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There
ia a
nationwide counterfeit warnlq
toniaht -- the diacloaure of a new false
■oney
1aa1.
Recent newe
ha ■
told of a coanterteit
■ ob
operatiDI
in lew York: but that i1n•t the only one. Tonight'•
new•
tell• of another ou\fit
■anufacturin1
bad
■ oD•J
in Chicago - phoney ca1h that
haa been appeariDI ia
widely aeparated areaa, all the way out to the
Pacific Coaat.
The Secret SerYice report• that t•o
P••••••
of the Chioago counterfeit are under
arre1t,
bat tie
10Yernaent deteotiYea baYe
aot yet been able
to
ti_.
th• plaat where it ia
■ ade
- and,
uattl tbe priatl.._
aaobiaery baa been
1ei1ed..,.
the output••
■a,
oontin•••
Tb• Secret SerYice
••ti ■at•
that tbe
■■
a ■ ouat
in the hand• of the public
■ igbt
run into
•ailliona of dollar••• The
work■anabip
ia deacribed
a1
excellent, olo•• oopiea
ot
real
■ oney.
Tti•r• are
~
difference• between~•• lort and Chicago Yarietie1,
but they ha•• tbia in•••••
coa■ on
- they are tea
and twenty dollar billa.
IIPIQ ■AQI
A aew break in that faaoaa espionage ca1e.
A late atory
fro■
Waabington
infor■e
u1
tbat~bittak■r
Cbaabera haa brought forward several hundred copie1 of
eeoret
docu ■ ente
atolea
fro■
the State
Depart■ent
bJ
th•
ied under1round.)
Senior ldltor
of
Tl■•
M•aaaine,
who
aad•
•••••tional cbara••
of
red
11pionage in tbe
gowern■eat.~e
acoa1ed Alger
11 . . ,
a toraer official of the State Departaeat, aad
la ao
beia1
aaea
by
Biaa
to the tune of S••••ty-fi••
tao••••d dollar• tor libel.)
The eto17, ae 11••• out, by the
ooa■ itt••
oa
aa-Aaericaa
&otiYitiea
toniebt,
ia
that the
••oret
doouaeata ••r• oopied
OD
■ iorofil ■
and concealed oa
a
far■
owned by lhittaker Cbaabere at
le•t■ inater,
Maryland.
T
be{coa■ittee
tell• bow Cbaabera took
inYeatigator, Robert Striblia,
~
~ )
hi ■
to the
far■
bou•e,Aand l•
bi ■
to a dried
pu ■ pkin.
Be
lifted
the cap off the
pu ■ pkin
and took
fro■
the hollow space inside• roll•
of
■ icrofil■.}
lltlQIAGE -
2
These w
e
re hurried to laahington - where at
laa\
report■,
they were still being reprodaoed.
(
The
■ icrofila
i•
ahown to include all aor~• or aecret
doou ■enta
ot
the State
Depart■ent
)
-
like confidential
co ■■unicationa
between the Secretary of State and
Aaerioan
A■tia1aadora.
Tb•
oo ■■ ittee
1\at•• tbat
Ulla
11th• final oonclu•i•• proof of red
■■J ■i
eapiona1•
la tbe State Departaent. The clincbiq ••idenoe -
oat of the
pa■pki•'• ■ oath.
a
Ber• ia/atill later an1l•. Alier Biaa,
aeo ■■ li
by
lbittater
Cba■bera,
ba1
Ju ■ t ■ tated
that
bi ■
1•"1••
toaad oat aboat tke
■ iorotil■
oopi•• of
■eoret
doou ■ enta
- and that be p••••d tb• word along t• tie
Congre ■ 1ional oo ■■ itt••·
QQIPID MlSSLil
liere'a a vision, whicb aouoda lite tantaa7,
io the•••
real■
or
the puab-butteo
war.
It
e■ anatea
tr ... General lclaroe7,
bead
ot
tbe
aerial
■ aterial co ■■ and
- who ordinarily ian't a
drea ■er.
General
laclaroey
aaid today t h a t ~
Puabbattoo war ia not juat around tbe corner, aad ,~-
-
went
oo to predict - guided
■ iaailea
na•l1at1q
b7 the
atara.
Tbe General pointed out that the probl•• ia
aoouracJ.
low
to 1•i•e tbe 1uided
■ iuile
oorreo\lJ
~• a diataat taraet.
•Tne
pr•i1ia1
aolatioa• ~•
aal4
••••• to be
auto■atic
cele1tlal ne•i1atloa.•
Tb•
■l•1lle
would
c~•l7
a
1••&•'
tbat
woul•
A
aiabt
the atara. •An
auto ■atio
oeleatial ••l1atioa
a7at•••
he
explain,,
•would do the Job of a 1kipper
on a aailin& •eaael.•
lhicb ral••• a 1tartllng vision ot tlyiDI
ato ■ ic bo ■ba
guided b7 the atara.
IILITABY
IIIP91it
In lishington today, the high bras
s
was told
to keep quiet -
.
this time on the subject of the
ailitary budget. Pre ident Truaan bas•• sent sharp
orders, which today were passed around
by
defenee
s.cretar7 Forrestal to the
Ar■y,
Navy and Air Force.
