Stand or Die United States Faces Korean War Crisis
Weekly analysis notes 120000 Communist attackers pressing 4 U S divisions along a broad front from Yongdok to Hadong. General Walker declares war at critical stage and Eisenhower warns a defeat could spark a larger global conflict. call for massive, sustained support to win a first class war.
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Korea
Walton H. Walker
Dunkerque
G.I
U.S
Yongdok
Hadong
U. S
Eisenhower
Baruch urges broad mobilization to curb inflation
Elder statesman Bernard Baruch urged the senate banking committee to freeze wages prices and rents raise taxes and ration essential goods. He called for prioritized allocations effective controls rationing shortages and reduced expenditures to win peace. Congressmen split with Sen Taft accusing Baruch of seeking dictatorship as the FTC reported rising profit rates in 1949 led by motor vehicles biscuits and bread.
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Bernard Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Baruch
Robert A. Taft
Federal Trade Commission
U.S
Battle Lines In Korea Pressed At Taegu Front
North Korean forces launch a major offensive toward Taegu, nine divisions pummeling the allied line. U S troops abandon Hadong and retreat to Chinju as Hamyang comes under heavy assault. In Yondong and Hamchang sectors the U S first cavalry and South Korean units halt the Communist push.
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Taegu
South Korea
Red
U. S
Hadong
Chinju
Hamyang
Yondong
Hamchang
U. S. First Cavalry
Atomic bombs in Korea and harbor security measures
President Truman said atomic bombs would not be used in Korea though officials keep silent on the topic. Strategists note few targets exist in North Korea. Defense officials study methods to stop ships carrying atomic bombs from entering U S ports with port authorities screening Russian and satellite nation vessels at San Francisco and New York.
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Korea
Truman
United States
North Korea
Defense
San Francisco
New York
Russia
U S Employment Hits Two Year July Peak In First Week
US labor data show total nonfarm employment at 52,774,000 in early July with farm workers at 8,440,000. Officials attribute the rise to mobilization related production and note possible future labor force expansion while denying manpower controls. The Air Force orders 200 manufacturers to start work on nearly 4.4 billion dollars worth of new planes and parts amid secrecy.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Sawyer
United States Air Force
Air Force
Self Serving Born Great Labor Saver Cattle Cafeteria
A new feeding device, the cattle cafeteria, uses two nested steel huts with a 10 foot space between. Hay is chopped and blown into the top, then slowly feeds cattle via swinging gates and slats as it drops to storage below. Farmers report 44 steers fed all winter with four hours of labor.
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Northwest
Dimethyl Thallate Chigger Repellent Advice
Extension entomologists tout dimethyl thallate as the most effective chigger repellent for use at the tops of stockings or around the ankles but warn it stains fabrics. For bites apply 5 to 10 percent benzocaine in alcohol. lawn treatment lacks a proven method though sulfur dusting helps.
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T. H. Parks
Ohio State University
Parks
House committee eyes non military appropriations cuts
The House Appropriations Committee plans another review of non-military funding as defense spending rises. Observers warn cuts could be drastic, with a spokesman saying no fixed goal and a determination to cancel all cancellable appropriations.
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House Appropriations Committee
Draste
Forests Shrink to One Fifth of Original Size in U S
A discussion cites that when Columbus arrived nearly half the present United States was dense primeval forest but today forests cover less than one fifth of that area. It notes much timber is poor quality second or third growth and harvesting outpaces growth.
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U.S
America
United States
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Wall Street
Donald
Bedford Hillis
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Wm. Rogers Mfg. Co
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Cary
Firestone Ground Grips
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Center
SPACE
Paes
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