New Red Drive Aims At Pusan
Frontline dispatch describes the Korean War pressure along the 200 mile front with U S forces blunting red advances near Hadong and near Pusan as Gen MacArthur supervises operations from the front. Allied troops including Australians prepare to reinforce with engineers artillery and armor while warning of future setbacks.
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U. S
Hadong
Pusan
U. S. West Bank
Koreas
MacArthur
U. N
Australia
New Zealand
Sydney
O. H. Beale
Australis
Korea
Washington
Asiatic Peninsula
U. S.1
Veterans Use a Fifth of FHA Loans in 1949
In fiscal year 1949 two of every five applications for Farmers Home Administration loans were by veterans.
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Farmers Home Administration
Congress Split On All-Out Mobilization And Baruch Proposals
Washington July 27 Congress divided over a full scale mobilization in the home front with Baruch urging immediate ceiling on everything and consumer rationing. Sparkman would push Baruch’s plan through the Senate Banking Committee while Taft warned of permanent controls and urged a cautious one year program costing about 100 to 900 million. Senate moved to remove armed forces size limits. House and Senate seek to reconcile versions.
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Congress
Baruch
Bernard
Truman
Sparkman
D.als
Senate Banking Committee
Taft
Ohio
CUP
Banking
Nance
Armed Services
Tarti
Senate
Mmit
House Armed Servic Committee
Air Forcs Finletter
Vin
Gon
DeGa
labor-Industry-agriculture Committee
Makng
Prica
National Security Resources Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defense
Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint, Chiefs of Staff
Bridges Union backs right wing Korea resolution in vote
Local 6 of Harry Bridges International Longshoremen and Warehousemen last night approved a right wing resolution condemning the Communist invasion of South Korea. The Indiana Union voted against a similar left wing resolution, which also pledged support to the armed forces in Korea.
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San Francisco
Daly
Harry Bridges
International Laneshore and Warehouse Men’s Union
South Korea
Incal
Korea
North
Koren
Contributions Pour In For Little League Fund Drive
Donations to the Little League tournament and park improvement fund began arriving. Joe Schindler led with a first contribution, followed by M L Haugh and John R Bell who praised the effort. An $17 boost came at an Eagles vs Brand’s exhibition in Lappans. Contributions can be mailed to Harvey Miller or Joe Snyder.
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Joe Schindler
Chestnut Street
M. L. Haugh
Salem Avenue
Schindler
John R. Bell
North Potomac Street
Hagerstown
Edgewood
The
Eagles
Brand’s
Lappans
Harvey Miller
Beechwood Drive
Joe Snyder
Morning Herald
Cancer Licked He’s Reinstated Navy Officer
Washington July 27 A 30 year old Navy officer retired in 1947 due to a fatal cancer was restored to active duty after Senate approval. Edwin M Rosenberg, who taught seamanship at the Naval Academy, sought sea duty and championed a bill to return him to service, with promises of shipboard duty in the Far East if House concurrence follows.
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Washington
Navy
Senate
Yeaterday
Edwin M. Nossaberg
Ant
Rosenberg
Resrnbergs
House
Pacific
Reston Naval Hospital
Naval Academy
Ticken
Far East
Young Wife Dies In Vain Attempt To Save Husband
In Wichita Falls Texas on July 27 a 10 year old wife died trying to rescue her husband from electrocution. Neighbors found Mrs R U Cox tangled in an electric line wrapped around her husband R L Cox. Cox had planned to electrify a fence around a Sudan grass patch and had stretched a wire from an electric line atop his garage. Clutching the line in one hand he stood on a metal barrel as he climbed down. His screams drew his wife to help.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
R. UL. Cox
R. L. Cox
Cox
Sudan
Dr Gilmer Files For Post Judge Of Orphans Court
Dr Gilmer a Republican candidate for Judge of the Orphans Court fled yesterday to file his candidacy. He lives at 42 Me Kee Avenue and is an eye ear nose and throat specialist.
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Ay, Wenry
Gilmer Yesterdar
Orphans Court
Dr. Gilmer
Me. Kee Avenue
MacArthur Returns to Front Lines in Korea
General Douglas MacArthur spoke to reporters beside his plane Bataga after visiting frontline areas in Korea. He praised the 8th Army, South Korean forces, the Air Force, and the Navy, and expressed confidence in ultimate victory despite expected setbacks. He met President Syngman Rhee and U.S. Ambassador John Muccia, and visited wounded in a school-turned-evacuation hospital, praising allied troops and British Commonwealth soldiers.
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McArthur
MacArthur
Bataga
Korea
8Th Army
Air Force
Navy
Walker
Fifth Air Force
Syngman Rhee
U. 8
John Muccia
Britain
Sihn Sung Mo
Miss Moser Attends American Institute
Miss Jean Moser a history teacher at Haverstown High School received a certificate for completing work at the American University Washington DC where she attended the Institute on the Pasion of the United States in World Affairs. The 4 members from 27 states studied international relations. they visited Congress, Federal departments, and embassies. They traveled to Lake Success NY for UN Trusteeship Council sessions.
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Jean Moser
Sunset Avenue
Haverstown
American University
Washington, D.C
United States
Erg
Congress
Lake Success
New York
Thenited Nations Trusteeship Council
Woman Found With Tissue Containing Missing Diamond Rings
Baltimore reports Mrs Rhoda Wolfersberger cried and hailed a taxi to a dentist, then discarded a tissue containing two diamond rings. She claims the rings were in the tissue and asks for them back, offering a reward. The incident is being reviewed by police.
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Baltimore
Rhoda Wolfersberger
Polive
Navy Casualty in Korea and City Permit Case Highlight Local News
Ensign Don Richard Stephens of Painesville Ohio was killed July 22 during an air strike on Korea’s west coast, the first Navy casualty of the war. In local affairs, arguments challenged a North End station zoning ordinance as discriminatory and potentially illegal, with city officials defending it as protecting school and residential areas amid ongoing zoning plans.
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Paul Ottinger
Stotler
Francia H. Urner
Hakerstown
North End
Defense Department
Washington
Don Richard Stephens
Painesville
Ohio
Jwest
Stephens
Korea
Truman Says No Need For Price Controls Now
President Truman stated no current necessity for wage and price controls. He noted his economic message to Congress covers the issue and would seek controls if truly needed. He avoided committing to rollbacks or specific measures while McGrath pressed for swift passage of authorized powers.
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Truman
Congress
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