Defense Chief Denies B 36 Rumors Amid Accusations
In Washington Defense Secretary Louis Johnson testified that rumors of political influence in B 36 bomber purchases were malicious lies. He urged full exposure of an alleged attempt to assassinate reputations as House committees question the procurement.
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Johnson State
Washington
Louis Johnson
House Armed Services Committee
James A. van Zandt
van Zandt
Johnson
Air
Stuart Symington
Symington
Congress
Carl Vinson
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Edwin F. Rawlings
Air Force Comptroller
Marx Leva
Tee
James Forrestal
U S Wealth Concentrated in 113 Firms Says FTC
The Federal Trade Commission reports 46 percent of U S manufacturers wealth is held by 113 corporations each with assets above 100 million dollars. The firms control 16 093 billion in net capital assets across 26 industry groups from aluminum to footwear. Commissioner Mason and economist Blair prepare to testify before a House monopoly subcommittee.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Lowell B. Mason
John M. Blair
House
Missing Minnesota Boy Sparks Massive Swamp Search
Fran tic parents hold hope as about 1000 volunteers join a vast search in a swampy woodland north of Aitkin for three year old Larry Coleman who vanished while gathering pine cones. National Guard, farm hands, vacationers, blood hounds and planes scour the area as the hunt continues.
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Aitkin
Minn
Little Larry Coleman
Kenneth Coleman
Larry
Here
National Guard
Woman Found Murdered in Duchesne Trailer
Duchesne Utah police found a murdered woman in a trailer on a local lot. Deputy Olsen identified the victim as Edna L Opshohl from California. Sheriff Mitchell ordered Western authorities to arrest 38 year old Ed Johnson, seen with the woman last week.
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Duchesne
Utah
Orin Olsen
Duchesne County
Edna L. Opshohl
California
Arty H. Mitchell
Ed Johnson
Kiwanis To Hear Chief J H Jackson Speaker at Banquet
Kiwanis International president elect J Hugh Jackson of Palo Alto Calif will address Idaho Falls and Pocatello Kiwanians at a banquet in the Bannock hotel at 7 30 p m He is dean of Stanford business school on a national speaking tour and will discuss Aggressive Citizenship Our Individual Responsibility Also on the program will be Reid Culp of Salt Lake City. Jackson has led the American Accounting association and other major business groups and holds degrees from Simpson College Harvard and Simpson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hugh Jackson
Palo Alto Calif
Kiwanis International
Idaho Falls
Pocatello
Bannock Hotel
Jackson
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Kiwanis District
Reid Culp
Salt Lake Ity
American Accounting Association
National Association of Cost Accountants
American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
Harvard University
Simpson
McGrath Receives Senate Ovation Before Cabinet Move
Senator J Howard McGrath of Rhode Island received a bipartisan farewell ovation on leaving the Senate to become U S Attorney General. He thanked colleagues for their support and voiced gratitude to President Truman for the cabinet appointment as Chief Justice Vinson to swear him in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
R. I
Senate
U. S
Fred M. Vinson
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
White House
McGrath
Truman
Yugoslavia Rejects Russian Interference Amid Diplomatic Tensions
Belgrade accused Moscow of meddling in internal affairs and vowed not to bow to foreign pressure. The Yugoslav note offered to resolve disputes under international obligations and to return Soviet citizens, including alleged spies, if requested, while defending Yugoslav treatment of Russians.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Russia
Kremlin
Yugoslav
Coast Girds For Storm From Two-Day-Old Hurricane
Cape Hatteras braces for a sideswipe as Navy planes monitor a new storm forming in the Southern Atlantic. The cape faces high seas and strong winds as the hurricane belt shifts northward. Miami issues advisory No 1 on a tropical storm near the Leeward Islands about 1300 miles southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Cape Hatteras
Navy
North Carolina
Leeward Island
Congressmen To Feel How Economy Shoe Pinches
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson invites congressmen to discuss cuts in military spending affecting Army Navy and Air Force across the nation. Plans reportedly include shutting down three Navy yards and drastic reductions at others with civilian layoffs and installation closures. Senator Styles Bridges protested a 200 plus civilian job cut at Portsmouth Navy Yard and urged Johnson to meet all affected members.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Navy
Capitol
P.mouth
N. H
Long Beach
Calif
Charleston
Styles Bridges
Portsmouth Navy Yard
East Coast Center
Bridges
Congress
AFL Maps $16 Million War Chest For 1950 Elections
AFL President William Green announced a $16 million war chest for the 1950 elections aimed at defeating Senator Robert A. Taft and other "reactionaries" who backed the Taft Hartley Labor Law. He urged a $2 contribution from each of about 8 million members and pledged to oppose lawmakers who supported or did not repeal the law. He spoke at the Ohio Federation of Labor convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
AFL
William Green
Green
Taft
Ohio Federation of Labor
British teen conquers English Channel in swim
Philip Mickman an 18 year old British schoolboy swam the English Channel amid cheering by Shirley May France an American schoolgirl and channel aspirant who rode a speedboat alongside on Tuesday to urge him on and witness the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
England
Philip Mickman
Shirley May
France
Mickman
Buckingham Palace Rejects Iowa Gift of Longies for King
A Buckingham Palace official said it is unlikely King George VI would accept or wear a suit of long underwear, noting the king does not accept gifts from strangers except for a special reason. The gesture stemmed from a feud between Iowa journalist Patty Johnson and John Walter of the London Mirror, with Walter noting Iowa farmers wear long underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Patty John
Pascal Sr. Killed In Utah Bridge Crash Amid Bee Incident
Edwin A. Pascal Sr. of Cincinnati was killed and his wife and son seriously injured when their car crashed into a bridge near St. George Utah on Tuesday as the driver attempted to throw a bee from the car window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. George
Utah
Edwin A. Pascal Sr
Cincinnati
Here
Girl Killed To Seal Lips In Michigan Slaying
Nine year old Barbara Jean Aberl was found slain after warning she would expose her uncle Arthur Mayer 30 for indecent liberties Mayer killed himself after confessing to the slaying, as a large search effort with 600 scouts and 200 volunteers scoured Wayne County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecorse
Mich
Barbara Jean Aberl
Donald S. Leonard
Arthur Mayer
Henry Hawke
Mayer
Barbara Jean
Wayne County
Covington Girl Attacked. Suspect Held on Bond
A 14 year old Covington girl Ruth Turner crawled from a park with two bullet wounds and a throat gash after an attack she attributed to 28 year old Arnie Foutch. Turner, missing since August 9, led officers to Foutch who was arrested and remanded on a $10,000 bond.
