B 36 Probers Set Out On New Trail
Congressional investigators launch new probe into alleged fraud and favoritism in the B 36 bomber program as six week hearings pause. Cedric Worth retracts a smear about Odlum and admits no direct knowledge of corruption, while Navy orders its own inquiry.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Johnson
Air
Symington
Floyd Odlum
Navy
Cedric Worth
Joseph B. Keenan
Navy Department
Worth
Dan Kimball
House
Keenan
Odlum
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Comany
Bates
R - Mass
Forest Fires Still Blazing Across Western States
Fires menace brush and timberlands in California Idaho and neighboring regions. California reports 7100 acres burned and two deaths in Stanislaus area while San Diego Riverside fires burn along a four mile front. Payette fatalities mount as 20000 acres burn. Yellowstone near control. Black Hills subsided. Oregon sees two small fires under ten acres. Weather remains the key factor.
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Associated Press
United States
California
Stanislaus National Forest
Stanislaus
San Diego
Riverside
Idaho
Payette National Forest
Hell's Canyon
South Fork
Salmon River
Payette Forest
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
South Dakota
Oregon
Welcome Home Crawford Returns to Limavady
John M Crawford of Parkersburg West Virginia received a civic welcome in Limavady Londonderry County at a special town council meeting. Chairman Thomas L Teevann noted Crawford left Ireland at 15 and later co founded the Parkersburg Radiant Reel Company with his brother.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
John M. Crawford
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Limavady
Londonderry
Thomas L. Teevann
Crawford
America
Resigns as Military Government Manpower Chief
Leo R. Werts, director of the Military Government's Manpower Division since 1946, announced yesterday his resignation and plans to return to the United States. He has accepted a post with the U S Department of Labor's Office of International Labor Affairs.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Leo R. Werts
United States
Werts
Wren, CO
U. S. Department of Labor
Office of International Labor Affairs
Truman Quiet On 1952 Election Plans After 1950 Elections
President Truman’s close friends speculate he may not announce a 1952 run until after the 1950 congressional elections. He hinted a possible non candidacy yet avoided a firm pledge, noting age and political leverage if he stays silent or confirms a bid.
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Truman
Washington
Calvin Collidge
Mr. Truman
White House
Congress
Senate Appropriations Bill For Armed Services Moves Ahead
Senate leaders push a 14.8 billion dollar defense bill toward passage after trimming House totals. The interior and miscellaneous funding measures were completed as reductions of about 1.2 billion dollars in the military bill are attributed to Defense Secretary Johnson and strategic cuts. President Truman supported the cost-saving actions announced to Congress and public.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate
Interior Department
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
House
Thomas
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Dutch Woman Tries To Swim Channel Again
CAP GRIS NEZ France AP Mrs Willi Croes Van Rijsel 31 year old Dutch housewife began a second attempt to cross the English Channel from France to England at 3 45 EST She follows two other attempts this week Philip Mickman 18 year old British schoolboy completed the crossing in 23 hours 48 minutes Jose Cortinas Cuban distance swimmer failed after nine hours 20 minutes Fog hid the swimmers from shore and the sea was calm at start The previous attempt by the Dutchwoman ended about three miles from Dover on July 26
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Cap Gris Nez
France
Willi Croes van Rijsel
van Ruajsel
England
Philip Mickman
Jose Cortinas
The Guiding Hand of the Boss in Career Growth
The piece notes how behind every successful person lies an understanding boss who mentored and supported them. It argues that such guidance from early in a career fuels ambition, sustains effort, and keeps workers progressing until they reach the top.
Maragon Faces Senate Inquiry Questions About Links
John Maragon refused to answer at the Senate anti corruption inquiry citing possible self incrimination. Senate investigators focus on his bank records and tax returns amid testimony about Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan and President Truman.
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Washington
John Maragon
Senate
Maragon
Harry H. Vaughan
State Department
Truman
Europe
Vaughan
Albert Verley Company
Chicago
Chinese Reds In Short Cut Save Mileage
Chinese Communist forces advance via a mountain short cut toward Canton with three cities in Kuangtung Province possibly lost. Private dispatches place 140 miles or less to Canton with Kiennan Lungnan and Tingnan obscured. Nationalist spokesmen warn the three cities are threatened as defences concentrate along Kukong south of the Ku river. Meanwhile Nationalist reports claim gains north of Canton and along the eastern seaboard.
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Canton
Kiennan
Lungnan
Tingnan
Kuangtung
Kukong
Pipe Shortage Halts 26-Inch Pipeline Work
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp halted a 26-inch line from Texas to Pennsylvania due to pipe shortages. The delay could extend through 1949. About 300 workers toiled on the Ohio segment, laying 7000 to 8000 feet daily, with 33 miles west of Washington Court House and 16 miles east of Somerset yet to be completed.
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Washington Court House
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Today
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Somerset
Snowing On Peak Snow Falls On Pikes Peak
Snow fell on Pikes Peak last night in Colorado Springs prompting advisories for motorists to use chains on the ascent though the snowfall was light.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Pikes Peak
Private pilot shot at after ferrying hitchhiker to Canada
Private pilot Paul Lorus of Columbus had just received a passenger-carrying license and gave his first free ride when a 23-year-old Columbus man, armed with a .22 rifle, boarded his plane demanding a trip to Canada. Lorus escaped a hail of bullets as deputies pursued the suspect. a wing was shot and the man was later captured. The armed man, described as a war veteran, was to undergo a medical examination.
