Draft heads into mounting Congress fire
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Marshall plans to draft 18 year olds for active duty as opposition grows in Congress. Senator Johnson demands a guarantee draftees will not be sent overseas until 19. President Truman allows 18 through 25 volunteers for a 21 month hitch. draftees face 21 month limit, with a possible 27 month extension. Army strength targeted at 24 divisions by summer.
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Nebraska
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Six B 36 bombers land in England on long Atlantic flight
Six of America's largest bombers the B 36s capable of carrying an atomic weapon flew from Carswell AFB Texas to England landing at Lakenheath Airdrome after a one stop 7000 mile voyage. The flight supports navigation and fuel consumption training for crews with a return trip planned this weekend. The arrival follows rumors of potential B 36 basing in England amid increasing global tension. The mission was led by Col. Thomas P Gir rity with Lt. Col. Richard T. Black commanding the first plane.
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Hollywood
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Friend Accused By Remington Sticks By Him
Bernard S. Redmont Paris correspondent for U S News and World Report testified Remington’s former friend denied Remington’s Communist affiliation. Redmont said Remington apologized for naming him to the FBI and a congressional committee and he will testify again for cross examination.
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Bernard S. Redmont
Paris
U. S. News and World Report
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Congressional
Redmont
Commerce Department
Communist Party
Sullen Badman Blames Spree For Troubles
SAN DIEGO AP Sullen and sick desperado William F. Cook, jailed after a 12 day international manhunt, blames his plight on a Christmas spree. He faces murder and kidnapping charges as authorities link him to the Mosser family killings in Joplin and a Seattle murder near Blythe.
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William F. Cook
Missouri
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Joplin
Carl Mosser
Mossers
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Oklahoma
Mosser
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Ronald Dean
Cary Carl
Pamela Sue
Santa Rosalia
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Robert E. Dewey
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Dewey
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Senate weighs sending U S troops to Europe amid Atlantic ties
Democratic leaders weigh asking the Senate to approve dispatch of American troops to Europe to bolster defenses. President Truman says no congressional approval needed, while Senator McFarland hints at voting on the principle of supporting the Atlantic Treaty with military forces.
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Brussels
U. S
Congress Asked To OK Truman Housing Bill
The Housing and Home Finance Administration urged approval of a $3 billion defense housing program with limited immediate use. Raymond M. Foley said the plan is largely standby, with eased credit curbs for defense areas, while stressing authority to meet all rearmament housing needs. The Senate Banking Committee heard the bill requested by President Truman, aiming for early Senate action next month.
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Raymond M. Foley
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Truman
Congress
Bricker
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Banking Committee
Harvard Student To Face Theft Charges
Cambridge Massachusetts AP reports Harvard graduate school student Albert C. Knaus 25 of Cambridge was listed for district court arraignment on charges of stealing 13 checks worth 1500 from Harvard University employees. Police said the suspect, an honor graduate of Marietta College Ohio, was studying for his MA at Harvard and the checks disappeared while he was employed at the university post office.
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Harvard
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Albert C. Knaus
Cambridge
Marietta College
Marietta
Knaus
Ofce
Negro chemist wins 1950 Distinguished Merit Award
Dr. Percy L. Julian, 51, renowned Chicago chemist, named recipient of the 1950 Distinguished Merit Award by the Decalogue Society of Lawyers. Other past honorees include Wendell Willkie and Frank Knox. Award presented at a March 3 dinner.
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Percy L. Julian
Decalogue Society of Lawyers
Wendell Willkie
Navy
Frank Knox
Amerman Goes On Trial For Murder Plot
Medina AP three judges begin trial to decide if Max Amerman 27 should face the electric chair for his role in Harold Mast’s murder. Amerman pleaded guilty to first degree murder and admitted plotting a shotgun killing to woo Mast’s widowed Norwegian wife. Gerald Killinger, 18, the triggerman, was sentenced last November to death.
