Planes Return to East Coast After Hurricane Wake
Navy planes moved from Albany and Schenectady to Quonset Point Rhode Island in small groups after dodging the Atlantic hurricane. In New York the UN opened its 39-floor headquarters with over 450 employees moving into the new skyscraper. A murder case adjourned in Rochester as Dr Nicholas P Brooks awaits Sept 17. A truck carrying four tons TNT and 16 tons of 100 pound bombs was found at Trumbull Field Groton and a Brooklyn detour ended with police escort.
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East Coast
Albany
Navy
Schenectady
Quonset Point
R. I
New York
United Nations
INS
Trumbull Field
Groton
Conn
Brooklyn
Amvets Carnival Tragedy Ends Aerial Show In Suburb
Joseph Phillips a 42 year old Pittsburgh aerialist died after a 50 foot plunge during the climax of a carnival sponsored by Amvets in Homeville. He suffered a fractured spine and severed spinal cord and died in hospital after injuries during a trapeze act witnessed by hundreds.
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Mars Amvets
Death Today
Hormeville
Joseph Phillips
Pittsburgh
Amvets
L Homeville
Phillips
Public notices from around the world and Korea war view
U S Army and Navy chiefs meet secretly in Tokyo while calls grow to end U S intervention in Korea. Reports from Prague note an aborted Second World Student Congress and U S journalist William Oatis escorted from the fairgrounds. Berlin sees armed Russian officers cross into West sector and flee back as police intervene. Israel names Yosef Neva consul in New York. Greece contemplates a six to seven member emergency cabinet. war correspondents in Korea may wear a United Nations patch.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Congress
U.S
Korea
Chester Davis
Committee of International
United States
Berlin
Itens
Greece
Sophocles’ Venizelos
Paul I
Associated Press
William Oatis
International Union of Students
Prague Trade Fair
Tokyo
United Nations
Obituary notices for military and academic figures across several cities
Col Henry A Allen 83 helped plan the Panama Canal and commanded a WWI regiment in France in Chicago. Dr Edmund G Howe 66 headed the Political Science Dept at Marietta College in Tuscaloosa. William P Petersen 83 former Vanderbilt and Illinois medical faculty in Chicago. Otto Twyschwarz 82 professor of clinical obstetrics at Washington University in St Louis.
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Henry A. Allen
Panama Canal
France
Chicago
Edmund G. Howe
Marietvia College
Tusca- Toosa
Ala
William PF. Petersen
Vanderbilt University
University of Illinois
iChicago
Otto Twyschwarz
Washington University
St. Loui
Profits Tax Debate Signals Enduring War Funding Split
Washington reports that Senator O Mahoney predicts the Senate will reject an excess profits levy as part of the tax bill to fund Korea war costs. He pushes for an corporate excess profits tax while Finance Committee members urge deferral to next year amid White House hesitations and ongoing defense spending pressures.
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Washington
O'Mahoney D-Wyay
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
O'Mahoney
Pr T Teuman
Finance Committee
Milluam
R-Colo
George
D-Ga
Marines to begin intensive Pendleton training after peacetime duty
Marines from the local tank battalion conclude 14 months of peacetime duty at Camp Pendleton California. The unit began last June with 70 officers and enlisted men and will be screened to add or replace units as it prepares for potential expansion into a new Marine division of about 20,000 men under Maj Case.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Pendleton
Case
California Forest Fire Ravages 56 000 Acres Near San Diego
A massive wind driven blaze in the Cleveland National Forest east of San Diego burned over 56 000 acres of timber and scrub. Evacuations affected Cuyamaca State Park and nearby vacation areas as 400 sailors and 50 firefighting teams battled the flames. State officials proposed bringing in 100 inmates from Folsom to aid 300 firefighters in this second largest blaze near the Me LO ne s area 70 miles south of Sacramento.
