Ferguson accuses Treasury of stretching rules in Nunan case
Senator Ferguson charges the Treasury Department stretched its rules to let Joseph D. Nunan former internal revenue chief represent tax trouble clients before the government. Treasury and supporters defend their rules as broader than historic limits and argue Congress did not act to curb former officials.
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Treasury
Nunan
Washington
Sen
Mich
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Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan
Internal Revenue Bureau
Seaccy
Congress
The
United States
Bad Weather Cuts Action In Fighting In Korea Front
The Korean War entered its 21st month with virtually no fighting as heavy clouds and snow grounded most allied aircraft. Rail cutting missions proceeded slowly while scattered probes and brief clashes occurred. Far East Air Forces said pilots destroyed about 200 supply trucks Sunday, the highest in months, with air battles halted for the day. Eight B 29s dropped 80 tons on the Chongju rail bridge and others hit Chinnampo rail yards as the battleship Wisconsin shelled Red troop installations near Kansong Kosong.
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Milo Farnets
Seoul
Korea
Far East Air Forces
Chongju
Chinnampo
Wisconsin
Kansong-Kosong
Weather Man Breaks Nation With Unusual Southwest Snow
Snow in the southwest was the most unusual aspect of the nation s weather picture today. Otherwise it was close to a normal winter day. Fraser Colorado hit 30 degrees below zero. The southwest snow area covered Eastern New Mexico the Texas Panhandle Northwest Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. Oklahoma City received two inches Wichita Kansas three inches. Elsewhere in Oklahoma Arkansas Southern Missouri and Central Texas rain fell while the Washington coast and Virginia and North Carolina seaboards also saw rain. It was fair from the Great Lakes westward with sub zero temperatures across the northern Great Plains and cloudy conditions along the Atlantic coast.
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Fraser
Colo
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Kansas
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kas
Arkansas
Missouri
Texas
Washington Coast
Virginia
North Carolina
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Atlantic Coast
Driver Admits Shooting Maid in Accidental Death
A Muncie truck driver Melvin Welch surrendered after claiming he shot Anna Webster a Hag erstown housemaid to death a week earlier by accident. Welch and Albert Fair said they spent the week in Evansville while Welch admitted the .22 pistol discharged twice, striking Webster. The missing car is owned by Ralph Teeter of Perfect Circle Corp. and was driven to visit Webster at the Keagy home.
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Muncie
Ind
Hagerstown
Harry Massey
Melvin Welch
Delaware County
Anna Webster
Massey
Welch
Albert Fair
Evansville
Mrs. Webster
Ralph Teeter
Perfect Circle Corp
George Keagy
Total Solar Eclipse At Khartoum Attracts Scientists
About 70 scientists from 10 countries observed a three minute total eclipse in Khartoum Sudan. Researchers from the United States Britain Netherlands France Italy Greece Canada Egypt Austria and Switzerland recorded data to test relativity and map accuracy while a wide 9000 mile eclipse path crossed the Atlantic Africa Arabian Gulf and Siberia. Observations were set to take months to analyze.
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Sudan
United States
Britain
Netherlands
France
Italy
Greece
Canada
Egypt
Austria
Switzerland
Atlantic
Brazil
Africa
Arabian
Persian Gulfs
Irkutsk
Soviet Siberia
Father Rescues Boy Swept Down Calvert River
O B Stauffer of Lakewood saved his six year old son Kent Stauffer after he was swept by a current in Rocky River near Metropolitan Park. The boy stayed afloat but refused to drop his toy gun and shells. The father described the moment and the boy recalled losing his shells.
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Cleveland
Kent Stauffer
Rocky River
O. B. Stauffer
Lakewood
Metropolitan Park
Stauffer
If I Had Only Known BANNING Grill Manager Plans Homecoming Party
Miss June Hedgpath, manager of a Banning grill, learned Marines in Korea want letters. She sent four notes and offered a homecoming party when their outfit returns next month. She has nearly 100 letters pledged to attend. “I’m going to give that party, somehow,” she says.
