Air Force to seek 25 000 more recruits including married men
The Air Force announced a plan to raise enlisted strength to 337 000 by adding 25 000 personnel and lifting the ban on recruiting married men. Officials consider expanding to 450 000 500 000 with more groups and squadrons while Congress debates draft and universal military training.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
Winstead
Mississippi
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Gurney
South Dakota
Russia
Albert Einstein
Stop Russia Keynote Spurs Aid Bill Rally
Lineup behind a $6.205 billion bill to send American supplies and weapons to non Communist areas from the iron curtain to the Great Wall of China. The rally centers on stopping Russia as the keynote theme.
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Iron Curtain
Great Wall
China
Russia
Tense Moment as A-Bomb Control Is Debated in Senate
In Washington on March 24 the Senate debated returning atomic bomb control to the military amid global tension. Senator Bridges urged reexamining civilian oversight, while Senator Wherry said Congress should consider the change if war danger rises. House discussions on a foreign aid bill continued with sharp critiques of U S diplomacy and Spain's exclusion.
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Gurney
United States
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
UMT
Arthur H. Compton
Seymour Linfield
New York
Henry A. Wallace
Young Communist League
Rev
A. Powell Davies
Washington
Don S. Willner
Harvard
Gerhart Seger
Reichstag
Germany
Roosevelt
United Nations
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
America
Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
Mundt
South Dakota
Truman
Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Russia
O’konski
Wisconsin
Cox
Spain
Isacson
Corrugated Tron
Wiver & Wieeine O
House Okays Tax Slash in Veto-Proof Vote
The House passed a 4.8 billion tax reduction bill 289 to 66, with the margin well above a veto-proof threshold. President Truman is expected to veto promptly, while Senate approval earlier this week favored the measure 78 to 11.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Rayburn
Texas
American Labor Party
New York
Home Rule Rent Plan Lets Appeals to Special Court
Congress negotiates a one year extension of rent controls with a provision for appeals to a federal emergency court of appeals. The plan allows rent increases up to 15 percent for leases through 1949 with freezes for certain tenants and specifies eviction notice rules and local regulation.
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Joint Committee
Cain
Washington
Court of Appeals
United States
Grover boy ready for wings on 16th birthday
Daily News index lists Grover boy preparing for his 16th birthday with a note on plans for wings. The page includes Hoover endorsing the Marshall Plan and various notices, society items, and upcoming events across sections.
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Grover Boy
Hoover
Business Mirror
Brooklyn
Truman
Jeanette McDonald
Germany
Ccesences
Society
High Plains
Eisler
McLemore
Texas House votes split on income tax bill
Six Texas members opposed the Republican income tax reduction bill while ten supported it in a March 24 House vote. Absent were Johnson Patman Poage West and Worley. Among the ayes were Fisher Gossett Kilday Lucas Lyle Regan Teague Thomas Thompson and Wilson with Beckworth Burleson Combs Mahon Pickett and Rayburn voting no.
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Texas
House of Representatives
Senate
Beckworth
Burleson
Combs
Mahon
Pickett
Rayburn
Fisher
Gossett
Kilday
Lucas
Lyle
Regan
Teague
Thomas
Thompson
Wilson
Johnson
Patman
Poage
West
Worley
US Exposes Soviet Engine Shipments and War Materials Ports
Testimony before a House subcommittee alleges American B-24 engines and other war goods were shipped to Russia from New York and Jersey City last year. Documents claim 60 Soviet ships tied to New York harbor carried tractors generators and more. Congress hears on exports amid calls for a wartime export ban and policy gaps with friendly nations.
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Russia
New York
Congress
House
Poland
War Assets Administration
Truman
State Department
New York Harbor
Representative Rizley
Oklahoma
Carruthers
Pratt and Whitney
General Electric
Western Electric
Mundt
South Dakota
Jersey City
Chukotka
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Mail Rate Hike Sought To Meet Soaring Deficits
Postmaster General Jesse M Donaldson urged higher postal rates to cover mounting deficits. He proposed keeping first class and air mail rates, raising second class outside the county, and adjusting third class and parcel post charges. He told House panel chair Rees deficits are rising postwar and would yield about 244 million annually, though still short of 1948 and 1949 needs.
