Legion Elects Fighting Chief at National Convention
Eric Cocke Jr a 29 year old Dawson Georgia World War II hero and airlines executive was elected by acclamation as national commander at the four day Legion convention. Delegates representing about 3 million members backed universal military training and a hard line against communism while debating censuring the State Department amid record heat.
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U. S. State Department
Communist Party
Eric Cocke, Jr
Airlines
Dawson
Legion
UMT
State Department
Dean Acheson
Brooklyn Speech Seen as Sloppiest in Nation
A New York study labels Brooklyn speech as the sloppiest nationwide, citing recordings from schools and homes aiming to cover all economic levels. Other examples target Ypsilanti Michigan, Atlanta Georgia, Chicago Illinois, and Hollywood California with remarks on regional speech patterns.
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New York
Chicago
Hollywood
Calif
Veterans rally urges stronger policy against communism
Commander Cocke, succeeding George N. Craig, calls for a “peace through strength” plan including UMT and industrial mobilization. He urges cutting nonessential spending and civilian belt tightening as the 1951 convention in Miami, Florida, emphasizes reconstituting the state department to meet communist threats.
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State
State Department
Secretary of State
America
Cocke
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
Miami
Fla
Rice Lake Area To Be Provided With Emergency Power
The Rice Lake area will receive standby electric service from Northern States Power under Public Service Commission approval. Transmission lines from Cedar Falls to Cumberland will be built by the Wisconsin Hydroelectric Company of Amery under contract, with Northern States completing the line to Rice Lake. The arrangement covers the northern territory around Cumberland, addressing prior lack of emergency power for Rice Lake and Cumberland communities.
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Rice Lake
Wis—i
Northern States Power Company
Public Service Commission
J. S. McMillan
Eau Claire
Cedar Falls
Cumberland
Wi Hydroelectric Company
Amery
McMillan
States
Strikes Strain Uruguay Livestock Industry
Strikes have paralyzed Uruguay's basic livestock sector, disrupting farms, transport, and markets across the country and threatening supply and income for ranchers and related workers.
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Uruguay
Manufacturers Join Color TV Hue And Cry By Wayne Quiver
New York manufacturers join the chorus of criticism against CBS color using a motor driven disc method. FCC action drew opposition from General Electric and Motorola executives who call the move premature and impractical. Converters from Tele-Tone, Celomat, and Webster-Chicago plan volume production with low prices and installation costs.
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Color TV
Hue
Wayne Qliver
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Com Commission
Unications
CBS
FCC
W. R. G. Baker
General Electric Company
Electronics
Uswise
Dr. Baker
Motorola, Inc
Chicago
Robert W. Galvin
Galvin
CBS Color
Tele-Tone Radio Corp
Celomat Corp
Webster-Chicago Corp
Icago
Crime Probers Move To Philly Target $100 Million Policy Racket
Senate crime investigating committee shifts from New York to Philadelphia to focus on a $100 million a year policy racket preying on schoolchildren. Alfred M Klein estimates the numbers game gross in the area at $100.9 million. Kefauver says U S sources aid Charles Lucky Luciano now in Italy and still connected to U S crime.
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Philadelphia
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
New York
Tor Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Alfred M. Klein
Kefauver
U. S
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Vice
Italy
Luciano
Military Weapons Report Set to Shape Joint Chiefs Verdict
Five members of the weapons systems evaluation group return from Korea with preliminary findings on the 3.5 inch bazooka and recoilless guns. They assess jet assisted close in air support and armor penetration against modern tanks, informing JCS and the RD B on performance and tactics.
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Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defensement
Weapons Systems Evaluation Group
WSEG
Far East War Zone
John E. Hull
Russia
Josef Stalin III
Korea
SEG
Air Force
City Offers Free Rat Poison Distribution This Week
City health officer Dr. Garland Weidner announced continued distribution of free red squill poison for rodents on Friday and Saturday at all fire stations. He urged those who missed earlier rounds to collect supplies and emphasized that poisoning reduces rat numbers slowly and work is needed year round with sanitation and trapping.
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Garland Weidner
Weidner
Health Department
Baby Born With Tail Reported in Medical Journal
A London hospital case describes an 11 month old baby born with a tail over three inches long. The tail twitched and curled like a pig's tail until a surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital removed it and the child returned to normal.
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London
British Medical Journal
P. J. Blaxland
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital
Weather Record U. S. Department of Weather Report
Partly cloudy south and mostly cloudy north tonight with showers in the far north Saturday. Warmer southwest Saturday. Minnesota sees mixed clouds and showers, warmer south and east tonight, cooler north. Iowa mostly fair. temperature steady. River forecasts show minimal gate operation and slight tailwater falls through Sunday. Central regions report a late season heat wave with record highs in Phoenix Cheyenne Billings Denver Thermal and other areas.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Hastings
Guttenberg
No. 4
Great Lakes
New England
Idaho
Phoenix
Ariz
Cheyenne
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Denver
Colo
Thermal
Calif
Scot
Joe Gown
Rain-Making Attempts Said To Affect National Climate
Dr. Irving Langmuir, consultant for Cirrus, reports that weekly silver-iodine cloud seeding over ten months possibly triggered a chain of weather events. He cites a Southwest drought last spring as part of the nationwide impact described at the National Academy of Sciences meeting in Schenectady New York.
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Schenectady
N. Y
New Mexico
Irving Langmuir
Langmuir
Armed Forces
Cirrus
National Academy of Sciences
West Coast Feels Heat Across Regions
A hot spell spread across the nation with highs near 98 to 101 in western areas and 87 in Denver setting a new date mark. Temperatures ran near normal in the Pacific Northwest while gulf states logged high 80s to low 90s. Wet weather stretched from the eastern Great Lakes to the Atlantic and into parts of Montana and eastern Washington.
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Chicago
the Seashore
Denver
Pacific Northwest
Gulf States
Central States
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Atlantic Coast
Montana
Washington
Guards Discharged Over Theft at Waukesha School for Boys
Two guards at the Waukesha School for Boys were discharged after stealing gasoline and supplies from storerooms. John Tramburg, welfare director, reported the theft to the state board of public welfare on Wednesday.
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Madison
Wis
Waukesha
John Tramburg
State Board of Public Welfare
Beetle Plague Draws Saxony Citizens to Collectors
In Saxony residents gathered fifteen hundred tons of beetles after a bounty was offered to curb a beetle plague. The unusual harvest reflects a communal effort to control the pest and protect crops.
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Saxony
Prairie Marine Police Shootout Reported Amid Hospital Warning
Prairie Marine officers exchanged shots with two policemen. Heilmann was rushed to hospital with life threatening injuries. Herman Schendel provided an account of the events while police hunted a suspect car after a clerk reported an attempted purchase of a target pistol.
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Heilmann
Herman Schendel
Hunters Masses Set At St Josephs Cathedral
A hunters mass will be held at St Josephs Cathedral at 430 am Sunday announced by Rt Rev Msgr Peter Pape. Other masses on Sunday stay on the old schedule. A national monument will be erected in New Zealand to honor Sir Apirana an influential Maori statesman.
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St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Peter Pape
New Zealand
Sir Apirana
Life sentences handed to two U.S. soldiers in Tokyo case
In Tokyo Brig Gen Bryan L Milburn approved life sentences for two American soldiers convicted of raping a 10 year old Japanese girl. The men are Roy J Stew 29 of Grabe nee Michigan and Cpl Jesse Jrds 23 of Kosciusko Mississippi.
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Tokyo
Bryan L. Milburn
Roy J. Stew
Grabe Nee Mich
Cee
Jesse Jrds
Kosciusko
Miss
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