Defense budget clash with rising cold war pressures
Washington faced fresh calls to strengthen American defenses as Democrats urged more jet fighters and ammunition while the Eisenhower administration pushed to balance the budget by cutting military spending. Congress debated cuts to civilian payrolls and personnel, amid renewed Allied airstrikes and a Czech border incident.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
Korea
Wilson
Eisenhower
British accuse Russians of act of aggression
British High Commissioner Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick denounced the Soviet Union for a deliberate and brutal act of aggression after a Royal Air Force Lincoln bomber was shot down on the East German border. He protested to Soviet General Vassily Chuikov, calling it murder of airmen and requesting punishment and reparations.
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Bonn
Germany
Ivone Kirkpatrick
Royal Air Force
Lincoln
Vassily Chuikov
Kirkpatrick
Red Leaders Adopt Tough Crisis Plan Amid Berlin Attacks
Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov faces a volatile start to his rule as two Allied aircraft are shot down by MiG interceptors. U S and British air forces pledge to fly as usual over West Germany while diplomatic protests unfold over the East Germany frontier incident near the Hamburg Berlin corridor.
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Georgi Malenkov
Germany
Eisenhower
East Germany
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Chuikov
U. S
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
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States
Bavaria
Georgi M. Malenkov
Kremlin
Jone Kirkpatrick
Yorkshire
England
Hamburg- Berlin
Berlin
Elbe River
Hamburg
Senate Fight Over Bohlen Predicted Despite Support
Senator Bridges warned of formidable opposition to the Bohlen ambassadorship to Russia as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a vote next Tuesday. Senate leaders indicated no immediate plan to block the nomination, while Democrats aligned with Eisenhower.
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Washington
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate
Eisenhower
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Russia
GOP
Appropriations Committee
Bohlen
Yalta
U. S
Taft
Ohio
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Outlines Plan for New Health Education Welfare Dept
President Eisenhower proposed a reorganization creating a federal Department of Health Education and Welfare to replace the present Federal Security Administration. Mrs Oveta Culp Hobby would become secretary if the plan takes effect. The plan uses a general reshuffling law allowing Congress 60 days to act with a majority vote in each chamber to disapprove.
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Eisenhower
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Federal Security Net
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FSA
Oveta Culp Hobby
Department
Senate
House
Fake School Checks Found In Manchester District
State examiner reports Manchester local school district clerk forged expense checks to divert Morgan County rehabilitation funds. Checks dated Oct 1948 for 770 dollars were forged using a janitor's name. funds were refunded six weeks later. State Auditor James A. Rhodes released the findings covering Sept 30 1948 to May 1952.
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Columbus
Manchester
Morgan County
James A. Rhodes
Pills Sent From Singer and Wife to Oklahoma Panel
Pills taken by country singer Hank Williams and the wife of a fake doctor were being forwarded to an Oklahoma legislative investigating committee. The move came as the House committee broadened its inquiry into convict H. R. Toby Marshall, a self-styled doctor whose parole was revoked Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
Hank Williams
Oklahoma
House Committee
H. R. Toby Marshall
U S Plans to Bolster Jet Squads
The Air Force announced 25 Sabre jets will depart soon on a mass flight to Germany to replace F84 Thunderjets. The move follows Weisbaden where a Thunderjet was downed by Czech MIG15s, but the F86 Sabres are not going to Germany because of that incident. General Hoyt S. Vandenberg had indicated the F84s would be replaced by F86s in Germany, with replacements planned gradually.
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Ala
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N. J
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Germany
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Weisbaden
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Paris
Tighter Draft Order Forms
Washington officials said an executive order is under consideration to stop young men from obtaining permanent deferments by marrying. The Manpower Committee agreed changes to bar this possibility and remove dependency deferments for men who have already had temporary deferments.
