Policy Makers Face Fire Over Navy Budget Cuts and B-36 Alarm
Washington AP A House Armed Services panel wrestles with Navy criticism of defense cuts while vowing hearings on the $800 million fiscal year appropriation. Chairman Vinson accuses Johnson and Pentagon officials of bypassing Congress as Navy leaders defend an unbalanced policy favoring strategic bombing and the B-36 program. Top Navy and Air Force witnesses set to testify amid sharp exchanges.
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House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
Defense
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense Johnson
Boca Bance
Capitol Hill
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Adm
R. A. Spruance
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
Louis de Florez
Robert B. Carney
Pentagon
Congress
Carney
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Senate
Nehru backs active stance against aggression yet seeks understanding
India's Prime Minister Nehru told Congress his country cannot be neutral in the face of world aggression. He said every Indian's prayer ends with peace and drew a parallel to Gandhi's passive resistance. He did not commit India to an overt cold war stance but urged Western leaders to understand India’s position.
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Washington
India
Nehru
Congress
House
Senate
Mahatma Ghandi
Man survives grizzly attack near Summit Lake
Dan Luddington, roadhouse owner near Fairbanks, fought a close in encounter with a she grizzly and cub. He was hospitalized with 200 stitches after the bear mauled him until he fired a second shot, then dragged him before he escaped. He reached a road a mile away and was picked up by a truck.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Dan Luddington
Luddington
Alaska Freight Lines
Here
GOP Dissent Forms Over AEC Report On Mismanagement
Senate House Atomic Committee approved a majority report absolving the Atomic Energy Commission of mismanagement charges by 9 to 6 on party lines. Senator Hickenlooper accused the report of whitewashing and pledged a minority version highlighting the charges. Chairman McMahon said only minor changes were made. substance unchanged.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
AEC
Senate House Atomic Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
McMahon
D-Conn
Seven year old struck by stray shot in Cleveland
A 7 year old boy, Frank Sabotay, was shot in the abdomen while rushing to a neighborhood movie. He is in critical condition at St. Luke's Hospital. The bullet was fired by Frank Juhasz, 41, co owner of the Pine Tavern, who was chasing two customers, according to Detective Carmen Naso.
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Cleveland
Frank Sabotay
St. Luke’s Hospital
Frank
Frank Juhasz
Pine Tavern
Carmen Naso
College enrollments fall five to ten percent nationwide
A report by University of Cincinnati President Dr. Raymond Walters shows a 5 to 10 percent decline in college enrollments across 471 institutions, driven mainly by reduced GI bill funding and fewer 1949 high school graduates, with smaller liberal arts colleges facing financial strains and tuition income dropping. Major state and private universities report varied veteran student totals and overall attendance shifts.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Walters
University of California
University of Minnesota
University of Ili
Nois
Ohio State University
University of Michigan
University of Wisconsin
University of Texas
Michigan State College
Indiana University
Purdue University
City Colleges of
New York
New York University
Columbia University
Syracuse University
University of Southern California
Boston University
University of Pittsburgh
Senate rejects Olds renomination to Federal Power Commission
Senate defeats Leland Olds for a third term on the Federal Power Commission by a 53 to 15 vote. Critics label Olds as hostile to capitalism with past pro Communism links, while supporters say he guards consumers through strong utility regulation amid party pressure and heated debate. Taft and Bricker oppose the nomination in the Ohio and Europe tours.
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Washington
Leland Olds
Truman
Senate
Olds
Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
D\Cole
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Federal Power Commission
Taft
People
Bricker
Europe
Congress
Reds Fate Nears Jury in Historic Communist Trial
The fate of 11 top American Communist leaders rests with a federal jury after nine months of trial. U.S. Attorney McGahey nears closing arguments as Judge Medina prepares to instruct the panel, with possible penalties up to 10 years imprisonment and $10,000 fines per defendant if found guilty.
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New York
U.S
John F. X. McGahey
Harold R. Medina
Unemployed Must File Claims Immediately
Ohio workers laid off involuntarily face loss of one week's unemployment benefits if they fail to report to their local employment center. The warning comes from Frank J. Collopy, Administrator of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, as an amendment to the unemployment law takes effect next Tuesday requiring immediate filing of a claim.
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Columbus
Frank J. Collopy
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
Looting in Bombay Leaves Two Dead in Salt Sugar Shortage Panic
In North Bombay on Thursday rumors of salt sugar and matches shortages sparked shop looting. Two people were slain and others injured as police opened fire.
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Bombay
India
12 Killed In Crash Of B-50
Isleham England AP reports a U S Air Force B-50 bomber on a practice flight to Helgoland crashed in a wheat field killing all 12 crew. Fire spread to farm buildings and haystacks as RAF and U S teams recovered bodies.
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Isleham
Eng
North Sea
Helgoland
Newmarket
London
Cambridge
Mildenhall
Oxfordham
U. 8S. Air Force
Britain
Sculthorpe Airfield
Norfolk County
Dorothy Brown
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Berlin
England
U.S. Air Force
Crop Outlook Supports Record Feed Supplies for 194?
