Unification Bill Signed by President
President Truman signs the Armed Services Unification Bill in the Oval Office with senators and representatives, defense heads, and top brass looking on. Johnson creates the National Defense Management Committee and an advisory group to cut Defense Department costs while preserving military effectiveness. General Joseph T. McNarney named chairman. other members include Gray, Kimball, and Zuckert. MacNarney moves from Air Force to Defense Department. The bill advances Truman’s plan for economical national defense and consolidates Army Navy and Air Force under a single cabinet official.
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Washington
Truman
United States
J. Truman
Oval Room
Defense Establishment
Army
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
National Defense Management Committee
Defense Department
Joseph T. McNarney
Gray
Daniel A. Kimball
Eugene M. Zuckert
MacNarney
House
Senate
Navy Vessel Simon Newcomb Runs Aground Near Labrador Coast
The Navy hydrographic survey ship Simon Newcomb ran aground at Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast after heavy seas. All 37 crew members were safe, with only Lt. (JG) C. R. Modlin remaining aboard as Coast Guard and salvage teams race to assist. The 136-foot vessel faces possible capsizing if seas stay rough.
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Norfolk
Simon Newcomb
Hamilton Inlet
Labrador
C. R. Modlin
USN
Coast Guard
Navy
Fifth Naval District
Simon Newcombe
Newcomb
Akron Man Dies of Gun Wounds
A 79 year old Akron man Chauncey Ickes died in city hospital after killing his son Howard C. Ickes 49 and wounding his daughter in law Eva Ickes 47 before shooting himself in the abdomen. Police say a persecution complex drove the attack. Eva Ickes remained hospitalized in serious condition at City Hospital.
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Akron
City Hospital
Chauncey Ickes
Howard C. Ickes
Eva Ickes
George G. Duback Named Administrator at Ashtabula Hospital
George G. Duback of Cleveland is appointed administrator of the new Ashtabula General Hospital in Ashtabula Ohio. The appointment signals the hospital's leadership setup as it prepares to open.
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Ashtabula
George G. Duback
Cleveland
Ashtabula General Hospital
Vaughn Sought To Speed Permit For Race Track
Washington report states Maj. Gen. Harry H Vaughan asked Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods to hurry a Tanforan race track permit. Vaughan reportedly urged faster action citing possible California Race Track Commission actions and White House approval to testify in the five percenter inquiry.
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Vaughn
Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Harry H. Vaughan
Tanforan
Woods
Senate Investigations
Vaughan
Truman
Eugene Mori
Camden
N. J
Tanfora
White House
California Race Track Commission
Justice Department
Hoey
D-Nc
1000 Firefighters Battle Idaho Forest Blaze
More than 1,000 men fought to control Payette national forest fires in Idaho. The blaze scorched 5,100 acres of timber and stretched along 18 miles of fire lines near the Salmon River. Fire crews maneuvered to protect the Golden Anchor mine as the fire neared the area.
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Mccall
Slim Vassar
Helena National Forest
Phil Murphy
Gates of the Mountains
Montana Forest
Murphy
Meriiwether Canyon
Missouri River
Helena
Two in Family Die Hours Apart In Cincinnati
Death struck the Richards family twice within hours. Mrs Mildred W Richard 41 a Cincinnati nurse was killed in a crash involving her car a streetcar and another vehicle. Her father in law Sol Richard 75 of Newport Kentucky collapsed and died of a heart attack after hearing the news.
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Cincinnati
Richards
Mildred W. Richard
Sol Richard
Newport
Richard
Charles Spotting For Two Pounds
Ed gard Charles heavyweight boxing champion in the 47 NBA states weighed 180 pounds today for his title fight tonight with Gus Lesnevich who scaled 182.
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New York
Edgard Charles
Gus Lesnevich
Income Up This Year Despite Inventory Slowdown
Washington AP reports consumer incomes rose 2.6 percent in the first half of 1949 versus 1948, reaching an annual rate of 213.4 billion dollars. Farm receipts and the first factory payroll gain since September helped, while inventories shrank about 1 billion, prompting economists to call it an inventory recession due to cautious stock levels.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Shoe repair shop owner dies in car crash
Nicholas Caporini 66, operator of Nick's Shoe Repair Shop, was killed when his car struck a parked steel loaded truck in Bucyrus.
