Royall Rumored To Resign As Army Secretary
Washington reports circulate that Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall may leave by mid April. White House statements confirm only that Truman will keep all three service secretaries. Speculation links possible replacement names to Navy and Defense posts.
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Mar
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
White House
Truman
Royals
Navy
Sullivan
Air
Symington
Louis Johnson
James Forrestal
Defense
Royall
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
John L. Sullivan
Com
Truman’s Tax Boost Bid Takes Setback
Two top senate tax experts say President Truman’s push for a 4 billion dollar tax increase suffered a major setback. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected an administration plan to erase earmarking of a 3 billion dollar fund for aid, a move seen as testing sentiment on new taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Treasury
George
Senate Finance Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Navy Helicopter Sets New Climb And Speed Record
The Piasecki XHJP-1 twin rotor helicopter reportedly reached 131 mph over a measured course, possibly breaking the British world speed record. Inflight climb rates exceeded 1,600 feet per minute in forward flight and 1,500 feet per minute in vertical ascent, the manufacturer said.
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Washington
Navy
Piasecki Helicopter Corporation
Norton
Avan
Helicoper
Jets Set New Flight Record by Florida Air Guardsmen
Four Florida air national guard pilots delivered a snow capped jet nose from Mitchell Field to Jacksonville in 1 hour 35 minutes setting a new record. Lt. Col. William D. Haviland led the flight that carried snow at 47 500 feet and 30 degrees below zero. The crew planned a Miami leg but fuel limits halted the final record attempt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida Air National Guard
William D. Haviland
Haviland
Mitchell
Air Force
Mitchell Field
Miami
Col. Haviland
President seeks air force academy to expand officer corps
Defense Secretary Forrestal announced a plan to create a full fledged air academy to supply officers for all services. An eight man advisory board led by Eisenhower will study the proposal with no location decided yet. A temporary plan would reuse up to 40 percent of West Point and 7 percent of Annapolis graduates for air force commissions. The timing targets legislation after April 1.
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National
Army
West Point
Navy
Annapolis
Defense
Forrestal
NME
Fife
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Air Force
House Faces Heavy Docket With Spy Bill and Budgets
House leaders outline a packed agenda for next week led by a spy bill to admit up to 100 foreigners aiding U S intelligence, a $161 million radar net, a long range missile program, and a new undersecretary of national defense post. The agenda also includes labor department funding and rent control legislation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Central Intelligence Agency
U. S
House Armed Services Committee
United States
National Defense
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Tace
Gromyko Succeeds Vishinsky as Soviet Foreign Minister
Soviet Berlin officials say Russia will not recognize the Western German state now forming at Bonn. U S Embassy in Moscow notes Molotov Mikoyan retain power in the Politburo. Andrei Gromyko replaces Vishinsky as foreign minister amid scantly altered policy expectations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
U. S
Moscow
C. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Sokolovsky
Bonn
France
Britain
Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Russian Communist Party
Council of Ministers
Stalin
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Kremlin
War Veteran Booked In Mahoney Case
New Orleans March 5. Police booked Lewis Eugene Hoover 25 a war veteran from Louisville Ky for murder in the fatal beating and strangling of Virginia millionaire James Mahoney 55 in a hotel room Feb 21 Hoover said after a truth serum he struck and choked Mahoney but could not recall the fight The victim’s body was found Feb 22 with a broken neck and battered face and his watch and wallet missing.
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New Orleans
Milton Durel
Lewis Eugene Hoover
Virginia
James Mahoney
Hoover
Louisville
Joseph Scheuering
Mahoney
Iich
Bristol
City Power Extensions Under Scrutiny By Utilities Commission
A public hearing on the Hardison bill argues for statewide control of municipal electric extensions beyond city limits. Opponents say the law erodes local self government and could force discontinuation of rural service. supporters cite parity with private utilities and national rural coverage concerns.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Utilities Commission
Hardison
League of Municipalities
Utilities
Wilson
Greenville
Washington
The
Grange
Wilson Pomona Grange
Un-American Activities Panel Eyes New Spy Probe
Rep Nixon demands a full scale inquiry into Justice Department laxity after Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev are jailed in New York on spying charges. The committee may study foreign delegations at the United Nations as potential spy bases and hold closed door hearings at Lake Success if allowed. Additional details follow on page A.
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Nixon
Justice Department
United Nations
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
New York
United States
Lake Success
N. Y
Miss Coplon
President Truman to leave for two week Key West vacation
President Truman will depart by plane at 8 30 a m tomorrow for a two week vacation at the summer White House in Key West Florida. The statler banquet drew 800 officials and reporters with Vice President Barkley Chief Justice Vinson among guests. Arthur Godfrey hosted the event and a lineup of stars performed as Robert Nixon of INS was elected president of the Correspondents Association.
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Truman
Statler
White House
Key West
Fla
Barkley
Vinson
Arthur Godfrey
Ernest B. Vaccardo
Associated Press
Robert G. Nixon
International News Service
Correspondents’ Association
Noe Ye
Polyna Stoska
Zucker Sisters
Artini
Consuelo
Stan Kavanaghler
Wally Brown
Julia Lee
Sub Freezing Cold Wave Reaches Flood Areas
The ice dammed Missouri River area spills over as snowmelt floods persist and a new cold front brings relief expectations. Evacuations continue north of Atchison Kansas and in Missouri Valley Iowa as Boyer River floods drive residents from their homes.
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Atchison, Kans
St. Joseph
Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Lake Country
Elwood
Kans
Atchison
Boyer River
Iowa
North Dakota
Missouri
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Minnesota
Newland
New England
North Plains
Measles Epidemic Under Way Across North Carolina
North Carolina faces a measles epidemic with 2399 cases in the first two months of 1949, far exceeding the 1948 yearly total. Dr. Charles P. Stevick notes epidemics peak in spring, with January and February showing 802 and 1597 cases respectively, as a public facts leaflet is offered.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Charles P. Stevick
Tor
Eiology
Stevick
Public school foundation program fails to sway votes at Raleigh mass meeting
A large Raleigh gathering at the municipal auditorium heard speeches on better schools but offered few concrete financing proposals. Legislators noted mass meetings have not shifted committee votes. Speakers urged higher teacher salaries smaller classes and broader reforms, with farm and other group voices present.
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Public School Foundation
Raleigh
Itorium
Ge. Eee Goenhl
Scaed
Truman Seeks Full Authority for Defense Secretary
President Truman urged Congress to grant a unified military establishment full department status with an undersecretary and assistant secretaries to strengthen control over the army navy and air forces. He cited the coming change in defense leadership and the threat from long range bombers missiles and atom weapons as reasons for prompt action.
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Senate
Defense
Louis Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman
Defense Establishment
Department of Government
Hoover Commission
National Security Organization
Air
Capitol Bill
Oleo Issue Tossup Faces House Agriculture Committee
Washington March 5. The House agriculture committee remains split over margarine policy as it nears 43 bills on the subject. Chairman Cooley says a vote will decide whether to repeal all federal restrictions or limit actions by taxing but banning interstate sale of yellow margarine.
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House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
House
Poage
Abernethy
Ger
Dutah
R-Minn
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