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Banning
Calif
June Hedgpath
Korea
Curiosity Kills One Man's Wallet
Philadelphia resident Richard Brunder found an unfamiliar man in his brother's car early one morning. The armed stranger demanded Brunder's wallet and a wrist watch, taking $10 in cash before fleeing the scene.
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Philadelphia
Richard Brunder
Probe power faces hold in Senate and House hurdles
Washington AP report says Newbold Morris seeks full disclosure of private income sources as Truman asks Congress to empower immunity and subpoena powers for Morris in the government corruption probe. McCarran urges more study and access to all materials, while Republicans call for careful consideration.
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Washington
Newbold Morris
Federal Service
Senate Judiciary Committee
Morris
Truman
McCarran
D-New
D Morris
Congress
Ferguson
Michigan
Wiley
Wisconsin
Watkins
Utah
House Judiciary Committee
Where is Malik as UN chief vanishes from lists
Paris and New York dispatches report Russia's U N delegate Jacob Malik and his family were not aboard the Cunard liner Queen Mary despite reservations. The Soviet embassy in Paris said Malik remains in Russia while Cunard offered no explanation and there were unconfirmed reports he returned to Moscow after the U N General Assembly.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations
Jacob Malik
New York
Jacob A. Malik
Soviet Union
U.N
Malik
Cunard
Maliks
Moscow
Aegeen
London
French Yield Key Post In Indochina To Reds
In Saigon last night the French disclosed the first major retreat in North Indochina in 15 months. They abandoned Hoa Binh and pulled 20,000 soldiers toward Hanoi, trimming the defense perimeter from 500 to 375 miles. Gen Salan cited bypassed supply routes and rising Red China shipments as reasons. Observers expect a defensive phase in the north for months.
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Indochina
Larry Allen
Saigon
Hoa Binh
Hanoi
Ho Chi-minh
Raoul Salan
Red China
Taft Confident MacArthur Will Back For Nomination
Taft of Ohio says Gen Douglas MacArthur will give solid support for the Republican presidential nomination at the Chicago convention. Friends report Taft favors MacArthur addressing the convention and possibly serving as keynote speaker if the ticket falters. He dodges naming MacArthur for Joint Chiefs.
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Associated Press
Len Taft
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Chicago
Taft
MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Local Fight Sets Pace for New Mexico Primary
Albuquerque reports a delayed presidential race due to statewide battles for governor and U S Senate. Republicans aim to extend 1950 gains with Edwin L Mechem as governor while challenging Dennis Chavez for the Democratic renomination. Both parties defer a president showdown until after the May 6 primary with county conventions lining up delegates.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
U. S
Edwin L. Mechem
GOP
U. S. Senate
Dennis Chavez
Ohio
Sen
Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Len Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Truman
Robert H. ‘Ollette
Mechem
Rosenberg death penalty affirmed by appeals court
The U S Court of Appeals unanimously upholds the death sentences of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for atom spying. The ruling confirms the punishment following their espionage convictions and states the procedures and verdicts stand.
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New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
Atom
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Walls Have Ears on Tax Dodges by Charles F Barrett
Washington reports a boom in informers tipping on income tax evaders for fees. The Internal Revenue Bureau paid out half a million dollars last year and collected $9 627.84 more in taxes from tips. Rewards vary from at least 25 dollars to as high as eighty thousand for detailed information leading to large collections. Cases span gamblers bootleggers and illicit stills with motives ranging from envy to patriotism.
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Charles F. Barrett
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
No Marines To Continent Says Truman
Senator McFarland quoted President Truman saying no Marine division has been promised for service with European defense forces. The Democratic leader said the President assured congressional leaders there is no authority or commitment for such a division and none has been made.
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Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
Truman
Senate
Congress
United States
Western
Pension Plans Okayed by Wage Board in Washington
The Wage Stabilization Board announced a government policy approving retirement pension plans with no caps on employer or worker contributions or on benefits. The move enables automatic approval of more than 500 new and revised plans long delayed by board decisions.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Now She's Indifferent to Her Age in Cleveland
Mrs Louis Kuhn, who hid her age for five years, celebrated her 105th birthday in Cleveland on a Saturday. Her family reported she drinks a glass of wine daily and offered no living tips, as she gave no living suggestions.