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Bucyrus
Nicholas Caporini
Nick
Hawaii Moves to End Waterfront Strike with Government Stevedoring
Gov. Ingram M. Stainback signed orders for a territorial takeover of two struck Honolulu dock firms signaling a 102 day tieup move toward government stevedoring. ILWU vows court challenge as 1,500 stevedores begin signing up and engineers heed Washington order to avoid sailing behind picket lines.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Ingram M. Stainback
CIO International Longshoremen
ILWU
Jack Hall
Hall
CIO Marine Engineers’ Executive Board
Washington
John Perry
Stainback
Private rites held for Mrs Sumner Welles in Lausanne
Cremation services for Mrs Sumner Welles wife of former U S Undersecretary of State were held privately today after she died suddenly Monday from an acute attack of peritonitis in Lausanne Switzerland AP reports.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Sumner Welles
U. S
French Army to Get Most Military Aid
General Omar N. Bradley stated the French army would be the backbone of North Atlantic defenses as the bulk of new European military aid, totaling 1.45 billion dollars, was urged for approval. He dismissed hopes for immediate aid to Asia and defended not delaying rearmament while seeking secret plan details.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
North Atlantic
Ford strike vote grows as ballot nears close
More than 63 000 of 80 000 Ford production workers in Michigan had voted by day’s end on whether to strike for a 100 dollar monthly pension plus health benefits and higher wages. Noel P. Fox said final turnout could reach 90 percent as results expected within eight hours after polls close. The CIO United Auto Workers and Ford have pressed for a contract since June 2, with the UAW international board meeting to decide next steps after results.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
Noel P. Fox
State Labor Mediation Board
Ford Workers
Fox
UAW
Ford
International Executive Board
Kathryn Shambargar
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Ohio
NEA
Steel Hearing To Be Resumed In August
The Presidential fact finding board in the steel dispute resumes hearings tomorrow with 58 companies represented. About 30 will present statements opposing the CIO Steelworkers demand for a 30 cent per hour package covering wages pensions and insurance. The board aims to finish by August and will report to President Truman on August 30. Its recommendations are nonbinding.
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NEW York
CIO Steelworkers Union
Truman
Council Of Europe May Solve Trade Problem, Group Told
Former French premier Edouard Herriot told the Strasbourg audience that the Council of Europe could address Europe’s trade deficit with the United States and aid ERP funding. He urged a political body to tackle root political and economic issues and suggested Western Germany should join after proving postwar restraint.
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Council of Europe
Edouard Herriot
United States
Herriot
Council
Consultative Assembly
Assembly
Europe
For
German police fire on crowd of Jewish displaced in Munich
German police fired on a crowd of about 1000 Jewish displaced persons in Munich after they were said to have stoned officers and refused to disperse. Three DPs were wounded as protesters gathered to object to an alleged antisemitic letter in a Munich newspaper.
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Duble
Diple
Munich
Germany
Corn Grower Henry Sleesman Dies in Ada
Henry C. Sleesman a 74 year old hybrid corn grower died yesterday in Ada Oklahoma. Sleesman was known for his work in corn cultivation and affected farming community members expressed condolences. He leaves his wife and two children. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Ada, O
Henry C. Sleesman
Hoover Celebrated On 75th Birthday At Stanford
Herbert Hoover turns 75 as tributes pour in from multiple states and nations. Stanford University plans a 5 p.m. address in Frost Amphitheater by the former president, with 12 000 to 14 000 expected to attend.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Clark Hoover
Stanford University University
Frost
Hoover
Arkansas
Maryland
Earl Warren
California
New Mexico
Vermont
Mr. Hoover
Idaho
Alabama
Virginia
South Dakota
Kansas
New York
Washington
Iowa
Leland Stanford University
United States
Bohemian Club
Russian River
Truman
Commission
Bus Fire Kills Fifteen in Indiana Crash Near Bloomington
A Greyhound bus traveling from Indianapolis to Bloomington crashed on a winding road and burst into flames after hitting a bridge abutment. Fifteen people died, many burned beyond recognition, with twelve others injured and hospitalized in Bloomington. Driver Wayne Cramer survived with others escaping through doors and a rear window.
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Bloomington
Ind
Here
Indianapolis
Robert W. Lyons
Monroe County
Charles Ellerbrook
Evansville
Billy Ellerb
Indiana National Guard
Wayne Cramer
Highway 37
Glen
van Horn
Edgar Davis
Davis
Bill Ellerbrook
Ellerbrook
Survivors Named in Grey Bus Crash Near Bloomington
Bloomington officials report survivors of a Grey bus crash near Bloomington Indiana including Herbert Litteral a 24 year old from Cedarville Ohio.
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Bloomington
Ind
Herbert Litteral
Cedarville
Miss Ohio Elizabeth Giles Crowned in Cleveland
Freckled Elizabeth J. Giles a 19 year old from Falls named Miss Ohio 1949 in Cleveland last night. She will compete for national laurels at Atlantic City next month. Giles stands five feet seven inches, weighs 126 pounds with 36 inch bust and hip, and a 24 inch waist. Sonia Berman of Toledo finished second and Jeannie Cambron of Cleveland Heights was third.
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Cleveland
Elizabeth J. Giles
C In
Falls
Stal America Laurels
Atlantic City
Miss Giles
Sonia Berman
Toledo
Jeannie Cambron
Cleveland Heights
Wheelersburg man files bankruptcy in Cincinnati district court
Chester R. Yates of Wheelersburg Ohio Route 2 filed voluntary bankruptcy in a Cincinnati district court. He lists assets of 14688 dollars and liabilities of 24871 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Chester R. Yates
Wheelersburg
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