Climax in Baltimore proxy battle for Alleghany unfolds
In Baltimore the massive proxy fight over Alleghany Corp unfolds as Allen Kirby fights Texas financier John D. Murchison for control. About 4.9 million shares are involved with 500 to 1,000 stockholders to decide at today’s meeting. Legal minds from New York, Baltimore and Texas monitor the count.
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Allan P. Kirby
Alleghany Corporation
Texas
John D. Murchison
Murchison
Kirby
Alleghany
New York
Baltimore
Wilma Ross
Lewis Gilbert
Maryland
Allegheny
Woolworth
Clint W.jr
Walker Support Surges for General Amid Birch Controversy
The Senate Armed Services Committee receives 15 to 25 telegrams daily backing Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker amid claims of troop indoctrination with John Birch Society ideas. Walker, suspended from his post, was relieved of command of the 24th Infantry Division in Germany during an Army inquiry.
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Washington
UPU
Senate Armed Services Committee
Edwin A. Walker
Indocc
John Birch Society
Walker
Shrevepavia
New York Ciy
24Th Infantry
Germany
Fils Stahr
Overseas Weekly
Police Station Safe Sooted Grill Cops
Barnes England reports police confess theft of 74 pounds 132m from a safe inside the station. Senior detectives interrogated constables and staff subordinates.
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Barnes
England
Vicl
Four Senators Helped Fund Atomic Bomb Secrecy
Senator Styles Bridges recalled revealing to Franklin D. Roosevelt the secret of developing the atomic bomb. He and three others steered about 2.5 billion dollars in funding through general appropriations without full Congress awareness. The tale spans late 1942 into early 1943 as the Manhattan Project gained momentum under War Department oversight.
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Washington
UPI
Styles Bridges
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Bridges
Senate
New Hampshire
Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gerald P. Nye
R-Nd
Carter Glass
D-Va
Alexander Sachs
Sachs
Albert Einstein
War Department
Leslie R. Groves
Air Bus Service Begins From New York to Washington and Boston
The nation's first air bus starts with a Super Constellation from LaGuardia at 10 pm to launch the Eastern air shuttle. hourly service runs 8 am to 10 pm on weekdays, with reduced weekend trips as demand grows, no reservations or advance tickets required. Fares are $14 to Washington and $12 to Boston, cheaper than rail coach options.
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New York
UPS
Washington
la Guardia
Eastern Air Shuttle
Eastern
Boston
Red China Opens Clothes Hospitals to Recycle Garments
Chinese salvage drives issued by People's Day describe clothes hospitals in Hong Kong that convert worn garments into usable items. Officials claim they can transform long sleeves into short sleeves and repurpose vests into shirts and underwear to stretch scarce supplies.
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Hong Kong
Red China
People’s Day
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