General Admits Revealing Army Purchasing Plans
Maj. Gen. said to have disclosed the Army Corps purchasing plans while denying wrongdoing. He claimed plans were not secret and had appeared in at least one Renapaper. He testified to justify his actions and defended 38 years of service, while acknowledging possible mistakes.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corpu
Feldman
Renate* Investigations
Army
Secretary of the Army
Gray
James V. Hunt
Ay Feldman
Chiang Prepares Canton Defense Amid Communist Uprising Fears
Chiang Kai-shek arrived for civil war talks as Canton faces rumors of a Communist uprising. He convened the Emergency Council to plan South China defenses while officials debate a peacemove amid suspected mass arrests and arms smuggling.
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Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Formosa
Kwangtung Province
South China
Fires rage across Maine and Idaho forests with closures
Lightning sparked seven new blazes in Payette and Boise national forests prompting closures and travel restrictions as fires fueled by strong winds and drought push toward uncontrolled spread. In Maine drought conditions worsen with fires burning brush and timber land while Quebec crews halt a five mile wide advance toward villages north of Montreal.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Payette National Forest
Maine
Black Bills National Forest
South
Datkota Sho
Payette
Tml
E. B. Rice
Boise National
Sawtooth Forest
Joe Hesse
Austin H. Wilking
Quebec
Laurentian
Terrebonne Heights
Eincourt
Monteal
Soft Coal Operators and Union Resume Talks in W Va
Soft coal operators and United Mine Workers resumed contract talks in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for two hours. The session produced only a notice to reconvene at 14 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow. The negotiations, paused since August 11, involve contracts that expired in June.
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White Sulphur Springer
W. Va
United Mine Workers
House Vacation Plans Loom In Battle Over Session Length
Washington leaders proposed a 26 day House vacation ending September 2 with a resolution to pause the House during that period while the Senate remains in session. Both chambers would vote today on allowing no more than three days off at a time without the other chamber's approval. If the Senate blocks the plan, the House majority may pursue a two session weekly schedule with limited breaks. Also noted were unrelated local incidents including a bomb scare near Brooklyn and a police raid recovery of a dynamite stick, with youths involved and a rabbinical school in Brooklyn.
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Washington
House
Esterday
Senate
Sion
Brooklyn Jewleh
Brooklyn Bere
Stink Brostick
Teenagers Find Explosives on Subway Ride
In Retford Avenue and Dean Street a group of teenagers riding a subway were found carrying explosive devices. Authorities say the youths, about 300 students on vacation from school, faced intervention as one attempted to light the caps. Police secured the scene and investigated connections to a larger night-time incident in New Jersey and New York.
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Retford Avenue
Dean Street
Manly
Tn Hove
Laver
Homh
New
Pathe
New York
Kampeackh
Beothien
Subeay
Ainine
Explorer Moore Dies at Greenwich Hospital
Charles Arthur Moore age 69, chairman of Manning Maxwell and Moore, and famed explorer, died at Greenwich Hospital yesterday after a brief illness. He served as a member of the Commodore Perry expedition of 1810 which located and recovered the Cape York meteorite. Moore was connected to Greenwich and notable for his scientific exploration.
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Greenwich
Conn
Charles
Arthur Moore
Manning, Maxwell and Mone
Greenwich Hospital
Moore
Commodore Perry
Cape Tork
Senate Arms For Greece Turkey Iran Korea Philippines
Senate committees approved a $2.1 billion arms aid package for Greece and Turkey plus $327.64 million for Iran Korea and the Philippines, with amendments to push UN regulation of armament and allow Congress to halt aid if necessary. Wherry opposes foreign arms aid now while plans to curb the Western European program stir in the Senate. The bill faces further Senate debate and possible trimming before final passage.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippinia
Senate
Fon
Preaiaen Truman
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Philippines
Smith
United Nations
Vandenberg
F- Mich
Dulles
RNY
Congress
Tydings
D.md
Connally
D.-Tex
China
Flan
Congress Previews 1.5 Billion Defense Budget Cut
Washington AP reports Congress will hear Defense Secretary Louis Johnson outline a planned 1.5 billion cut to next year’s military budget. Navy likely bears the heaviest losses with ships yards at Charleston and Long Beach possibly closed, while Philadelphia and Hunters Point may stay open.
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Washington
Defense
Louis Johnson
Pentagon
Lough
Navy
Defense Establishment
Army
Air Force
Air Army
Capital Hill
Charlyton
N. C
Long Beach
Cal
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
Hunters Point
San Francisco
Congress
Johnson
National Defense Management Committee
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Democratic Rebels Eye 1952 Fight With Truman Split
Democratic Rebels threaten a renewed bid against the party leadership in 1952 if Southern supporters of the 1948 Truman slate are ousted for backing Gov J Strom Thurmond. Credentials chair Frank McHale leads a report to the national committee amid infighting over chairmanship and alignment with the regular ticket.