!he Pre
s
ident ba
s
li ■ ited
the Defense
Budaet
to fifteen billion dollars, which tile top
oo ■ mand
tbinta
is - not enou1h. lapeciall7 fl7in1
&A"C. .,,--~
tL..
~ ~
~
~ - - - - ~
officer.I,
r
want
that eventy
group Air
rorce;
lbile
the fifteen billion dollar budget will not
per■ it ■ ore
than tift7 or fifty-one groupe.
The hi&h brasa bas not
been protain1
out loud in public. But their pri•ate
co ■
laiats
b•••
been
leaking out - accidentally or deliberately.
Complaint
~
- that the fifteen billions are not eaougb
ta for adequate national defense.
Hence today•
~
pre
s
idential order -
·
top
talking about the budget.
SOBSTITOTE
ICBAELANGELO
--------------------------
A
United St
a
tes
N
a•y
cruiser is to bring a
statue to this country -- a
s
culpture by Michaelangelo.
A
replica, a
s ■ aller
version of the giant eighteeD toot
DaTid, being brought here on loan -- to be placed
OD
exhibition at the lational Gallery in laahingtoa.
Michaelangelo's Da•id, the laraer •eraioa, •••
an astoniahin& exploit.
T
he ator7 is told ho• in
Florence they had a hag• block of aarble, od4
iD
shape;
and wanted
so ■ ething
don• with it -- though ita
tor■
waa auch aa to be a probl•• for a aoulptor.
An ear.lier
■aster
tried his band at the Job, bat gaYe it up.
~o
the huge chunk of
■ arble
la7 for forty 7eara -- a hard••
task than •••r, beoau•• it was partly oarTed.
Then Michaelana•lo took the aatter in
haad --
and aolTed the problea of the cramped and twisted••••
of marble -- carTing it into the colossal ua•id.
In
doing this, be fashioned the replica, which •ill
seen in Washington.
tlRIA-~
The latest froa laa•ington -- Preai••nt
Truaan
and larearet pla7ing the••*•• piano.
Ia
a father aad daughter duet they rattled
ott
ao■etbla1
good and old-taahionecl -- the Jean7 Lind Polka.
Thia
i•
the headline
tr•
the dinner 1i•en
bJ
tbe
lational Presa Club toni1bt -- a tather-daa1bter
~fit-r.-~
I A ~ - ~ ~ •
~•••""~ Hitherto the Pr••• Club baa bad it• affair•
tor father• am aona. bat
••e
father•
co ■plal•••
.
-- baYilll
oal7 dau1htera, lite Preaideat
Tr•••• tor
eza■ple.
So they were tbe
'
chiet ••••ta at toai1bt••
oelebratioa, aad beadliaed the oooaaion with a
aualcal outbreak. Dau1bter •ar1aret la of ooarae
a
ainger, but ahe caa play the piaao too aad did
toni1ht aloac with the Preaident.
IIAIIII
B•r•'• a new kind of buain•••• a pri••t•
weather bureau, a
oo ■pany
in Boatoa that ••11•
iatoraation
and
prediction, of rain and abine,
ator■
aad aaow.
Of courae, tbe go•ernaeat weather bur••• 4oea
that too - but the priYate concern p~rtora• a apeolal
job.
There are two partner•, Joha lallaoe aad
Ja■e•
•••••••••their ideatit7 11••• a ol•• to the •bole
tbi~. Jou lallaoe
waa a
••Jor la th• Air loroe
4ar1a1 tb•
war,•
■eteoralo1i1t
who worked oat~•
1reat probl•• of tb• •l••••t• that oonfroate4
D-D•J
ia•••loa of Eraao~.
Al10 oa tbe weather prediotlo•• for the
t111•i
C
that oarrie4 th•
ato■ is bo ■b
to
llroahi■a.
~
Ju••
laa1a •••
a ••raeaat whoa• experieaoe •••
la the aorth~aettiaa •P wartiae weather atationa la
I
Labrador and ~affia Ialaad.
After th• war waa o•er,
·
th•
for■ er
••Jor •••
the
for■er
aergeaat were ooatroated ~y tbe probl••
ta■ iliar
to
■any
an ex-G.I. la the 1er•ioe, they
ha•
, , , ,
••• 2
b••• traiaed in• lot of apeoiali1ed taowledge, had
aoquired a •kill. So what to do about it?
Tb•J aot together and ••t up in buaine•• in
Boatoa •• weather aerohanta, goin1 aroaad
••lllac
tbeir produot.
!bey
oontraoted to proYide
■ore
detail1,
■or•
1peoiali1ed intoraatioa than ia oontaiaed ia the
reaular
report ■
ot the weather bureau.
Th•J 1ot buai••••
fro ■
tb• Loa1 Ialand lallroa•
wbioh, laat year,
•u
oaa1ht bJ a bllaaard, \raia
aerYioe badly
i ■peded
- atora warniq aot far eaoa1l
ia adYanoe.
!nother ouatoaer
ia a
oontraotor, who
1•t• aa ad•anoe notice ot aa7 1uddea
tr••••
·
•
•~iol •
•1•
apoil newl7-poared ooncrete.
a
oaad7
oo■paa1
waata
warainc of beat wa•••• beoau•• cbocolate1 oaa•t be
packed when tbe
tber■o ■eter
bit• ei1bt7. Tb• two
foraer Air loroe weather abarka got a Job
fro ■ a ■••
ln1land 7aohtaaaa, who••• oat to wia a aailin1 race.
