Marine League Calls for Oust of Johnson at Convention
The Marine Corps League urged Secretary of Defense Johnson be replaced, blaming him for slashing U S defenses to a dangerously low level. Delegates rejected firing Secretary of State Acheson and backed Johnson's ouster as shortsighted and dictatorial. The motion cited Korea casualties and U S position as weakened. Truman pressed for end to attacks on officials.
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Washington
Marine Corps League
Truman
Defense Johnson
America
State Acheson
Stalin
Johnson
Defense Department
Korea
United States
Acheson
Clay Nixon
Seattle
Widow Charged in Poisoning Three Husbands in Alabama
Sheriff says 40 year old widow Bessie Cunningham is charged in the deaths of two of her four husbands and suspected in two more. Autopsy found arsenic in Arthur Cunningham who died Aug 28 after Willie died May 11 1949. Insurance payouts are noted as $1000. The woman sits in a Breighton jail as investigators search for Johnny Huggins.
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Brewton
Ala
F. F. Fountain
Bessie Lee Cunningham
Leonard Clark
Atmore
Fountain
Cunningham
Huggins
Florida
Willie
Arthur Cunningham
Southern Life and Health Insurance Company
Arthur
Nelson Grubbs
Grubbs
Cunningham Brothers
Veteran Shoots Self Rather Than Go Back Into Army
Oswald Ebner, 24, a World War II Army sergeant and member of the organized reserve corps, shot himself in the Bronx ORC headquarters rather than be recalled to service. He cried that the Army will never get me again and was reported in fair condition after the self inflicted wound.
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New York
Oswald Ebner
Ebner
Organized Reserve Corps
Bronx
ORC
Red China Rejects Probe of Bombing
The Chinese Communists rejected the U P proposal for an impartial investigation of charges that American planes bombed Manchuria. They said any United Nations inquiry would be illegal unless the Chinese Communist government could attend UN sessions on the issue.
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Tohayo
U.P
United States
Manchuria
United Nations
Korea Issue Remains in UN Security Council Report
Russia failed to delete Korean war references from the UN Security Council annual report and may veto to block the whole document. Malik argued actions during the Soviet boycott were illegal, while the majority favored sending the report to the General Assembly despite a possible veto. A final vote is expected at the next closed session.
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Lake Success
Russia
Security Council
United Nations General Assembly
Jakob A. Malik
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
Council
Malik
United Nations
Korea
Schoeppel to Call Own Witnesses
Senator Schoeppel of Kansas wins permission to summon witnesses for charges of Communist influence in the Interior department. He intends to present documentary evidence next week and faces rebuttal from Secretary Chapman who accuses him of scandal-mongering.
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Washington
Schoeppel
Kansas
Interior Department
GOP
Republican National Committee
Press Association
Senate
Chapman
Congress
House
Senate Interior Committee
O’mahoney
D- Wye
Frank Bow
Ohio
Randolph Festus
Poland
Kremlin
Phillip E Powers Anaconda smelterman killed in highway crash
Philip E Powers Jr 25 of 311% E Commercial Ave Anaconda died after a highway collision about 20 miles east of Missoula. His wife and three year old son were treated for injuries. The car left US Highway 10 near Clinton hit guard rail posts and splashed into a slough. Powers born Birmingham Alabama October 29 1924 was WWII veteran and worked at Anaconda Copper Mining reduction works. He is survived by his wife son his mother in Birmingham and other relatives.
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Missoula
Philip E. Powers, Jr
Commercial Avenue
Anaconda
Here
Birmingham
Ala
Powers
Hamilton
Squire-Simmons-Carr
Montana
Philip E. Powers
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Philip, E. Powers
Billings Soldier Wounded in War
The Defense Department announced that Pfc. Richard L. Buller of Billings Montana was wounded in the Korean War. He is the son of Mrs. Dorothy J. Streeper of 2223 First Avenue North Billings.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pfc
Richard L. Buller
Billings
Mont
Dorothy J. Streeper
First Avenue
North Billings
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Region
Partly cloudy to cloudy Saturday with occasional light showers. Saturday low around 48 and high near 70. Other readings show Friday airport max 63 min 51, School of Mines max 64 min 49, and precipitation 0.20 inch. West of Divide scattered showers and storms with high 70 to 80, east of Divide highs 65 to 75.
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School of Mines
Montana
Associated Press
Divide
Pep
Billings
Senaneneteenenee
Belgrade Broadus Ate
Helena
University Funds Dispute Argued in District Court
In Helena on September 8 a district court session heard hours of arguments over which Montana state board should control the $50 million higher education bond funds. Judge George W. Padbury Jr. took the case under advisement and set brief deadlines for filings by plaintiffs Mrs. Clouse Overturf and the education board, then by defendants the board of examiners and intervenors. The dispute centers on fund allocation among six university system units and potential appeals to the Montana Supreme Court.
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Helena
Montana
George W. Padbury, Jr
I Hammer and Tongs
Clouse
Education Board
Northern Montana College
Havre
District Court
Supreme Court
Arnold H. Olsen
Examiners Board
Olsen
John W. Bonner
Sam W. Mitchell
Tom Joyce
Charles Huppe
Padbury
Board of Education
Board of Examiners
State Education Board
Albert C. Angstman
Miss Berg Drops Bank Case Fight
Helena Sept 8 Annie L Berg withdrew her plea of innocent to conspiring to misuse 143 912 in Stockmen s bank funds at Martinsdale and will not contest the government case. Federal Judge W D Murray postponed sentencing on the first count to Oct 1 1951 while imposing 18 month terms on eight counts, all concurrent, then suspended them and placed her on three years probation. Bond remains 3000.
