More Air Power Sought for Nation
Washington reports renewed calls to boost military air capability as lawmakers and officials debate the defense budget. Secretary Johnson plans to reexamine the entire program while Eisenhower and Vinson press for increases to fund more modern aircraft for the air force and navy amid fears of an atomic threat.
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Washington
Defense Department
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs
Truman
Budget Bureau
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Navy
Bridges Guilty in Perjury and Conspiracy Verdict
San Francisco jurors convict Harry Bridges leader of 75 000 West Coast longshoremen on perjury and conspiracy charges. The verdict also finds J R Robertson top organizer and Henry Schmidt union vice-president guilty of related counts. Conviction exposes possible deportation action and prison terms up to seven years and a $15 000 fine.
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San Francisco
U.P
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO
CIO Longshoremen’s
J. R. Robertson
Bridges’ Union
Henry Schmidt
Wisconsin PSC to hear phone rate basis April 27
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission will hear oral arguments April 27 on whether Wisconsin Telephone Co. rates should be statewide or exchange based. The company seeks a $5.863 million statewide rate boost. Madison Milwaukee and many cities favor exchange basis. 80-city defense committee backs statewide method.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
State Public Service Commission
Wisconsin Telephone Co
PSC
Municipalities Defense Committee
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Labour Seen Poised for Swing in Neepsend By-Election
Britain expects Labour gains in the Neepsend by election in Sheffield a steel mill district long regarded as a safe Labour area. The result could boost the governing party's Commons majority by four seats.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Neepsend
Sheffield
Bandit Returns To Get Rest Of His Money
A masked bandit robbed grocer Cecil Flegal Thursday night and threatened to return for the money he missed. He told police he had not received $50 and came back for the rest.
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Bandit
Minneapolis
U.P
Cecil Flegal
Magic Spikes Trial Ends With Final Arguments
Federal court case against Vrilium Products executives Robert T. Nelson Jr and George C Erickson for misbranding tiny brass capsules sold as radioactive healing devices at 300 each. Government witnesses deem the spike a health flop while defense witnesses claim healing powers with wide use. Doctor Thomas G Masters testified about Dolores Coe of Springfield who credits the spike with saving her life after ulcerative colitis in 1945 46.
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Chicago
Vrilium Products Company
Robert T. Nelson, Jr
George C. Erickson
Thomas G. Masters
Springfield
Delores Coe
Miss Coe
Visa dispute delays Stavengerfjord departure in Oslo
The Norwegian-American liner Stavengerfjord was delayed in Oslo as the American embassy refused U S entry visas for four crew members said to belong to the Norwegian Communist party.
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Oslo
Norway
WUP
Stavengerfjord
U. S
Communist Party
Injured pilot held after Oklahoma bank robbery
An injured pilot, arrested after a crash near Okarche, Oklahoma, is linked to a robbery at a nearby bank taking about $4,000 in currency. He was heavily armed.
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Guthrie
Okla
Highway Patrol
Okarche
Indiana Senator Attacks Acheson Over German Dismantling
Indiana Senator Jenner accuses Secretary Acheson of pro communist betrayal in the allied dismantling of German plants. He contends U.S. policy in Germany cripples stability and calls for public release of confidential testimony from March 10 by John J. McCloy.
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Washington
Jenner
Ind
Acheson
Indiana Republican
Senate
State Department
Germany
McCloy Charges Russia With Nazi Methods
U S high commissioner John J. McCloy accuses Moscow of using Nazi tactics to subjugate Germany and urges a united western Europe including Germany to block the Soviet plan.
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London
U.S
U. S
John J. McCloy
Russia Tonight
Germany
Europe
Iowa City Jury Weighs Robert Bednaseks Fate
Federal payroll is the main target of a Republican budget drive as the House considers a 1951 appropriations bill. GOP leaders claim about one billion dollars can be cut from payrolls and personnel, while defense spending faces separate fights before Easter recess and sectional debates after.
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Iowa City Jury
Robert Bednaseks
Washington
House
Rep
Taber
New York
Ballot Stuffing Sentence Upheld
The U S Court of Appeals sixth circuit today affirmed the two year sentence of E F Prichard Jr 34 Lexington Ky on a charge of ballot box stuffing He was convicted of conspiring to forge ballots in the 1948 presidential election in Bourbon County Ky Prichard has been free on 5000 bond The one time favorite of Franklin D Roosevelt was sentenced by Judge H Church Ford last July 14 to prison.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit
E. F. Prichard, Jr
Lexington
Prichard
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
H. Church Ford
Bourbon County
Stalemate Seen In Loyalty Quiz
The senate committee facing charges by Senator McCarthy that the state department harbors Communists balked at contempt citations for officials refusing access to confidential loyalty files. Senator Connally predicted little chance of a contempt vote as he seeks six documents McCarthy turned over to the FBI regarding Owen Lattimore. Latimer to answer formally Thursday amid Truman's order blocking release of secret records.
