Senators Blast Army Waste Anew
AP reports a House subcommittee exposed price variations in Army purchases as witnesses showed catalogs and displays. Chairman Edward Hebert criticized the Army exhibit and noted inconsistent pricing across bases from Japan to Georgia. Rep. Anderson urged standardization, while the committee presses for a single catalog to curb waste.
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Army
Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Enccnamation
Corril Ns
Bowegen
Camp Gifu
Honshu
Japan
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Fort Benning
Aberdeenah Groun
Jack Z. Anderson
Calif
Chamber of Horrors
Ana
Cadet Training Rules Expanded for Reserve Airmen
The Air Force announced that Air National Guard and Reserve airmen not on active duty may now apply to attend aviation cadet training. Previously two years of college were required. now a high school diploma suffices. Selected reservists will be discharged and enlisted for two years, then commissioned or returned to their units.
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Washington
Air Force
Air National Guard
Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Student Says Not Forced To Leave ITHACA May 3
Earlham College senior Robert McAllester of Ithaca denied being forced to leave the Richmond Indiana school over his engagement to Grace Canning of Berkeley California. The college urged him to finish in absentia and he planned to marry here June 4 after graduation.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Earlham College
Robert McAllester
Richmond
Ind
McAllester
Grace Canning
Berkeley Calif
Steel Mills Resume Operations Amid End Of Strike
Top U S Steel firms including U S Steel Jones and Laughlin moved to reopen after Philip Murray urged 650000 steelworkers to quit striking. Inland Steel started furnaces at Indiana Harbor and East Chicago. Bethlehem Steel and Republic's Troy plant reported near full or full production as mills slowly returned.
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Pittsburgh
Steelers
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. “Steel Corp
Sucer
Jones
Philip Murray
U.S. Steel
Jones and
Laughlin
Inland Steel
Indiana Harbor Works
Chicago
Cleveland
Otis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Sentie Ares
Wasebethlenem
Bethlehem Steel
Allegheny Ludlum
Waterviiet
Republic
Troy
N. Y
Bedouin Law Change Studied
The Syrian government studies extending ordinary Syrian laws to Bedouin desert regions. Bedouin crimes and disputes are currently handled by tribal courts under established tribal customs.
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Cairo
Arab News Agency
Hospital Site Sparks Cemetery Proximity Debate in Melbourne
In Melbourne an area near a proposed 2,000,000 pound hospital site adjacent to a cemetery prompted concern from the health committee. They concluded the site may affect patients and began seeking alternatives further from the cemetery.
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Melbourne
Australia
Aanon
Shepparton
Churchill Sees War Danger Diminished Over Six Months
London May 3 Prime Minister Winston Churchill states the danger of war has lessened in the last six months. He credits improving world tension to calm governance and Eden's foreign policy while warning against annual elections and stressing domestic reform for another three to four years.
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Winston Churchill
London
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Senate to take up McGranery nomination Monday
Senate Judiciary Committee sets Monday hearing on President Truman's choice James P. McGranery for attorney general amid opposition over Amerasia case ties. Ironies noted as Ferguson and Watkins press for testimony while McGranery’s prior roles and possible FBI reliance are debated.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
James P. McGranery
McGranery
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Sen
Watkins
Utah
Ferguson
Justice Department
Amerasia
State Department
New York
Govern
Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D-New
Nesses
Sona
Mera McCarren
Publc McGranery
Senate
Pennsylvania
Two Italian youths begin 60000 mile scooter world tour
Milan reports two young Italians Dante Cesare Vacchi aged 26 and Edoardo Mari aged 24 have left Milan for a four continent scooter tour. They expect to travel about 60,000 miles across Europe Africa Asia and Southern Asia and aim to finish in seven months.
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Milan
Epecial Motor
Europe
Africa
Soonrake
Asia
Dante Cesare Vacchi
Edoardo Mari
Counties Plan Major Secondary Road Investment in Minnesota
St Paul Minn counties will spend 34.5 million dollars this year on secondary roads. State gasoline taxes provide 13.01 million, federal aid four million, with the rest from bonds and county road and bridge levies.
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ST. Paul. Minn
Minnesota
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