Comptroller General Attacks Maritime Subsidies Sparking Shipping Clash
The Federal Comptroller General Lindsay Warren released a blistering 280 page report accusing the Maritime Commission of mismanaging millions in subsidy payments. He claims the commission exceeded authority by agreeing to pay 42 million dollars of the 70 million dollar cost for a proposed American superliner. Construction was set to begin at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co with work on other ships continuing as planned. Warren urged Congress to curb excess subsidies and defense allowances, noting United States Lines would pay about 28 million of the superliner’s cost and the commission’s role in funding the rest was improper. The ship would carry 2,000 passengers in peacetime and convert to a wartime troop carrier.
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Maritime Commission
Federal Comptroller
Congress
Lindsay Warren
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Newport News
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American Export Lines, Inc
United States Lines, Inc
American President Lines Inc
United States Lines
Mercy slaying acquittal shocks Bridgeport jury
Jurors free Carol Ann Paight in the mercy slaying of her cancer doomed father, acquitting her on temporary insanity after a four hour and fifty one minute jury verdict. The 21 year old sobbed and returned home to Stamford to rest before returning to college.
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Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Stamford
Carl Paight
Hier
David Golstein
Carol
Lorin W. Willis
Judith Meinhard
Missouri Bucking Atlantic Test After Mud Groundings
The battleship Missouri, freed from mud, sails for a two day Atlantic test run before returning to Norfolk Naval Base to resume training toward Guantanamo. Three officers from the January grounding will face a naval court of inquiry while replacements take their posts.
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Norfolk Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Naval Court of
William D. Brown
Frank G. Morris
John R. Millett
Millett
Chesapeake Bay
H. P. Smith
Brown
Harold D. Fuller
Harry W. Hall
Morris’ Place
George E. Peckham
International Bomb Control Is Ruled Out
Secretary of State Acheson rejected new overtures to Russia on international control of atomic weapons including the hydrogen bomb. He urged avoiding self reproach to prevent paralyzing U S policy while noting world peace may come via agreement, not coercion. He commented on Senate leaders McMahon and Tydings urging wide disarmament action and a world conference.
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Acheson
Russia
United States
U. S
Senate
McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Atomic Energy Commission
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Boston Man to Head Defense Research
William Webster of Boston was named by President Truman to chair the defense establishment's research and development board. He is executive vice president of the New England Electric System and had served as a consultant to the board since 1949. Webster, 49, lives in Wellsley, Massachusetts.
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William Webster
Boston
Truman
Defense Establishment
Webster
New England Electric System
Karl T. Compton
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Air Force
Wellsley
Mass
Western Europe seeks private American investment after Marshall Plan aid ends
Paris report on the Marshall Plan midterm notes Western Europe will need 4.7 to 5.0 billion dollars from private investors over 1952 to 1953 to fill the dollar gap as U.S. aid tapers. OFEC secretary-general Robert Marjolin says two years of aid were largely successful, with Greece and western Germany needing extra funds. Public estimates show a fall in 1950-51 needs to about 3 billion, excluding military aid, as private capital is urged to cover remaining imports.
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U. S
Robert Marjolin
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Europe
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Germany
Marjolin
Western
United States
Betwen
Eric Roll
Dead Sea Jordan Area Struck By Record Blizzard
Authorities in Amman distributed blankets and coal to refugees as the region faced its worst cold and snow in modern times. Reports claim 10 refugees died in Jerusalem from a collapsed house, with two more deaths in Nablus. Fifteen inches of snow fell near the Dead Sea and roads and telephone lines were down. 600 workers cleared the Amman Jericho highway while refugees in tents moved to schools seeking food.
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Jerusalem
Nablus
Jordan River
Dead Sea
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Far East and Prague Dominate International Scene Today
Chinese Nationalists on Formosa press raids on major Chinese cities with Shanghai struck for a second day. Peiping reports 1000 killed in Shanghai and famine sweeping east China north of the Yangtze with 16 million affected. Macao accused of helping Nationalist ships escape. US may tap 75 million Far East fund as Vietnam Laos and Cambodia gain recognition. U S joint chiefs tour Pearl Harbor as they head home from Asia.
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Truman
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Pearl Harbor
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Okinawa
Guam
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Truck Crash Kills Mass. Man in Virginia Abutment Hit
A truck carrying linen sheets and towers struck a bridge abutment eight miles from South Hill Virginia on Route 58 killing Frank Millan 47 of Seeborn Massachusetts. Passenger Antonia Garnette 24 was reported in critical condition at a Henderson North Carolina hospital. The Curley Trucking Co. vehicle burst into flames and traffic was halted for five hours.
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Virginia
Massachusetts
Frank Millan
Seeborn
Mass
Antonia Garnetto
Henderson
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Garnette
Providence, R. L
Curley Trucking Co
Russian Undercover Activity In U S Increasing
Washington reports say undercover Soviet activity in the United States has reached an all time high. FBI Director Hoover testified before Congress claiming 540000 communists and fellow travelers exist, with 54000 card carrying party members, as Klaus Fuchs faces trial for leaking atomic secrets.
