Reds Shift Attack to East Coast After Kumhwa Defeat
American and Korean forces repelled a push by 20 000 Reds near Chongno and Kumhwa while shifting pressure to the Pohang Kigye coastal area. U S forces reported gains of 2000 to 3000 yards but the Kumhwa corridor remained closed. Taegu held firm as 15000 Reds massed southwest for potential pushes toward Pusan.
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Reds
Kumhwa
Tokyo
Suday
Taegu
Pohang-Kigye
MacArthur
United Nations
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Chongno
Kigye
U. S. 8Th Army
Don Whitehead
U. S
John J. Muccio
Pusan
Stan Swinton
G.i.’S
Mount
Sobuk
A.P
Don Huth
Eighth Army
Huth Sa‘d
Harrisburg Man Quits Labor Post
Washington August 26 AP The White House said John W. Gibson resigned as assistant secretary of labor effective August 31 Gibson a former CIO official had held the post since 1946 He cited compelling personal reasons and gave no future plans Truman lamented the departure noting the public service is poorer Gibson a Harrisburg Michigan native led the Michigan CIO council before joining the labor department in Washington in 1945
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
John W. Gibson
Gibson
C.I.O
Labor Post
Truman
Public Service
Secretary of Labor
Michigan C.I.C. Council
Harrisburg
Marriage contracts urged by lawyer for couples
New York August 26 AP Mariel Richter head of a domestic relations clinic suggests couples draw a marriage contract. She proposes pre marriage planning with a physician and lawyer to cover debts income sharing household budgets and ownership of possessions including the home.
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Mariel Richter
Miss Richter
National Association of Women Lawyers
Richter
MIT Scientist Proposes Grading Peace for A-Bomb Shelters
MIT atomic energy scientist Prof. Clarke Goodman argues in the AP piece that shelters should be graded for U.S. importance. He contends some people are more important than others and that shelters cannot be built for everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol, R. L
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Clarke Goodman
Atomic Energy
M.lt
Bloomington Extends Rent Controls to June 30
The Bloomington city council approved a resolution extending rent controls until June 30, with a 10 to 3 vote. The measure passed last night in Tl. August 26 proceedings.
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Bloomington
Weather Summary For The Region
Showers and scattered showers tonight with mainly cloudy skies. Sunday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change and showers ending by forenoon. Low tonight near 68 and high Sunday around 82. Cr_app Orchard Lake seven inches below spillway yesterday. Mississippi River level 12.2 feet, down 1.3 feet in 24 hours. Humidity about 74 percent at 10:15 a.m. today. Precipitation 0 inches since yesterday morning. Winds averaged 0.20 miles per hour yesterday to today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Norman Heads IPAC Welfare Merged Unit
L D Norman of Carbondale named director of the merged Illinois Public Aid commission and State Department of Public Welfare administration for 20 Southern Illinois counties. Lando Howard, Springfield, appointed associate director. The Carbondale office will operate from 308 South Illinois Avenue starting Oct 1. Ruth Harter of Harrisburg to consult on special children cases. Regional office moves to South Illinois Avenue Clinic building.
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L. D. Norman
Carbondale
Illinois Public Aid Commission
State Department of Public Welfare
Illinois
Lando Howard
Springfield
Howard
South Illinois Avenue
West Main Street
Ruth Harter
Harrisburg
Jefferson County
Cruelty in Shooting A Dog In Lawrence City
Carroll P. Daly of Andover was fined 75 for cruelty to a dog after admitting he shot a large great dane to protect his pedigreed terrier. John Merrick testified the dog was worth 3000 while Daly valued his terrier at 1000 and fired when two danes attacked. Daly appealed and was released on 200 bail.
Army Seizes Rail Lines as Crisis Eases Across Nation
President Truman orders seizure of 131 major railroads at 3 p m directing Frank Pace Jr to run routes with two generals overseeing operations. Trainmen and conductors suspend national walkout. unions back government while Justice Department prepared to seek court injunction if needed. Workers seek 40 hour week pay, end wage differentials. carriers and unions to negotiate under seizure watch. The move avoids a strike and may stall a bill to outlaw railroad strikes and force arbitration.
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Washington
Army
Truman
Frank Pace, Jr
C.S.T
Justice Department
Pace
Great A. Heilman
Army Transportation
Andrew F. McIntyre
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Karl R. Bendetsen
White House
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Pinckneyville Woman Killed in Auto Crash
Miss Mollie Rule, a long time Pinckneyville resident in her 70s, died last night in a collision on South Main and Randolph. Lois Jones, 19, was hospitalized but reported in good condition at Marshall Browning hospital in Du Quoin. State Police investigator Russell Birkner placed the crash at about 7 30 p m when Rule turning left into Randolph Street was struck by the Jones car. Rule was thrown from her vehicle and died almost immediately.
