Hydrogen-made Area in Dixie Evidence of H-bomb
A Savannah River area project near Augusta, Georgia, aims to produce heavy hydrogen and tritium for hydrogen bombs. President Truman ordered initial work on January 31, 1950, with Savannah River as a dual-use site for weapons and peaceful atomic energy. Analysts warned H-bomb readiness remains uncertain, while officials stressed ongoing research and international concerns about Russia.
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Agusta
South Carolina
Truman
Augusta
Savannah River
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River Reserve
Savannah
Eep
South
Sen
Brien McMahon
Dcann
McMahon
Reinforcers or Quit Plea By Patterson in Korea Speech
Former Secretary of War Robert Patterson urged heavy reinforcement of U S troops in Korea or total withdrawal. Speaking to 200 judges at the New York State Bar Association luncheon he also backed strong defense of Europe and warned against negotiations with Russia. He cited about 45000 U S casualties in Korea and said the soldiers deserve decisive support or withdrawal.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Korea
Patterson
Sam Yorty seeks FEPC by executive order
Rep. Sam Yorty of California asks President Truman and Secretary Sawyer to establish a fair employment practices commission by executive order. He urges more California representation on National Production Authority industry advisory committees and cites disproportionate minority unemployment in Los Angeles amid defense order impacts.
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Washington
Yorty
D.-Calif
President Truman
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Fair Employment Practices Commission
California
National Production Authority
Truman
Angeles
California Gains 188 Million in Federal Aid for Next Year
California will receive 188,798,225 in federal allotments across 30 programs for the 12 months ending June 30. Total federal aid last year was 87,692,288 across 39 programs while federal taxes collected in the state reached 2,778,428,124. Major benefits include old age pensions 98,622,000 and highway construction 19,850,358.
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Washington
California
Sen. Knowlender
Unemployment Compensation and Employment Service Administration
ACTH and Cortisone Study Planned in Rheumatic Fever
In a cooperative international study led by Dr. T Duckett Jones, the American Heart Association coordinates centers in the United States Canada and Great Britain to track rheumatic fever patients treated with ACTH or cortisone. The study covers patients from 1951 with a minimum three year follow up to assess heart damage prevention and disease progression.
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New York
T. Duckett Jones
American Council On
American Heart Association
New York City
United States
Canada
Great Britain
From Red Party to Atom Lab Professor's Story
Ashington January 27. A college professor testified today that he worked for the government at Los Alamos shortly after leaving the Communist party in 1943. Dr. David Hawkins of the University of Colorado said he belonged to the party from 1938 to spring 1943 as both student and instructor at Stanford and UC. He described roles at Los Alamos including deferment regulation liaison and project liaison with the town. Also testified, Kenneth May denied knowledge of Communist attempts to infiltrate the radiation and atomic lab at Berkeley. May, a Carleton College professor, left the party for Army service in World War I and did not return. his father is a UC political science professor. Hawkins' wife Frances testified she was a former Communist during Hawkins' party years.
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Kenneth de Courcy
Monthly Intelligence Digest
London
Russia
de Courcy
Truman
Hans Bethe
Cornell
Los Alamos
United States
Klaus Fuchs
Ashington
Communist Party
David Hawkins
University of Colorado
House Committee On un-American Activites
Stanford University
University of California
Los Alamos Project
Hawkins
Kenneth May
Radiation and
Atomic Laboratory
University of California, Berkley
May
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Frances
N Airport
Korea
Jen- 27
Billy G. Héens
Terre Eaute
Ind
Tyronza
Ark
Thunderbolt
Europe
Thunderijet
Billy G. Edens
Mitchells Bold Words Foretell Air Power Rise in 1920s
Washington recalls Brig. Gen. William Mitchell whose 1920 warning that the first battles of any future war would be air battles proved prescient. His career includes trials, a court martial, and later advocacy for an independent Air Force, culminating in the air power boom after World War II.
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Washington
William
Billy) Mitchell
Mitchell
Army
Navy
Virginia
Air Corps
Texas
Korea
Billy
Inter-faith Dinner to Feature Judge DeVries Speakers
Temple Israel Brotherhood hosts an interfaith dinner with Municipal Judge Martian De Vries as guest speaker. Also speaking are Rabbi L. Elliot Grafman and Dr. Reuben Pieters. The event begins at 6 20 p m next Thursday at the temple on Third Street and Lomi Avenue. Harry Smith, president of the Brotherhood, confirms details.
