Military program approved for 390 million dollars
Washington May 23 The House approved a 390 million dollar military construction plan including an atomic powered submarine and three other underwater craft plus a cruiser conversion to a guided missile ship. It also funds 79 amphibious vessels eight mine layers and a high speed target submarine. It authorizes 580 million for military and naval public works overseas and at home. Vinson said the U S must keep abreast of Russia and its large submarine fleet. The House struck out 108 million for US military housing, to be handled by private enterprise.
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House
Senate
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Russia
United States
Wherry housing aid plan eyed for military personnel
The Senate considers a private enterprise housing bill to aid private contractors buildinghousing for service members on or near bases. The Armed Forces Committee notes that trimming family quarters and utilities would cut Camp Derrick Maryland funds from 6185500 to 5822500. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church urged an immediate halt to hydrogen bomb production and weapons of mass destruction. A vote is planned the next day.
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Senate
Vinson
House
Senator Wherry
R-Neb
Wherry
Armed Forces Committee
Camp Derrick
Cincinnati
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Committee of Social Education and Action
Senators urge oil industry probe over imports
Washington May 23 Senators pressed for an investigation into the oil industry as witnesses argued that current oil imports are excessive and endanger the U S economy.
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Washington
Another Held In Fuchs Case
Philadelphia May 23 A 39 year old Philadelphia man Harry Gold was arrested on espionage charges for dealing with British spy Dr Klaus Fuchs. Gold was held in 100000 bail after arraignment before U S District Judge James P McGranery who set a further hearing for 10 a m June 12 The whirlwind late night hearings occurred in the Federal Building downtown Philadelphia The Government announced from Washington that Gold was arrested on espionage charges based on information supplied by Dr Fuchs Dr Fuchs a former British atomic scientist now serving 14 years in prison for passing atomic secrets to Russia Attorney General J Howard McGrath and FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover said Gold admitted contacts with Fuchs and gave a detailed account of his activities
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Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Harry Gold
Gold
U.S
James P. McGranery
Fuchs
McGranery
Federal
Washington
Russia
J. Howard McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
British scientist Fuchs passed secrets to Gold, FBI says
The FBI disclosed that Klaus Fuchs met with Harry Gold in New York in 1944 and later in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. They arranged further meetings in Cambridge Massachusetts and Santa Fe New Mexico where Fuchs provided information on Los Alamos work. The last contact was in September 1945. Gold admitted aiding the United States' industrial strength and aviation progress.
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Gold
FBI
Washington
United States
Los Alamos
N. M
New York
East Side
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Cambridge
Mass
Santa Fe
Three Are Jailed In Disorderly Night Arrests In 1950
Two colored men were arrested for intoxication and another for disturbing the peace on Tuesday night. Sammy Thompson Frederick and Benjamin Heard of 517 Klineharts alley were jailed for 25.50 and 5.80 dollars respectively on charges. Officers Kanade Haugh J Boone and Twentey Arthur Ford Frederick 10.80 arrested by Officer Carty. The report notes motor vehicle production in the United States for the first quarter of 1950 surpassed the previous year by 19 percent.
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Sammy Thompson
Frederick
Benjamin Heard
Klineharts Alley
Kanade
Haugh
J. Boone
Twentey
Arthur Ford
Carty
Eleven Suburban Towns Vote to Annex Annapolis
Eleven communities approved annexation to Annapolis with a margin in unofficial returns. The vote creates four new wards and eight aldermen, expanding Annapolis in three directions under standing ordinances taking effect Thursday.
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Annapolis
Counci
Annapolis Expands City Boundaries Sevenfold to 5.46 Sq Miles
The Annapolis city council extends government over annexed areas including West Annapolis Wardour Cedar Park Germantown Honewood Eastport Tyler Avenue Forest Hills Fairfax Trenton Heights and Parole. The move ups area to 5.46 square miles population from 15,550 to about 25,000 and assessed valuation from 13 million to about 21.7 million. A note on agriculture says slow brain drying in tropical countries discourages production.
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Wardour
Cedar Park
Germantown
Honewood
Eastport
Tyler Avenue
Forest Hills
Fairfax
Trunton Heights
Parole
Annapolis
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