Truman Denies Using Red Herring Remark
Former President Truman denies ever using the phrase red herring to describe congressional spy hunts. In a forthcoming Pearson interview he says a reporter used the term and that he might have said the issue could be a red herring but never stated it as a fact. He cites loyalty dismissals and criticizes McCarthy’s methods as based on suspicion, not facts.
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Washington
Harry Truman
Truman
Drew Pearson
S.O.B
Alger Hiss
State Department
House UN- American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Hiss
Reds
Pearson
Un-American Activities Committee
Congress
Capitol Hill
Harold Stacy
Columbus
Ohio
Eisenhower
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
MacCarthy
Roosevelt
White House
Fugitive Davenport Found Working on California Dairy
Chester Lee Davenport, a Wichita Falls fugitive and one of the FBI's most wanted, was jailed in Fairfield California after six months of posing as a normal citizen. He was recognized while milking a cow at a Dixon dairy on Thursday. He had been employed there since shortly after escaping Granite reformatory in Oklahoma on July 4.
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Fairfield
Calif
Chester Lee Davenport
FBI
Wichita Falls
Tex
Dixon
State Reformatory
Granite
Okla
De Gasperi, Einaudi Confer Over Italy Political Crisis
Italian President Luigi Einaudi and premier Alcide De Gasperi met in Rome to discuss the three day old political crisis. De Gasperi may be asked to attempt forming a new government but declined to comment.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Luigi Einaadi
de Gasperi
Adoption rights debated as two-adult requirement denied
In Green County Court Judge Elton Morrison denied dismissal of Dorothy Tschudy’s adoption suit and ordered an adverse examination. Oscar Tobias, attorney for Mrs. Tschudy, argued no law requires two adults to adopt and challenged welfare department rules limiting adoption to couples. A hearing is set for January 14 as Tschudy seeks custody of Jeffrey, a child she and her late husband began fostering after his father Vernon died.
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Monroe
Oscar Tobass
Madison
Dorothy Tschudy
State Welfare Department
Tobias
Elton Morrison
Green County Court
Tobaas
Morrison
Tschudy
Seoul Cabinet draft bill seeks death penalty for graft in aid
Seoul government advances a measure to impose up to the death penalty on graft or corruption in distributing foreign aid funds. The cabinet acted swiftly, outlining penalties aimed at officials and contractors involved in misusing aid programs.
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Seoul
Sitting Scions Grapple With Standing Oath of Seats
Washington report recalls the State of the Union jam turning into a seating scramble. The surge left seven sitting members standing through Eisenhower’s address while 25 to 30 House members waited for seats.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Styles Bridges
Calones
Tom Kennamer
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
R-Mass
Douglas MacArthur
Bridges
Congress
William F. Knowland
Cal
Richard Nixon
Joseph Martin
McCarthy Seeks Higher Probe Funds for 1954 Budget
Senate investigations chair McCarthy seeks a $300,000 appropriation to fund the probe work this year, including ten more investigators and lawyers. Subcommittee members warn the figure could change as Jenner seeks expanded funds for the internal security group. McCarthy vows a roll call vote to defend staff hiring and firing authority.
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Washington
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Senate
Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Senate Internal Security
Former St Louis officer enters innocent plea in Greenlease ransom case
Kansas City reports former police lieutenant Louis Shoulders pleads innocent to perjury charges connected to his account of the $600,000 ransom in the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping. Hall and Bonnie Heady were executed December 18 for the kidnap murder. $592,000 reportedly released by Hall remains unrecovered. Judge Ridge kept the $10,000 bond and gave 20 days for defense filing.
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Kansas City
Louis Shoulders
St. Louis
Greenlease
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Shoulders
Bobby Greenlease
Ridge
Morris
Milwaukee bachelor named marriage license clerk
Paul R. Sieben a 40 year old bachelor was appointed Milwaukee county marriage license clerk. Sieben said he believes in marriage but the right girl has not yet come along.
