Battleship Oklahoma Sinks On Way to Be Scrapped
The battleship Oklahoma sank while being towed to a Oakland drydock for scrapping after 33 years in service. Coast Guard said no crew remained aboard. Launched March 23, 1914, the vessel had been abandoned as a fighting ship following Pearl Harbor.
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May testifies in defense over Garsson bribe case
Former congressman Andrew J. May testified that a $7,500 payment was repayment for a business debt with the Garsson brothers. He denied taking $55,000 in bribes related to a $78 million munitions venture, stating he borrowed funds to back Murray Garsson’s mining deal. He said Murray paid a $5,000 note and will continue testimony Monday.
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Arab Executive Committee Predicts Palestine Boycott Support
A spokesman for the Arab Executive Committee predicted that a majority of the committee will approve the boycott by Arabs of the United Nations fact ending commission on Palestine.
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Hearings on tax reform eyed by Ways Means Committee
Bertram Benedict notes in his column that the House Ways and Means Committee will open hearings Monday seeking permanent changes to the tax structure in 1948, aiming to reveal unfair review. The feature appears on page 14 with comics and other regular sections listed across the edition.
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Clay Rules Out Mailed Fist Policy In Germany
General Lucius Clay said American military government would govern Germany by cooperating with German officials rather than using force. He cited his last minute intervention to remove a martial law threat from James R Newman’s Wiesbaden speech on the German food crisis. Newman had threatened martial law at a meeting with German officials and trade union members. Clay phoned Newman and advised against the tactic, leading to its omission from the broadcast.
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Weather forecast shows scattered showers and thunder nearby
The Weather Bureau notes a moist air mass causing showers and thunderstorms from Cleveland through Syracuse and Indiana. A nearby front was in Cleveland earlier, but Syracuse should see a few scattered showers tonight and over the weekend as temperatures rise.
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Plane Crash Near Albany Kills One Injures One
A Schenectady man died when his monoplane struck a high tension wire and crashed near Albany, burning. His companion Kenneth Bordwell, 27, was rescued from the flames and treated in hospital for cuts and a broken nose.
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Germans Vote HauleWwagen in First State Elections
Two million German voters were urged by newspapers to cast ballots in the French zone elections set for tomorrow. Three states, Saar excluded, will elect parliaments and vote on proposed constitutions. The right wing Christian party claimed confidence of a majority.
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Jet propelled plane claimed from German help
The Soviet Union was reported today to have produced its first jet propelled airplane with the assistance of German technicians.
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Harold Weichert Lucky Boy
Harold Weichert of 208 Wellesley Road was shot in Elmwood Park at 6 P.M. Friday a bullet lodged under his scalp but did not penetrate the skull. He was facing Stinard Avenue when struck. police could not identify the shooter as a physician removed the missile and he went home.
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Smash Berlin Black Market Leader Arrested in Germany
U S military authorities in Berlin smashed a major black market ring led by 50 year old German Karl Jahn. Jahn, once sent to Holland in 1942 with 100 million marks for army purchases, operated from occupation Berlin and allegedly sold fake cocoa to the Wehrmacht, later found to be brick dust.
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Russian Forces Stage Large Exercise Near Vienna
In Burgenland near Eisenstadt about 20 miles southeast of Vienna a provincial government spokesman said roughly 30,000 Russian soldiers were involved in maneuvers. Austria reported the large scale drill as part of ongoing East European tensions.
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Brewster Urges Quick Action to Aid Air Industry
Senator Brewster warned that the nations air industry risks collapse without swift government help as aviation leaders pressed for action ahead of a Senate commerce subcommittee session. He cited Britain selling jet fighters and warned the U.S. could fall to third place without a national air policy board and immediate measures.
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State Lynch Case Ended
The State of South Carolina pressed its case against 31 white defendants in Greenville as Judge J. Robert Martin Jr. barred admission of photographs showing a Negro lynched on February 17 by a mob. Defense argued the images were prejudicial and irrelevant.
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Purcell Charges City Spent Thousands For Truck Blunder
Syracuse Automobile Dealers Association President Robert J Purcell accuses City Hall of wasting taxpayers money to hide a 1946 truck procurement blunder. He says Mayor Costello and Corporation Counsel Hornbeck rejected a Van Denburg bid to conceal a Brockway deal about six thousand dollars higher, resulting in heavier pricier trucks. The dispute follows a bid process and ongoing criticisms from Purcell.
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Truman hurried to Grandview as mother’s condition worsens
President Truman was summoned to Grandview Missouri to be with his 94 year old mother who was gravely ill with a weakened heart. Brig Gen Wallace Graham reported the condition serious though improving at times and noted her fractures had healed allowing limited walking but the heart remained the major concern. The President flew from Washington to join her, expected in about four hours.
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Taber Asked to List U S Radio Objections
Washington a bipartisan subcommittee pressed Representative Taber to name his objections to the State Department's Voice of America and foreign information program. Taber, chair of the Appropriations Committee, questioned management and loyalty of some staffers while the panel cut the program's funding and blocked authorization, despite earlier proposals to fund and limit the operation.
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Three Firemen Die In School Fire Crash
Burund 21 cuvee firemen were killed and five were injured today when two fire trucks racing to a school fire collided. Wreckage spread over a wide area in front of the Bank of Toronto.
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Korea May Share In Help Plan For Foreign Aid
Senator Vandenberg says the $350 million foreign relief fund may close the door on further abroad spending this session. He expects no new relief requests, though President Truman may seek more funds for rehabilitation and aid to nations harmed by war, including Korea. A Senate-House committee already agreed on terms for the $35 million relief measure to be sent to both chambers next week.
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Truman delays signing Greek Turkish aid due to mother’s illness
President Truman remains away from Washington to be with his ailing mother in Grandview Missouri delaying the signing of the 100 million dollar Greek Turkish aid measure. Presidential aide Ken Ayers said the signing would occur Monday or Tuesday but is postponed pending the outcome of Martha Truman’s illness. The president flew to Grandview today to be with her.
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Congress Eyes No Action On United Nations Relief Fund
Conference committee backs a fund of 350 million dollars for Europe relief with 40 million initially by the President and pro rata increases as other nations contribute. The plan, supported by Truman, includes 15 million for possible emergencies elsewhere and constraints on aid to Communist nations, while avoiding war reparations loopholes and local distribution controls. Senator Vandenberg warns Hungary relief implications and potential Italy asset transfers.
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