Lawmakers Weigh Gambling Links in Probe Reports
Senator Wiley cites rumors of ties between national politicians and gangsters facilitated by intermediaries and fundraisers. He urges a full inquiry into alleged contributions used to gain political influence. The committee report notes a gambler linked fund raising dinner and calls for public trust restoration.
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Congress
At Least 11 Dead In Quake In India
An earthquake in Assam caused at least 11 deaths and hundreds of acres of crops ruined. Damage was estimated at $2,000,000 as communications remained down and casualty figures were incomplete.
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Calcutta
Assam
Baruch attacked again over war crisis measures
Marquis Childs notes elder statesman Bernard M. Baruch faces renewed criticism as he urges wartime actions. He advocates economic controls to curb inflation. The column appears on the editorial pages amid regular features and notices.
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Marquis Childs
Last three of Sara quadruplets awaited in Australia
In Bellingen Hospital an English war bride, Betty Sara, gave birth to a girl as the first quadruplet. Doctors expect the remaining three sisters to come soon, though the family and chain smoking expectant father await the outcome.
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Australia
Bellingen Hospital
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Top Officers Tokyo Bound For Korea Mission
Gen. J Lawton Collins Army Chief of Staff and Adm Forrest Sherman Chief of Naval Operations will fly to Tokyo to confer with Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the Korean war. A Pentagon spokesman said they are to determine needs and observe conditions. Air Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg will not accompany them as Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad has just returned. It was not clear if Sherman and Collins will proceed to Korea.
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CIO Ore Miners Strike Settled in Birmingham
A settlement was announced ending a four thousand member CIO ore miners strike at Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. Picket lines were withdrawn from two large steel mills where an additional seventeen thousand workers had been idled. The walkout began Monday over job reclassifications.
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Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Reds Flying Daily In Shanghai Area
Nationalist China spokesman said Russian Air Force planes are operating daily near Shanghai, identified by Defense Ministry intelligence as the Soviet 12th Wing. J. Gen. Chang Yi-Ting issued the report.
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Increase in Red Surrenders Reports at Tokyo HQ
An intelligence officer at General MacArthur's headquarters said Korean troops are growing hungry, prompting more Red soldiers to surrender in recent days though overall surrenders remain few.
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MacArthur
U S Navy Ex-Worker Nabbed In A Bomb Spy Roundup
Walter Sobell, 33, a former GE employee who worked for the Navy, was arrested in Laredo Texas on espionage charges for allegedly passing A bomb and other defense secrets to a Soviet spy ring. He faces possible death penalty and will be arraigned after deportation proceedings.
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Sobell
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Schenectady
N.Y
U S Reds Cancel All Educational Orders
The U S Communist Party national committee withdraws all educational directives after the Second U S Circuit Court of Appeals upholds eleven leaders’ convictions for conspiracy to promote violent overthrow. Party members are told no discussions or classes based on directives dated before August 15 1950 until new guidelines are issued.
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Vacations End Family in Fatal High Peak Plane Crash
Hoyt D. Smith 53 principal of Mamaroneck Junior High School and his daughter Sylvia 14 died in a small plane crash near Palisades Interstate Park while vacationing to Niagara Falls. His wife Helen S. Smith had died last summer after falling 100 feet at Royal Gorge Colorado. Bodies were burned beyond recognition identified by dental charts from uncle Dr Ervin B Ulsaver of Locust Arms New Rochelle.
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Temperatures Ease After Weak Cold Front Passes Syracuse
A weak cold front lowers temperatures in Syracuse by about 15 degrees with a storm overnight. Weatherman Andrew Keller forecasts a high near 75 tomorrow after yesterday’s 90. Cooler, drier conditions are expected with gradual thermometer drop and a trace of rain overnight.
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Andrew P.keller
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Freighter Russel R. Jones Aflame 400 Miles East of Miami
The 7,247ton freighter Russel R. Jones is on fire 400 miles east northeast of Miami on the edge of a hurricane, the Coast Guard reported today.
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Russel R. Jones
Miami
Coast Guard
Sales levy advisory referendum split among parties in city
The Democratic organization will not campaign for or against the sales tax, leaving the issue to voters in Wednesday’s advisory referendum. GOP officials likewise decline active participation. Estimates suggest 40,000 to 50,000 voters may turn out, with hours noon to 9 PM. Alfred Haight scheduled a council meeting to revise the referendum ordinance.
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New Atomic Leak Hinted At Secret Colchester Trial
A Colchester court martial for Sgt. Francis Arthur Elliott, 2s, on undisclosed charges drew U S Air Force officers and non-commissioned officers as observers. Reports suggested a top secret leak tied to British and American military secrets and the presence of atom bomb carrying B 36 bombers with highly secret equipment in Britain.
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World Upside Down Experiment Reveals Perception Shifts
Fred Snyder a 25 year old University of Wichita graduate student tests psychology ideas by wearing glasses that invert his view for 30 days. In New York he briefly removes the device to see as others do. He describes initial disorientation and struggles with balance and object location as his perceptual system adapts.
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Fred
University of Wichita
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Swimmer Greenough to Retry Skaneateles Lake Crossing
Ellsworth Greenough 44 of Brackeney Pa plans a repeat attempt to swim Skaneateles Lake tomorrow after a windy flooded crossing two weeks ago. He previously swam the lake in 1924 and 1934 at age 28 and 44 respectively, starting at Clift Park this time to mirror the 1928 route.
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Six Women Seized In Strike At Olean
In Olean New York police report six female strikers and a plant supervisor were arrested as the Electrical Reactance Corp strike entered its fourth day. Five women were released on hearings date on third degree assault charges. A女性 striker who allegedly sprayed red ink on male executives with a water pistol was charged with disorderly conduct and freed on a $25 bond.
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Electrical Reactance Corps
Felica
Relief effort for Koreans led by UN in Korea
The United Nations plans a relief organization to aid Korean refugees. Col Alfred G Hatzin, serving as personal representative in Korea of the secretary general, departed Patea to oversee the operation.
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United Alions
Rlief
South Khorean Corefigees
Alfred G. Hatzin
Korea
U & Retary-General
Patea
S. Korea recaptures Pohang and breaks Naktong bridgehead
U S and South Korean forces smashed the Communist bridgehead on the Naktong River near Taegu, recaptured Pohang on the east coast, and pushed back the enemy in a major offensive. Marine and 24th Division units killed over 1,000 hostile troops as tanks and infantry sealed a strong counterattack. Front dispatches report steady allied gains and firm lines beyond Kigye as the war enters a new phase.
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Naktong
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Kigye
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Naktong Bend
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Laegu
Soft Goods Buying Ups Trade Totals
New York reports an upswing in soft goods buying boosting retail trade this week. Dun and Bradstreet noted a noticeable risk in soft goods purchases during the week ended Wednesday, lifting total consumer spending above the prior year’s level in 1949.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Rainmaker Rehired by New York City Board of Estimate
Rainmaker Dr. Wallace E. Howell was rehired for six more months by the New York City Board of Estimates. He will suspend rainmaking experiments for a month to prepare a report on prior efforts.
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New York
Wallace E. Howell
iNew York City Board of Estimates
Howel
Dizzy Spells Examines Real Causes of Dizziness
Doctors find emotional onset and ongoing anxiety often trigger dizziness. The American Weekly article “Dizzy Spells” explores how mood and stress contribute to vertigo-like symptoms, urging readers to consider psychological factors in persistent dizziness.
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