Anti-UMT Witnesses Press Liquor Ban Debate
House Armed Services Chairman Vinson faces opposition to Universal Military Training as hearings wrap. Witnesses urge a strict ban on alcohol near UMT sites while Vinson argues UMT saves costs, proposing voluntary induction initially with possible future drafts. Pentagon aims to start with up to 69,000 volunteers.
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D.-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
Congress
Elizabeth Smart
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Harvey ©. Yoder
Cleveland
National Temperance League
UMT
Washington
UMIT
Pentagon
Shepheard’s Hotel in Cairo Burns Amid Riots
Cairo reports the Shepheard’s hotel burned in a dramatic blaze as rioters roam the city. Ernie Hill and his wife escape through the lobby aided by Egyptian actress May Mednar while a crowd gathers outside. The hotel, famed as an international gathering place, stored items for safekeeping and housed officials, correspondents, and visitors during wartime.
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Renee Artiere
Ernie Hill
Chicago Daily News
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Shepheard
May Mednar
Shepheard's
Miss Mednar
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Africa
Western Desert
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Middle East
Usafime
Ike's 1909 Attack on GOP Recalled in Abilene
Washington reports Gen Dwight Eisenhower at age 18 spoke at a Democratic rally in Abilene Kansas opposing the Republican party. The Dickinson County News reprints the Student in Politics speech from November 14 1903 with toasts from area high school students. The piece notes the Democratic stance and a young man’s early voting alignment.
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Washington
Washington -Times-Herald
Dwight Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Times-Herald
Eisenhower
Dickinson County
News of
County News Center
County News Report
Arab Nationalist Riots Threaten Stability Across Middle East
Across Egypt and Tunisia rioting and violence fueled nationalist demands for self rule. More than 100 people died in seven days as Cairo burned and Britain dispatched warships to guard the Suez Canal. The French promised possible autonomy for Tunisia once order returns.
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Middle East
Egypt
Tunisia
Britain
France
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
United States
Tsraeli
Russia orders Italy to quit NATO alliance
Moscow demands Italy revise the 1947 peace treaty and remove foreign troops, saying Italy must leave the Atlantic bloc. The note, delivered to Italian envoy Gropella via Deputy Foreign Minister A. Gromyko, rebukes Italy’s request for treaty revision and denies UN veto claims.
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Russia
Italy
North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
Moscow Radio
Andrei A. Gromyko
Figarolo di Gropella
Britain
United States
France
Maly
United Nations
Rome
Lebanon Syria clash wounds many as unrest grows
Thirty students from the American university in Lebanon were injured when police dispersed a demonstration against a military dictatorship in Syria. The Egyptian paper reported a deadly Aleppo clash Friday between students and army officers, with 27 killed and 287 wounded, amid ongoing unrest under Col Adib Shishekly after last November’s coup.
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Lebanon
American University
Syria
Adib Shishekly
Aleppo
Reputed Narcotics Dealer Arrested in Eastchester Bar
The FSI reported a nationwide search ended with the arrest of Rosario Tornello known as Frank the Sheik, a 53 year old dope dealer. He was arraigned as a fugitive on a five count narcotics indictment and held on 325000 bail. Also dated Washington, the President and Mrs Truman attended the wedding of Jeanne Marie Doyle, daughter of former DNC chairman William M Boyle Jr., to Thomas Chase Williams with over 500 guests.
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FSI
Rosario
Frank the Shiek
Tornello
Eastchester
U. S
Edward McDonald
Trumans
Washington
UPI
Truman
Margaret
Jeanne Marie Doyle
Wiliam M. Boyle Jr
Thomas Chase Williams
Grosse Pointe, Mich
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