Be paid
th•■
to predict the direotioa and the velocity
ot
th• wind
otf
Marblehead. Be won the race.
IQIDIBLIII
In a Canadian law co•rt, a deoi1ion waa giYtn
today in what certainly ia - a b
o
rderline caae.
Marcel
lacbabee waa found guilty of Yiolating the tor•i1a
exchange re1ulation1 of Canada.
The technicalitl••
••r•
a bit abatru1e, but the borderline a1pect i1
graphic and
dra ■ atic.
larcel operate• a 1rocer7 atore aituated right
aaaot
on tbe boundar7 between Canada and tbe Unit••
Stat•••
The borderliae run• r~bt tbrou1b the
■ iddl•
of
laroel'• arooery atore. lben larcel
1tand1
behini
bi• oouater, be
i•
in
Ca ■ ada-whtle
the
cu1to ■er1
aaroaa
tbe oounter~in the Uaited Stat•••
So
laroel, ia
~
pa11ia1
oat the dail7 1rocerie1, really doe••• export
~••i•••••
lhioh al10 prowide1 po11ibilitie1
of
forei1•
exohan1• Yiolation1-Canadian aad
! ■ erioan ■ oae7.
Today Marcel waa
-
gi•••
hi• choice of a
year
la
Jail or
a
1even hundred dollar tine - a fine that •o•ld
eat
up
coneiderabl• profit of that borderline grooer7
atore.
1001
B•r••• a ••rnina - that the
boo■
••1
be aboat
over.
It
eaaaatea
froa a Harvard eoonoaiat,
Profeaaor tioider. ie tella bu•i•••••en to get read7
tor a receaaion.
Thia, he advi•••• doea not
aeea
to
•• iaaineat,
not right
away.
But the preaeat
boo■,
,aaed
oa iaflatioa, ia about over,
aad a
alaap aa1
oo■e
- wbioi coaaervative baaineaa ••• aboald be
prepared tor. So
••1•
the profeaaor.
.
1aog11 ■a
!
•114
1hootia1 affra7 ia a baa ia
T•••••••• -
beoauae ot tbe ••1regation iaaae.
A aegro aat do••
beaid• a white•••• aad the7 1ot into aa arg••••t - the
wbit• aan deaandin1 that the ••1ro lea•• the ,eat.
Tb• ••1r•1atioa ia•a•
oaae
to a oliaax, •b•• botl
ire• piatola,
wil' aa4 tbeJ
~
aad atarted 1hootln1. Th•l•
ala•••
•••oee••• ia hittin1 other pa••••••••
■ 01tl7--la
a f•an\io aoeae of
'
terror aboard the
•ollla1 ba1. Tb• •bite
■aa
••• •o•aiei, aai ae ••••
fl•• other people.
Toai1bt ,oth 1•a-ti1lter1 ••• la
gosx,
BICA
An explanation ia gi•en today
ot
a
re■artable
pbeno■enon
·•nation aboliahing ita aray.
Tbe oouatrr
- Coata Bica,
Central
Aaerioa.
Tb~n tbe deer•• to ent
tbe
ar■r
ia the aore aurpriain1 becauae the preaent
1o~ern■ ent
took power•• a reault
ot
a recent
ar■ed
reYolution. throwin& out the preYioua Preaideat an•
puttin1 iD a new one.
TodaJ Preaident r11aere1
re■arked
that the
allitarr toroe which placed
hi ■
in power oonaiat1 of
or•1nar7 citisen1 wbo toot up
ar■ 1
to oYertbro• a
■ilitari1t
rea/ie~
1upported bJ
Co■■ani1t1.
Solt'•
oalr
natural for thi1
ar■y
ot oiYilian1 to go
~o ■ e
•h•• \be
war la o•er.
Lite the
A■ erioaa
olti•••• G.I'• after
Yictor7 in the Second lorld lar.-
10
••1•
th~ new
J
Pre1ideat
ot
Coata Bica.
He do•• not beli••e that the •••11 central
A■ erioan
Bepublic need•
an ara, -
tb• lational Polio•
rorce will be 1utficient. MoreoYer, he
••1•
that••
aray
i•
dangerou1 - the
••1
thing• uaually
10
in Latia
A■ erica.
•why,• be a,ka, •should profeaaional
■ ilitary
~AITA IJCA
2
oliqu•• arro1ate to th••••l••• the right to aullifJ
th• will of the people aa expr••••d at the poll•t•
rurtheraore, aa
ar■J
ia •x~•n•i•• - and the
•~••J •••••
will
10
into publio aohoola and education.
Coata lioa, in the aountaina
ot
Central
laerioa, ha• loa1 b••• taown •• the ao•t enli1~t•••• of
Latia-laerioaa l•p•blioa, aad aow prodao•• what
oertaialJ
1•
a aoweltJ ia \bl• poat war worl• - \~•
ara, a~oli•he4.
