Armed Services Plan Cuts 135000 Civil Workers
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced a broad civilian layoff affecting 135,090 workers to trim military spending. Navy reductions exceed 76,000 with Army 41,000 and Air Force 18,000, targeting 50 installations. Immediate effects hit Long Beach and Brooklyn shipyards, with further cuts and reshaping of forces and reserve status nationwide, including Puerto Rico Hawaii and Trinidad.
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Armed Services
Washington
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Army
Air Force
Long Beach
Calif
Brooklyn Naval Shipyard
Defense Establishment
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Trinidad
Clinton County
Wilmington
Ohio
Lockbourne
Columbus
Columbus General Depot
Congress
Rep. Green
D-Pa
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Hunter's Point
Charleston
S.C
Green
Truman
VIP designation opens air space for perfume firm agents
Senate investigators report Albert Verley Co of Chicago used VIP status to fly agents to Europe in 1945 aboard Air Transport Command planes. The firm funded seven home freezers given to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, then gifts to Washington elites, as Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman faced questions over advance military buying info.
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Washington
Perfume Company
Mundt
R-Sd
South Dakota
Herman Feldman
Senate
Feldman
James V. Hunt
Albert Verley Co
Chicago
Europe
Air Transport Command
Verley
Paris
Verley Company
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Truman
John Maragon
Harry Hoffman
Maragon
White House
UEW Pickets Fined On Contempt Charges
Twelve CIO United Electrical Workers and a sympathizer were fined 50 dollars and given suspended jail terms after being found guilty of contempt for defying a court injunction against picketing at the Taylor-Winfield Corp plant. Judge H. E. Culbertson warned violators would serve the 30 day sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Common Pleas
H. E. Culbertson
Taylor-Winfield Corp
Bike Titlists To Receive Champions Best Buckles
Columbus Mayor James A. Rhodes announced that 47 newspaperboy champions from across the country will receive belt buckles at a Banquet of Champions in Columbus. Jan Taylor 15 of Chauncey The Messenger Champion wins one buckle. 46 others will attend from papers nationwide. Prizes for the derby at the State Fair Sunday include $2500 $2000 and $1500 scholarships for the top three, plus trophies for next three places.
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James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Newspaperboys Sports Scholarships, Inc
Ohio State Fair
Neil House
Waite Hoyt
Cincinnati
New York Yankee
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
George M. Trautman
Wesley Fesler
Ohio State University
Pat Rooney
Rooney
Rko Palace
Mound
High St
State Fair Grounds
Athens Messenger
Taylor
Ohio
Cleveland Browns
State Fairgrounds
Grand Jury Returns Murder Indictment
Franklin County Grand Jury indicted Cecil B. Martin 33 an ex convict for first degree murder in the death of Theodore B. White last June. Prosecutor Henry Holden said Martin admitted striking White at his home June 4 and burying the body near a creek early June 5. White was paroled January from Ohio Penitentiary after nine and a half years for armed robbery.
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Columbus
Franklin County Grand Jury
Cecil B. Martin
Theodore B. White
Henry Holden
Martin
White
Ohio Penitentiary
Lady in Black Visits Valentino Tomb in Hollywood
The Lady in Black kept her annual rendezvous at Rudolph Valentino’s crypt in Hollywood Cemetery. Dura Flame arrived by chauffeur and laid red roses on the marble slab, joining dozens of visitors on the 23rd anniversary of the silent screen star’s eve.
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Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood Cemetery
Ceremony Puts Paet Into Effect
The Atlantic Pact comes into effect at a White House ceremony marking the defense alliance among 12 nations. France deposits ratification with Ambassador Bonnet, with members including the United States Canada Britain France Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg joining treaty provisions.
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Washington
United States
West
White House
State Department
Council of the Atlantic Alliance
Henri Bonnet
France
Canada
Britain
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
Denmark
Klan Elects New Leader In National Assembly
Lycurgus Spinks, 64, a former Baptist minister, has been enthroned Imperial Emperor of the Ku Klux Klan. The new leader was chosen by Klans from six states at a private Montgomery meeting with about 60 robed leaders in attendance.
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Montgomery
Ala
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Lycurgus Spinks
Klan
Meridian
Miss
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Spinks
Ohio Conservationists Demand Rider's Job
Newark Ohio William L White president of the Ohio Conservation Congress seeks H B Rider removal from the State Wildlife Commissioner post White who plans a 1950 Democratic Senate bid gave no reason for the demand and said his group is unanimously opposed to the current wildlife department administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
William L. White
Ohio Conservation Congress
Buck
Rider
White
U. S
Wildlife Department
Youth Drowns After Falling Into Adamsville Farm Well
Gerald W. Poling 16 of Sarahville drowned Tuesday after tumbling into a deep Adamsville farm well. Rescue efforts failed to save him.
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Zanesville
Gerald W. Poling
Sarahville
Adamsville
Here
A Salesman Has His Ups And Downs
A Chicago man reported thefts in Columbus. Bert Bransuelauela said his car and 16 gross of Yo-Yos vanished from an E Broad Street garage along with four gross of Yo-Yo strings four gross of Yo-Yo manuals and eight Yo-Yo sweaters. The car was worth 1200 dollars and the Yo-Yo items 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Chicago
Bert Bransuelauela
Fires Ravage National Forests Across Several States
Rapid wildfires scorch more than 40000 acres in Idaho California and Montana as winds up to 40 mph drive fires out of control. Aerial surveys show Idaho flames gaining 2000 acres in two days while the state totals 17000 acres. Maine and South Dakota report very dangerous fire conditions and out of control blazes near the Canadian border and in the Black Hills.
