O Dwyer Placed to Defuse New York Party Row
Mayor William O Dwyer will resign September 1 to become U S ambassador to Mexico an action seen as a move by national and state Democratic leaders to back the State ticket and reduce a rift over the gubernatorial nomination. The plan aims to boost downstate support and possibly overturn Albany Republicans after eight years.
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William O'Dwyer
New York City
Albany
O'Dwyer
Truman
Mexico
House Votes to Restore City Mail Service
The House approved a bill to restore two daily city mail deliveries and curb other services, sending the measure to the Senate. The bill would cancel a 1947 order cutting city deliveries to one daily run, with a companion Senate bill already approved. President Truman's veto is possible.
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Washington
House
Senate
Post Office Department
Truman
Congress
New Dollar Bills In Short Supply
The Bureau of Engraving awaits 2.06 million dollars from the House Appropriations Committee to switch to a six day week and print 240 million new dollar bills. The goal is to replace worn currency and ease shortages amid slow production.
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Washington
Bureau of Engraving
House Appropriations Committee
Today's Features and Page Guide
The issue lists features on pages 36 and 37 including Comics, Crossword, Dr Dean, Horoscope, Mary Haworth and other regulars. Amusements, Finances, Bridge, Science, Reporter in Classified, Radio-TYV, Life, Social Deaths, Editorials and Letters appear on listed pages with Today’s Pictures on page 16.
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Dean
Mary Haworth
Navy Bomber Down Off Korea Near Ongin
A Navy Neptune patrol bomber was reported down in the Yellow Sea off Ongin just below the 38th parallel. Air Force headquarters said the crew had taken to life rafts.
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U. S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
INS
Yellow Sea
Ongin
38Th Parallel
Air Force Headquarters
Draft calls may exceed 185000 as Hershey warns
Maj. Gen. Hershey, director of Selective Service, told lawmakers that the draft may exceed the 185000 annual figure authorized earlier as world events shift. He noted Congress lifted size limits on the armed forces and said September and October drafts could total 100000. He cited about 1,000,000 men ages 19 to 25 with dependents and that funds to pay dependents have not yet been provided.
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Washington
Jiewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Ia Sgubig
Atom expert leaves Ireland to aid Hungarian Reds
Prof. Lajos Janossy, a theoretical atomic physicist, is reported missing from Ireland's cosmic radiation research station and to have returned to Hungary to serve the Communist government. Colleagues note he worked in Great Britain during World War II.
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Dublin
Ireland
Hungary
Lajos Janossy
Budapest University
Great Britain
Garbage truck named for Miss Bodo at State Fair event
The Department of Public Works christened a white enameled garbage truck in honor of Mabel Bodo of 206 Slocum Ave. The truck bears the handle BO Bodo as a playful nod to her surname. Bodo, a Central High School graduate and payroll clerk at Nettleton Shoe Co, was Miss Mexico in Syracuse Centennial 1948.
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State Fair
Bo, Bodo
Mabel Bodo
Slocum Av
Bodo
Frank Harmon
Boda
Central High School
Central City Business Institute
Nettleton Shoe Co. C
Mexico
Syracuse
Hanley Criticizes Truman On Civilian Defense Delays
Gov Joe Hanley addressing 2500 delegates at the 78th annual Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention urged urgent civilian defense planning. He said New York State began building a program early and warned against relying on blueprints to counter air attacks and Korean war threats. He praised two years of statewide volunteer fire training under the Republican administration.
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Joe R. Hanley
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
New York State
Hanley
Korea
Truman
Weather Backed by Humid Central New York Forecast
A hot humid pattern continues with above normal temperatures and limited rainfall for Central New York through mid September. The 30 day outlook shows above normal temperatures and below normal rain. Scattered showers or thunderstorms may develop today and tomorrow afternoon.
