House Opposition May Force Ballot To Recomit UNIT
Backers of universal military training won a 196 to 167 test vote in the House to strike the bill’s enacting clause. A looming vote would send the measure back to the Armed Services Committee for further study, with amendments possible to gain passage. The bill would require 18 year olds to undergo six months of training and remain in reserve for four years.
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House
Washington
Armed Services Committee
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
Rep. Short
R-Mo
O'Dwyer Aide Moran Sentenced in Shakedown Case
James J. Moran, once first deputy fire commissioner and ally of former Mayor William O'Dwyer, was sentenced to 12 to 28 years in prison for leading a $500000-a-year extortion racket involving fuel oil equipment firms. Moran faced charges of extortion and conspiracy and had previously held a lifetime water board post before perjury convictions.
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New York
James J. Moran
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
Moran
O'Dwyer
U. S. Senate Crime Committee
Marine in Korea Repays Tax Notice With Bank Note
Chicago IRS chief John T. Jarecki disclosed a Korean War Marine’s letter about a 1950 tax bill of $30.30. The sender, through his mother, sent a 100 won bank note as a pledge to pay the debt when he returns to civilian life. The won is worth about one-third of a cent.
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Chicago
John T. Jarecki
Internal Revenue
Korea
Jarecki
Truce Talks in Korea Back to Dec 18 Standoff
Rear Adm. Libby claims negotiations regress as both sides clash over 50 000 missing Allied troops and prisoner repatriation. North Korea denies existence of missing soldiers while Lee Sang Cho accuses Allied fabrication. Deadlock over Soviet supervision and prisoner classification persists.
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Robert B. Tuckman Munsan
Korea
R. E. Libby
Libby
U.N. Command
Lee Sang Cho
Red
Soviet Russia
U.N
Lee
Reno Broker Faces 20 Million Loss Without Worry
Reno broker W L V Redfield says he is a man of character not a character and remains unfazed by the estimated 20 million dollars in cash jewelry and negotiable securities stolen from his home safe. Police investigate rumors and theories about how burglars carried it away. He adds that money can be replaced and praises his health wife and love.
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Reno W—L
Chicago Marks 115th Year as City
Chicago observed its 115th year as a city today without fanfare, marking a quiet milestone in its long municipal history.
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Chicago
Pinay Faces slim odds as France seeks expert cabinet
In Paris Antoine Pinay struggles to form a cabinet of experts from non-Communist parties as General de Gaulle gains influence. Critics question funding for arms and Western defense while De Gaulle pushes Europe wide confederation and new defense roles.
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Godfrey Anderson
PARIS
Charles de Gaulle
Antoine Pinay
France
Pinay
Edgar Faure
Paul Reynaud
Rene Plevin
Europe
United States
Washington
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
North Atlantic
Truman
de Gaulle
RPF
Rally of the French People
Schuman
Germany
National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Using Both Ends Against County
Cincinnati reports Hamilton County limited its monthly bounty to five dollars for the rest of the year after farmers and sportsmen warned of possible double bounty schemes. The county had a twenty five cent head bounty and Indiana offered one cent per pair of feet, prompting concerns of overpayment.
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Cincinnati
Board of County Commissioners
Hamilton County
Indiana
Trojans and Fifth Column Threat Across Western Europe
Foreign analyst William L. Ryan presents a warning of a Soviet designed Trojan Horse in Europe. He cites a Cominform linked command from Moscow with Malenkov Suslov and European figures guiding a long range unity campaign aimed at labor and resistance to the United States.
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Europe
Moscow
Kremlin
William L. Ryan
Iron Curtain
William L Ryan Viennap
Western Europe
Italy
Germany
Greece
Middle East
Cominform
Vienna
Western
Revenue Men Target Tax Dodgers in 1951 Crackdown
The Internal Revenue Bureau's late 1951 drive against tax dodgers led to 744 fraud cases sent to the Justice Department for prosecution, a sharp rise from 1950. Prosecutions by the bureau rose 26 percent while drop rates fell from 60 to 13 per 100 new cases. Delinquent tax warrants grew to 95584 cases totaling 641 million dollars by year end 1951, aided by electronic computing and a 50 million dollar racketeer assessment.
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Washington
IAP
Internal Revenue Bureau
Justice Department For Prosecution
Bureau
Penal Division
Man Prevented From Leaping Off Building
Cincinnati police and fire units saved Robert M. Jones Jr. after a two hour suicide attempt on the 47th floor of Carew Tower. Father Paul Huber and the man’s 65 year old father pleaded with him as Lt. Al More and two firemen assisted. Jones was taken to a hospital for observation.
