Air Force votes approve large peacetime jet build up
The air force moves toward a 70 group peacetime air arm with funds approved in the Senate House conference pact. The package totals about 3.23 billion dollars for 243 bombers 1 575 jet fighters and 909 other aircraft by 1953 with White House action expected. The plan doubles offensive capacity and starts a five year replacement program while delaying draft revival decisions.
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Washington
Air Force
Truman
Senate
Senate-House
House
White House
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Air Policy Commission
Air Reserve
National Guard
Navy
Passengers Seize Czech Plane Bound for Budejovice
Five passengers forced the two crew members to divert a Czech airliner from Czechoslovakia to the American zone in Germany. An ex Royal Air Force pilot led the takeover, threatening the pilot with a pistol and steering the craft south over the Soviet zone of Austria before landing in Munich. Four passengers intended to reach Sweden and Canada while the pilot sought England.
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Munich
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Royal Air Force
Austria
Bruenn
Budejovice
Sweden
Canada
R.A.F
England
Youth admits killing couple to steal their car for dance
A 14 year old junior high athlete Ervin Arthur Ingle signed a statement admitting he shot John Gabriel and Pearl Gabriel to take their car for a Friday dance. He described forcing Mrs Gabriel to drive to the country before killing her. He was held without charge.
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Bryan
Ohio
Norman A. Barnes
Ervin Arthur Ingle
Barnes
Ervin
John Gabriel
Pearl
Gabriels
Gabriel
Methodists Move For Church Unity
The Methodist quadrennial general conference adopted six measures toward union with other Protestant denominations. A key action authorized a commission on church union, with discussions toward unity with the Protestant Episcopal and Evangelical United Brethren churches. Delegates, from about 10 million Methodists, also backed Ohio council of churches plan for an interdenominational temple of goodwill in Columbus.
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Boston
Protestant Episcopal
Evangelical United Brethren Churches
Ohio Council of Churches
Columbus
Sure-Fire Gamblers Give Up After Las Vegas Loss
Two college men Albert Hibbs of Chillicothe Ohio and Roy Walford of San Diego aged 23 trotted a roulette system to Reno last year winning 12000 dollars. Their first Las Vegas try earned 300 dollars but they then lost 800 over their final two spins and quit gambling forever.
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Las Vegas
Bullet Strikes Bystander at Armour Plant
A bystander, Luther Stewart, 38, was shot in the neck and critically wounded as violence flared in the six week old meat packing strike at Chicago Armour plant. Fred Dunn, 54, an Armour worker, and another man were questioned after the shooting. Police noted Dunn recognized the gunmen as strikers as the strike threatens wider economic disruption with potential nationwide rail stoppages and stockhand walkouts. Federal conciliators planned a Chicago session to renew talks between Big Four packers and the CIO union amid violence reports.
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Chicago
INS
Luther Stewart
Fred Dunn
Dunn
Fred Foster
Foster
Packing Companies
CIO - United Packinghouse Workers Union
Swift and Company
Ratigan Returns to Omaha Swift Plant After Picketing
Pat Ratigan former CIO local head at Swift's returns to work Friday after a picket line confrontation. A Swift official said Ratigan was beaten and his arm twisted though nine other employees who returned with him were uninjured. He complained police at the gate did not intervene.
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Omaha
INS
Pat Ratigan
CIO
Swift's
Swift
Ratigan
Congregation to Reiterate Marriage Vows at Service
The Rev Frederick Haag of First Evangelical and Reformed church in Cedar Rapids will invite married couples to renew their vows during Sunday service around 11 am. He hopes the ritual underlines marriage importance and helps counter rising divorce rates, inspired by a similar Atlanta practice.
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Frederick H. Haag
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mr. Haag
Atlanta
Haag
Taft Says He Will Back Draft If It Proves Necessary
Senator Taft of Ohio said he would vote for a peacetime draft if shown to be the only way to meet armed forces manpower needs. He also dismissed a $1000 volunteer bonus proposal as lacking merit.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Drain Pipe Carries Boy to Hospital in Detroit
Garry Nichols, four, thrust a foot into a drain pipe and became stuck. Firemen dug up the pipe and carried him to a nearby hospital where doctors freed the foot. He sustained only minor bruises.
