Taft Sees Deep Defense Budget Cuts Ahead
Senator Taft predicts Congress will sharply reduce military spending to balance the budget, with support from Byrd Ferguson and Dirksen. White House plans for a 46 billion dollar defense program and Truman era bets loom as the administration seeks overall savings and efficiency across armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Eisenhower
Ohioan
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Ferguson
R-Mich
Dirksen
R-Ill
House
Defense Wilson
Formr
Truman
Armed Services
Father Divine Orders Boycott of New Jersey Turnpike
Negro religious leader Father Divine directs followers to boycott the New Jersey Turnpike after a state officer stopped his limousine convoy. Divine says the action followed rude treatment and lack of recognition, noting driver fines of 15 dollars each for four cars on a Newark to Philadelphia trip.
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Father Divine
Philadelphia
New Jersey Turnpike
Divine
Newark
N. J
Weather Summary for Southern Illinois Fair Tonight Fresh
Fair for tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Low temperatures around 26 to 32, high Friday near 45 to 50. Yesterday’s low 35, 7 am today 39, 6 pm yesterday 48. High yesterday 49, noon today. Sun up at 6:36 am, sun down at 5:48 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 19 inches below spillway today.
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Southern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Wandering notices in the press edition
Fragmentary text from a metropolitan edition mentions evenings and Sundays, with garbled names and places seemingly referencing cartonomic lists and publications. The readable parts lack clear events, dates, or identifiable entities to form a complete news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Tree Press
Erp Loote Publications
Pontettice
Cartonda
Wander
Giant U.S. Navy cargo ship Angel passes Grand Tower river view
The 634 by 71 foot Angel, towing at 3-4 mph by the Tunis, steamed past Grand Tower at 8 a.m. en route to Detroit after docking debates. crowds of residents and students lined the riverfront as the ship neared Chester and the Chain of Rocks. The vessel, stripped of rudder, wheel and deckhouse to ease towing, will pass through Granite City locks and be guided by winches and a push boat before continuing on to the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes
Marine Angel
Grand Tower
Heal
Tunis
Rocks
Granite City
Alton
Illinois
Illinois River
Chicago Canal
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Grand Tower Front St
Chester
Chain of Rocks
Angel
Corps of Engineer
Detroit
Larry Ore
Van Fleet says UN army could break Korea stalemate
Gen James A. Van Fleet arrives in San Francisco to a hero’s welcome after 22 months in Korea. He asserts the UN army could advance and fire again if unleashed and repeats that a major offensive would end the military stalemate of our choosing. He downplays specifics before Washington talks.
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James A. van Fleet
United Nations Army
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
Meer Street
San Francisco
Washington
John Randolph
Associated Press
Seoul
Tokyo
Eisenhower
Allies strike across Korea as 197 Reds killed in dawn clashes
Allied infantrymen killed an estimated 197 Communists in sporadic pre dawn clashes along the 155 mile front. Fighter bombers pounded Red buildup areas and supply lines in daylight. The 45 000 ton battleship Missouri fired 16 inch shells into Wonsan harbor while Navy carrier planes raided the east coast.
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Korear
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. N
Missouri
Wonsan
State asks $600,000 in aid for flood control project
Springfield, Feb. 26 AP The State Budgetary Commission was urged to approve $600,000 in state funds for flood control and drainage improvements in the East St. Louis area. Sen. Everett R. Peters said no commitment was made and the matter would be studied further. The program, backed by the State Waterways Division, could involve several million dollars.
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Springfield
East St. Louis
Everett R. Peters
Baby Smuggling Probed Across U S Canada Ring Suspected
Toronto police and U S authorities investigate an alleged baby adoption racket, with hundreds of infants smuggled into the United States over the past year. In Toronto a day-old baby was taken on a flight to New York with two Brooklyn residents held on fraud charges. Authorities name a Toronto doctor and several others as possible ring members. each baby fetches about 250 dollars.
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Toronto
United States
U. S
Jack Shindern
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maltoon
St. Mary's Hospital
City Hall
Dulles Urges Clear Policy Against Soviet Despotism
Secretary of State Dulles urged Congress to declare the United States will not be party to any deal that enforces Soviet despotism in Europe and Asia. He asked to denounce Russia for twisting wartime understandings and to support future liberation of captive nations.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
United States
Europe
Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Con- SS
Roosevelt
Truman
Stalin
Yalta
Tehran
Potsdam
Fee Collection Plan Backed in Illinois Truck Licenses
Gov. William G. Stratton endorsed Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier’s plan to collect delinquent 1952 truck license fee increases. A May 1 deadline was set for payments, with civil actions to follow against individual truck owners who owe sums estimated around eight to twelve million dollars after prior court upholds.
