North Korean Reds Prepare for Taegu Drive Across Naktong
AP dispatch reports North Korean forces mass near Waegwan on the Nak ton river ahead of a planned Taegu thrust. About 60 000 troops concentrated as 18 divisions gathered to press along the central front while American units counterattacked near Taegu and Changnyong, with heavy losses and ongoing river crossings.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
Taegu
Korea
Japan
Memolaars
Wage Waeee
Waegwan
South
MacArthur
Changnyong
Taejonsaeee
First
É&Th Army
South Lee
First Cavalry
Naktong
Pohang
U.S
United States
Chinju
Central Press
House to Vote Tomorrow on Post Office Cutting
The House approved moving a bill to cancel a postal service reduction order and vote the measure tomorrow. If passed the Senate and signed by President Truman, home deliveries could be kept to current levels despite prior cuts.
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Rules Committee
House
Post Office Department
Rules
Senate
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Canfield
Cox
Government Seeks Jail for 11 Communist Leaders
The Government asks a federal court to revoke bail and jail 11 convicted Communist leaders as threats to national security. The defendants must show next Tuesday why the motion should not be granted. The group includes Eugene Dennis and others sentenced last October 14 to prison terms and fines for conspiring to advocate forcible overthrow.
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New York
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
Department of Justice
United States
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Washington, D. C
Congress
Bridges
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Harold R. Medina
Robert F. Thompson
New York State
Communist Party
Dennis
Thompson
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stathel
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
Evelyn
CALL
U S Demonstrates Resolve With Najin Bombing Mission
The United States launched a 500 ton bomb strike on Najin in North Korea, flying near Soviet Siberia to press the Korea War. The mission tested U S willingness to risk Soviet intervention while following directives from General MacArthur’s Far Eastern command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington
United States
Russia
Russian Siberia
Najin
Baltic
Moscow
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Colonial Beach Race Tension Hurts Weekend Business
Colonial Beach reports a planned Negro swimming party did not occur yet business fell. hotel restaurant and concession operators say crowds were far below normal while locals cited the near riot of August 5 as the cause. Maryland and Virginia merchants display white only signs amid ongoing discrimination lawsuits and court talks.
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Colonial Beach
Washington
Potomac River
Maryland
Virginia
Martin A. Martin
Richmond
Federal District Court
Martin
Norman Brewington
Estimates on War Costs Are Expected
Congressional leaders seek clearer figures on the billions needed for the Korean war and related defense programs. President Truman has requested about 16.5 billion dollars in new defense funds since the Korea invasion, with earlier tentatively approved 14.5 billion. Sen. Connally expects new cost data this week from Johnson, as he reviews plans for 4 billion to speed Western Europe rearmament and anti-Communist nations.
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Washington
Congressional
Truman
Congress
Korea
Senate
House
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Europe
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Russia
Last-Hope Search For Tobacco Heir On Mount Whitney
Lone Pine California reports a Hunclan search for Tobacco Heir Christopher Reynolds as climbers scale Mount Whitney east face. Stephen Wasserman's frozen body found at 11 500 feet. Reynolds presumed missing amid higher crevasse search. Libby Holman, mother, prepared to fly from Paris as authorities plan air rescue support.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Christopher Smith Reynolds
Mount Whitney
Stephen Rice Wasserman
Whitney
Reynolds
Wasserman
Reynold
Libby Holman
Paris
Miss Holman
Zachary Reynolds
William Stix Wasserman
Philadelphia
New York
Whitney Portal
Young Wasserman
W. C. Rigg
Ralph Adams
Cerro Gordo
Sheriff's
Sierra Club
March Air Force Base
Matterhorn
Whitey
Sierra
Senator Demands Truce on Home Mobilization Plans
Senator O Mahoney calls for a truce on partisan attacks amid GOP criticism of Truman Administration policy on home front mobilization. Aiken and Martin accuse politics in security decisions while Truman seeks and resists wage price controls and emergency powers to allocate materials and defend contracts.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Truman
O'Mahoney
Aiken
Martin
Truman Aiken
Senate
Congress
House
People of
America
Lumber Yard Walkout Over Wage Demands At Oates Yard
A number of workers at A. C. Oates lumber yard on North Loudoun Street walked off the job this morning over wage demands. Eight workers involved. three returned to work shortly before noon. Oates refused to raise pay saying current scale already 75 to 80 cents with free housing and utilities. Spokesman Herman Richardson represented the workers. no union activity reported. Picketing planned? none. Local lumberman predicted workers would return.
