Storm Splits Avanti. Rescue Report Emerges
A Japanese patrol ship reported 33 rescued, eight dead or missing after the Swedish tanker Avanti broke in two off Kyushu. Rescued include 21 aboard Inazu Maru, 11 on a Chinese Nationalist ship, and one on the British vessel Eastern. Coastwise reports vary on the death toll and unaccounted crew.
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Tokyo
Avanti
Kusagaki
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Kyushu Island
Yen Ping
Taipei
Formosa
Asahi
San Francisco
Globe Wireless
Coalinga Hills
Goesta Ronge
Maritime Safety Board
Gothenburg
Pacific
Midway Island
King Edgar
Honolulu
California
Cynthia Olson
San Pedro
Calif
Pan American Airways
Golden Gate
Gunman Foiled as Laundry Owner Refuses Demand
A man entered a Baltimore laundry yesterday and demanded money and a cigar box. The laundr yman Tom Dry refused the box and walked to the back room, after which the gunman left without further incident.
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Baltimore
Tom Dry
Draft Revisions for Tightened Military Unification
Republican leaders urge unified armed services and revised draft terms to raise Korea war efficiency. Saltonstall calls for study of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary staff. Van Zandt proposes 30 to 36 month drafts and 6 to 8 month extensions.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Korea
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Masé
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Munitions Board
Saltonstall
Rep
van Zandt
R-Penn
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Omar Bradley
Defense Lovett
Bradley
Lovett
Short
R-Mo
China
Senate approves plan to shift committee sizes
The Senate approved a plan to increase nine committees and reduce four others. It aims to assign members and organize committees next week, with Morse likely losing two key posts. The plan increases the Appropriations panel from 21 to 23 and shifts many major committees from 13 to 15 members.
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Senate
Washington
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Appropriations Committee
Agriculture
Armed Services
Banking
Finance
Foreign Relations
Interstate Commerce
Judiciary
Interior
Civil Service
District of Columbia
GOP
Taft
Ohio
Saoceres
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Sen. Case
R-Sd
Smith Trial Nearing End in Tokyo Army Court Martial
Prosecutor argues motive and premeditation in the knife slaying of Col Aubrey Smith by Dorothy Krueger Smith. Defense maintains mental illness. trial recessed as defense prepares closing, with Gen Chambers testifying she acted in an irresistible impulse.
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William C. Barnard
Tokyo
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Aubrey Smith
W. H. H. Jon
Smith
Walter Krueger
Rawley E. Chambers
U. S. Army
Jones
Dorothy Smith
Chambers
Sudden Storm Destroys Vessels in Sarasota Blast
A violent wind storm swept through Sarasota at about 6:20 a.m. EST, sinking boats and overturning trailers. Residents called it a twister, with damage unofficially estimated between $500,000 and $1 million. No deaths reported.
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Sarasota
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Jet Ace James Jabara Heads for Korea Tour
Maj. James Jabara, world's first jet ace, flew to Korea aboard a Navy DC6 cargo plane after a weather delay. The 28-year-old pilot volunteered for another active tour, leaving Scott Field Illinois. He scored six kills in his first Korean tour.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
James Jabara
Korea
Pacific
Jabara
Scott Field
Ill
Truman Budgets $78.9 Billion for 1954 Amid Security Spending Rise
President Truman submitted a fiscal year 1954 budget of 78.9 billion dollars to Congress, four billion higher than the current year and about 12 percent above 1952 levels. The increases largely fund national security programs and aim at a 10 billion dollar deficit within 18 months.
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Harry Truman
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder
Frederick Lawton
White House
NEA
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Rep
Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Census Bureau
United States
Republican Congress
Detroit
Joseph M. Dodge
GOP lawmakers blast Truman budget and seek cuts
Republicans vow to curb the Truman budget amid claims of confusion and overstatement. They push for up to 12 billion dollars in reductions and tax cuts while awaiting Eisenhower's revised plan.
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Eisenhower
Mystery plane raids UN camp on Korean Front leave dead and wounded
Unidentified war plane struck a Western Front command post near Yonchon north of Seoul injuring and killing several U S soldiers. A soldier suggested an F-84 Thunderjet was involved as tents and a building were destroyed. Parallel fighting saw South Korean troops repelling four North Korean attacks as cold, overcast skies grounded planes.
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Seoul
U. S
George McArthur
Yonchon
Eighth Army
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Nam River
Kansong
FBI Arrests Wanted Man in Miami
Kenneth Lee Maurer twenty, sought in Detroit for the 1951 slayings of his mother and an 11 year old sister, was arrested by FBI agents at a Miami furniture plant where he worked as a cabinet maker since October. He will be arraigned before a U.S. commissioner today.
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Miami
Fla
Kenneth Lee Maurer
Detroit
U. S
Maurer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Truman forecasts government to seize crop surpluses
President Truman predicted the government will take over more than 500 million dollars of crop surpluses in the coming fiscal year under price support programs as prices are expected to fall to guaranteed minimums for growers.
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Washington
Truman
Flood Control Plan in Avalon and Harlan Park
Sunday’s Journal reports a Tuesday meeting where city officials seek homeowner support for creating a Miami Conservancy sub-district. The piece outlines background and city goals. Also notes Western College for Women 100th anniversary features and a Butler County farm income report in 1952 on Miami Valley pages.
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Avalon
Harlan Park
Miami
Western College For Women
Journal Society
Oxford
Butler County
Miami Valley
Sunday's Journal
Clyde Barrow Chiefly Remembered in 1930s Middletown Chase
A Sunday feature recalls Clyde Barrow and two companions fleeing Middletown police in the early thirties. Officers nabbed them, adding a notable early page to Barrow’s long criminal record for their files.
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Clyde Barrow
Public Enemy
Middletown
Nine Feared Dead As B50s Clash In Savannah Air Collision
Two B50 bombers of the 96th Bomb Squadron collided over Savannah during a training flight. One crashed into marshland with nine crew presumed dead. the other landed at Hunter Air Force Base with a damaged tail, no casualties. Parachutes reportedly seen near the wreckage.
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Savannah
Hunter Air Force Base
Thomas R. Meredith
Meredith
96Th
Hunter
New York City Board Fires Seven Teachers
Seven teachers were fired by the New York City Board of Education for refusing to answer officials about Communist party membership. They had been unpaid since January 31, under Superintendent William Jansen.
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New York
Communist Party
New York City
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R-Nh
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Taber
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