Hurricane Planes Hunt New Storm off Gulf Coast
Navy hurricane hunting planes moved toward a suspected squall area in the Gulf of Mexico as forecasters warned a single squally mass could develop. W. R. Stevens of the U S Weather Bureau reported two disturbance zones near Galveston and south of New Orleans were part of one system moving west at about 12 mph with winds 30 to 35 mph and no current sign of a hurricane.
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New Orleans
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
W. R. Stevens
U. S. Weather Bureau
Galveston
Tex
Stevens
Gulf
Sabine
Texas
Louisiana
Truman Pay Graft Critique Sparks Tax Elevation Debate
New York argues President Truman exploits a $50,000 annual expense allowance as hidden income. The writer claims Congress grafted this increase last January to boost his four year term pay, noting it cannot be raised during the term. The piece labels the move fraudulent and financially disadvantaging to common citizens.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Cost of arms program hits Senate debate on scope
Washington Sept 21 The Senate entered its third day of debate over the 1 314 010 000 arms bill as critics press for cuts and broader presidential congressional review The major opposition focal point is Senator George who seeks to trim funding for western Europe and limit contract authority while enlarging congressional oversight of defense plans The argument centers on how much power Congress should have over military aid and planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
George
D-Ga
Congress
Truman
North Atlantic
Senate Finance Committee
Western
Europe
Adenauer praises U S aid to Germany and blasts Russia and Poland
Bonn Germany Sept 21 Konrad Adenauer chancellor of the new west German republic thanked the United States for postwar reconstruction aid and said Germans would never forget it He condemned Russia and Poland for seizing eastern German territory and for holding German war prisoners He urged cooperation to secure their release and pledged to pursue lawful demands on the territory.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Poland
Soviet Union
East Germany
Adenauer
Bundestag
Russia
Indicted in Robeson concert riot near Peekskill
White Plains N Y Sept 21 A police chief's son and five other youths faced indictments over violence after a Paul Robeson concert on Sept 4 at Peekskill. Lillis Jr accused of hurling a stone through a car window. others charged with felonious malicious mischief or carrying concealed knives. Bail set, trials pending, injuries and property damage reported.
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White Plains
N. Y
Paul Robeson
Joseph A. Lillis, Jr
Peekskill
Lillis
William B. Williams
David F. Miller
Vincent F. Doherty
Samuel J. Biordi
Croton-on-Hudson
Robert Lent
Westchester
George M. Fanelli
Vacation by House at End
Washington dispatch notes House members return from a month away with unfinished business. Leaders target November 1 for adjournment but expect no major action this week. Top priority goes to nearly 20 billion in appropriation bills financing military, interior, and foreign recovery programs on a temporary basis until October 1.
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Washington
House
Interior Department
Foreign Economic Recovery Program
Senate
Film Extortion Ring Charged In Hollywood Case
Los Angeles reports charges against a former Hollywood actors agent claiming hundreds of thousands of dollars extorted from victims by a ring of prostitute extortionists under the direction of Mickey Cohen. Behrmann’s transcript supports a contempt motion for grand jury questions. Gambler Cohen faces separate municipal court action for disturbing the peace.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Superior Court
Paul R. Behrmann
William E. Simpson
Behrmann
Simpson
Mickey Cohen
End of Greek Guerrilla Resistance Reported
The U N Balkan commission said Greek armed groups have ended organized guerrilla resistance along northern Greece. It warned Albania and Bulgaria aid to guerrillas risks peace, urging the General Assembly to hold Albania primarily responsible for Balkans threats.
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Sydney Mirk
New York
United Nations Special Commission On the
Albania
Balkans
Greece
U. N
Moscow
U. S
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
U. N. Balkan Commission
General Assembly
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
British Aid Plan Seen Harmful to U S Business
Senator Wherry blasted a Treasury plan to let Britain boost Western European trade at the possible cost of American imports. He called the idea another blow to American business as it would ease Marshall plan restrictions while maintaining British quotas on U S products. Snyder defended the proposal before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, gaining sympathetic support from Senator George.
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Washington
Britain
Europe
U. S
Wherry
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Snyder
George
D.-Ga
Richard Dix Fighter to End Dies at 54 in Hollywood
Richard Dix a veteran film star known for rugged outdoorsman roles died at 54 in Hollywood after a chronic heart ailment. Doctor George Berg said Dix remained fighting to live, collapsing at 9 am and dying at 10 10. He born Ernest Carlton Brimmer in St Paul Minnesota married twice, with a daughter and three children. Funeral services set for Forest Lawn Glendale. He had heart attacks in recent years and avoided a telephone at home.
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Los Angeles
Richard Dix
Dix
Hollywood
George O. Berg
Dr. Berg
Ernest Carlton Brimmer
St. Paul, Minn
Richard, Jr
Robert
Sarah Sue
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Bevin pledges no aggression by western powers
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told a Waldorf dinner for UN delegates that western nations will not use advances in military weapons to attack any nation. He urged avoiding atomic destruction and building international confidence. About 1,000 attended amid anti-British tomato protests outside.
