Eisenhower Seen Likely To Push For Military Spending Rise
U S military funding may rise as Congress leans toward supporting General Eisenhower's view that defenses need more money. Senators McClellan and Byrd expressed confidence that Eisenhower's position could sway budget decisions despite Secretary Johnson's assertion that current defenses are adequate. The general is expected to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee tomorrow.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Key West
Fla
Johnson
McClellan
D-Ark
Truman
Eisenhower
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Virginia
Officer Urges Exploiting of U S Sea Power
Rear Admiral C B Momsen told the Washington Post Society of American Military Engineers that the United States should fully exploit sea power to keep war off its soil. He warned the enemy relies on submarines and mines and predicted a forthcoming development to drive submarines from the sea.
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U.S
Washington
America
C. B. Momsen
Washington Post
Society of American Military Engineers
U. S
Storms Bring Wide Reach of Damage Across South and Midwest
Damaging spring storms swept the South and Midwest producing heavy winds, snow, rain, sleet and dust. States from Texas to Wisconsin faced travel curbs, school closures, and power outages while farmers warned of wind erosion costs into the summer. Budgets, floods, and fires impacted communities including Paden Mississippi and Camp Gordon Georgia as crews fought blizzards and fires across the plains and foothills.
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Nature
Midwest
Plains States
South
North
Plains
North Central
Colorado
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kansas State College Agronomist
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Tennessee
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Florida
Paden
Miss
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Ohio judge upholds loyalty affidavits for unemployment
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge J. Dana F Reynolds ruled the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation can require loyalty affidavits from Ohio jobless claimants. He dismissed Jack B. Dworken’s suit to block the affidavits, citing the constitutional aims and the state funded program’s conditions.
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BUC
Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
Franklin County Common Pleas
J. Dana F. Reynolds
Jack B. Dworken
Cleveland
Reynolds
Dworken
Frank J. Collopy
Harrison, Thomas, Spangelberg and Hull
American Civil Liberties League
Painters strike in Springfield over wage rates
About 80 union painters walk out against a dozen contractors seeking hourly rates from 2 to 2.50 dollars. The AFL group did not disclose current pay. Four other firms have settlements with Local 533 of Painters, Paper hangers, and Decorators of America. their work remains unaffected.
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Springfield
AFL
America
High Winds Cause Of Two Ohio Deaths
High winds killed Clarence Odaker in Columbus when a 70 foot water tower toppled. Charles Vogel died near Mansfield when a tree fell on his car. A brush fire near Fairview destroyed a farm home and barn. 200 acre Meadowland blaze near Caldwell burned shed. Several trees, poles and roofs were blown down in Cincinnati.
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Ohio
Clarence H. O'daker
Columbus
Charles Anton Vogel
Milwaukee
Wis
Mansfield
Ed Beckman
Paul Stormont
Oldaker
Livingston Seed Company
White Cross Hospital
Vogel
Philadelphia
Patricia
Lynn Christine
James W. Long
Fairview
Guernsey County
State Highway Patrol
Caldwell
Noble County
Cincinnati
Inbound Liner Rams Ambrose Lightship Near New York
The S S Santa Monica rammed Ambrose Lightship at the harbor entrance in heavy fog, creating a water-filled hole while the lightship listed and pumped out water. Coast Guard cutters aided the 18 crew, no casualties reported, Santa Monica uninjured and awaiting docking as fog-bound ships wait for clearer conditions.
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New York
Ambrose
New York Harbor
S. S. Santa Monica
Coast Guard
Santa Monica
Coast
Grace Line
Barranquilla
Colombia
Hudson River
Sandy Hook
N. J
New York Bay
New York City
Weak quake Felt Across Central Japan tonight
The Central Meteorological Observatory reported a weak earthquake in central and eastern Japan at 9 33 PM local time. No damage was reported.
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Tokyo
Central Meteorological Observatory
Japan
Far East policy shakeup reshapes State Department
The first major State Department reorganization in months aims to curb Communist influence in the Far East. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup becomes principal adviser to Acheson on world issues, sharing coordination with Undersecretary James E. Webb. Dan Rusk takes over Far Eastern affairs, replacing W. Walton Butterworth who will focus on Japan and visit Tokyo.