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Milwaukee
Paul R. Sieben
Milwaukee County
Sieben
Haitian government busts ring of subversives in Port au Prince
Haitian authorities said they arrested 23 politicians in Port au Prince and uncovered arms and ammunition as they broke up a ring plotting revolt. Five others are being sought in connection with the case.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Kenosha Doctor Kaltenbach Dies at 82
Dr. Louis E. Kaltenbach 82 longtime Kenosha dentist and civic leader died at his residence from a heart ailment. He organized the Kenosha County Dental society served as its first president and led the Kenosha County Dental Relief during World War I. He retired after 55 years of service and was active in St. James church and local charities. Survivors include his widow Burnet Golden and two daughters with four grandchildren.
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Louis E. Kaltenbach
3Rd Ave
Kenosha
Kaltenbach
Kenosha County
Gilbert M. Simmons
American Dental Association
Wisconsin State Dental Association
Burnet Golden
D. G. de Vore, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
R. T. Leuloff
Milwaukee
Milk Price War Quietly Winds Down in Milwaukee Area
Four major dairies raised milk prices in Milwaukee County on Thursday signaling the milk price war in the region is nearing an end.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin Emergency Board Rejects Top State Salary Hikes
The Wisconsin Emergency Board voted two to one against increasing salaries for 24 top department heads and several state officers. A study of state salaries and those of other states was approved, with a report due next October. Gov. Kohler opposed the measure, calling the current schedule unfair and criticizing the delay.
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Madison
Wisconsin Emergency Board
Kohler
State Commission
Sen. Lenroot
R Superior
Ludvigsen
Hartland
Eisenhower tax plan faces stiff congressional opposition
President Eisenhower’s proposals on income tax cuts and farm price supports run into strong resistance in Congress. House GOP leaders expect difficult fights over tax deferrals and rate reductions while other major items like social security, defense, and foreign aid face mixed support.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
America
Friends
Daniel A. Reed
New York
House
Ways and Means
Reed
GOP
Joseph W. Martin
Motive for 1948 Reuther shooting linked to UAW power
Prosecutors outline a theory that racketeers sought control of the CIO United Automobile Workers through the Reuther assassination plot. Four men, including Santo Perrone, are charged. Perrone’s whereabouts remain unknown as investigators pursue leads.
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Detroit
CIO
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers Union
Gerald K. O'Brien
Joseph G. Rashid
Reuther
O'Brien
UAW
Santo
Sam) Perrone
Perrone
Old Delafield School Destroyed by Fire
The 99 year old Highland View schoolhouse in Delafield Wisconsin burned to the ground Thursday night in a blaze blamed on an overheated furnace. Firefighters from Delafield and Wales battled the flames as 15 pupils from the one room school will continue classes at another local school.
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Delafield
Wis
Highland View
Wales
Horse and Buggy Win Stamp of Approval in Mail Service
The Philadelphia post office after a thorough survey has ruled in favor of horse drawn mail wagons for central city delivery. It found horse and wagon more economical and efficient than trucks, noting easy access to back streets and no parking worries.
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Philadelphia
Post Office Department
Center City
Quaker City
Washington
Bureau of Facilities
Central City
Navy seeks to charter medium landing ship for amphibious ops
The Navy in Orange Texas reports the Eighth Naval District in New Orleans announced a request for private ship owners to offer a medium landing ship for time charter by February 15. The Navy has mothballed ships of this type but needs to unzip one quickly for amphibious operations.
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Orange
Tex
U.S. Navy
Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
Military Sea Transportation Service
Navy
Weather winds drive light snow and rain in Wisconsin
A systems of west high and low pressure caused strong easterly winds over Wisconsin today. The forecast calls for light snow mixed with rain tonight and cloudy windy conditions with scattered flurries and cooler temperatures Saturday. Temperatures ranged from 25 to 34 tonight and 28 to 36 tomorrow with readings around 33 downtown at noon.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Sugar heir Adolph Spreckels II jailed for beating ex wife
Millionaire sugar heir Adolph Spreckels II received a 30 day jail sentence in Santa Ana California after being found guilty of beating his ex wife actress Kay Williams. In Milwaukee the FBI announced the arrest of James W Calhoun Jr 26 of Peoria Ill for check forging likely exceeding ten thousand dollars.
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Cal
U.P
Adolph B. Spreckels II
Kay Williams
Beloit
Milwaukee
FBI
James W. Calhoun, Jr
Peoria
Ill
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