Navy Costs Aide For B 36 Influence Charges 500 Workers
United Press report in Washington said civilian workers at the Pocatello Naval Ordnance plant could drop from 589 to 80 as part of Secretary Louis Johnson’s civilian cutback. The plant, focused on overhaul of ordnance materiel, already trimmed 68 civilians before Sept 12, with naval personnel including a Marine noted.
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Pocatello Naval Ordnance Plant
United Press
Washington
Armed Services
Defense
Louis Johnson
Ordnance
Californian Navy aide suspended over explosive anonymous letter
Cedric Worth a 49 year old special assistant to undersecretary of the Navy Dan Kimball was suspended after admitting to House investigators he authored the explosive anonymous document alleging influence peddling in Air Force programs Worth testified he prepared it at the request of Representative Charles B Deane and that he discussed it with Glenn L Martin a Baltimore planemaker The case raises possible criminal charges for unauthorized disclosure of secret military information and centers on the B 36 program inquiry.
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Washington
Cedric Worth
Navy
Dan Kimball
House
Air Force
California
Worth
Department
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Charles B. Deane
N.C
Carl Vinson
National Defense
Bahama Islands Braced For Very Dangerous Hurricane
A hurricane warning extended through the Bahamas as the storm, moving at 20 mph with 100 mph winds, threatened to strike the chain within 48 hours. Miami forecaster Grady Norton warned the system was growing in strength and could be very dangerous.
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Miami
Fla
Bahama Island
Florida
Caribbean Sea
Harry
North Carolina
Peninsular State
Bahamas
Grady Norton
Senate votes to restore funds for power line
Senate-backed public power advocates won a 45 to 35 vote to restore House-approved funds for the Kerr Anaconda transmission line in the Pacific Northwest under the Bonneville Power Administration. Opponents lost ground after a 45 to 38 defeat on trimming Southwestern Power Administration funds.
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Washington
Interior Department
Truman
Northwest
Fepublic Power
Kerr-Anaconda
Pacific Northwest
Bonneville Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
General Clark to Lead Army Field Forces
Washington announces Gen. Mark Clark will succeed Gen. Jacob Devers as chief of Army field forces on September 30. Devers retires after 40 years of service with Clark moving from Sixth Army in San Francisco to lead field forces. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer will replace Clark as deputy chief of staff.
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Washington
Prt R Wee
Cied
Italy
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
Clark
Sixth Army
San Francisco
Albert C.ees
Republican W Jackson certified to Henrico County Dem Committee
In Richmond Virginia, with no other candidates, county election commissioners certified W Jackson to the Henrico County Democratic Committee on the basis of two vote in votes. Jackson is a Republican.
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Richmond
W. Jackson
Henrico County
Democratic Committee
Jackson
House Votes for Four-Week Recess as Senate Blocks Plan
House members approved a August 26 to September 21 recess to let the Senate catch up on legislation. The Senate rejected the plan 58 to 25, citing fears it would delay the country’s business. Senator Taft urged reconsideration hoping to spur final congressional action this year.
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Washington
ULP
House
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Pack To Hear Charge Monday In Ogden Murder
Rich ard Dix Pack 24 of Pocate faces first degree murder arraignment. Proceedings were continued from Wednesday to Monday so he can secure legal counsel. Judge J Quill Nebeker presided as Pack, a former sailor, is named as the confessed strangler of Shirley V. Scott 26 of Seattle.
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Ogden
Richard Dix Pack
Pocate
J. Quiil Nebeker
Pack
Shirley
Preston fair opens with three day program of exhibits and contests
Preston Franklin County hosts a three day 1949 fair starting at 1 p.m. with 4-H and Future Farmers of America judging at 10 a.m. on opening day. G L Wright chairs the event praising an outstanding showing featuring Milking Shorthorn cattle along with beef swine and horse events across Friday and Saturday.
