Airforce Accused Of Wasting Millions In North Africa
Rep Hardy said 25 to 50 million dollars have been poured down the drain on North Africa air base projects. He cited witnesses claiming at least two million dollars worth of materials were stolen during unloading and storage, offered to a Senate committee probing Defense Department overseas waste.
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Washington
House
North Africa
Rep
Hardy
D-Va
Senate
Defense Department
Johnson
Subcommittee
Air Force Builds Independent Supply System Amid Unification Effort
Congressmen reported that despite unity efforts the Air Force is creating its own supply system and plans four other special services. Rep. Brownson cited billions of dollars in extra costs and warned of a "triplification" rather than full unification.
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Washington
Air Force
Rep
Brownson
R-Ind
Bank Bandit Waives Hearing In Memphis Shootout
A Memphis ex-convict, Robert H Bondurant, 36, waived a preliminary bank robbery hearing after being shot in a gun battle at the Bank of Middleton. Bondurant faces federal charges on the robbery and state counts including kidnapping and larceny. He was hospitalized with stomach wounds and pellets, with authorities noting the attempted heist yielded little takings beyond minor profits.
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Memphis
Robert H. Bondurant
FBI
Bondurant
Middleton
T. L Madden
Here
Madden
MacArthur staff cut after Army secretary action
Rep Redden of North Carolina claimed he and his brother were promised a $50,000 brokerage fee for arranging a quick freeze plant sale in Hendersonville. RFC loan led to a later receiver ship and DOJ investigation. Redden says he received $1,250 and did not seek RFC involvement.
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Washington
Redden
D-Nc
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
VUU
Justice Department
Hendersonville
N.C
Arthur J. Redden
Solis Horwitz
B L Early Dies At 67 In Bluefield
Bayard Lee Early 67 of 501 College Ave died after a two week illness in Bluefield Sanitarium. He was secretary and business manager of Daily Telegraph Printing Co and secretary treasurer of Commercial Printing Co. Funeral at Hawkins Mortuary Chapel with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was born Sept 19 1884 in Mt Clinton and survived by wife Lara Caffee two daughters Evelyn Early Louise Marks a son Willard L Early a sister and a brother. He was active in Westminster Church and Masonic groups.
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Bayard Lee
College Ave
Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bluefield
Hawkins Mortuary
C. H. Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Early
Woodlawn
Mr. Early
Mt. Clinton
John William and
Lara Early
Dunnsmore Business College
Staunton
MacArthur trims staff in New York on Pace order
An aide said Gen. MacArthur lost five staff members on February 12 under Army Secretary Pace order, keeping only his pilot Col. Anthony Storey and two other aides. Storey chose inactive status after being told he would be transferred. The move follows regulations for five star generals not assigned to duty.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Frank Pace Jr
Laurence E. Bunker
MacArthur
Bunker
Anthony Storey
Storey
Air Force
Washington
Tokyo
Truman
Congress
Pace
George Yount
Francisco Valbuena
Far East
Pentagon
Japan
First Army
Waldorf-Astoria
Sidney L. Huff
Maj
Patrick J. Gibbons Jr
Deal To Settle Steel Wage Dispute Reported
A Republican legislator says the administration plans a “deal” to settle the steel wage dispute that could wreck the stabilization program. Rep. Allen notes a proposed 15 cent hourly raise and steel price increases, while urging investigation of the Wage Stabilization Board and warning against union shop mandates in pending disputes. The steelworkers seek an 18.5 cent rise as the board weighs recommendations under Taft-Hartley provisions.
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Washington
Allen
R-Ill
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Congress
O’ Allen
Soviet Said Opposed To War In Korea
In Tokyo on February 23 the Peiping radio quoted that the Soviet Union has long opposed the Korean war and supports a peaceful settlement. It backed Communist truce negotiators seeking Russia’s inclusion among neutral nations to supervise an armistice, arguing the Soviet role strengthens the commission.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Soviet Union
Russia
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Supervisory Commission
Daily Telegraph straw vote asks 1952 presidential choice
The Daily Telegraph invites readers to vote for President in 1952 by marking an X beside their chosen candidate. Ballots must be sent or delivered to the Bland Street office before midnight February 29, with readers urged to participate.
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Daily Telegraph
Bland Street
Slip On A Marble Damages House
Mrs Opal Leftwich slipped on a marble at her Provo Utah home and fell onto a gallon jug of paint lacquer. The liquid flowed into a floor furnace triggering an explosion that set the house on fire and left it badly damaged. She was unharmed beyond shock.
