Congress probes armed forces waste and buying practices
Washington AP reports a House Armed Services sub committee pressed the probe into military purchasing amid charges of needless waste. Rear Adm. Ring testified as Rep Lyle urged trimming billions from President Truman's budget and urged a standard catalogue to end duplicate orders and price gaps across the Army Navy Marines and Air Force. Deputy Defense Secretary Foster defended the services noting cost consciousness and efficiency efforts across ranks.
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Washington
Congress
House
Armed Services
M. L. Ring
Munitions Board
Lyle
D-Tex
United States
Truman
Defense
William C. Foster
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Names Called But No Names By Ohio GOP
Two Ohio GOP governor hopefuls clashed in separate speeches. State Sen. Roscoe R. Walcutt denounced New Deal power grabs, while Charles P. Taft warned any split could wreck November victory. Observers saw the attacks as aimed at each other though neither named the other.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Republican Club
Delphos
Republican Party
New Deal
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Toledo
Walcutt
Taft
Lincoln's Tomb Scene of Homage on Birth Anniversary
Springfield commemorates Abraham Lincoln's birth with pilgrimages to Oak Ridge Cemetery, speeches, and discussions marking 143 years since his Kentucky birth. Sangamon County lawyers will walk from the County Courthouse following Lincoln's funeral procession route to the tomb.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Oak Ridge
Lincoln
Kentucky
Sangamon
Noronic Settlement Seen Favorable by Most Claimants
In Cleveland an admiralty lawyer reported about 95 percent of the 600 Noronic disaster claimants favor accepting a $2,150,000 settlement offer. Only a few may reject, he said, citing questionnaires. The Great Lakes cruise ship burned at a Toronto dock on Sept 17, 1949, killing 19. total claims now reach about $19,000,000.
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Cleveland
Atorney S. Eldridge Sampliner
Toronto
Junior Deputy Finds First Clue In Slaying Case
In Indianapolis a 10 year old boy who wants to be a junior deputy sheriff provided initial evidence in the eight month old slaying of 29 year old Mike Mates. He recalled a neighbor bought a .22 rifle from a hunter who found it northwest of the city. The gun was located over a mile from the scene but the boy urged the neighbor to show it to Sheriff Dan Smith. Ballistics tests tied the weapon to Mates’s death. Investigators seek the original owner. Mates died in a corn field chasing a prowler who stole his girlfriend Nada Alexander’s purse from their parked car. Alexander has since appeared in a local burlesque theater.
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Indianapolis
Lovers’ Lane
Mike Mates
Dan Smith
Mates
Nada Alexander
New Angina Drug Peritrate Promises Attack Prevention
A drug named Peritrate, developed by Chilcott Laboratories, Morrisons, New Jersey, aims to prevent angina pectoris attacks. Reports in the Journal of Angiology say the nitrate-based medicine relaxes blood vessels and improves blood flow during episodes.
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New York
Journal of Angiology
Chilcott Laboratories
Morrisons
N. J
Two Leading GOP Forces Both Claiming Victory
On Lincoln Day the Republican presidential race heated as Taft and Eisenhower supporters hailed “a great victory” at Oklahoma State Convention where delegates split seven for Taft seven for Eisenhower and two for MacArthur. Senator Aiken warned Eisenhower to start fighting or be a dead duck while Taft planned Seattle speeches as Stassen and Warren also campaigned.
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GOP
Oklahoma City
Taft
Oklahoma
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Victor A. Johnson
Washington
Sen. Aiken
R-Vi
Gen
Eisenhower
Seattle
Northwest
Harold Stassen
Gov
Earl Warren
California
Stassen
Minnesota
Salt Lake City
Warren
Boston
Elizabeth Port’s Fate Hinges on New York Hearing
Elizabeth residents, stunned by three Newark air crashes, await a New York meeting between the Port Authority and 17 airlines to decide Newark Airport’s future. The 53 million dollar field has been closed since yesterday’s National Airlines crash killed three.
