Truman Denies War Time OPA To Be Revived
Washington August 10 President Truman said he does not contemplate reviving the world war II OPA and would rely on existing federal agencies for any emergency controls tied to the Korean crisis. The House advanced a bill granting discretionary power to fix prices and wages, authorize rationing, channel scarce materials, and place ceilings, with compensation for seized property and loans up to 2 billion dollars to spur production.
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Subversive Bill Clash Looms In Senate Security Debate
Washington Aug 10 Senate leaders from both parties pursue tougher home front security. Senate committees diverge on the Mundt Ferguson Johnson bill to register Communists and fronts, while Democrats push a milder Justice Department backed measure aligned with President Truman’s message.
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White House Pushes Peace Talks to Halt Railroad Strike
Washington August 10 AP The White House seeks to avert a large railroad strike during the Korean war crisis with renewed talks led by John R. Steelman. Union leaders representing 300000 conductors and trainmen demand a 40 hour week without pay loss as railroads resist. Senate debate looms over seizure and compulsory arbitration measures.
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Bombers Pound Won San Rail Center in Large Air Strike
Tokyo reports seventy B-29s from Japan and Okinawa bases attacked Won san and other key North Korean railway targets at Wonsan. Bombs totaled over 400 tons on Wonsan three sites plus 200 tons on additional Communist transport targets north of parallel 38. A tail gunner, Staff Sgt Richard F. York of Whiting Indiana, described the smoke plume and visibility from altitude.
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Senate Finance Group Approves Corporate Tax Hike
Washington Aug 10 The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved President Truman’s proposal for a 1.5 billion annual rise in corporate taxes raising the top rate from 38 to 45 percent The move sets July 1 1950 as the effective date and forms part of a broader 5 billion tax package to fund Korea defense and arms buildup The panel may back a 3 billion individual income levy increase next, while Truman warns against delaying action over an excess profits tax and aims for rapid passage.
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U N Delegates Plot To Counter Malik Tactics At UN
In Lake Success a secret UN security council caucus before today’s meeting sought to pressure Soviet delegate Malik to end filibustering over Korea. Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb led talks while Trygve Lie observed. western delegates planned a firm response if Malik continued obstruction.
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Elderly Woman Slain on Train in Sleeping Car
Miss Ada C. Park, 70, of Grinnell Iowa, was choked to death in her berth aboard the Southern Pacific Golden State limited near Douglas Arizona. Harold T. Lantz 38 a former Tucson railroad employee was jailed after confessing to the slaying Sheriff J W Pruitt said. Park had been visiting a niece Mrs David T Gnau in Phoenix and had boarded the train to return home last night.
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Royal Family Awaiting Birth
An air of expectancy hovered over Clarence House as Princess Elizabeth awaits the birth of her second child. Crowds gathered outside the cream colored four story home overlooking St James's Park while Sir William Gilhart visited as gynaecologist. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said events were progressing normally and not long to wait. Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret had visited Elizabeth yesterday, with the king and queen remaining in London. Elizabeth and Philip hope for a girl.
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Beds Bolster Rebels Taipet Formosa
Pro Nationalist press reports 20,000 Chinese Communist troops have slipped into Indochina to join Moscow trained Ho Chi Minh forces against the French sponsored Vietnam government.
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Pincers Close Near Chinju Two Fronts Invaders Menace
Two columns of American forces closed a trap on about 1000 Korean Reds near Chinju while Communists attacked on other fronts. U. S. forces pushed to within five miles of Chinju and battled in the Naktong area as North Korean units pressed toward Pohang and Yongdok.
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Defense Leaders Prepare UMIT Bill for Congress
Washington Aug 10 A Defense Department spokesman told the Senate Armed Services Committee that a universal military training plan for youths is under intensive study and should reach Congress soon. Admiral H A Houser said details are not yet available as negotiations consider methods beyond the present draft act to meet manpower needs. The panel voted to suspend provisions allowing 18 year olds to enlist for one year to avoid longer service for 19 year olds, a program recently deemed unsuccessful.
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Senate Rejects Four Nominees in Courtesy Defeat
President Truman blamed senatorial courtesy for the Senate's rejection of four nominees including Martin Hutchinson to the Federal Trade Commission. Also rejected were Frank Hook for the Motor Claims Commission M Neil Andrews for the Northern District of Georgia and Carroll Switzer for the Southern District. All had recess appointments and drew bipartisan statements on courtesy.
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Virginia
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Michigan
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Georgia
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Truman Satisfied With Korea Gains
President Truman said he is satisfied with Gen. Douglas MacArthur's work as American and United Nations commander in the Far East. He spoke at a news conference and said he had not met anyone like the appeasers in Washington criticized by MacArthur after his Formosa visit.
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U S Far Eastern Policy Clarified After Harriman Tokyo Trip
Washington August 10 Diplomatic authorities say confusion over U S policy toward Formosa may be cleared by Harriman's rush to Tokyo He met MacArthur and Chiang Kai shek and stressed limits of U S support while defending Formosa against a Communist invasion The aim remains to prevent conquest and keep Korea War separate from the Formosa issue
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Army Reopens Five Training Camps With 101800 Capacity
The army plans immediate reopening of five camps: Rucker in Alabama Stewart in Georgia Roberts in Texas McCoy in Wisconsin and Edwards in Massachusetts with total capacity 101,800. Deferment for high grade college students is authorized temporarily but optional.
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Police Forestall Teen-Ager War in Texarkana
Texarkana police report they forestalled a teen war after rounding up 30 home-made wood and pipe guns crafted by 13 to 15 year olds. The devices, resembling pistols and rifles, used gunpowder charges fired by firecrackers and were found in a gravel pit near the city.
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Truck crash near Mattawamkeag kills four children
A transport carrying 41 singing children home from a picnic overturned after leaving the road at night near Mattawamkeag Me. Four children died and the rest were injured, with all but one in a serious condition.
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