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Washington
Selective Service
Office of Defense Mobilization
Weekend Warmth Opposes Weeklong Temperature Slide
Five day forecast from Saturday to Wednesday shows mild conditions with temperatures about four to six degrees above normal. Normal highs range from 47 to 55 and lows from 30 to 33. Precipitation is expected Sunday and Tuesday totaling half to one inch.
Mechem Joins Ohio Red Probers in Un American Activities Panel
The revived Ohio Un American Activities Commission nears resumption with 12 members as Senate adjourns. New appointees include C Stanley Mechem Anthony Celebrezze Wilbur Shull Edward Dell and Robert Pollock. Hearings likely in Columbus focus on rubber and steel industries and energy plants in Youngstown Akron Cantor Massillon Alliance Warren and Pike County.
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C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Cuyahoga
Wilbur L. Shull
Franklin
Edward H. Dell
Butler
Robert A. Pollock
Rstark
Columbus
Youngstown
Akron
Cantor
Massillon
Alliance
Warren
Pike County
Beaver Youth Escapes Pike County Jail
An 18 year old Beaver youth Frank Gabbard escaped Thursday from Pike County jail while jailers and two other prisoners were taking out garbage. He was held as an alleged accessory in an auto case and was last seen near his home.
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Waverly
Beaver
Jess H. Foster
Frank Gabbard
Pike County
Heriff Foster
Gabbard
Censorship Hurts Morale of Forces in Korea
In Korea censorship hampers morale by forbidding identification of Allied troops on front lines. A hard fighting unit rescued its patrol ambushed by Chinese Reds but names were withheld except as Europeans. The Seventh Division and Puerto Rican units faced late identification in separate reports.
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Seoul
United Nations
Korea
U. S
Price Lid Lifted Coffee Hike Seen
Washington reports that price ceilings are lifted for goods at 40 billion dollars yearly and April 30 is the next decontrol date unless Congress acts. Eisenhower aims to keep controls only on defense materials and key rents, while coffee prices may rise 10 to 12 cents a pound and beer could rise slightly.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Office of Price Stabilization
Division Fire Warden Killed By Auto on Vinton Highway
Harry B. Tripp, 65, division fire warden for the State Division of Forestry, was killed Thursday evening when struck by a car on Route 75 between Hamden and Dundas. Pearl Crow, McArthur, drove the car. the driver said he did not see him until a car length away. Tripp, visiting his brother in law, died minutes later from a fractured skull. He served since 1931 and had jurisdiction over four counties. Surviving his wife, funeral arrangements were set by Wrightsel funeral home.
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Harry B. Tripp
Hamden
Dundas
William Brown
Vinton County
Tripp
Pearl Crow
Brown
William Gregory
Bethel Church
Vinton
Meigs
Hocking
Fairfield
Russell Weese
Jackson
Educator To Direct Civil Service Board
President Eisenhower nominated Phil Lip Young dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Business to the Civil Service Commission and named him chairman. The White House said Young will attend Cabinet meetings and serve as the President's personal representative on civil service matters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Phillip Young
Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Civil Service Commission
Young
White House
Thirteenth Child Expected in Nation's Largest All-Girl Brood
In Pittsfield Maine officials report the birth of the 13th child to join the nation’s largest all girl brood. Mrs. Lloyd Brooks the mother says she expects the baby to arrive today on Friday the 13th with a new moon.
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Pittsfield
Lloyd Brooks
Brooks
Ex King Farouk Amid Rumors After Night Out
Rome reports Farouk spent hours with a blonde French model after his 19 year old wife Norriman left for Switzerland. The departure deepens rumors of divorce or separation and whether Norriman is pregnant yet. Some see the move as a political ploy to shield Egypt's royal line and pave the way for Ahmed Fuad II's return.
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Rome
Farouk
Norriman
Switzerland
Egypt
Ahmed Fuad II
Judge Acquits Lawyer of Misconduct Charge
Common Pleas Judge H E Culbertson acquitted Ian Bruce Hart attorney and dean of a new local law school on charges of professional misconduct. He suspended colleague Frank Blanc from practicing law for six months. Hart is son of Ohio Supreme Court Judge William Hart. Blanc pleaded guilty.
