Truman poised to gain broad powers to fight inflation
President Truman appears set to gain broad authority to fight inflation, with Congress debating controls including wage and price limits, material allocation, rationing, government loans, and credit extension. House and Senate committees clash over automatic triggers tied to living costs, while other inflation measures and tax plans move forward.
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Quebec Crater Revealed as World’s Largest Meteor Impact
The 2 1/2 mile wide Quebec crater, found in uninhabited northern peninsula, dwarfs El Diablo in Arizona. Dr Ben Meen leads the expedition, estimating the meteorite weighed millions of tons and blasted about 10 million tons of granite, potentially wiping out a continent city.
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Marines Join With Infantry For Assault
U S defense officials say current actions in Korea are offensive actions not a general offensive. They emphasize that forces will stay in South Korea to hold the beachhead until they can break out. The UN has air and sea dominance and troop buildup continues despite enemy activity. Allied attacks on enemy barges and small craft have increased.
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South Korea
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Weather Note: Clear Skies Forecast Over Old Pueblo
The weatherman predicts clear skies with balmy temperatures continuing today. Yesterday's mean temperature was 84 degrees, matching the prior year. A light shower occurred Saturday morning and a thundershower touched the southern edge of Pima County in the afternoon.
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Paraplegic Veteran Charged in Ward Fatal
In Richmond Virginia Charles E Kennedy 29 of Burgettstown Pennsylvania faced a federal murder hearing for shooting 28 year old Vance Clary of Randleman North Carolina six times with a .25 caliber pistol in a paraplegic ward at the hospital. Dr L H Wright said the men had been drinking and quarrelled after an auto accident and ride on a hospital pass. Kennedy was jailed in Henrico County with bond set at 10000 dollars. Both had been discharged from the hospital earlier but returned for emergency treatment.
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Vance Clary
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L. H. Wright
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Rain-Maker Says Seeding Succeeded
New York professor Dr. Wallace E. Howell says he has made rain with cloud seeding begun last March. He notes experiments produced little rain and may have altered clouds unlikely to rain, while checking data. Howell used dry ice from a plane over the Catskills and silver iodide smoke from the ground. City hired him as reservoirs ran low. now they are nearly full.
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Harvard University
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Bold UN chief calls for new act to avert world war
Lie urges a bold and enlightened act of statesmanship to resume negotiations and halt escalation as Korea remains unsettled. He notes the UN must not abandon peace efforts while urging broad access for China’s mainland rulers and greater cooperation in economic development.
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Marine Corps Mobilizes 80,000 Reserve Forces
The U S marine corps announced it will mobilize 80 000 volunteer reserves with about 50 000 officers and men to report for active duty between August 15 and October 31. Additional organized air reserve units are being called up, and ground reserve units already on active duty.
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Bomb Laden B 29 Crashes and Explodes Near Trailers
A crippled four engine B 29 taking off for a training flight at Fairfield California crashed belly landed and exploded its high test fuel and 10 to 12 five hundred pound demolition bombs caused a massive blast that killed 17 air force men and injured 60 or more including families in a nearby trailer camp Brig Gen Robert F Travis was among the dead.
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Reds Fire On Second Vessel Off Hong Kong
Chinese shore batteries shelled the 5,000 ton British freighter Hangsang 15 miles south of Hong Kong injuring two British officers. The attack followed earlier shelling of the American freighter Steel Rover. Captain L W Harrison called the strike unwarranted and a breach of international law.
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Pima County Supervisors Hear Road Matters Amid Crowded Hearing
The Pima County board faced a heavy road agenda with a crowded hearing room. They postponed liquor applications to the afternoon, allowing more room for road cases and advancing final hearings on several road actions including abandonments and establishments, with key items set for September and October sessions.
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Board of Supervisors
State deficit to boost taxes in Arizona
The Arizona general fund shows a year end June 30 deficit of 995 014. The deficit, once near 1 232 000, will be included in the tax rate set by the state tax commission this Saturday. The rate will apply to a 753 000 000 valuation, with revenues other than property taxes subtracted before the levy.
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J. W. Kelly
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Marines Push South Korean Beachhead Gains In Korea War
American forces surged along the Chinju front west of Pusan in their first offensive of the Korean War as a reinforced marine regiment and two army regimental combat teams gained up to 3,000 yards on the south coast. North Korean attacks threatened UN lines near Taegu and Masan as fresh reinforcements moved to the front amid ongoing heavy artillery and mortar duels.
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Korea
Yechon
Reds Attack U. S. Unit On Another Front
Tokyo reports American marines and doughboys advanced about four miles on the southern front in Korea in their first offensive of the six week war. The operation occurred Monday with renewed combat activity and gunfire from both sides.
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Truman Hosts Joint Chiefs Briefing at White House
President Truman summoned the full Joint Chiefs of Staff for a military briefing. Gen Omar Bradley was usually in charge, but today Gen J Lawton Collins Gen Hoyt Vandenberg and Adm Forrest Sherman joined to present a general survey with charts and material.
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Hoyt S. Vandenberg
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Forrest P. Sherman
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Charles G. Meee
Truman water policy faces Western senators challenge
Western senators press opposition as Truman administration pursues water policy changes on page nine, with debates centering on federal roles and regional water needs impacting agriculture and industry. France plans to rebuild its army discussed on page eight alongside global military adjustments.
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