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Detroit
Garry Nichols
Garry
Tear Gas at Nebraska riot over campus parking
About 2,000 to 2,500 students clashed with police in Lincoln to press for more campus parking. Tear gas was used to disperse the crowd after they protested at the police station and city hall and moved to the governor’s office to demand action from Gov. Val Peterson. The conflict unfolded as wreckers prepared to tow double parked cars, with officials blaming the university and urging talks with university administrators.
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Lincoln
University of Nebraska
State Capitol
Val Peterson
Val
Joe Carroll
Eugene Masters
State House
T. J. Thompson
Thompson
Radio giveaway host sparks caller outrage in Philadelphia
Ed Hurst, a Philadelphia radio announcer, claimed he would send a radio phonograph combination worth $130 to a housewife if she answered his upcoming question. The woman, busy with housework, slammed the phone and refused.
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Philadelphia
Ed Hurst
Hurst
Senators Back Hick Aatom Term Extension Plan
In Washington, Senator Vandenberg and Senator Taft expressed support for a compromise to extend atomic entry commissioners' terms. The plan, backed by Chairman Hickenlooper and Senator Johnson, would extend terms from Aug 1 1948 to July 1 1950. Taft signaled willingness to back a two year extension if approved by the committee.
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Washington
Senate
David E. Lilienthal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Ohio
Senater
Ig.o.p
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Johnson
D-Colo
Commission
Truman
White House
Churchill pushes plan for united Europe and world group
Churchill urged creation of a European assembly as the first step toward a world organization with regional councils including the Soviet Union and the Western Hemisphere. He called for an emergency council to guide economic and military action while championing free democracy and human rights across Europe.
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Netherlands
Winston Churchill
European Assembly
Council of Europe
Churchill
Europe
World Organization
World Organization of the Future
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Empire
Commonwealth
Western Hemisphere
Britain
West
Emergency Council
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Offer of Siberian Trip Prevented Labor Strike
BERLIN. Der Tagesspiegel reported the Russian management of a Soviet concern at Espenheim offered German workers a free trip to Siberia to deter a proposed strike for more food. Workers were told to report for a journey to Siberia if they pressed the walkout. There was no strike.
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Berlin
der Taggespiegel
Espenheim
Siberia
Munitions Board Proposes Long Title For Security Planning Panel
Washington officials draft a sprawling designation for a defense panel. The proposed name reads The munitions board industry advisory security planning task committee on determination of a listing of rated resources. The wording signals broader scope for defense planning though the exact duties remain unclear.
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Washington
Department of National Defense
The
Munitions Board Industry Advisory Security Planning Task Committee
Rail Embargoes Hit Major Lines Across the Midwest
Railroads and agencies announce embargoes on livestock perishables and freight. The Railway Express Agency blocks livestock and perishables at 10:01 p.m. CST Friday. several lines including Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northern Pacific Union Pacific and Pennsylvania announce time-bound embargoes and restricted service. Passenger trips face possible delays by Tuesday morning.
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Chicago
Railway Express
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Ralph Budd
Road
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Southern
Union Pacific
Rains Return Saturday Across Iowa Statewide Weather Return
Iowa experiences a brief reprieve from rain with cool conditions through Tuesday. Showers move from the west into the state Saturday night and Sunday with a possible frost in northeast Iowa Friday night. Heaviest rainfall Thursday night was .30 inch at Burlington and Davenport. Highs reached 63 at Sioux City. lows 33 at Spencer and Atlantic. Cedar Rapids recorded 64 at 2:30 Friday, after a 44 degree morning.
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Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Davenport
Sioux City
Spencer
Atlantic
Chambers
Truman Plan Opposed by Christian Groups in Atlanta
The American Council of Christian Churches, meeting in Atlanta, opposed President Truman's civil rights program calling it another step toward socialization of America. The group warned against government action that would mandate racial equality and expand federal power.
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Atlanta
American Council of Christian Churches
Truman
America
White House Seeks to Avert Railroad Strike Talks with Steelman
Washington reports outline a White House conference with Dr. John R. Steelman to avert a 150,000 railroad workers strike set for Tuesday. Truman, cabinet members, and union chiefs meet as seizure powers under the 1916 law are discussed, with embargo plans looming and preparations for possible government action.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
Clark
Steelman
Dad Gives Up After $22,000 for Bad Checks
In St Louis a father spent 22 000 to keep his son out of jail for passing bad checks since 1934. Federal Judge Roy W Harper sentenced Curtis Mushlitz Jr to two years in prison for a 600 fraudulent check.
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ST. Louis
Curtis T. Mushlitz
Evansville
Roy W. Harper
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