Billy Mitchell Case Recalled By RICHARD KLEINER
The article recalls Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell's clash with the Army and Navy that led to a court martial and a five year suspension. It notes his advocacy for stronger air power, clashes with officials, and Coolidge’s partial reversal, underlining his posthumous vindication in aviation history.
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Richard Kleiner Nes
Douglas MacArthur
Billy Mitchell
MacArthur
Mitchell
Germany
AEF
Air Service
Army Air Service
Army
Navy
Army General Staff
Secretary of
John W. Weeks
Coolidge
T Coolidge
8Th Corps
San Antonio
War and Navy Departments
General Staff of the
General Board of the Navy
Aaron Burr
Along The Potomac To Washington
Representative J Glenn Beall reports on Senate debates over troop deployments and the Universal Military Training draft plan. He notes House opposition to merging the two provisions and outlines inflation concerns, tax impacts, and ECA use in Marshall Plan debt relief. A rural route extension to Smithsburg was approved to begin April 16.
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J. Glenn Beall
Congress
6Th
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Senate
Europe
House
UMT
Barden
North Carolina
House Economic Committee
Belgium
Greece
United States
Post Office Department
Smithsburg
Government resumes CMP doling of scarce materials
Washington April 12 The government will resume on July 1 the wartime system of controlled distribution of scarce metals steel copper and aluminum to defense plants and key industries. The plan, announced by the National Production Authority, aims to deliver the right quantities to the right plants at the right time, with free civilian supplies remaining under controls. Initial steps require 131 industries to report their future needs by May 1, while 31 others are exempt. the process may take six months to smooth out.
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Washington
CMP
National
NPA
Manly Fleischmann
Fleischmann
Substantial non-defense balance forecast by Fleischmann
A Route 15 collision in Lewistown injured no one but damaged two cars. State Trooper H J Brown charged Charles R Miller of Washington with failure to keep right. Miller’s car hit Jacob J Kolb’s vehicle from Buffalo, N Y. Damages about 200 dollars. It was raining hard as Miller skidded on a sharp curve.
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Lewistown
H. J. Brown
Charles R. Miller
Washington
Miller
Jacob J. Kolb
Buffalo
N.Y
Taft Discusses Peace Outlook and Korea Policy
New York April 12 Senator Taft warned that preventing World War II cannot be done by an aggressive war against Communist China. He cited General MacArthur's foreign policy stance as driven by fear of entreating peace and argued the Korean war cannot end through appeasement without major conflict.
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New York
Sen
Taft
Tontehe
China
Gen
MacArthur
United States
Yale Engineering Association
Korea
Liengkvasser
Taft outlines appeasement policy amid China tensions
Taft warned a more active war posture toward China would not trigger a general war, while noting cooperation with Chinese Nationalists and air strikes on Manchuria. Meanwhile, about 123 January workers from Local 464 walked out seeking 75 cent minimum wage plus insurance and overtime after 40 hours, as employers said they could not meet demands at He Troy Laundry, the largest in Hagerstown.
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Taft
China
Manchuria
Clothing Workers Union
No Agreement After Conference At Troy Laundry
Hagerstown April 12 a conference between striking amalgamated clothing workers and the Troy Laundry broke up today without any agreement. Union leaders cited persistent wage and working condition disputes as the issue remain unresolved.
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Hagerstown
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Troy
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