Army Plans for Expanded Force and Navy Build Up
Washington disclosed a broad expansion plan detailing a Korean War mobilization. The Army would field 17 divisions and 69 air groups with 24 carrier units, raising total active strength toward 680,000 while modernizing equipment. Navy and Marine Corps expansions add attack and antisubmarine carrier groups and thousands more personnel to support a larger fleet and overseas contingents.
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Army Medica Washington
Araiy Givisisshe
J. Lawton Collins
Army Chief of
Japan
Far East
Trulus
Collins
Deto
Johnson
United States
House
Korea
NAVY
Egister
Beckley
Marines
Marine Corps
Clifton ‘. Cates
Marine Commandant
Nationwide Rail Strike Shuts Canadian Lines in Wave of Walkouts
The nationwide Canadian rail strike cripples the system as 124,000 workers walk off, triggering food shortages and emergency measures across provinces from Newfoundland to British Columbia. In the United States Truman pressures talks as 50,000 potential job losses loom amid five day token strikes in Pittsburgh Chicago Louisville Cleveland and Minneapolis.
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Louisville
Cleveland
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Associated Press
Montreal
Canada
Carer
Trans-Continental
Toronto
Newfoundland
British Columbia
Canadian Automotive Transport Assocation
Textile Strike Ends After Violence and Arrests
Morristown Tenn. The textile workers strike at the American Enka rayon plant ended after gunfire and violence and numerous arrests. The strike began March 28 over a wage boost and contract demands. National Guardsmen were deployed to restore order as CIO union official H S Williams declared the strike ended and said charges of unfair labor practices would be filed.
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Associated Pres
Morristown
Tenn
Rayon
American Enka Corporation
National
H. S. Wiliams
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
West Virginia Weather Forecast Aug 23 27
Extended forecast for West Virginia calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers Thursday and Friday. Amounts range from one half to three quarters of an inch. Temperatures expected to run two to four degrees below normal, averaging 70 in the north and 71 in the south, with a cool trend through most of the period.
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West Virginia
Oak Hill
Seeeeree- Seta Tea
Eeee Glane Creek
Aeee Ag
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
U S Court urged to review Ohio River compact ruling
West Virginia officials seek Supreme Court review of a ruling upholding the state's participation in the eight state Ohio River Pollution Control Compact. Acting Solicitor General Arnold Baum filed the brief, as State Auditor Edgar B. Sims had opposed $12,250 in annual operating costs and feared loss of police powers. The state Supreme Court decision stands under review.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court of the United States
West Virginia
U U. S. Solicitor General
Arnold Baum
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Ohio River
Supreme Court
U.S. Court
Ten year old killed as truck strikes sidewalk near Barboursville
Barboursville police report a truck driven by Clifton Garland Collins, 45, struck a sidewalk where youths played, killing Jack Bertram Hamlin, son of Mrs. Charles Miller. Playmate David Lee McCloud, 3, suffered a possible leg fracture. Collins is charged with manslaughter.
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Associated Press
Barboursville
Jack Bertram Hamlin
Charles Miller
David Lee McCloud
Huntington
Clifton Garland Collins
Polio Outbreak Freshly Reported in Virginia County
A new polio trouble spot emerged in Wythe County as state health officials note three additional cases in Appomattox County over the weekend, boosting the annual total to 17. Dr. A S McCown, head of the bureau of communicable disease control, held talks with Appomattox county health officials.
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Virginia County
Associated Press
Richmond
Vas
Wythe County
A. S. McCown
State Bureau of Communicable Disease Control
Appomattox County
Suit Filed For Wreck Damages In Raleigh County
A $15,009 damage suit was filed today in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office. Plaintiff John Hancock Jr., six, by his father John Hancock, vs William Preast, both from Sprague. The accident occurred August 27.