[OLLQl~§IA
BICA
In other parta of Central Aaerica things are
not
•o
••rene,
aa ia
indicated
by
late
newa
of
aerial
1unfire againat California boata out tuna-tiablng.
Three tuna-boata were looting for
ga■ e
fiab
seventeen
■ ilea
off the coast of licaragua,
wbea
a plan• fl•• over and
■acbine-gunned the■•
lobodJ
bart apparently, but plentJ of excit••••.
'I'll
Skipper• figured, what undoabtedlJ •••
t,be trut,h -- tbat the Nicaraguan plane aistook
thea
for •••••l• of rewolut1onista. They broke oat their
Aaerican
flag•
in
a
hurry, whereupon the
plane
fl••
off - after
aaking
the
■ iatate
ot
flguriq that the
taaa
tiaber■ ea
were
on tbei~ ••Y to land
iaaar1••t•
on the coaat of
licaragua.
l
be
latest
fro ■
China states that the
Nationalist Governaent bas thrown one hundred and fift7
thousand fresh troops into the battle sound of ~ucbow --
the great railroad center, which aurrendered to the
Chin•••
Red
Ar■7.
(word
fro■
Banking ia
that
nearly a
■ lllion
soldier• are in de1peaate battle, a1 the 1•4•
try to dri•e to the Yangtae -- the Manking-~han1hai
Ri••rlioe. )
aoat.b
raahi•1
froa
,
...
of t.be
ID ·••hiaatoa, la4••· Cbi••· . .
~~--~
••4• her
plea to4a7 - •i•itla1 Seoretar7 of State laraball at t.~•
lalter Ree4 Boapital, where the aecretar7 la h••iq a
••41oal check up.
Th•J had a loq talt,
■ore
than
t~r••••Dd•a•half boar• - with the wife of the China••
war-leader
pre ■ entin1
her
arau ■ ent
for all oat Aaerioaa
ai& aaaioat the Reda.
lhat ••• the reault?
ladaae
Cbian1 Iai-Shek aa7a -
•1ncouraging.• Then talking to newsaen,
1be
qualified
tbat
by
addina:
•1
would like to••• anybody who baa
•••n General Marehall,
wbo
baa oot
been
eacour•1••••
I
I, 1,
The Uaite4 latioaa h••• proloqed the lite
et,
t~e little !!•••bl7, tbe •••11 ver.aion of the
1..•••ral
a1aeabl7s,
authorized to •••tat
••1
ti ■•
aad ooaal4er.
-
aa, queatioa.
The purpoae of the little
•••••bly
i•
-
-
to do aoaethia1 aboat tbe 8o•i•t ••to, wbiob ao
oft.ea
teadlook• tbe SeouritJ
Council.
T~•
So•ieta
N
~1\terlJ oppoaed ~o tbe
idea, aad
todaJ ta Pari1 all
11&
led wot••
were
oaat
a1aiut•-
tb•
otura la iawor.
I
j11LJrt
The Berlin airlift
&iYea
ua the lateat
tbia1
in
aYiation - jet propelled aaowplowa.
One diffioaltJ
ot
winter -
ti ■ •-flying
coa• when bli1aarda bury tbe
air~aae-raawaya deep under dritta
ot
white.
Bat tbe
airlift baa found the answer - jet ayiation.
Tb•1
■ount
a Jet ti1htar plane oa • tract, •••
driw• aloa1 witb t~• jet •n1in• goia1 - 10 tbat the
,1a•t
fro■
the exhaaat hi\a the 1aow oa the ra•••J•
O••
feature of Jet ia the
i
■•••••lJ
hi1h
te■perat•r•
of
tbe exhauat and the
tre■eacloa1
foroe with whioh
i~•
1••••
are driY~D - th• power that oaa propel a
pl•••
~·•"
at~••p•r•oaio 1peed.
So yoa oaa
1■•&1••
what happ•••
to ti•
aaow-baat oa a raaway, when
hit
by
tb•
tier,
• i
~
.
t
r •• o .
.
J• •
Today o•• &ir Force offioer aaid:•L•t ••r ••o••
t~••• 1ad1•t• will
■elt
or blow away
tb•
anow aa4 drJ
t~• raawaya all ia one operation.
They'll do
it.
h•
t ••
t,b.
tr"cka
can
driY•
up and
clown.•
a4cle4, ••• ta•
•
CHEWING GU
The
n
w
puppet
ime
n
th
e
Sovi
t
·
ect
or
of B
e
rlin
i
n
the
j
ob
with
prompt
cti
n,
making
laws. Th
'
s bec
am
e
e
vident
when today
a
German
new pap
r re
o
rter
was
,
top~d by
a
po
liceman in
t he
o
v
i
et z
or,
e
.
hat
w
s
hi
·
off enc e
?
He
w
a
s
chewing
gum.
The
Red p
liceman told him
sternly:
"Chewing
g
um is A
m
erica. It is now against the law here.•
The Berlin crisis is focused on that new
puppet administration in the Soviet zone, and its
fir
s
t decree
are directed again
r.
t American influences
-- one edict being
against
chewing gum.
I don't
know
that
munching
jaws
are the typic 1
symbol
of our
Am
e
rican culture, but the Reds appear to think so.
