Administration blamed for slow action in defense
A congressional defense watchdog group charge that late price wage controls last year added billions to the cost of rearmament and created obstacles for price stabilization. The 357 page annual report says Congress acted promptly after the Korean outbreak, but the delay hurt military spending and reduced civilian goods. Led by Sen Burnett Maybank the committee warns business failure will rise as the program pins economy.
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Sen. Burntt BR. Maybank
Havenner asks study of charge that he's red
Washington reports Congressman Havenner seeks House Judiciary Committee action on a claimed communist smear. He cites a California sworn statement withdrawn by a former official and notes the House Un American Activities Committee already found the charge unfounded. He intends to study perjury allegations by John L. Leech from a secret meeting in Beaumont and mentions related claims against Jahn F. Shelley.
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Franck R. Havenner
House Judiciary Committee
Communist Party
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California
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House Un-American Activities
John L. Leech
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American “Activities Subcommittee
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Youth confesses to murder of socialite foster mother
Clearwater Florida police quoted 16 year old Robert Farrington Pett admitting the slaying of Mary Pett 51 in Minneapolis. Pett said he killed her with a .22 rifle battered her with a wooden stick and stabbed her with two butcher knives after arguing she made him go to church. He planned the act for two years and confessed after being taken into custody near Clearwater with a friend.
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Husky
Minneapolis
Robert Farrington Pett
Mary Pett
Railroad Reliverment Board
Donald Genung
Pelt
Belly-Land Giant B 36 Finds Itself A Good Ship At Kirtland
At Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque New Mexico Captain L W Brockwell landed the giant B 36 after its landing gear failed to descend. He ordered nine of his 12 crew to bail out as a precaution. One bombardier Captain M M Gibbs was lightly injured. The bomber part of SAC based at Carswell Texas was on a routine training flight. The crash proves the plane can be a good ship according to Brockwell. Two pilots witnessed the emergency landing and called it extremely successful. The State Park System of California now includes more than half a million acres.
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M. L. Beckman
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Carsiwell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Kirtland
State Park
California
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