Taft Proposes Three Year Delay for Universal Military Training
Senator Taft urged postponing universal military training for about three years arguing the current two year draft duty suffices. Rep Short warned northern Democrats may join Republicans to block UMT. Taft called on Pentagon to offer major force cuts before UMIT starts, and said two year draftees could form needed reserves.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio Republican
Rep
Short
R-Mo
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Umit
Pentagon
Iowa Sales Tax Brackets Kept Unchanged
The Iowa Tax Commission unanimously rejected altering sales tax brackets after reviewing survey data and merchant associations' input. Current rules tax items from 15 to 65 cents and 66 cents to one dollar, while proposed brackets would shift one penny to 24–72 cent items and the second penny to 73 cents up to a dollar. The commission noted quarterly remittance remains two percent of gross sales and cited sales tax as a major state revenue source surpassing 50 million dollars last fiscal year.
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Threeman Commission
William S. Beardsley
Commission
Ray Johnson
President Gottwald Faces Turbulent Hold on Power
From Rome dispatches, Klement Gottwald, president of communist Czechoslovakia, sits on a shaky throne. A reliable inside source warns he may be ousted within months if production does not rise, as Moscow drains wealth and forces purges including Rudolf Slansky. Moscow cares mainly that its war machine is fed, not Gottwald’s fate.
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William L. Ryan
Rome
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Iron Curtain
Gottwald
Russia
Rudolf Slansky
Moscow
Antonin Zapotcky
Jan Harus
Yugoslavia
Thefts Staged For Financing Hunt for Gold
Beverly Hills detectives jailed four men on suspicions of jewel robberies totaling $20,000 in February. A wild plan to fly to Sonora Mexico with a ton of gold supposedly funded by gem thefts and future diamond heists surfaced, with Spaulding, Lord, Moore, and Hutton implicated and Borders acting as a prisoner.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Mexico
Las Vegas
Robert Lord
Glenn Spaulding
Los Angeles
Lee E. Moore
Pasadena
David Hutton
Isabell Wolz
Betty Noble
Clifford Souze
R. W. Borders
Spaulding
Lord
Sonora
Moore
Hutton
Borders
Colorado
Hutt
Acheson to Speak Friday on Parley Returns
Secretary of State Acheson will address the nation by radio and television Friday night recounting the North Atlantic Treaty meetings. The 8:30 p.m. CST speech is to be carried by NBC and Mutual radio networks and telecast by the Dumont network. Acheson and Treasury Secretary Snyder landed in Washington aboard the Independence. President Truman greeted them at National airport and praised the conference.
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Washington
State Acheson
NBC
Mutual
Dumont
Acheson
Treasury Snyder
Lisbon
Truman
National
Mother may testify in Fischer murder trial defense
Webster City Iowa AP The possibility that Robert A Fischer's mother will testify in his defense emerged as jury selection stretched on The 15 year old is charged with second degree murder in the April rifle slaying of his father A W Fischer 44 superintendent of Jewell schools Jurors weighed testimony weight of the defendant's mother while others were questioned about bias and prior opinions
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Webster City
Robert A. Fischer
Fischer
Manchester High School
A. W. Fischer
Jewell
Christina Nelson
Nelson
Coupon Haul Spurs Family Buying Spree
Police say Joseph Aulicino and his uncle Anthony staged a major shopping run using coupon books worth twelve thousand dollars. Detectives traced the spree to Sears Roebuck merchandise logged by Joseph as he lost his job for poor work. Aulicino faces grand larceny charges while his uncle is charged with receiving stolen goods. thousands of dollars in coupons were recovered.
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New York
Brooklyn
Joseph Aulicino
Anthony Aulicino
Samuel Terranova
Joseph
Sears Roebuck and Company
Six Missing from B-29 Near Guam
AGANA Guam report says six crewmen remain missing after a B-29 weather laboratory exploded in flight Tuesday. Four of ten aboard were rescued by the navy ship Tom Bigbee and survived uninjured after clinging to life rafts overnight.
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Agana
Guam
54Th
Strategic Weather and Reconnaissance Squadron
Tom Bigbee
Airliner Circles For Hours Before Safe O'Hare Landing
A DC-6 flying Los Angeles bound with 31 aboard circled over Chicago to burn off fuel after a leaking oil line forced a return to the city. Captain Paul Carpenter diverted to O'Hare and arranged a fuel burn to meet landing weight before a normal landing.
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Chicago
O’hare International
Chicago Midway Airport
Paul Carpenter
Moline
Carpenter
O’hare
Official Fired as License Violator
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer dismissed Henry Bennett chief licensing officer for irregularity in granting export licenses for critical materials. The probe found admitted payments totaling 2500 dollars and an admission of guilt. case may go to the grand jury.
