Congressional Roundup Military Pay Boost in House Tuesday
The House will consider a 10 percent cost of living increase for military pay and allowances, costing about 2 million annually, despite calls to delay. Chairman Vinson defended the measure, while Rep Taber urged deeper civilian payroll cuts to save funds. Senate investigations delayed into politicians but will begin with war surplus ship cases.
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D.-Ga
Armed Services Committee
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Appropriations Committee
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Jeter
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Hoey
D-N. C
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Rep. Boykin
D.-Ala
Jo Bratten
Barkley
Charlies E. Shaver
Justice Department
Soviet Proposal to Expel Foreign Troops from Korea Urged
The United Nations adopted a plan for collective security and disarmament over Soviet objections. Vishinsky denounced armistice talks and urged Korea be freed of all foreign troops within three months. The assembly backed a unity-for-peace concept and possible regional force use, with veto-free action, while five Soviet bloc countries voted no. Argentina India and Indonesia abstained.
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Dean Acheson
U.N. General Assembly
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United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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India
Indonesia
Andrei Vishinsky
South- East Asia
L A Housing Dispute Studied by State Supreme Court
In Los Angeles the State Supreme Court took under advisement a suit by the City Housing Authority seeking to compel the City Council to fund $110 million in federally subsidized public housing. Justices gave parties 25 days to file briefs and will later decide if the council breached the CHA contract for low rent slum clearance homes. Chief Justice Gibson faulted the council for not admitting or denying breach and stated the contract may have no force in law.
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State Supreme Court
City Housing Authority
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Council
Walkout Idles Atom Plant Near Denver
The Atomic Energy Commission’s Rocky Plat secret project northwest of Denver was idled today by a labor walkout. Officials said 650 workers from 12 AFL unions walked out, a dispute to be resolved between unions and contractors.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Rocky Plats
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Red Hot 37-Ton Ingot Shipped 800 Miles for Forging
A 37 ton steel ingot heated to 3000 degrees was sent by rail from Montreal to Trenton Nova Scotia 800 miles away. Packed in a lined steel container it should arrive within 24 hours ready to be forged without reheating. If successful more shipments will follow.
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Trenton
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Tides and Temperatures Reported for the Day
Sunrise and sunset times are listed along with moonrise and moonset. Tide highs at 9:12 a m and 10:59 p m reach 5.8 and 3.8 feet, while lows at 3:04 a m and 4:26 p m reach 2.2 and minus 0.6 feet. Foregoing statistics are from the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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South Jury Frees Farmer in Murder Trial
In New Bern North Carolina a jury acquitted wealthy Trent River farmer Ishmael Hanes of murdering tenant Ishmael Simmons a 40 year old Black man on Hanes farm. Hanes testified the shooting in self defense after an argument over tobacco money and a threatened arrest for his wife.
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Torrential Rain Floods . F. Area (Continued From Page 1)
Floods hit Contra Costa and surrounding counties as highways are blocked by snow and high water. Dozens evacuated in Brentwood and Knightsen area while many marooned. disaster area declared and relief teams deployed. Rain totals rise in Oakland San Francisco Sacramento.
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Father Quizzed in Fire Killing 3
A man wasInterrogated over a fatal house blaze in Rolla Missouri that killed three children. Witness accounts say the fire laid as if doused with flammable liquid. Hill telephoned for help to retrieve his wife but authorities did not respond. Mrs Hill fled with no knowledge of her children's danger.
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Three Children Die in Wanstad Ontario Fire
A home blaze in Wanstad Ont early today killed three children, Leland George Knudsen aged 5, and his brothers David Frederick 2 and Stuart William 3. Parents Mr and Mrs Knudsen escaped through back windows with older sister Dorothy Jacqueline 6 and visitor Bride Kirk 8.
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Dorothy Jacqueline
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New Gas Heater Kills Mother Sons in Oakland
In Oakland a mother Ida Stratner aged 31 and her two children Philip 3 and Jeffrey 20 months died from gas fumes from a recently installed heater. Henry Stratner the husband discovered them in their upstairs flat. Inspectors blame an improper vent connection on a heater installed just Thursday by a family friend.
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Merle Longnecker
Leonard Fake
Tax Agent Eugene Meyer Suspended in Texas Inquiry
Dallas based investigation reports Eugene L. Meyer assistant chief of the income tax division for the south Texas oil region has been suspended from his job amid irregularities under a special inquiry initiated yesterday by authorities.
