Photographing U S Airplanes Sparks Security Debate
Westbrook Pegler warns on Margaret Bourke-White and Life magazine photos of Strategic Air Command aircraft. He questions loyalty and security risk, custody of unprinted shots, and the risk of leaks even among trusted individuals within the air force and press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Chinaboy Luce
Margaret Bourke - White
Strategic Air Command
Congress
House Committee On UN - American Activities
Communist Party
Life
Air Force
Mrs America title goes to New York City homemaker
Hazel-eyed New York housewife Jenny Duncan, 22, won the Mrs. America contest over 32 married contestants. She earns $7500 in gifts and an eastern tour, then plans to devote herself to family, saying no more contests. Her husband Maynard Duncan is a student and Craig is their two year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury, Park
N. J
New York City
Enny Duncan
Etty McAllister
Detroit
Mich
Amelia
Colleen Kay Hutchins
Salt Ake City
Iran Plans New Ultimatum On Oil Talks
Premier Mossadegh vows an ultimatum to Britain to resume negotiations on oil while parliament blocks a confidence vote. Two weeks are given to reopen talks. 300 British technicians at Abadan face potential removal as Britain threatens force. Fatimi says note to Harriman will be delivered via Entezam in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Hewett
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
Mossadegh
Abadan
Hossein Fatimi
Russia
House
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Fatimi
Nasrollah Entezam
Washington
Harriman
Huge Military Budget Before Senate Today
A record 61,103,856,030 military spending bill faced Senate action with hope for final passage by nightfall. The bill directs rapid air force expansion to 95 wings plus a 5 billion aviation fund for navy and air forces and allocates 20.0 billion to the air force, 20.0 to the army, and 15.6 to the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Navy
Air Force
O'Mahoney
D.-Wyo
U. S
Public Affairs Research Group to Convene Here
The Public Affairs Research Council prepares for its quarterly meeting in Monroe at 11 a m Tuesday. The finance committee will meet an hour earlier to approve the budget for 1951. Chairs from Shreveport Oakdale Lake Charles and Baton Rouge will report to the executive body along with staff directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Affairs Research Council
Monroe
R. D. Kellogg
Kellogg
Walter Jacobs
Shreveport
Parish Fuller
Oakdale
Ed Taussig
Lake Charles
Preston Barnes
Baton Rouge
Council
Louisiana
Quadruple amputee weds girl met through letters
Pat Reeves a 19 year old Korean War quadruple amputee married Beverly Jean Hall 18 in Oakdale First Baptist Church Olliet Ill. Their wedding drew hundreds and gifts including 10000 from citizens a TV from Eddie Cantor and 41 in gifts from a radio pro. The minister urged happiness from inner strength, not material gifts. Reeves lost both feet and parts of both hands after freezing in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliet
Ill
Patbert Reeves
First Baptist Church
Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
Etty
Farby
Wilmington
Eddie Cantor
a_ radio proam
Ralph Blatt
Korea
Valley Forge State Hospital
Phoenixville
Suspect 5 0 5 hoax sparks air search off Newfoundland
Westover Air Force Base reports rescue planes briefed for a possible search for parachuted fliers or a hoax distress signal. SOS signals traced to Tinker Field Oklahoma with sources split between a real emergency and a prankster amateur radio transmitter.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Greenland
Tinker Field
Oklo
Westover
Sixth Air Rescue
Fort Pepperell
Newfoundland
Louisville Ave Merchants Plan To Fight Order
Louisville avenue merchants and others invite all interested to a 7 30 p m meeting at the Georgia Tucker School auditorium to oppose a state no parking order on the street. The plan aims to preserve parking facilities they currently enjoy and prevent loss of convenience for customers.
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Louisville Ave
Louisville Avenue
Georgia Tucker School
India Ready To End Japanese Hostility
India signals willingness to end the war with Japan as the San Francisco peace treaty takes effect. Indian envoy K. K. Chettur informs Japanese officials of plans to terminate hostilities and establish full diplomatic ties at the treaty's entry into force.
