Change Seen for Health Measure in US analysis
The weekly column notes Oscar Ewing plans to suggest revisions to the administration's proposed medical insurance bill to curb doctor patient fee collusion. It also reports the US travel ban on Hungary over Vogeler's detention and related actions, plus celebrity weddings including Alben Barkley, New York Mayor O Dwyer, Elizabeth Sloan Simpson, and Clark Gable marrying the widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
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Hungary
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Israel Jacobsen
American Joint Distribution Committee
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Alben W. Barkley
Hadley
New York
O'Dwyer
Elizabeth Sloan Simpson
Florida
O’dwyer
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Labor honors Stalin birthday amid world tribute and peace talks
The Soviet dominated world marked Stalin's 70th birthday with mass gifts and ceremonies while Western observers noted limited praise. In Moscow Stalin appeared on stage as crowds cheered. Meanwhile Indonesia emerged free after 300 years of Dutch rule but faced unrest as troops stayed in Batavia and across the islands. A UN commission brokered a truce and facilitated a Dutch Indonesian roundtable in The Hague.
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Black Sea
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Batavia
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Hague
Einstein reveals new gravity theory promising universal law
Einstein announces a major new theory aiming to describe all basic physical laws through gravitation. The proposal centers on four symbolic equations and seeks to unite phenomena from atomic interiors to cosmic scales, with testing still pending. Separately, politics confronts tax policy and Berlin riot-control measures amid 1950 election year tensions.
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Albert Einstein
Einstein
Princeton University Press
Health insurance debate stalls in 81st Congress
Washington observers say a compulsory payroll tax health insurance bill has little chance this session. AMA efforts to oppose the plan face scrutiny as polls show no strong public support. The piece notes shifts in views on voluntary plans and recalls historical positions, with tax changes and Brannan farm policy facing Congress amid farm group splits.
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California
Mechanical Brain Instrument Plots Airplane Performance
A giant computer lent by the Navy Research Section to Vought in Dallas analyzes airplane performance before build. The machine imitates flight to produce vital data for future aircraft design. Engineers say it is simple to use but takes years to master its interpretations.
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