Solons Probe Navy Letters On Security Fear And Morale
Congress members plan a study into why Navy leaders voiced concern over national security under current defense policies. The Navy will also investigate how confidential letters about unification and morale were leaked to reporters. Admiral Denfeld said the letters were confidential and leaked by an anonymous Naval source. He stressed support for unification while noting Navy morale concerns and stated disciplinary action may follow the leak. President Truman commented that troubles between services should be settled.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
House Committee
Rep. Arends
Gerald F. Bogan
Bogan
U. S
Air Force
A. W. Radford
Pacific Fleet Command
Truman
North Carolina
Army
United States
Senate
Aiken
Senate panel vows to rebuff Truman on Olds nomination
Washington committee members oppose Leland Olds for the Federal Power Commission third term. A seven member subcommittee voted unanimously to reject Olds over his political and economic views. Chairman Edwin C. Johnson urged Senate action despite the committee outcome. Olds faced criticism for radical early writings and his stance on federal gas regulation.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Olds
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcole
Senate
Johnson
Rayburn Sees House Approving Expanded Old Age Insurance
Speaker Rayburn predicted the House will pass quickly an act extending old age insurance to 11 million more workers. The expansion would cover bankers bakers grocers household servants and public employees.
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Washington
Rayburn
House
Minton Wins Top Heavy Senate OK For Supreme Court
Washington reports Judge Sherman Minton won Senate approval to join the Supreme Court by a 48 to 16 vote after opponents failed to block the nomination. The 59 year old former White House aide and Seventh Circuit judge succeeds the late Wiley B Rutledge. Senator Morse opposed a committee referral and the nomination advanced 9 to 2 despite questions over testimony. Bricker and Taft were noted as voting context in the confirmation scene.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman Minton
United States Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Minton
Truman
Wiley B. Rutledge
Seventh Court of Appeals
Morse
R-Ore
White House
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Supreme Court
Bricker
Leftist Opposition Rallied by UE Locals
In Cleveland two Dayton CIO United Electrical Workers locals rallied right wing support to oppose a left dominated District 7 executive board. The 15 member board voted to suspend indefinitely Robert N. Elsner as chairman of district council trustees and E. J. Kraft from membership on the district council.
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Cleveland
Dayton
CIO
United Electrical Workers
District 7
Ohio UE
Robert N. Elsner
E. J. Kraft
VA to Begin $2.5 Billion GI Insurance Dividend Before Christmas
Veterans Administration plans to issue the first dividend payments by June 30 if possible, aiming for about one million checks weekly. The $2.5 billion dividend targets World War II veterans with $10 000 policies in force, age 40 or under at policy start, and a 96 month term.
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Washington
Veteran’s Administration
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Taft Speech Critics West Aid and Farm Policy
Senator Robert A Taft said rearming Western Europe would cost about 30 billion dollars. He maintained Russian atomic bombs do not justify US aid to arm Europe and criticized the Brannan Farm Plan as fraudulent. He urged new markets for crops over production controls.
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Urbana
Robert A. Taft
Europe
Ohio
Taft
United States
Administration Blamed For Russia's A Bomb
Harold E. Stassen says Russia built the atomic bomb due to President Truman's loose administration. He notes the United States made a definite mistake in 1947 by shipping electronic control devices geiger counters and other equipment used in atomic development to Russia.
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New York
Russia
Harold E. Stassen
Truman
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
U. S
Chemical Plant Closes After Fumes Prompts Health Action
In Reading suburb Cincinnati Dr. Albert Weyman health commissioner said a chemical company agreed to stay closed until the fumes source causing property damage and illness is found. Residents reported paint damage tarnished silverware and several illnesses from Tuesday smell described as rotten eggs.
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Cincinnati
Albert Weyman
Reading
South Reading
Oberlin OKs Robeson Lecture With Divergent Voice
Oberlin College officials approve Paul Robeson to speak on campus only if a second speaker with divergent views appears on the program. The policy aims to present contrasting perspectives during the event.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Paul Robeson
Senate Debates Farm Price Accord Tangle
The Senate Agriculture Committee wrestles with farm price policy after a day of split votes. A 90 percent parity support proposal is considered, with Bricker voting with the majority and Taft not voting but paired. Democratic Leader Lucas pledges a farm bill passage this session.
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Washington
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Taft
Ford Pension OK Seen
The United Auto Workers National Ford Council votes to accept Ford Motor Co pension terms from last week. The 100 delegates from 48 plants back ratification of a 30 month contract giving workers with 30 years service a pension of $100 monthly, with local votes to follow.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
National Ford Council
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Insurance Probe Sought on Wartime Shipping Insurance
Rep Wei chel of Ohio urged an inquiry into wartime shipping insurance practices on Tuesday. The request targets potential mismanagement and seeks tracing of policy details and costs associated with naval transport coverage.
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Washington
Weichel
Ohio
Outburst Triggers Six Month Jail Term in Abuse Case
In Portsmouth probate court Judge Ralph A. Stevens raised a six month sentence to the maximum one year after Harold Osterhout 28 attacked his wife and stepson in the courtroom injuring a witness Esther Mullins. In Montgomery Alabama traffic cop Roland L Banville issued a parking ticket then blamed a new car and his unrecognized license plate in police court.
