Aiken Demands Brannan Face Up To Cover Up Claims
Senator Aiken pressed to tell Secretary Brannan to his face that he tried to cover up wrongdoing in the farm aid program and to obtain an oath on the matter. The Agriculture Committee broadened probes, seeking Justice Department involvement, and questioned Brannan aides about bypassing regional offices in large grain storage contracts. Ellender signaled possible questions about influence peddling in 25 deals and losses to the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Milton Kelly Washington
Sen
Aiken
R-Vi
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
Justice Department
Ellender
Louisy Mansour
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Walker
Department
Washington
Kefauver In Three Primaries This Week
The article notes Kefauver’s campaigns in three primaries this week with Pepper’s late support shifting dynamics. Russell accuses Pepper of hedging, as Kefauver seeks momentum in Florida and Maryland while Ohio votes loom to decide delegate influence at Chicago.
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Kefauver
Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Keauver
Sen
Russell
Georgia
Pepper
Kefauver- Russell
Dade
Miami
Florida
Coonskin
Estes Kefauver
Maryland
Chicago
Ohio
No Headway Seen At Truce Parley
In Panmunjom secret session Allied and Communist delegates produced no headway in the Korean armistice talks. Gen Nam Il spoke from notes. Vice Admiral Joy said talks remain in executive session. The talks, begun a week earlier, focus on prisoner exchanges, neutral observers, and airfield rehab bans, with details undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Nam Il
Red
Panmunjom
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Joy
Unite Nations Command
Soviet Russia
J H Johnson Rites Planned After Monroyan's Death
Jase H Johnson 56 a longtime Monroe Hardware employee and Monroyan died Monday in a local hospital. He lived at 403 K Street Monroe and served in World War I. He belonged to L B Faulk Post American Legion Forty and Eight and Graham Surghnor Lodge Masons. Survived by his wife two daughters Nancy and Mrs John Dupuy two sons Jason and Tommy Johnson and brother Dr Clifford A Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jase H. Johnson
Tito Moves Toward Balkan Talks on Defense
Belgrade Yugoslavia hints at improving ties with Greece and Turkey for informal joint action against aggression within the United Nations Charter. Tito resists a defense pact fearing Italian dominance over Trieste while promising mutual aid and capability, noting pacts are scraps of paper without real defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Greece
Turkey
Marshal Tito
Tito
Italy
Trieste
Politika
Athens
Yugoslav Reserve Army Officers Association
Mental Tests Planned For Man Who Lived With Corpse
In Wichita authorities prepared a psychiatric exam for 22 year old William D Bircher accused after admitting he stabbed 36 year old Mary J Brady during a drinking spree. He claimed he stored Brady's nude body in a duffel bag under his parents porch from Feb 9 to Feb 14 or 15. Bircher refused counsel and is jailed on an investigation charge.
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Wichita
Kan
William D. Bircher
Bircher
Mary J
Brady
First Successful Landing At Geographic North Pole
An Air Force C47 ski and wheel transport landed on an ice pack atop the world for history's first successful approach to the geographic north pole. Lt Col William Benedict piloted the craft with Maj Gen William Old reporting the mission, which lasted about 3 hours and 10 minutes on Fletcher's Island before returning.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Geographic North Pole
Alaska Air Command
William xxx
William D. Old
The
Air Command
William P. Benedict
Pasadena
Calif
Fletcher's Island
Olds
North Pole
Dole Demand Sparks Massive Refugee Protest in Bonn
In Bonn thousands of German refugees marched through the capital last night demanding doles and loans. a crowd of 50,000 protested against West German leaders and chanted Deutschland Ueber Alles. Dr Linus Rather urged shifting one billion marks from defense funds to aid refugees.
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Bonn
Germany
Doles
Linus Rather
The
German Refugees Association
West Germany
Oil Peace Pattern Seen After California Wage Accord
The Independent Union of Petroleum Workers announced a wage agreement with Standard Oil Co. of California covering 5 000 workers in Los Angeles. The deal raises wages by 18 cents an hour with retroactive boosts to May 1 and Jan 1, adds shift differentials, and may set a pattern for other oil industry settlements after a nationwide strike that halted refineries and prompted Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman to order gasoline use limits for airlines and private flyers.
