Air Force top leaders face Navy critics in defense policy
Air Secretary Symington and Air Force Chief of Staff Vandenberg testified before the House Armed Services Committee defending air priorities against Navy charges of bias in defense policy and unification. The testiness centers on the B 36 bomber and the role of Marines in the joint force amid ongoing interservice disputes.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
Gen
Hoyt
Vandenberg
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
Services
Bat
Army
E Navy
J. Lawton Collins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Defense
Johnson
Armed Services
Paul H. Griffith
Texas City
Tex
Teror
Army General Staff
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps
Cates
Cole
R-N
Collins
Marine Force
Marine Aviation
Airorce
Executive Milner Dies in Cincinnati at 74
Leland Topping Milner a longtime Cincinnati business executive died last night at Good Samaritan Hospital at age 74. He came from Alton Illinois in 1909 to lead Western Electric sales and later formed Milnor Electric Milnor Air Conditioning and Milnor Refrigerator companies in his forty year career.
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Cincinnati
Leland Topping Milner
Good Samaritan Hospital
Milner
Alton
Ill
Western Electric Company
Milnor Electric Company
Milnor Air Conditioning Company
Milnor Refrigerator Company
Government Takes Final Run At End To Coal And Steel Strikes
Negotiators gather at White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield as the United Mine Workers and steel sector talks resume with federal mediation chief Cyrus S. Ching. If no progress by week end, Ching may refer the disputes to President Truman for possible use of Taft Hartley powers or industry seizure.
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Truman
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Northern
Estern
Southern
Bluefield
Cyruss. Ching
Washington
CIO
Indiana
Illinois
Lewis’ Union
Mee
Cyrus 8S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Hopeess
Ching
New York
U.S. Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers
Murray
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Lewis
AFL
William Green
Peace Efforts For Balkans Falter At UN
UN peace-making for the Balkans hung by a thread as over two weeks of talks yielded little progress. Assembly President Carlos Romulo prepared to report to the Political Committee on Greece Bulgaria Yugoslavia Albania and the USSR stance. Hope hinged on Russia’s responses and Albania’s willingness to shift, with draft accords in the works among Greece Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
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Lake Sucess
United Nations
Balkans
Greece
Assembly
Carlos Romulo
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United States
Britain
Russia
Athens
Hazards Of Being President In Atomic Age Probed
A Senate approved plan to form a 10 member Senate House Committee to study abolishing the electoral college and to consider who could assume presidential powers if all successors die. The panel would also examine financing campaigns from the national treasury and the impact of atomic attack on governance.
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Washington
Senate
House
Green
D-Ri
Senate House
Myers
D-Pa
Teen
Senate Rules Committee
Joint Committee
National Treasury
World War I Vet Fatally Injured at Weirton Steel Tin Mill
In Weirton West Virginia a 25 year old World War I veteran William Young was fatally injured after a crane knocked him from a rigger's platform at the Weirton Steel Company tin mill. His skull was fractured in the accident reported yesterday.
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Steubenville
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
William Young
Taft Addresses 1500 At Findlay Ohio Talk
Senator Robert A. Taft spoke to about 1,500 at Findlay High School auditorium during his Ohio 100 day tour. He urged a flexible moderate farm price support program and criticized Brannan’s plan, noting taxpayer burden. Earlier he warned against Russia's immediate conquest.
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East Liverpool
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ohio River City
Taft
Findlay High School
Brannan
Kenton
Russia
Steel Supply Dwindles In Auto Plants
Detroit reports the U S auto industry faces steel shortages as stocks were depleted by the steel strike. Three weeks or more of shutdowns appear likely next month if steel deliveries do not resume by the coming Monday. Major makers including General Motors Ford and Chrysler have been running at high output to complete 1949 model runs.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Senate OKs Aerial Force of 58 Groups and Big Military Aid
Senate votes to fund 58 Air Force combat groups in a $15.6 million arms bill as part of a broader, more than $17 billion peacetime defense package. The package also allocates $1.314 billion to allies, $157.6 million for Alaska and Okinawa construction, and $50 million for an early radar defense system.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
House
United States
Europe
Alaska
Pacific
Okinawa
White House
Air Force
Truman
U. S
Army
Navy
Alaska- Okinawa
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Plane Crashes In Sea off Cape Cod Killing Three
A Piper Clipper chartered plane crashed into the sea off Provincetown Mass killing three adults and leaving two babies missing. Pilot Daniel Lacey 26 of Westminster and Mrs Harold Keppel 30 wife of a New York Times photographer and Mrs Edward Davis 40 of Provincetown perished. Coast Guard recovered the bodies four miles off Race Point and continue search for the babies.
