Congress Likely Nixes Draft Law Extension in 1950
Congress is expected to reject any request to extend the 1948 draft law beyond its June 24, 1950 expiration. House Armed Services leaders Carl Vinson and Paul J. Kilday say extension is unlikely, with debate centering on manpower needs versus preserving emergency powers. They note the law’s sparing use and argue it saved youths from unnecessary drafting while the armed forces faced emergencies.
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Congress
Administration
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Carl Vinson
Georgia
House Armed Services Committee
Paul J. Kilday
Texas
Defense Department
Melvin Price
Illinois
Armed Services Committee
East German Army to Reach 30 Divisions by Spring
Western sources report a 30 division East German army to be created in Communist East Germany by next April led by Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev. The nucleus will be the people's police about 100,000 strong, including recruits, with top Kremlin figures appointed in satellite states.
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Berlin
Ivan Konev
East Germany
Konev
Vienna
Kremlin
Moscow
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Ivan Malinovsky
der Abend
People’s Police
Hiss Lawyer Probes Mind Of Chambers
New York November 24 In a second perjury trial of Alger Hiss defense counsel probes the mind and background of Whittaker Chambers. The judge urged faster questioning as Cross says the material is relevant to psychiatric testimony. Chambers admits he was not in hiding for a full year as he had claimed but stayed out of sight about two or three months.
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New York
INS
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Claude B. Cross
Chambers
Communist Party
Cross
Senator McCarthy Pushes Denfeld Firing Probe
Senator McCarthy urged Congress to investigate the firing of Admiral Louis E. Denfeld as chief of naval operations and sought a Capitol inquiry into the transfer of Navy Captain John Crommelin to the West Coast. Crommelin was reprimanded for releasing memoranda to Secretary Matthews.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Congress
Admi
Louis E. Denfeld
Capitol
Navy
John Crommelin
Crommelin
Matthews
Representative Vinson
Georgia
House Armed Services Committee
Denfeld
Vinson
C De La Torre Dies After Heart Attack in Phoenix
Canuto De La Torre a 57 year old Reynolds Aluminum employee and Phoenix resident died late last night from a heart attack at his home 120% North 32nd Street He was born in Mexico He is survived by his wife Manuela and four daughters Mrs William Amavisca Mrs Raymond Hernandez Mrs Louis Marqu and Miss Helen De La Torre all of Phoenix Funeral arrangements will be announced by Mortensen Kingsley Mortuary
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Canuto de la Torre
Reynolds Aluminum Company
Phoenix
North
32Nd Street
Mexico
de la Torre
Manuela
William Amavisca
Raymond Hernandez
Louis Marqu
Helen de la Torre
Mortensen-Kingsley Mortuary
Federal Employees Decline By 32 532 In September
The United States Government had 2,052,400 paid employees at the end of September, the Civil Service Commission said today. This was 32,532 less than on the rolls a month earlier.
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Washington
United States
Civil Service Commission
Europe Faces Continued Need of Aid Says Hoffman
Paul G. Hoffman, Marshall Plan administrator, told the National Grange that Europe remains vulnerable and needs ongoing aid. Recovery by 1952 is possible but requires sustained effort by Europeans and Americans to prevent undoing past gains and to secure lasting peace through united action.
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Sacramento
Calif
Europe
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
United States
Free Nations of
Free Nations of Europe
Germans Save Big Factories
The Western Allies halted dismantling 18 major western German plants in exchange for German pledges to assist in maintaining peace in Europe. The August Thyssen Steel Works, among Europe’s largest, is spared, and all dismantling in divided Berlin will cease under the Bonn agreement. Stainless steel wool will be used to clean equipment to avoid contamination by other metals.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
August Thyssen Steel Works
Berlin
Allied High Commission
Bonn
Ann Mariani Crowned Mustang Grid Queen at Rally
North Phoenix High School junior Ann Mariani was named Mustang Queen at a pep rally in Mustang Stadium after a secret ballot by the football team. Attendants were Joan Penar Cynthia Clements Nancy Clements and Bonnie Walker with Wes Johnson leading the senior class. Principal James I. Stewart and Coach Tom Black spoke at the rally.
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Nual
Phoenix Union
North Phoenix
William A. McTyee
East Thomas Road
Mustang Stadium
Joan Penar
Cynthia Clements
Nancy Clements
Bonnie Walker
Wes Johnson
James I. Stewart
Tom Black
Coyotes
Four Injured In Accidents Involving Pedestrian Bus and Car
Three people remained under treatment today at St. Monica’s Hospital for injuries from accidents late yesterday. Velma Bailey, 40, of 1320 North Third Street and Gregg College of Commerce instructor, suffered a fractured pelvis and multiple cuts after being struck at Central Avenue and McDowell Road by a car driven by A T Hartley, 53, of 1542 West Culver Street, a deputy US marshal. John M. Quindry, 71, and Anna Quindry, 68, of Fairfield Illinois, were injured in a crash at Theba near Gila Bend while returning from Los Angeles. Manuel E. Gomez, 21, of Tolleson, had minor injuries when his car hit a Metropolitan Lines bus at Central Avenue near Riverside Park. Gomez stayed overnight for observation. The bus was operated by Eugene Early, 40, of Sunnyslope.
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St. Monica’s Hospital
Velma Bailey
North Third Street
Gregg College of Commerce
Central Avenue
McDowell Road
Woodrow Gibson
A. T. Hartley
West Culver Street
United States
John M. Quindry
Anna Quindry
Fairfield
Ill
Theba
Gila Bend
Los Angeles
Manuel E. Gomez
Tolleson
Metropolitan Lines
Riverside Park
Gomez
Eugene Early
East
Vogel Avenue
Sunnyslope
Merryman Rites To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Holland Merryman 92 pioneer club woman and Merryman Funeral Home founder widow will be held Saturday with rites at the funeral home chapel at 1 p m and a service at Trinity Cathedral at 2 p m The Order of Eastern Star past grand matron will take part Mrs Merryman died Tuesday night.
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Holland Merryman
Pioneer
Merryman Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Trinity Cathedral
Order of Eastern Star
Merryman
Truman names Floberg as assistant secretary of the Navy for air
President Truman appointed John F. Floberg a Chicago lawyer and wartime Navy officer as assistant secretary of the Navy for air. The 34 year old succeeds Dan A. Kimball, subject to Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes. Floberg joined the Navy before Pearl Harbor and saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, then the Pacific before moving to inactive duty in 1946 as a lieutenant commander.
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Washington
Truman
John F. Floberg
Chicago
Navy
Floberg
Dan A. Kimball
Senate
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Salerno
Pacific
Globe Rotarians Hear Talk By Gazette's Bill Turnbow
Globe Rotarians listened to Bill Turnbow author of Under the Capitol Dome in the Phoenix Gazette. He stressed Congress and the State Legislature shape taxes and laws that affect daily life and urged voters to evaluate candidates for national and state offices. He faulted executive branches using legislatures as campaign targets and called for Arizona constitutional revision to enhance gubernatorial powers. The item also notes the origin of the Sioux name for South Dakota.
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Congress
Globe Rotary Club
Bill Turnbow
Capitol Dome
Phoenix Gazette
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