No Report To Be Issued On MacArthur Hearings
Senate inquiry into General Douglas MacArthur ends without a formal report by a 20 to 3 vote. Chairman Russell says issuing a report would revive controversy amid Korean peace talks, while allowing members to file views for the hearing record.
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Arthur
Washington
Senate
MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
Douglas MacArthur
Saltonstall
Rmass
McaArthur
Draft Call Thresholds for 1952 Highlight College Deferment Changes
Washington AP reports Selective Service expects 520000 inductions this year and 300000 in 1952. Brig Gen Renfrow says college students failing deferment criteria can be called after one automatic college deferment. High class standing or top aptitude scores may secure year to year deferments through graduation.
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Washington
Selective Service
Armed Services
House
Louis H. Renfrow
Renfrow
Cleveland Indians Set Men's Night at Stadium
The Cleveland Indians announce a one time event called Men’s Night at Cleveland Stadium on August 31 when they host the St. Louis Browns. Men enter free except for a 35 cent tax while women pay full admission. this is the only time this season such a break is offered. The note recalls past free entry under former owner Bill Veeck at season end.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Stadium
Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Browns
Ill Veeck
Everbody
House Panel Cuts Civil Defense Funds and Oversight
The House Appropriations Committee slashes the Civil Defense Administration budget to 65.3 million from 535 million and rejects funds for bomb shelters. It also trims medical supplies by 150 million, and endorses a 10 percent payroll cut across agencies as part of four major spending bills totaling over 4.08 billion.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
HOUSE
Senate
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Agriculture Department
Interior Department
Atomic Energy Commission
GOP Plans Sharp Blast On RFC Probe Report
Republican senators won the right to file a sharply critical RFC probe report in the Senate records. The Banking Committee approved a majority document and allowed a Republican minority statement to be filed, with both reports to be published together and kept secret until Monday noon.
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Washington
RFC
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Truman
Fulbright
D-Ark
Capehart
R-Ind
Bricker
Ohio
House OKs Pensions Over Truman Veto
The House passed over President Truman's veto a bill granting $120 monthly pensions to veterans disabled by non service connected causes who require an attendant. Current pensions for these veterans run from $60 to $72 monthly.
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Washington
House
Truman
Crackdown on Black Market Meat Prices Across Nation
Government launches nationwide drive to enforce cattle price ceilings after reports of a black market. OPS head DiSalle says enforcement will target slaughter plants and violators. Advisory committee to meet next week to discuss ceilings and abolition of slaughter quotas.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Disalle
Beef Slaughtering Industry Advisory Committee
Congress
Iran police clash wounds six amid oil dispute
Knife wielding Fedayan Islam militants attacked during a protest as police tried to break up a 200 strong nationalist crowd near the Shah Mosque. Police sustained injuries while Iran and Britain negotiate over the critical oil dispute with the British delegate warning possible buyer shifts.
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Tehran
Iran
Fedayan Islam
Shah Mosque
Fedayan
Ali Razmara
Richard R. Stokes
BUC Shakeup Discussed With Lausche In Columbus
Governor Frank Lausche convened representatives from about a dozen civic business and labor groups plus heads of the State Welfare and Highway Departments to review possible administrative changes at the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. The meeting focused on inequities in the new job and salary classification law and potential savings in administrative costs.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
State Welfare and Highway Departments
Lausche
BUC
Ernest Cornell
Ohio
Totay
Bechet Weds Elizabeth Ziegler in Antibes Jazz Style
Sidney Bechet married Elizabeth Ziegler in Antibes France as a jazz band led procession and horse drawn carriage moved through crowds along the Riviera. A Mardi Gras atmosphere and public celebration accompanied the wedding of the famous saxophonist already known for decades of blues and ragtime style.
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Jazzman Bechet
France
Antibes
Sidney Bechet
French Riviera
Old Bech
Elizabeth Ziegler
Beck
New Orleans
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Riviera
Lake Erie Body Recovered Of Japanese American Boatman
Cleveland AP reports the Coast Guard recovered the body of James Abe aged 19, a Japanese American boatman, from Lake Erie today after he had been missing since July.
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Cleveland
The
Coast Guard
James Abe
Lake Erie
Final screening of ninety cadets almost at an end
West Point officials say the final screening of 90 cadets facing dismissal for cheating is nearly complete. Boards are reviewing additional cases of alleged honor code violations beyond the original group, with the spokesman noting the number under study is less than 29.
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West Point
N.Y
U. S. Military Academy
Cpl
James B. Leer
Academy Public Information
Academy
Sister Kenny Says She Has Early Parkinson's Disease
Los Angeles AP report quotes Sister Elizabeth Kenny confirming her illness as the start of Parkinson's disease. She states loss of use in her right arm and partial right leg and predicts about two more years of life with the condition.
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Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kenny
Hearst Rites Set In San Francisco
Final tribute was paid today to William Randolph Hearst founder of a vast publishing empire. The service in San Francisco honored the Hearst name and its long media legacy.
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San Francisco
William, Randolph Hearst
Bradley trio indicted in Bradley game fixing case
NEW YORK AP Three Bradley University basketball players Eugene Melchiorre William K Mann and George M Chianakas were indicted in General Sessions Court on fixing charges. District Attorney Frank Hogan said eight fixers including a gunman and bank robber led the scheme with Joseph Benintende directing operations. Wagers up to 50000 were cited with detailed bribe efforts for the March 19 1949 Bradley Bowling Green consolation game at Madison Square Garden.
