Navy Sub Defense First on List of Navy Budget
The Navy presses a top priority to counter submarine threats amid a shrinking budget that trims combat ships from 288 to 239 and patrol aircraft squadrons from 30 to 20. Admiral Sherman told Congress the $4.01 billion 1951 plan favors submarine defenses but acknowledges it falls short of full naval needs against a Soviet submarine threat.
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NAVY
Washington
Congress
Fleet Air Arm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Russia
Sherman
House Appropriations Committee
Chief of Naval Operations
Six Die In Spray Jail Fire In North Carolina
Six prisoners perished in a Spray jail fire at 2 40 am in the city hall building. The victims, three white and three Black, had been charged with public drunkenness. One inmate may have started the blaze while others slept.
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Spray
N. C
Desk Sd. P
Lucille Wimbush
Junior Yarborough
Marion Morrison
Harvey Cole
Joe W. Willis
Bonie Martin
Fire drives nine from two story Toledo home
AP report says a blaze in the basement of a two story frame house in Toledo forced nine people from their home including four children. District Fire Chief Roy G. Davis put the damage at about 5500 dollars and attributed the fire to a defective coal furnace.
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Toledo
Roy G. Davis
Calico Cat Fire-Resistant Test Declared Complete
Minerva correspondent Twila Carman reports a sensational kiln experiment to prove Miracle the Calico cat could endure extreme heat. A synthetic cat, built from steak and sealskin, withstood 900 degrees for 36 hours. thermometer read 320 degrees at center after sealing the kiln. Critics remain split on the claim while Dean Walter R. Krill weighs in from Ohio State University.
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Minerva
Joe Bucola
Bucola
Twila Carman
Walter R. Krill
Ohio State University
Veterinary
Truman Arrival Tops Key West Talk in Florida
Key West buzzed with national publicity as Harry Truman arrived for a vacation stay at the Naval base, signing oleo tax repeal and other measures. The president’s party included Matthew J. Connelly and David K. Niles, with Mrs. Truman and Margaret expected to join later.
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Key West
Fla
Harry
Duval St
Truman
Washington
Wallace H. Graham
Gulf
Naval Academy
Matthew J. Connelly
David K. Niles
Williamsburg
Naval Station
White House
Boca Chica
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Spirit Across Erin's Kin
Saint Patrick’s Day brings laughter and pride to Erin and her sons and to families with names like Murphy Riley O Shaye Cal lahans and Dugans. Irish spirits rise as Shamrock and tunes fill the day with dance pipes and toasts to Old Erin’s sod.
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Erin
Colleen
Murphys
Rileys
O’shay
Callahans
Dugans
Pat
Ireland
Paddy
Mike
McGinty
St. Patrick’s Day
the Shillelagh
State Department Offense Against Mundt on Service Defense
Senator Mundt accuses the State Department of defending diplomat John S. Service without awaiting a new loyalty review. Peurifoy counterattacks McCarthy and defends Service as cleared repeatedly, while McCarthy accuses the department of confusion and cover up as Service’s case remains unsettled.
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State Department
Mundt
Washington
R-Sd
State Department Today
John S. Service
Department
Service
McCarthy
R-Wis
Calcutta
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
John E. Peurifoy
Servce
Gibbs Found Guilty Given Death Penalty
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a Franklin and Marshall College student was found guilty of first degree murder with the death penalty in the slaying of Marian Louise Baker. Ed ward Lester Gibbs, 25, from Pitman New Jersey, faced a four day trial and a four hour forty five minute jury deliberation before the verdict. His attorney vowed to appeal within 15 days. The case marked the county’s first death sentence verdict, amid an Amish Mennonite community context.
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Lancaster
Franklin and Marshall College
Marian Louise Baker
Edward Lester Gibbs
Pitman
N. J
Gibbs
W.“‘ensel Brown
Brown
State Supreme Court
Franklin and Marshall
Petters
Here
Lancaster County
Plan Shelved to End War With Germany
Western Allies shelved for now a move to end the formal state of war with Germany. U S Britain and France cited legal complications and Congress cooperation as hurdles. A London meeting of legal experts was called off and future consideration awaits a spring Big Three meeting.
