Red forces reach Naktong near Taegu in major offensive
Soviet style push across the Naktong River near Taegu as 600 to 800 Red troops establish bridgeheads east and south of Taegu. U S 25th Infantry and First Cavalry units rush to tighten the line while roadblocks cut the main supply route. North Koreans threaten Taegu front and nearby Chinju area as B-29s bomb Najin near Russia.
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Naktong River
Taegu
Naktong
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. First Cavalry
U. S
Waegwan
Dhare
Derk
24Th Infantry Division
Reds
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Miryang
Yongsan
MacArthur
Pohang
Chinju
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Japan
Najin
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Korea
U. S. Air Force
Evacuation Ordered at Pohang Airstrip in Korea
U S Eighth Army in Korea reports orders to evacuate the Pohang airstrip on the east coast as American planes begin leaving. Combat around the airfield continues with tanks nearby and North Korean forces advancing, while the exact ground situation remains unclear and officials hope for safer operations.
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Associated Press
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Air Force
Pohang
U. S
U.S
Communist Uprising Halted in Costa Rica
In San Jose the National Union government led by President Otilio Ulate Blanco said it had smashed a revolutionary plot involving Communists and Calderonista followers. About 200 people were arrested including Communist leader Manuel Mora and Victor Quesada. Manolo Rodo was also detained as Calderon Guardia adherent.
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Costa Rica
Associated Press
San Jose
National Union
Otilio Ulate Blanco
Rafael Angel Calderos Guardia
Manuel Mora
Victor Quesada
Manolo Rodo
Calderon Guardia
First Fire Call Since July 28 Reaches Beckley
Beckley firefighters answered their first call since July 28 but found no blaze. Fire Chief Bernard Martin reported the house of Lee Stone at Pemberton suffered a minor fire from defective wiring with little damage.
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Beckley
Bernard Martin
Lee Stone
Pemberton
U N Plans Aid for GIs in Korea Progress Quiet but Steady
U N members are quietly strengthening ground forces in Korea with troops ships planes food and medical supplies. Fifty three of the 49 members are backing the campaign to repel North Korean forces while the next steps involve collecting offers and placing allied troops under Gen. Douglas MacArthur's flag. Morale among U N troops is high and coordination with MacArthur's HQ continues despite relief and supply challenges.
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Associated Press
United Nations
U. N
Korea
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Council
U.N
Trans
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Douglas Mac‘Arthur
Alfred G. Katzin
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Katzin
Lie
Andrew Cordier
Tokyo
CIO cites 17 senators and 113 representatives with perfect votes
The CIO reviewed Congress voting records and claimed 17 senators and 113 representatives earned perfect scores. It listed seven more senators and 20 representatives with a single wrong vote or pair, noting only two of the perfect-scorers were Republicans. Democrats up for re-election include McMahon Benson Pepper Lucas Humprey Murray Lehman Graham Myers Green Leahy. Pepper and Graham lost in primaries.
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Associated Press
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CIO
Congress
Wanger
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Aiken
McMahon
Benson
Pepper
Fla
Lucas
Douglas
Humphrey
Minn
Murray
Mont
Lehman
Graham
Myers
Pas Green
Leahy
R. L
Kilgore
Neely
W. Va
O'Mahoney
Wye
Coal Car Shortage May End This Week
Norfolk and Western officials said coal cars may be plentiful enough Monday to allow full production in the Pocahontas fields after weekend idleness. The Virginian Railway at Princeton reported a 20 percent cutback but expected relief by Monday.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Poca‘hontas
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Virginian Railway
Princeton
Western Virginia Republicans blame Democrats for Korea war
At a Charleston meeting West Virginia Republicans led by Sen Orren Brewster attacked the Democratic administration over the Korean War calling it a Russian avalanche. He demanded removing Secretary of State Dean Acheson and criticized President Truman.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Orren Brewster
Mainie
Washington
West Virginia
Brewster
Dean Acheson
Stalin
Korea
MacArthur
Truman
Far East
Japan
Great ‘Wall
China
Rush D. Holt
Weston
GOP
Con Jrderess
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Holt
Republican Party
America
Censorship Clash Over War News Restrictions
Washington sources report Far East Command proposing applying Korean War censorship terms to U.S. news gathering. Pentagon and Johnson aides push for tighter military censorship, forbidding new announcements on unit destinations and naval movements from coasts.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacArthur
United States
Far East
Pentagon
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Navy Patrol Attacked by U S Made Planes
Navy patrol plane crew members told AP they were attacked July 23 over Formosa Strait by two American built fighters bearing red star and blue circle markings. They said the markings matched North Korea and suspected Chinese Communist planes.