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Washington
Jesse M. Donaldson
Rees
Kansas
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Donaldson
Radioactive Cloud and New Weapons Claimed by Martin
Glenn L. Martin announced in New York that the United States developed a radioactive cloud able to kill on contact and safer over a wide area, plus new bombs, guided missiles, and bacteria weapons. He claimed the Navy can sink ships at long range and devastate steel industries, with weapons readiness timelines of months to years.
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New York
United States
Glenn L. Martin
Martin
Japan
Navy
What Am I Saying Clubs By Frank Morean
A column argues that clubs may appeal to women when kindness fails and that a shrewd woman can handle a troublesome man. The piece reflects 1948 New York Post Corp. publication style and social ideas.
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Frank Morean
Copyright
Post Corp
Hereford Robbery Suspects Arrested by Night Watchman
Two men, Tommy Livingston and Douglas Uzzell, were arrested in Hereford on suspicion of robbery in Arizona and car theft in New Mexico. They waived extradition as Navajo County and Gallup sheriffs prepared to transfer them. Night watchman W. E. Pittman stopped the intoxicated duo after a prolonged car circling and found weapons in the vehicle.
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Elmer Patterson
Desert Point
Holbrook
Ariz
Hereford
W. E. “Pop” Pittman
F. S. Buckalew
Arizona
New Mexico
Tommy Livingston
Douglas Uzzell
San Bernardino
Cal
Cecil McCormick
Navajo County
D. W. Roberts
Gallup
Pittman
Collegian Becomes Letterman but Clipping Penalty in Order
Spokane reports a Gonzaga student Bob Johnston faced mail overload after friends clipped coupons from magazines. Officials from two extension schools called, patent attorneys sent five letters, and advertisers offered misdirected services as Johnston weighed enrollment amid idle chatter.
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Letterman
Spokane
Bob Johnston
Coeur D’alene
Idaho
Gonzaga University
Johnston
Truman depicted as war drummer in Moscow montage
A photo montage in the Literary Gazette portrays President Truman pounding a drum atop a Wall Street skyscraper. The piece captures wartime imagery while a quirky note mentions Doris Dodson week at Gordon's.
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Moscow
Truman
Literary Gazette Today
Wall Street
Busy Day Schedule of Clubs and Community Events
Veterans Affairs rep offers guidance at the courthouse in Hereford until 11.00 AM. Foster Brothers hold a formal opening and quarter horse sale in Texico. Ropesville Field Day hosted by Educational Center of Levelland with Horace D. Gilmore in charge. Multiple noon club meetings including Optimists in Mexican Inn, South Amarillo Lions at Old Tascosa Herring, San Jacinto Kiwanis at Youth Center 609 Carolina, and Rotary at Herring Hotel. Texico County Breeders sale at Guymon with auctioneer Bill Hagle. San Jacinto Kiwanis Minstrel shows at Dalhart High School auditorium with a second showing at 8:60 PM. Evening boxing at Hale Center. Second Annual Old Settlers Rally in Childress. Boise City school band concert in the grade school auditorium. Happy High School senior play in Happy. Amarillo District Boy Scouts Court of Honor at Elizabeth Nixon Junior High. San Jacinto Youth Center hosts regular adults night. Jeanette McDonald soprano concert at Municipal Auditorium.
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Lowell Sharbutt
Veterans Administration
Courthouse
Hereford
Foster Brothers Sales Ring
Texico
Ropesville Farm Ownership Project
Levelland
Horace D. Gilmore
Optimists Club
Mexican Inn
South Amarillo
Amarillo
Dalhart High School
Kella Hill Junior High School
Parent-Teachers Association
Hale Center
Childress
Boise City
Mary George Simpson
Happy High School
Happy
Boy Scouts of
Llano Estacado
Jeanette McDonald
Will
Municipal Auditorium
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