New Wave of Protests Greets UN Site Group
The United Nations faces a new wave of protests after listing 15 potential sites for a permanent headquarters in Westchester County New York and Fairfield County Connecticut. Local officials oppose many sites, while UN officials plan meetings to gauge sentiment. early reactions show mixed support and opposition in Greenwich and surrounding towns.
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United Nations
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Westchester County
N. Y
Fair- Neld County
Conn
U. N. Headquarters Commission
Angus Fletcher
General Assembly
Greenwich
Wrestchester-Fairfield
FIRST
Herbert C. Gerlach
North Castle
Cortlandt
Poundridge
Harrison
Watersnake Devoured by Overloaded Brook Trout
A watersnake at a state supervised fishery was found unable to escape after swallowing a nine inch brook trout. The salvage crew reported the snake’s weight from the partially swallowed fish proved its undoing.
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Albany
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Conservation Department
B 29s to Fly In Tokyo Memorial Flight Over Cities
About thirty B 29 Super Fortresses will fly from Okinawa to Tokyo to mark Army Air Forces Day. The mission includes radio broadcasts by General MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Ennis C Whitehead. Bombers will circle Tokyo at 2000 feet after passing over Hiroshima Kobe Osaka and Yokohama.
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Okinawa
General MacArthur
Ennis C. Whitehead
Pacific Air Command
Hiroshima
Kobe
Osaka
Yokohama
314Th Composite Wing
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Ex Prisoners See 9 Japs Hanged in Singapore
Nine Japanese war criminals were hanged today at Changi Jail in Singapore as former Allied POWs who testified against them watched. Among the executed are Lt. Takasaki Shinji and Lt. Kane shiro Takeshi, nicknamed the Frog and the Undertaker, for atrocities in Burma and Siam. seven others were convicted for crimes in the Andaman Islands.
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Changi
Takasaki Shinji
Kaneshiro Takeshi
Burma
Siam
Andaman Islands
Congress panels push GI terminal pay bill amid talks
Senate House conference committee resumes efforts to compromise the GI terminal pay bill. Senate debates social security and anti poll tax bills. Mead committee opens hearings into check transaction involving Representative Coffee. Agriculture committee hears Paul Porter on cotton. Ranking committee considers Edwin G Nourse for chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. House contempt proceedings filibuster threatens to halt all legislation.
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Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
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Townsend Tax Proposal To Congress
Senators Pepper Downey and Taylor proposed a 3 percent gross income tax to fund old age pensions for all citizens over 60. The plan would tax corporations and individuals earning more than $100 monthly, with benefits without means testing, while the Senate Finance Committee's bill uses a sliding scale for federal matching. House action avoided a floor vote as debates continue.
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Townsend
Congress
Pepper
Florida
Downey
California
Taylor
Idaho
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Submarines Seen as Navy’s Best Hope in Atomic War
New York report cites Dr. John R. Dunning of Columbia University who argues submarines offer the Navy its best chance to survive an atomic conflict. He says submerged subs can travel 25 to 30 knots and evade air attack, with atomic power possible within three to five years, while surface ships remain vulnerable to direct hits.
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New York
John R. Dunning
Columbia Universty
America
Bikini
Adm
Edward L. Cochrane
Dunning
Cochrane
LaGuardia Renews Call Over Trieste Theft Issue
Vienna report says Fiorello LaGuardia questions Trieste officials efforts to curb Allied warehouse thefts. He asserts twenty New York police could restore order in twenty days during his European tour before an U.N.A.R.A. council session in Geneva next month.
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LaGuardia
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Europe
U.N.A.R.A. Council
Geneva
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