Baruch Defends Army Criticism of Smyth Report
Baruch told the Senate atomic committee that scientists lobbied the army to publicize the Smyth report and blasted the army’s handling of bomb secrecy. He argued Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves never received full praise for his Manhattan Project work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Berard M. Baruch
Monay
Lamasted
Army
Senate
Tomic Committee
Truman
Atomic Control Commission
Leslie R.groves
Herbert Arks
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Pers Het
Johnson
D-Cole
United Nations Atomic Comission
Baruch
Smyth
War Apartment
Lilienthal
H. D. Smyth
Baruch Voices Concern On Canadian Atomic Aid
Washington report notes Bernard Baruch questioned Canada’s atomic energy push and warned that Russians may have benefited from Canadian sources. Discussion includes Maj. Gen. Farrell and Carroll L. Wilson potential roles, Lilienthal’s views, and Smyth report scrutiny.
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Washington
INS
Bernard Baruch
Mon Day
Canada
Today’s Index Comics Courthouse and Daily Record
A compact stub indicates the newspaper sections for the day including comics courthouse deaths editorials features and local listings across Marion state and radio sports and women’s pages with notices of various ongoing features and columns.
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Daily Record
Marion
Cedar Rapids Cold Wave Drops 31 Degrees in Four Hours
A severe cold wave swept Cedar Rapids with a 31 degree drop from 37 at 10 30 a m to 6 above zero at 2 50 p m Monday. Winds shifted, snow flurries fell, and a dust storm trace appeared over the city around 2 30 p m The Weather Bureau warned the cold spell could last at least three days and spread across Iowa with sub zero readings in northern areas.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chicago Weather Bureau
Dakotas
Dickinson
N. D
Sioux Falls
S. D
Iowa
Wholesale Butter Rises at Chicago
The down ward trend of butter prices was sharply checked on the Chicago mercantile exchange as wholesale butter sales totaled 497,800 pounds with an increase of 4.4 cents. Ninety-three score butter brought 68 cents a pound, up from 63.34 due to snowstorms midweek that limited arrivals. storage reserves were low and demand rose as lower prices encouraged purchases by households.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Exchange
Midwest
Drivers Warned Not to Park in Loop Overnight
Snow removal crews operate in the loop tonight and early Tuesday. Traffic Capt. Bill Remington warns a wrecker will tow parked cars to the police station, with a $3 towing charge for return.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Remington
Father Sacrifices Life for His Son in Kayak Rescue
New York police report Edward Henning, 45, died after a frail kayak capsized while he and his 14 year old son fought choppy waves. He instructed his son to hold on and kick, allowing the boy to be rescued by Patrolman Stanley Burkant who waded through 60 feet of surf. The father’s body was later recovered.
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T. F. Farrell
Los Alamos, N. M
Carroll L. Wilson
Boston
War Department
Warrell
Groves
New York State
New York
Edward Henning
Little Neéckay
Edward, Jr
Henning
Stanley Burkant
Chamber Urges Swift Action on Back Pay Suits
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to act quickly on back pay lawsuits citing Supreme Court rulings from 1944 to the Mt. Clemens decision. Milton A. Smith warned the wage hour act may face broader charges and suggested investigating the full background of suits and studying the act to avert bankruptcies. He warned the court could expand payable time to include parking lots and other entry points.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Supreme Court
Congress
Milton A. Smith
Chamber
House
Tear gas canisters found by boys in vacant El Paso lot
Police in El Paso respond to a call and discover more than a dozen tear gas canisters scattered across a vacant lot after boys playing there broke several. The canisters appear to be old army equipment and wind dispersed the fumes.
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EL Paso, Texas
Tragedy Ends Dream Of New Home In Washington Collapse
Nicholas Bicanic 33 and Eleanor 30 lose their makeshift four room apartment near Lake Washington when a rain loosened landslide driven by a 40 foot tree stump crashes down, crushing their children Allison 12 and Judy Ann 3. Neighbors dig through the mud searching for belongings as the couple recalls their fear of the cliff above.
