Vinson Committee Plans Hearing on Navy Morale
Washington in Oct 5 dispatch reports the Vinson Committee plans a hearing to examine navy morale and defense policy. Admiral Denfeld announced a naval inquiry into who publicized confidential correspondence between top admirals on unification. The letters, described as confidential, were leaked to reporters by an anonymous naval source.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Denfeld
Gerald F. Bogan
Bogan
United
Barrier Elimination Aims Western Trade Drive
Marshall Plan aid officials report Great Britain France and the United States have eased barriers with fellow European Recovery Program nations. London Paris and Washington lifted import restrictions by as much as 55 percent on purchases from the 13 ERP participants, aiming to edge toward a freer Western trade flow similar to that in the 48 states.
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ST. Paul, Minn
G. Hoffman
Great Britain
France
Selves
Economic Cooperation Adnistrator
Acoffman
Deer Kill Epidemic Strikes Craven County Area
New Bern report cites an epidemic killing deer across Craven and nearby counties along the eastern seaboard. District Supervisor Raymond A. Watson urges residents to report dead deer for state lab testing to identify the cause.
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New Bern
Craven
Tern Seaboard
Raymond A. Watson
Watson
Queuille Quits Premier Post In France Crisis
Premier Henri Queuille offered his resignation to President Vincent Auriol as his coalition cabinet faced a wage and price dispute with the Socialist party. Queuille, head of the radical Socialist party, had led the government since September 10, 1948, the longest postwar French tenure.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Vincent Auriol
Queuille
Socialist Party
Radical Socialist
Robert Bruynell
Auriol
Middle Road) Party
Newcombe Strikes Out It Batters In World Series Opener
Yankees win 1 0 as Tommy Henrich homers off Don Newcombe in the ninth. Allie Reynolds fans 9, Newcombe 11 in a pitching duel at Yankee Stadium. Reese, Jorgensen, Snider produce early Dodgers threats. DiMaggio and Lindell provide the lone Yankees hit.
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Yankee Stadium
New York
CMN
Tommy Henrich
New York Yankees
Brooklyn
Allie Reynolds
Don Newcombe
Newcombe
Reynolds
Dodgers
Reese
Henrich
Jorgensen
Snider
Robinson
Mapes
Hermanski
Furillo
Hodges
Coleman
Campanella
Yankees
DiMaggio
Lindell
Johnson
Berra
Furilo
Johnston
Furillor
Jorgenson
Rizzuto
Fly Berra
Farm Price Legislation Returns to Senate Committee
The Senate Agriculture Committee again tackles farm price policy after the chamber failed to resolve it in voting. Senate leaders plan quick action with a 48 hour return and a possible sliding scale price support proposal to be defended by Senator Anderson and the committee.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
Vermont
Leonard Clark Charged With Manslaughter in China
Leonard Francis Clark, 42, an American claimed to have found a record mountain in western China, is charged with manslaughter over the gunshot deaths of Willard Freeman and Harold Harris. He denies the shooting and his involvement with the widow. The former OSS lieutenant colonel is jailed in a Chinese cell awaiting trial.
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Canton
Leonard Francis Clark
China
OSS
Clark
Life Magazine
Willard Freeman
Bridgewater
Mass
Harold Harris
Chungking
Freeman
Social Security Changes Seen in House Bill Proposals
Washington October 5 editors note explains the present social security old age and survivors insurance and how the House bill would alter benefits. It outlines current pensions, wife and widow provisions, and the phased increases proposed for retirees and couples, plus a lump sum at death for widows over 65 and partial changes for younger widows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Western defense chiefs form plan for North Atlantic pact
Defense ministers from the United States and 11 western nations begin a two day session at the Pentagon to create a military committee, a three nation standing group with US Britain and France, a supply and production board, and five regional planning groups in response to the Soviet atomic test. General Omar Bradley leads the American delegation as chairman in this effort to pool arms aid and strengthen western Europe and the North Atlantic area.