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Y"'-
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LTP.1948.12.03i.pdf
LTP.1948.12.03ii.pdf
ia a
nationwide counterfeit warnlq
toniaht -- the diacloaure of a new false
■oney
1aa1.
Recent newe
ha ■
told of a coanterteit
■ ob
operatiDI
in lew York: but that i1n•t the only one. Tonight'•
new•
tell• of another ou\fit
■anufacturin1
bad
■ oD•J
in Chicago - phoney ca1h that
haa been appeariDI ia
widely aeparated areaa, all the way out to the
Pacific Coaat.
The Secret SerYice report• that t•o
P••••••
of the Chioago counterfeit are under
arre1t,
bat tie
10Yernaent deteotiYea baYe
aot yet been able
to
ti_.
th• plaat where it ia
■ ade
- and,
uattl tbe priatl.._
aaobiaery baa been
1ei1ed..,.
the output••
■a,
oontin•••
Tb• Secret SerYice
••ti ■at•
that tbe
■■
a ■ ouat
in the hand• of the public
■ igbt
run into
•ailliona of dollar••• The
work■anabip
ia deacribed
a1
excellent, olo•• oopiea
ot
real
■ oney.
Tti•r• are
~
difference• between~•• lort and Chicago Yarietie1,
but they ha•• tbia in•••••
coa■ on
- they are tea
and twenty dollar billa.
IIPIQ ■AQI
A aew break in that faaoaa espionage ca1e.
A late atory
fro■
Waabington
infor■e
u1
tbat~bittak■r
Cbaabera haa brought forward several hundred copie1 of
eeoret
docu ■ ente
atolea
fro■
the State
Depart■ent
bJ
th•
ied under1round.)
Senior ldltor
of
Tl■•
M•aaaine,
who
aad•
•••••tional cbara••
of
red
11pionage in tbe
gowern■eat.~e
acoa1ed Alger
11 . . ,
a toraer official of the State Departaeat, aad
la ao
beia1
aaea
by
Biaa
to the tune of S••••ty-fi••
tao••••d dollar• tor libel.)
The eto17, ae 11••• out, by the
ooa■ itt••
oa
aa-Aaericaa
&otiYitiea
toniebt,
ia
that the
••oret
doouaeata ••r• oopied
OD
■ iorofil ■
and concealed oa
a
far■
owned by lhittaker Cbaabere at
le•t■ inater,
Maryland.
T
be{coa■ittee
tell• bow Cbaabera took
inYeatigator, Robert Striblia,
~
~ )
hi ■
to the
far■
bou•e,Aand l•
bi ■
to a dried
pu ■ pkin.
Be
lifted
the cap off the
pu ■ pkin
and took
fro■
the hollow space inside• roll•
of
■ icrofil■.}
lltlQIAGE -
2
These w
e
re hurried to laahington - where at
laa\
report■,
they were still being reprodaoed.
(
The
■ icrofila
i•
ahown to include all aor~• or aecret
doou ■enta
ot
the State
Depart■ent
)
-
like confidential
co ■■unicationa
between the Secretary of State and
Aaerioan
A■tia1aadora.
Tb•
oo ■■ ittee
1\at•• tbat
Ulla
11th• final oonclu•i•• proof of red
■■J ■i
eapiona1•
la tbe State Departaent. The clincbiq ••idenoe -
oat of the
pa■pki•'• ■ oath.
a
Ber• ia/atill later an1l•. Alier Biaa,
aeo ■■ li
by
lbittater
Cba■bera,
ba1
Ju ■ t ■ tated
that
bi ■
1•"1••
toaad oat aboat tke
■ iorotil■
oopi•• of
■eoret
doou ■ enta
- and that be p••••d tb• word along t• tie
Congre ■ 1ional oo ■■ itt••·
QQIPID MlSSLil
liere'a a vision, whicb aouoda lite tantaa7,
io the•••
real■
or
the puab-butteo
war.
It
e■ anatea
tr ... General lclaroe7,
bead
ot
tbe
aerial
■ aterial co ■■ and
- who ordinarily ian't a
drea ■er.
General
laclaroey
aaid today t h a t ~
Puabbattoo war ia not juat around tbe corner, aad ,~-
-
went
oo to predict - guided
■ iaailea
na•l1at1q
b7 the
atara.
Tbe General pointed out that the probl•• ia
aoouracJ.
low
to 1•i•e tbe 1uided
■ iuile
oorreo\lJ
~• a diataat taraet.
•Tne
pr•i1ia1
aolatioa• ~•
aal4
••••• to be
auto■atic
cele1tlal ne•i1atloa.•
Tb•
■l•1lle
would
c~•l7
a
1••&•'
tbat
woul•
A
aiabt
the atara. •An
auto ■atio
oeleatial ••l1atioa
a7at•••
he
explain,,
•would do the Job of a 1kipper
on a aailin& •eaael.•
lhicb ral••• a 1tartllng vision ot tlyiDI
ato ■ ic bo ■ba
guided b7 the atara.
IILITABY
IIIP91it
In lishington today, the high bras
s
was told
to keep quiet -
.
this time on the subject of the
ailitary budget. Pre ident Truaan bas•• sent sharp
orders, which today were passed around
by
defenee
s.cretar7 Forrestal to the
Ar■y,
Navy and Air Force.
