Waitt Testifies Over Memo as Vaughan Aide Probe Grows
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt testified before a Senate subcommittee that he wrote a memo belittling rivals for his job after Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan signaled hope he would keep the post. He is suspended for giving personnel data to non military persons.
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Washington
Alden H. Waitt
Army
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Waitt
Senate
Hunt
James V. Hunt
Vaughan
Hawaii Dock Talks Slated Amid Legal Battle
Striking CIO longshoremen and employers agreed to restart negotiations and seek mediation by Cyrus Ching if talks stall after three days. They filed $3 million in damages and sought an injunction against the anti strike act as they plan to press the case to the U S Supreme Court challenging the territorial law ending a 107 day port tieup.
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Honolulu
CIO
Gov. Ingram Stainback
Cyrus Ching
Federal Conciliation Service
Harry Bridges
U. S. Supreme Court
Rose Fooled Japs Says Rose Fooled Japs
Former Australian army major Charles Cousens testified that he and Iva Toguri D AQuino and two other prisoners plotted to counter Tokyo Rose broadcasts aimed at lowering GI morale. He said they defied a Japanese order to make the program into a homey charade.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri- D’aquino
Tokyo
Charles Cousens
D’aquino
Recession Over Says Bankers Association Official
SALT LAKE CITY UP secretary Merle E. Seligman of the American Bankers Association said a threatened early spring recession has been sidetracked. He warned there is no depression danger and noted a buyer's market with a general slowdown as industry catches up with supply while many industries learn the need for salesmanship.
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Salt Lake City
American Bankers Association
Merle E. Seligman
Selegman
Toupee Ban Sparks National Baldheaded Association
BRAINERD Minn UP reports the National Baldheaded Association bans toupees under its by laws calling hair restorers sissy. Began at former Rep Harold Knutson's summer home and evolved from a St Cloud group with James Farley and Frank Walker as members. Membership card shows seven shiny egg like heads, offered $10 for identification, unclaimed.
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Brainerd
Minn
National
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
St. Cloud
James Farley
Frank Walker
Wheat Farmers Gain About 2 Million Extra Wheat Acres
Washington AP UPI officials estimate a new Congress amendment will raise next year’s wheat allotment by about 2,000,000 acres to roughly 70,900,000 acres for 1949-50. The change limits reductions below the national average to seven percent and preserves war years production gains.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
Senate
White House
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
Department
Polio Danger Seen In River Swamp Near Portneuf
Citizens were urged to dump excess dirt on the Portneuf river swamps near U S Highway 30 to curb a mosquito breeding site linked to polio. W Lyon Healy of the Bannock county chapter of the National Polio Foundation warned the swamp could breed the disease as it collects wastes from the Alameda sewage plant and other refuse.
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Portneuf River
U.S. Highway 30
W. Lyon Healy
Bannock County
National Polio Foundation
Alameda
No Holiday For Senate
Senate cannot take a 10 day Labor Day recess due to a legislative log jam. Democratic Leader Scott W Lucas said after a policy committee meeting the proposed recess is impossible and suggested a Friday to Tuesday Labor Day weekend instead.
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Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
MacArthur declines senate invitation to testify on China policy
Gen. Douglas MacArthur formally declines a senate invitation to return home and testify on China policy. He says he acts only from an impelling sense of duty keeping him at his post in Japan.
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Washington
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
China
Japan
Treasury says average citizen holds $183.51 in circulation
The Treasury reports total money in circulation at 27.39 trillion dollars, equating to about 183.51 per person. The notice frames this as a personal share of national money in circulation for readers.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Crash Toll Revised in Trans Ocean Skymaster Crash
In Galway a coroner's inquest lowered the eight dead and fifty saved tally from a prior count after testimony showed the previous figure of eight dead one missing and forty nine saved was incorrect. The crash occurred Monday in the sea off the Irish coast.
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Galway
Ireland
Transocean Airlines
Economic Optimism Amid 1949 Outlook Says Chamber
A United Press survey reports strong consumer liquidity with personal income near the June peak and cash dividends rising. Bank resilience is noted despite potential depressions, while countrywide construction and automobile production approach or exceed prewar records. The Chamber of Commerce foresees no gloom for 1949 as orderly adjustments continue.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
United Press
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Edwin C. Nourse
Ten Die, Twenty-Five Hurt In Lumber Truck Crash Near Tupelo
A lumber truck struck the rear of a second truck carrying churchgoers en route to an evangelistic meeting near Tupelo Mississippi. Ten people were believed killed and twenty-five injured, with fifteen treated locally and ten taken to hospital in Hanlton. Several injuries described as critical.
