Morris Denounces Diseased Minds Of Senate Probers
Washington AP recounts Newbold Morris denouncing Senate investigators as having diseased minds while facing possible contempt citations. Testimony covered White House help claims, ship deals probes, and calls for broader inquiry. Supporters defend Morris. critics press for further action and potential contempt charges.
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Morris
Senate
Washington
Capitol Hill
Newbold Morris
Congress
Adm
William Smith
U.S. Maritime Commission
White House
Smith
Joseph E Casey
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
House
Rep
Potter
Rmich
McCarran
D-Ney
Internal Security Subcommittee
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Capitol
Rep. Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee
Celler
Special Investigations
China
Leaders Press for Full Approval of Foreign Aid Plan
Washington reports the administration's top foreign policy team urged Congress to approve the $7.9 billion foreign aid program. Acheson, Harriman, Lovett testified that cutting funds would weaken NATO and the free world defense against communism. Congress contemplates trimming this aid amid budget pressures.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate House
Senate
State Acheson
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
W. Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Kremlin
Lovett
Indochina
Sen
McMahon
D-Conn
Eisenhower
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
All Rebels Start Work On Trains
The last holdouts against court and union orders to end the New York Central Railroad strike returned to work. Elkhart engineers conductors and firemen voted 136 to 72 to resume duties, with Toledo earlier ending its walkout 220 to 214. The strike had idle 1800 workers and disrupted main line traffic.
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Elkhart
Ind
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
Toledo
D. W. Tucker
Truman Attacks Opposition to Federal Power Program
President Truman denounced opposition to the federal power program as vicious and dangerous. In a message to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, he pledged to press for ongoing federal power policy and water power development for public benefit. Chapman echoed resolve to continue supporting public power against critics.
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Chicago
Truman
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Chapman
Valley Authority
Mock Medical Deductions Fool Tax Rule Baffle Officials
A tongue in cheek piece imagines a taxpayer deducting food clothing cigarettes liquor and more as medical expenses to reduce taxable income to zero. Officials note real deductions for such items are not allowed and cite actual cases where claims were denied.
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Washington
Ibis Bens
Rae Clothing
John P. Hodgkin
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Philadelphia
Commerce Clearing House, Inc
Chicago
Internal Revenue Bureau
Internal Revenue
Tax Bureau Revamping Races Vote
President Truman’s Internal Revenue Bureau reorganization plan, a key weapon against corruption, goes to a Senate vote with a 49 votes needed to defeat. Sen. Humphrey predicts a close result as supporters tout civil service appointments and anti patronage reforms.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
McClellan
D-Ark
George
D-Ga
Margaret Chase Smith
Dirksen
Aiken
Congress
House
Reds Repel Heavy Red Assault Near Heartbreak Ridge
U S and Turkish forces halted a major Communist attack on a 2 1/2 mile front in the Eastern mountains near Heartbreak Ridge. About 200 of the 750 attacking Reds were killed or wounded as Allied artillery and air power stopped the assault 100 yards from U N lines. Front remained quiet except for center patrol clashes.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. 25Th Division
U. S. 35Th Regiment
Heartbreak Ridge
U.N
U. S. Eighth Army
Yonchon
U. S
Hichon
Fifth Air Force
Peru Opens Oil Deposits To Foreign Firms
President Manuel Odria signed a new oil law in Lima last night allowing foreign companies to develop Peru's oil fields under a fifty fifty profit split with the government.
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Lima
Peru
Manuel Odria
Doctor Receives Threat In Schuster Killing Case
A threatening letter mailed to Brooklyn doctor Solomon M. Pialka heightens the mystery of Arnold Schuster’s slaying. Postal authorities intercepted the note, Pialka who examined Schuster’s body said the 24 year old pants salesman was shot last Saturday night.
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New York
Brooklyn
Arnold Schuster
Willie
Sutton
Solomon M. Pialka
Schuster
Pialka
Talks Make No Progress On Captives
Allied truce negotiators told the Reds that unconditional repatriation for all prisoners in exchange for a small portion is unacceptable. Libby urged the Communists to move first while North Korea pressed for a complete prisoner roster and an accounting of about 50 000 missing South Koreans. Col Kinney and Col Chang clashed over port openings to neutral Inspectors as war of words escalated.
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Munsan
Korea
Reds
R. E. Libby
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
U.N
Chang Chun San
Col. Kinney
Chang
Kinney
Phantom Skeleton Spooks Driver on Route 7
Louis B Martel of Pawtucket Rhode Island told Police Chief Roger Lollini that while driving north on Route 7 by a small airport a glowing skeleton jumped from an approaching car its lights out and its skull mask danced before he fled the scene This mirrors prior reports by truckers along Route 40 in recent weeks from the same highway folklore.
