Senate panel faults war surplus handling and rubber stock
A Senate preparedness subcommittee led by Senator Lyndon Johnson faulted government agencies for poor performance in disposing war plants and rubber surplus. It cited the Munitions Board, Commerce, GSA and the Air Force for criticism, faulting paperwork over results and urging tighter safeguards in sales and leases including the Kansas City alcohol plant and Omaha facility transactions. The report questions a Schenley Distillers lease tied to a GSA contract and calls for a thorough probe into the involved parties.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Preparedness
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Munitions Board
Commerce Deriment
General Services Adminstration
GSA
Air Force
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Central States Corporation
Schenley Distillers, Inc
Woceie
UN Is Told Reds Grip China's Life
Nationalist China delegate T. F. Tsiang told the United Nations that about 45 000 Soviet agents dominate China’s life across politics, economy, and culture. He accused Russia of engineering the Chinese civil war, aiding Peiping as a Moscow tool, and inflaming Asia’s unrest. He urged a UN inquiry and linked Tibet, Korea, and Tibet to a broader Soviet imperialist strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Russia
Asia
Mao Tze-Tung
Soviet Union
Tsiang
Peiping
South Korea
Tibet
Father and Four Sons Burned in Farmhouse Fire
A Findlay Ohio farmhouse fire killed Lloyd K. Stine 51 and four of his sons Dean Daniel 13 Elden Joe 11 Gary Eugene 5 and John Harvey 3. Mother Lucille worked nearby. Richard 15 escaped after efforts to save them. The 12 room house was destroyed and bodies found later after neighbors summoned help.
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Findlay
Here
Lloyd K. Stine
Dean Daniel
Elden Joe
Gary Eugene
John Harvey
Lucille
National Fibres Co., Inc
Richard
Tucker May Go To Washington With Mr. Smith
Senator-elect Willis Smith offers the administrative assistant post to J. E. Hap Tucker of Raleigh at $10,500 yearly. Tucker, on McMullan's staff since 1939 with tax-law duties since 1945, may decide today to accept and move to Washington in January. Rumors name Charles Green or Banks Ardell as temporary administrator and private secretary prospects.
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Raleigh
Willis Smith
J. E
Hap) Tucker
Tucker
Harry McMullan
Wake Forest Law School
Revenue Department
Charles Green
Louisburg
Smith
Washington
Banks Arendell
Mountain-Fed Floods Roar Through California Nevada
Flood waters from mountain rains and melting snow flood northern and central California and western Nevada. Reno endures 20 foot streams closing streets and ruining casinos. Yuba Bear rivers threaten East Linda. Sacramento suburbs flood while 9 people die nationwide. Governor declares emergency. evacuations reach 3,500 in Yuba County. United Airlines evacuates stranded travelers as Nevada National Guard mobilizes.
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Associated Press
California
Nevada
Reno
Truckee
Earl Warren Declard
Yuba County
Snake River Plant Nears Completion
Idaho Falls reports the first atomic breeder reactor at the Snake River plains site nears completion. The breeder pile aims to create fuel by breeding plutonium from uranium 235, addressing uranium scarcity and the potential for long term power.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Snake River Plains
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford Works
Washington
Hanford
Silver Star Awarded Posthumously to Tarboro Soldier
Far East Command announced that Sgt. Herbert L. Rawls Jr. of 306 Hall St Tarboro North Carolina received the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry in action during the war.
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Tokyo
Far East Command
Herbert L. Rawls, Jr
Hall St
Tarboro
N. C
Nation's Output Nears Truman Growth Goal for 1955
The Commerce Department reports the third quarter GNP at 284.3 billion dollars, about five percent below President Truman's 1955 goal of 300 billion. Growth came from record consumer spending and higher prices, with civilian goods driving most expansion while military spending lagged.
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Truman
Washington
Commerce Department
Department
U.S
Believe We Will Extend Into Spring
United Nations intelligence officers predict the Korean war will continue into next spring amid harsh winter conditions. Sub zero weather will slow combat and threaten enemy strength while U N forces focus on survival and line defense. Spring arrivals and sea resupply keep potential for continued gains along the northeast coast toward Changjin and the Soviet border.
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Stan Swinton
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Asia
Ital-y
Ere
Red Territory
Republic of Korea Capital Division
Changjin
Siberia
Americans Enter Manchurian Border Town in Tank Supported Push
U S infantry of the 17th regimental combat team reached Hyesanjin on the Manchurian border after a snow covered march through 6000 foot mountains. A military government will oversee a free election with officers praising the minimal loss of life. Eleven tanks and anti air batteries accompanied the column as planes hovered over the bomb wrecked town.
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Seoul
U. S
Hyesanjin
Yalu
U. S. 24Th Division
U. First Cavalry
Fifth Air Force
Yongpo
Yesanjin
Seventh Division
David Barr
Paul Bunyan
10Th Corp
13Th Engineer Combat Battalion
185Th Engineer Combat Team
Average factory worker earns 61.98 a week in October
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 13.1 million production workers averaged 61.98 dollars weekly for 41.4 hours in October. Pay rose 30 cents from September and the typical work week extended about 25 minutes, with overtime and higher wage rates driving the rise.
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Washington, Navy
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chamber urges $6 billion cut in nonmilitary spending
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to slash government spending for nonmilitary purposes by at least $6 billion before considering any excess profits tax. It attacked administration plans for a 75 percent tax on abnormal profits and outlined its own tax reform ideas to fund defense.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Ellsworth C. Alvord
Truman
Alvord
House Ways and Means Committee
GOP
House
Chamber of Commercce
Committee For Economic Development
CED
National
Organization of Business Executives
Wage-Price Controls by Spring Seen
Senator Ives predicts wage price controls will be needed by spring to curb inflation. He cites President Truman’s powers for selective or general controls and warns production limits may push prices higher. Ives supports rent control as New York law and opposes federal preemption. Rep. Spence relays Truman’s plan to extend controls three months past December.
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Washington
Navy
Ives
Congress
Truman
New York
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
President Truman
House Banking Committee
Mr. Truman
Yalu Border Entry by U S Forces Without Firing a Shot
U S infantry units enter Hyesan on the Manchurian border in North Korea, the first American unit to reach the border. Maj. Gen. David Barr says the operation cost few lives. Commanders anticipate a military government and a mayor in days.
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Korea
Hyesanjin
North Korea
David Barr
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Herbert B. Powell
Powell
M. S. Osborne
Yakima
Wash
Edward Perkins
Los Angeles
Osborne
Caliifornia
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Lars Ati
Nian My
Alcohol and
Misc Vanks
Chowchilla
Calif
Central
Mr. Smith
James J. Metcalfe
Field Enterprises, Inc
Sacramento
U. S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
High Sierra
Casinos
Riverside
Mapes
Ars
United Air Lines
Nevada National Guard
Snake River
Edward M. Almond
127Th Meridian
Longitan
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