Supersonic Waver Marries British Bride In Quick Texas Move
SSgt William Griggs and Mrs Winifred Spears wed at Biggs AFB chapel after rushing a Texas health test. The pair, who met in England when Griggs ferried a bomber crew, faced a four hour delay caused by red tape. Ceremony conducted by Capt Fred A DeLashaw. Spears accompanied by daughter Antoinette.
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Antoinette
Air Force
Wiliam Griggs
el Paso
Texas
British Airlines
Akron, Ohio
Abyss Plai
England
Prass Wiraphoto
Winifred F. Spears
Rickmansworth
Hartfordshire
Eng
Biggs Air Force Base
Spears
Icate
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Biggs
Fred A. DeLashaw
New York
Griggs
Winifred
Tool Bottleneck Solution Sought
Washington Aug 2 government seeks anew to break the machine tool bottleneck Mobilization Director Charles E Wilson calls on federal agencies to defer skilled tool workers and allow wage increases to secure labor for industry The Wage Stabilization Board is told to give immediate consideration to wage boosts Selective Service directed to alert draft boards to hold induc tions of machine operators to a minimum Witnesses testified in Mason field that the money would be used as sewer money to benefit public officials.
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Washington
Charles
E. Wilson
Wilson
Wage Stabilization ‘Board
Mason Field
Lama's Brother Will Not Return
The Tak Tser Lama, 28, brother of the Dalai Lama, said he would not return to Tibet while the Communists remain. He spoke from a Virginia hideout where he has stayed about two weeks, noting reports that his younger brother had moved from the Indian border to Lhasa.
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Washington
Tibet
Tak Tser Lama
Dalai Lama
Virginia
Ee Ae
Tak
Tser Lams Eulahei
Petsche Pleads for French Unity in Parliament
Paris August 2 Maurice Petsche urged the French National Assembly to bury quarrels and form a unity government to cooperate with the United States and Britain for defense of the West. France had been without a government for six weeks and Petsche appeared seeking a vote of confirmation for a new administration.
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Paris
Maurice Pouches
Cal Partes
France
United States
Britain
Petsche
National’ Assembly
Berlin Zones Trade Halt Halts East West Trade
Bonn reports all trade between West and East Germany will halt tomorrow due to Soviet restrictions on West Berlin exports. The interim interzonal pact expires at midnight, with talk of a new agreement valued around 100 million dollars in goods not signed until Russians lift shipments from West Berlin.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
West German Federal
East
West Germany
Convicts Bilk U.S. of 2000 in Tax Refund Scheme
Twenty five prisoners at Florida State Prison stole about 2000 from the U S Bureau of Internal Revenue by filing false 1950 income tax returns with fictitious withholding receipts. They cashed or deposited refunds to their accounts, ranging from 5 to 325 dollars, before checks were returned. Florida Collector John L Fahs and IRS agent Homer T Jones described the scheme and said the ring is smashed though some refunds remain uncollected.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida State Prison
U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury ‘Department
Florida
John L. Fahs
Homer T. Jones
Internal Revenue
F _Jones
Tracks Spur Hope for Pair
In Yuma Arizona a 17 day desert search for Klaus Martens and June Walker gained new life as ground teams uncovered fresh tracks 12 miles from their abandoned plane. The pair left a bomb range and aimed west amid rain dampened terrain while air and ground crews followed the signs and sunlit clues seeking food water and fuel indicators.
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Yuma
Ariz
Here
Veeran
Klaus W. Martens
Pasadena
Calif
June Marajane Walker
Pe Malverne
Martens
Russians Block German Ships for Russia Snubbed
Washington Aug 2 UP The State Department said the United States is blocking 13 small German ships intended for Russia. The note exchange with the Soviet embassy shows the commission had proposed 13 vessels totaling 7500 gross tons be given to Russia, but the U S did not approve the plan. Secretary Acheson called the Soviet claim to a legal right erroneous and noted Russia may already have more than its rightful share after salvaging vessels not reported to the commission.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Russia
Germany
U. S
Britain
U.S
Sovviet
Acheson
Commission
Michael McDermott
Ussr
Lightning Kills Five Injures Eight Hikers
In Driggs Idaho a thunderstorm struck a canyon in the Teton Peaks killing five Mormon Church campers and wounding eight others including four Idaho Falls girls and a camp counsellor. Scoutmaster Fred Miller aided unconscious teens as emergency crews responded for the 37 hikers.
