Truman prep reports on war controls and national policy
White House says President Truman prepares a nationwide address covering Korea fighting and domestic controls. The speech, to be televised, would resemble a fireside chat and could be ready by the weekend, with Congress yet to act on his wage and price control legislation.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Korea
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate House Committee
C.S.T
Maybank
D.-S.c
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Funds Bill to President
A $35,550,600,425 government appropriation bill passed both houses and awaits President Truman's signature. The package includes a $62,500,000 loan to Franco's Spain, which the president opposes, raising expectation of a possible veto or executive reshaping of foreign aid.
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Washington
Truman
Spain
Franco
Senate
House
Congress
Thundershowers Morning and Noon with River Stage Change
Weather update notes thundershowers from morning to noon with temperatures 67 at 6 a.m. and 68 at 9 a.m. River stage records 2.6 feet and falling. sunrise at 6:16 and sunset announced.
Local Weather Report Brief
Yesterday reached a high of 84 degrees and a low of 67 degrees with precipitation at 61. This summary notes the day’s temperature range and rain event.
Weather Summary For Terre Haute And Nearby Regions
Thundershowers this afternoon or evening followed by partly cloudy conditions tonight and Wednesday. Little temperature change expected. In Indiana expect considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and thundershowers east and south this afternoon and tonight, and in extreme south Wednesday. In Illinois mostly cloudy with local showers or thundershowers this afternoon and evening, then clearing. Pollen counts reported for St Louis Chicago Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Shrine leader Poteat visits Terre Haute for Imperial Potentate event
Hubert M. Poteat of Wake Forest North Carolina imperial potentate of the Shrine of North America arrives in Terre Haute for a dinner and 8 o'clock reception at the Shrine auditorium. Local dignitaries include L R Hilleary A Ray Miles Ralph Peters and Earle O Prater.
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Hubert M. Poteat
Terre Haute
Wake Forest
N. C
the Shrine of North America
Mrs. Poteat
Evansville
High Flyer No Doubt Charters Plane To Lake Placid Fashion
A New York stock broker chartered a Convair for himself and his wife to attend a fashion show at Lake Placid N Y. The 40 passenger jet flew from Cook Airport with pilot co pilot and crew returning 15 minutes later to retrieve a cosmetics bag before resuming the flight. The charter cost about 1800 dollars and the broker asked the name not be released.
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Indianapolis
New York
Lake Placid
N.Y
Cook Airport
CIO Expels Bridges and Union Leaders for Communist Ties
The CIO executive board voted 41 to 2 to expel Harry Bridges and his International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union for aligning with the Communist line. The West Coast Fishermen’s Union, recently merged with Bridges’ group, was also expelled. Bridges, born in Australia, was convicted of falsely swearing he was not a Communist when applying for U.S. citizenship and is free on bail pending appeal.
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Washington
Ci.o
Harry Bridges
International
C.lo
Philip Murray
West Coast Fisherman's Union
Bridges
U. S
C.I.O
Reds Rush Line to Indo China
Chinese Communists push rapid railway construction linking Hanoi regime in Indo-China with China’s rail network. Dispatch from Canton to Ta Kung Pao reports the plan as part of broader Communist infrastructure efforts.
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REDS
Indo-China
Hong Kong
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
China
Canton
Ta Kung Pao
G O P Links MacArthur Silence to Formosa Debate
Washington newslines report Republicans framed a White House gag order on General MacArthur’s Formosa views as a campaign issue. Democratic leader Lucas says Truman as commander in chief sets policies, while some Democrats and a Republican ally back MacArthur. The president canceled a Chicago veterans meeting reading of his remarks amid tensions over Formosa.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Lucas
Illinois
Tor
MacArthur
Pacific
Mr. Truman
Chicago
United Nations
White House
Truman
Attica Woman Attacked In Abduction Case Involving Two Men
FBI reports two Greencastle men aged 19 and 23 were arrested in Danville for kidnapping and raping Attica housewife Jane Wethington, 23. The suspects, friends of her husband, allegedly abducted her and her four year old daughter Carolyn, drove toward Danville, then to Marshall, Illinois, before fleeing.
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Danville
Ill
Greencastle
Ind
Attica
Indiana
Illinois
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donald Wayne Rowings
Robert James
Champaign
FBI
U.S. District Court
James Poster
U.S
Ray Foreman
Jane Wethington
U N Discusses Formosa At Security Council
The U N Security Council opens with Russia pressing to add charges of American aggression against Communist China in Formosa. President Malik aims to force a debate while the U S counters that Korea aggression must be addressed first.
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Formosa
U.S
Council
Korea
Malik
North Koreans claim victory at Uihung in Korea war
North Korean radio claimed that Communists killed or wounded 1200 UN troops and captured about 200 prisoners after seizing Uihung, 38 miles west of Pohang, as of August 29 in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
U.P
United Nations
Uihung
Pohang
Orchid winner Edward Withrow aids elderly pedestrian
Edward Withrow, driver of a Black and White taxi, received an Orchid for Safety for stopping in heavy traffic to help an elderly woman cross Seventh Street at Wabash Avenue when the signal changed. Officer Fred Campbell reported the timely act.