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Provo
Utah
Opal Leftwich
Leftwich
Young Gun Trio Back In Jail After Jail Escape
Three young gunmen who escaped Herkimer County Jail and killed State Trooper Patrick F. O Hara were recaptured near West Winfield. Jailer Silas Casler was seriously injured during the breakout as guards recovered the trio, identified as Raymond Cervantes, Samuel Miller, and Robert P Bishop.
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Herkimer
N. Y
Herkimer County
Patrick F. O’hara
Stone County
Silas Casler
Casler
Herkimer Hospital
Sheriff’s Office
Caster
Taft Criticizes Administration Lacking Passion for Peace
In Barre Vermont Taft urges State Department reform if elected and attacks Truman era foreign policy and big government. He cites a lack of passion for peace, warns against war traps in Korea, and defends his Taft-Hartley stance while stressing Ohio as a national cross section.
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Truman
Acheson
Taft
Korea
United Nations
Ohio
Bitter Cold Grips US North and West
Bitter cold spread across the nation s north and west with temps plunging to minus 32 in Wyoming and other readings from Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Montana Idaho and Illinois. Forecasters said Canada s air mass dominated a wide region while a warmup began in parts of the south and east as light snow fell in several areas.
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Associated Press
Big Piney
Wyo
Grantsburg
Wis
Bemidji
Minn
Grand Forks
N.D
Aberdeen
S.D
Havre
Mont
Pocatello
Idaho
Chicago
Canada
Hudson Bay
Montana
Mississippi
Rockies
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
New England
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
North Dakota
Gas Station Owner Stands Guard Against Turnpike Expansion
KING OF PRUSSIA Pa Feb 22 Edward R Mack a 43 year old gas station restaurant owner declared he will guard his property against Turnpike expansion until the state makes a purchase offer or reaches an agreement He stood with a German shepherd and a rifle near his business at Montgomery and DeKalb pikes ten miles west of Philadelphia workmen widen the highway and demolition was ordered to begin by Feb 18 Mack said no cash settlement offered and vowed to block bulldozers with any means if they move onto his land.
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King-Of-Prussia
Edward R. Mack
Teddy
Mac
Montgomery
DeKalb Pikes
Philadelphia
State Highway Department
Mack
Dulles Warns Communist Ideas Overwhelm Free World
John Foster Dulles told about 1000 Princeton alumni that ideas are the main weapon in the Soviet Communist program and the free world is losing the battle of ideas. He warned that revolutionary passions grip more than half the human race and that positive action is needed beyond arms and aid.
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Princeton, N
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Princeton University
Soviet Russia
Free World
Dulles
United States
First Mail Brings Ballots In Presidential Straw Vote
The Daily Telegraph announces a presidential straw vote with ballots issued on page one. Voters in the circulation area may participate by clipping a ballot and sending or delivering it to the Telegraph office through February 29. Final results tabulation occurs March 2.
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Daily Telegraph
NATO backs European army plan with German troops
Lisbon reports NATO foreign ministers unanimously back a European Defense Community linking France West Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg into a two million man army under Allied command. A draft treaty requires ratification by six governments before recruitment begins.
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Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lisbon
Portugal
U.S
NATO
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dean Acheson
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Council
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
European Defense Community
EDC
Pearson
Arctic
Bosphorous
Acheson
Schuman
Eden
Germany
Fate Intervenes For Long-Time Taft Man
Monrovia California February 22 Fate intervenes for long time Taft man John Michael Haggerty 101 died after being declared legally competent again and registering to vote for Robert A Taft in the next presidential election He had voted for Taft in 1908 and 1912 and was declared incompetent in 1934 but a January hearing restored his competence and he died last night
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Monrovia
Calif
John Michael Haggerty
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Haggerty
William Howard Taft
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Downey Rice
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Rice
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French
Morocco
J. C. Hardin
Hardin
Paris
U.S. Bac Construction
Edwin V. Hug
Airorce
Huggins
Gen. MacArthur
Secretary of Army
NC Solon
Horwitz
B. L. Early
Sunset News
The
Commercial Printing Co
L. M. Kerley
A. S. Barksdale Jr
Charles Henderson
Jamie R. Tilson
P. T. Flanagan
Ned Shott
Adjutant General
J. Lawton Collins
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
CIO
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Union Shop
Kefauver
Stassen
I Live
Warren
Democrat
Young Gun
Turnpike
Robert Schuman
Anthony Eden
Lester
Ike
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