Chamber Seeks $6 Billion Cut in U.S. Budget
The U S Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to reduce nonmilitary spending by at least 6 billion dollars before considering corporate excess profits taxes. Chairman Fiisworth C. Alvord outlined plans for a 50 percent corporate tax and additional excise taxes to raise substantial revenue, arguing against a workable excess profits tax.
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Fiisworth C. Alvord
Chamberer
Truman
Alvord
House
Ways and Means
GOP
Gold smuggling ring uncovered at LaGuardia arrest
Two men Manfred Fliege and Charles Manning were arrested as they readyed to fly to India with 150 pounds of gold hidden in shoes and luggage at LaGuardia. They posted bonds of 12500 and 1250, with charges under the Gold Reserve Act. U S Attorney Parker called it the trail of an international ring.
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New York
United States
Frank J. Parker
Brooklyn
Manfred Fliege
Charles H. Manning
Sydney
Australia
la Guardia Field
India
Manning
Fliegel
Parker
Nepal Troops Reach Indian Border in Rebel Cracking Push
Nepalese government forces advancing to end a 10 day uprising crossed into India, reaching five miles south of Birganj near the border. The move comes as authorities seek a swift suppression of the rebellion.
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New Delhi
India
Birganj
Blunders Charged In Surplus Rubber Sales
A Senate subcommittee led by Lyndon Johnson faulted government officials for bungling surplus disposal of war rubber plants and mismanaging the 90 000 ton order. It singled out the Munitions Board GSA and the Commerce Department for weak performance and urged a tougher program to secure rubber from Asia and the hemisphere. It warned that shortages and unfair quotas could worsen without immediate action.
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Armed Service
Lyndon Johnson Diion
Munitions Board
Commerce Department General Services Administration
GSA
Air Force
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Commerce Department
National Production Administration
Asia
Mass funeral planned for five victims in New Jersey
VINELAND New Jersey AP a mass funeral service was planned today for the five victims slain by a 26 year old appliance salesman in a mad shooting spree. Gloucester County detectives chief George Small disclosed at Woodbury psychiatrists who examined Ernest Ingenito say he was sane and not a victim of mental black outs when he went on his tour of death.
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Vineland
N. J
George Small
Gloucester County
Woodbury
N.J
Ernest Ingenito
Socialite sues husband over odd domestic demands
Frances Valley Reyburn Nelson, 32, files separate maintenance suit against James Martin Nelson III, ex Trea su rer of Exchange Investment. She says he forced her to wear blue jeans at social events and used old newspapers as towels, kept breakfast dishwater for washing later meals, and objected to her cooking or cleaning. She notes his Casabl anca whereabouts and ties to Veiled Prophet maid honor in 1938.
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ST. Louis
Frances Valley Reyburn Nelson
James Martin Nelson, III
the Exchange Investment Company
Nelson
Neilson
Casablanca
New Orleans
Wright Field Is Blasted For Surplus Policy
Senate Armed Services subcommittee says Air Material Command at Wright Patterson allowed sale of usable equipment as surplus after the Korean war began. Findings contradict an Air Force report and cite Robins Air Force Base in Georgia as disposing surplus between July 10 and August 1, with notices issued later suspending actions.
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Washington
Senate
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Senate Armed Services Preparedness Subcommittee
John McCone
Air Force
Robins Warner Air Force Base
Macon
Robins
Air Material Command
Ohio
Robins Air Force Base
McCone
United States
Production In U S Booming Toward 1955 Prosperity Goal
The Commerce Department reports a third quarter annual GNP of 284.3 billion dollars, up 14 billion from the previous quarter. President Truman’s 1955 goal of 300 billion is near, but the gain largely reflects price increases rather than actual output growth.
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Washington
Truman
Commerce Department
Floods Ravage Far West Leaving Eight Dead
Floodwaters raged across northern and central California and western Nevada for a third day, killing eight and leaving thousands homeless. Reno faced six to eight feet of water as the Truckee River surged through the city center. California areas reported seven flood deaths and 700 residents evacuated from Sacramento. Bear River breached levees near Hammonton and Marigold in Yuba County, while high Sierra rains were forecast.
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California
Nevada
Reno
Sacramento
Bear River
Marigold- Hammonton
Yuba County
U. S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Sierra
Sutter-Yuba County
Beer River
Hammonton
Marigold
Hammonton-Marigold
Four Die in Epworth Heights Fire in Cincinnati Suburb
A morning blaze in Epworth Heights Clermont County left Harry Hall 32 and his family dead. Irene Hall 27 and children Dale 8 and Jimmy 22 months perished, while four others escaped unharmed from a neighboring home. The third house was unoccupied. Epworth Heights lies near Cincinnati in the Clermont County area.