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Portsmouth
Ralph A. Stevens
Harold Osterhout
Osterhout
Esther Mullins
Montgomery
Ala
Roland L. Banville
U.S. Debates Steel Exports as Strikes Grip Industry
As a nationwide steel strike enters its fifth day, the government weighs limits on steel exports amid dwindling inventories. Westinghouse and other firms ration appliances while steel and coal workers press for higher pensions and welfare funds, with talks ongoing in Bluefield and White Sulphur Springs.
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U. S
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
America
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Gas Truck Overturns and Burns Kill Two in Scottsville
A Scottsville Kentucky truck overturned and burst into flames from spilled gasoline. The victims were Wallace Medley 28 owner and driver and Raymond Armour 32 passenger both of Scottsville. Investigators report Medley had filled 110 gallons of gasoline before the trip to Cincinnati.
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Scottsville
Here
Wallace Medley
Raymon Armour
William D. Calvert
Medley
Cincinnati
Hoffman Notes Listing of Import Restrictions
Paul G. announced that Great Britain France and Italy agreed to remove trade barriers among themselves and other Marshall Plan nations. The Economic Cooperation administrator said they lifted import restrictions on up to 55 percent of their total purchases from the 13 European Recovery Program countries. He spoke in a speech prepared for the American Federation of Labor convention.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Paul G
Great Britain
France
Italy
Economic Cooperation
Hoffman
79 year old man indicted for sister's murder in Ohio
Harrisville West Virginia. William Alford Blackford 79 of Coal Run Washington County Ohio was indicted for murder for the fatal shooting of his sister Cleopatra Cunningham 62 around July 23 in Ohio authorities said He was charged after the July incident and awaits trial in the Ohio court system.
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Harrisville
W. Va
William Alford Blackford
Coal Run
Washington County
Ohio
Cleopatra Cunningham
Jurors in Hiss Trial Describe Threats After Vote
Affidavits from two jurors detail threatening letters and telephone calls received since their verdict acquitting Alger Hiss. They support his bid to move the second perjury trial out of New York. Hiss faces charges of lying to a federal grand jury about supplying government secrets to prewar Soviet spies. The first trial ended July 8 with a hung jury eight for conviction and four for acquittal.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Ferguson Attacks Taft In New Ballot Move Protest
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson accused Sen. Robert A. Taft of orchestrating the office type ballot campaign as part of a ruthless bid financed by big business to mislead voters. Taft denied direct involvement while Ferguson campaigns for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.
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Alliance
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Joseph T. Fergusson
Taft
Ferguson
U.S. Senate
America
Gulf hurricane subsides into rain and wind storm
A Gulf hurricane weakened to a rain and wind storm after hitting Texas crops and spreading through Marshall Texas Shreveport Louisiana and into southwest Arkansas last night. Rice cotton and vegetables suffered the hardest blows as the storm moved through smaller towns along its path.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Marshall
Shreveport
Arkansas
North To Get Toll Highway
Ohio forms first toll super highway for northern state from Pennsylvania to Indiana. Ohio Turnpike Commission approves general route toward Toledo Detroit Chicago and orders engineering studies funded at 000 to select exact path. Estimated cost around 300 million dollars for a 247 mile artery.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio Turnpike Commission
T. J. Kauer
Kauer
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Trio Seeks to Keep Five Percenter Inquiry Open
Three Republican Senators pressed to keep the five percenter inquiry active, aiming to question at least three more witnesses and pursue all viable leads. They challenged Democratic Senator Hoey of North Carolina who signaled the investigation might be over. The probe concerns influence peddling tied to agents who sought government contracts for a percentage fee.
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Washington
Hoey
North Carolina
Million Dollar Gas Booster Station Planned Near Albany
Tennessee Gas Transmission announces a million dollar booster station and cross country pipeline route through Athens County to supply added gas pressure. L. Brooks, agent, says land purchases, right of way, and surveying will start soon with construction hoped for next spring employing about 100 local workers. The pipe will traverse Texas through Midwest states to the East and cross the Ohio River near Portsmouth into Lee Township and Ames Township before continuing north. An Athens office will handle area business.
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Plana
Albany
Athens County
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Howeton
Texas
L. Brooks
Brooks
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Guernsey County
Brooke
Seaman Continu
Brooka Dee
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Etka
Lee Township
Athens
Hocking River
Ames Township
Muskingum River
McConnellville
Fliers Aim to Break World Endurance Record in Arizona
Woodhouse and Woody, two Arizona fliers from Yuma, race to exceed 1008 hours by flying a single engine plane. After surpassing the old mark at 9 15 pm they plan to remain aloft another week if possible and land on Columbus Day October 12.
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Yuma
Ariz
Arizona
Woodhouse
Woody Award
Columbus
Cleveland Voters Approve Transit Project
Voters in Cleveland gave approval for a three year effort to build a 13 mile rapid transit system. The measure authorizes the city to proceed with the project and fund the construction plan.
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Cleveland
Train Removal Is Asked for B&O Trains 243 and 244
Columbus reports hearings before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission on discontinuing B&O Railroad trains 243 and 244 between Portsmouth and Parkersburg West Virginia. Officials say passenger revenue barely covers costs. only 7755 passengers in seven months of 1949.
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Columbus
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Portsmouth
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio
Athens
E. M. Talbott
B&o
T. E. Reese
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Ford Pension
Carnegie-Illinois Steel
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J. H. Ashbaugh
Mansfield
Springfield
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UMW
Virginia
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers
Murray
Chou-En-Lail
Central People’s Government
Communist China
Chinese People’s Republic
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Trio
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