!he Pre
s
ident ba
s
li ■ ited
the Defense
Budaet
to fifteen billion dollars, which tile top
oo ■ mand
tbinta
is - not enou1h. lapeciall7 fl7in1
&A"C. .,,--~
tL..
~ ~
~
~ - - - - ~
officer.I,
r
want
that eventy
group Air
rorce;
lbile
the fifteen billion dollar budget will not
per■ it ■ ore
than tift7 or fifty-one groupe.
The hi&h brasa bas not
been protain1
out loud in public. But their pri•ate
co ■
laiats
b•••
been
leaking out - accidentally or deliberately.
Complaint
~
- that the fifteen billions are not eaougb
ta for adequate national defense.
Hence today•
~
pre
s
idential order -
·
top
talking about the budget.
SOBSTITOTE
ICBAELANGELO
--------------------------
A
United St
a
tes
N
a•y
cruiser is to bring a
statue to this country -- a
s
culpture by Michaelangelo.
A
replica, a
s ■ aller
version of the giant eighteeD toot
DaTid, being brought here on loan -- to be placed
OD
exhibition at the lational Gallery in laahingtoa.
Michaelangelo's Da•id, the laraer •eraioa, •••
an astoniahin& exploit.
T
he ator7 is told ho• in
Florence they had a hag• block of aarble, od4
iD
shape;
and wanted
so ■ ething
don• with it -- though ita
tor■
waa auch aa to be a probl•• for a aoulptor.
An ear.lier
■aster
tried his band at the Job, bat gaYe it up.
~o
the huge chunk of
■ arble
la7 for forty 7eara -- a hard••
task than •••r, beoau•• it was partly oarTed.
Then Michaelana•lo took the aatter in
haad --
and aolTed the problea of the cramped and twisted••••
of marble -- carTing it into the colossal ua•id.
In
doing this, be fashioned the replica, which •ill
seen in Washington.
tlRIA-~
The latest froa laa•ington -- Preai••nt
Truaan
and larearet pla7ing the••*•• piano.
Ia
a father aad daughter duet they rattled
ott
ao■etbla1
good and old-taahionecl -- the Jean7 Lind Polka.
Thia
i•
the headline
tr•
the dinner 1i•en
bJ
tbe
lational Presa Club toni1bt -- a tather-daa1bter
~fit-r.-~
I A ~ - ~ ~ •
~•••""~ Hitherto the Pr••• Club baa bad it• affair•
tor father• am aona. bat
••e
father•
co ■plal•••
.
-- baYilll
oal7 dau1htera, lite Preaideat
Tr•••• tor
eza■ple.
So they were tbe
'
chiet ••••ta at toai1bt••
oelebratioa, aad beadliaed the oooaaion with a
aualcal outbreak. Dau1bter •ar1aret la of ooarae
a
ainger, but ahe caa play the piaao too aad did
toni1ht aloac with the Preaident.
IIAIIII
B•r•'• a new kind of buain•••• a pri••t•
weather bureau, a
oo ■pany
in Boatoa that ••11•
iatoraation
and
prediction, of rain and abine,
ator■
aad aaow.
Of courae, tbe go•ernaeat weather bur••• 4oea
that too - but the priYate concern p~rtora• a apeolal
job.
There are two partner•, Joha lallaoe aad
Ja■e•
•••••••••their ideatit7 11••• a ol•• to the •bole
tbi~. Jou lallaoe
waa a
••Jor la th• Air loroe
4ar1a1 tb•
war,•
■eteoralo1i1t
who worked oat~•
1reat probl•• of tb• •l••••t• that oonfroate4
D-D•J
ia•••loa of Eraao~.
Al10 oa tbe weather prediotlo•• for the
t111•i
C
that oarrie4 th•
ato■ is bo ■b
to
llroahi■a.
~
Ju••
laa1a •••
a ••raeaat whoa• experieaoe •••
la the aorth~aettiaa •P wartiae weather atationa la
I
Labrador and ~affia Ialaad.
After th• war waa o•er,
·
th•
for■ er
••Jor •••
the
for■er
aergeaat were ooatroated ~y tbe probl••
ta■ iliar
to
■any
an ex-G.I. la the 1er•ioe, they
ha•
, , , ,
••• 2
b••• traiaed in• lot of apeoiali1ed taowledge, had
aoquired a •kill. So what to do about it?
Tb•J aot together and ••t up in buaine•• in
Boatoa •• weather aerohanta, goin1 aroaad
••lllac
tbeir produot.
!bey
oontraoted to proYide
■ore
detail1,
■or•
1peoiali1ed intoraatioa than ia oontaiaed ia the
reaular
report ■
ot the weather bureau.
Th•J 1ot buai••••
fro ■
tb• Loa1 Ialand lallroa•
wbioh, laat year,
•u
oaa1ht bJ a bllaaard, \raia
aerYioe badly
i ■peded
- atora warniq aot far eaoa1l
ia adYanoe.