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Elizabeth Port
New York
Elizabeth
N. J
Newark Airport
National Airlines
Port of New York Authority
Port Authority
Newark
Rep
Canfield
R-Nj
Eee
New York-New Jersey
Teterboro
New Jersey
la Guardia
Idlewild
Philadelphia
Ridgeway criticizes Soviet seizures of Japanese fishing boats
General Ridgway file a sharp protest with Soviet authorities over the seizure of about 178 Japanese fishing vessels in northern waters off Hokkaido. He accuses the Reds of confiscating 29 boats, wrecking one, and leaving 33 missing. Detained fishermen are alleged to be held for political and military information, amid ongoing Allied protests.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
O»Ds
Ridgway
Japan
Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Youths Deny Stealing Car in Lima Illinois
Two youths pleaded innocent in Chicago to charges of stealing an automobile from Air Force sergeant John J. Kostel and driving it to Illinois. James A. Patterson, 19, a bakery clerk, and Jack E. Norris, 19, a wholesale grocer assistant, posted $500 bond each. Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan set trial for April 21. They were arrested November 10 near Dwight, Illinois. The car, with Alaska plates, was owned by Sgt Kostel en route from Fairbanks to Bolling Field, Washington DC.
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Chicago
Lima
Philip L. Sullivan
Dwight
Ill
Alaska
John J. Kostel
Fairbanks
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati Hit by Two Fires in One Night
Cincinnati suffered two major fires on Monday night. A fatal blaze at 131 W. Ninth St. killed John Campbell, his six year old daughter Katherine, and injured his wife and two other children. Earlier, the Florentine Art in Wool Co. building at 108-110 E. Liberty St. burned, causing about 10,000 in damage to the brick structure and roughly 55,000 in damaged finished merchandise.
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Cincinnati
Ninth St
John Campbell
Katherine
Campbell
Florentine Art In Wool Co
E. Liberty St
The
Furniture Company
Acheson Heads to London for Western Europe Defense Talks
Secretary of State Acheson sails for London aboard the Independence to press Western Europe's faltering talks toward a consolidated defense army. He will attend the funeral of King George VI and then fly to Lisbon for a meeting of the 12 Atlantic Pact governments to map a strategy against Communist aggression in Europe. He is set to press Europeans to settle differences over Western Germany and finances.
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Washington
Acheson
London
Europe
Germany
Truman
Britain
George VI
Lisbon
Pirates Seize Formosan Steamer Then Take Ransom
Chinese pirates halted the British steamer Wingsang in Formosa Strait near the Chinese coast and freed it after receiving 4500 in cash and four wrist watches. Three Americans aboard included Edward Stansbury of Colebrook Connecticut and Frank A. Peters of Paterson New Jersey. Capt Ronald G. Stanton and crew negotiated with the attackers as gunfire erupted. the pirates demanded gold bars but accepted jewelry and watches instead.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Wingsang
Edward Stansbury
Colebrook
United States
Capt. Stanton
President Truman May Seek Reelection If Sacrifice Needed
Washington reported Rep. Sabath quoted President Truman saying he may be willing to make the sacrifice and seek reelection if necessary to speed the peace. The remark framed as a possible sacrifice to hasten an end to hostilities.
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Washington
Sabath
D-Ill
Truman
Phantom Sought In Series Of Shattered Lighted Windows
Huntington police hunt a so called phantom gunman after he fired into lighted windows across eight homes in 11 days wounding two women including 78 year old Fannie Funk on the south side. Detective Chief Herman Frazier says the shooter has a twisted fancy and the city, while calm, forms a reward committee to accept voluntary contributions.
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Huntington
W. Va
Fannie Funk
Herman A. Frazier
W. W. Payne
Britain Bows To King In Westminster Hall Death Vigil
Crowds of Britons file past the king’s coffin in Westminster Hall as Big Ben marks the hours. A. A. Pugh leads a 13 hour wait, with 2,000 mourners passing the bier every 45 minutes. The oak coffin bears the imperial crown and royal standard. Friday the body is moved to Windsor for burial in St George’s Chapel.
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London
Great Westminster Hall
Britain
George VI
Palace of Westminster
Big Ben
A. A. Pugh
Liverpool
Elizabeth
Catafalque
Windsor
St. George's Chapel
Sandringham
Dentists Told To Volunteer Or Be Drafted
Washington reports Selective Service will draft 335 dentists unless they accept commissions before induction set for April. Those who accept commissions may receive $100 monthly extra pay. those who refuse will be drafted as privates but can later attain officers’ pay after induction. Defense Dept issued the call as volunteer numbers falter. They are top priority one, found physically fit.