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London
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Truman
Fair Deal Party
Capehart
Jenner
Navy Neptune Nearing 5000 Mile Record Flight
Navy Neptune plane under Cmdr. Thomas Robinson nears a 5,000 mile distance goal. The carrier-launched twin motor Neptune reports from 270 miles north of Acapulco and 1,660 miles from Moffett Field with a target landing at 3:14 p.m. EST, after a 12:13 p.m. EST takeoff from a carrier off Jacksonville.
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Thomas Robinson
Acapulco
Mexico
Moffett Air Base
Here
Moffett Field
Jacksonville
Fla
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Moffett
Frederick Ainsworth
Navy
Perth
Australia
Columbus
Ohio
Navy flotilla to visit Saudi Arabia for courtesy call
A U S Navy flotilla will visit Jidda at the Red Sea end of February for a four day courtesy call. The group includes cruiser Roanoke and destroyers G K Mackenzie and F E Small under Adm Richard L Conolly. No formal meeting with King Ibn Saud is planned.
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Mediterranean
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House Panel Proposes 10 Percent Cut to AEC and VA Funds
The House Appropriations Committee recommends a 10 percent reduction in emergency funds for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Veterans Administration, while approving a $732,485,500 omnibus bill. The panel says cuts won’t impair operations and that funds for hydrogen bomb work are not earmarked. It also details revised AEC contract authority and VA allocations and notes a broader pattern of across the board cuts for the coming fiscal year.
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Donaldson's Aide Resigns Over Stamp Issue Deals
Postmaster General confirms Harold K. Ambrose, special assistant in charge of public relations, resigned on January 11 amid reports he offered to act as agent for buyers of large blocks of commemorative stamps. The case, described as under investigation, links Ambrose to dealings that cost investors large sums.
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Post Office Department
O'Mahoney
Bitter Cold Grips Northeastern States Across Region
The Associated Press reports temperatures plummeted below zero across New England and New York with Burlington Vermont at 18 below and Caribou Maine at 16 below. Albany Syracuse and Boston showed single to low teens with New York City at 15 above while milder readings prevailed elsewhere.
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Godwin Named Special Judge by Governor Scott
Governor Scott appointed Howard G. Godwin of Dunn as a special superior court judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilkins P. Horton of Pittsboro. The term ends June 30, 1951. Godwin has been Harnett County clerk since 1938 and practiced law in Dunn since 1933 after UNC and UNC Law School.
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University Law School
Edward Thompson Law Publishing Company
Northport
N. Y
American Law Reports
Millions Facing Starvation In Communist China
Hong Kong reports a food crisis across East China north of the Yangtze with at least 16 million affected. Famine blamed on drought floods and farming disruptions from civil war. 2.79 million said to face starvation in Kiangsu and Anhwei with Shanghai and Nanking nearby. Conditions expected to worsen in spring as rural residents move to cities.
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Huge Narcotics Cache Seized by Federal Men
In New York police and federal agents seized a narcotics cache valued at 2.4 million dollars. Isidore Halitzer and Philip Shear, both 31 of Brooklyn, were arrested after a car stop near the Hotel McAlpin. Authorities traced the ring to November and found heroin shipments and hosiery used to conceal deliveries.
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Philip Shear
Brooklyn
Herald Square
33Rd Street
Broadway
Shear
Halitzer
Alfred San Antonio
Paul Graci
la Guardia Field
Nashville
Tenn
Henry Halitzer
Sing Sing
Agreement Near as Coal Board Strives to Bargain
The three man coal fact finding panel reports possible agreement within hours after hearings with John L. Lewis and operators. George H. Love calls the union bargaining tactic insurmountable while David Cole sees progress and President Truman to receive preliminary findings by Monday. Philip Murray of CIO announces a $500,000 relief gift to United Mine Workers families and calls for further local contributions in the no contract no work struggle.
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David Cole
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Cole
George H. Love
Love
Truman
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers’ Union
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Search planes scour Arctic for missing C 47 and C 54 crews
Whitehorse Yukon February 8 search planes droned over Arctic wastes northwest of Whitehorse seeking fires or flares from a missing air force C 47 carrying 12 Canadian and U S airmen. The C 47 vanished yesterday while searching for a C 54 transport lost January 26 with 44 aboard. Ground posts were on 24 hour alert as SOS signals were heard on 8280 distress frequency but no fix was obtained. Temperatures dropped to 22 below and two landing fields or lakes northwest could not be checked due to poor visibility. The C 47 is the second missing plane in the two week search.
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Here
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Alaska
Aishihik
Leading Stocks Hold Steady Amid Coal Strike Watch
New York trading opened with leading stocks mostly unchanged from Tuesday’s close as a coal strike loomed. Nations’ major issues fell slightly while a few select shares advanced, including Grumman Aircraft and Consolidated Vultee on good volume.
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Republic Steel
Chrysler
Goodyear
National Distillers
Anchor Hocking Glass
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Philco
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