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Max Amerman
Harold Mast
Amerman
Mast
Here
Randi
H. Dennis Danniey
Graf
Gerald Killinger
Ike silent on German units and Japan comments
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told reporters that soldiers must keep quiet when issues involve world leaders and statesmen. He spoke at a London press conference on his Atlantic Pact tour after praising Western unity and recalling his 1942 command start.
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Ike” Eisenhower
Japan
Germany
Lisbon
Free World
Fisenhower
Byrd Urges 7 Billion Axe Budget Cut to Truman Plan
Senator Byrd called for slicing 7 billion dollars from President Truman's budget and raising taxes by 9.5 billion, arguing the plan would not harm defense and would yield a balanced budget under the projected 16.0 billion. Republicans and Southern Democrats mocked the Fair Deal, pledging cuts to non defense spending while Truman defended his high non defense levels amid war-time needs.
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Byrd
Virginia
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
John Taber
RNY
GOP
House
Wind Drops Cash Shower on Memphis Boy
A gust of wind blew ten and twenty dollar bills from an unknown source onto the Madison and Second Streets corner in Memphis. Bystanders scrambled as the bills floated down, leaving puzzled faces of nearby buildings. B G Minshew of Kosciusko Mississippi claimed he dropped 132 dollars there and blamed the wind for the airborne windfall.
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Second Streets
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Pacific storms lash coast with high winds and fatality
A broad Pacific storm battered from Vancouver Island to southern Oregon with winds 65 to 80 mph. A fisherman died after being swept from rocks near Port Orford. Two radio towers collapsed at Astoria as rain and snow affected northern Rockies and parts of the Northeast. Temperatures stayed near seasonal with clear skies in the Southwest.
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Byrnes Calls for U S Troop Concentration in Europe
James F. Byrnes, sworn in as South Carolina governor, urges concentrating U S forces in Europe to deter the Soviets. He advocates halting Korea forces without UN action, urges a China blockade, and warns of the dangers to civil order and schools if racial segregation is overturned. He also presses wage and price freezes to curb inflation.
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James F. Byrnes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Europe
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Pilot Misunderstood Tower Signal On Runway Crash
Philadelphia AP report says National Airlines DC-4 crash killed seven after landing mid runways 5350 foot extension. Capt Harold Barwick and co-pilot Edward Zatarain questioned by CAB. Cates cites misunderstanding of under construction warning leading to misjudged landing.
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International Airport
Larry Cates
Airline Pilots Association
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National Airlines
Harold Barwick
Edward J. Zatarain
Jacksonville
Fla
CAB
Cates
Barwick
Hocking River Flood Crest at 21.2 Feet in Athens
The Hocking River crested at 21.2 feet in Athens, more than four feet above flood stage, then began receding to 21 feet by 7 a.m. All roads out of Athens except Route 50 alternate remained waterblocked. It marks a fourth major overflow in a month. Cincinnati’s Ohio River stood at 44.1 feet and rising as forecast crest between 46 and 47 feet on Thursday.
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Hocking
Route 50
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
A. W. Walstrom
U. S
Blaze Destroys Alaska Railroad Car Repair Shop
In Anchorage flames, likely from a blacksmith shop, engulfed the Alaska Railroad car repair shop causing an unofficial loss of $1,000,000. Firefighters from the railway, Elmendorf AFB and Fort Richardson battled four hours in 26 below zero, saving nearby government railway equipment and buildings.
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Death claim for Kather ine Larkin in Oakwood home
Mrs Kather ine Larkin 72 mother-in law of Fred Snite Chicago polio victim who has been in an iron lung for years died today at her Oakwood home after two years of illness. She is the mother of Mrs Teresa Snite.
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Katherine Larkin
Fred Snite
Chicago
Oakwood
Teresa Snite
Allied combat team reaches Suwon then withdraws at nightfall
Allied tanks entered the Communist held town of Suwon 17 air miles south of Seoul on Tuesday then withdrew to defensive positions. The operation marked the fourth and largest objective in the western front reconnaissance in force. Observers confirmed the entry and reported routing about 100 Red troops with heavy air and artillery support.
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