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Preston
Franklin County
G. L. Wright
Opera House
Farmers of America
Fairgrounds
Wright
Realtor Kills Wife and Self in Minnesota
In Grand Marais Minnesota Lloyd N. Osborne a 48 year old Omaha realtor killed his wife and then took poison dying beside her Coroner Harold Nelson reported. The couple were found in a small cabin near Gateway Lodge on Hungry Jack Lake about 45 miles north of Grand Marais. The woman also age 48 was found axed choked and shot through the head.
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Grand Marais
Minn
Lloyd N. Osborne
Omaha
Harold Nelson
Nelson
Gateway Lodge
Here
Hungry Jack Lake
Abstinence Honors Margaret Truman with Life Membership
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union named Margaret Truman a life member for her influence on American youth. Although a total abstainer, she is not a regular member, the union says, noting life memberships are given to outsiders for notable action.
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Philadelphia
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Margaret Truman
Truman
The
WCTU
Voices Plea To Kiwanis In Idaho Banquet
Kiwanis International President J. Hugh Jackson urged aggressive citizenship during a Hotel Bannock banquet in Pocatello Idaho Falls area. He linked action to the Hoover Commission Report and urged Kiwanians to study it and offer support. About 50 Idaho Falls members attended.
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J. Hugh Jackson
Kiwanis International
Pocatello and
Idaho Falls
Bannock
Jackson
Commission
Protest Navy Cutback Draws 250 At Plant Meeting
About 250 employees at the Naval Ordnance Plant gathered at Trinity Parish Hall to oppose proposed personnel cuts. The meeting chaired by Frank J. Gracey of local 1720 IAM adopted a resolution urging Idaho and regional congressional delegations and Navy officials to block the reductions. Ed Brennan outlined plans to present data at the Western States Democratic Conference in San Francisco to aid Democratic leaders in contesting the cutback.
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Naval Ordnance Plant
Trinity Parish Hall
Frank J. Gracey
International Association of Machinists
Ed Brennan
Democratic State Committee
Idaho
Navy
Brennan
Democratic Conference
San Francisco
Lightning Strikes Transformer Causing Minor Power Outages
A lightning strike hit transformers in the 800 900 and 1000 blocks of North Tenth and Eleventh streets Wednesday night. Ida ho Power Co. says the strike caused minor damage with blown fuses but lines remaining intact, causing slight service interruptions.
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North Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Idaho Power Co
Parole Violator Nabbed After Week-Old Release
Robert Howarter a 19 year old parolee was arrested Wednesday night in the county jail for violating parole. He had been released last week with a condition to stay out of the state for one year.
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Robert Howarter
Juil
Vaughan Protege Denies Steering Hunt Clients
Senate investigators prepared to hear from Vaughan and Maj. John Maragon as they probe an alleged influence network. Joe F. Major denied steering clients to James V. Hunt amid questions about Vaughan’s role in government matters and prior linked cases including a San Bruno Tanforan permit and Perth Amboy mollasses firm controversy.
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Washington
Joe F. Major
War Assets Administration
Harry H. Vaughan
James V. Hunt
Major
Truman
Senate
Vaughan
Clyde R. Hoey
N. C
Maragon
Te Capital
San Brurio
Calif
Perth Amboy
N. J
Navy crew to receive brewery freedom in Eastbourne visit
The crew of the destroyer Samuel B. Roberts will be granted freedom of a local Eastbourne brewery during a five day port visit next week, announced Wednesday.
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Eastbourne
England
Samuel B. Roberts
Tito’s stand against Moscow shocks Western diplomats
Western diplomats said Tito’s note to Russia was the strongest ever and meant to deny Kremlin influence over Yugoslavia. He urged respect for Yugoslavia’s internal affairs and offered to repatriate about 12,000 Soviet citizens. They saw no real conciliatory gesture from the Kremlin and noted Yugoslavia’s demand for equality in any settlement.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Kremlin
Clark Sworn Associate Justice as McGrath Becomes Attorney General
Tom C. Clark of Texas was sworn in as associate justice of the Supreme Court in the White House rose garden with Chief Justice Vinson presiding. J Howard McGrath, former Rhode Island senator, took the oath as attorney general at the Justice Department watched by President Truman and about 300 people.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Texas
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
Clark
Fred M. Vinson
White House
Truman
Vinson
Justice Department
McGrath
Rhode Island
Hope Fades For Lost Boy
National Guard withdraws two thirds of troops from search for three year old Larry Coleman who disappeared five days earlier in bear infested woods near Aitkin Minnesota. About 35 soldiers and 700 volunteers had been scouring swamps and woodlands for the son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Coleman.