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Washington
Germany
U. S
Britain
France
London
Paris
Three Powers
State
Justice Department
Congress
Russia
Salem Fire Destroys Leather Shop and Ohio Restaurant
A $35,000 blaze in Salem, Ohio, gutted Gordon's leather shop and the Ohio restaurant after a three hour effort. Firefighters feared spread to the Colonial Hotel and the old Salem News building, which could have consumed the block. Ohio State Employment Service offices in the news building were evacuated and moved to the street.
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Salem
Gordon's Leather Shop
Ohio
Vincent Malloy
Salem News
Ohio State Employment Service
News
New York Brims With Irish Pride For St Patrick Parade
New York gears up for the world's largest St Patrick's Day parade as thousands of Irish from Cork to Dublin join in a noon start along Fifty Avenue. More than 100000 marchers and about a million spectators fill the route under 4000 police, with two reviewing stands and Papal blessing from Rome. Frances Cardinal Spellman is away. Gov Dewey and Mayor O Dwyer missing due to prior duties.
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New York
Flanagans
Hannigans
O’tooles
O'Flynns
Cork
Kerry
Dublin
Limerick
St. Patrick's Day
Murphys
Kellys
Sullivans
O'Briens
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Raffertys
Muldoons
Hogans
Morris
Manhattan Island
New York City
44Th St
Central Park
94Th St
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Ireland
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Rome
Joe R. Hanley
Thomas E. Dewey
William P. O'Brien
Hotel Owner's Daughter Is Saved In Fire
Walton Kentucky AP. The Phoenix Hotel a 100 year old two story 20 room building was badly damaged by fire but 15 people escaped unharmed. Virginia Lou Schwab 16 daughter of Louis Schwab owner was rescued from her rooms by two guests Chester Pullian 24 Frankfort Ky and Eugene Armitage 24 Salt Lick Ky were hailed as heroes. Firemen estimated damage about 30000 dollars. Pullian and Armitage crawled onto a porch roof to reach her.
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Walton
Phoenix
Virginia Lou Schwab
Louis Schwab
Chester Pullian
Frankfort
Eugene Armitage
Salt Lick
Pullian
Armitage
Public Property: Five Million Roosevelt Letters Revealed
The Franklin D Roosevelt library marks the public release of over five million of his letters and those he received, indexed over two and a half years. The collection highlights letters to kings and ordinary citizens, with about 85 percent made public and the rest withheld for national security or to avoid embarrassment.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United Nations
Edward Bok
Philadelphia
League (of Nations
League
League of Nations
Republicans Seek New Slash in Bill
Washington AP Republicans press a fresh 3 billion dollar cut to a 30.3 billion dollar omnibus bill. The move targets federal agencies for the 1951 fiscal year starting July 1, with debates and committee action set, aiming to reduce the deficit to about 4 billion dollars and possibly further to 3.5 billion. Additional cuts would affect Treasury Atomic Energy Commission Veterans Affairs and other agencies, with figures showing reductions across departments and programs.
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Washington
House
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Group
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Army Engineers
Six In Family Burn To Death In Flash Fire
Port Huron Michigan AP reports a kerosene stove explosion gutted a concrete bloc home on Willow Lane in Port Huron Township killing six people. Kenneth Chase, wife Phyllis seven months pregnant, and four children Judith six Nancy four Ralph three Rebecca two all perished. A passerby saw a sheet of flame around 6 am and attempted entry but was repelled by extreme heat. The father’s body was found in the kitchen while the other relatives were in their bedrooms. The house walls stood though the roof collapsed.
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Port Huron
Mich
Kenneth Chase
A. J. Foster
Chase
Phyllis
Judith
Nancy
Ralph
Rebecca
Willow Lane
Foster
What’s What Sunday Weather Brings Spring Features
Weather is cold or hot as spring arrives Tuesday bringing open cars and mothers with children to stroll and neighbors at yard work and practice. Middletown schools teach defective speech and hearing with Miss Mary Brehany supervising. Schoolmates Overseas sends Brownie Scouts packs for Europe. Religion revival assessed in four articles on America’s churches postwar.
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Sunday News-Journal
Middletown
Mary Brehany
Trenton Brownie
Europe
U. S
America
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