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August 31, 1950

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KOREAN REDS GAIN MILE NEAR POHANG, PRESS ASSAULT DESPITE BIG LOSSES; ACHESON, JOHNSON ASK SWIFT ARMS AID; PORT CITY PERILED Foe Is Said to Have Sent Three More Divisions Into Eastern Area POHANG TRAP IS BROKEN U.S. Forces Advance Lines in Center and South-- Sobuk Hill Recaptured

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

NKs drive back SKs near Pohang, reach outskirts of city; SKs fall back S of Uihung; US troops storm hill but retreat near Waegwan; break up 3 attempted Naktong crossings; recapture Mt Sobuk

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JOHNSON DECLARES DEMAND HE QUIT IS MAINLY POLITICS; Secretary of Defense Asserts Attacks on Him and Acheson Are Aimed at Fall Election DEFENDS ACTS ONE BY ONE Tells Representative Tauriello to Ask Truman Whether He Is an Embarrassment

By Harold B. Hinton Special To the New York Times

Johnson defends actions as Sec, reply to Repr Tauriello lr charging him with responsibility for unpreparedness and demanding he resign

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City's First Draftees Enter Army; 108 Honored by Review at Fort Jay; THE CITY'S FIRST DRAFTEES INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY

By Robert C. Doty

1st NYC draftees enter Army; hon by rev, Ft Jay, then go to Ft Dix, NJ; illus

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WEST'S PERIL CITED; Both Secretaries Insist Europe Must Get Help Now to Balk Soviet SENATORS HIT AT ACHESON Hearing Indicates Fast Vote for Four Billions--Officials Denounce Red Aggression

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

Secs Acheson and Johnson in Sen com closed session reptdly testify they were unprepared for Communist invasion of Korea; Sen Knowland reptdly demands Acheson make pub old rept on Korea by Lt Gen Wedemeyer

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HOUSE, IN WRANGLE, CITES DR. RUMELY; Patterson, Civil-Rights Leader, Also Voted in Contempt After Bitter Debate

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

House votes contempt citations against Rumely and Patterson following bitter debate; roll-calls

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1950Eduardo Nonato Joson, Filipino politician (died 2025)^[†]

Eduardo Nonato "Edno" Noriel Joson was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served in the Philippine legislature as assemblyman from Nueva Ecija (1984–1986) and representative of the province's first district.

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1950TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.^[†]

TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. On 31 August 1950, the flight crashed in Egypt due to engine failure.

Historical Context for August 31, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]

Headlines from August 31, 1950

KOREAN REDS GAIN MILE NEAR POHANG, PRESS ASSAULT DESPITE BIG LOSSES; ACHESON, JOHNSON ASK SWIFT ARMS AID; PORT CITY PERILED Foe Is Said to Have Sent Three More Divisions Into Eastern Area POHANG TRAP IS BROKEN U.S. Forces Advance Lines in Center and South-- Sobuk Hill Recaptured

JOHNSON DECLARES DEMAND HE QUIT IS MAINLY POLITICS; Secretary of Defense Asserts Attacks on Him and Acheson Are Aimed at Fall Election DEFENDS ACTS ONE BY ONE Tells Representative Tauriello to Ask Truman Whether He Is an Embarrassment

City's First Draftees Enter Army; 108 Honored by Review at Fort Jay; THE CITY'S FIRST DRAFTEES INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY

WEST'S PERIL CITED; Both Secretaries Insist Europe Must Get Help Now to Balk Soviet SENATORS HIT AT ACHESON Hearing Indicates Fast Vote for Four Billions--Officials Denounce Red Aggression

HOUSE, IN WRANGLE, CITES DR. RUMELY; Patterson, Civil-Rights Leader, Also Voted in Contempt After Bitter Debate

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