Communists Propose High Level Korean Armistice Conference
Nam Il, North Korea, submitted a three point plan for a high level peace conference within three months of a truce to address withdrawal of foreign troops and a peaceful settlement. The draft calls for five UN reps and five from North Korea and China to meet, seeking recognition of the DPRK government and a broader peace framework. Joy said the UN would study the draft and reconvene when ready.
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Munsan
Korea
Communist Today
Nam Il
Nam
Orient
Red
East
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
North Korea
Red China
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
Peoples Rauhina China
Peoples Republic of China
Chinese Peoples Volunteers
Joy
U.N
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Buchman Cited For Contempt By House Vote
The U S House unanimously cited film producer Sidney Buchman for contempt for refusing to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee in the Hollywood communist inquiry. The 314 to 0 vote sends the case to the U S attorney for prosecution with possible penalties up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine.
Solons Blast Airforce For Big Chair Deal
A House Armed Services subcommittee grilled the Air Force over plans to buy 20 156 super deluxe upholstered typist chairs at over half a million dollars The panel led by Rep Hebert said testing chairs for Wright Field was unnecessary and urged using General Services Administration chairs instead The chair plan was criticized as wasteful with costs estimated at around 200 000 above standard GSA chairs priced 16 80 to 18 00 each
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Washington
Air Force
House Armed Services
Hebert
D-La
General Services Administration
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
GSA
Taft Blames Truman Policy Over Loss of Peace
Harrisonburg Va February 5 Senator Taft charged the Truman administration with responsibility for the loss of peace after victory in the war. He warned that Soviet Russia threat justifies a broad mobilization at home and criticized Korea policy saying a stalemate at the Thirty-Eighth Parallel is preferable to a stalemate war. He urged GOP focus on corruption domestic liberty foreign policy and communism.
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Harrisonburg
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Soviet Russia
Virginia
Korea
China
MacArthur
United Nations
Detroit
Husband Urged Wife Out by Checking Bus Schedules
In Portland Maine Dorothy E Dorler testified in her divorce action that after their May 28 1951 marriage her husband Edward J Dorler then in Cleveland Ohio checked bus schedules to force her departure. She said he beat her last September and she returned to Maine.
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Portland
Dorothy E. Dorler
Edward J. Dorler
Cleveland
Maine
Cleveland Boy Repatriated After Five Months Stowaway Scheme
Joseph Vanadia aged 14 sought deportation to Italy by stowing away in New York piers. After five months on Ellis Island officials uncovered a false name and address, then he told the truth and was sent home without punishment. His mother is Italian born with other children returning to the United States in 1948.
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Cleveland
Joseph Vanadia
Italy
Joe
Ellis Island
New York
Carmela Vanadia
United States
Giacomo
Messina
Mistrial Declared In Farley Case
Princeton February 5 A mistrial was declared today in the Henry Earl Farley murder trial in Mercer County Criminal Court on the second day Judge F Morton Wagner granted a defense motion and reset the case for April 21 Defense attorneys argued Mrs Goldie Farley emotionally upset by the death of an aunt who raised her was unfit to testify Farley 21 is charged with murder after Walter Fink 62 was found shot to death October 17 on his Flathead farm in a pasture where both lived
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Princeton
Henry Earl Farley
Mercer County Criminal Court
F. Morton Wagner
Farley
Goldie Farley
Walter Fink
Flathe
Fink
Senate Passes Wetback Law Minus Employer Provision
The Senate approved a bill imposing up to a $2000 fine and five years jail for smuggling or concealing wetbacks into the United States. It targets Mexican farm laborers but exempts employment by farmers. The measure moves to the House after a 69 to 1 vote on an amendment to penalize farmers more directly.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Rio Grande River
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
U. S
Lehman
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
House Probes U S Guarantees In Slums Of Tomorrow
Washington reports a House inquiry committee opened an investigation into government guarantees for loans aiding housing dubbed slums of tomorrow. Rep Widnall notes explosive possibilities and says the inquiry could surpass RFC and gambling probes. T. B. King of the VA Loan Guarantee Service admits some veterans accept faulty houses despite efforts to protect buyers.
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Washington
House
Widnall
R-Nj
T. B. King
Veterans Administration Loan Guardiantee Service
Missing Girl in Frankfurt Kidnapping Mystery Deepens
US Army investigators press forward in Frankfurt as they pursue leads in the kidnapping of Mamie Ruth Shelton. A uniformed man who hijacked a jeep and robbed two sergeants is sought, with fading trails at the Frankfurt rail station. The kidnapped girl, stepdaughter of M. Set., Franklin D. Burns, is reportedly recovering and resumed school at Frankfurt post high.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Mamie Ruth Shelton
Walters
Hanau
M. Set
Franklin D. Burns
Hot Springs
John H. Ford
Odessa
Tex
Herbert L. Evans
Roxboro
N. C
Army
Frankfurt Post
Small Industries Group Takes Over SDPA Power Shift
Washington February 5 The 1st Small Defense Plants Administration SDPA winner in a tug of war with the Commerce Department took over as the government main mobilization agency for small business An executive order from President Truman transferred to SDPA most of the functions money and personnel of the office of small business which operates in the National Production Authority under the Commerce Department SDPA gains full authority over financial and other aid to smaller firms securing contracts while Commerce keeps some technical jobs Truman proposed a 25 million dollar revolving fund for SDPA SDPA headed by Telford Taylor was formed by Congress last fall with aim to become the main contact agency with smaller enterprises Congress delayed big funding to observe administrator selection and program design Secretary Sawyer faced Senate criticism over plans curbing SDPA scope Senators praised Taylor and noted progress despite opposition from existing agencies
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Washington
House
Sidney Buchman
Hollywood
J. M. William Pomerance
National Labor Relations Board
Screen Writers Guild
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
U. S
James W. Morris
Subversive Activities Control Board
White House
Phillip Nash
Milwaukee
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Senate Chamber
Nash
Senate
McCarthy
Judith Coplon
Russiggs
Justice Department
Valentin Gubitchev
United Nations
Supreme Court
Buchman
Los Angeles
Un-American Activities Committee
1St
Small Defense Plants Administration
SDPA
Commerce Depart
Truman
SDPAD
Office of Smalls
National Production Authority
NPA
Commerce Department
Telford Taylor
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
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