan Told By Captured Officer
Tokyo reports a captured North Korean lieutenant disclosed a master plan to seize Taegu by a surprise drive through Waegwan and Kunwi corridors. The scheme involved Red 15th division and multiple corps, with supply convoys rolling south under cover of night and a bucket brigade relay keeping ammunition flowing despite Allied air and sea bombardment.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Waegwan
Kunwi
Yongchon
MacArthur
Fighting Bloody On Whole Front
Washington a presidency in turmoil as President Truman faced an unusual apology for wording in a letter to a congressman criticizing the marine corps. The Oval Office buzzed with staff activity and strong press scrutiny as aides and party leaders weighed the political impact, while past letters surfaced showing similar tensions over officials and world government groups. Continued on Second Page.
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Truman
Marine Corps
Stalin
Oval Room
William D. Hassett
George Elsey
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National Committee
Clyde A. Lewis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lewis
Finletter
United World Federalists, Inc
Air Force
United States
Taegu Front Bloodiest Korea Front Battles Raging
Allied troops beat back a mass Red assault of 50,000 in the Taegu-Pusan corridor as fighting raged along a 120 mile Korean battlefront. U S forces reported heavy casualties on both sides with fierce hand to hand fighting and armor engagements near Taegu and Pohang.
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Tokyo
Taegu
North Korea
U. S
Pusan
A. P
Jack MacBeth
Waegwan
Bem Price
Tengu
Yongchon
Kyongju
Pohang
U. S. 8Th Army
Korea
25Th
Three Newsmen Die in Crash Over Japan
Tokyo reports confirm the deaths of three International News Service correspondents, Frank Emery, Charles Rosecrans Jr., and Ken Inouye, plus a porter of crew, when a C-54 transport exploded over southern Japan on a flight to Korea. Bodies were taken to Osaka. The explosion’s cause is undetermined.
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Tokyo
International News Service
Japan
I. N.S
Frank Emery
Beverly Hills
Calif
Manila
Charles Rosecrans, Jr
Honolulu
Ken Inouye
New York
Far East Air Force
Korea
Osaka
Emery
Scott Wins Top Prize In Louisiana Art Exhibition
Walter Scott of New Orleans won first prize of 100 dollars for his oil painting Nocturne in the Louisiana Art Commission ninth annual exhibition. Joseph Donaldson took 75 dollars for Memory of Scottish Hills. Others honored included B D Myrick, Roy Caye, and several New Orleans and Baton Rouge artists. over 300 entries were submitted. The Delgado Museum director Alonzo Lansford served as jury. The show and a future exhibit remain at the commission galleries in the old state capitol, Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Walter Scott
New Orleans
Louisiana Art Commission
Commission
Jay R. Broussard
Scott
Broussard
Joseph Donaldson
Scottish Hills
B. D. Myrick
Roy Caye
Robert Helmer
Howard Jonz
Eugene Loving
G. Livingston Woolley
William Arnold
Lorraine Verbois
Ben Earl Looney
Sibley
Karl Peterson
Patterson
Eugene Sherburne
Plaquemine
Alonzo Lansford
Delgado Museum
Old State Capitol
Truman Rejects Anti-Red Registration Bill
President Truman said he will not sign the McCarran Communist registration bill if sent by Congress. He called it a worse version of the Mundt-Nixon bill with stricter anti subversive laws and registration for Communists and front groups. The measure, backed by many Senate Republicans and already passed in the House, could be killed if he withholds approval while Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Truman
McCarran
Congress
D.-Nev
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
House
Russia Uses 44th Veto in U N Security Council
Lake Success Sept 7 Russia used its 44th veto in the United Nations Security Council to block a U S sponsored ban on aid to North Korea. The veto follows failure of a U S resolution and flags further actions over Korean crisis as Malik moves to restrain U N air force operations.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations Security Council
U. S
U. N
Korea
Jacob A. Malik
Malik
U.S
Council
Kremlin
Warren Austin
U.N
Britain
Sir Gladwyn Jebb
North Korea
Truman Apologizes to Marines and Seeks Unity
President Truman visited the Marine Corps League meeting in Washington and apologized for earlier harsh remarks describing the Marines as a police force. He sought to repair relations, urged unity, and requested support for the Korean War as controversy over his words faded amid a standing ovation.
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Washington
Truman
Marine Corps League
League
Stalin
Public Service
United States
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
FBI Ready to Arrest 12,000 Reds in United States
Washington Sept 7 Hoover told senators in a closed session that FBI agents are prepared to arrest 12,000 dangerous Communists if war with Russia begins. He said half are American citizens and that the Justice Department must decide immediate arrests. Truman asked Congress for 6 million dollars to expand FBI activity, including 8385 agents and 1,218 clerks.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Truman
Congress
Senate
Justice Department
U S Casualties in War Reach 8 863
Washington reports American casualties in the Korean War have passed 8,863 with 599 killed in action, 5,366 wounded, and 2,898 died. The Defense Department noted these totals reflect announced figures lagging actual losses while next of kin are notified. Casulaties for Aug 26 to Sept 1 numbered 1,977.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
Scotsman Is First British Casualty In Korean War
With British Forces in Korea, Sept 7. Sgt. Thomas Murray, 35, of Royston Edinburgh Scotland, the first British infantry casualty, was wounded slightly in the thigh Tuesday night. Murray serves with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and said he hopes not to be out long.
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Korea
Thomas Murray
Royston Main Garden
Edinburg
Scotland
Hanley Sees DraftofVets If 3 Million Reach
Pittsburgh Sept 7 Major Gen Thomas J Hanley Jr says World War Two veterans and men with dependents may be drafted if armed forces exceed 3 000 000. He notes draft boards would decide and the law would need change to allow such moves. He criticizes industries that refuse to hire draft eligible youths as unfair to the boys.
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Pittsburgh
Army and
Air Force
Thomas J. Hanley, Jr
Hanley
Louisiana to hold one day session on constitutional convention vote
Baton Rouge September 7. Lt Gov William J Dodd signed a call for a one day 6:30 p m to midnight session next Tuesday to suspend the law authorizing a constitutional convention vote set for November 7. Lawmakers expect a brief session with debate over postponing or canceling the convention amid opposition and a Sept 15 candidacy deadline.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
William J. Dodd
Earl] K. Long
Capitol
Two Louisianians Named Killed in Action
The U S Department of Defense Korean War Casualty list names two Louisianians killed in action Pvt Willie C Nall of Baton Rouge and Pvt Walter Jep Pierce of Kentwood along with wounded and missing others from Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Mississippi
Louisiana
Willie C. Nall
Mae Belle Nall
East Mason Street
Baton Rouge
Walter Jep Pierce
Lennie May Pierce
Kentwood
Harry T. Moore
Norma W. Moore
Jackson
Miss. Corp
Bennie A. Weaver
Wailie S. Weaver
Terry
Miss
Charles A. Wilson
Mary A. Wilson
Houston
Pic
Camelien P. Boutte
Laurent Boutte
New Iberia
John H. English
Henry W. English
Plauncheville
Leroy Pruitt
Huber Nicholson
Booneville
Robert B. Grace, III
Robert Grace
Hammond
Adrian J. LeBoeuf
Julia Ann LeBoeuf
Route 1
Box 121
Houma
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Pegler
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White House
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Russell Brines
Cedar Key
Fla
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George Wallace
Gov. Long
Long
Charles Duchein
East Baton Rouge Parish
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