Senate Votes Powers for Price Control
The Senate approved an emergency home-front mobilization bill by 85 to 3, granting President Truman wage price and inflation controls. Amendments require simultaneous wage and price controls and move allocation authority to the Commerce Secretary, with extensive debate and 30 amendments. The measure heads to conference with the House.
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Taft
Ohio
Bricker
Secretary of Commerce
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White House
Senate House
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Nebraska
Capehart
Indiana
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Commerce Department
Sparkman
Alabama
Douglas
Illinois
Liquor Director Pleads For Help Against Cheat Spots
Ohio Liquor Director Oscar L. Fleckner called for cooperation among Stark County tavern keepers, the Ohio Department of Liquor Control, and local law enforcement to curb cheat spots. He noted permit fees are distributed to local subdivisions and urged broader shared responsibility, citing a July Repository story. He urged Frank Lucas to provide information and emphasized you must not do the job alone.
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Stark County Tavern Keepers Association
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Oscar L. Fleckner
Frank Lucas
Stark Group
Cites Repository
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Fleckner
The
Repository
Ohio
Mr. Fleckner
Mr. Lucas
Army Believes Gen. Dean Killed by Reds in Taejon
Intelligence reports indicate Maj. Gen. William F. Dean was wounded captured and killed by Korean Communists at Taejon after directing rear guard action. He had been listed as missing since July 21 and was last seen nearby amid a Korean siege. Survivors and prisoners corroborate initial accounts of his death.
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U.S
Korea
William F. Dean
Taejon
Dean
Egyptian, French swimmer break Channel record in England
Hassan Abd el Rehim, a 42 year old Egyptian army officer, and Roger le Morvan, a 26 year old French champion, completed a mass English Channel crossing in 10 hours 52 minutes and 11 hours 4 minutes respectively. The 19 mile race, despite rain and rough seas, surpassed the 1926 record by Georges Michel. Le Morvan won prize money from the London Daily Mail and praised the crossing.
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England
English Channel
France
Hassan Abd-el Rehim
Roger le Morvan
Georges Michel
Dover
le Morvan
Rehim
AFL Union Wins Diebold Employee Vote
Production and maintenance workers at Diebold Inc. will be represented by the AFL union for the first time in 91 years. The AFL International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Forgers and Helpers won 496 to 48 against the CIO United Steelworkers among 758 ballots cast at Mulberry Road SE and Clarendon sites. 198 voted no union. sixteen ballots were challenged. The AFL needed a simple majority of those voting.
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Diebold, Inc
A.F.L. International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
National Labor Relations Board
A.F.L
C.I
United Steel Workers
Mulberry Rd
Clarendon
Passenger Dies In Door Breach After Plane Breaks Up
A DC6 flying from Los Angeles to Chicago split a right inboard engine over the Colorado Rockies. The cabin tore open, one passenger died, seven were injured, and the plane landed in Denver after an emergency landing. Names include Jack Kreboy of Los Angeles and crew members Captain R K Baker and Joan Robinson among others.
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American Air Lines
Colorado Rockies
Los Angeles
Chicago
Eagle
Colo
R. K. Baker
CAA
Mary
Joan Robinson
James Mackris
Detroit
Hayman Kay
Kay
Gladys
Sara Zimmerman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Sugar Messinger
Toronto
Canada
School additions planned for Fairmount Garfield Harter Mason
Fairmount and Garfield Schools gain new additions ready for the Sept 4 opening with one tossup for Harter. Mason’s first three rooms will be delayed four to five weeks. Attendance expected to rise about 160 from 1949. Board also approves Wells School addition and other plans.
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Fairmount
Garfield
Harter
Jesse H. Mason
Board of Education
Wells School
U S W To Meet With Timken On Wage Increase
United Steel Workers agreed to bargaining with Timken Roller Bearing Co for a wage increase. The union represents production and maintenance workers at Canton Gambrinus Columbus Zanesville Wooster and Mt Vernon plants. Timken said it will meet Thursday at 10 am after granting a 5 percent raise to salaried staff and a 5 percent rise for hourly workers effective Sept 3.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
C.I.0
United Steel Workers
Canton
Gambrinus
Columbus
Zanesville
Wooster
Mt. Vernon
Timken
Tax policy harms rich and poor alike amid wasteful spending
Promises by union leaders that only the rich would be taxed prove false as both rich and poor face levy burdens. New tax bills affect everyone directly or indirectly while wasteful domestic expenditures persist. The article notes high tax levels and cites a local business update. Timken Roller Bearing Company ad notes Dr H M Fondriest moving office to 307 Cove N, Ph 59127 ad Sue Ming now open at 1102 Market N from noon to midnight ad
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Timken Roller Bearing Company
Counterblows Halt Assaults Toward Pusan
Tokyo August 22 AP American infantrymen slammed back a Red Korean advance near Taegu and wiped out a roadblock under artillery fire ten miles from Taegu as the 120 mile Korean beachhead battled. Allied forces and tanks held firm along the line against nine enemy divisions totaling about 90,000 men, with continued fighting on the south coastal approaches to Pusan the seaport on the peninsula’s southeast tip. The U S 25th Infantry Division repelled repeated attacks near Chungam and Bat tle Mountain, while the 5th Regimental Combat Team from Hawaii fought to hold Sobuk hills near Chungam. North of Taegu two Pershing tanks repelled a Red assault, and U S 27th Regiment tank crews knocked out four T-34s in a two hour clash. The drive toward Taegu and Pusan continued amid heavy artillery and tank barrages.
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Tokyo
Pusan
Taegu
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
U. S. 35Th Regiment
Chungam
Battle Mountain
Hawaii
Sobuk Hills
Tundok
Ah Aeine
U. S
France Plans 800-Man Land Force for Korea War
France's cabinet approved sending a land force to join UN troops in Korea. The contribution will total 800 soldiers, with many expected to volunteer. Allied reports note nine North Korean divisions near the frontline from Masan to Pohang, as U S B 29s target Chongjin and American units monitor a Hyongpung bridgehead on the Naktong.
70 B-29s Raid City Close to Soviet Border
Tokyo dispatch reports seventy B-29s within sixty miles of Russia bomb North Korean targets near Chongjin on the East Coast. Waves bombed railyards docks and the former Mitubishi Iron Works, with over 500 tons dropped through cloud cover.
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Chongjin
Sea of Japan
U. S. Far East Air Forces
Chongijin
Mitsubishi Iron Works
Japan
Okinawa
Leslie J. Westberg
Milwaukee
Richard M. Hoban
Little Rock
Songjin
Jack R. Packwood
Chehalis
Wash
Packwood
Johnson sees Korea War last six to eight months
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson estimated the Korean conflict would end next winter if its course holds, with heavy rearmament to continue two to three years. The remarks were in a record of closed hearings by the House appropriations committee on Truman’s request for 16 billion dollars in extra military spending. The record also noted 53,000 reserve calls, plans for 35,000 more, and 15,500 monthly recruit intake, with 4 billion for allies and overall costs rising toward 25.6 billion.
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Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Mr. Johnson
Dean Acheson
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