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Helena
Annie L. Berg Friday
Martinsdale
W. D. Murray
Butte
Murray Friday
Murray
Miss Berg
Olaf Haugan
Stockmen’s Bank of
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bank
Haugan
Eichelberger Urges Japan Aid in Korean War
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, once MacArthur’s deputy, told Phi Gamma Delta members in Atlantic City that Japan should help in Korea. He cited Japan’s 84 million population as a logical source of manpower and material as U.S. commitments grow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Robert L. Eichelberger
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
United States
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Truman Talks With CIO and AFL Politicians in Sealed Session
President Truman met behind closed doors with CIO and AFL political strategists to discuss politics wages and prices. Labor leaders pledged full support in the war effort while Truman expressed gratitude. The session was off the record with no public statements.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
CIO
AFL
William M. Boyle, Jr
Jack Kroll
Political Action Committee
Keenan
Labor
Philip Murray
William Green
South Koreans Land on Another Island
South Korean Marines landed on an island at the mouth of Haeju bay seventy miles south of Pyongyang as part of a program to sever Reds seaborne supply lines to the southern battlefront. Navy chief Rear Adm. Song Won Li said the move is ongoing.
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Haeju Bay
Red
Pyongyang
Song Won Li
Tightened Credit Rules Take Effect September 18
President Truman signed the home-front economic mobilization bill and the Federal Reserve Board issued a credit control order. New limits apply to time payments on autos and home repairs with at least one third down and a 21 month payoff, while charge accounts and single payments stay unchanged. Further steps are expected in a nationwide address Saturday night.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Reserve Board
Congress
R. M. Evans
Explains Credit Control Rules and Regs
Washington explains the Federal Reserve Board credit control rules in a Q and A. They take effect September 18 and apply to new financing as well as certain pre September 18 debts if combined with later credit. Car purchases require one third down and 21 months to pay. Appliances need 15 percent down and 18 months. Furniture needs 10 percent and 18 months. Home-improvement loans require 10 percent down and 30 months. Small purchases under 100 dollars are exempt.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Believed Victim of Bludgeon Slaying in Douglas Wyoming
Elmer Shay, 56, a mild-mannered handyman, was found dead Friday in a three-room shack in Douglas. Authorities say he was beaten to death and dragged, with his wallet and social security card partly burned in the incinerator behind the house. a suspect was questioned Friday afternoon.
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Douglas
Wyo
Elmer Shay
Shay
Mac Edwards
Converse County
J. B Sullivan
Shaw
Sullivan
Hurricane still stalled east of Georgia coast
The great Atlantic hurricane was 800 miles east of the Georgia coast and weakening. Winds dropped from 150 mph to about 100 mph as of Friday, with the storm losing intensity while stationary offshore.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
Walker Says Greatest Danger Is Over in Korea
General Walton H. Walker said the greatest peril was past as North Korean forces pressed two directions near Taegu and retook Battle Mountain. American units held front lines at Yongsan and Taegu while pushing attackers toward the Naktong River amid continued rains and air activity.
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Tokyo
Battle Mountain
United States
Yongsan
Naktong River
Taegu
Eighth Army
Pusan
Walton H. Walker
Masan
United States First Cavalry Division
Yongchon
Kyongju
United Nations
United Nations Air Arm
United States 25Th Division
North Koreans strike Taegu as air cover slows
The Korean front reports North Korean forces attack Taegu from northeast and northwest in rain that slows allied air support for a second day. Lt. Gen. Walker says allied perimeter danger is over, noting Reds missed chances six days ago near Masan and Yongsan while preparing for future offensives during an Allied lull. In Lake Success the Security Council rejects Russia a demand to omit Korea from the annual report to the General Assembly.
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Taegu
United States Eighth Army
Walker
Masan
Yongsan
Lake
Security Council
General Assembly
German Defense Is Major Topic
Washington reports indicate Western Germany could supply about 10 divisions for Western Europe defense within a year if allies approve German manpower in a West European defense system. Key conditions remain: allied agreement on limited German rearmament, a unified command for Western Europe defense, and sufficient arms supplies for German units and allied powers.
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Washington
Western
Germany
Western Europe
New York
Britain
France
United States
Europe
Man Near Death as Wife Is Jailed
James F. Brennan 105 South Washington lies in critical condition at St James hospital after a fractured skull and deep forehead cut. He was treated after being struck with a broken water glass. his wife Frances Brennan is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charge as police investigate.
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James F
Jimmie) Brennan
South Washington
St. James Hospital
Brennan
Willard McCallum
Vern Maddock
Ed Malthen
Frances Brennan
Malthen
McCarran Anti Communist Bill Attacked in Senate
Senator Douglas calls the McCarran measure a blunderbuss that may strike imaginary enemies as Senate debates intensify. President Truman threatens a veto, urging protection of civil rights while Kilgore offers a substitute to intern communists only during war or national emergency.
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Washington
Douglas
D-Ill
McCarran
Illinois
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Congress
White House
Nevada
Kilgore
D-W. Va
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