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In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]
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program approved for Assembly agenda. Assembly com
Gen Marshall calls for UMT, 1st s as Defense Sec; cites Repr Wadsworth's proposal after World War I
Marines driving for Seoul halted by enemy fire; dig in N of Sogang
House rejects Wherry amendment and similar Taber substitute; passes Cannon amendment to bar aid when Natl Security Council finds shipments to USSR bloc endanger US security; Cannon amendment text
P Murray lr to Truman urges veto; Amer Defense Soc and Amer Bar Assn urge approval; latter backs picketing provision
US Marines inch ahead slowly in drive to liberate Seoul; Allied breakthrough in perimeter gains momentum; Amers widen bridgeheads across Naktong; SKs make rapid gains on E coast; Allied planes ordered not to damage Seoul needlessly; US 7th Div cuts Seoul-Suwon rd near Anyang; 1st Cavalry Div takes Tunnel Hill, 1 mi NW of Waegwan; enemy resistance ends, Walled City; 'bowling alley' rd seized, to Tabu; SKs capture Hunghae, move into Kigye; seize Kusan; advance 2 mi N of Uihung; US 2d Div attempts 3d crossing of Naktong, W of Yongsan
Fed Reserve Bd to raise down payment on time purchases of large home appliances to 20 or 25%
Impellitteri to conf with McDonald on progress of inquiry; Gross reptdly paid $1 million a yr to police; replacement of O'Brien seen; E Corsi calls for his removal; Justice Pecora asks clean-up
Walks out on Gov Dewey s, NYC UN dinner; illus
USWA asks wage talks open Oct 9, 7 wks before contract date; Alcoa wage offer linked; Murray holds raise needed to offset living-costs rise and keep men in indus; pledges union aid against strikes before Jan 1; indus opposition seen in J A Stephens s citing workers duty to abide by union pacts
US to seek to adm Ryukyu and Bonin Islands, including Okinawa and Iwo, under UN trusteeship