Johnson To Get Works Navy Demonstration Flight
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson will fly from the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard a P2V Neptune to study how the Navy would deliver an atom bomb. The event includes a carrier cruise and mock combat with the Midway Mindoro and a Banshee fighter, with other top defense officials aboard.
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Czech Newsmen Ordered to Learn Russian for Cooperation
In Prague on September 25 Czech oslovak newspapermen were ordered to learn Russian to strengthen cooperation with the Soviet press and inform readers about the USSR. The chair of the Czechoslovak Journalists' Union announced the policy at the annual meeting, amid cheers.
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Harris Officers Begin Card War
Harris County officials pledged to crack down on football parlay cards and bettors. District Attorney A C Winborn called the cards illegal betting devices and vowed prosecutions with law enforcement help. Sheriff captains Loyd Frazier and Charley Nix ordered arrests for bets accepted. Houston Police Chief B W Payne said charges will be filed on sufficient evidence of gambling violations.
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Hunt Intensifies For Brutal Killer Of Hemlock Girl
State police and Livingston County Sheriff H. Donald McColl tightened the search for the killer of 11 year old Joanne Lynn of Hemlock New York. Police surrounded the field where her body lay six days and recovered two bullets from the ground. Autopsy showed two gunshot wounds with one bullet passing through the chest and exit wound in the back. Investigators sent blood specimens clothing and organs to Albany for analysis while screening several suspects with no arrests yet.
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TCU Fall Enrollment Reaches All-Time High
Texas Christian University reports 4,494 full-term students for the current term, an all-time record. Registrar notes potential for 6,000 annual enrollment if spring and summer gains continue, with 1948-1949 total at 5,883 as a new record to date. Fall 1947-48 term registered 4,469, previously a record.
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Military Pay Hike Faces Senate Vote Today With Saving Rider
Senate action looms on a general pay raise for military personnel from private to major general effective Oct 1, with estimated costs of 274 million for nine months and rising to 304 million annually. Supporters expect easy passage, and a potential amendment to offset initial costs from existing military funds is discussed.
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Unskilled Class Revealed Among U S Steel Workers
About ten percent of United States steel workers are classified as unskilled in a report. The finding highlights wage and skill gaps in the industrial workforce of the era.
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Three House Subcommittees to Study Labor and Schools
Three House subcommittees will tour the country to study labor management relations and government operated schools. Lesinski says itineraries will be set for late October or November, with focus on Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, eastern and western regions, and government reservations. He envisions federal aid and permanent help for distressed districts near military installations.
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Men of Many Faiths Mourn Noronic Fire Victims
In Toronto on September 25 a diverse crowd from two countries gathered at the Coliseum in the CNE Park to mourn victims of the steamship Noronic fire. About 8,500 mourners filled the space under the glass roof, near the improvised morgue where many bodies await identification.
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Longest Air Milk Run Begun to Nome School
Pan American World Airways resumed the world's longest aerial milk run from Seattle to Nome Alaska covering 2191 miles. An airliner carries 120 pounds of fresh milk twice weekly for Walrus Inc. The civic service distributes the milk free to some children who tasted fresh milk for the first time last winter. The service was resumed with the new school year.
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