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Martian DeVries
Temple Israel Brotherhood
First Presbyterian Church
Temple
Third St
Lomi Ave
L. Elliot Grafman
Reuben Pieters
Harry Smith
Brotherhood
Return of Naval Craft in U S Soviet Lend Lease Talks
Washington officials disclosed that the United States seeks the return of 670 ships from the lend-lease pool, including 84 merchant vessels and 29 military watercraft. The Soviets show little chance of agreement as negotiations trim concessions. the total claim value is around 300 million dollars.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Russia
U. S
Luun
California bachelor girl budget shows minimum living costs
A State Industrial Welfare Commission study estimates single working women in California need 2003.98 dollars per year for a basic living. It lists monthly costs for food housing clothing medical care car expenses taxes and other items based on boarding house living in Los Angeles San Francisco Oakland Fresno and San Diego areas.
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Acramento
California
State Industrial Welfare Commission
Los Angeles
San Francisco-Oakland
Fresno
San Diego Breas
Flying Hero Edens Outwits Jets After Fuel Runs Out
Battle scarred Thunderbolt ace Billy G Edens, famed in the 1945 air wars, dodged multiple enemy MiGs when fuel ran low. Across wartime exploits he was shot down, captured, escaped, and later rescued, earning the Silver Star for a Luxembourg crash-landing incident.
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Arkansas
Edens
Billy G. Edens
North Sea
Messerschmitt
Lnes
Frankfurt
Luxembourg
Acheson Says Talks with France Not Treaty Prelude
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate and House foreign relations committees that talks with France starting in Washington on Monday will not lead to any formal treaty. Senator Connally noted the point, while Senator Smith raised concerns about French General Assembly representation and possible effects on Western defense plans. Lawmakers also considered delaying a request by India for 2,000,000 tons of U.S. wheat amid famine fears.
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Acheson
Congress
Sen
Connally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol Hill
Truman
U. S
Pleven
France
Senate
America
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
H. Alexander Smith
RN. J
French General Assembly
Smith
India
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Senators to Look Into Complaints at Texas Air Base
Senate preparedness subcommittee sent a special investigator to Lackland Air Force Base Texas to examine substandard living conditions for recruits. Senator Morse claimed the Air Force mishandled criticism and sought to tag critics as subversive. Air Force officials were conducting their own probe while Maj. Gen. Lawrence denied any epidemics or shortages.
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Washington
Senate Preparedness
Lackland
Texas
Air Force Base
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Texas
Sen. Morse
Rove
Air Force
Morse
Senate
Eugene M. Zickert
Charles W. Lawrence
San Antonio
Czech Archbishop Beran Maintains Palace Stand in Prague
RAGUE Jan 27 Archbisho p Joseph Beran of Prague remains in his hilltop palace near Prague Castle, defying government pressure while facing treason and espionage trials. The 1946 appointee, once a public figure in Czechoslovakia, has not appeared outside his residence for over a year and a half amid Communist-led regime actions against church autonomy.
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Joseph Beran
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Plzen
Pilsen
Beran
Prague
Saint Vitus
Rome
Corpus Christi
Klement Gottwald
Harrison echoes long lineage in Congress and presidency
Washington January 27. Freshman Rep William Henry Harrison of Wyoming follows a vast family path in Congress. The Biographical Directory traces ancestors and elders who served as delegates and representatives from Virginia Ohio Indiana and more, with two rising to the presidency including Benjamin Harrison and the younger William Henry Harrison.
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Ashington
William
Henry Harrison
R.wyo
Congress
American Congress
Harrison
Continental Congress
Benjamin Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Benjamin
Carter Bassett Harrison
Ohio River
Ohio
White House
John Scott Harrison
Wyoming Harrison
Roo Scott
Indiana
New Drug Claims Wide Foe For Thirty Ailments
New York January 27 The antibiotic chloromycetin is said to be effective against 30 diseases and may grow in use Says Harry J Loynd vice president of Parke Davis Co The drug has recently been used to combat infections typhoid and typhus among United Nations troops in Korea
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New York
Harry J. Loynd
Parke, Davis & Co
United Nations
iKorea
Navy Guided Missiles Can Smash Subs
The Navy has developed antisubmarine guided missiles usable from aircraft surface ships and submersibles. Details on range firepower or production were not released. Tests have progressed for over two years across services from Norton Sound to White Sands Cocoa and other tests.
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Navy
Acisine Department
Norton Sound
Army
White Sands
N. M
Cocoa
Fla
Defense Department
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