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Covington
Ruth Turner
Arnie Foutch
Foutch
Radio Station Cancels Giveaways In FCC Move
In Jacksonville Florida station WJHP will drop all give away programs following an FCC ruling. Manager Speed Veal says the station will return to show business principles and stop buying audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Federal Communications Commission
Speed Veal
WJHP
Bones of St. Peter Found, Pope Expected to Announce
A Vatican source says Pope Pius XII will declare that bones found beneath St. Peter's Basilica likely belong to St. Peter. The proclamation is expected during the 1950 holy year after archaeologists confirm the casket matches the saint's remains.
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St. Peter
Rome
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Prince of the Apostles
Church of
St. Peter's
Sir Harry Lauder in Very Grave Condition
Sir Harry Lauder aged 79, famed Scots minstrel and composer, was reported in very grave condition at Lauder Hall Lanark shire. Doctors said he suffers from coronary thrombosis and uremia with his condition described as weaker than Monday.
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Strathhaven
Scotland
Sir Harry Lauder
Lauder Hall
Lanarkshire
Lauder
Harry
Fires force closures of Idaho national forests
Four major Payette National Forest fires char about 15000 acres. Officials shut Payette and part of Sawtooth forests to the public with travel limited to highways. Gov Robins imposed state land closures and camping and fishing bans along Payette river areas while crews of about 1600 fought the blazes.
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Mccall
Payette National Forest
Idaho
U. S. Forest Service
Payette National Forests
Secere
Boise
Sawtooth National Forest
C. A. Robins
Payette River
Banks
Joe Hessel
Payette Forest
Hessel
Hell's Canyon
Snake Riv
Idaho Labor Day Parade Promises Record Skilled Work
Idaho unions plan a Labor Day event September 5 to 11 with peak skilled trades employment expected since wartime years. Elmer F MelIntire cites a bright outlook for 1949 and warns no dark forecast for skilled labor. Floats and entries are planned for a downtown parade at 10 a.m. September 5 with a program at Caldwell Park after the march. T H Morris notes preparations and a trades council meeting on August 2 to finalize plans.
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Boise
Idaho
Elmer F. MelIntire
Idaho State Federation of Labor
T. H. Morris
The
Pocatello Central Labor Council
Caldwell Park
Seventh
Sts
bor _ lenderamave
Morris
Trades Council
Start Fair Here Sept 9
Dates for the North Bannock Fair at the local grounds are set for September 9 and 10, announced County Club Agent Mack H. Kennington after a county fair committee meeting. The group discussed housing, the premium book, ribbons, premiums, and concessions, with judges named for live stock, home economics, crops, and flowers.
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Mack H. Kennington
Fair Committee
Glen Kunkel
Albert Mylrose
Kennington
Burton Clintocales
William Butts
Fendon Jackson
Ralph E. Matthews
George Carlson
Jerry Hendricks
H. L. Glindeman
Wayne
Seek More Help On Hospital Bonds
Nearly 3200 Bannock county taxpayers signed petitions for a special hospital bond election announced by W. L. Phillips chairing a bond committee. The panel aims to complete work this week with help from Dr. E. N. Roberts Sam Dunn Clarence Lott Herman Levinson J. P. Halliwell and J. L. Craig urging local circulation in their blocks via a Chamber of Commerce call for volunteers.
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Bannock County
W. L. Phillips
E. N. Roberts
Sam Dunn
Clarence Lott
Herman Levinson
J. P. Halliwell
J. L. (Ledge) Craig
Phillips
Chamber of Commerce
Postal Pay Hike Hopes Boosted in House Action
A bare majority of House members used a rare rule to discharge the Rules Committee and bring to the floor a bill to raise postal workers pay by 150 dollars a year. The measure would boost pay for all full time postal workers except fourth class postmasters.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
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New York
Philip Murray
Murray
United Steelworkers of America
United States of America
Clarence B. Randall
Inland Steel Co
A. B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Randall
U.S
Comic Swamp
Lost Boy
Kiwanis
NEA Telephoto
Ernest Craig
Chicago
Uni
Craig
Boy Bests Channel
George
Son
John_ Walter
London Daily Mirror
Walter
Post
Hospital
Cahoon
Harry Lauder
Gravely III
North America
Stratton Meadows
Warm Springs
Circle End Creek
Boise Forest
Lynn Knight
W. B. Rice
Gov. Robins
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