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Andrew P. Keller
Washington
New York
Weller
Watertown
Toronto
Massive B-29 Raid Incinerates North Korean Target North of Taegu
From a transport plane, SAL BOYLE describes a May Korean bombardment by 98 B-29s on a 21 square mile target north of Taegu. The explosion created a vast smoke pall and bright flashes as enemy vehicles and fuel dumps burned, with about 40,000 North Koreans massed nearby and hundreds of American casualties reported in our own lines.
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Waegwan
Here
St. Lo
Normandy
Firemen Plead Guilty To False Alarm Incident
John F Blomberg and William S Klinke volunteer firemen from Central Lip pleaded guilty in Police Court to turning in a false alarm at Warren and Jefferson streets at 4 30 AM during the 78th annual State Volunteer Firemen's Association convention. They face sentencing after detention until Saturday. Police warned visitors to celebrate legally.
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John
F. Blomberg
William S. Klinke
Central Islip
Truman
H. Preston
Warren and Jeeffrson Sts
This Teacher Is All Wet On Dewdrops
A five year old boy brings a bouquet to his day school teacher in State College Pennsylvania. The teacher asks if the mother picked the flowers and notes the dewdrops. The boy asks what dewdrops are and the teacher explains moisture. The boy says they spray the flowers.
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State College
Food Price Index Holds Steady At $6.53
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index remained unchanged at $6.53 for a third week, the highest since September. The index measures the wholesale cost of a pound of 31 foods and sits about 10.9 percent above last year.
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NEW York CP
Dun & Bradstreet
Gls Print Paper Opens Local Shop With Arrivals
An unclear notice reports a Southwest Korean front opening a shop here with an officer and six arrivals today. It references a tradition and mentions Hate-TOKYO-A meeting as part of the scene, though details are fragmented.
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Stars and Stripes
Tokyo
More Items Boost Prices Across Widest Range
The price surge extends to golf balls toothpaste ginger ale and paints. Worthington Ball Co raises golf balls to 1.00. E R Squibb toothpaste up to 29 and 49 cents. ginger ale up by two cents. Glidden Co lifts paint prices by about 3 percent. National Leads of New York increases lead products and other items.
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NEW York CP
Worthington Ball Co
E. R. Squibb & Sons
Americans pressed for new troops to lift European spirits
Paris reports American officials demand clear aid from Washington to Europe in the form of rapid deployment of five divisions on European soil. A US commander to oversee rearmament is urged, with Britain asked to send five divisions to Germany or Northern France as Korea crisis unsettles French confidence in US strength.
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Paris
France
Washington
Europe
U. S
United States
Britain
Germany
Korea
Loy Markey split rumor sparks divorce plans
Mexico City reports say actress Myrna Loy arrived yesterday and plans to divorce producer Gene Markey in Cuernavaca while Markey is said to be in Europe.
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Mexico City
UPI
Myrna Loy
Cuernavaca
Gene Markey
Europe
Invaders flee Naktong after heavy B 29 air strike
U S bomber raid on the Naktong River lines drives North Korean troops to retreat across the river. Reports say 98 American B 29s saturated a 26 square mile target area with thousands of bombs in a tactical strike aimed at breaking a 60,000 man offensive buildup. Observers note Reds fleeing in terror and abandoning gear as ground forces push them back.
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Empire State
New York
Robert J. Abt
Syracuse
Norman Wynkoop
Cementon
Isi
Tokyo
Naktong River
United States
Manhattan Island
Naktong
U.S. “Army
Red Side
U.S
Gold Taken From Cell to New York
Harry Gold, a Philadelphia chemist who pleaded guilty to espionage, was moved from Holmesburg Prison to the U S attorney's office in New York. Authorities declined comment on the transfer, noting only that the move was requested by U S Attorney Irving Saynol as Gold awaits sentencing.
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Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Holmesburg
U. S
New York
Gold
Irving HE Saynol
British Police Remove Two Americans From Ship
Two American men were taken off a ship in Southampton by British authorities and handed over to Florida officials after becoming lost or misplaced. The incident involved unclear registers and foreign officials as authorities coordinated the transfer.
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