Army Peace Budget Surges as Atomic Project Funds Grow
The $7,091,034,700 peacetime Army budget heads to the House floor, nearly double the 1941 prewar allotment. An extra $375,000,000 is earmarked for atomic energy development while relief and government activities in occupied countries are trimmed by $150,000,000 from Budget Bureau estimates. The Manhattan Project defense totals and War Department funds are adjusted to $375,000,000 and $350,000,000 respectively.
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Army
Atomic Energy Development
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Atomic Service
Eisenhower Opposes Revealing Atomic Secrets
General Eisenhower told Congress he opposes sharing U S atomic secrets until workable safeguards prevent misuse. The statement accompanied the House Appropriations Committee’s approval of a seven billion dollar 1947 budget for the War Department and echoed Baruch’s stance on international exchange of atomic energy information.
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Washington
INS
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Iouse Appropriations Committee
WAG Department
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Weather update with showers in eastern New York
Occasional rain this afternoon tonight and Friday with little temperature change. High near 70, low around 40. Record highs and lows listed for past dates. Mostly cloudy and mild in eastern New York with night rain the south portion. Friday expect showers and mild conditions.
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New York
UN studies proposal to outlaw atomic weapons
The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission considered a Russian plan for a world convention to ban atomic weapons. It would require the US to destroy all its atom bombs within three months and would come into force if half the world ratifies. The proposal contrasts with Baruch's conditions for pooling atomic knowledge under world control.
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New York
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
U. S
Bernard M. Baruch
Light Rain Predicted for Summer's Start
The Weather Bureau forecasts light showers tonight and Friday to mark the first day of summer. A low pressure system over lower Lake Michigan spreads rain across a wide area from Arkansas to North Dakota without major temperature changes. Syracuse will feel effects this afternoon.
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Lake Michigan
Arkansas
North Dakota
Syracuse
Rose Jailed For 6 Years
Montreal sentencing ends the espionage case against Fred Rose a 38 year old Communist MP. He receives six years for illegally sending information to Russia during the war and proclaims his innocence before the judge. The trial marks a key phase in the Canadian espionage affair begun last March with his Ottawa arrest.
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Montreal
Fred Rose
Russia
Rose
Ottawa
Arsonist Sentenced To Attica For 19 Syracuse Fires
William Martin, 48, of 802 S West St, admitted setting 19 fires between March 31 1944 and April 30 this year in Syracuse. He received 15 to 30 years at hard labor in Attica State Prison after pleading guilty to first degree arson. Witnesses cited his dangerous conduct and investigators linked his acts to a two year fire binge.
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S. West Sr
Syracuse
Attica State Prison
I.eo W. Breed
Iirebug
Benjamin Byer
S. West St
Psychopathic
Martin
E. C. Stearns, Co
Oneida
Soviet ships may move lend lease goods to Argentina
The State Department opened inquiries into reports that Soviet ships are sending American lend-lease goods to Argentina under the trade accord. Officials said no confirmation yet and investigations began promptly after the Argentine reports.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Soviet Union
Argentina
Typhoon veers away from Luzon after forming near Philippines
The Navy said the typhoon developing southeast of the Philippines was turning northward and not expected to strike Luzon. Strong winds on the storm’s edge grounded high ships in Manila.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
G.O.P. urged to offer concrete issues over “Sovietize America” charge
Republican Chairman Jieece argues the party should ride the tide with tangible policies while Marquis Childs notes the editorial page view. The piece contrasts wartime rhetoric with a focus on issues and voters’ concerns amid campaign imagery and pages listing sections like Amusements and Sports.
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G.O.P
America
London
Marquis Childs
Louis Victory Leaves Boxing With Hangover-Fight A Joke
Boxing fans paid record prices to watch Louis defend his World Heavyweight title by knockout in the eighth round against Billy Conn at Yankee Stadium. The postwar spectacle drew 45 266 attendees and prompted calls in Washington to bar promoter Mike Jacobs from mailing fight materials.
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Leo H. Petersen
New York
Yankee Stadium
Pittsburgh
Billy Conn
Washington
Donald L. O'Toole
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Robert E. Hannegan
Jacobs
Brooklyn
Ross to Quit Balkans as Allies Leave Italy
A 23 year old Syracuse probationer William Francis Kloss Harvey, known as Tiny, was being sent to Virginia to face murder charges after allegedly admitting to FBI agents he fatally stabbed C J Beckerman of Leesburg Virginia. He used a 12 inch war knife and had been discharged from Fort Eustis April 20. He gave Richmond as home address and worked as a meat cutter in Philadelphia since discharge. Bail set at 100000 and extradition proceeding noted.
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William Francis Kloss
Tiny) Harvey
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Virginia
FBI
Harvey
Richmond
Philadelphia
Italian countess among 396 war brides arriving in New York
Countess Massimiliana Alberti of Bolzano reported being imprisoned and beaten by Germans for refusing to reveal where she hid Lt. Daniel P. Rice and three other downed American aviators. She is now Maj. Richard W. Lewis's wife, a Harvard professor’s widow of prewar era.
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Rice
United States
Cardinal Spellman Officiates Whitman Niece Matrimony
Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York officiated over the marriage of Eleanor Pegman to Thomas R. McGrath in Whitman Massachusetts. The ceremony took place today with the clergyman presiding for the couple.
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Ins
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Whitman
Eleanor Pegman
Thomas R. McGrath
Arab Leader Located in Egypt Hints of Asylum Granted
Egypt's Foreign Minister says the Nile Kingdom will grant asylum to Haj Amin Al Husseini the Mufti of Jerusalem who arrived in Cairo after disappearing from France three weeks ago. King Farouk’s palace confirms his arrival and request for refuge, ongoing postwar fallout from wartime broadcasts.
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New Arrests Due In Jewel Case
The U S Army European Provost Marshal Office in Frankfurt said there may be new arrests soon of people tied to the Hesse family jewels theft. It stated all accused principals in the multi million dollar theft are already under arrest.
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Germany
U. S. Army
Hesse
Fifth hijacker arrested in meat hijacking case
State Police Captain John Killeen announced the arrest of a fifth suspect in the hijacking of 150 tons of meat in Wildwood New Jersey. The case involves five men linked to the theft and diversion of a large meat shipment.
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N. J
INS
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Georgia Moves to Dissolve Ku Klux Klan Charter
The State of Georgia seeks to dissolve the Ku Klux Klan charter in Fulton County Superior Court. Attorney General Eugene Cook alleges the Klan aims to enforce its principles by force and seeks to organize police, cab drivers, and truck drivers to seize parts of the state government.
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Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Ir. A
Fulton County
Eugene Cook
Klan
Name Change Request Filed in Wisconsin Circuit Court
Raymond Frank Dziewiantkowski of Three Lakes Wisconsin has filed an application in Circuit Court to legally change his name to Harry Frank Dziewiantkowski.
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Raymond Frank Dziewiantkowski
Three Lakes, Wis
Harry Frank Dziewiantkowski
Big Four Agree on Simultaneous Evacuation Plan
The Foreign Ministers Council reached a 90 day plan for all Allied troops to leave Italy and Red Army forces to exit Bulgaria after the Italian peace treaty. Bevin said Soviet withdrawal from Bulgaria is tied to Britain’s troop arrangements in Italy and Austria, with Molotov previously blocking similar moves. A commission of the Big Four ambassadors in Rome will interpret the Italian government's position.
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