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San Diego
Cuyamaca
State, Park
State ‘Forestry
Folsom ‘State Penitentiary
California
Mother Lode
Melones
Sacramento
Lower Sierra
Arabs vote neutrality policy in East West conflict
Arab leaders meeting in Alexandria pursue a policy of neutrality amid Western pressure. The decision, said to be agreed by the political committee of the seven nation Arab League, aims to keep Arab states aloof from the East West conflict.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Seven Nation
Arab League
Steel Vendor Delivers Second Indo China Combat Equipment Shipment
The American freighter Steel Vendor arrived with the second batch of military gear for Indo-China under U S aid. Officials said regular deliveries will continue to French and Indo-Chinese forces fighting the Communist Viet Minh.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Steel Vendor
Viotmi
Couple Reaches Azores in Amphibious Jeep
A Boston-born couple, Mr and Mrs Beatarkin, left July 19 in their amphibious jeep the Half Safe from Halifax to cross the Atlantic. The pair, under Royal Canadian Air Force notice, aim to circle the globe by jeep after a third attempt, with Azores reports reaching on Saturday.
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Walifax
N.S
Jespers
Beatarkin
Azores
Todanin
Erastension
Royal Canadian Air Force
Saturda
Atlantic
G O P Seeks Clear War Aims From White House
Republican leaders push for a public outline of U N Korean war goals and Cold War aims. Senator H Alexander Smith says Defense Johnson should spell out military objectives for Europe in a Senate closed session. Millikin warns Congress works in the dark without a stated objective to guide new appropriations and controls.
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Washington
CPI
Congress
Uruman
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.d
Johnson
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Smith
Yehee
Millikin
R-Colo
U A W to Ballot On Ford Walkout
Buffalo report says United Automobile Workers Local 425 will hold a strike vote next Sunday at the Ford Motor Co plant here about 2100 workers. Spokesmen cite unresolved speedup and health and safety hazards. a company spokesman declined to comment. The plant produces about 500 cars daily.
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Buffalo
C.I.O. United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor iCo
Sixth Body Found In Burned Ship
The sixth body was discovered in the burned Canada Steamship Lines cruise vessel Quebec near Tadoussac Quebec. Authorities believe the remains may be Gertrude or Eva Taub of Tarrytown New York, the two still unaccounted for, after five bodies were recovered earlier from the fire on the St. Lawrence River cruise.
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Lauzon
Quebec
Canada Steamship
Gertrude
Eva
Taub
Tarrytown
N.Y
Tadoussac
St. Lawrence
1950 Russian Gun Captured at Front in Korea
Infantrymen of the 35th Regiment, with U S 25th Division, captured a new 1950 model Russian machinegun. The weapon was turned over to United Nations front line forces and will be flown to Lake Success, North Carolina, as evidence in the dispute over Soviet military aid to North Korea.
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U.S
Korea
United Nations
Lake Success
N. C
Jacob A. Malik
Soviet ‘Union
North Korea
Senate Votes on Home-Front Controls Bill At Noon
Today in Congress the Senate begins voting at noon on the home-front controls bill granting price and wage rationing authority. Democratic Senators meet behind closed doors to discuss various subversive control proposals while the Agriculture Committee reviews coffee reports and a cotton acreage bill. The House considers routine measures and the Armed Services subcommittee weighs a bill to grant family allowances to servicemen.
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Agriculture Committee
HOUSE
Armed Services Subcommittee
Lunembourg Celebrates Grand Duchess Birthday
Lunembourg marks the birthday of its grand duchess with a ceremonial event titled HTEW OLR, drawing attention from local officials and residents.
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Lunembourg
Htew
Rail strike spreads to major lines as unions press demands
Unions order walkouts on two short lines and threaten broader action. President Truman weighs options including urging settlement or directing rail heads to meet, while major plants like Republic Steel in Cleveland begin layoffs of 1500 workers amid the 17 month dispute over pay and hours.
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Blair
White House
Prent
Elgin, Joket & Eastern
Chicago
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Republic
Republic Ned
Secral Republic
River Terminal’ Railway
Steel
Républic
Louisville
Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Company
Baltimore
Ohio, Southern
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota Railway Company
Minneapolis J and
Elgin, Joliet
Eastern Terminal Co
Americans Lose Mountain Position Near Haman in Korean War
Front page report from the southern front describes a bitter two mile west of Haman battle where U S troops, including the 25th Infantry Division, defended gains as Red forces attacked from Kumhwa toward Taegu. Night air strikes supported by phosphorous shells targeted Communist units.
