Seizure Rejected Rail Strike Nears Five Day Walkout
A five-day rail walkout set for Monday at three terminals followed White House statements that President Truman would not seize the railroads to avert a nationwide strike. Yardmen at Kentucky and Indiana Terminal, Minnesota Transfer, and River Terminal railways were told to strike from 6 am for five days.
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Twice-Daily Mail Deliveries Okayed
A bill to restore two daily city mail deliveries passed the House by 264 to 108, revoking Postmaster General Donaldson’s April order that cut to one daily delivery and trimmed other services. The Senate committee has already approved a similar measure.
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Mail From Home Lifts Morale for 23rd Division in Korea
After five weeks of bitter combat, Pfc. Frederick A. Corser, 20, of Gregory Michigan, received his first letter. It was an induction order from his draft board, sent as morale mail from home to the U S 23rd Division in Korea.
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Congress Moves Quick On Dependency Bill For Servicemen
Washington Aug. 36. President Truman and Congress push for rapid family support allowances for servicemen with the Senate and House armed services committees placing high priority on a quick solution. Truman proposed a plan with monthly caps and allotments, while a Senate plan favored smaller totals. a compromise near 65 to 75 dollars monthly is anticipated, with payments to begin Sept. 1.
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Dutch Volunteers Rise in Korea Conflict
The Dutch information service reported 1044 Dutch soldiers volunteered to join the Korea effort in the past three days, answering the government’s call.
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Draft to Take Far More Men Than Expected
Washington reports the draft may exceed the 185000 author ized for the year as Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey says world events deter mine precise needs. He notes Congress has removed armed forces size limits and calls for 100000 men were issued for September and October with potential increases.
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Glennan Approved For Atomic Post
Senate atomic committee backs Thomas Keith Glennan for a five year term on the atomic energy committee. The 44 year old Case Institute of Technology president was nominated by President Truman to fill the vacancy caused by Lewis L. Strauss resignation.
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Amendment Bags Down Control Bill Headline
Senate leaders fought a GOP bid to attach an anti subversive registration amendment to the home front controls bill. Democratic divisions and looming rival bills complicated the fight as the White House discussed regulatory agency roles for potential emergencies.
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Marines Prepare Surprise Landings at Malta
United States marines debarking from American warships are scheduled to practice surprise assault landings on Malta, a British Mediterranean bastion, with drills outlined for early August.
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Social Security Benefits To Be Increased by Bill
Washington August 16 final house action due today on a bill to vastly expand social security and raise benefits. The Knowland amendment restricts withholding unemployment funds and Lynch fights to restore disability benefits and remove the Knowland change. Major provisions boost coverage from 35 to 45 million, raise benefits about seven percent for current recipients, double benefits for future retirees, and raise taxes on higher earnings to fund the expansion.
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Unlocated Tremor Ranked Among Earth's Largest Quakes
A massive quake struck yesterday at about 9 23 a m EST with location undetermined. Estimates place it somewhere in the south Pacific or north Burma Tibet region while scientists warn such shocks could spawn deadly tidal waves. The University of Washington placed it 30 miles beneath the south Pacific, with US Coast and Geodetic Survey sighting Burma near the Chinese frontier.
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Bombing Rush Shatters Korean Front At Naktong
AP reports Red Korean troops retreating in panic across the Naktong after 98 American B 29s saturated a 26 square mile zone with 3500 quarter ton bombs. Waegwan and nearby positions were heavily damaged and observers note Reds fleeing and digging in after the strike. The US Sixth Fleet and Fifth Air Force supported ground actions as reinforcements arrived to bolster the peninsula defense.
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Eisenhower Boom Surges in Texas and Deep South
FORT WORTH Aug 16 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower leads a GOP poll in seven of eleven southern states. Pi-Henry Zweifel Texas Republican committee chairman says Eisenhower ahead in Texas Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Oklahoma and North Carolina. Zweifel backs Ike for the 1952 nomination citing a need to head government in a great crisis.
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Editor Named Hollwood Daily Variety Editor Appointment
Hollywood Aug 16. Joe Schoenfeld a movie talent agent has been appointed editor of Daily Variety a film trade paper.
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Daily Variety
O Dwyer Faces Senate Backing For Mexico Post
Washington Aug 16 The Senate is expected to approve Mayor William O Dwyer of New York City for ambassador to Mexico. Connally lauds him as a distinguished gentleman and Lehman sees no opposition. Some Republicans want to wait for a Brooklyn grand jury report on District Attorney Miles F McDonald before deciding.
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Push for International Police Force Gains Senate Steam
Washington Aug 16 A new senatorial push for an international police force began with bipartisan talks led by Senator Sparkman to speed action on a long-pending UN Atlantic armed force plan. Sparkman argued that Communist aggression in Korea shows the need for a mobile police force to stop the initial wave of any future attack in Europe.
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Pilot identified in Manila crash near P-80 wreckage
Manila Aug 16. Clark field tentatively identified the body of a P-80 pilot as Lt. Frederick M. Fendorf 23 of Kansas City Kas. The airman was found near the wreckage of his aircraft.
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