Truman Links Car Crashes to Sabotage in Warning to Safety Officials
President Truman told about 4000 attendees at the Highway Safety conference that highway accidents damage the defense effort as much as deliberate sabotage. He cautioned that rising motor travel could push fatalities above 35,000 in 1951 and urged improvements to the worn road system and transportation efficiency.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
United States
Acci
Constitution Hall
Crop gains boost hopes of distillers
Improved crop weather has given whisky distillers more time as the agriculture department halted a proposed order that would restrict grain use for distilled spirits. Downturns earlier in spring prompted plans to curb grain for alcohol to conserve supplies, but better wheat prospects in May and June prompted officials to delay the order pending crop developments.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
British Fabric Made Half From Peanut Protein
A new fabric in Britain blends 50 percent peanut protein fiber with wool to create worsteds, blankets, felts, carpets and clothing. The material derives the protein from peanuts and is used in various textile products.
McCarthy to Present Broad Attack on Marshall
Senator McCarthy said on Tuesday he would lay a completely documented picture of General George C. Marshall before the Senate on Thursday. He claimed the materials from friendly as well as neutral writers would reveal a vast conspiracy and deep infamy surrounding Marshall and the defense department.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
George C. Marshall
Defense
Senate
Congress
Marshall
Finletter Visits Korea for Inspectional Tour
U S air secretary Thomas K Finletter met Lt General James A Van Fleet the eighth army commander in Korea for a closed half hour briefing. Finletter called his trip inspectional and praised air force personnel morale while dismissing cease fire rumors. He was joined by Lt Generals Weyland Everett and the Far East air force and fifth air force commanders.
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Korea
U. S. Secretary of Air
U. S. Eighth Army
Thomas K. Finletter
Finletter
Eighth Army
James A. van Fleet
Airforce
Air Secretary
O. P. Weyland
Far East
U S May Consider Newsprint Price Ceiling
Price Director Michael V. DiSalle indicated the U S government may enforce a ceiling on newspaper newsprint costs. He noted potential legal questions given publishers’ exempt status and aims to blunt a planned Canadian price hike of about $10 per ton effective July 1 raising U S prices to roughly $116 per ton.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
New York
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MR. Truman
Philip B. Fleming
Costa Rica
Fleming
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Leonard Irving
D-Mo
Construction and
General Laborer's Union
AFL
Kansas City
Roy E. Livingston
Irving
Livingston
Atansas City
Pamela Ann Meyer
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Thomas A. Carter
James Woodworth Farrington
SULA
Optometrist
Babcock Building
Ere
Rhulkh
Musket
Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile Hydra-Matic
General Motors
USEM
Chevrolet Company
E. Bridge
U. S
Ashton
Minnesota
Daily Herald
Vatvi
Valve
Cvlweoer
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
M. J. Murphy
Sawyer’s
North ST. Paul Street
Miller’s
D.X
West
Oakland Avenue
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