!nother ouatoaer
ia a
oontraotor, who
1•t• aa ad•anoe notice ot aa7 1uddea
tr••••
·
•
•~iol •
•1•
apoil newl7-poared ooncrete.
a
oaad7
oo■paa1
waata
warainc of beat wa•••• beoau•• cbocolate1 oaa•t be
packed when tbe
tber■o ■eter
bit• ei1bt7. Tb• two
foraer Air loroe weather abarka got a Job
fro ■ a ■••
ln1land 7aohtaaaa, who••• oat to wia a aailin1 race.
Be paid
th•■
to predict the direotioa and the velocity
ot
th• wind
otf
Marblehead. Be won the race.
IQIDIBLIII
In a Canadian law co•rt, a deoi1ion waa giYtn
today in what certainly ia - a b
o
rderline caae.
Marcel
lacbabee waa found guilty of Yiolating the tor•i1a
exchange re1ulation1 of Canada.
The technicalitl••
••r•
a bit abatru1e, but the borderline a1pect i1
graphic and
dra ■ atic.
larcel operate• a 1rocer7 atore aituated right
aaaot
on tbe boundar7 between Canada and tbe Unit••
Stat•••
The borderliae run• r~bt tbrou1b the
■ iddl•
of
laroel'• arooery atore. lben larcel
1tand1
behini
bi• oouater, be
i•
in
Ca ■ ada-whtle
the
cu1to ■er1
aaroaa
tbe oounter~in the Uaited Stat•••
So
laroel, ia
~
pa11ia1
oat the dail7 1rocerie1, really doe••• export
~••i•••••
lhioh al10 prowide1 po11ibilitie1
of
forei1•
exohan1• Yiolation1-Canadian aad
! ■ erioan ■ oae7.
Today Marcel waa
-
gi•••
hi• choice of a
year
la
Jail or
a
1even hundred dollar tine - a fine that •o•ld
eat
up
coneiderabl• profit of that borderline grooer7
atore.
1001
B•r••• a ••rnina - that the
boo■
••1
be aboat
over.
It
eaaaatea
froa a Harvard eoonoaiat,
Profeaaor tioider. ie tella bu•i•••••en to get read7
tor a receaaion.
Thia, he advi•••• doea not
aeea
to
•• iaaineat,
not right
away.
But the preaeat
boo■,
,aaed
oa iaflatioa, ia about over,
aad a
alaap aa1
oo■e
- wbioi coaaervative baaineaa ••• aboald be
prepared tor. So
••1•
the profeaaor.
.
1aog11 ■a
!
•114
1hootia1 affra7 ia a baa ia
T•••••••• -
beoauae ot tbe ••1regation iaaae.
A aegro aat do••
beaid• a white•••• aad the7 1ot into aa arg••••t - the
wbit• aan deaandin1 that the ••1ro lea•• the ,eat.
Tb• ••1r•1atioa ia•a•
oaae
to a oliaax, •b•• botl
ire• piatola,
wil' aa4 tbeJ
~
aad atarted 1hootln1. Th•l•
ala•••
•••oee••• ia hittin1 other pa••••••••
■ 01tl7--la
a f•an\io aoeae of
'
terror aboard the
•ollla1 ba1. Tb• •bite
■aa
••• •o•aiei, aai ae ••••
fl•• other people.
Toai1bt ,oth 1•a-ti1lter1 ••• la
gosx,
BICA
An explanation ia gi•en today
ot
a
re■artable
pbeno■enon
·•nation aboliahing ita aray.
Tbe oouatrr
- Coata Bica,
Central
Aaerioa.
Tb~n tbe deer•• to ent
tbe
ar■r
ia the aore aurpriain1 becauae the preaent
1o~ern■ ent
took power•• a reault
ot
a recent
ar■ed
reYolution. throwin& out the preYioua Preaideat an•
puttin1 iD a new one.
TodaJ Preaident r11aere1
re■arked
that the
allitarr toroe which placed
hi ■
in power oonaiat1 of
or•1nar7 citisen1 wbo toot up
ar■ 1
to oYertbro• a
■ilitari1t
rea/ie~
1upported bJ
Co■■ani1t1.
Solt'•
oalr
natural for thi1
ar■y
ot oiYilian1 to go
~o ■ e
•h•• \be
war la o•er.
Lite the
A■ erioaa
olti•••• G.I'• after
Yictor7 in the Second lorld lar.-
10
••1•
th~ new
J
Pre1ideat
ot
Coata Bica.
He do•• not beli••e that the •••11 central
A■ erioan
Bepublic need•
an ara, -
tb• lational Polio•
rorce will be 1utficient. MoreoYer, he
••1•
that••
aray
i•
dangerou1 - the
••1
thing• uaually
10
in Latia
A■ erica.
•why,• be a,ka, •should profeaaional
■ ilitary
~AITA IJCA
2
oliqu•• arro1ate to th••••l••• the right to aullifJ
th• will of the people aa expr••••d at the poll•t•
rurtheraore, aa
ar■J
ia •x~•n•i•• - and the
•~••J •••••
will
10
into publio aohoola and education.
Coata lioa, in the aountaina
ot
Central
laerioa, ha• loa1 b••• taown •• the ao•t enli1~t•••• of
Latia-laerioaa l•p•blioa, aad aow prodao•• what
oertaialJ
1•
a aoweltJ ia \bl• poat war worl• - \~•
ara, a~oli•he4.