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Cleveland
Louis Kuhn
Reds Urge End to USSR Demands in Korean Armistice Talks
U N truce negotiators pressed to break deadlock over a neutral supervision body by offering to drop Norway if the Reds drop Russia. Allied inspection plan limits to two neutral nations per side Switzerland and Sweden for the U N, Czechoslovakia and Poland for the Communists. Col Pu Shan condemned the move, while Col. Hickman called the session fruitless. Prisoner exchange talks made little progress as Col Tsai Cheng and Col Kinney clashed over aircraft intrusions and fact gathering.
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Robert B
Tuckman Munsan
Korea
U. N
Norway
Russia
U.N
Switzerland
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Pu Shan
George W. Hickman
Reds
Tsai Cheng
Andrew J. Kinney
Allies Seek 2 Solutions At Finale
Lisbon talks wrap up nine NATO sessions with a master plan for Western Europe defense. Key questions: U S share of a 450 million dollar infrastructure program and streamlining NATO to a permanent secretary general. Eisenhower pact, SHAPE, and a European Defense Community backed by delegates.
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Portugal
Atlantic
Europe
North Atlantic Council
U. S
NATO Civil and Economic Organization
Germany
Austria
Acheson
Robert Schuman
Anthony Eden
Eisenhower
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Dardanelles
Atlantic Council
European Defense Community
EDC
New Ohio Head Of Reds Named
Ohio witness at the UAC says Vince Pieri is the new director of the Communist Labor Youth League in Ohio and operates from Cleveland. Harvey M. Matusow of Dayton testifies Pieri became Ohio head about a month ago and is linked to national AYC roles, amid broader accusations of Moscow direction of the Labor Youth League.
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Ohio Unamerican Activities Commission
Vince Pieri
Communist Labor Youth League
Ohio
Pieri
American Youth For Democracy
Philadelphia
AYC
Cleveland
Harvey M. Matusow
Dayton
Young Communist League
Commission
Labor Youth League
Communist Party
Moscow
Matusow
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U S Readies Version of British Night Jet
Baltimore The B-57A Canberra night intruder variant of the English twin jet bomber is taking shape at the Glenn L. Martin plant near Baltimore. Assembly work is under way with floor fixtures for final assembly started and full scale production expected soon per a company news release.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Co
Here
No Eye For Inflation in Canton Robbery Case
Cantons sheriff's deputies investigate a burglary at Brookside Provision Company where assailants blew a safe and rammed 15 hams atop it to secure the blast. They escaped with 1725 dollars.
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Canton
Sheriff's Deputies
Brookside Provision Company
Montreal Youth Faces Kidnaping Charge Over Boss's Daughter
Police in Montreal say 17 year old Robert Patenaude faced a kidnapping charge after taking his boss's three year old daughter Barbara Nemeroff from a crowd on Main Street. He claims he did not know why he took her and mentions money. Barbara was safely returned to her parents Morris Nemeroff and his wife. Patenaude had previously told police Nemeroff refused him a raise.
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Montreal
Robert Patenaude
Robert
Patenaude
Barbara Nemeroff
Morris Nemeroff
Emer
Nemeroff
Red Cross Ready To Send Packages To POWs
The American Red Cross has 11 000 food packages ready to send to American prisoners of war in North Korea but cannot confirm distribution timing. Communist forces rejected UN relief attempts to reach POW camps, while the Red Cross holds 7000 standard packages and 4000 special packages for invalids to supplement basic diets.
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Seoul
Korea
American
Red Cross
North Korea
United Nations Command
Helicopters To Guard Convoys In Future
Morton Pa The tailless HUP 2 helicopter, intended to replace destroyers in submarine detection, is entering service. The Navy plans to build several hundred of these compact all metal crafts to screen convoys and free destroyers for other duties at sea.
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Morton, Pa
Battery Boxes Deadly At New Castle Pa
Mayor Edwerd Decarbo urged halting use of old battery boxes due to lead fumes linked to child deaths. Health officer W A Wolmer found definite lead traces in the blood of three children who recently died, prompting possible steps to prevent sale of the boxes.
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New Castle
Edwerd Decarbo
Decarbo
W. A. Wolmer
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