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Raeleigh County
John Hancock, Jr
John Hancock
William Preast
Plaintfff
Defendjaai
Sprague
Leaders Plan Congress Recess After Emergency Legislation
WASHINGTON House Speaker Rayburn suggested a recess until a definite date after emergency measures pass. Senate leaders discussed brief three day recesses near Labor Day with Republicans wary of formal adjournment. Meanwhile Ravenswood postmaster Pami Pickens, 56, a noted farmer and businessman, died in a tractor accident.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
White House
Truman
Senate
Taicas
Mllinois
Pami Pickens
Ravens
Senate Bill Tightens Curbs on Communists and Espionage
Washington lawmakers expect the Senate to pass a broader internal security package than President Truman proposed. The McCarran bill would require registration of Communists and front groups, outlaw conspiracies to overthrow the government, bar officials from passports and jobs, tighten espionage laws, extend the statute of limitations, and broaden deportation powers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
House Un-American Activities Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mundt
R-Sd
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mundt-Ferguson
Mingo Girl Drowns In Burlington Wisconsin
Two youths from Mingo, Henrietta Plymate and Guy Sammons, aged nine, are highlighted. Henrietta drowned while vacationing in Burlington, Wisconsin, during a Halloween carnival where she had previously been named queen. Guy Sammons, same age, died in May 1949 when a coal truck overturned on him.
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Associated
Preece Williamson
Henrietta Plymate
William‘Son
Burlington
Wis
Guy
Glenn Sammons
Henrietta
Korean Marines Land Behind Enemy Lines
South Korean marines conducted a coastal landing on Ejak Island off Inchon with Allied air support. The operation marked a third behind enemy lines in the week, aimed at thwarting potential Red invasions near Koje and protecting Pusan supply routes.
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Tokyo
Taegu
Pusan
U.S
Kigye
Pohang
Bill Shinn
United States Air Force
Kore Island
Chinhae
Masan
Jover Pyongyang
Tokchok Islands
Yellow Sea
Inchon
Central Press
Associated Press
Korean Navy
Ejak Island
Seoul
Tongyong
Kaje Island
Tongrong
Camure
Koje
D.C. Holly
Cdr
Chung Tal bin
Fairmont Lamp Plant Shut Down by Strike
A protest strike closed the Fairmont Westinghouse lamp plant delaying production. About 1,800 workers were allowed entry by pickets, per a union representative from Local 627 CIO. William Walters, vice president of the union, said executives were stopped at the gates. Officials could not comment. The report also notes advancing Marine actions in Korea with 109 Red troops captured and prisoners sent to Pusan for questioning.
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Tatzu
U. 5 S
Taegu
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
5Th
Hawaii
Pusan
35Th
Chungam
Haman
Sth
Sobuk
Tundok
Chiungam
Associated Prose Fairmont
Arity
Westinghouse
Pickes
Willian Walters
International Union of Bleekers Local 627
CIO
Yonve
Rean
Ciang
Damage by Yank Raids Listed by N Koreans
Tokyo report from a North Korean radio station claims allied bombings killed or wounded 11,582 civilians and destroyed 11 major industrial plants. MacArthur HQ says a 14,000 word report on the bombings is being broadcast in installments from North Korea.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Red Korean Radio
MacArthur
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Pyongyang Machine Tool
Pyongyang Soyabean
Wonsan and
Nampo
Hungnam Fertilizer Factor
Hongu Carbide
Yongsan San Lool
Sarawan Spinning Mills
Red
Senate Backs Wartime Wage Price Controls
The Senate approved a wartime mobilization bill by 85 to 3, granting President Truman authority to impose wage and price controls and other economic measures. A conference with the House will settle differences, with further votes enforcing simultaneous wage and price controls across the economy. Republican Bricker and Wherry led an amendment to require broad control, while some senators urged selective or delayed action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
White House
Senate House
Bricker
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
Tne House
Canchart Rea
Varese
Edon
Mont
Malone
Nev
Williams
Del
B 29s Hit Rail Yards Near Soviet Province
B 29 crews attacked rail yards and industrial targets near the Soviet border including Changjin and Songjin railyards, the port at Chongjin, and bridges as waves of bombers dropped more than 500 tons. Fighters supported ground action in North Korea.
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Soviet Province
Associated Press
Tokyo
Chongjin
Sea of Japan
U.S. Far East Air Forces Headquarters
Changjin
Manchurian
Changjinj
Mitsubisu Iran Works
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Ely
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Yair
U. S. Court
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Eagle
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