Inquiry Into Government Ethics Urged in Senate Clash
AP reports lawmakers push ethics inquiry as Fulbright proposes a Hoover Commission style panel to probe moral standards in government. The Banking subcommittee signals ongoing RFC corruption probes amid calls to broaden reform and investigate possible White House influence.
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Washington
Fulbright
D- Ark
Congress
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Grand Jury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White House
RFC
Hoover Commission
Senate
Central Iron and Steel Company
Harrisburg
Cocke Urges U.S. To Allow Chiang Mainland Attack
J E Cocke Jr national commander of the American Legion urged the United States to back a Nationalist invasion of mainland China to ease Allied Korea pressures. He spoke after arriving from Tokyo and touring Korean fronts, saying the UN should decide on Manchuria bombing, Red China blockade, and Chiang Kai shek forces' disposition.
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Taipei
Formosa
American Legion
United States
Korea
Red China
J. Erle Cocke, Jr
Tokyo
MacArthur
Cocke
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Chiang
Happy not chosen for Kentucky senate seat
Louisville Times reports in a Frankfort dispatch that Baseball Commissioner A. B. Chandler known as Happy will not be appointed to Kentucky's vacant Senate seat. Gov. Lawrence Wetherby plans an appointment later in the week but declines to name a candidate.
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Louisville
Louisville Times
Frankfort
A. B
Happy
Troops To Europe Tie-Up With Draft Bill Beaten
The House Armed Services Committee rejected a move to link troop deployment to Europe with the draft bill. Representative Towe proposed barring sending troops to Europe without congressional approval. the measure was tabled 21 to 14. Vinson said the committee would continue drafting sections and consider a 4,000,000 man-power ceiling.
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Europe
Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Towe
R-Nj
Winsom
D-Ga
Vinson
North Atlantic
House
Arends
Illinois
Two Boys Shoot Superintendent and Another Student
In Rutherfordton North Carolina two high school students aged 16 and 19 killed their superintendent W E Sweat and classmate Wade Johnson after being reprimanded for grades. Sheriff Vance Wilkins said they surrendered and will face murder charges. Powell and Justice reportedly used a .22 rifle while awaiting the head of Alexander School Union Mills.
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Rutherfordton
N. C
Sherif Vance Wilkins
Billy Ray Powell
Hugh Justice
W. E. Sweat
Wade Johnson
Powell
Johnson
Profesor Sweatt
Alexander School
Union Mills
Justice
Alexander
Israel Demands German Damages for Jewish Property
Israel, in a note to the United States, Russia, Britain, and France, seeks 1.5 billion dollars for confiscated and plundered Jewish property by the Nazis. The total claimed is about 6 billion dollars, covering costs to resettle 500,000 Jewish immigrants from Nazi territories.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Germany
Senator Vandenberg’s Condition Worsens
Grand Rapids reports that Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg remains seriously ill after a relapse. His personal physician said his condition is gradually becoming more serious and there is concern unless a favorable change occurs soon.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Snowbound Driver Kills Woman in Cincinnati
Mrs Agnes Tschida aged 72 was struck and killed by a truck on an East End street in early morning snow. Driver Frank Hodge 31 said limited visibility due to heavy snowfall and dark clothing led to the tragedy.
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Cincinnati
Agnes Tschida
Frank Hodge
Rail Sabotage Prank Leads to Juvenile Citations in Cincinnati
FBI says two teens ages 14 and 15 admitted placing a 15 foot log chain on a Chesapeake and Ohio trestle in Cincinnati to strike passing vehicles. A motorist spotted the chain and officials halted a freight train minutes before crossing. No federal charges. boys to be cited in juvenile court.
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Cincinnati
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. E. Ostholthoff
FBI
George Ertel
Army to Begin Small Scale Korea Rotation April 1
The Army will start a limited rotation to relieve combat veterans in Korea on April 1. About 150 company grade and non commissioned officers will depart the United States to swap with an equal number in Korea. Details of a larger, ongoing plan are being developed. No return date for the first group was set.
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Washington
Army
Korea
United States
Wanted dog sitter for aged mongrel in Atlanta
Mrs. W. G. Scott places a notice in the female help column seeking a dog sitter for Blackie an 11 to 14 year old mix of bull and fox terrier Pay by the hour and notarized references showing love of a dog She lives alone in a trailer with husband in the Army and a son in the Navy in the Pacific prompting the ad
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Atlanta
Help Wanted
The
Constitution
W. G. Scott
Navy
Pacific
Blackie
AEC Fires Tipster Over Real Estate Probe
The Atomic Energy Commission dismissed W. Conrad McKelvey after he admitted tipping an outsider who could profit from land near the Savannah River site. Governor Byrnes had pressed an investigation into land speculation as the AEC pursues a $600 million plant on a 250000 acre tract, while Walter Pace of Utah reportedly profited from land options bought nearby.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
South Carolina
Gordon Dean
Commission
James F. Byrnes
Savannah River
Georgia
Dean
W. Conrad McKelvey
Walter V. Pace
Utah
Pace
Salt Lake City
Spaniards End General Strike After Violent Outbreak
In Barcelona and nearby industrial cities workers and employers were set to return to work after a sudden general strike that sparked Spain's worst violence since the civil war. Police used clubs and gunfire with arrests exceeding ten. censorship hindered exact casualty counts. The disruption extended to Badalona Tarrasa and Sabadell.