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Aitkin
Minn
National Guard
Larry Coleman
Kenneth Coleman
New Brighton
Kentuckian Offers Marriage For Bail Money In Jail Plot
Earl Underhill a 23 year old Kentuckian held on car theft charges says he is innocent and offers to marry any girl who will post 1000 dollars to bail him out. He lacks funds to fight the charges in Paris Tennessee.
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Paris
Tenn
UPI
Earl Underhill
Defends Universities Right to Employ Communist Teachers
Harold Taylor president of Sarah Lawrence College argued at the National Student Association Congress in Champaign Illinois that American universities should be allowed to employ Communists as teachers. He warned that fear of Communist faculty betrays student faith and ignores how students learn in college. Approximately 1000 delegates from 350 colleges attended the opening session at the University of Illinois.
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Champaign
Ill
Harold Taylor
Sarah Lawrence College of
New York
Taylor
National Student Association
University of Illinois
Chiang Kai-Shek Appeals Fight to Last for World War
Chiang Kai-shek urged western Chinese provinces to resist Communism to the end as he prepared to move from Canton to Chungking. He spoke at the nationalist capital and mobilized the government’s final southwest defense.
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Hong Kong
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Canton
Chiang
Chungking
Truman Proclaims Atlantic Pact In Force At White House
President Truman proclaimed the North Atlantic Security Pact in force and urged the 12 allied nations to rededicate themselves to world peace. He assured the Soviet Union that the treaty aims to prevent war and is not an act of aggression. Ratifications were completed by Denmark France Italy Portugal and others and formal ratification declared.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Soviet Union
White House
Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Louis Johnson
Denmark
France
Italy
Portugal
Acheson
United States
Britain
Canada
Belgium
Norway
Iceland
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Mr. Truman
Mal
United Nations
Forest Fires Near Control in Payette National Forest
Two of four major fires in Payette National Forest reached under control as of Wednesday night. Forest Service official F. W. Gedden reported a good chance to bring the Hell's Canyon blaze under control today. Warm Springs and Stratton Meadows areas were definite under control.
Czech Communist plan to seize Catholic clergy control
Prague reports the Czech government will ask the national assembly to pass a sweeping bill next month granting state control over Roman Catholic clergy. The measure would allow salary payments by the state and require approval of priestly and higher church nominations, with seminaries placed under government oversight.
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Prague
National Assembly
Polio wave shows tapering in U S report
The U S Public Health Service said the polio epidemic is tapering off with 3 442 cases reported last week, an increase of 264 over the prior week, the smallest rise in six weeks.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Wealthy Widow Mimi Boomhower Vanishes From Bel Air
Los Angeles police admit bafflement over the six day disappearance of Mimi Boomhower a wealthy vivacious widow from her Bel Air home. Captain Emmett Jones speculates she could be the victim of foul play or may have fled for elopement or a private trip. Friends doubt she would leave without warning.
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Los Angeles
Mimi Boomhower
Bel Air
County Commissioner Jack Allets Admitted for Check Up
Commissioner III Jack Allets was admitted to Pocatello General Hospital on Wednesday for a general medical check up, as reported by Commission Chairman W H Pete Jensen.
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Jack Allets
Pocatello General Hospital
Commission
W. H
Pete) Jensen
Mickman Rested After 23 Hour Channel Swim
Dover England reports Philip Mickman failed to sleep after his 23 hour 48 minute cross channel swim. His trainer advised the best rest for an 18 year old is to swim again, and Mickman went back to the pool.
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Dover
England
Philip Mickman
Mickman
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