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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1951

Page

8

Views Differ On Armament Policy Split Over Military Budget

Washington reports two senators clash over arms programs and Soviet threats. Senator Wherry warns the administration’s arms drive could wreck the economy while Senator Douglas proposes a 6,000,000-man fighting force and mobilization by November 1. Douglas argues Russia or its satellites could strike within months and urges a strong U.S. response.

Washington Wherry R-Neb Douglas D-Ill Russia United States

Five Die In West Virginia House Fire Family Tragedy

In Gary West Virginia five members of the Bratton family died in a blaze blamed on a gasoline spill near a coal stove. Victims named Mildred Bratton 32 grandmother Mattie Cox 87 and three children Louise 11 Juanita 9 and Lilly 8. The fire consumed their home in the first second and fourth generations.

Gary W. Va West Virginia Mildred Bratton Mattie Cox Coalwood Bratton Louise Juanita Lilly

Truman program would require massive national mobilization

Wherry said the administration aims for a military program costing about 75 billion dollars a year for three years. Civilian projects could raise total to around 100 billion dollars annually.

Truman Wherry United States

Blood Prince Morimasa Nashimoto Dies of Heart Attack

Morimasa Nashimoto 76 a member of the Japanese imperial family and supreme war councillor in World War 4 died today from a heart attack. He was once titled Prince of Blood and a field marshal, arrested as a war criminal in 1945 but released for lack of evidence. He was the only imperial family member arrested. His grandfather and Emperor Meiji’s brother were brothers. Nashimoto’s father and Empress Nagako’s father were brothers.

Tokyo Morimasa Nashimoto Nashimoto Hirohito Meiji Nagako

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