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Washington
Richiers
Democratic Party
National Committee
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Frank McHale
Indiana
Chiatman J. Monge
Chido
Willat MO Boyle, Jr
Kansas City
Merah
Baseball scoreboard partial lines from leagues and teams
The page shows scattered baseball box scores and league fragments from the National and American Leagues with team markers like Brooklyn St Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati and others. It lists player names Brenkien Kienen Pittshore and Peaton with unclear scores, plus city abbreviations and partial game notes.
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Brenkien
Brooklyn
St. Louie
Kienen
New Fork
Reeteth S. Pittshore
Priadelphia
Cincinnat
New Polk O
Lene
Peaton
Washing & Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Albany
Bierlin
Hartford
Wittamspor
Scranten
Tttew
FIM
Onis
Schoolboy Swims English Channel
English schoolboy Philip Mickman completed a swim across the English Channel early today after 22 hours and 12 minutes in the water. He started from Kings Dren seven miles northeast of Dever at 3 33 and reached shore to a warm welcome from supporters and local officials applauding his achievement.
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Dever
Wedneway
Philip Mickman
Kingsdren
Fire at New York hotel claims several firefighters
A blaze at the Jeane pinnaette Hotel in New York City injures no reported civilians but six to nine firefighters suffer smoke exposure as crews battle the basement fire. The fire disrupts streets and forces evacuations while teams work to extinguish the flames and determine the cause.
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Tere Enge
Graterdas
Jeane Pinnaette
St. Merit, Het & Iehemice
Atlantic Treaty In Effect Today
On the eve of the North Atlantic Treaty’s force, ten of twelve member nations met to plan the alliance structure. France deposits ratification today in Washington with President Truman due to sign, joining Portugal Italy Denmark Ireland and Norway among others as the treaty becomes binding.
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Washington
North Atlantic Alliance
Jgetern
Svuile Alianuie Loemly
France
United States
White House
Truman
State Department
Atlantic Power
Department
Council of 12
Natlons
George W. Perkins
Britain
Canada
Belgium
Netherlands
Portugal
Italy
Norway
Den
Iceland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Ireland
School Aid Showdown Reaches House Committee
A freshman Democrat, Representative Sims of South Carolina, has secured signatures from 19 of 25 committee members to force a meeting on federal aid for education. The move aims to reopen debate over aid distribution to private and church schools, a dispute stalled by church-state concerns.
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Washington
House
Sims
South Carolina
Lesinski
D.-Mich
Sim
Nixon
R-Cal
Auippine
Federal
Barden
Tex CL
Francis Cardinal Speilman
Hue
Heath
Epvirre
H T
All Europe Economic Plan Urged at Strasbourg Assembly
At Strasbourg the European Consultative Assembly heard British Conservatives and Socialists clash over Europe’s future. Hugh Dalton argued a continentwide economic plan is essential, while David Eccles promoted extending the sterling bloc and empire links as an alternative to full European planning. Paul Nevaud dismissed the EEC as a failure and urged a single Europewide market under a real European legislature.
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Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Europe
Hugh Dalton
David Eccles
Zoame
Eccles
Yugoslavia Signals Readiness to Settle With Moscow
Belgrade advances a stiff note to Moscow offering to end the feud and settle all disputed issues if the Soviet Union keeps hands off Yugoslavia. Tito’s regime would release imprisoned Russians and seek talks on broader tensions amid Cominform hostility and accusations of fascist threats.
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Tito
Moscow
Belgrade
Russia
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Cominform
atMarshal Tito
Red Army
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Czechoslovakia
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Wall Street
Gheorghi Gheorghiu-Dej
Tito's Envoy Talks With Aches on Aid
Tito's envoy, Washington, met with Deputy Undersecretary Dean Rusk for thirty minutes. He said the talks touched on American aid and the near East situation. The envoy noted discussions with Secretary Acheson and described Eastern European fortifications along the borders as a concern.
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Tito
Aches
Washington
Sava Keza- Unovic
Yurislavia
Ime
Dean Rusk
Jem Roasanovic
Alan
Sik
Rom
Acheson
Fue Jenslay
Hurricane developing off Florida navigates toward Atlantic
A developing hurricane near Florida moves northward along the Atlantic, with projected shifts in its path toward Cape Hatteras and the southeast coast. Officials monitor its trajectory as forecasters warn of possible coastal impacts and increased storm activity near Cape Cod and Savannah.
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House Armed Services Committee
Kearinza
Edwin W. Rawlings
Rawlinga
Lauris Norstad
Benedict Arnold
Norstad
Air Force Staff
van Zandt
R-Pa
Symington
Fiord Odlum
Odlum
Atlas Company
Consolidated-Waiter
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Howard O'Leary
Eny
Echo
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Voice OF the Record
Explorer
Schoolboy
New York Hotel
Andict
Allanty
Mitchell
Paul Nevaaud
European Econtonic Cooperation Adminisration
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Sith
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Miami
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Atlantin
Grady Nation
Awan
Puerta Farr
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Savannah
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