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Acheson
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
James E. Webb
Truman
Key West
Fla
Senate
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Dan Risk
Bureau of
Far Eastern Affairs
China
Southeast Asia
Rusk
W. Walton Butterworth
Butterworth
Tokyo
MacArthur
Congress
Dope Smuggling Allegations Target Hollywood Figures
Senator Edwin C. Johnson accuses dope smugglers of feeding narcotics into Hollywood via Communist China. He singles out RKO and Italian director Roberto Rossellini linked to the film Stromboli and Ingrid Bergman’s son’s father. Johnson insists the studio knew Rossellini’s background and sought a lurid, explosive picture.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Hollywood
China
Johnson
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Movie Capital
RKO Studios
Roberto Ossellini
Saitress
Ingrid Bergman
Rossellini
RKO
Strombeli
Miss Jitterbug and the Energetic Child
A lively portrait of a young girl full of energy who cannot sit still at home. She dances and whirls through chores and play, resisting fitting a dress and always moving from morning to night until bedtime when she finally yawns and rests until dawn.
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Mommie
Daddy
Envoy and Four Others Die in Ottawa Embassy Plane Crash
U S ambassador to Canada Lawrence A. Steinhardt and four other people were killed when a two engine C47 Air Force plane crashed near Ottawa Roeckcliffe Airport while en route to Washington. Six aboard the aircraft. A serviceman identified as Meset G A. Lene was treated at a hospital. Also listed were Col Wayne Trublood and Captain Thomas G. Archbishop, the latter believed to be the pilot. The minister Julian T. wharrineten’s son is noted among casualties.
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Ottawa
Laurence A. Steinhardt
U. S
Canada
C47
Air Force
Roeckcliffe
Washington
Meset
G A. Lene
Peperis
Steinhardt
Wayne Trublooed
Thomas G. Archibald
Julian TV
Tharrineten
The
Emassy
GOP push to cut foreign aid in Truman plan
Republican strategists pressed to cut up to half a billion dollars from foreign recovery spending as the House moves toward a decisive stage on the $3,372,450,000 foreign aid bill for FY 1951. Policy leaders signaled cuts across both domestic and foreign programs, with further discussions set between the Policy Committee and Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
CAP
House
Truman
GOP
Congress
Circus Elephant to Be Executed in Sarasota
Dolly, a 27 year old circus elephant, killed a five year old boy at Ringling Brothers quarters in Sarasota. Despite a reputation for gentleness the elephant will be fed an overdose and buried at the site before the circus moves on.
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Sarasota
Fla
Dolly
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Roger Schooley
Henry Ringling North
Bolly
Doliy
Thursay
Truman Denies Loyalties Files To Senate Panel
Key West report says White House advisor confirms President Truman will refuse to release loyalty files on State Department employees amid McCarthy era probes. Hoover and McGrath oppose disclosure, citing risk to the FBI and innocent staff. Bridges accuses Russia of planting a master spy and vows further Republican challenges.
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Washington
Russa
Truman
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Russia
State Department
Congress
Stalin
Key West
Fla
White House
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McGrath
Mr. Truman
Senate Foreign Relation
McCarthy
Subcommittee
Tydings
Hoover
Air Force
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Frank Pace
Iowa
Loch Nebr
State Pine
Haldore Hanson
Owen J. Lattimore
United States
Lattimore
Associated Press
Afistan
Man Is Given Life Sentence
Jamee B. Armstrong, 26, Columbus bartender, was sentenced to life in the Ohio penitentiary by a three judge court for taking part in the hammer slaying of Misa Eleanor Gifford, 42, an Athens church worker, on January 3, 1949. Harry Dodds Jr. was executed February 24 for the slay ing, and Grover Rawlins, 18, is serving a life term. Armstrong was arrested recently in Columbus after months of pursuit under the name Jimmy Stewart.
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Athens
Jamee B. Armstrong
Columbus
Ohio
Armstrong
Misa Eleanor Gifford
Harry Dodds, Jr
Grover Rawlins
Jimmy Stewart
Supreme Court okays government workers as jurors in Dennis case
The Supreme Court ruled five to two that government employees can serve on juries without bias. Eugene Dennis argued jurors tied to the government would fear disloyalty charges, but Justices upheld that no actual bias was shown. Black dissented, warning of an unfair advantage for convictions.
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Supreme Court
Communist Party of the United States
Eugene Dennis
Dennis
Congress
House UN- American Activities Committee
U. S
Justice Minton
High Court
Minton
Vinson
Burton
Reed
Jackson
Black
Frankfurter
Clark
Douglas
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