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Haman
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Masan
Pusan
Taegu
Kumhwa
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
U. S
27Th’ “Wolfhound
MacArthur
Tacqu
Jack TacBeth
Deep South
Mne
iChinju
MacBeth
Kigye-Pohang
Picture caption challenged by wartime controversy in Pallan Texas
A garbled excerpt references a 1943 photograph claimed to show German labor workers, described by PW. Picture Called 1544 as fake. The text mentions Pallan Texas and individuals like Lloyd Mabray and a Dallas hamburger drive-in, with scattered recollections about Korea France and observers describing the image as propaganda.
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Pallan
Tex
Upa
Tie Js
Mir
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Ayaevs
Korea
France
Lloyd Mabray
Dallas
BaMangwato Leader Arrives in Exile With Family
Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams arrive by plane in exile from Bechuanaland. The Ba Mangwato king and his three month old daughter accompany his wife as the British government imposes restrictions amid unrest over their marriage.
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Southampton
Eng
Upn
Seretse
Khama
Krama
Africa
Bechuanaland
Ruth Williams
London
Three Nations Ready to Send Troops to Korea
Australia Britain and the Philippines announce plans to dispatch 3600 infantrymen to Korea. Britain and Australia will send three battalions totaling about 1300 men with the Philippines poised to deploy 2200 troops within ten days.
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Hong Kong
Australia
Weber
Norea
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Britain
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
inManila
Quirino
Ught
Astil Argyll and ‘Sutherland
Hell
1St Middlesex
Police Help Deliver Baby During High Speed Chase
In Ashtabula a police patrol car chased a speeding automobile that did not stop until reaching General Hospital. Patrolmen Norman Hummer and Robert Dieffenbacker arrived in time to assist in delivering a baby to Mrs. Esther Brenneman, 21, with husband Roger explaining they could not stop sooner.
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Ashtabula
General Hospital
Norman Hummer
Robert Dieffenbacker
Esther Brenneman
Roger
O Dwyer Fitness Is Challenged
Henry Vi Foor, Republican candidate against Representative Roose, questioned O Dwyer's qualifications for the diplomatic post in a letter to Senator Connally. The inquiry concerns O Dwyer's background as mayor and former consular service member.
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New York
Henry Vi Foor
Ad. Roose
William O'Dwyer
the Consular -Service
O’dwyer
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Hehatrenpa
The
Foreign Relations Committee
Iron Clad Alibi Clears Suspect in Counterfeit Case
Evanston police arrested Fang-wen Wang, 24, a Chungking-born Northwestern student, after he tried to buy a camera with a counterfeit ten. He claimed an iron clad alibi, then a bank teller identified him and returned real ten dollars after recognizing him.
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Evanston
T.cupp
Fang-wen
oWang
Chungking
Northwestern University
State Bank & Trust Co
Wang
Korean Envoy Calls for Unity as China War Blues Persist
LiN envoy in Mass cites Korea’s unity as crucial to rebuilding after invasion. He states the UN must restore peace and security and hopes the Ever White Mountains mark a restored northern boundary with Manchuria as the nation heals.
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Lfinox
Mass
Pi-Korea
United States
John M. Chang
United Nations
Manonuria
Coast Guard Nears Stricken freighter South Bend Victory
A freighter in heavy seas 200 miles east southeast of Cape Lookout faced engine failure. The Coast Guard cutter Mendota and an unidentified tug were dispatched from New York to tow the vessel toward safety as crew members were reported safe. The ship South Bend Victory, bound for San Juan, owned by Prudential Steamship Company of New York, departed Friday with little cargo.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Mendota
Or Talk
South Bend
South ‘Bend
Sans Juan
Prudenial Steamship Company
New York
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Inchon
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U Isung
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Fred E. Osborne
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