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Zanesville, O
Paul Lorus
Columbus
Flver
John Bealmer
Muskingum County
Canada
Lotus
Lorus
Earl Norman
Water Cleared For Search Of Missing Larry Coleman
McGREGOR Minn AP A bulldozer dammed a creek as Minnesota National Guard officers expanded a search for three year old Larry Coleman missing since last Saturday while visiting his grandparents farm. The dam aims to drain one and a half square miles of water in a last resort effort to locate the boy.
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Mcgregor
Minn
Larry Coleman
Minnesota National Guard
Here
William Johnson
Larry
Johnson
Clay Coleman
Fence Around Madison Lake Triggers $60,000 Suit
Mayor E P Spearmaker faces a $60,000 damage action in Madison County Common Pleas Court brought by the attorney general on behalf of the state. The fence blocks 4 700 feet of state shore on the east side of Madison Lake where he owns several acres and says it was built after the state did not build a road to his property.
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London, O
E. P. Spearmaker
Madison Lake
Madison County Common Pleas Court
Spearmaker
Fire destroys cabins and car at Camp Lazarus
Two cabins and a 1949 automobile burned at Camp Lazarus Boy Scout reservation four miles south of Delaware Ohio. Cause unknown and no injuries reported. Stratford Fire Chief Robert Rae valued the loss at about 5500 dollars.
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Columbus
Camp Lazarus Boy Scout Reservation
Delaware
Robert Rae
Stratford Fire Department
House Members Head Home For 25 Day Vacation
Members of the House departed for a 25 day recess without Senate approval. A few stayed for no business sessions twice weekly to maintain constitutional adjournment rules. The move follows the Senate's refusal to grant an outright recess.
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Washington
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
Ace
Arms for Europe fund seen cut amid ship for China
Washington lawmakers weighed deep cuts to the Presidents 1.45 billion arms aid for Europe with a possible addition for China. Senate and House panels debated reducing the NATO program from 1.16 billion toward a 580 million figure, while Knowland sought U S aid for non Communist China. Secretary Acheson signaled flexibility for Far East spending.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
China
Senate Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Administration
North Atlantic Alliance
House
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
George
D-Ga
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Far East
Round and Round Little Boy Goes Round and Round
Three year old Neil Olson became stuck in a fuel oil intake pipe outside his Fargo home. Firemen freed his arm by circulating him as the pipe threads unscrewed and used grease to slide the pipe away. Neil emerged unharmed. firefighters were sweaty but safe.
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Fargo
N. D
Neil Olson
Neil
Tiger Ellison family life fuels MHS coach feature
Sunday's lead feature profiles Glenn Ellison of Middletown High School. It paints his football coach role and home life with his wife and three daughters as they support him behind the scenes. Also highlights Betty Dill of Lebanon volunteering at Mercy Hospital after polio, Middletown Music Club's 56th year, and forthcoming Woman's Section stories on local mailman retirement and more.
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Ellison
MHS
Glenn Ellison
Lebanon
Betty Dill
Mercy Hospital
Betty
Middletown
Florida braces for renegade hurricane with 110 mph winds
The Miami area and entire east coast face a strengthening hurricane moving NW at 18 to 20 mph with center near Nassau. Warnings stretch from Vero Beach to Miami and inland to Lake Okeechobee as high winds and tides threaten life and property.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Melbourne
Fernandina
Key West
Vero Beach
Lake Okeechobee
Nassau
Cat Island
Bahamas
Grady Norton
Slim Clues In Search For Missing Widow Mimi Boomhower
Los Angeles detectives trail flimsy leads in the disappearance of widow Mimi Boomhower a Bel Air socialite and big game hunter widow of Novice E Boomhower. A Beverly Hills furrier William Marco suggested she secretly remarried before vanishing last week. A purse found with IDs was turned in and police doubt the case, noting no bank encashments and a possible hoax or theft. A gardener reported a well dressed white haired man nearby before she disappeared.
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Los Angeles
Mimi Boomhower
Beverly Hills
William Marco
Printer 82, Oldest Cincinnati Times-Star Employee Retires
Charles T. Kelly aged 82 and a printer for 67 years at the Cincinnati Times-Star will retire next Monday due to failing eyesight. He plans to return to the linotype machine a few days weekly to keep his hand in and may walk about and chat with people after leaving.
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Cincinnati
Charles T. Kelly
Cincinnati Times-Star
Kelly
Ruling Sought on Women Taxi Drivers and Bus Operations
A. A. Waldman state industrial relations director asked Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy to rule if a ban on women taxi drivers stops women from operating buses. The issue emerged amid Cleveland traction operations.
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Columbus
A. A. Waldman
Atty
Herbert S. Duffy
Cleveland Traction
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Osceola
Wis
American Legion Auxiliary
Armed Service
By Gordon Martin
Martin
Arms For Europe
Little Boy
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