Communists Press Offensive Across Korea as UN Forces Hold
Allied forces faced a major North Korean push with 60,000 troops massed near the Naktong River. US Marines held four miles from Chinju while American air power hit North Korean targets. The Navy unveiled the Tiny Tim rocket, credited with disabling locomotives and a bridge in raids on oil facilities and rail lines.
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Turenyi
Spain
Tist City
Naktong
Tae
Ned
United Nations
Korea
Chinju
South Korea
Navy
House approves broad mobilization bill amid war economy debate
The House backed a 383 to 12 price and wage control and rationing bill allowing the President to direct scarce materials, set priorities, and impose penalties for hoarding while Senate scrutiny continues. President Truman signaled caution on civilian economic limits.
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Senate
Truman
Four Republican Senators Denounce Democratic Diplomacy
Four Republican senators on the foreign relations committee issue a harsh indictment of Democratic diplomacy. They accuse the administration of inviting Soviet expansion and weakening U S armed forces in 1945. They call for a rapid move to restore national unity, peace, and strength while promising a forthcoming documentary white paper to support their position.
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Russia
China
Korea
Formosa
Wiley
Wisconsin
Bsnuth
New Jersey
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Massachusetts
United States
Natin
Ther
Wallace resigns from Progressive party amid peace drive
Henry A. Wallace, in a brief letter to aide C. B. Baldwin, resigns from the Progressive national and executive committees. Once a Republican, then a Democrat, Wallace faced debate over the party’s leftward stance and its foreign policy line influenced by Communists.
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Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
C. B. Baldwin
National Committee
Wallace
Iowa
New Deal
United States
Franklin D Roosevelt
Democratic Party
New York
Truman
Empire State
Propaganda sparks farce over Michigan football
Radio Moscow claims Michigan players are hauled from field to hospital or cemetery as capitalist plot. The Voice of America counters with a season pass offer to accredited Russian correspondents to attend Michigan games, promising no expenses for flowers or wreaths.
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Radio Moscow
University of Michigan
Moscow
Wall Street
Voice of America
U. S
Voice
Himeech
Mrs Rosenberg Arrest For Suspected Atom Spy Ring
Mrs Ethel Greenberg Rosenberg, 34, mother of two, was arrested by the FBI as a suspect in a spy ring linked to atomic espionage. She is held on $100,000 bail, and her 32 year old husband also faces $100,000 bond. The FBI says he was arrested July 1 and belonged to a ring financed by Anatoly Yakovlev, the former Soviet vice consul in New York.
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FBS
Jim
Harry Cald
Klaus Fuchs Atom
Esre
FBI
Anateli Yakovlev
New York
National Production Sees Record Growth in 1950 Quarter
Government figures show income up nearly 20 million dollars in the secured quarter of 1950, the highest on record. The Commerce Department reported gross national product rising to 28 billion in the last quarter of 1949 and 283 billion in the first quarter of 1950, reflecting strong expansion.
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Téamerce
Eharp Clitnn
Taxation Cost Will Be High From Korea War
The senate finance committee approved a tax bill raising individual income taxes by about 3 billion dollars, with withholding increasing from 15 to 18 percent and higher rates applying to most income in coming years. Most GI and service members would see exemptions removed or altered for nonwar deployments.
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Korea
Senate
House
Kores
All-Out Battle Captures Pohang and US Defense Near Chinju
All-out combat reports capture Pohang and a last-ditch US defense along the air string as tanks mass for an attack near Waegewan. A fierce battle raged at the Pugong-ni bridgehead while the three-pronged US advance halted on the outskirts of Chinju.
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Pohang
U. S
Waegewan
Pugong-ni
U.S
Chinju
Churchill The Old Wear-Horse in Europe Summit
Winston Churchill argued for a unified European army as a safeguard against what he called European weaknesses and American atomic shield failures. The continental council approved the proposal by a vote of eight sixteen five amid mixed reactions from critics who saw it as either bold leadership or an overreach.
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Winston Chorotall
Europe
Foot Soldier Backbone of Nations Army in Korea
A South Korean army band plays as a US troopship nears port. Marines and soldiers share blunt humor about Koreans and the war, praising the foot soldier's grit. The piece blends frontline quotes with reflections on courage, fear, and democratic ideals driving American troops in Korea.
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U.S
Smiths
Jones
Ebensteiners
MacClellans
Korea
U.S. Army of Tomorrow
Jones and Smiths
MiClellans
O. i
New Yorks 250000 Lost From Census Figured In Ruse
A quirky, satirical item claims New York hosts 250000 missing residents hidden in cross traffic, drug stores, elevators and hotel lobbies while a noted statistician and Dr Feel pledge a census recheck. The piece riffs on lunches, moving crowds, and odd locales as potential hiding spots.
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Ehmer Twitchell
Parchess
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
New GI World War II Attitude Report
A shipping out report on American teenagers entering combat shows grim resolve and clear sense that war is unavoidable. GIs express sobered attitudes, saying the vacation is over and they have a job to do, with the belief that the bitter dose will come and must be endured.
MisSTAGE SCR Riker Taylor Victory In NY Meet
Readable fragments show Riker Taylor winning at a New York event with a stage stagecraft misprint and partial results. The text mentions Holly Wad and a draw like outcome, but the full details are unclear.
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