Navy to reform courts martial after inquiry
Navy Secretary Forrestal released Commo dore White's report based on a survey of 500 prisoners, finding 85 percent praised fair trials but citing excess sentences, weak defense counsel, biased courts, and trial delays. Recommendations include broadening Sunday court-martial jurisdiction and speeding trials.
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Frances Music
Washington
INS
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Robert J. White
Chaplain Corps
White
Navy Department
Naval Courts and Boards
Naval Law Manual
Massachusetts
World Cafeteria Ousted by Young U N Delegates
The World Cafeteria near the United Nations site faces eviction as the UN plans to raze the adjacent slum to build its world capital. The cluttered restaurant, 13 years old, is among tenants told their property frontage will be cleared for the project.
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New York
United Nations
World Cafeteria
U.N
First Avenue
Collectors and Officials Guard Gavels in Capitol Workshop
Washington tales describe gavels as highly prized artifacts made in the Capitol workshop. Speakers like Rayburn amassed diverse gifts including ivory and mesquite gavels, while the Senate uses a small ivory block for order. Senator Sam Jackson once damaged the ivory gavel with a silver repair, but it remains in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Capitol
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Wood Rayburn
A * Veterans’ Organization
Sam Jackson
D-Ind
Sen. Jackson
Chicago
Diamonds Survive Bikini Atomic Test
Two diamonds withstood the Bikini nuclear blast with minimal impact. Only one stone showed a slight brownish tinge, according to Dr. Frederick H. Daa curator of physical geology and mineralogy at the American Museum of Natural History.
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New York
Frederick H.aas
American Museum of Natural History
Colorful Table Cloth in Fruit and Floral Pattern
Bright green red gold and blue table cloth with fruit and floral motif on white ground. Size 52 by 70 inches, price 2.58 with 2.63 total. Available from Linens on the Third Floor.
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Arlene Potter
U. S
Seattle
Wash
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Naval Prison
Portsmouth, N. H
Marine Base
San Diego
Calif
Naval Re-training Command
Ter
Board of Investigation
Manual of Courts
Ieaatiien Alliaees Attenave Naval Justice
Naval Academy
John Nance Garner
Texas
Senate
John Adams
Diamonds
Bikini
Killian Company
Hheore
C.O.D
Killian
Killian Co
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Melllean
Killian’s
China
Aluminum
Broiler
Lady Pepperell
Pepperell
By Jean Atkins
Jean Atkins
Kakover
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