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New York
United Nations
Ernest Bevin
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
General Assembly
U. N
Bevin
Minute Men
Northern Ireland
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
Officer urged on by wife in running gun battle
Houston Sept 21 Police man George Melvin recounted how his wife handed him pistols and urged him in a two teenager gun chase. The couple pursued at 75 mph as officers hunted a car tied to burglary suspects. Rangers Eddie Campbell and Lt. Buster Bass arrested the youths after a crash and timber escape.
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Houston
George Melvin
Melvin
Texas
Eddie Campbell
Buster Bass
Lewis Ultimatum Shocks Southern Coal Operators
John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, issued a pay up ultimatum to southern mine owners as coal pits idle for a third day. The union will not bargain until royalty payments to the health and welfare fund are resumed, with northern and western operators continuing payments. The strike followed suspension of $100 monthly pensions and distress payments after fund shortfalls.
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White Sulphur Springs
W Va
John L. Lewis
Northern and Western
Southern
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
Miners’ Health and Welfare Fund
John Owen
Bluefield
W. Va
Lewis
Northern
Western
United States Steel Corp
Miners’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
Owen
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
State School Meeting Discussed By Louisiana Board
Louisiana's standards of education may be discussed by the state board of education and the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools after a request from the association. Board Chairman George Madison said an October 31 meeting was requested but inconvenient, with informal discussions possible in late October. The association stresses accreditation requirements and has shown interest in the Ruston controversy over Dr. Claybrook Cottingham. The board also adopted a statewide formula for distributing 11 million dollars in special teacher pay and approved preliminary plans for continued actions on the thirteenth page.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Standards of Education
State Board of Education
George Madison
Bastrop
Madison
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Claybrook Cottingham
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Ruston
Truman Pleads Six Day Steel Strike Truce
President Truman asked a six day truce in the steel dispute and urged that steel concerns and the C I O Steel Workers Union resume collective bargaining with federal mediators available. Cyrus Ching said no reply had been received from unions or companies.
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Washington
Truman
C. I. O. Steel Workers
Cyrus Ching
Mr. Truman
Union
Ford Workers Close To Pact
Ford and the United Auto Workers neared agreement on an hourly pension welfare health package with a Sept. 29 strike deadline looming. UAW chief Walter Reuther reportedly seeks better pension terms or more health coverage as talks follow steel panel recommendations.
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Detroit
Ford
United Auto Workers
Motor Company
Steel
Walter Reuther
Steel Panel
Ford Motor Company
Steel) Board
Death of James S. Aswell Aged 61 in West Monroe
James S. Aswell, 61, of highway 80 four miles west of the city, died Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. from a heart attack. A former plumber now farming, he is survived by his wife and four children Mrs. R. D. Wallace Jr of West Monroe, Mrs. Don Ice of Monroe, James E. Aswell of Newark, N. J., and Kenneth Aswell of West Monroe. Funeral arrangements are handled by Mulhearn Funeral Home.
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James S. Aswell
Highway 80
Mulhearn
R. D. Wallace, Jr
West Monroe
Don Ice
Monroe
James
U S Open to Talks With Russia to End Cold War
United States signals willingness to negotiate with the Soviet Union as the UN assembly opens. Dean Acheson and Andrei Vishinsky prepare policy statements amid cautious optimism. Bevin warns against using atomic weapons to destroy mankind. Assembly aims to address 72 global issues with a peace-season tone.
LeBlanc Near Nomination for State Supreme Court Justice
In St Martinville Louisiana Judge Sam A LeBlanc appeared assured of the Democratic nomination for state supreme court justice in the post LeBlanc seems sure of post. Four candidates qualified for the state senate primary in the 15th district Wade O Martin Sr said the sixth supreme court district Democratic executive committee would meet Monday in Thibodaux to declare LeBlanc nominated If only one candidate qualifies the committee cancels the meeting
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ST. Martinville
Court of Appeals
Sam A. LeBlanc
Napoleonville
Supreme Court
Wade O. Martin
Sixth Supreme Court District
Democratic Executive Committee
Thibodaux
LeBlanc
Fishing Suit Heard In Austin Texas
The Texas suit seeks a temporary injunction against 49 commercial fishermen charged with fishing in Texas waters without a license. Most defendants are from Louisiana as witnesses testified that two Louisiana boats were caught within the Texas three league limit while shrimping July 28. A Texas boat was fined for fishing shallow and Texas licenses are issued on a priority basis to Texans.
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Austin
Texas
126Th District Court
Louisiana
Capt
Cooner
Little Tom
Marvin L. Palin
Port Isabel
Pullin
Jesus Molla
Corpus Christi
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Pittsburgh
White House
Aswell
U.S
United Nations Assembly
Acheson
World Assembly
New York City
League of Nations
Flushing Meadows
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
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