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William G. Stratton
Charles F. Carpentier
Carpentier
Illinois Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Stratton
Eisenhower Move Seen Slowing McCarthy Inquiry
The Eisenhower administration appears to slow McCarthy's State Department probe with new security powers for Robert W. S. McLeod and other moves. Secretary McCardle cites the president's call to executive restraint as a brake, while Alfred Morton returns to Voice duties amid Senate scrutiny. Walterell Smith cites lack of administrative control and a ban on broadcasts of Soviet endorsed writings.
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Ike
McCarthy
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
State Department
Robert W. S. McLeod
FBI
Department
McLed
Carl W. McCardle
State of the Union
Executive Branch
Capitol Hill
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Robert L. Kenes
7 Hoe Information Administration
Alfred H. Morton
National Broadcasting Service
Voice
Johnson
America
Morton
Senate
Walterell Smith
Oder
Ex Mobilizer doubts Russia has atom bomb
Charles E. Wilson former defense mobilizer and chair of W R Grace says he does not know if the Soviet Union has the atomic bomb He doubts they possess the H bomb and questions whether they have the A bomb as known today.
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Russia
Los Angeles
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
Soviet Union
Wilson
W. R. Grace & Co
New York
Jelke May Not Testify In Limelight Prostitution Trial
New York February 26 Mickey Jelke's vice trial defense aims to rest without calling him as a witness. Prosecution spent two weeks presenting its case before Judge Francis L. Valente to an all male jury. Jelke, 23, heir to an oleomargarine fortune, is accused of inducing three young women into prostitution and living on their earnings. Jelke's mother admitted under cross examination hosting known procurers and a cafe society figure, with testimony placing Miss Ward at her Park Avenue apartment.
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New York
Mickey Jelke
Jelke
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
Elizabeth Clark Teal
Robert Merritt
Ray R. Davioni
Pat Ward
Diane Harris
Cafe Society
Hooppole Tampico Line Seeks to End Service
The Hooppole Yorktown and Tampico cole Co. asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to abandon its 12 mile Hooppole to Tampico Illinois line, saying the operation is being carried on at a loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooppole
Tampico
Washington
Gore Decries Lodge Handling of Vishinsky Greeting
Senator Gore condemns Henry Cabot Lodge Jr for declining to shake hands with Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky at the U N General Assembly opening. Gore argues personal feeling should not affect official conduct though he understands Lodge’s discomfort.
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Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U.N. General Assembly
Lodge
Gore
Montekans County
Stevenson Opens World Tour From Chicago Flight to Los Angeles Tonight
Adlai E. Stevenson former Illinois governor and 1952 Democratic candidate leaves Chicago for a world tour. He will attend a 100 dollar plate Democratic dinner in Los Angeles, then sail to Honolulu and onward to Japan Korea Formosa Indochina Indonesia and parts of the Middle East and Europe. He plans first hand reports for President Eisenhower and to write for Look Magazine. In Korea he will focus on training South Korean troops and study broader Far East issues.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Hawaii
Japan
Korea
Formosa
Indochina
Indonesia
Middle East
Europe
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Look Magazine
Far East
Bricker Opposes Standby Price Freeze Plan
Senator Bricker of Ohio denounced a bipartisan Senate move to grant Eisenhower broad standby powers to freeze prices wages and rents in a war or emergency saying such curbs would be a handicap. Prices of cigarettes groceries and metals rose after recent control removals and the plan faces opposition from Bricker Bennett Goldwater and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Kennecott Sales Corporation
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Cigaret Makers
Herbert Tareyton
Pall Mall
Camel
Cavalier
New England
Pall Malls
Herbert Tareytens
Aluminum Company of America
Chicago
Don R. Grimes
Independent Grocers Alliance of America
Socony-Vacuum
New York
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Bennett
Utah
Goldwater
Arizona
Congress
Globe Democrat Strike Slated Saturday In St Louis
Federal conciliators met in St Louis to avert a strike by Globe Democrat newspaper employees led by Local 30 president L Kringer. The walkout could begin at 12 01 a m Saturday as workers seek wage increases from 1 to 4 dollars and a raise in weekly minimum from 33 50 to 120 50 amid ongoing labor tensions.
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St Guild
Louis Globeocrat
L. Kringer
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Allies
Canada
Maseur
Rita Meany
Mrs. Meany
Vishinsky
Adlai
Caipa Valley
ST. Louis Globe
St. Louis
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