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Cincinnati
Epworth Heights
Clermont County
F. S. Keen
Harry Hall
Hall
Irene
Dale
Jimmy
Charles Helsey
Findlay Father and Four Sons Die in Farmhouse Fire
In Findlay Ohio a blaze four miles south of town killed Lloyd K. Stine, 51, and four of his sons Dean Daniel 13 Eldon Joe 11 Garry Eugene 5 John Harvey 3. Mother Lucille worked at National Fibres plant. son Richard 15 escaped after efforts to save the others.
Typhoon Strikes Central Philippines Causes Heavy Damage
A heavy typhoon hit the central Philippines last night causing extensive property and crop damage. About 1,000 persons were reported homeless, with no reports of casualties.
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Manila
Philippines
Hunter bags monkey mistaken as squirrel in Nanty Glo
Don Thomas, 22, an apprentice carpenter, shot what he believed was a squirrel in a Nanty Glo tree top. The dead animal proved to be a monkey likely an escaped carnival from last summer near Nanty Glo.
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Nanty Glo, Pa
Don Thomas
Thomas
Nanty Glo
Prison riot injures six guards at New Mexico Penitentiary
Santa Fe AP six guards were hurt in a hour long riot at the New Mexico Penitentiary. About 100 convicts roved the yard and facilities injuring guards and wrecking two offices and the canteen. Warden Howell Gage linked the unrest to a single prisoner described as out of line.
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Santa FE
N.M
Howell Gage
New Mexico
All Hades Breaks Loose When TV Antenna Falls
In South Bend Indiana a TV antenna fell onto a 27000 volt line. Sparks fire and melted pipes filled the kitchen as high voltage burned the set and damaged the house. Ernest Kolesiak was only slightly burned while his dog fled and refused to return.
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South Bend
Ind
Ernest Kolesiak
Kolesiak
Tsiang Credits 45000 Soviet Agents With Domination of China
T. F. Tsiang told the United Nations General Assembly that 45,000 Soviet agents entirely control China's political, economic, and cultural life and that the civil war was engineered by Russia. He accused Moscow of influencing the Korean War and violating Chinese-Russian treaties as Red forces flood China with Soviet technicians. The UN debated Lie’s 20 year peace plan amid Russian opposition.
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Lake
Tsiang
Russia
China
Asia
Korea
Trygve Lie
Lie
Security Council
Americans Reach Ghost Town at Yalu Border in Korea
American infantrymen of the U S Seventh Division crossed the Yalu into Hyesanjin, finding a deserted border town. Maj Gen Edward Mond and Maj Gen David Barr led units as they advanced through snow toward the river, signaling a push toward the Manchurian frontier amid UN estimates of ongoing winter battles.
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Seoul
Hyesanjin
Yalu
Manchuria
Anks
U. S. Seventh Division
Edward M. Almond
United Nations
David G. Barr
Japanese War Criminal Freed Despite Reds
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japan s former foreign minister, was paroled from a seven year term at Sugamo Prison. He signed Japan s surrender aboard the Missouri with Tojo condemned and hanged. Russia protested, citing lack of authority for MacArthur to parole war criminals.
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Atsushi
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Sugamo
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Shigemitsu
Missouri
Acme
Russia
U.S
Tokyo Bay
Moscow
Nanking
Grim Sugamo
MacArthur
War may stretch to spring on Korea front
UN intelligence officers say the Korean war could last into next spring on the northeast front. Subzero weather and rugged terrain will hinder UN operations while North Korean and Chinese forces may grow guerrilla activity and strain front and rear areas.
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Korea
United Nations
Ives Units With Taft Urge Bipartisan Foreign Policy
Senator Ives of New York urged President Truman to consult Republicans on foreign policy. He blamed the administration for past indifference to bipartisan cooperation and supported a full reevaluation of policy with Senator Taft of Ohio as allies.
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Washington
Ives
R-Ny
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Frail 14 year old Ollie May Byrne fires in Stanton
In Natchez Miss AP reports a two hour shooting spree by 14 year old Ollie May Byrne who wounded her uncle and fired at her stepfather mother grandmother and two officers. She claimed devilish influence and was jailed without charge as Sheriff Burns detailed the sequence from the first miss to later shots.
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Ollie May
Devil
Natchez
Miss
Stanton
Robert Burns
Ollie May Byrne
Grady Johnson
Ollie
Joel Prather
Guy Smith
E. E. Haley
Haley
Burns
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