Bradley Says U S Defenses Sufficient To Avert Disaster
General Omar Bradley told the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee that U S air defenses and Canadian cooperation could avert complete disaster and that bombing of American cities might occur but there is little real danger of invasion. He spoke while endorsing 18 year olds' draft enrollment and extending service to 27 months.
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Washington
Omar Bradley
Congress
United States
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Continental
Bradley
U. S
Defense Departments
Addi
Nostalgic Tour Of New York Speakeasies And Old Galas
The narrator recalls famed venues like Delmonico's Mouquin's and the Colony, noting how Stork 21 Shor's El Morocco and others drew publicity. He mentions tax schemes and prohibition era politics while reflecting on memory and influence of these spots on city life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Delmonico’s
Hoffman House
Mouquin’s
Stork
el Morocco
Shor
Colony
New Rochelle
Wilkes-Barre
Trenton
Acme Products Corp
Eureka Enterprises, Inc
Youth Moth on Death Charge in Joliet Shooting Case
Seventeen year old Kenneth Scholz was arraigned in Joliet on a murder charge for killing 13 year old Billy Rodenburg. The youth, silent in court, reportedly confessed to state authorities that he strangled Billy to prevent exposure of a captivity incident. Billy’s funeral is set for Crete tomorrow with classmates as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Kenneth Scholz
Billy Rodenburg
Justice of the Peace
Anthony MacKay
Scholz
John Pearce
Billy
Crete-Monee
Crete
Overbey
Urey Urges Atomic Warning to Russia
Nobel laureate Harold C. Urey says the United States should warn the Soviet Union that a false move in Europe could trigger atomic bombs on Moscow. He warns World War III could start if atomic weaponry is used and calls for readiness. He spoke at the American Technion Society dinner in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harold C. Urey
United States
Russia
Europe
U. S
Moscow
Doctor Urey
University of Chicago
American Technion Society
The
Technion
Israel
Institute of Technology
Allies Korea Hopes Brighter After East Asia Tour
Gen. Walter B. Smith and Maj. Gen. Alexander Bolling returned to Washington after briefing in the Far East. Their visit coincided with appearances by Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg as Defense Secretary Marshall urged a tougher stance, warning that UN forces would punish strong Communist attacks on the Korean front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Smith
Central Intelligence Agency
Alexander Bolling
Army
Washington
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
J. Lawton Collins
Air
Hoyt Vandenberg
Collins
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
U. N
Korea
Federal civilian workers in Louisiana and nationwide totals
A January government breakdown shows 11 216 civilian federal workers in Louisiana and nearly 2 million nationwide. The joint committee led by Senator Byrd urges manpower conservation and tighter use of civilian staff across federal agencies amid reports on reporting dates and district duty stations.
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Washington
United States
Armstrong County
South Dakota
Joint Congressional
Joint Committee On
Byrd
D-Va
National Security Resources Board
Budget Bureau
Congress
DeVornia
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Two Auto Crashes Leave Two Hurt In Louisiana
State police reported two separate Sunday morning crashes injuring two people and damaging property in Ouachita Parish and Calhoun. Mrs. H. W. Wright, 30, was hospitalized with multiple injuries after a 1939 Plymouth struck a house on Smith street near Brown Paper Mill. Her husband H. W. Wright, 39, faces charges of operating under the influence. A second wreck near Calhoun involved Ozzie B. Franklin, transported to a hospital after a truck crash into an experimental station dwelling. driver Robert Harris, 47, is identified in the report.
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Louisiana
Riverside Sanitarium
H. W. Wright
Route 2
West Monroe
Smith Street
Brown Paper Mill
Wright
Calhoun
Ozzie B. Franklin
Mulhearn
Charity Hospital
Robert Harris
U. S. High
U N Urges U S to Fix Formosa Policy
United Nations delegates heard that U S security needs should shape Formosa policy and that Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government be represented at future talks. Ernest A. Gross announced the stance as the 60 nation committee prepares for votes on condemning Communist China for aggression in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Johnson Lake
U.S
Formosa
United Nations
U. N
Korea
U. S
Chiang Kai- Shek
Theu. S
China
Gross
Peiping
Son of Rockne Shot in Wichita Home Invasion
William D. Rockne, son of Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne, was critically wounded by gunfire after forcing entry into Joe Novacek’s Wichita home. Police say Novacek fired three times. Rockne fled and was treated after an emergency operation. No charges filed.
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Wichita
Kas
William D. Rockne
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Ty Lockett
Rockne
Joe Novacek
Novacek
Gan
Kansas
South Bend
Ind
William Rockne
State
Elgin
Ill
Frye May Accept Post at Syracuse
Dr. William Frye dean of Louisiana State University Medical School says he will decide within ten days whether to become dean of the State University College of Medicine at Syracuse New York. Frye met with Dr. Alvin Eurich and observed the Syracuse school after returning from Washington and New York engagements.
