Committee split on AEC findings in atomic energy probe
A Senate House Atomic Committee divided over how to report its review of the Atomic Energy Commission. McMahon and Durham favor a concise report backing the commission with minor changes, while Hickenlooper calls for further investigation in closed sessions. A third faction led by Knowland Russell and Vandenberg seeks more censure of AEC management.
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Washington
Senate House Committee
Johnson
Taft
Rohio
Ohio
Congress
Europe
Senate House Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Army
Senator McMahon
D-Conn
Representative Durham
D-Nc
Hia
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
Knowland
R-Calif
Russell
D-Ga
Vandenberg
Rmed
Michigan
Vandenberg Reported Improving After Lung Operation
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, who had a lung operation Monday, was described as satisfactory in condition at University Hospital last night in Ann Arbor Michigan.
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Ann Arbor
Michap
Arthur H. Vandenberg
University Hospital
Douglas Improves After Mountain Ride Injury
Yakima Washington AP report states U S Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas shows continued improvement after injuries from a mountain ride.
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Yakima, Wash
U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Lewis Opens Contract Talks With Coal Operators
John L. Lewis joins negotiations in White Sulphur Springs with operators representing half of UMW soft coal output. Talks continue over 400,000 miners’ strike influence as earlier sessions with southern operators at Bluefield resume. Pressure grows for higher royalties and a seven hour day while northern and western operators seek to extend the old contract to March 31, 1951.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Siilar
Southern
Bluefield
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
UMW Welfare and Pension Fund
Queuille Poised to resign as French premier
Paris AP dispatch reports Premier Henri Queuille has virtually decided to quit amid a cabinet deadlock over wages and prices. Government spokesman Robert Bruynell said Queuille will meet President Vincent Auriol this afternoon and submit his resignation if accepted.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Robert Bruynell
Queuille
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Radical Socialist
Middle Road) Party
Jailed For Abuse And Court Attack In Portstown
Judge Ralph A Stevens sentences Harold Osterhout 28 to six months in jail for abusing his 18 month old stepson. He raises it to one year after Osterhout rushes the bench and strikes his wife, injures a witness, and forces a courtroom disturbance.
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Portsmouth, CO
Ralph A. Stevens
Harold Osterhout
Osterhout
Esther Mullins
German Communists fear Titoist split in East Germany
Berlin AP report says German Communist leaders fear an anti-Soviet Titoist current within their ranks as they plan a Russian satellite republic in eastern Germany. The new republic could be proclaimed in Berlin Friday with a provisional government next week. Non Communist parties may take under a third of ministries in exchange for avoiding elections.
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Berlin
Germany
Commu
Fiom
German People's Counci
West German Federal Republic
United States
Britain
France
Tito
Soviet Union
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Teacher 18 Dead Cincinnati AP Report
Paul H. Seay aged 60 former president of the Ohio Commercial Teachers Association died in Cincinnati yesterday.
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Cincinnati
Paul H. Seay
Ohio Commercial Teachers’ Association
Plant Closes After Fumes Cause Illness
Dr. Albert Wesman Reading health commissioner says a chemical company agreed to stay closed until the source of fumes causing damage and illness is found. Paint on homes was damaged and silverware tarnished as residents described a rotten egg odor. Plant declined to comment.
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Cincinnati
Albert Wesman
Reading
South Reading
Olds Nomination Faces Slim Senate Support
Senate Commerce Committee members signaled strong opposition to President Truman’s request to approve Leland Olds for a third term on the Federal Powers Commission. A seven man subcommittee unanimously recommended rejection citing Olds’s radical writings and views on gas regulation, while Chairman Edwin C. Johnson urged the full Senate to decide.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Powers Commission
Olds
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate
Johnson
Senator Helps In Reuniting Two Sisters
Two sisters separated for 30 years will meet in Tampa with aid from Senator Russell. Bertha Neel of Tampa and Ruth Garnett of Canton, Ohio, were adopted by different families after 1916 in Atlanta. Neel tracked down Ruth with the senator’s help, leading to a planned reunion.
