Senate Agrees to Wartime Wage Price Controls Bill
The Senate approved an emergency mobilization bill by 52 to 34, authorizing Truman to impose wage and price controls and other inflation curb measures. Differences with the House bill remain as conferees work out details before sending the measure to the White House.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
White House
Senate House Conference Committee
Bricker
Oivic
Wherry
Neb
Capehart R Ind
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Colo
Commerce Department
Sparkmat
D-Ala
Sparkman
Douglas O-Nil
Woman Injured In Ogunquit Crash
Miss Elsa Behr a Pine Hill Ogunquit summer resident sustained facial cuts and bruises and possible chest bone fracture after a three car collision on Route 1. Ogunquit police chief Allan Cooke and Officer Martin Brosnan reported Behr's car hit Harold Stevens of North Berwick whose vehicle then struck Thomas Dolan of Jamaca Plain Massachusetts.
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Elsa Behr
Pine Hill
Ogunquit
Buley Urges Public Share Burden for Better Schools
Keene, Aug. 22 AP Public must share the burden for better schools, says state education commissioner Hilton C. Buley addressing 250 administrators and school board members. Noel 7 Wellman urged protecting freedom as the state presses for higher educational participation and standards. The four day conference wraps tomorrow.
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Buley
Keene
New Hampshire
Hilton C. Buley
Noel
Wellman
Conway
State Board of Education
Lincoln
Chicken Thieves Return Gunfire At Area Farmer
A Kensington chicken rancher and would be raiders clashed near a Smith farm as shots rang out less than a day after three Amesbury and one Kensington man were arraigned in Exeter court for stealing nine hens. Harold Y. Smith fired over the raiders heads, a pistol fired back, and the suspects fled into nearby woods. State trooper and constable searched the area as three men pleaded guilty later for the Saturday raid and a fourth twin brother was arraigned with bail set at 1500 dollars.
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Kensington
Harold Y. Smith
Massachusetts
Exeter
Smith
John Perfect
Natalie
Henry R
Borchers
Smith Farm
Gilbert Valliere
Epping
Perfect
Norman N. Maryea
Robert’Oullette
Amesbury
Francis I. Lapine
Worcester
Superior Court
Herman J. Maryea
Norman
Community Chest Directors Set Goal of $30 020 for 50
Portmouth Community Chest directors set a campaign goal of 30 020 dollars for 1950 to fund agencies including Boy Scouts Family Welfare Association Portsmouth District Nursing Salvation Army and YMCA and YWCA with a 524 dollar armed forces aid quota if a new organization such as the USO is formed.
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Portamouth Community Chest
C. Waldo Pickelt
Campaiign
Boy Scouts, Family Welfare Association
Portsmouth District Nursing Association
Salvation Army
Young Men's
Chris-ian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Please Lady Dont Be Coy In Nashua Incident
A Hudson woman involved in a minor car mishap with a Nashua man was asked by police to show registration and license. Her witty reply, because we had not been properly introduced, underscores the互story.
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Nashua
Aug
Hudson
Korea War Spurs Huge Build-Up in U.S. Army and Fleet
The August 22 AP report details a major national rearmament plan in response to the Korea War. It foresees 17 army divisions, 23 carriers, and 69 air force groups, plus a $10.5 billion supplemental appropriation. The Army adds one combat division, four replacement training divisions, and aims for 834,000 troops by next June, with emphasis on Far East readiness and reserve mobilization. Navy expansion lifts combatant ships to 282 and amphibious and auxiliary craft to 829, signaling a broad armed force buildup nationwide.
