Truman Resigns Defense Chief Gen Marshall Picked
President Truman accepted Louis A. Johnson’s resignation as secretary of defense and nominated Gen George C. Marshall to succeed him. He urged new taxes and warned defense costs could reach 30 billion dollars annually by next June while creating a stabilization agency to control prices during the war emergency.
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Truman
Louis A. Johnson
George C. Marshall
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Dean Acheson
Marine Corps League
USMC
Tragic Train Collision Kills 33 Guardsmen Near Coshocton
A troop train carrying 700 Pennsylvania National Guard members was struck by the Spirit of St. Louis near Coshocton Ohio. The diesel locomotive smashed the rear coach into the air and plowed into the next car, leaving many dead and injured.
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Coshocton
Pennsylvania National Guards
Spirit of
St. Louis
Grain Prospects Improve as Wheat Tops One Billion Bushels
The agriculture department forecasts harvest volume at 125 percent of the 1923-32 average and notes corn remains at bumper levels despite poor weather. Wheat climbs to 1,012,000,000 bushels, up about 15 million from August, with soybeans and sugar beets at record levels and oats barley flaxseed and potatoes also rising.
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Department of Agriculture
Korea Front Still Dangerous Yet Quietes Along Vast Line
Military observers report Korea’s front remains dangerous but not critical as UN and Communist forces fight heavy artillery north of Taegu and attempt to seal a 3000 Communist trap near Pohang air base. US troops retake a ridge south of Nam and Nakton rivers while air forces score 670 sorties in a day.
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Taegu
U. N
Pohang
Reds
Nam
Nakton
Far East Air Force
Red
Pusan
Miss America Yolande Berbeze Crowned In Mobile
The nation names Yolande Berbeze of Mobile Alabama as Miss America. She is brown-haired, weighs 119 pounds, stands five feet five and a half inches, with a 35 inch bust, 24 inch waist, and 35 inch hips.
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Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
Western German Defense And Armament Debate At UN Talks
British foreign minister Ernest Bevin French foreign minister Robert Schuman and US secretary of state Dean Acheson held talks in New York on defending western Germany against a potential Soviet attack. The group voiced support for arming western German units and for sending more US troops to Europe, with France and Britain expected to match such efforts. Schuman rejected rebuilding German armament factories while offering Germany’s raw materials and steel to the plan.
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France
United States
New York
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Robert Schuman
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Congressional Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Europe
Schuman
Acheson Outlines Western Defense Against Communism
Secretary of State Dean Acheson in a radio and TV address argues modern weapons and Western unity can deter communism. He cautions Chinese Communists against joining Korea, says the focus should be on building strong North Atlantic defense forces to deter aggression and shape global problems.
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W Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Dean Acheson
Acheson
State Department
U.N
Department
Korea
North Atlantic
Control Bill Curbs Consumer Credit Sets New Rules
President Truman signed an economic controls bill imposing general consumer credit curbs to curb inflation. New rules, effective September 18, set down payments and repayment terms for autos, appliances, furniture and home improvements, aiming to reduce a surge in installment credit which reached a record high by July 21.
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Truman
Trucks Now Hauling Majority of Stock to Chicago Yard
The Chicago stock yards report trucks carry about 70 percent of livestock received, up from 3 percent twenty years ago. A truckers safety program will track seven month records for each driver, checking loads for dead or bruised livestock and awarding top performers at an April jamboree in the International Livestock Exposition venue.
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Chicago
Frank Flynn
W. J. O’connor
William Booch
Andover
Iowa
International Amphitheatre
Aim Pullets for Top Fall Egg Production
Poultry experts urge growers to “aim them” by strong management sanitation and ample balanced feed to ensure pullets reach production early. They warn against letting pullets coast on poor rations during growth, noting high costs now pay off in fall and winter production.
Premature Pasturing Threatens New Alfalfa Stand
Michigan State college extension authorities warn that early pasture use this fall can kill the newly established alfalfa. Seedings with spring grain crops produced good growth, but farmers risking pasture now may weaken plants and invite winter death.
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Michigan State College Extension
Hollywood gossip and TV stars travel notes and debuts
Ratry Edwards enjoys a Paris and London summer before his staff’s trip to entertain American troops in Germany. Tony Dexter trains Valentino’s biopic role while Frankie Parker debuts in Ace in the Hole. Vivien Leigh may allow her daughter to appear in A Streetcar Named Desire. Betsy Drake christens a Navy jet, Joan Leslie reflects on a contract fight, and John Reed King reshapes Give and Take to The $64 Question.
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CBS
Paris
London
Germany
Mrs
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Suzanne Holman
Miss Leigh
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Jack Parr
John Reed King
Cy Howard
Luigi
Irma
Milwaukee
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Joan Leslie
RKO
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Don Taylor
Universal- International
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