Brain Trust Review Planned for War Asset Deals
War Assets Administrator Robert M. Littlejohn forms a seven member brain trust to pre evaluate controversial disposal decisions. The group will advise on actions likely to backfire and may scrutinize deals such as the Benjamin F. Fields screen purchase and a proposed fifth priority benefiting UNRRA and other international organizations.
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Washington
Robert M. Littlejohn
Laan
John M. Hager
General Review Board
Littlejohn
Donald M. Ethus
War Board
War Assets
UNRRA
House Committee
Bids Open On Big Inch and Little Big Inch Pipelines
The Big Inch and Little Big Inch pipelines have 16 bids under consideration. Major bidders include several energy firms, with the project aimed at expanding fuel transport capacity. Officials anticipate a decision soon on contractor selection and project timeline.
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Big Inch
Labor Dispute Shuts Hearst Paper in Los Angeles
The Evening Herald-Express did not appear on newsstands for a second day in Los Angeles amid a labor dispute. Victor Dunsmore called the shutdown a strike while union leader R S Edwards framed it as a lockout and urged negotiations with a contract in place.
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Los Angeles
Evening Herald-Express
Victor Dunsmore
Hearst
American Newspaper Guild
CIO
Guild
R. S. Edwards
Edwards
Miss Louisiana Captures Talent Crown at Miss America
Marguerite Eileen McClelland, 23, of Memphis wins talent top honor in Atlantic City during the Miss America contest, topping 13 entrants with a light operatic singing performance.
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Atlantic City
INS
Louisiana
Marguerite Eileen McClelland
Miss McClelland
Memphis
Troop Ships Set to Dock in San Francisco
Three AP reported vessels expected to arrive in San Francisco on Thursday with under 200 army personnel aboard. The Armand Considiere from Yokohama carries nine units, the David Lamont from Leyte has two, and the Artemis from Honolulu sails with 162 troops.
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San Francisco
Armand Considiere
Yokohama
David Lamont
Leyte
Artemis
Honolulu
278 Air Officers On Schooling List
The army air forces will send 278 specially qualified air corps officers to civilian colleges this fall for postgraduate study in fields from theology to nuclear physics. More than 900 volunteered. 500 eligibles were set as a quota. Maj. Gen. E. E. Partridge cited the program as essential for future complex air warfare. Schools include Iowa State College.
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Washington
INS
Army Air Forces
Air Corps
A.af
E. E. Partridge
Air Staff
Iowa State College
Mystery Rockets Roar over Greece
Greek premier Constantine Tsaldaris reported sightings of unidentified rockets over Greece in recent days. He noted one over Saloniak and another over Macedonian areas and said the origin and direction remained unknown.
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Greece
London
INS
Constantine Tsaldaris
Saloniak
Tsaldaris
Rocky Mountain Forests Net One Million From Resources Sales
The eighteen national forests in the Rocky Mountain region earned one million dollars in the last fiscal year from natural resource sales and rentals.
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Rocky Mountain
Safe cracked with torch from co's own shop
In Philadelphia at the Hess and Barker machine shop office thieves moved a large safe from the office to the rear shop Wednesday. They used a torch and a crowbar to open it, taking about $250 before wheeling the safe back.
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Philadelphia
Hess & Barker
Burglar Sows Rice on Floor Then Flies
Kansas City police report Ronald Quinn awoke to a burglar scene where two pounds of rice were scattered on the floor to hinder pursuit after an intruder escaped via an open window. His wife heard the disturbance and investigated barefoot. The incident details reveal a slight, unusual home invasion tactic.
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Kansas City
Ronald Quinn
Military service notes list of personnel and transfers
Men and women in service include Robert H. Good of Cedar Rapids planning a home with his wife DeLoris Kurth, James R. Edmunds on furlough from Fort McClellan, Donald R. Andrew aboard the Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Mediterranean, Leo Ryan returning from Bikini Atoll, Harold W. Anway Jr with the Army Medical Administrative Corps on Okinawa and the Philippines, Carl Craig Jr returning home after discharge from Fort Houston, and a captioned update on a Camp Crowder medical corps attendee and a Fitzsimons Denver hospitalization.
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Robert H. Goodrow
H. C
DeLoris Kurth
Cedar Rapids
James R. Edmunds
Fort McClellan
Ala
J. W. Edmunds
Ellis Boulevard
Pittsburg
Calif
Harold W. Anway, Jr
Tee Ee
Anway
Army Medical Administrative Corps
Okinawa
Philippines
Carl Craig, Jr
Riverside
Fort Houston
Texas
Camp Crowder
Medical Corps
Pate
Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Hot Springs
Ark
Six Die in Suburban Fire At Robbins Township
Six people burned to death and two others were injured early Thursday when a two story frame home in Robbins township burned down. All victims were Negroes.
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Chicago
Robbins Township
Vishinsky accuses Italy over Trieste dispute at peace talks
At the Paris peace conference political commission, Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vishinsky charged Italy with a diehard appetite for conquest and expansion. He attacked Ivanoe Bonomi as a longtime servant of fascist masters and urged rejecting any postponement of the Trieste settlement.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Italy
Vishinsky
Ivanoe Bonomi
Trieste
Bonomi
Vishinski
Cain Divorced Actress Describes Novelistic Violence
Los Angeles reports that novelist James M. Cain and silent screen actress Aileen Pringle were divorced. Pringle testified Cain was moody melancholy and grim and could be a character from his own violent stories.
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Los Angeles
INS
James M. Cain
Aileen Pringle
Miss Pringle
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