House Probes Massive War Surplus Truck Deal
A House committee probes billions in overseas military surplus trucks with two dealers named Morris Klein of Oakland Truck Sales Pittsburgh and Morris Green of Green Brothers Truck Sales Chicago set to testify. The inquiry covers equipment left in Germany and the Philippines with large profits alleged on resales in the United States.
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Washington
House
U. S
Couel Denis Bonner
D-Nc
Morris Klein
Oakland Truck Sales Co
Pittsburgh
Morris Green
Green Brothers Truck Sales Co
Chicago
House Executivestores Committee
Germany
Philippines
Klein
Green
United States
Europe
STEG
Bonner Committee
George Dawson
Vinson presses draft and UMT plan to deter Russia
Chairman Vinson of the Armed Services Committee urged the House to enact a draft-universal military training bill, retaining UMT provisions and lowering the induction age to 18. He warned a lack of trained personnel would render U.S. output useless and warned against a fixed strength ceiling as impractical. Senate already approved 18-year-old draft for up to 26 months and long-range UMT. House voting begins next week.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Russia
Vinson
D-Ga
Soviet Union
United States
Senate
Special Tax Benefits In Ship Deal Checked
Senate tax specialists review reports of tax perks in a wartime surplus ship deal. A $2.8 million profit on a $100000 oil tanker investment drawn from U S Maritime Commission records is under scrutiny. Names linked include Joseph B Casey Edward Stettinius William Halsey and Julius Holmes. Committees debate who probes and whether tax law loopholes favored wealthy taxpayers. No illegal conduct alleged.
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Washington
Lp-Senate
U. S. Maritime Commission
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Wiliam F . Bull Halsey
Julius C. Holmes
U.S
London
Maritime Commission
Caney
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Hoey
DNC
Senate
Edwin Johnson
D-Cole
Commerce Committee
Ohio House Votes Today On Removal Relief Bills
The Ohio House votes today on a bill to let the governor initiate removal proceedings against mayors sheriffs and prosecutors who fail to enforce the law. Senate action also targets relief chiseling with stiffer penalties up to three years or $1000 fine and supports a standard municipal court act expanding city courts from 39 to 46 with 37 sections of law.
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Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
Senate
House Bi
House
Common Pleas Court
Robert F. Groneman
Cincinnati
Logan Man aund Guilty
A Logan man Loy Vernal Imboden twenty five was found guilty of draft evasion by a U S District Court jury. He was taken into custody by the U S marshal awaiting sentencing by Judge Mel G Underwood. The jury deliberated two and one half hours after overruling a defense motion to dismiss the charge. Imboden, the first draft evasion case in this district since the Korean War began, faces up to five years in prison and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Columbus
Logan
Loy Vernal Imboden
U. S
Mel G. Underwood
Underwood
Imboden
Petroleum Producers Meet in Columbus
East of the Mississippi oil and gas producers gathered in Columbus for a three day meeting of the American Petroleum Institute eastern district. About 500 producers were expected to attend to discuss defense production and national security issues.
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Columbus
Mississippi River
American Petroleum Institute
Mark Twain Library Auctioned and Gypsy Plans Revealed
HOLLYWOOD Mark Twain's library of 3000 books and furnishings will be auctioned next Monday. His daughter plans to donate some items to colleges and museums. Mrs Clara Samossoud, 57, says she and husband Jacques will sell their five acre estate and become gypsies.
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Mark Twain
Clara Samossoud
Humorist
Hannibal
Samossoud
Jacques Samassoud
Jacques
Miso
Missing F-51 plane hunted in unsettled weather
Montgomery reports intensified air search for an Air National Guard F-51 Mustang from Mansfield Ohio missing after a Sunday night flight in east Tennessee. Pilot 1st Lt Robert Hartman of Medina Ohio, 28, an insurance salesman, disappeared while returning from a routine training mission to Key West Florida. He was accompanied by 1st Lt Paul Bohley of Medina Ohio in the second Mustang.
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Montgomery
Ala
Air National Guard
Mansfield
Robert Hartman
Medina
East Tennessee
Hartman
Key Weat
Fin
Paul Bohley
Mystery of the Stone of Scone Solved by Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard hinted it solved the missing Stone of Scone case. The force prepared a findings report after a routine check of library cards linked to persons with interest in the relic. Police sources said suspects were identified in connection with the Westminster Abbey theft last Christmas.
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London
Scotland Yard
Scone
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Britain
Criminal Investigation Department
Westminster Abbey
Senate eyes televised witness hearings in Kefauver probe
The Senate weighs testing how far Congress can force witnesses to testify publicly. Two men, Morris Kleinman and Louis Rothkopf, refused to answer questions before the crime investigating committee, saying they will not aid TV and newsreel interests. Kefauver labeled them key figures in a major interstate gambling syndicate. Cain seeks to reconsider contempt citations, arguing witnesses should have a fair chance to present their case, possibly affected by cameras and gadgets.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Morris Kieinman
Louis Rothkopf
Crime Investigating Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Crime Committee
Kieinman
Rothkopf
Cain
R-Wash
Kleinman
Nathon
DiSalle Lifts Price Control At Hospitals
Washington The government ended price control on hospital and certain educational charges today via an OPS order. Michael V DiSalle exempted hospital fees for six months from April, with a continued study to justify any increases. He noted exemptions for private schools and printing services for the Government Printing Office, and cited rising job opportunities alongside falling consumer debt.
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Washington
DiSalle
Bow Answers Pres Auriol on France Recovery Policy
Rep Frank Bow of Ohio said he welcomes President Auriol’s remark that France must first recover economically before aiding peace efforts. Bow urged re examining U S give away programs he says have swollen the national debt to 266 billion. Rep John Vorys backed Auriol’s pledge that France would defend democracy if attacked by Russia.