[OLLQl~§IA
BICA
In other parta of Central Aaerica things are
not
•o
••rene,
aa ia
indicated
by
late
newa
of
aerial
1unfire againat California boata out tuna-tiablng.
Three tuna-boata were looting for
ga■ e
fiab
seventeen
■ ilea
off the coast of licaragua,
wbea
a plan• fl•• over and
■acbine-gunned the■•
lobodJ
bart apparently, but plentJ of excit••••.
'I'll
Skipper• figured, what undoabtedlJ •••
t,be trut,h -- tbat the Nicaraguan plane aistook
thea
for •••••l• of rewolut1onista. They broke oat their
Aaerican
flag•
in
a
hurry, whereupon the
plane
fl••
off - after
aaking
the
■ iatate
ot
flguriq that the
taaa
tiaber■ ea
were
on tbei~ ••Y to land
iaaar1••t•
on the coaat of
licaragua.
l
be
latest
fro ■
China states that the
Nationalist Governaent bas thrown one hundred and fift7
thousand fresh troops into the battle sound of ~ucbow --
the great railroad center, which aurrendered to the
Chin•••
Red
Ar■7.
(word
fro■
Banking ia
that
nearly a
■ lllion
soldier• are in de1peaate battle, a1 the 1•4•
try to dri•e to the Yangtae -- the Manking-~han1hai
Ri••rlioe. )
aoat.b
raahi•1
froa
,
...
of t.be
ID ·••hiaatoa, la4••· Cbi••· . .
~~--~
••4• her
plea to4a7 - •i•itla1 Seoretar7 of State laraball at t.~•
lalter Ree4 Boapital, where the aecretar7 la h••iq a
••41oal check up.
Th•J had a loq talt,
■ore
than
t~r••••Dd•a•half boar• - with the wife of the China••
war-leader
pre ■ entin1
her
arau ■ ent
for all oat Aaerioaa
ai& aaaioat the Reda.
lhat ••• the reault?
ladaae
Cbian1 Iai-Shek aa7a -
•1ncouraging.• Then talking to newsaen,
1be
qualified
tbat
by
addina:
•1
would like to••• anybody who baa
•••n General Marehall,
wbo
baa oot
been
eacour•1••••
I
I, 1,
The Uaite4 latioaa h••• proloqed the lite
et,
t~e little !!•••bl7, tbe •••11 ver.aion of the
1..•••ral
a1aeabl7s,
authorized to •••tat
••1
ti ■•
aad ooaal4er.
-
aa, queatioa.
The purpoae of the little
•••••bly
i•
-
-
to do aoaethia1 aboat tbe 8o•i•t ••to, wbiob ao
oft.ea
teadlook• tbe SeouritJ
Council.
T~•
So•ieta
N
~1\terlJ oppoaed ~o tbe
idea, aad
todaJ ta Pari1 all
11&
led wot••
were
oaat
a1aiut•-
tb•
otura la iawor.
I
j11LJrt
The Berlin airlift
&iYea
ua the lateat
tbia1
in
aYiation - jet propelled aaowplowa.
One diffioaltJ
ot
winter -
ti ■ •-flying
coa• when bli1aarda bury tbe
air~aae-raawaya deep under dritta
ot
white.
Bat tbe
airlift baa found the answer - jet ayiation.
Tb•1
■ount
a Jet ti1htar plane oa • tract, •••
driw• aloa1 witb t~• jet •n1in• goia1 - 10 tbat the
,1a•t
fro■
the exhaaat hi\a the 1aow oa the ra•••J•
O••
feature of Jet ia the
i
■•••••lJ
hi1h
te■perat•r•
of
tbe exhauat and the
tre■eacloa1
foroe with whioh
i~•
1••••
are driY~D - th• power that oaa propel a
pl•••
~·•"
at~••p•r•oaio 1peed.
So yoa oaa
1■•&1••
what happ•••
to ti•
aaow-baat oa a raaway, when
hit
by
tb•
tier,
• i
~
.
t
r •• o .
.
J• •
Today o•• &ir Force offioer aaid:•L•t ••r ••o••
t~••• 1ad1•t• will
■elt
or blow away
tb•
anow aa4 drJ
t~• raawaya all ia one operation.
They'll do
it.
h•
t ••
t,b.
tr"cka
can
driY•
up and
clown.•
a4cle4, ••• ta•
•
CHEWING GU
The
n
w
puppet
ime
n
th
e
Sovi
t
·
ect
or
of B
e
rlin
i
n
the
j
ob
with
prompt
cti
n,
making
laws. Th
'
s bec
am
e
e
vident
when today
a
German
new pap
r re
o
rter
was
,
top~d by
a
po
liceman in
t he
o
v
i
et z
or,
e
.
hat
w
s
hi
·
off enc e
?
He
w
a
s
chewing
gum.
The
Red p
liceman told him
sternly:
"Chewing
g
um is A
m
erica. It is now against the law here.•
The Berlin crisis is focused on that new
puppet administration in the Soviet zone, and its
fir
s
t decree
are directed again
r.
t American influences
-- one edict being
against
chewing gum.
I don't
know
that
munching
jaws
are the typic 1
symbol
of our
Am
e
rican culture, but the Reds appear to think so.
~
W ~
-
Y"'-
--u,ep
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