Senate committee approves broad home front mobilization bill
The Senate banking committee unanimously backed a wartime mobilization bill granting President Truman wide discretion on wage price controls and emergency powers. It also authorizes allocation of scarce materials, setting factory priorities, possible government seizure of plants, credit curbs, and up to 2 billion dollars in loans to boost defense output. The panel finished work late.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
Senate panel calls for tax on unrelated business by exemptions
The Senate finance committee voted to tax unrelated business activities of educational religious and charitable bodies, narrowing House language but exempting churches. It cited a macaroni factory owned by Alumni of New York University and profits to the school as an illustrative feeder scenario. Courts would decide past earnings on such arrangements.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Truman
Senate Committee
House
Senate
New York University
Idaho Senate Races On Tap In State Primaries
In Idaho a doubleheader Senate primary features Democrat Glen Taylor and Republican Henry Dworshak. Taylor battles White and Clark for the six year term while Dworshak faces Robins Sanborn and Welker for the other GOP bid. Nebraska selects governor nominees and four House seats as no Senate election occurs this year.
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Idaho
Glen Taylor
Henry Dworshak
Nebraska
House
Taylor
Senate
Progressive Party
Compton I. White
D. Worth Clark
Clark
Henry Wallace
Truman
C. A. Robins
John Sanborn
Pocatello
Claude J. Butenshaw
Ricks College
Edwin M. Holden
State Supreme Court
Robert L. Summerfield
Twin Falls
le Vera Swope
Boise
Canada to Form Special Infantry Brigade for Korea
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent announced Canada will recruit a 4000 to 5000 man special brigade of infantry and supporting arms for Korea or other duties. Recruitment starts Wednesday with training taking at least six months and parliamentary approval needed for any Korea deployment.
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Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
Canada
Korea
Colston Chosen Silver Bow County GOP Chairman
Lee Colston was elected chairman of the Silver Bow county Republican central committee at a large meeting in Butte. Mrs. L. B. Anderson was elected vice chairwoman and Guy Pratt the secretary treasurer. State committeewoman elected was Mrs. Richard Ranta and Dr. R. C. Monahan was re elected state committeeman to attend a Hel ena conference August 19 20.
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Lee Colston
Silver Bow County
Republican Central Committee
John B. McClernan
Colston
Arlo T. Axelson
Max Dean
Butte
Great Falls
L. B. Anderson
Guy Pratt
Richard Ranta
R. C. Monahan
Silver Bow
Helena
Troy Evans
Senate
Alex Blewett
Harry Upshur
GOP
Anderson
Congress
Zales N. Ecton
Wesley A. O’ewart
Placer
Republican State Central Committee
Placer Hotel
Army Turns Away 449-Pound Rookie From Newark
In Newark on August 7 Army officials refused enlistment for Daniel Green whose pre induction weight reached 449 pounds. Green recalled weighing about 550 during World War II and joked he missed being twins with a recruit sergeant who quipped the Army scales only went to 500.
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Newark
N. J
Daniel Green
Green
Marines to Call Up 80 000 Reserves in Planned Mobilization
The Marine Corps announced plans to mobilize 80,000 volunteer reserves, boosting active strength to 200,000. About 50,000 will report between Aug 15 and Oct 31, with 30,000 remaining to be mobilized later. Some women reserves and additional air units will join. Representative Mansfield urged a permanent minimum of 300,000, while Vinson anticipates a Defense request in January for a new $500 million Marine expansion.
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Washington
Marine Air Reserves
Organized Ground Reserve
Organized
Mansfield
D-Mont
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Marine Corps
Taft warns all-out rearming could spark World War III
United States Senator Robert A. Taft told a Morgan county soil conservation field meeting that all-out rearmament would almost surely lead to World War III. He contrasted two options: equip for Korea at about 15 billion yearly or prepare for a wider war with Russia at about 50 billion yearly. He urged restraint and warned of costly mobilization.
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Mcconnellville
Ohio
United States
Robert A. Taft
Morgan County
Taft
Russia
Korea
Acheson
Formosa
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Butte Firemen Plan Benefit Dance Saturday
Plans for the annual Butte firemen’s benefit dance are nearly complete. The event will be held Saturday in the Columbia Gardens pavilion with dancing starting at 9 p.m. Proceeds go to the Firemen’s Relief association for widows orphans and disabled firefighters. Tickets $1 per couple, available from any firefighter or Quartz street station. Frank Muster orchestra will provide the music.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Firemen’s Relief Association
Butte Fire Department
Quartz Street
Frank Muster
Australian PM Plans Japan Visit to Meet MacArthur
Australian prime minister Robert G. Menzies said he would likely travel to Japan to visit Australian forces and confer with General Douglas MacArthur. The announcement came on Monday and signals potential high level talks amid postwar Allied regional affairs.
