Defense Officials Reveal U.S. War Readiness At Korea Start
Defense officials outlined a postwar buildup showing 17 Army divisions, 23 carriers, and 69 Air Force groups planned. The Army faced 40,000 short of peacetime strength with 11 battalions and 11 artillery batteries missing in Japan, while Navy fleet totals rose to 911 ships and 7 335 aircraft.
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War figures outlined for Marine manpower surge
Gen Clifton B. Cates says the current fiscal year would see 10,314 officers and 127,699 men, most from reserves. He told a committee that about 80 percent of the increase would join combat units, noting higher mortality among stable hands aged 15 to 64.
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New Maryland Open Shop Challenge to Prevailing Wage Law
Four non-union contractors in Baltimore filed a suit challenging the Maryland law setting minimum wages for state construction projects. They contest the act as aimed at eliminating open shop bidding and seek to block enforcement. Judge Joseph Sherbow gave the commission until Sept. 5 to show cause why it should not be enjoined.
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Sherbow
Women Doctors Urged To Join Army Reserves
Fort Meade Maryland August 22 Second Army Headquarters called on women physicians and dentists to volunteer for the reserve so they can be drafted if needed Col Harold W Glattly Second Army surgeon said volunteers will help meet a quota of 141 doctors and 69 dentists to be drawn from seven states Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky by September 10.
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Italian Somaliland Uprising Kills Over 200 Natives
Cairo reports more than 200 natives killed in tribal disturbances in former Italian Somaliland. The region, returned to Italy under UN trusteeship last February for a 10 year path to independence, faced escalating violence as reports from the Arab news agency detail the unrest.
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Egypt
Arab News
Italy
United Nations
Arab Agency
Chiefs accuse Italy of divide and rule policy
The chiefs charged Italy with a divide and rule approach aimed at provoking outbreaks. They alleged Italian troops deploy tanks and machine guns to quell Somali land feuds.
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Italy
Christmas Carnival Canceled in Birmingham for 1950
Birmingham announces no Christmas carnival this year due to wartime travel and costs amid the Korean War. The 1950 event would have been the 18th celebration, with sponsors citing a cancelled plane as the reason.
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