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India
Tokyo
Japan
San Francisco
Burma
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
K. K. Chettur
Sadao Iguchi
Chettur
Jawaharlal Nehru
Van Fleet Says Reds Slaughtered in Hills Battle
U S Eighth Army headquaters Korea Sept 10 Gen James A Van Fleet says 25 000 Reds were killed or wounded in the recent battle of the hills in eastern Korea He calls it butchery and notes a company accounted for 600 Chinese casualties while trapped by surrounding forces The Allied spirit remains high in rugged terrain and MacArthur termed the experience the greatest to be in battle and know you are the better man
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
James A. van Fleet
OPS Analysts To Arrive In Monroe Price Clinic
A team from the Shreveport district OPS office will hold a price clinic in Monroe at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday between 9 PM and 5 PM. The OPS extension by Congress elevates the clinics' importance for local businesses dealing with ceiling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Office of Price Stabilization
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Two Arrested in Armed Robbery Case
Police booked two men, Robert Jordan taxi driver of 1711 DeSiard and George Hubbard of 103 North Congo, for armed robbery of Will Manning 1729 DeSiard. Manning said Hubbard joined the taxi, was driven to his home area, and hit in the head as $57 was stolen. hospital staff treated scalp lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jordan
DeSiard Street
George Hubbard
North Congo
Will Manning
DeSiard
Jordan
Manning
Hubbard
Two Political Camps Of Huey Long Era Divided
In 1928 Huey Long split Louisiana politics into Long and anti Long camps. Now in the governor race current allies Morrison and Russell Long back Hale Boggs. The 1930s split shaped state politics with Longs dominating regions while anti Longs carried cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Rogers, Jr
Baton Rouge
Huey Long
New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
U. S
Russell Long
Kingfish
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Gromyko Heads Home After Japan Peace Conference
San Francisco reports Gromyko departs for New York amid view of Russia’s defeat over the Japan peace treaty. American officials anticipate a strong propaganda push in Asia to undermine treaty support and possible plans for a separate Communist bloc pact with Japan.
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San Francisco
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
Asia
Far East
Gromyko
New York
Red China
Japan
Nis
United States
Council to Act on Ending Passes for City Employees
The city council will discuss removing employee passes after the bus union requested higher wages and no passes. Mayor John Coon said abolishing passes would require a cash wage increase and budget changes, likely raising bus fares from 2 to 5 cents and 7.7 to 10 cents.
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City Hall
John Coon
Coon
Rockets from Russian type land behind Allied lines in Korea
Report from U S Eighth Army says rockets of WWII Russian design landed on the east central front with possible involvement of Communist Caucasian troops. Two jet battles occurred as 30 F 86s fought 80 MiG 15s over northwest Korea with no Allied losses. Russian pilots may have flown some MiGs.
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John Randolph
U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
East Central Front
Savas
United Nations
Eighth Army
UN Officers Debunk Red Charge Near Kaesong
United Nations investigators in Munsan Korea found one bullet mark and twelve .50 caliber slugs around stone houses near the cease-fire talks site after a four hour probe. They said bullets came from multiple directions, contradicting a Red claim of a single plane pass. Colonel Don Darrow pledged further study of the evidence.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Red
Don Darrow
Air Force
Tacoma
Wash
Chang
Monroe Sees Openings as Three Schools Start Fall Semester
Three educational systems in Monroe opened for the fall term. Ouachita Parish schools, St Matthew's Catholic School, and Northeast Louisiana State College began classes with large attendance reported. Louis Slater leads NLU as it becomes a four year college. Ouachita parish superintendent Mack Avants oversees local schools. St Matthew's faculty includes Sister Mary Patricia and Sisters Magdalene Dorothea Rita Laurentia. Monroe city schools began last week with a planned workshop.
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Monroe
Ouachita Parish
St. Matthew's Catholic School
Northeast Louisiana State College
Lewis Slater
Mack Avants
St. Matthew's High School
Mary Patricia
Magdalene
Dorothea
Rita
Four Children Fatally Gashed in New York Apartment
In a one room apartment a 44 year old Mary Armstrong found her sons John 9 and William 11, a daughter Patricia 16, and visiting friend Kathleen Houghton 13 dead from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Authorities note a partially open gas range and a defective gas refrigerator as possible causes. Autopsies and air samples await verdict.
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New York
Mary Armstrong
John
William Armstrong
Patricia Eakins
Kathleen Houghton
Night bicycle lighting ordinance note
City ordinance requires every bicycle on streets or alleys to show a white front light visible 500 feet after sunset and a red rear light or reflector visible 500 feet at night. Ord. 2788, Sec. 53.
Peron Threat To Kill U. S. Envoy And Newsmen
Spruille Braden says in Look magazine that in 1945 Juan Peron threatened to have him and American newsmen in Argentina assassinated. Braden recalls beatings of a journalist and a UPI correspondent in Buenos Aires and threats against a NY Times reporter by Peron’s interior minister.
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Peron
U. S
New York
Spruille Braden
Argentina
Juan Peron
War and Labor
Braden
Buenos Aires
Look Magazine
Waldo Frank
United Press
Arnaldo Cortesi
New York Times
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America
Petite N. Y
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Maybank
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Army
Defense Department
Shireru Yoshida
Dean Acheson
Pearl Harbor
Yoshida
John Sparkman
D.-Ala
van Fleet
Ator
U.N
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