Lovett Succeeds Marshall as Defense Chief
Washington September 12 President Truman accepted the resignation of George C Marshall as secretary of defense after a year in office citing personal reasons The 70 year old five star general hands the post to his deputy Robert A Lovett age 56 Truman praised Marshall for distinguished patriotic service and expressed reluctant acceptance of the resignation The article notes Lovett will assume the role following the retirement of Marshall and the two men are described as close associates
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George C. Marshall
Defense
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
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Leesburg
U.S
China
Louis A. Johnson
Big Three Chiefs Report Progress in Cold War Efforts
Washington notes say the Big Three foreign ministers agree the West shows progress in defense against Communist aggression. Acheson, Morrison, and Schuman discussed the east west balance and urged faster rearmament to protect the free world, while Moscow warns against West German remilitarization.
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West
Free World
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Britain
Herbert Morrison
Robert Schuman
State Department
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West Germany
Russia
Wythe County Fight Over Consolidation Reaches Court
Residents of Fort Chiswell district Wythe county have carried their effort to stop consolidating Max Meadows high with the new George Wythe high to the courts for a ruling.
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Wytheville
Fort Chiswell
Wythe County
Max Meadows High School
George Wythe High School
Food Prices Rise 12 Percent Since Korea War Start
Washington reports August retail food prices up 0.7 percent with an index at 227.2 percent of the 1935-39 average, about 12 percent above pre-Korea levels. Meats fish and eggs led gains while fruits and vegetables fell. eggs rose nearly 7 percent, pork chops up about 9 percent, beef and chicken near 1 percent overall. Regulations on pork loin price ceilings influenced the pork price surge, with weekly adjustments tied to costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bankers Back Plans To Pay Vets Bonus
Charleston bankers unanimously approve a state plan to finance a veterans bonus via sale of bond issue portions to the public and investment funds. Governor Patteson says the plan is tentative and would take 60 to 90 days to operate after final financing.
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Bluefield
E. G. Oley
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Otey
Laurence Tierney
Flat Top National Bank
Jim Ed Wagner
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Patteson
National Voluntary Credit Restraint Committee
Defense
Charles Wilson
W. C. Marland
W. H. Ansel, Jr
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Ansel
Fugitive Bookie Found At Track
Atlantic City reports fugitive bookie Harry Gross was found at the race track after slipping past New York police. He had fled his Atlantic Beach home while under guard, was recognized by state police and track detectives, and admitted staying at the Haddon Hall hotel as Harry Green. He later bet on ponies at McKee City, declining to explain his move, while New York officials prepared to retake him for a graft trial involving crooked cops and a $20 million gambling ring.
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Harry Gross
New York
New Jersey
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Miles F. MacDonald
Robert J. Ryder
Haddon Hall Hotel
Harry Green
McKee City
Ryder
New York City
New Jersey Shore
Miles F. McDonald
Lila
RFC Cracks Down On Two Large Borrowers Over Irregularities
Washington AP reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation halted $26,592.49 of a $1,887,500 loan to American Fixture and Manufacturing Co and referred a $455,758 Stutts Lumber loan to the justice department. Administrator W Stuart Symington cites misstatements and irregularities as the Senate probes Boyle influence in RFC lending. Frank Williams will testify on Boyle’s loan dealings.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
William H. Boyle
RFC
Boyle
W. Stuart Symington
American Fixture and Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
Joseph Rosenbaum
Justice Department
Stutts Lumber Industries, Inc
Thomasville
Ola
Symington
Rep. Boykin
D-Ala
Boykins
Alabama
Stutts
Frank Williams
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Williams
American Lithofold Co
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Litheford
Allies Drive North in Slow Korean Front
U S Eighth Army and South Korean infantry pressed northward along an 80 mile front in central and east Korea. Flame throwers tanks and planes aided limited objective attacks amid heavy resistance as Gen Van Fleet said no clear signs of a fresh Communist offensive despite recent buzz from Tokyo.
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Eighth Army
East Korea
Iron-Triangle
Sea of Japan
James A. van Fleet
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West Central Front
Matthew B. Ridgway
Tokyo
Korea
Ridgway
Increase In Soviet UN Dues Is Recommended By Group
United Nations committee recommends cutting the U S share of the UN budget and raising Soviet dues for 1952. The proposed 1952 scale would trim the U S assessment from 38.92 to 36.90 percent while boosting Soviet dues from 6.98 to 9.85 percent. A. A. Soldatov opposed the change, arguing for keeping the 1951 scale, noting war damage in the Soviet bloc. The 1951 U S budget share was about 16.57 million of 42 million. Soviet share about 2.97 million. The assembly must approve a roughly 40 million dollar budget for 1952 for the new scale to apply.
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Russia
General Assembly
Soviet Union
A. A. Soldatov
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Chamber Favors Study On Removal of Smoke Menace
Members of the Bluefield chamber of commerce board of directors backed a regional study toward removal of the Norfolk and Western railway smoke nuisance. Plans include a special committee with Kiwanis and other civic groups to study and recommend anti smoke measures, while area businessmen voiced strong support for abatement efforts.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Mectonanls Ang
Princeton
Bluefield Avenue
City Board of Directors
West Virginian
Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Williamson
Dodd Mortensen
C of C
Northfork Kiwanis
McDowell County
Reds May Spurn Strafing Apology
Tokyo reports indicate the Communists hinted the United Nations apology for the Kaesong strafing will not be fully acceptable. A rejection risks stalling resumption of suspended Korean truce talks as Peiping radio denounces Ridgway’s explanation, and allied notes are met with silence amid demands to relocate negotiations away from Kaesong.
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United Nations
Kaesong
Peiping Radio
Ridgway
Nam Il
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Allied
Secret Atomic Weapon Speech Sparks Fresh Fears
Washington reports Senator McMahon after a closed session with the Atomic Energy Commission warned the nation of truly fantastic destructive power in the atomic stockpile and hinted at major development. Other senators on appropriations echoed warnings of startling new weapons ahead of the Korean conflict.
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McMahon
Washington
D-Conn
America
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Maybank
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Ellender
D-La
Appropriations Committee
Army Calls For 300 Chaplain Volunteers
The army issued a call for 300 clergymen from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths to volunteer for commissions as chaplains.
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Army
Washington
MIT Professor Indicted Over Plot to Oust Government
Cambridge, Sept 12. MIT mathematics professor Dirk J Struik 56 indicted for advocating overthrow of US and Massachusetts governments by speech and documents He is suspended from MIT A Malden businessman Harry E Winner also indicted with co defedants Martha H Pletcher and Margaret Gilbert Jurors testimony in grand jury preceded the indictments Dist Atty says maximum penalty two and a half years in jail and a fine Philbrick an undercover agent testified to Struik and Winner being Communist in greater Boston area last July
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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