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Denver
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Co
California
Oscar Chapman
Theory Of No Hot War Soon Based On Russ Time Need
AP report notes a growing view among U S military leaders that Russia will delay a hot war. Russia needs time to ready forces and economy, aided by Europe’s defense, Western subversion, and Korea. Analysts cite steel output, satellite readiness, transport limits, and division strengths as constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
Europe
Korea
Alfred M. Gruenther
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Bularia
Ments
Ussr
U. S. Meat Supply in Peril From Foot and Mouth Spread
U S officials warn meat supply faces danger as foot and mouth disease creeps toward the U S Canadian border. Officials fear quarantines and livestock movement restrictions could trigger shortages in eastern markets within a week and echo 1929 outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Agriculture Department
Canada
U.S
California
Local Solons Discuss Bills in Ouachita Parish
Senator James Sparks and Representatives Shady Wall and Gilbert Faulk have held meetings to discuss Kennon administration legislation and measures benefiting Ouachita and Jackson parishes. They pledged no new taxes and promised cooperation for a Northeast Louisiana State College pharmaceutical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yvonne Brett
James Sparks
Shady Wail
Gilbert Faulk
Kennon
Ouachita
Jackson Parishes
Sparks
Wall
Faulk
Northeast Louisiana State College
Northeast Louisiana
Boy Hurt In Explosion At Abandoned House
In Shreveport Louisiana a 14 year old touched a dynamite detonator causing an explosion that mangled his hand. Four boxes of dynamite were found by Thomas Daniel and his 10 year old brother David in an empty four room house. Police and fire officials described the dynamite as jellied and dangerous and a guard was placed around the site while the owner’s identity and whereabouts are sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Thomas Daniel
David
Thomas
Earl Norred
Damaged Carrier Wasp Set to Arrive Tomorrow
New York reports the aircraft carrier Wasp, damaged in a collision with the minesweeper Hobson, is due to arrive tomorrow. The ship carries Hobson survivors totaling 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jame F. McIntyre
Fall River
Mass
Wasp
Hobson
U. S. Navy
New York
Navy
Both Sides Far Apart At Closing
The White House steel dispute talks led by President Truman have collapsed. Union and management spokesmen privately say the Supreme Court freezes on wages in the industry, pending a decision.
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Rowland Evans JR
Washington
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Steelworkers seek 17 percent raise plus fringe benefits
The Wage Stabilization Board proposed a 17 percent hourly rise with additional fringe benefits, totaling about 26 cents per hour. The plan also includes a union shop requirement, forcing all workers to join the steel union. The industry average wage is just under $2 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wage Stabilization Board
Steel Union
End to steel wage talks as government seizure dispute stalls
The CIO United Steelworkers and steel firms halted negotiations over a new contract after bitter talks led by Benjamin Fairless and Philip Murray. President Truman urged action as court questions over the seizure lingered, industry and union remain far apart on a 17 to 19 cent package.
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Cio-United
Steelman
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Supreme Court
High Court
David A. Pine
Roper Walk Fails to Tie Bastrop Monroe Record
Roper of Swartz fails to beat the Bastrop Monroe walking record Sunday morning finishing in four hours and seventeen minutes after starting at 3 30 a m. Crowds at the finish line numbered in hundreds. Copeland started closer to Monroe than Roper causing a disputed distance. Roper collected eighty four dollars and prizes from West Monroe supporters escorted by police to Shamies Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tex Roper
Bastrop - Monroe
George Copeland
Roper
Swartz
Bastrop
Copeland
W. A. King
Monroe
Tex
Bastrop City Limits
City Limit
West Monroe
Shamie
James Martin
C. C. Bell, Jr
King
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Sen. Aiken
Robert Bulkley
Tennes
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Jacksonville
Fila
J. H. Johnson
Monroeyan
Legion Post
By Alex Singleton
Geographic Pole
Dole
United Steel Workers Union
Joseph Germano
U. S. Meat Supply
Wail
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