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NEW York
Bradley University
Bradley
General Sessions
Eugene Melchiorre
William K. Mann
George M. Chianakas
Frank S. Hogan
Joseph Benintende
Benintende
Hogan
Joseph Granza
Peter Albersano
Peoria
Ill
Chicago
Bowling Green University
Madison Square Garden
Bowling Green
Chianakas
Mann
Charles Grover
Nicholas
Anthony Englisis
Saul Feinberg
Marvin Mansberg
Melchiorre
Microwave Radio Telephone System Goes Into Operation
A 40 million dollar microwave beam system launches long distance calls and soon network television across the continent. 107 towers spaced about 30 miles apart relay signals horizon to horizon from New York to San Francisco through major midwestern cities.
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New York
Long Lines Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Electronic Communications
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Davenport
Des Moines
Omaha
Denver
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Prominent Doctor Held on Manslaughter Charge in Oklahoma
Dr. Perry E. Hewitt Jr a noted brain specialist was jailed on a 5000 bond awaiting preliminary hearings for manslaughter tied to a female patient’s death. He faces a charge of administering drugs while intoxicated.
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Muskogee
Okla
Perry E. Hewitt
Hewitt
Ferguson Denies Sabotage Charge Over Turnpike Plan
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson rejected accusations by a citizens group that he is trying to sabotage the proposed 300 million dollar toll turnpike across northern Ohio. The dispute centers on efforts to block or delay the highway project.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Citizens
Ohio
Jamaica Warned To Brace For Major Caribbean Hurricane
Jamaica was advised to prepare as a tropical storm intensified into a hurricane in the Caribbean Sea. Meteorologists warned of strong winds and potential damage as Jamaica monitored its path and impact ahead.
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Jamaica
Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Accused Slayers Plan To Fight Extradition
Two former servicemen deny involvement in Maj. William V. Holohan’s 1944 OSS death behind German lines. Aldo Icardi and Carl LoDolce vow to oppose extradition to Italy while the U S Defense Department cites alleged confessions by LoDolce and two Italians. LoDolce says he will fight extradition to Italy to stand trial.
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Office of Strategic Services
William V. Holohan
Italy
Aldo Icardi
Carl LoDolce
Holohan
Icardi
LoDolce
L. Lamdi
Washington
U. S. Defense Department
OSS
Defense Department
Preakness
N. J
Carl G. Lo‘Dolce
Rochester
N. Y
Pittsburgh
LaDolce
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
Presutti
Department
Truman urges employers to hire handicapped workers
President Truman urged American employers to place handicapped citizens in defense plants to win a just lasting peace. He cited a 100000 job increase for the handicapped last year and praised a Chicago employer who runs a plant with 60 handicapped workers among 80 employees and earned the Army Navy E award during World War II.
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Washington
Truman
Committee On
National
George Barr
Chicago
Youman
Army and Navy
Texas Still Broils in New York Heat Wave
Texas remained the nation's hot spot as 100 to 108 degree temperatures persisted. Thunder and hail hit New York and New England with showers up the Upper Mississippi Valley and southeast states. Heat deaths reached at least 29 while cattle were sold due to dried pastures. Central and eastern New York faced waves of storms with hail up to baseball size in Chenango Valley and ping pong ball hail in Auburn. Schenectady recorded two inches of rain in an hour and crops suffered damage statewide.
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Texas
New York
New England
Mississippi Valley
Midwest
New York State
Chenango Valley
Auburn
Allies Meet Only Mild Resistance in East Korea Front
Allied patrols fighting along east Korea reported only mild Red resistance with brief skirmishes elsewhere. Rains hindered air operations as patrols near the Kaesong neutral zone observed a Communist platoon but did not engage.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
East Korea
Kaesong
Central Front
United Nations
Red
No-Man's-Land
Young Named Counsel for Region 6 of OPA
Former Ohio congressman at large Stephen M. Young is appointed counsel for Region 6 of the Office of Price Administration. The position pays ten thousand dollars annually.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
Office of Price Administration
Egyptian Wins Channel Swim in Photo Finish
Egyptian army officer Hassan Hamad of Cairo captured the men's cross-channel title from Cap Gris Nez to Dover in 12 hours 12 minutes. Brenda Fisher of Britain was the first woman ashore, likely setting a new women’s record at 12 hours 43 minutes. Of 20 starters, 18 finished the brutal crossing.
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Dover
ENG
Hassan Hamad
Cairo
Cap Gris Nez
France
Britain
Cliffs
Roger le Morvan
Hamad
Brenda Fisher
Flier Killed in Shaw Base B-26 Crash
Shaw Air Force Base reports two airmen died in a fiery B-26 crash yesterday. The victims are First Lt. Jack W. Campbell 28 Louisville Kentucky and First Lt. Albert Franklin Cincinnati Ohio the aircraft’s pilot and navigator respectively.
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Sumter
S. C
Shaw Air Force Base
Jack W. Campbell
Louisville
Albert Franklin
Cincinnati
Adjustment Is Possible in Korean Talks Says Nam Il
A four man UN Communist subcommittee led Kaesong talks toward compromise on the Korean demarcation issue. Nam Mi said the UN must drop unfair demands before a deal, while the subcommittee met in secrecy and planned a second session.
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Nam Il
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Peiping Radio
Red China
Nam Mi
Tokyo
Nam
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Love-Crazed Suitor Slays Three in Lakewood Tragedy
Ocean County detective says Pawel Y, a 45 year old Polish DP, killed his girlfriend and her elderly mother during a family gathering in Hillside and wounded a visitor. He fled, then shot himself as police closed in. a fourth woman survived as a witness.
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Lakewood
Ocean County
George Westervelt
Anna Talepan
Hillside
N.J
Kuzanna Kaczmasz
Alexandria Pankoff
Passaic
Kaczmasz
Pawel Y
New York
Westervelt
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