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Tupelo, Miss
Swindler Engel eyes governor bid despite trial
Sigmund Engel, 73, described as a suave swindler of wealthy women, told a Chicago court he plans to run for governor and is confident he will have all the women behind him, prompting a sharp retort from Judge William V. Daly who asked if they are behind him or chasing him.
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Chicago
Sigmund Engel
William V. Daly
Shirley Slips to France for Channel swim wait
Shirley May France, 17, Somerset Massachusetts, travels from Dover to Calais with coach and chaperone to await favorable channel crossing conditions. Weather with high winds and waves is forecast unfavorable for 24 hours.
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Shirley
France
Calais
English Channel
Dover
Somerset
Mass
England
Cap Gris Nez
Air Ministry
Population trend shows more births than deaths in Idaho
Idaho's population rises as the Department of Public Health reports 7925 births and 2246 deaths for the first half of 1949, a 3.5 to 1 ratio. Marriages outnumbered divorces 3.5 to 1 statewide, with Bannock county at 64 marriages and 19 divorces.
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Idaho
Department of Public Health
Bannock County
Industry Spokesman Warns on Air Force Size and Readiness
Harvey Stowers of the Aircraft Industries Association told Pocatel lo Kiwanis Chamber luncheon that a 70‑group air force approved by the House but cut to 48 by the Senate would not assure U S readiness. He noted WWII had 218 groups and cited advances including an X‑2 steel rocket plane expecting speeds over 1700 mph and 100,000 feet height, with upcoming tests needing enhanced engineering to overcome current limits.
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House
Senate
U. S
Harvey Stowers
Pocatello Kiwanis Chamber of Commerce
Stowers
Aircraft Industries Association
San
AIR Force
No Inquest Planned in Steip Death
Coroner Arthur W. Hall announced no inquest will be held into the death of Forrest Steip 68 found near his car at Cherry Springs picnic grounds Monday evening. Officials say he died of a heart attack with no signs of violence on the body. Funeral arrangements will be announced by McHan Henderson Funeral Home which received the body.
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Arthur W. Hall
Forrest Steip
Cherry Springs
Hall
Steip
McHan-Henderson Funeral Home
Senate approves consent for Bay Bridge toll project
The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday approved a bill to grant federal consent for a new toll bridge paralleling the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The measure cites national defense needs and location through Navy controlled Yerba Buena Island, with no federal funding attached.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Southworth Leaves Braves Over Health Issue
Boston Braves manager Billy Southworth was granted a leave of absence for the rest of the season due to failing health, the team announced on Tuesday night. The move comes as Boston seeks stability after a challenging stretch in the season.
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Boston
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Senate kills Truman welfare plan despite Hoover support
The Senate rejected President Truman's proposal to create a Department of Welfare by a 60 to 32 roll call vote. The plan would have consolidated health, welfare, and education under a new cabinet agency, abolishing the Federal Security Agency, with Oscar R. Ewing slated as head. Former President Herbert Hoover endorsed the plan via telegram. opposition cited excessive power for the secretary.
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Senate
Truman
Hoover
Washington
Department of Welfare
House
Congress
Federal Security Agency
Lower Meat Prices Seen
Chicago reports hog prices down as much as 1.25 per hundred pounds at Midwest terminals. Market experts expect lower pork prices at the retail level as supplies rise after a spring pig crop 15 percent larger than last year. USDA spokesmen say further declines loom with larger supplies ahead.
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Chicago
Midwest
Cor ‘Ner
Department of Agriculture
Start Fund For Mother
National President Mrs. Walter H. Boyd announced a defense fund drive to appeal the case of Mrs. Nettie Capps to the highest court. The jailed mother served 11 days for contempt after refusing to turn over her dead son's government insurance payments to a trust for his wife. freed upon promising to obey the order.
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Long Beach
Calif
Walter H. Boyd
American Gold Star
Salt Lake City
Boyd
Nettie Capps
Writer Dies Of Injuries
Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With the Wind died in Atlanta from injuries after being struck by a speeding car. The 46 year old Georgia woman had been in critical condition for five days and died on the operating table during exploratory surgery after a night without change.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Georgia
Miss Mitchell
Reds Drive On Canton Reds Advance Into Kwangtung Province
Hong Kong dispatch reports Communist forces pushing south along a main highway toward Canton, 165 miles away, with Red guerrillas tightening control of the Canton Hankow railway and government supply lines north of the refugee capital as new advances unfold.
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Hong Kong
South China
Kwangtung
Canton
Red
Hankow
Voice of America Fund Approved by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee voted additional Voice of America funds after military testimony claimed State Department broadcasts were harming Communist regimes in Europe. The action reflects ongoing U.S. info efforts amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
State Department
Europe
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