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Idaho
California
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Maine
Roxbury
Allagah
Canadian
Flagstaff-Stratton
Quebec
Stanislaus National Forest
Yellowstone Park
Blaze Hits Continental Grain Co Plant
Columbus firemen fought a $200000 blaze at the Continental Grain Co plant. Two firefighters, Dick Canaver and Robert Robinson, suffered face burns. The fire began in a soybean extractor unit after 3000 gallons of hexane gasoline, used in oil extraction, ignited when the toaster restarted the extractor. Manager W H Wilson estimated the damage.
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Columbus
Continental Grain Co
Dick Canaver
Robert Robinson
W. H. Wilson
Hopes Fade For Boy Lost In Swampland
Hopes fade as 300 Minnesota National Guardsmen press a four day search for three year old Larry Coleman who vanished Saturday on his grandparents farm. The probe focuses on a five mile swampy area amid many lakes. Col Johnson notes the region is a near endless bog with few dry patches.
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Mcgregor
Minn
Minnesota National Guardsmen
Larry Coleman
Larry
Col. Johnson
Worker Falls 45 Feet At Gallipolis Hospital
A 45 foot scaffold fall at the Gallipolis State Institute injured Forest Borden of Eastern Ave. at 10 a m. He was painting brick work on cottage 12 when the accident occurred. He regained consciousness en route to Holzer Hospital but could not explain the fall.
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Gallipolis
Bricker Votes for $9 Million Southwest Power Bill
Senator John W. Bricker voted to appropriate 9 million dollars for the Southwestern Power Administration. The bill passed the Senate 45 to 36, with Senator Robert A. Taft paired for the measure.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Southwestern Power Administration
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Arms aid seen possible for non communist China
Senator Knowland pressed to add 175 million dollars for Chinese arms to Truman's military aid bill. He would require China named in the text and arms on the same terms as other countries. Senate committees previously approved 239 million for Greece, Turkey, Iran, and the Philippines.
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China
Washington
Knowland
Calif
Truman
Peelfie
Far East
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Senate
Acheson
Ares
Greece
Turkey
Iran
The
Philippines
AFL Plans All-Out Drive Against Taft
William Green says the AFL will wage a nationwide campaign to defeat Senator Taft in 1950. He proposes a $2 voluntary contribution from each of the union’s 8 million members and a focused effort from Ohio, calling Taft a key target for the Beat Taft drive.
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AFL
Taft
Columbus
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Green
Ohio Federation of Labor
Coshocton
Lisbon Girl In Coma After Fatal Coal Truck Crash
Donna Marie Saunders, seven, lies in a coma after a coal truck struck her in Lisbon while she chased a school bus. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic say brain damage is irreversible and there is no treatment. Her family, including a 12 year old sister and a two year old brother, faces an uncertain future.
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Cleveland
Donna Marie Saunders
Donna
W. James Gardner
Cleveland Clinic
James S. Saunders
Lisbon
RCAF Finds Wreck Of Missing Aircraft In Manitoba
The Royal Canadian Air Force reports a search plane located a two engine plane wreck about 250 miles northwest of Winnipeg. All 21 aboard are presumed dead with no sign of life. The Arctic Circle mission had been to replace weather bureau staff and transport ill Eskimos for hospitalization.
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Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Air Force
Manitoba
Sony
Outpost Weather Bureau
Married teachers OK say Ohio resolution by UAM
The Junior Order United American Mechanics adopted a resolution condemning the dismissal of married teachers by local boards in Ohio. It argues public school children deserve a normal society of married men and women and should not be limited to male educators and spinsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
United American Mechanics
Purge Ends Desertion Argument Elects Boyle National Chairman
The Democratic National Committee ousted State Rights members from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina. William M. Boyle Jr. was elected national chairman succeeding Senator J Howard McGrath. The body approved credentials committee punishments and kept Texas national committeeman Wright Morrow. Gov. Strom Thurmond was dropped from the rolls and Burnet Maybank approved. Tensions cooled but threats of renewed action lingered from Louisiana and Mississippi States Rights representatives.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
William M. Boyle, Jr
J. Howard McGrath
Morrow
Byron C. Allen
Minnesota
J. Strom Thurmond
Burnet Maybank
Anne A. Agnew
Truman
Credentials Committee
National
Texas
National Committee
Boyle
Pa Sompenitans
Gov. Thurmond
Clark Named Field Chief
Gen. Mark W. Clark named chief of Army Field Forces replacing Gen. Jacob Devers who retires in September after 44 years on active duty. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer will move to California to command the Sixth Army. Clark led the 15th Army Group in Europe and served as postwar U.S. military governor in Austria.
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Washington
Mark W. Clark
Army
Gray
Clark
San Francisco
Jacob Devers
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Caliifornia
Sixth Army
Governor silent on agriculture director selection in Ohio
Governor Lausche did not announce whether Prof. Lawrence A. Kauffman of Ohio State University would take the post of state agriculture director. He left Columbus for the state plowing contest at Apple Creek without comment. Kauffman reportedly turned down the job over lack of leave.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lawrence A. Kauffman
Ohio State University
Apple Creek
Kauffman
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House
Armed Services Committee
Spaatz
UEW
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Woodlands
Boy
Gallipolis Hospital
Elizabeth Augieniene
New York
West Branch
Mich
RCAF
UAM
Wiliam H. Talbot
J. B. Snider
Athens
Crourory Soccesnege
Gallinglis
Cncco
Sssesesnsie Glouster
Logan
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Middleport
Eeereccavesoueane Women
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