Full Acheson inquiry urged before state secretary vote
Senators led by Arthur Vandenberg demand a full investigation of Dean Acheson before his Senate confirmation as secretary of state. They seek disclosures on his stance toward the Soviet Union and the Cold War, ties to Poland, and relations with Alger and Hiss. House and Senate leaders plan public hearings this week.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Dean Acheson
Senate
George C. Marshall
Acheson
Russia
State Department
Securiy
Poland
Alger
Donald Hiss
Tom Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Sen
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
House UN American Activities Committee
Whittaker Chambers
Hickenlooper Caught In Middle Of GOP Leadership Feud
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa sits at the nexus of the GOP leadership dispute as he joins the Republican policy committee as a harmonizer. He declines to forecast outcomes, saying it is too early to judge the new congress and aims to support unification while awaiting specific proposals.
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Gop
Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Vandenberg
Michigan
Cordon
Oregon
Ives
New York
Mrs. Smith
Maine
Taft
Ohio
Millikin
Colorado
Truman
Gen Bedell Smith Released From Hospital After Ailment
Lt. Gen Walter Bedell Smith was discharged from Charlotte hospital in Florida after treatment for a stomach disorder. The ambassador to the Soviet Union suffered a recurrence during a hunting trip with Gen. Omar Bradley and Lt. Gen. C. W. Wick ersham. He went duck hunting Saturday morning.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Walter Bedell Smith
Charlotte Hospital
Smith
Soviet Union
Omar Bradley
Army
C. W. Wickersham
Rent Control Bill Aims 27 Month Extension in Congress
Washington The administration has sent a bill to Congress to tighten rent controls and extend them to June 30, 1951. It would empower the rent director to add new areas, restore eviction powers, and allow suits for damages while prohibiting voluntary leases and extending appeal rights up to the Supreme Court. A 15 member advisory panel would advise rent officials. Local advisory boards continue.
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Washington
Democratic Congress
Truman
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Snowplows Free 400 Marooned in Wall South Dakota
Snowplows freed nearly 400 motorists marooned in Wall South Dakota after five days of blizzards. Dozers opened Highway 16 for east west travel while Rapid City pilot Harry Marshall flew emergency bread and milk. First group of 28 autos freed at Wicksville along Highway 14 16.
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Rapid City
S&s. D
South Dakota
Wall
Yond Wall
Highway 16
Harry Marshall
Wicksville
Here
Uz 8
Crissman Party Returns With Some Answers
Cedar Rapids officials County Attorney William Crissman Detective Tom Condon and state witness Ralph Smith returned by car from Missouri after attending Dr. Robert C. Rutledge extradition hearing. They had traveled to Jefferson City by train and came home Saturday with information gained from the proceedings.
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Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Robert C. Rutledge
William Crissman
Tom Condon
Ralph Smith
Byron C. Hartman
Smith
Jefferson City
Green River Snowbound Travelers Turn Blizzard Into Carnival
Dr Wayne J Foster aboard the City of Los Angeles said stranded passengers on six trains in Green River Wyoming kept morale high. Students from Villanova Michigan and Hamline joined locals in amateur radio programs and community events as town theaters and diners welcomed guests and a Green River bowl crowned a queen.
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Wayne J. Foster
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Villanova
Nevada
The
North Western
Foster
Betty Skelton Sets Altitude Record in Piper Cub
Betty Skelton the 22 year old Tampa aerobatic champion piloted a 90 hp Piper Cub to 25760 feet in Miami becoming the world’s altitude record holder for light planes. The feat came during the Miami All American air maneuvers and surpassed the old mark by 1360 feet as she flew nearly three hours. She learned of the record only after landing when instruments were checked. Skelton already holds the women’s aerobatic title and will defend it Sunday. The day also featured semi finals in midget air races with Wittman and Drennand setting fast times and speeds.
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Miami, Fla
INS
Betty Skelton
Tampa
Fla
Miami
Port Bruffette
Bas
Miss Skelton
Oshkosh, Wis
Steve Wittman
Bill
Symington Seeks 70-Group Air Force Amid Costs
Secretary of the Air Force Robert S. Symington urged a 70-group air force by 1952 despite high costs. He called for a radar fence, better housing for officers and families, and unified military medical services. The plan, supported on Capitol Hill, was advanced by Congress despite White House opposition to full expansion.
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Washington
Air
Symington
Air Force
Capitol Hill
White House
80Th Congress
Truman
Scientists unveil first Rochester meson from a super cyclotron
A thousand ton synchro cyclotron at the University of Rochester produced and photographed a meson in a nuclear experiment. Collins Radio of Cedar Rapids aided the project led by Don Harris. The device accelerates protons to 350 MeV and bombards nuclei to create mesons with potential future uses.
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Don Harris
The
Col
Hiis Radio Company
Cedar Rapids
University of Rochester
N. Y
Collins Radio Inedar
Harris
New Blizzard Sweeping in With Cold Weather Threat
A new blizzard rolled from Wyoming through the Dakotas, with high winds, drifting snow, and subzero temps. Frigid air from Alaska and Canada was forecast to arrive, bringing much colder conditions to the West and Midwest, while California warned of crop damage from the chill and fresh storms.
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Wyoming
Dakotas
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountain
Great Plain
Alaska
Canada
California
Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minesota
Weather Bureau
Food Stamp Plan Proposed for U S Government News
Washington report outlines a plan to test food stamps in several communities to aid low income families. It would set a minimum diet cost, allot stamps covering 60 percent of a $60 monthly worth for a four person family, with caps and grocery-store redemption.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Separe Riien
Budget Bureau
Ani
Truman
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Israeli envoy Refuses to Forward British Protest to Tel Aviv
Arthur Lourie, Israel's U.N. representative, declined to transmit Britain's sharp protest over the shooting down of five British warplanes to Tel Aviv. He cited lack of clarity who would receive the message, noting no specific indication of who is meant by the Jewish delegation or Jewish authorities at Tel Aviv.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Arthur Lourie
United Nations Security Council
Lourie
Shone
Laurie
Tel Aviv
Britain
U.N
Israel
Rhodes
Palestine
Ralph J. Bunche
Security Council of
United Nations
Bottle Broken Mouse Gone Story From Galesburg Police
Clarence Lane a Negro janitor at the Galesburg station house reports finding a mouse inside a whisky bottle like a ship in a bottle. Lane broke the bottle and released the mouse, a tale chosen as the day’s item in the station.
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Galesburg
Ill
Clarence Lane
Lane
Soot on hands after seeing wife off
Two friends joke as one explains his hands are dirty because he patted the engine during a farewell at the station. The gag hinges on the steam locomotive scene and the long trip of his wife to visit relatives.
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