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New Orleans
William Frye
Louisiana State University Medical School
State University College of Medicine
Syracuse
N. Y
Doctor Frye
Washington
Alvin Eurich
New York
Carlye Jacobsen
Doctor Eurich
L. S. U. Medical School
Tulane University
Eurich
Albany
Herman Weiskotten
Doctor Weiskotten
Syracuse University School of Medicine
Pit
The
State University
Margaret Truman Demonstrates Dance Steps on TV
Margaret Truman mixed dance steps with piano and song on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town on CBS. She played My Lovely Celia, sang a ballad, and guided a group of extras through a gavotte between choruses. Sullivan praised her wholesome presence and noted she has no temperament.
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New York
Margaret Truman
Ed Sullivan
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lovely Celia
Sullivan
Louisiana Mississippi farm receipts near 1949 totals in 1950
Louisiana farmers earned 283.585 million and Mississippi 400.282 million in January to November 1950, compared with 287.994 million and 449.124 million in the same period of 1949. National December crop and livestock receipts were six percent higher than December 1949, suggesting potential gains for both states. Mississippi November receipts totaled 93.799 million.
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Washington
Louisiana
Mississippi
Agriculture Department
Louisiana suit challenges McNeese and Northeast four year status
A taxpayer suit to block the creation of McNeese State College in Lake Charles and Northeast State College in Monroe was postponed for a second week. The case accuses the bills of lacking a two thirds House vote and seeks a preliminary injunction against the LSU Board of Supervisors and the State Board of Education. The defendants' answers are awaited, with a pre trial conference possible next week.
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Baton Rouge
McNeese State College
Northeast State College
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
State Board of Education
Carro Buck
Carroll Jones
Lincoln Parish
McNeese
Lake Charles
Northeast
Monroe
L. S. U. Board
The
Education Board
Ellender Pushes Senate on Food Price Gouging Watch
Sen. Ellender proposes the Senate agriculture committee keep a continuous watch on food prices and curb gouging. Sen. Aiken backs the effort, acknowledging sympathy for the objective while noting price increases may not be fully justified by conditions. Ellender studies wholesale and retail mark ups and seeks staff and witnesses to explain earnings, aiming to amend economic controls or preserve farm price supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ellender
D.-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R.-Vt
Louisiana
Agriculture Department
Library of Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Agriculture Committee
Ridgway Says Korean War Situation Is Perfect
Four allied columns advanced on the western front near Seoul in a reconnaissance in force but Communist troops did not engage substantially. The central front saw Allied forces recapture Wonju airstrip and hill 233 after a three hour battle as Lt. Gen. Ridgway arrived at the field and praised conditions as improving.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Wonju
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
South Korea
Peril in Alpine Europe Leaves 136 Dead
In three Alpine nations a week of avalanches killed 136 and left many missing. Austria 62 dead, Switzerland 59, Italy 15, with villages buried and homes crushed. Rescue teams labored through snow to reach Vals and other affected areas as fears of more slides persisted.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Geneva
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Oscar Helmer
Alps
Vals
Graubuenden
Uri
Glarus
Alais
Saffen-Neukirch
Six B-36 Bombers Fly Non-Stop England to Texas
Six B 36 bombers capable of carrying atomic bombs completed a 5 000 mile non stop return from England to Carswell Air Force Base Texas after a training mission. The planes left Lakenheath England 30 hours 16 minutes earlier and faced only minor issues including a broken windshield wiper and an oil line. Captain Bobbie J Cavnar described the mission as routine and noted the planes landed on foreign soil for the first time. Brig Gen C S Irvine praised the crews for a superb job.
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Fort Worth
Tex
England
Air Giants
Carswell Air Force Base
Lakenhea
Bobbie J. Cavnar
Oklahoma City
C. S. Irvine
Carswell
Delhi Youth Fatally Hurt In Highway Crash
Marvin R Weed a 17 year old Delhi High senior died after his auto collided head on with a truck on Highway 16 while he headed north from Delhi Sunday night. He died in Jackson Mississippi a few hours after the crash. Funeral planned at First Baptist Church Delhi with interment in Delhi Masonic Cemetery. He leaves parents a brother a sister and two grandmothers.
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Delhi
Marvin R. Weed
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Institution
First Baptist Church
G. F. Stinebaugh
G. B. Starne
Delhi Masonic Cemetery
Catron Gay Funeral Home
Billy R. Snyder
Jimmy Lewis
Arthur Arnold
Bob Mikel
Melford Andrews
Charles Wyley
Dan Rundell
Johnny Hall
Weed
Pelican State
R. A. Weed
Harry Weed
Joann Weed
Mamie Weed
Leesville
P. K. Emmons
Pleasant Hill
Louisiana Hit By Cold Weather Across Two States
Cold wave moves eastward bringing frost and freezing temperatures to Louisiana and Mississippi. Shreveport Monroe and Greenwood Jackson report freezing 28 and 25 degrees respectively, with several cities posting low 30s. Warmth expected tonight and tomorrow as system passes.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Gulf Coast
Shreveport
Monroe
Greenwood
Jackson
Miss
Tupelo
Meridian
McComb
Alexandria
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Lake Charles
Biloxi
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Urey
Atom
Elton C. Fay
Pentagon
Mariann Bach
Gustave Brenck
Brenck
St. Louis
Oldster
Germany
Mariann
City Infirmary
Louisiana Experiment Station
U.N
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Frye
Price
Ridgway
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