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Tampa
Fla
Russell
D-Ga
Bertha Neel
Ruth Garnett
Canton
Atlanta
Nee
Spy Evidence Reported By House Un American Activities
The House Un American Activities Committee says it will reveal that a man accused as a top Soviet spy knew as late as 1944 about a secret U S atom bomb project. A former University of Chicago metallurgical lab worker will testify about contacts with Arthur Alexandrovich Adams whom officials label a Soviet espionage agent connected to nuclear fission. Adams is believed to be in Russia, first named in a 1948 report.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
U. S
University of Chicago
House
Arthur Alexandrovich Adams
Adams
Russia
Federal Control Over Steel Export Is Due To Conserve Supplies
Pittsburgh reports a government consideration of steel export limits as inventories shrink threatening idleness for hundreds of thousands in American industry. The steel strike enters its fifth day with no negotiations in sight as Westinghouse enacts appliance rationing and coal miners face a 17th day walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Philip Murray
Steelworkers
UMW
Virginia
Ohio Turnpike planned for northern Ohio
Ohio officials designated the first toll superhighway for the northern part of the state. The Ohio Turnpike Commission will survey location with $600,000 for engineering studies to determine the exact route toward Toledo Detroit and Chicago linking with a planned Pennsylvania Turnpike westward extension.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana Line
Ohio Turnpike Commission
T. J. Kauer
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Youngstown
Akron
Cleveland
Lorain
Commission
James W. Ghocknessy
Taft Denied Link To Office Type Ballot Drive
State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson alleged that Senator Robert A. Taft was the arch conspirator behind the office type ballot push. Taft denied any direct involvement in the campaign.
Rain May Stop First Game of World Series
New York weather briefly clears as rain raises doubt on the opener between the Yankees and Dodgers. A.B. Chandler will decide if play proceeds with a best four out of seven series planned across Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field. Allie Reynolds to start for the Yankees against Don Newcombe.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
A. B. Chandler
Tomorow
Yankee Stadium
Ebbets Field
Boston Red Sox
Allie Reynolds
Yankees
Brooklyn
Don Newcombe
Minton Ready to Take Oath as Supreme Court Justice
Judge Sherman Minton cleared for the Supreme Court oath after Senate approval by 48 to 16. President Truman named him to succeed Justice Wiley B. Rutledge. Morse failed to block, and Ferguson and Donnell sought further questioning on past public views from his Indiana Senate days.
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Minton
Morse
R-Ore
Ferguson
R- Mich
Donnell
R-Mo
Indiana
Ian Deal
Tough On the Outside By Gordon Martin
A profile of gruff men who mask a kinder side with a hard exterior. Some crusty figures secretly help others, though they shun praise, while others pretend to be tough yet reveal a gentle inclination when aiding those in need. The piece explores psychology and social perception of hardy personalities.
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Gordon Martin
House To Approve Social Security Increase
Speaker Rayburn predicted the House will pass overwhelmingly a bill extending old age insurance to 11 million more workers. The plan raises benefits, adds disability coverage, and funds via payroll taxes, with a staggered tax hike and potential stamp book plan for servants and housewives.
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Fedeal
Washington
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Senate
Truman
Congress
House
Kean
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Ays and Means Committee
Hiss Jurors Threatened Court Told
Affidavits from two jurors report threats by letters and calls since acquittal. Defense seeks move of Alger Hiss perjury trial from New York to Rutland, Vermont U.S. District Court. Government counsel to argue the motion next Monday before trial start.
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NEW York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
U.S. District Court
Rutland
Want Ads Key to Extra Cash
The classified page urges readers to sell household items for quick cash. It highlights fryers, roasting hens, garden produce, poultry, and fruit in demand under Classification 31, with a sample line offering five month old items for sale at 26 each and a police dial contact.
Vinson Sets Committee 10 to Define Naval Probe Scope
Congressman Vinson chairs House Armed Services inquiry into Navy morale and unification with the Air Force amid letters from admirals, a confidential correspondence, and public concern over defense policy. Adm Denfeld discusses disciplinary risks and aims to clarify the Navy position for national defense.
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Chiarman Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Hie Group
Navy
Adm. Louis
Denfeld
Feld
House Committee
Arends
Air Force
Adm
A. W. Radford
Bogan
Pacific Fleet Command
Truman
North Carolina
Army
House Co
United States
Explorer Detained in Death of American and Englishman
Canton AP report says Explorer Leonard Clark, 42, San Francisco, was arrested on charges of slaying Harold Harris and Willard Freeman during a September 8 shooting at the Freeman home. Freeman died days later in Canton hospital. Clark, remanded from a hospital to detention, claimed mountaineering feat in the Amne Machin range. Police say Freeman’s gun was used. Clark blames jealousy amid a wedding anniversary event. Clark faces charges in a Nationalist court under Chinese law as hostilities loom.
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Canton
Leonard Clark
Harold Harris
Willard Freeman
Freeman
San Francisco
China
Harris
Bridgewater
Mass
Clark
Maya
Wale
Ton
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Naval Operatrona
Gerald P. Negan
Pacific
Vinson
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