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Barcelona
Spain
Badatona
Tarrasa
Sabadell
Americans Storm Back Into Yudong
American forces retook Yu dong trapping a battalion of Chinese Reds in a village 11 miles southeast of Hongchon. U S Second Division patrols entered Monday night, fighting and roadblock clashes followed by air strikes as UN forces advance toward the 38th parallel.
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Hongchon
U.S
United Nations
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Seventh Division
Amidong
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Seoul
Han
Chapyong
NEA
Appeal to UN on Mass Slayings by Red China
The legislative Yuan in Formosa voted to appeal to the United Nations to punish Red China for alleged mass slayings on the mainland. The Control Yuan had urged UN action, calling the killings a tragedy for mankind.
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Formosa
China
Legislative Yuan
United Nations
Red
Control Yuan
Atom Spy Trial Reveals Red Escape Route Plans
David Greenglass testified that Julius Rosenberg plotted a Mexico City contact with the Russian ambassador and a travel route to evade arrest. The alleged scheme included contacting officials in Mexico City and Sweden, with money and a passport provided, before reaching Czechoslovakia.
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Atom
New York
Mexico City
United States
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
N. M
Julius Rosenberg
Mexico
Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Russia
Jackson
United Nations
Greenglass
Costello Defies Senate Panel In National Crime Probe
Frank Costello challenged Senate crime investigators to produce evidence of run ning a national crime syndicate at a tense New York hearing. He demanded the panel present proof and objected to televising his appearance, saying it would make him a spectacle and violate counsel-client privacy.
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NEW York
Frank Costello
Senate
Federal
Costello
Sen
Charles Tobey
R-Nh
United States
Underworld
George Wolf
Joe Adonis
William O’dwyer
Jerome G. Ambro
O'Dwyer
Ambro
State Assembly
Irwin Steingut
Frank Quayle
Frank Kelly
Brooklyn
Mexico
Adonis
Joseph Doto
New Orleans
Government Weighs New Price Order Ties Costs to Production
Washington AP reports the proposed price regulation aims to tie ceilings to manufacturing cost increases since the Korean War. Michael DiSalle invites thirty top industrialists from twelve states to discuss terms, with early reports of possible protests by manufacturers. The plan seeks relief for compliant firms and rollbacks for those raising prices beyond cost increases. Labor discontent over wage ceilings hinders mobilization progress. DiSalle says the goal is to move toward a balanced price structure as quickly as possible on a broad front.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Real Court Reveals Greenglass Atom Bomb Sketches
AP reporting from New York describes spy David Greenglass detailing a three shell implosion design at Los Alamos. The breakdown includes a plastic outer shell with barium, plutonium core, and a beryllium inner shell to trigger the reaction, plus a detonator girdle and lens system.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
NEW York
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
Greenglass
Acheson Returns to Work After Bermuda Vacation
Secretary of State Acheson returns to the desk in Washington after a two week Bermuda vacation and resumes official duties.
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Washington
State Acheson
Bermuda
Eisenhower names Col. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr Deputy Chief of Staff
Paris AP report states General Eisenhower selected Col. Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr a prominent Philadelphia sportsman and diplomat to manage relations between the Atlantic Army headquarters and allied governments. Biddle 54 named Deputy Chief of Staff for National Affairs.
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Paris
Geneés
Dwight Eisenhower
Col
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
U. S
Atlantic Army
Biddle
Philadelphia
Pig Wanders to Toledo Slaughterhouse Door
A suburban pig owned by William Hilkens wandered from its farm to The Home Packing Company slaughterhouse in Toledo, arriving yesterday at the plant’s door. The incident shows the animal’s puzzling behavior and ends with no reported injury or sale.
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Toledo
William Hilkens
Home Packing Company
Hint At New Atom Tests
Washington AP reports hints from the Atomic Energy Commission that new atomic weapon tests may occur at sea or at locations beyond Nevada and Bikini. The agency referenced possible tests at Eniwetok and other sites as Dean indicated plans for further experiments under varied conditions.
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U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada Proving Ground
Gordon Dean
Dean
Eniwetok
Las Vegas
Nev
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
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