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Driggs
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Teton Peaks
Fred Miller
Miller
Teton Valley
Gordon Jensen
Betty Kearney
Carol Engstrom
Mary Severson
Berniece Malone
Ora. Holst
Cayap
Navy and Air Force Row Over Methods
A New York Times report by Hanson W. Baldwin notes Navy and Marine air units have been withdrawn from Exercise Southern Pine at Fort Bragg and Camp Mackall as interservice disputes over close air support and air power priorities surface. The joint exercise runs Aug 1 to Aug 42 with 85,000 Army ground troops and 400 Air Force planes, while the Times cites differing service concepts that must be settled at the Joint Chiefs of Staff level.
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New York
Air Force
New York Times
Air
Hanson W. Baldwin
Times
Baldwin
Far
Navy
Win
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fort Bragg
Camp Mackall
the Times
Air Support Probe Urged in Interservice Tug of War
Rep Cole urged a congressional inquiry into interservice disputes over close air support for ground troops. He asked Chairman Vinson to lead the probe, arguing the issue endangers troops and may require returning CAS to the Army or assigning Marine aviation to CAS duties.
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Washington
Cole
House
Vinson
D Ga
Armed Services Committee
L Retitn
Army
Marine Corps Aviation
Marine Corps
Air Force
Congress
Iron lung shipment aids Colorado polio fight
An emergency flight from Boston brings 40 iron lungs to Denver to combat a polio outbreak. The National Infantile Paralysis Foundation reports the pool in Denver is depleted and the effort targets Pueblo, Denver, and Colorado Springs with seven hospitals caring for 209 cases this year. The state Health Department has declared a nursing emergency as cases rise, with 61 new cases last week including 34 in Pueblo.
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Denver
Boston
Colorado
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Esther DePaulo
Puebla
Colo
Colorado Springs
DePaulo
State Health Department
Pueblo
New Pakistan Bid to Nehru
In Karachi Premier Liaquat Ali Khan again invited India's Prime Minister Nehru to visit Islamabad to discuss ending war tension. He wrote that war would ruin both nations and his note answered Nehru's latest communication over Kashmir.
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Xarachi
Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khan
India
Nehru
Liaquat Ali
Kashmir
Shortage Shuts Down State Nash Plant
El Segundo Aug 2 The Nash Motors assembly plant will close for a week due to a parts shortage blamed on strikes at supplier plants. Works Manager Campbell Wood said operations will resume with the first shift Monday Aug 33.
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EL Segundo
Nash Motors
Campbell Wood
Ant Eater Prefers Ham Burgers at Kiddiland Exhibit
Birmingham officials report a feeding oddity at the city operated Kiddiland park. The ant eater refuses ants and will eat only ham burgers, prompting discussions on exhibit choices and animal diets.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kiddi- Land
Thair
Senator Denounces Bribe Plan Author
Washington August 2 UPI A Senate subcommittee denounced Sam Mason as a complete fraud who ran a confidence racket to swindle about a quarter million dollars from victims by promising cheap leases on government property. The Hoey subcommittee announced a federal land jury would probe Mason activities.
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Washington
Upia Senate
Sam Mason
Hoey
D-N
Senate Committee On Investigations
Mason
New Yorker
Samuel D. Mossman
Hoey Toup
Milk price gap widens between farmer and consumer
Senate report on food prices shows broad spread from farmer prices to grocery bills. Senator Aiken notes rumors of high milk route pay and urges full investigations in Chicago. Milk producers in Chicago earned $2.12 less per hundred pounds than Washington, yet consumer milk there costs a cent more per delivered quart.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Aiken
R.-Vt
Chicago
Aiken
Justice Department
Antitrust
Recall Fields Alcoholic Dog in W C Fields Session
In Los Angeles on August 2 Magda Michael Fields longtime secretary recounted Wino the Skid Row dog who served as a lookout for winos. The sad tale said the canine became addicted to alcohol and was to be enrolled in Alcoholics Anonymous before Fields died before reform could take place.
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Los Angeles
Wino
Skid Row
Magda Michael
Michael
Alcoho
Miss Michael
Fields
Japs to Be Freed From Rangoon Area
Burma published report states 36 Japanese war criminals sentenced this year will be freed and evacuated to Singapore and other locations. Officials indicate the men will be sent out Sunday, with preparations underway for transfer.
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Rangoon
Burma
Aniday
Singapore
Ota
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