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Mollie Rule
Pinckneyville
Pinckneyvile
Miss Rule
Lois Jones
Roy Jones
R. R
du Quoin
Marshall-Browning Hospital
Jones
Russell Birkner
South Main
Randolph Street
Eighteen Die as Freighter Rams Mercy Ship in Bay
In dense fog off San Francisco bay a freighter rammed the hospital ship Benevolence causing it to capsize and sink in 75 feet of water. Eighteen people died while survivors were treated at multiple area hospitals. The Mary Luckenbach crewmembers and other officials awaited a casualty list as a court of inquiry was ordered to determine the accident’s cause.
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San Francisco
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
Mary Luckenbach
T. R. Wirth
12Th Naval District
George D. Murray
Western Sea Frontier
Mare Island Navy Yard
Mare Dock
Coast Guard
Army
Ara
Golden Gate
Navy J
Oak Knoll Navy Hospital
Oakland
Mare Island Hospital
Letterrzan Army Hospital
Treasure Island
Gresham
Marine Hospital
G. J. Kauffman
Military Sea Transport Service
Naval Service
Russia Holds off Formosan invasion plan says Chinese paper
A Chinese Nationalist paper in Hong Kong asserts former Soviet Russia chief in Japan, Derevyanko, is in Peiping pressuring China to delay invasion of Formosa. It notes Moscow may want clarifications from Korea war and highlights Mao’s demands for Soviet arms and a synchronized Korea–Taiwan timetable.
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Hong Kong
Japan
Peiping
Formosa
Kung Sheung
Kuzma Derebyanko
Derevyanko
Molotov
Asia
Moscow
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Russia
Mao
South Korea
Taiwan
United States
Red China
U.N
Russian Crab Returns to Storage in Liverpool
Ninety tons of Russian crab reenter storage in Liverpool after a round trip from New York where dockers refused to unload it amid concerns it would aid the world Communist movement. The tinned shellfish first arrived in 1947 and was later shipped to America for collar sales before returning to storage.
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Liverpool
Eng
Cunard
Parthia
Russia
America
New York
World Communist Movement
Murphysboro Aldermen Lose August Pay for Absences
Murphysboro city council voted unanimously to cut off the $15 monthly salaries of Aldermen Herman McGowan Ward 1 and Fred Beattie Ward 2 for August due to months of nonattendance. Neither alderman attended last night’s meeting, prompting calls about quorum difficulties and extra burdens on others. Mayor Hart, back after surgery, named Ward and Wright to cemetery committee with Joe Williams serving on the panel. McGowan and Beattie retain their seats with terms ending May 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Herman McGowan
Fred Beattie
McGowan
Beattie
Delmar Ward
C. A. Hart
J. W. Ward
Joe Williams
Walter Wright
House approves 35.5 billion general appropriations bill
The House passed the compromise 35.506 billion dollar general appropriations bill including waterways funds and sent it to the Senate. The total is 76 million less than the Senate’s earlier figure and 54 million more than the House’s spring approval. It allocates 383.41 million for flood control, 198.81 million for rivers and harbors, 66.42 million for lower Mississippi work, and 2.54 million for Sacramento river. The panel avoided cutting specific projects, citing President Truman’s defense priority directive.
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Washington
Truman
Army Engineers
House
Senate
Mississippi
Sacramento River
Army
Boy Hanged In Closet in Ottawa Tragedy
An 11 year old boy John Lorimer was found dead in a downstairs closet of his parents home in Ottawa. Police said he died several hours earlier from a belt around his neck tied with a slip knot. Parents believe the death was accidental. A playmate who was with him Friday morning is being sought for any clue.
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John Lorimer
James Lorimer
M. H. Sawyer
Walter M. Keim
Lorimers
Keim
Lorimer
Rail tieup knots Tyup on Vancouver Island
The nationwide rail tieup has tied up Tyup, a railway community south of Duncan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The disruption affects transport and local life as workers protest in the region.
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Tyup
Duncan
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
PUPPIES SELLING WELL BY ABC CLASSIFIED AD
A two month old Pekingese litter in Corinth near Johnston City drew wide interest after an ABC classified ad cost1.34. Mrs. Guy N. Moore reported calls from across Southern Illinois and sales to buyers in Murphysboro Herrin Harrisburg and West Frankfort.
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Corinth
Johnston City
Guy N. Moore
Illinois
Murphysboro
Herrin
Harrisburg
West Frankfort
Moore
Southern Illinoisan
UN predicts Western Europe coal surplus to vanish by year end
Geneva Aug 26 AP United Nations experts warn rearmament demands in Western Europe will erase the current coal surplus of about three million tons by year end. The outlook stresses tighter markets and rising prices as militarization accelerates demand.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic Commission
Europe
Hug
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Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Nation
Norman
Ipac-Welfare
Frisco Bay
U.S. Marine
Council
Ottawa
B.C
ABC
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