Aggressor Air Fleets Test Defense Net Across West
The largest Western air maneuver, the air combat maneuver, runs Feb 1–4 to test defense nets over 11 states. Brigadier General William M. Morgan said forces from Army Navy Air Force and civilian groups will join with Royal Canadian Air Force in a near realistic simulated invasion. Major General Hugo P. Rush commands the Western Air Defense Force based at Hamilton Field California. About 36 000 volunteers will operate as observers at 11 000 posts in Washington Oregon and California with 3 500 civilian evaluators at seven filter centers. Radar picket ships will back the network plus anti aircraft batteries from the Army. Attacking planes may strike from Canada to Mexico and from the Pacific Coast to the Dakotas and Texas with planes based in Portland Spokane and other western sites.
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San Francisco
William M. Morgan
Western Air Defense Force
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
L State
Royal Canadian Air Force
Morgan
Hugo P. Rush
Hamilton Field
Here
Washington
Oregon
California
Western Sea Frontier
West
Portland
Spokane
Tacoma
Moses
Lake
Wash
Albuquerque
van Nuys
Hayward
Victorville
Calif
Oakland
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Texas
Famed beautician Charles Nessler dies at 78 in New York
Charles Nessler, originator of the permanent wave and inventor of false eyelashes, dies at age 78 in New York City after a heart attack. The German-born innovator opened a New York salon after moving from England in 1915 and once lectured on hair waving. Notable clients included Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.
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Charles Nessler
New York
Harrington Park
N. J
Nessler
Germany
England
New York City
Woodrow Wilson
Nestle Wave
Cleveland
Nestle- Lemur Company
Chinese Reds Release Captive Jap Fishermen
Kyodo News Agency says a Chinese Communist vessel freed 54 Japanese fishermen held since December. The men, crew on five boats seized in the East China Sea, wore Chinese Red Army uniforms and were interned in Shanghai's Nationalized Fishery Corporation for over a month with poor food.
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Fukuoka
Japan
Kyodo
East China Sea
Tokuo Yamamoto
Shanghai
D D D Prescription Relieves Itch Fast Says Ad
An old ad touts D D D Prescription as a fast relief for eczema pimples scabies athlete's foot and factory itch. A trial bottle costs 35 cents with first application claimed to soothe intense itch.
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D.D. Dennis
Solon Sees Expansion of Red River Arsenal
Representative Patman of Texas said he expects a substantial expansion of the Red River Arsenal at Texarkana. He foresees an increase in the 8,000 to 9,000 employees and more military personnel trained there after a meeting with Major General E L Ford. Patman also inquired about the Longhorn Plant at Karnack and was told it is unlikely to reopen.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Red River Arsenal
Texarkana
Arsenal
E. L. Ford
Army Ordnance
Karnack
Marshall
Air Force reorganizes command for Europe under new USAFE leader
The US Air Force unifies its European, English, and Mediterranean air power under one command led by Lieutenant General Lauris Norstad. USAFE headquarters will move from Wiesbaden to conform with SHAPE. The 12th Air Division is reactivated, with Major General Robert W. Douglass Jr. as acting commander, and Major General Leon H. Johnson retains the England based Third Air Division.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
US Air Force
Europe
England
Mediterranean
Lauris Norstad
US Air Forces In
USAFE
Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters of the
Allied Powers In
SHAPE
12Th Air Division
Jimmy Doolittle
North Africa
Austria
12Th
Robert W. Douglass Jr
Third Air Division
Leon H. Johnson
Lifetimes Gifts From Clara Weber Remembered in Will
Clara Louise Weber, born in Alabama and long a resident of Atlanta, left more than $35 000 to friends and benefactors. Two sisters received over $5 000 each, a third about $5 000, and Grady Hospital was given 20 000 in her kindness remembered from her days in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Clara Louise Weber
Alabama
New York
Los Angeles
Grady Hospital
Federal Court Funds for Woman In Income Tax Penalty Case
In New Haven on January 24 a federal jury found Vivien Kellems entitled to penalties returned for refusing to withhold taxes from her Stonington factory’s workers. The trial covered penalties against John J. Fitzpatrick. a second issue against Thomas Griffin will be decided by Judge Carroll C. Hincks. Kellems argued the action tested the constitutionality of the tax law, while the government cited additional reasons. The total penalties involved amount to 7819 dollars, with 6133.80 levied on Fitzpatrick. The jury ruled Kellems did not act wilfully. she plans to appeal, and she said she is delighted by the verdict.
