Johnson orders unification of Army Navy Air Force move
Defense Secretary Johnson orders immediate move to the Pentagon for all three services and plans to abolish 30 to 40 boards and agencies. He will coordinate changes under Gen. Joseph T. McNarney with talks at Key West with Eisenhower as interim joint chiefs chair.
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James V. Forrestal
Weather Outlook Promises Warmer, Cloudier Tomorrow
The forecast calls for increasing clouds and warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow with a low near 42 and a high around 65. Light winds expected as mild springlike conditions spread across the eastern half of the country, with Syracuse showing a morning rise from 33 to 54 by noon.
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Mercury
Flier Aims for Transcontinental Record Third Try
In Burbank California GP Speed Pilot Joe Di Bona flies a souped up P 51 from Lockheed Air Terminal at 5 28 am to beat the six hour plus reciprocating engine record to New York.
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Calif
Joe di Bona
Jimmy Sewart
Lockheed Air Terminal
New York
Today’s Features and Page References
A listing of contents for pages 30 31 and other sections. Highlights include Comics Ida Jean Kain Dr Dean Crossword Marr Haworth Horoscope Talking It Over page 5 and various regular features such as Amusements Greatest Bridge Story Classified Junior Set City Life Music Deaths Radio Editorials Social and Letters Sports Financial Winchell Inqg.Reporter and Today’s Pictures page 12.
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Marr Haworth
City Life
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Stock rally fades as cash limits ease trading
New York markets opened with a brisk rally on news that less cash would be used in securities trading but enthusiasm faded as the day wore on. Leaders retreated from session highs hours after gains, with prices advancing a few cents to about $2 early on.
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Graham Sworn In as U S Senator From North Carolina
Dr Frank P Graham was sworn in today as United States senator from North Carolina. The new ruling affecting securities availability shifts cash requirements to 50 percent instead of 75 percent, with effects to begin tomorrow.
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Nation’s Credit
War Labor Board
U. S
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Frank P. Graham
College Press
Churchill to Speak At MIT and Boston Garden Sellouts
All seats are allotted for Winston Churchill appearances in Boston Garden on Thursday and Friday. Churchill will address a MIT mid century convocation Thursday night and be televised. On Friday he will be an honorary lecturer at exercises headlined by Harold E. Stassen, 1948 Republican aspirant.
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Winston Churchill
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Massachusetts Institute of ‘Technology
Harold E. Stassen
Collision Victim Sustains Fifteen Fractures In Head On Crash
Judson Reed forty five of R D 2 Tully was seriously injured in a head on collision on Route 11 two miles south of Nedrow. Reed suffered fractures of the knee kneecap leg and numerous foot fractures along with facial and right hand cuts. Donald Hayes of 140 Hastings Place sustained a fractured nose. Both cars were demolished and Reed was removed from the wreckage with help from nearby residents.
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Tully
Onondaga General Hospital
Theodore Rosen
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William, Beehan
Robert Rawlings
Donald Hayes
Hastings Pl
Nedrow
Hayes
Two U.S. Soldiers Sentenced in Prague Spy Trial
In Prague a Czech state court sentenced two American soldiers who defected from Germany to espionage. George R. Jones, 22, Owensboro Kentucky, received 19 years hard labor while Clarence R. Hill, 31, Jackson Mississippi, drew 12 years hard labor. The state news agency identified Jones as Cpl. Alexander Hunter alias Jones.
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Jackson
Miss
Not Spies Says Army in Prague Case
Frankfurt dispatch reports U S Army headquarters declare two American soldiers convicted in Prague of espionage were not spies They were absent without leave when they entered Czechoslovakia and were not on any mission.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Two U S Soldiers Held on Espionage Charge in Czechoslovakia
Hill and Hunter, U S Army recruits, crossed the Czech frontier in December 1948 with espionage intent. They disappeared from their unit in Germany last December and were later identified by Czech authorities as being held on serious security violations. The U S Embassy in Prague sought their release but was denied access. by March 2 Prague notified that the men are held for espionage offenses under security regulations.
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Hill
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Swoose Heads For Museum On Final Mission
The B 17 Swoose landed in Omaha on its last mission before shipment to the Smithsonian. The Flying Fortress, the only U S combat plane in service through World War II, flew from Hamilton Field California via Albuquerque New Mexico and will head to Chicago next. Five original crew members on Operations 30 will be honored by the Chamber of Commerce. The plane will be displayed at the municipal airport. Five year old Swoosie Kurtz, daughter of pilot Col Frank Kurtz, met the ship and climbed into the cockpit.
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City Housing Cost Share Seen at 133 000
Councilman Albert C Deisseroth housing committee chair says city share in proposed Eastwood public housing project would be about 133000 The city’s costs were estimated at 250000 before recent changes in a contract between the Syracuse Housing Authority and the State A public hearing on the proposed 413000 state city development will be conducted next Monday.
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Eastwood
Syracuse Housing Authority
Brewery Workers Start Strike Vote in New York City
About 7,000 brewery workers in New York began a strike vote in a wage dispute with 14 major breweries. Seven locals tied to the CIO International Brewery Workers Joint Executive Board of Greater New York participate.
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Greater New York
Fire damages Union Steel Chest plant in two-story blaze
A two story Union Steel Chest Corp plant was destroyed by fire with estimated losses surpassing $500,000. No injuries are reported as firefighters battled the flames at the industrial site in the city today.
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Union Steel Chest Corp
Two Gambling House Operators Fined in Police Court
Two men connected with the East Side Social Club at 801 Burnet were fined a total of 800 and given 30 day suspended sentences by Judge William H. Bamerick. Joseph J. Cardone 26 and Dominick 28 of 1153 Oak St pleaded guilty as proprietors after a March 5 raid that nabbed 32 others. Cardone paid 500 and Dominick 200 plus 100 for punchboards. The raid was led by Police Chief John A. Kinney and Detectives Holland and Nelson. Another 20 arrestees pled guilty on March 10, paying 430.
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Robert Holland
Bernard Nelson
Holland
Syracuse University
Bemerick
Army projects bill passes in House for waterways funds
The House approved a 593,292,270 dollar federal bill funding Army civil functions and waterways projects for the coming year. In other items, a telephone cable cut disrupted Ithaca long distance service, and a poisoning case led to commitment of Myrtle Carr to Mallewan State Hospital. Albany debate backed a bill to bar subversives from New York public school teaching staffs.
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Binghamton
Myrtle Louise Carr
Mallewan State Hospital
Albany
New York Senate Today
New York Rent Control Extended By State and Nation
Congress nears final passage of a 15 month extension to federal rent controls while New York speedily moves toward approval of standby residential controls through June 30 1950 and city measures to July 1 1950. Governor Dewey signals possible disapproval of decontrol without strong proof.
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Three Men Sentenced in Parkev Gambling Party Case
New York report states William F. Buckner Stephen S. Tolk were each sentenced to one year and Charles Chic Farmer six months in city penitentiary for participation in a Parkev gambling party last summer.
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William F. Buckner
Stephen S. Tolk
Charles
Chic) Farmer
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