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Canton
Common Pleas
H. E. Culbertson
Ian Bruce Hart
Frank Blanc
Hart
McKinley School of Law
Ohio Supreme Court
William Hart
Blanc
Highway Patrol Supt Mingle undergoes hernia surgery
Superintendent George Mingle of the Ohio Highway Patrol was reported resting comfortably in a Columbus hospital after a hernia operation performed Wednesday.
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Columbus
George Mingle
Ohio Highway Patrol
Unions and Firm Seek Break in Terror-Struck Town
In Elizabeth Louisiana unions and Calcasieu Paper Co. face a six month deadlock with 500 strikers and two mills in a violence haunted strike. Seniority and rehiring clash as C G McGehee Sr of Jacksonville vows not to yield to riots. Dynamite attacks have terrorized homes, vehicles, power lines, and tavern.
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Elizabeth
C. G. McGehee Sr
Jacksonville
Fla
Short Vacation Ends For Lakin Runaways
Three youths from the Lakin Industrial School were captured near Leon early Friday after fleeing the Lakin Institution on Thursday evening. State police, deputies Griff Durbin and J Gary Sapp, and Constable James Stewart pursued them through the night and into the morning, taking them into custody at 7 20 a m.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin Industrial School
Leon
Lakin Institution
Griff Durbin
J. Gary Sapp
James Stewart
Kapp
Durbin
Eden Keeps Sit Down War Plan
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden condemned the Soviet air attack that shot down a Royal Air Force bomber, calling the action barbaric. He urged the United States to pursue only a partial war in Korea, arguing restraint must be maintained even in survival battles.
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New York
Anthony Eden
Eden
Foreign Policy Association
Russia
Erday
United States
Korea
Oldest Civil War Vet James A Hard Dies at 111
In Rochester New York James A Hard 111 former Union infantryman and the nation’s oldest Civil War veteran died of complications after an amputation He fought at Bull Run Chancellorsville Antietam and died in Rochester General Hospital after spinal nerve surgery The sole other Union survivor Woolson 106 of Duluth remains a veteran of both sides with four Confederate survivors noted in the report
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Rochester
N. Y
James A. Hard
Hard
Bull Run
Chancellorsville
Antietam
Rochester General Hospital
Woolson
Duluth
Ceramics Society to Hold 55th Convention in New York
The American Ceramic Society announced its 55th annual convention will be in New York City from April 26 to 30. More than 2000 ceramists from the United States and foreign countries are expected to attend.
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East Liverpool
The
American Ceramic Society
New York City
United States
American jet ace Baker tops MIG killers in Korea
U S Sabre jets destroyed six MIG-15s as Col Royal N Baker from McKinney Texas claimed his 12th kill becoming America's top jet ace. Fifth Air Force said 604 MIGs destroyed since the war began with a near 12 to 1 victory ratio. Thunderjets bombed troop centers and rail lines while B 29s dropped 140 tons on North Korean supply dumps on the west coast. Ground fighting continued with Communist forces shelling Allied lines in a dozen sectors.
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Seoul
U. S
Col
Royal N. Baker
America
Baker
McKinney
Tex
Kangdong
North Korea
Namsan
Yangjichon
West Coast
Cullen
Price slides near end as new farm legislation looms
In Philadelphia a report notes recent declines in farm prices may be ending with upcoming laws. Benson says Congress will extend price support but should avoid subsidies that prop up inefficiency.
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Philadelphia
Ohio Woman Convicted of First Degree Murder
CINCINNATI Mrs Betty Butler 24 a Negro woman was convicted of first degree murder without mercy recommendation. The verdict condemns her to the electric chair unless an appeal or governor action alters the outcome. The case involved intense allegations of strangling and intent to kill.
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Cincinnati
Betty Butler
Butler
Comsteien Clark
Soni
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