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New Haven
Conn
Vivien Kellems
Stonington
Miss Kellems
Internal Revenue
John J. Fitzpatrick
Thomas Griffin
Carroll C. Hincks
Griffin
Fitzpatrick
Hincks
New London
Fifth Armored Gets New Commander Ruffner To Head Camp Chaffee Division
Major General David L. Ruffner was named commander of the Fifth Armored Division at Camp Chaffee Arkansas replacing Brigadier General Claude B. Ferenbaugh who will receive a new assignment after Ferenbaugh is nominated for promotion to major general. Ruffner has led the Nurnberg Germany Military Post since July 1948.
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San Antonio
David L. Ruffner
Fifth Armored Division
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Fourth Army
Fort Sam Houston
Ruffner
Nurnberg
Germany
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
Burglar Spoils Party For Wounded Vets
In Phoenixville Pennsylvania a theft disrupted a monthly dance for wounded veterans at Valley Forge Army Hospital. Mrs. Alice Washington had prepared about 400 sandwiches but the boxes vanished while the pickles remained. neighbors later saw a man loading the food into a truck, an oversight by American Legion sponsors.
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Phoenixville
Valley Forge Army Hospital
American Legionnaires
Alice Washington
Snow Charge Dismissed for Soldier in Worcester
In Worcester a district court dismissed the snow clearing charge against Francis W. Hickey a soldier tied up with snow in Korea. The judge ruled Hickey unable to clear his sidewalk due to his duties abroad.
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Worcester
Mass
Francis W. Hickey
Hickey
Cattlemen Warn Black Market Likely Under Price Controls
Texas cattle raisers warned price controls would breed a black market and lead to scarcer meat. Leaders from San Angelo Victoria and Amarillo argued controls fail due to industry complexity and hurt consumers, urging free market and expanded production for demand.
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San Angelo
Texas Cattle Raisers
Ray Willoughby
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Claude K. McCan
Victoria Cattleman
Willoughby
McCan
Association
Joe C. Mitchell
Jack Roach
Amarillo
R. B. Anderson
Vernon
C. Gage
Eagle Pass
Nehru Criticizes U.S. Asia Policy and Calls for Peace Conference
Prime Minister Nehru denounces American moves to label Red China an aggressor and urges a major powers conference to settle Far Eastern issues. He cites Korea, UN seating, and Peiping’s stance as factors and urges Asia to pursue negotiated peace amid India's food shortage.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
United States
Asia
China
Korea
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Peiping
London
Red China
Lake Success
Formosa
Far East
Bevin Seriously Ill Bevin Seriously Ill Bevin Seriously Ill
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin suffers pneumonia interrupting normal duties Attlee assumes control of foreign affairs and meets US envoy Gifford to discuss US Britain rift on China Korea policy Bevin's illness may keep him from returning for weeks officials weigh future leadership options
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London
Foreign Secreta
Ernest Bevin
Clement Attlee
United States
China
Attlee
Walter S. Gifford
America
Britain
Korea
Gifford
Bevin
Foreign Office
Missing Howard Witness Arrested in Belton Case
Milton Edward Simms, a missing witness in the Wash Howard Jr. murder trial, was arrested in Houston and will be sent to Belton. District Attorney A. C. Winborn said Simms may face contempt of court after Howard was convicted of murder with a five year sentence.
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Houston
Milton Edward Simms
Wash Howard Jr
Belton
A. C. Winborn
Simms
Winborn
Howard
Carter Boyd
Boyd
Wesley Dice
Dice
Kenneth Simms
Milton Edward
Boydenneth
Students Abandon Call to Premier Stalin
Three Vanderbilt students Jimmy Threlkeld from Tupelo Hans Pauls of Steubenville and Charles Newman of Cookeville tried to reach Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin by trans oceanic telephone. The Moscow exchange reportedly could not connect. The group will seek international affairs information elsewhere.
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Nashville
Tenn
Vanderbilt
Joseph Stalin
Moscow Exchange
Stalin
Jimmy Threlkeld
Tupelo
Miss
Hans Pauls
Steubenville
Charles Newman
Cookeville
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