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Kirkland
Wash
Nicholas Bicanic
G.I
Eleanor
Allison
Judy Ann
Brianic
Bicanic
Lake Washington
Bicanie
Charles C. Ford
Brianie
Cedar Rapids Council Objects to Bus Route Clearing Duty
Cedar Rapids City Council denied claims that the city must keep bus routes open after heavy snow. Public Improvements Commissioner David L. Williams said the bus company shares responsibility per a verbal agreement with City Lines. City Engineer Frank E. Young noted the streets department has opened main arterials quickly and that the council will reaffirm the existing plan to reroute and maintain bus service during storms. Mayor Frank K. Hahn urged clear restatement of expectations to the bus company.
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Cedar Rapids
City Streets
Public Improvements
David L. Williams
City Lines
Eddie Prochaska
Williams
Frank E. Young
Don Hines
Streets Department
Kenwood
D Avenue
Death Pact Snuffs Out Bandit Duo
In Chicago two bandits in a currency exchange robbery shot their way through a police siege rather than surrender. The pair, tied to the Wilmette murder of Otto Freund, died in an upstairs bedroom after a standoff that wounded six officers and led to three more bandits surrendering.
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Chicago
Otto Freund
Wilmette
Freund
Pat Collins
Richard Dolan
George Bliss
Currency Exchange
Dolan
Bliss
William Weiss
Exchange J
Daniel McGeoghegan
Arthur Bull
William Buhle
Expedition Tackles Mystery of Headless Valley
Pierre Berton leads a Vancouver Sun expedition by ski plane toward the Headless Valley along the South Nahanni river in the Northwest Territories. Art Jones and Russ Baker accompany him as they plan a base by snowshoe if land is impossible. The party hopes to verify or debunk legends of head hunting cave dwellers and prehistoric monsters and to report back via radio and telegraph.
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Canadian
Yukon
Vancouver
B.C
Sun
Civilization
Pierre Berton
Sun Ace
Prince George
B. C
INS
Art Jones
Vancouver Sun
Russ
Baker
British Columbia
Lredit
Vancouver-Prince George
Nahanni
Northwest Territory
Fort Liard
Famed Chief of Task Force Dies
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, 60, commander of Task Force 58 in the Pacific war, died of heart disease at Norfolk Naval Hospital after a recent heart attack. A pioneer naval aviator, he flew the Navy's first successful transatlantic flight in 1919 and later led carrier actions at Midway and Okinawa. Born in 1887 in Hillsboro Wisconsin, he rose from Oklahoma City to the Naval Academy and served across major World War II operations with a calm, guiding presence.
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Norfolk, VA
INS
Marc A. Mitscher
Norfolk Naval Hospital
Mitscher
Atlantic Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Bureau of Aeronautics
James H Doolittle
Tokyo
Hollandia
Gilberts
Marshalls
Eniwetok
United States
Iwol Jima
Okinawa
Hillsboro
Wis
Washington, D. C
Naval Academy
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Truman asks year extension of war powers
President Truman urged Congress to renew his authority to allocate scarce foods and materials and to control imports and exports for another year. He seeks continued power over sugar allocations, grain controls, imports of rubber and quinine source bark, railway car allocations, and limited export controls on autos and tractors to aid reconversion and meet international obligations. He noted end of wartime powers on June 30 and emphasized maintaining food supplies in Germany and Japan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maritime Commission
Manila
House
Senate
United States
Germany
Japan
Navy reshuffles command across Atlantic fleet
Vice Admiral W H P Blandy received command of the Atlantic fleet. Arthur W Radford takes over the Second task fleet. Vice Admiral Donald B Duncan becomes deputy commander in chief of the Pacific fleet following a promotion.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
W. H. P. Blandy
Pacific
Blandy
Arthur W. Radford
Naval Operations
Air
Radford
Donald B. Duncan
George and Byrd Work on Tax Cut
Washington report shows Senators George and Byrd pursuing a tax reduction plan. They suggest trimming the $37.5 billion budget to about $35 billion or less and aim for deeper cuts. McKellar pushes for a $30 billion budget.
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George and
Byrd
Washington
ULP
George
D-Ga
Sen
D-Va
Sen. McKellar
D-Tenn
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