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Washington
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Auriol
France
John M. Vorys
Russia
Moscow Pioneer Leader Mikhail Vladimirsky Dies at 77
Moscow report confirms the death of Mikhail Fedorovich Vladimirsky aged 77, a veteran Bolshevik Party figure and early Soviet state leader, who passed away yesterday.
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Moscow
Mikhail Fedorovich Vladimirsky
Bolshevik
Yank Troops Cross 38th In Force on West Front
American troops cross the 38th parallel in force along a 10 mile West Front as air and ground actions surge. Sabre jets claim three Mig 15s shot down while F 80s clash with Red type fighters near Manchuria in a day of heavy aerial activity.
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Tokyo
Red Korea
Manchurian
Fifth Air Force
MacArthur
North Korea
Yangyang
Chunchon
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Booo
Yalu River
Manchurie
Democrats Beat Troop Amendment in Senate Vote
In a 49 to 43 tally, Senate leaders blocked a Republican bid to add legal teeth to the troops for Europe resolution. The McClellan amendment would bar transferring more than four US divisions to Europe without further congressional approval, leaving the measure as an advisory record of opposing future moves.
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Senate
Europe
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D-Ark
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP Solons Demand Cut In'51 Taxes
Republican lawmakers pushed for deeper cuts to the 1951 tax increase, arguing that with feasible spending reductions the budget can stay balanced next fiscal year. Treasury Secretary Snyder said a single 16 billion revenue boost would suffice temporarily due to higher tax receipts and slower spending, noting a temporary surplus amid rising defense costs.
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Congress
Truman Administration
Secretary of the Treasury
Spyder
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Truman
Snyder
Bridges Attacks U S Government At ILWU Meeting
Harry Bridges, an Australian-born former perjurer, claims the United States government threatens world peace in a fiery keynote at the ILWU convention in Honolulu. He criticizes the Truman administration, the Korean War, and domestic loyalty inquiries, while appealing a five-year sentence for false swearing about his politics.
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Honolulu
Harry Bridges
United States
Bridges
CIO
ILWU
Korea
Pike Countian Appeals Conviction of Murder
Pi Mason Farmer 26 of Pike County appeals an Ohio Supreme Court review of his first degree murder conviction for the 1949 robbery slaying of Oliver E Stayner in Adams County. Convicted by a three judge court June 15 1950 and sentenced to execution, he remains under an indefinite stay of execution pending final disposition.
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Columbus
Mason Farmer
Pike County
Ohio Supreme Court
Oliver E. Stayner
Adams County
Farmer
Ohio State Penitentiary
Fourth TV Channel Acquired at Dayton
Dayton expands to four television channels with Ohio Bell confirming the fourth channel yesterday enabling four network programs to be shown in the city at once. This addition broadens local viewing options and signals growing TV service reach in Dayton.
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Dayton
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Extended Forecast for Columbus Turns Warmer by Friday
Forecast shows temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal with a normal high of 30 and a normal low of 32. A steady warming trend begins Wednesday reaching seasonal norms by Friday, then turning cooler by Sunday. Rainfall expected at four inches or less with showers likely weekend.
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Columbus
Cooit
Ohio centers to offer draft aptitude tests for deferment
The Selective Service named 44 Ohio centers, including Ohio University in Athens, where college students may take aptitude tests for possible draft deferment. Tests run May 26 June 16 and June 50 at center 805 in Athens. Applicants must pick a center and await cards from April 12. About 80,000 Ohio college students are affected.
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Washington
Selective Service
Ohio
Athens
Ohio University
Selective Service System
Civil Service Testers Haven’t Taken Exams
Three of seven men preparing state Civil Service exams have not yet taken tests to qualify. Chairman Carl Smith told a Senate investigating committee that the commission is examining complaints about its operations at a 2 club hearing.
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Columbus
Carl Smith
State Civil Service Commission
Senate
German production restrictions removed in Allied decree
Western Allies today lifted all limits on German merchant ship size and speed and ended bans on production of synthetic oil and related chemicals. Berlin also gained permission to resume producing synthetic ammonia chlorine and styrene and to relax controls over machine tool and primary aluminum production.
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BOM
Germany
The
Gersmans
Fulbright backs RFC overhaul amid control concerns
Fulbright, head of the Senate Banking Subcommittee, endorses President Truman’s plan to abolish the RFC top command and reform the agency. He had earlier led an inquiry accusing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of bowing to White House influence in large loans. The reform would gut the agency with a one man board and take effect April 20 unless blocked by the Senate.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
Finance Corporation
Senate Banking
RFC
White House
Senate
Truman
Special Met Opera Televised Series Planned for Next Season
New York reports the Metropolitan Opera Association will air a special televised opera series next season. General Manager Rudolf Bing says the programs will not duplicate the regular repertory and will be presented in English from broadcasting studio venues. The telecasts will be sold to cruise lines.
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New York
Tre - Metropolitan Opera Association
Rudolf Bing
Broadcasting Company
Cruisers
Michigan GOP Wins In Spring Elections
Michigan Republicans swept state offices in spring elections, claiming eight wins amid light turnout. The victory marks an 18 year pattern, with GOP gains across contests and concessions from Democrats as early as 3 a.m.
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Michigan
GOP
Detroit
Inmate hanged himself at Ohio Penitentiary
A prisoner identified as Howard Laycork, 35 percent of Toledo, hanged himself with a belt in the Ohio Penitentiary last night. He was serving a one to 15 year burglary term.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Howard Laycork
Toledo
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