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Washington
Defense Chiefs
United States
U. S
Pentagon
Congress
Truman
Britain
A. V. Alexander
Paul Ramadier
France
Louis Johnson
Defense Committee
Omar Bradley
American Joint Chiefs of Staff
Europe
North Atlantic
Texas Storm Hits Texas Crops Hard
A Gulf hurricane battered Texas with winds up to 100 mph, inflicting heavy damage on rice, cotton, and vegetables. Jefferson County rice losses ranged 20 to 70 percent while Harris County suffered significant crop losses. One death and another missing person were reported as the storm moved through Marshall Shreveport and into Southwest Arkansas.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Marshall
Shreveport
Arkansas
Gulf of Mexico
Alpha Hebert
Port Neches
Jimmy Simpson
Palacios
Matagorda Bay
Jefferson
Beaumont
Harrris
Stock Market Hits New High for Year Amid Opening Rally
New York stock trading opened with brisk buying pushing the market to a yearly peak for the second day. Industrials led gains while steels showed only modest strength. Leading advancers included General Motors Studebaker Goodrich Schenley Admiral Emerson Radio and American Telephone.
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New York
Bethlehem
Republic
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Studebaker
Goodrich
Schenley
Admiral Corp
Emerson Radio
American Telephone
American
Contracts For Y Approved By CA Officers And Board
The Y s officers and board approved final plans for the new building at a morning meeting. Ground breaking is slated around November 1, and contracts were authorized with Coltrane and Graham for general construction along with plumbing heating ventilating electrical and elevator firms. The project aims to raise nearly $600 000 via drives by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and local industrialists.
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Y ¢Ca
Coletrane and Graham
Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Judge Sherman Minton Approved For High Court
Washington Oct. 5 Judge Sherman Minton won Senate confirmation 48 to 16 to join the United States Supreme Court succeeding the late Justice Wiley B Rutledge. He will be 59 Oct 20 and brings eight years on the Seventh Circuit. Critics pressed to hear his views from the New Deal era but the committee and full Senate approved without further testimony.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman Minton
Eee
United States Supreme Court
Judiciary Committee
Minton
Truman
Wiley B Rutledge
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Morse
R-Ore
Ferguson
R-Mich
Donne
R-Mo
Indiana
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Jenner
R-Ind
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Church Sexton Jailed For Larceny In Hollywood Bar Run
William Lee DeForest a 54 year old former sexton at St Thomas the Apostle in San Francisco was jailed on suspicion of burglarizing church collection boxes after police traced a Hollywood bar tour financed with coins from the collection. Officers found 1091 dimes 676 quarters 660 half dollars and 380 in folding money in his room.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
William Lee DeForest
St. Thomas the Apostle Church
San Francisco
Conwell Keeler
Guerrilla HQ Moves From Albania to Bulgaria
Athens reports that Greek guerrilla headquarters have shifted from Albania to Bulgaria with about 8,000 fighters being moved by sea. Analysts cite three possible aims including using Bulgarian bases against Tito or renewing attacks on Greece from Bulgaria, and indicate Albania may be abandoned as a guerrilla base. An independent source notes some fighters may train in Czechoslovakia before basing in Bulgaria. Meanwhile Prague says Greece seeks repatriation of 138 refugee children abducted by guerrillas, with officials unsure when a final agreement will be reached.
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Athens
Albania
Bulgaria
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Government calls Lewis and operators to crisis meeting
Washington reports the government will press a Friday session in Bluefield and White Sulphur Springs W Va with John L Lewis and mine operators to break the three week coal stoppage. Cyrus S Ching of the Federal Mediation Service calls the talks essential as the crisis deepens.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bluefield
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Ching
Tarboro Police Deny Beating Mill Striker
Tarboro police deny beating Hart Mill striker Robert Stokes as he resisted arrest after cursing officers. Governor Scott, urged by Textile Workers Union CIO, plans talks with union and management to curb police brutality amid a five month Hart Mill strike.
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Raleigh
Scott
Hart
Tarboro
Robert Stokes
Howard E. Parker
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
North Carolina
Hart Mill
Textile Workers Union of America Cio
Robert Worsley
Stokes
Flue-Cured Leaf Prices Decline Across Belts
RALEIGH Oct 5 The federal state market news service reports slight price declines for flue cured leaf across belts with mixed quality shifts. Middle belt weak on lower grades while old belt offerings show poorer leaf. Eastern belt holds steady with higher volume and a new high average. Fairmont NC shows strong Monday sales.
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Raleigh
Middle Belt
North Carolina
Fairmont
N. C
Carolinas
Border Belt
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Harold Greer
82Nd Airborne
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Gov
W. Kerr Scott
Feese
Barkley
Leonard Clark
By James Marlow
U.S
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
America
Philip Murray
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