Korean War Costs U.S. Daily at 13.7 Million
Washington lawmakers report the Korean War costs the United States about 13.7 million dollars per day. House subcommittee chairman George Mahon estimates five billion spent in year one and about 500 million less if fighting continues at current pace. Government officials caution that final totals remain uncertain.
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Washington
United States
George H. Mahon
House Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Mahon
Firemen battle derailed freight fire near gas tanker
In Piqua Ohio seven towns joined in fighting a blaze that jeopardized a tank car loaded with highly combustible butane gas after 15 freight cars derailed from a Pennsylvania railroad train. The fire started in a boxcar and spread to the asphaltic oil tank car, with lumber, cattle feed, and baled paper also burning. No injuries reported. Local crews from Springfield Troy Urbana Sydney Greenville Covington assisted, with wrecking crews from Columbus Richmond and Logansport clearing tracks and trains rerouted. The crash was blamed on a broken coupling. the incident occurred near a site with a 1945 troop train wreck.
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Piqua, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Piqua
Springfield
Troy
Urbana
Sydney
Greenville
Covington
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Columbus
Richmond
Logansport
Indiana
Here
Indianapolis
Engineers Urged to Keep Muskingum Locks Open
Lt Gen Lewis A Pick received an urgent plea from Ohio Governor Lausche to continue operating and maintaining the Muskingum river locks and dams at least until the next Ohio Legislature session. The plan to abandon four locks August 10 was not yet resolved, with traffic deemed insufficient to justify continued operation.
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Washington
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Muskingum River
Pick
Lausche
Gen. Pick
Robert T. Secrest
D. O
House of Representatives
Secrest
Russians Read Truman Letter and Shvernik Reply
Soviet papers published Truman July 7 letter to Nikolai Shvernik and the U S Congress peace resolution alongside Shverniks reply and Russia parliament resolution. The texts aired on all radio stations as Soviet citizens could read or hear them. The exchange urged a five power peace pact and showed mutual desire to avoid war.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Truman
Nikolai Shvernik
U. S
Shvernik
Congress
VA July activity report for 38 county Ohio area
The July VA report covers 38 Ohio counties with 1,761 veterans under Public Law 346 and $1,023,169 in subsistence payments. It details 69,423 World War II veterans in the region receiving compensation and pension, $274,760 for education and job training, 17,585 enrolled in schools, 3,471 in job training, 317 disabled in school, and 729 in on the job training. Total VA disbursements reach $6,230,132 in June, with G I loan approvals at $8,998,188 for 1,090 veterans and home loans totaling $8,986,688. Government home loan commitments stand at $5,278,169, plus two farm loans totaling $11,500, with $5,750 guaranteed by the VA.
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Chioniele-Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Weep One
Veterans Administration
H W. Farmer
Institutional Farm
VA l
G.I
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Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Baltimore
Ray Fisher
University of Michigan
Cincinnati Reds
New York
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George Hermann Inc
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Lorain County Bank
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U. S. Military Academy
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Kaplan’s Furniture
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Oberlin
Wellington
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