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Washington
Sawyer
U. S
Charles M. Irelan
Henry Bennett
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade
Irelan
Taft Warren Unite To Keep GOP Race Friendly
Senator Taft and Gov. Warren moved to maintain a civil Republican presidential contest. Taft shared a cordial letter from Warren and pledged a friendly reply while praising Taft as a great American. Duff of Pennsylvania echoed unity amid talk of the Eisenhower campaign.
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Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Keene
N. H
Sen
Duff
Rpa
Witness at Red Hearing is Menaced in Detroit
Detroit AP report says John Cherveny, 26, a factory worker and reluctant witness in a Michigan communism inquiry, claimed he was threatened with rape by 12 coworkers. He defied questions, was ejected from the plant, and a missing teacher said she would testify as the subcommittee examined alleged Communist ties.
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Detroit
American Activities Committee
Michigan
John Cherveny
Cherveny
American Metal Products, Inc
Subcommittee
Eleanor Laffrey Cook Maki
Detroit Public School System
Maurice Cook
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chervveny
UAW
Itas
Charles A. Hill
Jackson
R-Calif
Hill
George W.crockett
New York
Justice Dept Probers Struggle for Office Space on Capitol Hill
Republican Rep. Keating denounces space denial as a roadblock in the inquiry into Attorney General McGrath. The House Judiciary subcommittee seeks quarters, with Chelf noting no offices on Capitol Hill or in government buildings. A private hall may be rented with Rayburn's approval as Hill space tightens amid multiple probes.
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Washington
Rayburn
Justice Department
Rep
Keating
N.Y
House Judiciary
McGrath
Chelf
D-Ky
Capitol
Capitol Hill
General Services Administration
House of Rayburn
State Ruling Puts Heavier Load on County Poor Fund
Linn county faces a deeper shortfall in its poor fund after the state social welfare department limited old age medical assistance to four dollars a month starting May 1. The county budget already allocates all tax money and cannot raise levies to cover the cut, placing more strain on the relief office and poverty programs. The state says the aid cuts are due to its own funding shortfall. Continued on Page 8.
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Linn County
Miles P. Sutera
Board of Supervisors
Sutere
State Department of Social Welfare
State Bureau
Iowa
Sutern
Sutera
Government launches nationwide auto dealer price check
Washington AP reports the government begins a nationwide inquiry into auto dealers for possible price regulation violations. The Office of Price Stabilization will review over ceiling sales and ensure proper price posting and tagging on goods.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Acheson Role on Clubb Questioned
Senator Ferguson challenged whether Secretary of State Acheson override an adverse state department loyalty board report on Diplomat O Edwin Clubb. Owen Lattimore testified amid pro Communist charges, noting Clubb as a victim of hysteria. he said the board did not clear Clubb, and Acheson freed him, a claim Lattimore disputed.
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Washington
INS
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Acheson
State Department Loyalty Board
O. Edwin Clubb
Far East
Owen Lattimore
Senate Internal Security Committee
Lattimore
Clubb
State Department
Mr. Clubb
Acheson
U.S. Casualties in Korea Rise Slightly to 105992
Washington AP reports battle casualties in Korea reached 105,992, up 151 from the prior week and marking the smallest weekly rise since fighting began. Killed in action climbed to 16,427, an increase of 36.
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Washington
U.S
Korea
Eight Nabbed as Klan Terrorists in North Carolina Sweep
In Whiteville North Carolina eight former Ku Klux Klan members from the Fair Bluff klavern in Columbus County were arrested on conspiracy to kidnap and assault charges. The roundups involved state and county officers led by James Powell and Sheriff Hugh Nance. Four of the men, including a father and son, were part of a previous Feb. 16 operation with FBI and local officers.
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Whiteville
N. C
North Carolina
Powell
FBI
Cold weather forecast for Iowa with possible snow
A low pressure system moving from Wyoming is expected to bring rain or light snow to Iowa late Wednesday night or Thursday. Temperatures were near 40s with a 55 degree high in the southwest and 40 along the northern border. Cedar Rapids reported 46 degrees by 2 pm after an overnight low of 26.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wyoming
Taxes Sought on Ships Top Million
Washington AP Senator Nixon claims the government seeks 1,436,000 in charter tax for ship deals that yielded about 3.25 million to public figures. Hearings show a Panamanian subsidiary used to avoid U S taxes a claim denied by E Stanley Klein who says the move aided Panama relations.
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Washington
Nixon
R-Calif
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
U. S
E. Stanley Klein
New York
Panama
Carlsen To Command New Freighter Next Month
New York AP Capt Kurt Carlsen, famed captain of the Flying Enterprise, will take command of the freighter Noonday next month as announced by Isbrandtsen Line. The ship was recently purchased by the company.
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New York
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Isbrandtsen Line
Isbrandtsen
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