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Steubenville
Rt 40
Martel
Noted Norwegian Dies
Oslo Norway F Johan Nygaardsvold 73 wartime prime minister in exile died today in a hospital at Trondheim.
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Oslo
Norway
Johan Nygaardsvold
Trondheim
Senate split prompts new round of national political doubts
Amid New Hampshire primary wins by Kefauver and Eisenhower, Truman and Taft remain formidable. Kefauver upset Truman. Eisenhower swept Taft. Senators Aiken Ives note unresolved race dynamics as Truman weighs re election and party leaders face internal anger over Truman’s ballot status.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Orly Field
Paris
Sen
Robert Taft
New Hampshire
Happy Ike
Golly
Texas
Taft
Dallas
Washington
Truman
Kefauver
Gen
Eisenhower
Ohio
Harry Truman
Sen. Aiken
Aiken
Ives
R-Ny
Bob Taft
Europe
Joseph Short
White House
Ian Kes West
Fla
Kestovver
Short
Steel leaders study price formula to avert looming strike
Washington reports steel industry leaders review the government's new price formula as a possible 2 to 3 dollar per ton increase. The CIO United Steelworkers set a March 23 strike date and demand 18-2 cents per hour wage rise. Industry sources say they may need 5 to 9 dollars per ton to meet union demands.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
CIO
United Steelworkers
Red Cross to Probe Germ Warfare Charge in Korea
Geneva report says the International Red Cross will investigate Communist charges that U N forces use germ warfare in Korea. U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson asked for the probe, while he denies the charges.
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Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
U. N
Korea
U. S
Dean Acheson
Ford Local 600 Faces Ouster Over Communist Allegations
DETROIT The UAW CIO national office moved to remove Ford Local 600 leaders amid charges they failed to enforce restrictions against Communists. Witnesses tied the local to Communist influence, prompting an emergency hearing and potential appointment of an administrator to run the 60 000-member local. Pat Rice and William Hood refused to testify on communism.
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International
UN American Activities Committee
Local 600
UAW
House Committee
Uaw-Cio
Ford Local 600
Ford Motor Company
UAW International Executive Board
Walter P. Reuther
Un-American Activities Committee
Pat Rice
William R. Hood
Floor Falls at German Textile Plant With Six Dead
A factory disaster in FALLINGEN Germany killed six workers when the top floor collapsed onto the floor below at a textile plant. About 200 workers were employed at the site. Rescue efforts and investigations followed the collapse.
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Fallingen
Germany
Two B-29s collide on instrument flight. 15 die in Texas hills
Two B-29 Superfortresses flying on instruments from Randolph AFB crashed in South Texas killing 15 crewmen. One plane exploded near the Gus Krause ranch. the other struck a tree and burned near the Heard ranch. A board probes the crash as witnesses describe the chaos.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Randolph Air Force Base
Bill Adams
Air Force Base
Gus Krause
J. W. Heard
D. C. McDonald
Heard Ranch
Randolph
San Bernadino
Calif
Jack Nolen
Hiss Attny Claims Typewriter Planted Evidence
New York attorney Chester T. Lane says the Woodstock typewriter tied to Alger Hiss trial was tampered with and replaced by a rival machine. He seeks a new trial, arguing the device was forged as incriminating evidence and that the Woodstock was found in a Washington attic before Hiss's first trial.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chester T. Lane
Yestersday
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Lane
Chambers
Washington
Taxes Shown By Survey At Four Levels Of Taxation
A Treasury Department study shows overlapping taxation on a single gasoline gallon with four levels of government often applying tax. The report notes triple taxation in liquor cigarettes and admissions and common double levies by federal and state authorities.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Lord Ismay Selected as NATO Civilian Secretary General
Lord Ismay, 64, becomes NATO's civilian secretary general succeeding a string of refusals by Oliver Franks Lester Pearson and D A Stikker. He will work with Eisenhower in Paris overseeing political and financial aspects while Eisenhower maintains military control.
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London
Lord Ismay
Churchill
NATO
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
Commonwealth Relations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Ismay
N Alliance
Oliver Franks
United States
Lester B. Pearson
D. A. Stikker
Washington
Cairo
Moscow
Yalta
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago River and Indiana
ED Creagh
Eam Almaad
Tax Bureau
By Sam Summerlin
By Robert B. Tuckman
Phanton
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
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Reuther
Detroit
United Auto Workers
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