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Cincinnati
Robert M. Jones Jr
Paul Huber
Jones
Carew Tower
al More
Life Squad
Young Jones
Train Wreck In Brazil Claims LOO
A collision near Rio de Janeiro kills over 100 and injures about 200 as a crowded commuter train crashes into a stalled train near Anchieta. Survivors describe the scene as a battlefield with bodies and debris along the Pavuna River.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Anchieta
Pavuna
Gas Line Explodes South of Cincinnati Near Alexandria
A 24 inch natural gas line supplying Greater Cincinnati exploded on a farm near Alexandria Kentucky. The fire was visible for 30 miles and no injuries were reported. Gas service interruption was about 25 percent but not expected locally. The pipeline is operated by Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co.
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Newport
Greater
Cincinnati
Alexandria
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co
Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co
George Kuehnle
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
Hawaii Statehood Move Advances Despite Bricker Vote
Washington senator John W Bricker opposed the submerged oil lands bill as the Senate agreed to take up a measure to grant statehood to Hawaii by a 47 to 32 vote with Sen Robert A Taft not listed on the roll.
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Washington
John W Bricker
Ohio
Hawai
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Attlee Survives Leftist Challenge on Defense Policy
Clement R. Attlee defeated a leftist challenge within the Labour Party during a closed Commons meeting with an estimated three to one margin. He signaled a new Commons attack on Churchill's Conservative government for not adequately carrying out the national defense program, a plan he helped craft before Labour’s 1945 defeat. Bevan pressed to alter the motion to critique war-scale rearmament and protect welfare schemes like free health.
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London
W.clement R. Attlee
Britain
Attlee
House of Commons
Aneurin Bevan
Commons
Winston Churchill
Labor
Oetobert
Bevan
Dr Famed Painter Dies at 79 in New York
New York magazine illustrator and portrait painter Christy W. Howard Chandler, 79, died yesterday after a two month illness from a heart ailment. He spent a lifetime portraying the American girl with canvas beauties used in magazines and books.
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New York
Howard Chandler Christy
Atlanta Orchestra Aids Dallas In Busy Tour Schedule
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra agrees to fill Dallas Symphony’s four missing concerts, adding them into a five concert program across nine one night stands. Leslie C White notes concerns over buses and instruments while Dallas musicians seek rest. Teachers arrange substitutes as professors juggle exams.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Leslie C. White
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Allegro
Dallas Orchestra
No Dore
Atlanta Orchestra
Dallas Four
White
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Carl Bevin
Tidal Waves Lash Northern Island Injure Hundreds, Kill Dozens
A severe earthquake and massive tidal waves struck Northern Japan, killing at least 31 people and injuring hundreds. Over 2,500 homes were destroyed as railways toppled and lines swallowed by fissures. A coal mine partially collapsed.
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Tokyo
Japan
Truman Appeals to Red Peoples for Peace
President Truman, aboard the Coast Guard cutter Courier, urged Russians and Chinese to abandon hate and terror, stressing U S aid in WWII and seeking peace. The address aired globally in 45 languages after a 45 minute shipboard program. Nearby, Kushiro Japan suffered major quake damage with thousands homeless and several towns struck by tidal waves.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman
Russia
Red China
Voice of America
U. S. Coast Guard
Courier
China
United States
Nazi Germany
Japan
State Department
Mr. Truman
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Tangier
Munich
Ceylon
Manila
Honolulu
British Broadcasting Co
Oscar C. B. Wey
Donald McQuade
National Political Round-Up Who Can Lose Everyone Claims He Can Beat
The Associated Press reports a tight early clash among top Republican hopefuls and Democrats in the New Hampshire presidential primary race. Stassen Eisenhower Taft Kefauver contend they can win, while Kefauver touts a strong local organization and broad support as he campaigns toward the primary. Humphrey calls for a showdown on policy with Southern Democrats backing Russell.
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Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Dwight D. Easenhower
Sen Lodge
Massachusetts
Hubert A. Taft
Ohio
Kefauver
Canis
Stassen
Douglas Mare Arthur
Taft
Eisenhower
J. Kefauver
Bustui
Len Humphrey
D-Minn
Washington
Sen
Russell
Eisenhower Warns on Centralized Government Power
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warns in a new book that concentrating power in a centralized government need not come from upheaval. He argues paternalistic governance can erode individual responsibility and drive state power, urging voters to engage politics and noting labor and management share common interests despite bargaining differences.
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Cambridge
Mass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Addison-Wesley Press, Inc
Sheldon Glueck
Harvard Law School
America
Republic
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Mikhail
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USSR
Communist Central Committee
Palmiro Togliatti
Jacques DuClos
Walther Ulbricht
East Germany
East
William H. Moore
Consumer Credit Department
Chemical Bank and Trust Co
NEA Telephoto
Charles F. Barrett
Hawaii
Bill
BY Ben Price
Northern Island
U.S
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Clen Clements
Kushiro
Hokkaido Island
U .S. 1St Cavalry Division
Hokkaido
U. S. 24Th Division
Honshu
Matthew B. Ridgway
Columbia University
Assam
India
Weston
Pacific Ocean
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Hachinohe
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Obihiro
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