House approves large military construction and aid bill
The House passed a 4.43 billion appropriation mainly for military construction and the Atomic Energy Commission on a 1300 to 18 roll call. It struck 12.8 million for a Grandview Missouri airport. The measure funds Army Navy and Air Force depots bases abroad and at home, with the Savannah River plant receiving 200 million.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
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Navy
Air Force
Savannah River
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Voice of America
Operation Bumblebee Marines Airlift U S Forces in Korea
United Nations forces staged the largest helicopter airlift to move about 1000 U S Marines to the eastern front near Wonsan. Twelve helicopters carried six men each, completing 160 flights in six hours. Tank units advanced 28 miles north toward the 38th parallel on Hearbreak Ridge as part of a broader push through Mundung Valley and Naedang Valley to support Second Division troops.
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Korea
United Nations
Wonsan
Hearbreak
Mundung
Heartbreak
Naedang
Kim Th Sung
Satae
Fresh Anti British Rallies in Cairo
In Cairo Egyptians rallied against British troops for the second day with heavy police escort. Thousands marched from Mustafa Kamel Square to Ibrahim Pasha Square shouting Down with Britain and demanding removal of foreign forces. The mood remained peaceful despite earlier violence by foreign mobs targeting Britain and France.
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Egypt
Britain
Mustafa Kamel
Ibrahim Pasha
Farouk
Ant
Mustapha Nahas el Pasha
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
New Supersonic Wind Tunnel To Test Engines Here
Cleveland on October 11 reports the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory will build a wind tunnel capable of about 2400 mph to study ramjet gas turbine and rocket engines. General Electric began constriction of power sources in Schenectady. The multimillion dollar project will deliver up to 300,000 horsepower in peak one hour and needs city-scale electricity.
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Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
E. R. Sharp
General Electric Co
Schenetay
WN. X
Rochester
FBI says 120 arrested in US thefts of government property
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced wholesale arrests for thefts from military installations. In 24 hours 30 people were detained across New Jersey California Ohio Massachusetts New York and Washington DC, bringing total arrests to 120 in two months. Losses exceed 1 million dollars involving boots radios raw rubber silver and other equipment including aircraft parts. Some items were shipped abroad making recovery unlikely.
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New Jersey
California
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Warner Robins Air Force
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Hoover
France
Belgium
Spain
Connec Ition
Reds Seek Narrow Neutral Zone in Korean Cease-Fire Talks
Allied and Communist liaison officers met twice and planned a third session to decide the size of a neutral zone for new Korean cease-fire talks near Panmunjom. The Reds push for a wide zone from Kaesong to Munsan, while the UN favors a narrow area between Kaesong and Munsan.
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Korea
Red Radio
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Peiping
Panmunjom
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Red
Parmunjom
United Nations Command
Kaesong
U.N
Baby Survives Plane Crash In Arctic Alaska
In Fairbanks Alaska a six month old Eskimo baby survived a crash that killed the mother Ruth Simmons and pilot George Harrington near Point Barrow. Another passenger is unaccounted for. The infant rode on the mother's back in a fur garment when the craft went down. The plane belonged to Wien Alaska Airlines.
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Wien-Alaska Airlines
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Marblehead’ Lake
Mass
Ruth Simmons
Thn
Arctic Village
Point Barrow
Simmons
Parka
Slightly cooler tomorrow with clear spells expected
Weather forecast notes a cooler day ahead with largely clear skies. Towelands to night and early Friday morning will see some clouds or activity, west to southwest winds 15-20 mph tomorrow afternoon, otherwise light variable winds.
10-Percent Hike in G I Pay Sought
Defense figures push for a 10 percent pay raise for all armed forces members and retirees. Secretary Lovett cited cost of living rises since 1949 and morale needs amid industry boosts. Rosenberg estimated annual cost around $810 million if retroactive to last July.