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New York
Robert G. Menzies
Japan
MacArthur
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
Butte expects clear to partly cloudy skies and a warmer day Tuesday with a high near 80. Airport readings show a 15 degree maximum and 39 minimum, while School of Mines records 72 maximum and 40 minimum. West of Divide expect 75 to 85 highs, East of Divide sees a few thunder storms and continued warmth with 80 to 99 degrees.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
ORC Reservists to Be Given Physical Soon
Misoula Montana enlisted members of the organized reserve corps volunteer and inactive reserve are slated for possible extended active duty. Col. Thomas B. Burgess said orders will be sent beginning Wednesday for physical examinations to determine fitness for active duty. Examinations will occur late this month in Missoula Butte Helena or Fort Lewis Washington.
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Missoula
Montana
Organized Reserve Corps
Thomas B. Burgess
Montana Military
ORC
Butte
Helena
Fort Lewis
Wash
Burgess
Gas Tank Explosions Injure 42 in Santiago
Six explosions at gas storage tanks in central Santiago injure 42 people and cause extensive property damage. The blasts shook the city Monday and prompted emergency responses across the area.
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Santiago
Chile
Lie says UN police war in Korea could end without finish
Secretary General Trygve Lie told reporters in Lake Success that a settlement is impossible until Red Koreans withdraw behind the 38th parallel. He said allied troop buildup under the UN flag is moving rapidly and hinted he could reconvene the General Assembly on 24 hours notice if needed. He urged strong national defenses, praised NATO style pacts, and said no proof exists of Russian arms to North Korea unless sanctioned by the Security Council.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Trygve Lie
United Nations
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Korea
General Assembly
The
World Organization
Russia
Security Council
Pyongyang
UN Forces Bombard Rail Town of Tanchon in Korea War
Five United Nations naval units targeted North Korea with a multi site bombardment near the Manchurian frontier. The action hit Tanchon’s rail yards on the east coast while another force shelled Yongdok and a joint British Dutch South Korean fleet attacked the harbor.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Manchuria
Tanchon
MacArthur
38Th Parallel
Vladivostok
Yongdok
Army Rolls On but Marine Units Held
Five American warships sailed 170 miles north of the 38th parallel to shell railroad marshaling yards at Tanchon on the North Korean coast. The first American offensive of the Korean war drove to within 10 miles of Chinju as UN forces faced a double threat from a new Reds attack in the northwest defense box.
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Tokyo
Tanchon
Chinju
United Nations
35th Regiment Strengthens Southern Chinju Push
The 35th regiment of the Army's 25th Infantry Division penetrated toward Chinju, reaching Sagong about 12 miles east of Chinju at noon Tuesday. Reports place the unit about 10 road miles along the Chinju Pusan highway with heavier fighting and slower progress than Monday.
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25Th Infantry
Chinju
Pusan
MacArthur
35Th
Sagong
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
United Nations
Marines Slug It Out With Red Koreans
U S Marines and Army units pushed four miles toward Chinju in South Korea as heavy Red artillery and mortar fire tested the advance from Chindong. The operation, described as a limited objective attack, aimed at a three pronged strike with the 5th Marine Regiment center and 35th Regiment to the north.
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South Korea
Chindong
Chinju
Nam River
Fifth Marine
Army
Masan
America
William B. Kean
United States
American Flyers Hammer at Ground Targets in North Korea
American bombers fighters and Navy jets pounded North Korean targets in Pyongyang and Wonsan while five ships bombarded Tanchon. Navy rockets marked a first from carriers as Sky Raiders and Panthers flew 203 sorties and Fifth Air Force logged 419 sorties with five pilots lost in three days.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Tanchon
United States
Navy
Cord Sairs
Sky Raiders
Panthers
Kimpo
Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Debris Search Follows B29 Crash Killing 17 at Base
At Fairfield-Suisun Air Base Air Force officers combed the charred wreckage of a B29 after a crash and massive blast killed 17 and injured 60. The plane carried 8000 gallons of high octane fuel and at least 10 500-pound bombs. Commander Brig. Gen. Robert F. Travis died along with 11 others. two missing aircrew were later listed dead.
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Fairfield-Suisan Air Base
Calif
Air Force
Robert F. Travis
Air Force Monday
S/Set
L. FP. Knapp
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Corp
J. L. Tucker
Sarasota
Fla
Four Workers Die as Beam Collapses in Tank Refinishing
Four maintenance workers died when an aluminum beam collapsed while painting the interior of a large storage tank in Los Angeles. Identified victims were John B. Reed of Bellflower, William F. Dallman of Torrance, and Eugene Box and Eugene Wylie of San Pedro, all employed by a maintenance engineering firm refinishing the 10,000,000 cubic-foot Southern California Gas tank.
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Los Angeles
John B. Reed
Bellflower
William F. Dallman
Torrance
Eugene Box
Eugene Wylie
San Pedro
Southern California
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