Truman defends foreign aid plan amid cuts and Korea notes
President Truman said efforts to trim 1 billion from the 8.5 billion foreign aid request are misjudged as the program nears success. He backed UN forces in Korea led by Ridgway and vowed to pursue Oatis’ release, noting continued administration resolve and congressional mandates guiding the plan.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Kaesong
William N. Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Congress
State Acheson
Matthew Ridgway
Ridgway
U.N
Vladimir Prochazka
Moscow
United States
Hoover Says Dishonesty Threatens Public Life At State Fair
Former President Herbert Hoover warned at the Iowa State Fair that a cancerous growth of intellectual dishonesty in public life endangers the nation. He argued Congress needs more than a code of ethics and urged Americans to resist moral indifference and deceit, accepting the Iowa Award for distinguished citizenship.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
America
Congress
Hoover
Iowa Centennial Memorial Commission
White House
U S and Philippines sign Pacific defense pact
The United States and the Philippines signed a defense treaty pledging mutual aid against aggression. President Truman called it a strong step toward Pacific security and peace, as leaders gathered at the Inter-departmental Auditorium.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Truman
Pacific
Mr. Truman
U. S
Four Day Rain Brings Water Yet Causes Major Damages
Four days of heavy rains boosted New Stored water in Arizona reservoirs to 157,938 acre-feet, aiding fall crops, grazing lands, and soil run-off. Yet damages exceeded 500,000 dollars with extensive road washouts in Maricopa County and canal damage. Weather forecast calls for drying trend as repairs begin statewide.
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Arizona
Weather Bureau
Maricopa
Wellton-Mohawk Canal
Arizona Highway Department
American Red Cross
Goodyear
Lake Air Fores Base
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Litchfield Naval Air Facility
Phoenix
Yavapai County
Korean Truce Hopes Plunge To New Low
Tokyo reports flagging Korea armistice prospects amid reciprocal accusations of lies. Peiping broadcasts accuse Gen Ridgway of evading trial while claiming American planes dropped flare bombs on Kaesong. UN warns talks may not resume and cites hardened resolve. 5,000 Communist troops with 70 tanks mass near the western front, signaling possible broader conflict.
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INS
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Peiping
U. N
United Nations
United Nations Command
International
Copper Strike Action Awaits WSB Report
President Truman would not discuss government plans without the Wage Stabilization Board report. The board, after a union strike, planned to report to the president as the mobilization program faced a copper disruption. Possible next steps include a board of inquiry, with court action only if conditions warrant.
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WSB
Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Zation
McGrath
Ships Ram Together Off Coast Near Prince Rupert
Two coastal passenger ships collided early today off Prince Rupert. The Princess Kathleen and the Prince Rupert were the vessels involved. About 300 passengers aboard the Kathleen were transferred to the Prince Rupert as both ships moved slowly toward port. The Kathleen suffered a bad hole but no deaths were reported.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Canadian National Steamships
Kathleen
Vancouver
Taxes To Pay Cost Of Radio Network Show
City and county tax money will fund a Phoenix radio program titled Breakfast in Phoenix origination from KRIZ. The half hour show targets audience participation and will be carried by 431 Liberty Broadcasting System affiliates. The national ad fund backs up to 7800 dollars until a sponsor is found, with city and county budgets contributing through 1951 52 lines.
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Maricopa County
National Advertising Committee
Chamber of Commerce
KRIZ
Liberty Broadcasting System
Newton
E. van Buren
Chamber
National Advertising Fund
Board of Supervisors
Lewis E. Haas
Laborites deny claim missing British diplomats found
The Labour government rejected a Daily Herald report that missing diplomats Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess had been located. Foreign Office chief press officer William Ridsdale called the story unfounded as MI 5 agents were unnamed in the Herald account. French intelligence were ordered to question Mrs MacLean about a possible new communication from her husband.
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London
Labor
Today
Donald MacLean
Guy Burgess
The
Daily Herald
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
McClean and Burgess
William Ridsdale
Foreign Office Press Department
Ridsdale
MacLean
Burgess
Foreign Office
Britain
MI-5
St. Malo
Melinda MacLean
Riviera
Beauvallon
Paris
DiSalle and Wilson Push Price Control Repeal
In Washington Aug 30 AP DiSalle and Mobilization Chief Charles E Wilson urged strongest possible price statute to repeal three OPS provisions. They warned meat prices and inflation risk without livestock slaughter quotas and argued repeal would give OPS a workable program though some price increases may occur.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Office of
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
DiSalle
Korea
U S Ends Mediation in Anglo Iranian Oil Crisis
In Tehran on August 30 United States Ambassador Henry F Grady met Premier Mohammed Mossadegh for 45 minutes in a last bid to resolve Iran's oil nationalization dispute. Grady said Washington would not pursue mediation further for the present and expressed grave concern over the stalled settlement.
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Tehran
Iran
United States
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Mohammed Mossadegh
Streamliner and Truck Collision Near Topeka Leaves One Dead
A Union Pacific streamlined passenger train collided with a transport truck near Topeka Kansas. Driver Henry Clay Steen 77 of Aurora Colorado died in the fiery crash. Train crew members Roy E. Taylor and C F Thompson, both of Kansas City Kansas, were injured.
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Kans
Union Pacific
Here
Heary Clay Steen
Aurora
Colo
Roy E. Taylor
C. F. Thompson
Kansas City
Mysterious Gunman Kills Mother Of Three
In Los Angeles a phantom gunman murdered Nina Marie Rice 25 while she ate a hot dog at a suburban roadside stand. The killer fired a .22 rifle. over four days similar shootings injured Lois Kreutzer 21 and struck Lloyd M Walter and others within 20 miles. Police questioned ex husband Emory L Rice as investigators pursue leads.
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Los Angeles
Nina Marie Rice
Lois Kreutzer
Rivera
Lloyd M. Walter
Norwalk
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