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Edward Withrow
Fred Campbell
Withrow
Seventh Street
Wabash Avenue
Teachers Tour Industry Day In Terre Haute
Tomorrow is Business Industry and Education Day in Terre Haute with 500 teachers shown how free enterprise works. The group visits 18 industries, begins at 9 AM in the Mayflower Room of the Terre Haute House, with Anton Hulman opening remarks.
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Terre Haute
Chamber of Commerce
Mayflower
Terre Haute House
George C. Carroll
Merchants National Bank
C. of C
Carroll
Anton Hulman
Meis Bros. Company
Citizens Independent Telephone Company
Quaker Maid Company
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Tribune-Star Publishing Company
Smith-Alsop Paint and Varnish Company
Thomson-Symon Company
Columbian Enameling and Stamping Company
Miller-Parrott Baking Company
Wisking Corporation
Wabash Fibre Box Company
Indiana Gas and Chemical Corporation
the Root Store
Search Fails to Find Boy Earnest Cagle Jr.
An all night search failed to locate two year old Earnest Cagle Jr. of Illiopolis who disappeared from a car in front of a tavern after his father left him asleep with a younger sister. The child is described as frail blond and diabetic. police fear possible kidnapping.
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Buckhart
Earnest Cagle Jr
Illiopolis
Cagle
Graziano Freed After 19 Years In Prison
Former Marshal Rodolfo Graziano, once considered Mussolini's successor, was freed today in Rome after serving a 19 year sentence for treason and Nazi collaboration. He had been imprisoned since his conviction.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziano
Mussolini
Princess Elizabeth Names Baby Anne Elizabeth Louise
London reports Princess Anne Elizabeth Louise born two weeks ago. Prince Philip signed the birth certificate at Clarence House naming Her Royal Highness Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of Edinburgh. Edinburgh reflects Philip’s ducal title granted by King George before their 1947 marriage.
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London
Elizabeth
Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
Prince Philip
England
Clarence House
Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise
Edinburgh
Philip
George
Duke of Edinburgh
Pohang encircled as Communist forces close in again
Communist troops outnumbering U S and Korean defenders three to one surround two thirds of Pohang on the land side. The city is evacuated for the third time in three weeks with 25 000 enemy on the move and about 8 000 defenders including Americans. Reinforcements struggle to reopen the Taegu highway as reports from MacArthur say the highway was cut between Pohang and Angang Ni.
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Tokyo
Pohang
C.S.T
United Press
Robert Bennyhoff
Taegu
Douglas MacArthur
Angang-Ni
Red
British Troops Land In Korea To Battle Reds
First British troops joined United Nations forces in Korea and landed at a South Korean port. Maj. R. A. Gwyn led the landing aboard the HMS Unicorn with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Middlesex Regiment. Brig. B. A. Coad and cheering Korean schoolgirls welcomed the unit as American bands played and flags were raised.
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U.P
United Nations
Korea
Hong Kong
God Save the King
H.M.S. Unicorn
H.M.S
U.N. Forces
U.S
Soldiers Read To Kill Time In Korea Frontline Gully
A GI near the Naktong River browses a paper bound book while shells fall around a forward command post. Another soldier, Corporal Lloyd Hahn, sifts through a Betty Smith novel and a comic, both used to ease monotony between bombardments.
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Korea
Naktong River
Secret Training of Russian Sub Officers Told
The Daily Herald from Stockholm reports Russian submarine officers sail secretly in Soviet merchant ships to World parts for rapid navigational and target recognition training. It cites a total 380 submarines with 130 in long range use and 50 in the Baltic and 60 in the Pacific.
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London
The
Daily Herald
Stockholm
Dispatch
A. J. McWhinnie
Herald
Russia
Baltic
Pacific
Draftees from Terre Haute to Report Sept 14
The first group of Korean War draftees from Terre Haute and Vigo county will leave for camp Thursday Sept 14. Vigo county selective service officials said 39 men were called and will report at the federal building in the morning. They will be sworn in at Indianapolis and assigned for training the same day. The top 39 of 60 pre induction exam passers Aug 11. Local board ordered to provide 125 more men for examination Friday Sept 3.
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Terre Haute
Vigo County
Selective Service
Selective Service Office
Federal
Army
Indianapolis
Boy 16 Fought 42 Days In Korea Returns Home
Rodney Allison Keller, a 16 year old from Charleston West Virginia, served 42 days with the 24th Infantry Division during the Nak Tong River action before being sent home when his age was discovered. He now weighs the decision of returning to high school amid memories of combat and fear.
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W. Va
Rodney Allison Keller
Korea
Naktong River
Rodney
24Th Infantry Division
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