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Washington W
Selective Service
Armed Services
Defense Department
Communists promise new plan to patch Korea truce
In Munsan Korea AP reports communists pledged to draft a new plan for resolving truce disputes and present it to governments for a Korean peace. Truce negotiators adjourned meetings awaiting the proposal, with Pyongyang or Beijing likely sources. Reds offered concessions including higher troop rotations and four entry ports for inspections by neutral teams.
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Munsan
Korea
Pyongyang
Peiping
The Dead Returns Claim on Forgotten Guardian Trust Money
Probate records show John Nicolopolos died December 21, 1939 leaving only a bank account. A man in his sixties claiming to be Nicolopolos appeared at the Guardian Trust Bank office in Cleveland saying the $6,950 belonged to him after years of financial difficulty and a later comeback. He has another appointment with Deputy Superintendent Carr.
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Cleveland
John Nicolopolos
Old Guardian Trust Bank
Charles Carr
Carr
Coat Saves Sheriff From Shotgun Fire
Sheriff Orland Hays of Fayette County says his overcoat saved his life after a shotgun blast struck him while investigating a suspicious car near the residence of a young farm wife in Jeffersonville. The auto belonged to two high school boys who ran out of gas.
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Washington Court House
Orland Hays
Fayette County
Jeffersonville
Rt. 70
Public to Speak on Liquor Rules Hearing in Columbus
The State Liquor Board opens a public hearing at 9 a m in the State Office Building to consider 16 proposed changes to Ohio liquor monopoly regulations adopted July 5 1950. A key debate centers on anti gambling rules with Liquor Director William C Bryant opposing any change to the current regulation.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Ohio
William C. Bryant
Missing 1920s Congressman's Saloon Figure in Sierra Snow
Quincy California reports Manuel Herrick 78 once a flamboyant Oklahoma congressman from the early 1920s is missing after snow in the Sierra Nevada near Quincy. Authorities fear he is buried and dead, with search efforts engaged.
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Quincy
Calif
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
California
Heavy clash on Korean front as UN troops repel Reds
UN soldiers report 96 killed and 130 wounded in a Mundung Valley engagement. A 420-strong Communist group attacked Allied positions in two waves, three minutes apart. The battle, the heaviest in weeks, ended with Allied forces driving back both assaults in under an hour.
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Seoul
United Nations
Mundung
Allied talks on prisoner repatriation face Red Cross work limits
Staff officers report split on issues in an armistice draft with Red proposals seeking 25,000 troops and three ports. The main disputes center on prisoner repatriation and Red Cross duties, with Reds pushing for restricted Red Cross work and an automatic veto over arrangements. U.N. spokesman Brig Gen. Nuckols notes any policy would not bind future high level talks.
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Col
George W. Hickman
Red Cross
Jay
Hickman
Reds
William P. Nuckols
U.N
Nam I
Nrooo
Bncf
de Aoegntu
Tubercular Check Forger Goes To Jail
INDIANAPOLIS VI A tubercular victim too sick to stand trial in Federal District Court admitted directing a forgery ring from Sunnyside Sanatorium. Clyde Isenhour 31 led a 13 man gang at 14 states forging checks totaling over 100000 dollars and faces a four year sentence.
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Indianapolis
Sunnyside
Clyde Isenhour
William E. Steckler
John Barton
Indiana State Police
Senhour
Band Leader killed in Ohio Route 7 crash
Huntington W Va Don Burns 29 leader of a local dance orchestra was killed when his car overturned on Ohio Route 7 in Athalia Lawrence County Ohio on Monday.
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Huntington
W. Va
Don Burns
Ohio Rt. 7
Athalia
Lawrence County
Arnall Approved for Price Control Post in Senate
Washington report says former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall won Senate approval in a swift committee action to be price stabilizer. Arnall outlined cautious decontrol steps, urging decisions based on firm facts not hearsay while awaiting full Senate vote. Maybank of the banking committee said action would occur Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Arnal
Arnall
Maybank
D-Sc
Banking Committee
Truman
Anna
Michael V. DiSalle
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
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Ellis Arnal
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