A U S Agriculture Department report notes that current live stock feed availability could fuel a substantial rise in meat dairy and poultry output next year. It confirms that crop production this year ranks as the second largest on record with feed grain stocks contributing to the largest farm feeding supplies ever.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Quadruplets Born in Sault Ste. Marie Reported Well
Four girls were born Thursday to Mrs. Evelyn Hargreaves in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. Medical staff report the quadruplets are exceptionally well with no weights released.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Evelyn Hargreaves
Two Men Slain in Downtown Poker-Game Hold Up
In Muncie Indiana two gunmen opened fire on ten card players in a cigar store violence left two dead Theodore Raines 43 and Dewey Wills 54 and five others wounded including store owner Ralph Frazier. One suspect George Fe Gratzer 27 of Bedford was captured after being wounded.
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Muncie
Ind
Harry Nelson
Nelson
Theodore Raines
Dewey Wills
Raines
New Deal
Wills
George FE. Gratzer
Bedford
Gratzer
Ball Memorial Hospital
Ralph Frazier
Glen Castile
Tom Cook
John Stewart
Five Percenter Figure To Close Business
Senator Hoey announces James V. Hunt will close his management counselor business due to illness. The special Senate investigations subcommittee will not hold further public hearings on the five percenter matter before January.
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Washington
James V. Hunt
Senate
Hoey
D-Nc
Acheson Denounces East Reds as Autocratic Regime
Secretary of State Acheson denounces East German state as autocratic and Moscow controlled. He pledges continued Allied support for Bonn's republic, criticizes Soviet zone elections, and says Western policy remains firm despite protests from Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and Romania.
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Germany
U.S
Russia
Truman
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Czechoslovakia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Europe
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Berlin
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Moscow
Taft Continues Ohio Talks in Mansfield Visit
Senator Robert A. Taft moved into Mansfield to continue his Report To The People tour. He spoke in Wooster after arriving from Washington and planned talks in Dover and New Philadelphia as he seeks a third Senate term in 1950. He framed the election as choosing between a free state or a totalitarian state, noting splits among Democrats and even the President’s cabinet.
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Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Wooster
Washington
Taft
Senate
Louis Bromfield
Here
Dover
New Philadelphia
Attlee Declines Call for General Election in Britain
Prime Minister Attlee rejected calls for a fall general election, saying the Labour government would weather Britain's economic crisis. An official statement noted the move to quiet disturbing effects on trade and industry as the term runs to next July, marking the first time a premier used a formal statement to refuse an election.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Chinese Reds Trap Nationalists in Canton
Chinese Communist commanders ringed about eighty thousand Nationalists in the Canton area. Refugee capital Cantonopolis faces collapse as martial law tightens to prevent looting and maintain order amid expected Reds push.
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Canton
Hong Kong
Mother fears film extra murdered in Hollywood mystery
Florence Spangler, mother of Jean Spangler a gay film extra, believes her daughter was slain. Jean vanished Friday. Mrs. Spangler is in serious condition from shock and a heart ailment. Police questioned Kirk Douglas who said he did not know her. Jack Williams reported a sighting in Stockton and described a woman resembling the actress.
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Los Angeles
Jean Spangler
Florence Spangler
Lexington
Jean
Spangler
Lewia Morrill
Kirk Douglas
Griffith Park
Jack C. Williams
Stockton
Calif
Miss Ngler
Williams
Bradley Says Atom Defense Is Under Way
General Omar Bradley, head of the joint chiefs, said US atomic defense plans are well underway. He noted Russia’s atom test was months sooner than U.S. estimates and warned Moscow could launch with a limited number of bombs, yet would face disastrous consequences.
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Bradley
Akron
Omar Bradley
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
American Forestry Association
Russia
Soviet Union
U S Urged Coal Talks Continue Amid Union Refusal
Pittsburgh AP government urged negotiations to end a 25 day coal strike continued as United Mine Workers refused to renew their contract for two years. UMW VP Thomas Kennedy said the union would persist in meetings until a contract is reached. Federal negotiators pressed for Murray and steel industry leaders to return to the table. Cyrus Ching led talks in New York with Bethlehem Steel and planned sessions with U. S. Steel and others. Murray demands a noncontributory pension and welfare plan and adherence to the fact finding board. Lewis seeks pension fund gains for soft coal workers and some operators proposed renewing the old contract with facility use terms. UMW rejected. Lewis remained in Washington over a pension fund suit. In Cleveland, union leaders accused Communist influence on picket lines and vowed to eject any communists from demonstrations.
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Thomas Kennedy
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Cyrus
Ching
U.S
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
Steel
Lewis
Southern
Northern and Western
White Sulphur Springs
Frank Amos
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Reenewal
Amos
Uncle Lewis
Washington
George H. Livengood
Uniontown
Senate Approves Flexible System for Farm Prices
The Senate backed a flexible farm price support plan after weeks of debate, aiming to set parity based subsidies with new adjustments for production controls. It would start at 90 percent parity for 1950 crops under controls, then taper afterward, while the House sticks to wartime levels. Leaders expect House consent eventually, with 1950 hinge on passage.
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Senate
House
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