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Washington
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Far East
Japan
Far Easts
United States
Army Medical Department
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Army Ehief
National Guard
Navy
Railroad Strikes Spread Despite Truman Plea
President Truman urged renewed talks to end the nationwide railroad dispute as strikes spread to Pittsburgh and Chicago. John R. Steelman summoned union and railroad reps to a White House session, aiming for common ground though no progress was reported. Strikes, described as five day token actions, affect key sites and could pull 50,000 workers from service. The walkouts involve the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors targeting U S Steel rail lines in Chicago.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
White House
Strretary
Charles G. Ross
Stessman
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Louisville
Cleveland
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Neverless
Brotherhood of Railroad
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Republic Steel Corp
River Terminal
Egyptian and French swimmers set English Channel record
In rough conditions a mass race from France to Dover saw Hassan Abd El Rehim, a 42 year old Egyptian army officer, finish first in 10 hours 32 minutes, breaking the 1828 record by 13 minutes. Roger de Morvan, 26, the French champion, followed as the field of twenty four swimmers completed the rapid crossing. The London Daily Mail sponsors the event with a prize of 2800 dollars.
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Dover
Eng
English Channel
France
Hassan Abd-El Rehim
Roger de Morvan
Georges Michel
Dover Coast
London Daily Mall
State Reorganization Rolls in High Gear
Concord reports New Hampshire officials accelerate government overhaul after a May special session. Twenty five reform phases began July 1 under the State Personnel Commission which removes hiring from politics. Departments reorganize operations including Administration and Control, Public Works, and Fish and Game while new boards await setup. Office space and key appointments delay persist as Langmuir coordinates between agencies and the governor.
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Concord
New Hampshire
Stirling
Concord Monitor
State Personnel Commission
Secretary of State
Athletic Commission
Board of Accountancy
Board of Registration For Architects
Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Ferry Street
Public Works
Adams
John D. Langmuir
Harmpshireo Taxpayers Federation
Executive Council
UN Council Deadlock Persists Over Korean War Seat
Lake Success August 22 AP The UN Security Council opens without progress as Malik seeks North Korean participation while South Korea representation stalls action. India weighs a plan to hand Korea questions to the Little Six. Czech and Polish cables urge peace and condemnation of US air strikes. The informal session ends with no agreement.
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Lake Success
The
Securit
Jakob A. Malik
Council
Afso
China
Malik
Red
Chou En-lal
Chou
Russia
Malik’s
South Korea
Czechoslovakia
Willam Siroky
Siroky
Korea
Poland
U.S
Portsmouth Army Reserve Battery Alerted for Duty
The Portsmouth unit Battery D of the 398th Automatic Weapons battalion Organized Reserve corps was alerted for active duty starting Sept 11. It is the first New Hampshire reserve unit called up, with recruiting under way to raise four gun batteries to combat strength. Capt. Adolph Baer of Dover commands the Portsmouth battery. Other units of the 398th are based mainly in Nashua.
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Sleam
Department of Administration and Control
Cate
Arthur E. Bean
Bean
CPLA
Portsmouth
Organized Reserve Corps
New Hampshire
Granite State
Adolph Baer
Dover
398Th
Nashua
Con
Americans Halt Reds In Bitter Korean Front Fight
U S infantry repelled multi directional assaults on the western front near Pusan and Taegu as Red forces tried to break UN lines. Nine Russian tanks led attacks on the northern sector, four fallen from ten total. Allied garrisons held, while Eastern and coastal sectors saw SK divisions advance under naval shelling.
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Reds
U.S. 25Th Division
Pusan
United Nations
Taegu
Pohang
Kigye
China
Hong Kong
Korea
Pyongyang
Red Radio
New York Primary Sets House Seats Face Off
AP reports 45 New York House seats open in today’s primaries alongside races in Wyoming and Mississippi. Key incumbents facing renomination include Cole Hall Kilburn Pfeifer and Heller. Debates also center on Gov and senator slates as party coalitions back Donovan for November. Wyoming and Mississippi nominees contest governorships and House seats.
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New York
Wyoming
Mississippi
Congress
W. Sterling Cole
Edwin A. Hall
Clarence E. Kilburn
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Louis B. Heller
Linchey to Visit Washington FBI Headquarters
City Marshal William J. Linchey left for Washington for a week-long stay at FBI headquarters. He plans to attend FBI classes with Sat Mirlin and Bets, who are also attending the police academy. Linchey expects to return August 30.
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William J. Linehey
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Sat Mirlin
Bets
Marshal Linchey
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