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Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Ee - Vaternléer Filan
McCarthy
FBI
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Lattimore
State Acheson
McGrath
Harry Mitchell
Civil Service Commission
Truman
Subcommittee
Senator Tydings
D-Md
Two DP Bills In Senate Clash Over Refugee Aid
Washington reports both sides of the displaced persons debate predicting senate passage. Sen. Pat McCarran says his plan to tighten DP administration will pass, while Sen. Harley Kilgore's liberal substitute has a good chance. Voting on the measures is set for tomorrow as debate ends.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Pat McCarran
Nev
Harley M. Kilgore
W. Va
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
International Refugee Organization
Milwaukee transit raises fare to 13 cents starting Easter
The Wisconsin public service commission authorized a three cent fare increase for street cars and buses in Milwaukee. Single fares rise to 13 cents and weekly passes drop by ten cents, effective from 5 a.m. Sunday.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
State Public Service Commission
Navy officers weigh Soviet Nazi origins for West Coast subs
Rear Adm. Entwistle said unidentified submarines off California are probably Soviet in peacetime operations while Navy intelligence also probes possible German origin. The search follows multiple sighting reports, including Captains Holbrook and Redeye aboard the Colahan who claim a pack of subs operated off northern California using radar and sonar contacts and a Snorkel. The Donay case links a Detroit importer’s sea disappearance to the subs sighting amid ongoing investigations.
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San Francisco
Russia
Frederick J. Entwistle
Western Sea Frontier
Navy
Entwistle
Theodore Donay
Donay
Detroit
Catalina Island
Coast Guard
California
Felix Donay
Army
Francis L. Hopper
Point Sur
Calif
U. S. S. Colahan
Colahan
J. A. Holbrook
Fred Redeye
Holbrook
Eureka
Calahan
U. S. S. Kankakee
Checkup Ordered On Stockpiling Munitions Board
Washington reports a congressional checkup ordered for the munitions board stockpiling material for national defense. Chairman Vinson named an eight man subcommittee led by Rep. Durham to investigate after Easter recess. Durham estimates about 1.4 billion dollars was available for operations.
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Washington
Munitions Board
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Wisconsin Weather Drenches State With Snow and Cold
The state sees more snow rain and cold with cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow. In Kenosha it was 44 at noon with light wet snow overnight while Milwaukee reported 3.4 inches and Racine a heavy coating. highways crews cleared snow in the Rhinelander area.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Racine
Rhinelander
Early Election Turnout Light In Kenosha
Voting opened under cloudy cool conditions as Kenosha voters turnout lagged behind forecasts. City clerk B. A. Herrmann projected totals near 15 000 with 29 414 registered. 1949 saw 16 411 ballots and 31 000 registered.
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B. A. Herrmann
Kenoshans
Herrmann
Death Penalty Sought in Bednasek Murder Trial
Robert Bednasek, a University of Iowa psychology student, faces first degree murder charges over the death of Margaret Jackson. The state demands the death penalty as the jury weighs his account of a fatal incident in a men's rooming house.
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Bednasek
Robert E. Bednasek
Margaret Jackson
Iowa City
U.P
Robert Bednasek
James P. Gaffney
University of Iowa
Gaffney
Margaret
Gee Gee) Jackson
Missing 27 Fishing Rods Reported in Racine
A truck driver from East Moline Illinois is reported missing after 27 new fishing rods were found in a Racine Wisconsin truck. Two officers found the open truck doors and secured the rods, but the driver drove off and remains unlocated.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
East Moline
Ill
Judge Commends Press on Iowa Trial Coverage
District Judge James P. Gaffney praised reporters covering the Robert Bednasek trial in Iowa City while warning that sensationalism could invite legal restraints on the press. He commended the jury and court staff, praised radio coverage, and urged avoiding front page ads for sordid details. He noted no photographs in or near the courtroom as he had ordered.
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Iowa
Iowa City
U.P
James P. Gaffney
Robert Bednasek
Gaffney
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