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Oct
Defense Department
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Anina Rosenberg
House, Armed Services Committee
Rosenberg
Mack Hops Off for Azores on World Goodwill Flight
Rep. Peter F. Mack Jr. DWill., a Naval Reserve pilot, left Argentia Maryland for the Azores at 6:42 a.m. on the third leg of the world goodwill flight. The single engine Friendship Flame is expected to cover about 1500 miles to the Azores in nine or ten hours. He then plans to proceed to Liston if weather cooperates.
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Washington
Peter F. Mack Jr
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Azores
Mack
Naval Reserve
Liston
Slone
Springfield
Helen Learns It Takes Plenty to Catch Man's Eye in Hollywood
Mrs. Helen Steffen, 23 year old blonde, told police she was ogled at a Tide intersection and later assaulted by a handsome restaurant acquaintance who drove her to a river bed and stripped her. She revived, was naked, and sought aid as passersby ignored her before a couple stopped and took her to a police station.
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North Hollywood
Helen Steffen
Grand Jury Indicts Finnegan in Bribery Case
ST LOUIS October 11 VP James F P Finnegan former internal revenue collector and a central figure in a Congressional probe into corruption in the tax service was indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery charges Finnegan a genial friend of President Truman has led hearings before a House Ways and Means subcommittee in Washington amid widening reports of scandals in the Internal Revenue Bureau.
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Truman
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Ways and Means
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Jobless Father of 4 Electrocutes Self in Home
DETROIT Oct 11 An unemployed father of four rigged a makeshift electric chair in his basement and electrocuted himself. Chester Dunn 40 was found by his wife Eleanor 37 after she returned from court where she had filed a nonsupport complaint. Police described how Dunn attached an extension cord to a chair and sat with feet in water before flipping a switch.
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Chester Dunn
Eleanor
Calvin
Gill
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Tax Plan Teasingly Boosts Rates as Bargaining Ends
Washington reports a final agreement on a major tax bill that would raise taxes by about six billion dollars annually. Early word says income taxes would rise about 11 percent for all but the top brackets, with the overall burden differing by no more than a dollar and fifty cents per one hundred dollars taxed. Remaining disputes touch cooperative and mutual institutions, capital gains, and excess profits taxes as conferees near a decision.
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Oct
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Senate
Conference
President Signs Bill to Finance Congress
President Truman signed a bill providing 73,805,507 dollars to finance Congress the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress until June 30. The measure funds operations of the legislative branch and related institutions for the coming period.
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Classifieds and section listings in a city newspaper
The page shows a contents list with section references for Beach Cumbing Bridge Boyle and multiple pages. It includes ads from Poagas, comics, crossword, editorial, financial pages, obituaries, radio and TV, shipping, sports, theaters, tides and temperatures, and weather activities.
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MacArthur Backs Taft Says Paper
The Milwaukee Journal reported Gen. Douglas MacArthur endorsed Sen. Taft for president. The paper said MacArthur urged Wisconsin supporters to back Taft in the 1952 spring primary. Lansing Hoyt of Milwaukee and Maj. Pat Gibbons confirmed Hoyt’s account of a New York Waldorf conference.
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Milwaukee Journal
Gen. MacArthur
Sen. Taft
Wisconsin
Tet
Journal
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Pat
Gibbons
What’s in a Name Publicity Seeks Sewer Queen Hopeful
Detroit girl Brunette Gaylig Davis, 17, aims for a theatrical career with Hollywood dreams. She pursues a “Miss Sewer Cleaner of 1952” title hoping publicity will boost her profile as photographers pose her in a bathing suit for sewer cleaner conventions.
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Detroit
Gaylig Davis
Gaylia
Broadway
Ex-Mayor Denies Plan to Steal Pekin Cornerstone
Julius E. Barnes former mayor of Delavan and Pekin American Legion commander was arrested while gathering bricks from the abandoned city hall cornerstone. He denied intent to steal the cornerstone and claimed he sought materials to build a cesspool for his hotel. Police intervened as he trespassed with tools and proposed ice tongs.
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Barnes
Old City Hall
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