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Eugene L. Meyer
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Five Children Taken by Judge After School Hair Curler Case
In Antioch California, Justice of the Peace Yates Hamm seized five Bartons children aged 3 to 11 after the couple refused a $10 fine for their daughter Theola being sent home for wearing pin curls. The Bartons named Hamm legal guardian, then hurried from court. Theola’s wardship was pursued by Juvenile Court.
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Dead Son on Heroes' List Despite Father Objections
Washington, Jan. 12. A young officer who died valiantly in Korea will be enrolled as a Medal of Honor recipient despite his father's objections. First Lt. Robert M. McGovern earned the Medal of Honor for valor on Jan. 20 in combat. his brother Second Lt. Jerome F. McGovern posthumously received the Silver Star. Their father, Halsey McGovern, 65, rejected both medals, saying accepting them would not be right.
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Frank Dorn
Army Information
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Charles
Politics Ball Rolls at San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 12 both parties laid groundwork for 1952. The California Republican Assembly opened at Hotel St Francis while the Democratic central committee met at the Palace to craft platforms and candidate endorsements. Lt. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight spoke at a Palace Hotel dinner on Debts Decency and Democracy as anti Warren factions formed around John Francis Neylan and Ed Tickle. Democrats faced intraparty strife over Truman renomination, with Elmer Delany of Democrats United backing Estes Kefauver, opposing party chair William Malone.
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Democratic Groupis
California Republican Assembly
Hotel St. Francis
Democratic State Central’ Committee
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Earl Warren
John Francis Neylan
Ed Tickle
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Goodwin J. Knight
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Truman
Elmer Delany
Democrats United
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Delany
William M. Malone
Fifth Air Force reports record weekly losses in Korea
Eighth Army dispatch from Korea says the Fifth Air Force lost 16 planes in the seven days ending yesterday, the heaviest weekly toll of the war. Sabre jets shot down 12 MiGs while antiaircraft guns downed 13 American aircraft. Sabres faced no hits in clashes with three groups of Communist jets.
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Union Clash Feared in Boston Shipping
Boston docks remained tense as APL Longshoremen voted 293 to 246 to cross a CIO picket line ending a six week labor dispute that had nearly closed the port to American cargo ships and police guarded the waterfront.
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APL
CIO
Democrats Urge City Ownership Of Public Transport
The Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee unanimously adopted a resolution urging city ownership of all public transportation in the area. It condemned current services as inadequate and deteriorating, accused private investors of collusive ties with the Public Utilities Commission, and called for an investigation into a series of pay boosts since investor control began.
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Democratic Central Committee
Public Utilities Commission
Libya's King Idris Leads Simple Libyan New Nation
Washington reports Idris I, leader of Cyrenaica and head of the Senussi sect, as a respected figure guiding Libya’s transition to a constitutional monarchy. The U N and major powers plan about 10 million dollars to aid the new government amid a Feb 2 election and party challenges from the National Congress.
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Sayid Mohammed Idris
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National Congress Party
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Egypt
Fugitive Torres Surrenders After Slow Run From Police
Los Angeles report says 22 year old burglary suspect Joe Torres escaped a pursuing officer by leaping from a police car and weaving through traffic. A warning shot was fired, and Torres halted and surrendered to detectives including Officer W. I. Maraisi.
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EPI
Joe Torres
Torres
W. I. Maraisi
Grocer Leaves $5060 to JF Roosevelt in Will
Louis Lifshin an Uptario California grocer left one fifth of his 25300 estate to Franklin D Roosevelt. The bequest was to benefit the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and would pass to the foundation if Roosevelt died first. Lifshin died December 10 at age 64 with probate filed in Los Angeles.
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Uptario
Calif
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Louis Lifshin
National Foundation For
Roosevelt
Lifshin
Voluntary UNIT Test Plan Spurned
The House armed services committee rejected a plan for a voluntary universal military training experiment next summer or fall. Chairman Carl Vinson proposed tying UMT to 60,000 volunteers but faced broad opposition. Public hearings to begin Tuesday will guide further action.
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House Armed Services Committee
Carl. Vinson D.ga
Defense Department
National Security Training Commission
Vinson
Training Commission
French General Paid Last Honors
Paris reports that Jean de Lattre de Tassigny received the posthumous title of Marshal of France. The aged commander in chief and Indochina high commissioner died yesterday. A full military funeral is planned at the Invalides followed by a procession to Mouilleron Expareds for burial.
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the Invalides
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