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Navy
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
Ence
Formosas Strait
Two Youths Missing On Mount Whitney Search Intensifies
Lone Pine Calif A search for two youths missing for almost a week after attempting to climb Mt Whitney intensified Saturday The boys are Christopher Smith Reynolds son of Libby Holman Reynolds and heir to a $25 000 000 tobacco fortune and Stephen Wasserman son of William Wasserman a Boston and New York broker.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Mt Whitney
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman Reynolds
Stephen Wasserman
William Wasserman
Boston
New York
Homefront Casualties and Local Accidents Summary
Multiple West Virginia incidents reported. Iva Thurston, 63, killed and John Thurston, 61, injured in a Route 60 crash near Charleston. Richard Lee Basher, 19, of Winifrede, struck by a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train at Chesapeake, dead. Page Adams, 46, of Dunbar, died in Charleston Hospital from a shotgun wound, coroner rules death by own action. Dewes A. Coleman, 49, of Mohawk near Mohawk, killed after a truck overturned on Route 13 in McDowell County. Coleman pinned beneath the vehicle. In Cabell County, Grover Blake, 28, charged with armed robbery and felonious shooting of his grandfather by marriage. stake cited as $2,800.
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Charleston
Iva Thurston
John A. Thurston
Richard Lee Basher
Winifrede
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chesapeake
Kanawha County
Page Adams
Dunbar
Welcil
McDowell County
Dewes A. Coleman
Mohavwk
Coleman
Huntington
Grover Blake
Ona
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Col. Pritenard
Jack Milam
Barbouraville
Lee
Sill
Jack Charged With Wounding Wife At Maxwell Hill
J. C. Jack of Maxwell Hill was jailed yesterday on a felonious assault charge after allegedly injuring his wife. Constable W. R. Gilkerson arrested him. the wife received hospital treatment and was released.
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J.C. Jack
Maxwell Hill
W. R. Gilkerson
Senate May Pass Mobilization Bill OK'd by House
Senator Lyndon Johnson calls for immediate price control as a military necessity amid rapid defense cost increases. He cites Army Navy and Air Force briefings and warns current price hikes threaten preparedness, noting war goods now cost far more than in 1939 and 1944. Senate leaders expect quick passage of a mobilization bill giving President Truman power over wage and price controls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
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Johnson
Texas
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Air Force
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Truman
House
Wherry
Sparkman Ala
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ford Union Wants Early Wage Hike
The CIO United Auto Workers urged Ford Motor Co to reopen the wage contract covering about 115,000 workers to seek an immediate raise and other benefits. Ken Bannon, UAW Ford director, said talks could restart before January 1 if both sides agree, noting the cost of living has caused hardships. The current deal, signed last fall, included $190 for three months pensions plus federal Social Security. No immediate company comment. Ten officials were away on vacations.
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Associated Press
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Ford
UAW Ford Department
Ken Bannon
Chiropodist Electrocuted Fixing Office Machine
Dr. Fred R. Brown a Clarksburg chiropodist died Saturday while repairing a heat treatment dia thermy machine coroner said two wires had shorted he touched a live wire and fell to the floor fire department and coroner gave no revival Mrs Sara Brown his wife and secretary heard the fall and found him with charred hands.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Fred R. Brown
Kenna Jackson
Jackson
Sol
Dared Defy John L. Lewis Taft-Hartley Not 'Slave Labor' Act
Canton Illinois miner recounts defying John L. Lewis over the Taft Hartley Act, appealing to the NLRB after a $50,000 fine and removal as local president. He frames the act as protecting union members to criticize leaders, a turning point in labor history. The piece sets up follow-up in tomorrow’s installment.
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Canton
Ill
John J. Lewis
UMW
Chihaman
UMWA
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
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Lewis
John
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Lewis Says No Cash For Disabled Miners
Johnstown reports United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis told a rank and file member the union Welfare and Pension Fund cannot fund benefits for disabled miners widows and children due to insufficient money. The letter cites reduced income from a 30 cent per ton royalty and halted payments. some pensions resumed last July. Lewis notes current conditions prevent expanding the 1950 program while urging members to keep dues paid up to maintain eligibility.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Andrew Cline
Lewis
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