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Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Daniel Lacey
Westwood
Harold Keppel
New York Times
Edward 8. Davis
Keppel
Paul
Bruce
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Race Point
Boston
Nies
Milk price up in Springfield stores
In Springfield the price of milk rose one cent per quart to 18 cents yesterday. The increase was made by the citys two major dairies.
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Springfield
Farmer Electrocuted Cleaning Well Near Marion
Carl T. Ruth, 49, a farmer seven miles southeast of Marion, was electrocuted while cleaning a 25 foot well. Coroner E. H. Morgan reported the accidental death. the current came from an extension light cord to the well bottom.
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Marion, O
Carl T. Ruth
Here
E. H. Morgan
Cleves-North Bend Hears Testimony On Coach Ullom Charge
The Cleves North Bend board of education heard testimony but made no ruling on charges of beating a student brought against Verne Ullom, Taylor High School football coach and athletic director. The student Ronald Wilcox alleged he was beaten by Ullom.
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Cincinnati
Cleves-North Bend Board of Education
Verne Uthom
Taylor
Ullom
Ronald Wilcox
Uliom
Pocket Pictures Of An Old Friend And His Family
An old acquaintance chats about home and his family, flashing well worn snapshots of wife and kids. You recall Nellie from school and note the twins and sister, while you try to steer the conversation away before feeling older than your friend. The scene ends with you realizing you also carry familiar photos in your billfold.
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Nellie
Nell
Yesteryear
Lausche Tells Heads To Economize As Ohio Revenue Shrinking
Gov. Frank Lausche urged department heads to economize as Ohio's revenues fall short. He cited a downward trend and noted increased costs for soldiers' bonus, school allowances, and pension funds. Finance Director Deffenbacher reported tax drop but overall revenue near estimates. Expenditures rose year over year.
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Lausche
Ohio
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Defenbacher
Chinese Reds Capture Amoy and Swatow
Communist amphibious forces seized the treaty port of Amoy completing coastal control from Canton to Amoy and Swatow, while Chungking faced a dying government as Li Tsung Jen urged rapid reforms to stave off a Soviet backed communist victory.
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Chungking
China
Canton
Amoy
Hong Kong
Swatow
Li Tsung-Jen
Formosa
Coal Carrier Sinks After Collision with Aircraft Carrier
Berwick England AP A British aircraft carrier Albion and a coal freighter Maystone collided in a gale off the Farne Islands. The Maystone's 24 crewmen were reduced to three survivors eight hours after the crash. The Albion, holed yet afloat, was being towed from Jarrow to Rosyth for drydock work. Lifeboats searched for more survivors as the Maystone’s owners sought news.
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Berwick
Eng
Cole
Ni Sea
Farne Islands
England
Albion
Waer
Maystone
London
Jarrow
Rosyth
Scotland
Royal Navy
U S Claims Data From Behind the Iron Curtain
The State Department disclosed reports it says confirm Soviet deportations of Greeks and others from the Caucasus. Other reports describe Balkans talk of a Cominform guerrilla war against Yugoslavia. Earlier testimony in Congress cited Russia could field 175 combat divisions, possibly 500 in months.
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State Department
Caucasus
Russia
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Omar N. Bradley
President Truman
Wildcat Claws Mystery Near Palm Springs
In Palm Springs California three stray cats entered the hillside yard of E R Burchiel. The Burchiel family fed and housed the cats. While trying to pet one he was clawed severely by what a Sicilian observer described as not kittens but wildcats.
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Palm Springs
Cal
E. R. Burchiel
Burchielle
Churchill’s daughter to wed British photographer today
Sarah Churchill, 34, daughter of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, will marry Antony Beauchamp in Sea Island Georgia at 5 p.m. The pair announced the secret engagement after informing their parents who approve. Churchill plans a West Coast tour this fall while Beauchamp prepares a New York portrait show.
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Sea Island
Sarah Churchill
Antony Beauchamp
Britain
Winston Churchill
Beauchamp
America
Churchill
Delphia Story
New York
Alfred Jones
Sea Island Company
Miss Churchill
Vic Oliver
di Ber
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