President Truman Attacks Press Over Government Secrets
President Truman blamed newspapers and slick magazines for disclosing 95 percent of the government’s secrets. He cited maps of atomic plants and city photos with arrows as examples and urged publishers to use better judgment for national security. Press secretary Joseph Short issued guidance on what is publishable, stressing responsibility by qualified officials and caution by nonofficial sources. Short defended the order as safeguarding real U S secrets.
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Washington
Truman
Washington Press Corps
Yale University
Central Intelligence Agency
Joseph Short
Short
Civilian Defense Agency
Mst
Pentagon
United States
Explosive Tax Probe Looms in Congress
Washington October 5 AP a major probe of the tax service looms as House Ways and Means investigates James P Finnegan former St Louis Internal Revenue chief and his alleged associates Brodsky Kelly and others. Senators call for a full Senate inquiry amid alleged irregularities in Detroit and a morale decline in the tax apparatus.
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House
Senate
Ways and Means
Fogether
James P. Finnean
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
John Martin Brodsky
Finnegan
L’ergusun
R.-Mich
Sen. Moody
D.-Mich
Detroit
Henry F. Sunball
Sunball
Dudmar Insurance Agency
Brodsky
Donald E. Kelly
John Hancock Mutual Insurance Co
Valley Steel Products Co
Kelly
Philip Muennig
Richard V. Clark Jr
St.Louis
Clark
Frank Grey Dies at 67 Composer of 400 Songs
Frank Grey, 67, composer of more than 400 songs for piano and orchestra, died of a heart attack Wednesday night at a meeting of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers in Beverly Halls. He was born in Philadelphia and wrote three musical comedies Sue Dear Matinee Girl and Happy.
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Beverly Halls
Frank Grey
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Philadelphia
Beef price rise shifts housewives toward pork and fish
An Associated Press survey across major cities shows beef price hikes pushing shoppers to pork, poultry, and fish. Butchers report varied reactions with some noting strong willingness to pay for beef while others cut purchases and pivot to alternatives. OPS price changes also shifted retail beef pricing.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Salagd Bale
Etg
Ania Aed
Cooler Weather Appears in East
The early October heat wave ends in many eastern areas as a cool air mass moves from the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi Valley southward. Unseasonably warm conditions persist in the Midwest with record October highs across cities such as St. Louis Toledo Chicago Indianapolis Dayton South Bend and Grand Rapids. Rain and drizzle affect the northern Great Lakes and central plains with showers along the Rockies and into Montana while other regions report fair weather.
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Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Guill States
Midwest
St. Louis
Toledo
Ohio
Chicago
Indianapolis
Dayton
South Bend
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Dakotas
Central Plains
Rockies
Monana
Drug Addicts Called Dumb in Health Magazine
Dr Victor T Vogel of the U S Public Health Service says teens using narcotics are lured by criminals seeking gain and urges education, law enforcement, and treatment to curb the rise of dope use in cities. Parents must be informed and youths taught that drug use signals weakness, not sophistication.
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Chicago
Del
Victor T. Vogel
U. S. Public Health Service Hospital
Lexington
Today
American Medical Association
Judy Garland Subpoenaed in Luft custody case
Los Angeles reports say subpoena servers seek Judy Garland over a September 30 traffic crash involving Sid Luft. The actress may testify October 17 in a custody dispute between Luft and his former wife Lynn Bari, who moves to limit Luft’s access to their 5 year old son and asks Garland be subpoenaed.
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Los Angeles
Judy Garland
Sid Luft
Luft
Lynn Bari
Miss Bari
Superior Court
Miss Garland
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