October Month of Decision on Increasing Armed Forces
AP Military Affairs reporter Elton C. Fay reports Defense Secretary Marshall signaling a likely October decision on expanding U S military manpower beyond 3 5 million. He notes the 90 billion dollar next year budget and Air Force capacity to form 180 groups, with Congress debating whether to expand to 150 groups and how a larger Air Force affects overall balance. Sen Taft and others weigh in on defense spending and manpower, amid warnings of large deficits if expansion proceeds.
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Truman
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Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
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Lodge
R-Mass
Europe
Morse
R.ore
Gillette
Iowa
Sen. Bridges
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Bridges
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R.-Me
Foreign Relations Committee
Bowl Gets $5000 Aid and New Manager Named
Hollywood July 25 GP Ray W. Smith executive vice president of Greater Los Angeles Plans Inc has been appointed acting general manager of Hollywood Bowl He succeeds Dr Karl Wecker who resigned last week after the Bowl was forced to close for financial reasons The summer symphony pro- insurance and operations were cited as factors in the decision
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Hollywood
Ray W. Smith
Greater Los Angeles Plans, Inc
Karl Wecker
Summer Symphony
Baby Survives Dad's Assault in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA July 25 AP Tiny Linda Sue Conley 3 months old survived after her father Raymond W. Conley 39 attacked his three children in a violent act. Brother William Emery 18 months died instantly, Wilson Lee 3 died last night after a gunshot wound. Linda Sue was cut in the throat. Conley a shipping clerk estranged from his wife was held for grand jury action after a preliminary hearing. He served as a Seabee in the Pacific theater and blamed his behavior on a head injury in World War III.
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Charlottesville
Linda Sue Conley
Raymond W. Conley
William Emery Conley
Wilson Lee
Conley
Linda Sue
Altie
Clemmie Conley
Bowl Reopens Tomorrow After Council Funding
The Bowl will reopen tomorrow night as the city council approved a $5000 appropriation yesterday. The Bowl reorganization committee, which appointed Smith, expressed optimism about the financial support and upcoming operations.
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Grams
Smith
Voice Tells Escapee's Story of Deaths in Red Atom Mines
Edward E. Bomar reports on a Voice of America account of life in uranium mines near Zwickau East Germany. An unidentified escapee describes 490 foot wooden ladders, icy slick steps, and deadly accidents due to unsafe conditions. Nine workers died and fifteen were injured in a recent mine disaster amid lax safety.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Russia
One Department
Voice of America
East Germany
Leningrad
The
Voice
Zwickau
Pepprten
Frohnau
Freiberg
Chemnitz
Frohma
State Department
Johannmgeorgenstadt
Annaberg
Voice Sak
Doctors in Private Practice Earn Avg 11058 in 1949
Washington reported that private practitioners in 1949 averaged 11058 dollars pre tax, with those in medium towns earning more than peers in big cities. Neurologists led with 28628 dollars, and 13 percent of private practitioners earned under 3000 while 8 percent topped 25000.
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Washington
Department of ‘Commerce
American Medical Association
British bomber crew completes polar hop to Alaska
Ten crewmen of a British Aries bomber land in Fairbanks after a 18 hour 54 minute flight from Keflavik Iceland over the North Pole. Wing Cmdr. R. T. Frogley calls it a training flight with no military significance and plans a return flight to Manby England via polar routes. The aircraft carries extra fuel and lacks gun turrets, being a modified Lincoln variant.
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Alaska
Iceland
North Pole
Keflavik
R. T. Frogley
Reuters
Peter Jackson
Long Beach
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