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A. C. Oates
Loudoun Street
Oates
Herman Richardson
Woodstock Lane
Atomic bombs now more destructive than Nagasaki type
Senate leader hints that new A bombs outpace the Hiroshima Nagasaki weapons. A government booklet, The Effect of Atomic Weapons, weighs radiological warfare and the underground explosion idea, noting limited stockpiling and the powerful air blast seen at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Nagasaki
United States
Japan
Senator McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
McMahon
NBC
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Bikini
Russian Paper Charges the U S With War Program
Moscow based Pravda accuses the United States Government of planning to broaden the Korea conflict under polite rhetoric. The piece cites recent MacArthur Chiang Kai-shek talks and Harriman's Tokyo and Korea trips as proof of expanding aggression in the Far East.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Korea
Communist Party
Far East
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Harriman
Tokyo
Gen. MacArthur
Formosa
Chiang
China
Island
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Washington
Death of an air base near Pohang told by a fighter pilot
A Korean War fighter pilot recalls the fall of the Pohang air base near Cleveland Airport memory with broken recollections of base life. He recalls signs promising first Cavalry landing and the shift from comfort to combat as Reds attack and pilots dig in.
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Relman Morin
Tokyo
Pohang
Cleveland Municipal Airport
Cleveland
First Cavalry
Cav
K.P
C. O
G. Is
Commission Asked For Radio Changes
WWL and WLEE in Richmond Virginia ask the U S Communications Commission to authorize both stations to use WLEE transmitter WBBL owned by Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church would switch from 1450 to 1880 kilocycles and share facilities and transmitter. The stations already cooperate with WLEE off air during WBBL Sunday religious broadcasts.
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Washington
WWL
WLEE
Richmond
The
Communications Commission
WBBL
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
Church
President Sticks To No UMT Stana
President Truman will not propose universal military training at this session, says press secretary Charles G. Ross. He aims to avoid impeding wartime policy and Allied strengthening while ensuring passage of vital Korea war legislation. Ross spoke after a TV interview with American Legion commander George Craig.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Korea
Ross
George Craig
American Legion
Craig
Purple Hearts Awarded Aboard Flight to Tokyo
The Army announced 12 Korean War veterans received Purple Hearts during an air flight to Tokyo. This marked the first aerial presentation of the decoration.
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Tokyo
Smith Throws Hat In Political Ring
Representative Howard W. Smith of Alexandria filed his notice of candidacy for reelection in the November 7 general election with the State Board of Elections. Smith, ranking member of the Virginia delegation, was renominated in the August Democratic primary. He also filed his expense report showing $1,838.18 in disbursements in the primary contest against Arthur Souther of Arlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
State Board of Elections
Smith
Virginia
Arthur Souther
Arlington
Bricker Fights Truman Over Wage Price Powers
Senator Bricker argued Congress should retain decision making on wage and price controls and oppose giving such powers to President Truman. He warned piecemeal controls could create inequities and lead to broader price and wage controls under pressure.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Congress
Truman
Senate
First Kiwanis Officers and Club Organization Date
The article notes the Kiwanis Club’s first officers and records the club’s organization date. It also states Handley Library construction timing and names the inaugural librarian.
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Kiwanis Club
Handley Library
Tiny Tim Rocket Joins Korean War Firepower
The Tiny Tim 11.75 inch rocket made its combat debut aboard a U S Navy Corsair in Korea and destroyed a bridge near Chungju while other Corsairs hit locomotives cars and fuel trains. It follows the ground launched 3 5 inch rocket and traces to the WWII bazooka. Navy officials call it powerful not tiny or timid and it marks a new phase in modern weaponry.
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Tokyo
Chungju
Taegu
MacArthur
Navy
U. S
Nevada
Hawaiian Islands
SMITH
E. Piccadilly St
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