Gen Clay ousted as Berlin commander in reshuffle
Weekly analysis notes Gen Lucius D. Clay relieved of his post in Berlin at his own request and to allow civilian high commissioner plan. Truman praises his service as McCloy eyed for Berlin posting amid four power talks and continued hopes to end the Berlin blockade. Rent control woes arise as Woods introduces a new formula facing landlord and tenant protests in New York.
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Gen. Clay
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
Elsa Koch
Buchenwald
Marietta
Truman
Dean Acheson
John J. McCloy
McCloy
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
United States
Britain
France
New York
Tighe Woods
Woods
William O’dwyer
Beng
Truman struggles as Wood bill advances in House
A political summary notes President Truman fails to hit with his labor and civil rights agendas as the House passes the Wood bill 217 to 203. It would repeal Taft-Hartley on paper but keep major features, prompting gloom in administration ranks and cautious optimism among southern Democrats and northern Republicans. The piece also covers exiled King Leopold III urging a return to constitutional normalcy, despite his wartime surrender and exile in Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
Truman
Mon. C. Walgren
National Security Resources Board
House of Representatives
HOUSE
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Leopold III
Belgium
Yhis
Prince Charles
Leopold
Tam
Exking
Switzerland
Grandmas push for respect and a national day
A push led by Mrs. Lyn Greene, president of the National Grandmothers’ club, seeks to elevate grandmas to respected family members and ban jokes about them. They warn jokes could end baby-sitting and other grandma roles, while aiming for October 10 as a Grandmothers’ Day. A Columbia study on headaches also highlights psycho therapy plus drug use and talk therapy benefits.
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Lyn Greene
New York
National
Grandmothers’ Club
Grandma
Greene
Truman Offered Cash Advance By Dunkirk Store Owner
Davie S. Wright, 84, proprietor of a near Dunkirk New York store, offered to advance cash to President Truman on his salary check. Reports had said Truman received only part of one month’s pay due to a congressional deadlock over a deficiency appropriation bill.
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Truman
Davie S. Wright
Dunkirk
N. Y
Senate probes Atlantic pact in tense 4 hour session
In a drawn out Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting, lawmakers pressed Secretary Acheson, Secretary of Defense Johnson, and ECA Ambassador Harriman on the North Atlantic Pact. Questions focused on collective security versus old style alliances, reporting to the UN Security Council, and how to arm Europe. Providers debated whether the US should supply arms or aid in European armament, with the panel interrupted by roll calls and concerns about leaks.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
State Acheson
Defense Johnson
ECA
Harriman
Acheson
Johnson
McMahon
Connecticut
Pentagon
Senate
Sen. George
Georgia
Secretary of State
Congress
Michigan Republican
Drew ‘Pearson
Tom Connally
U. N
Security Council
Russia
Pepper
Florida
N. U
Utah
Elbert Thomas
Europe
United States
New Drug Discovered for Cold Relief in Early Studies
An industrial physician reports an anti allergy drug pyribenzamine hydro chloride shows potential in reducing common cold symptoms. In a trial of 494 subjects treated early, 15 percent were cured or improved. The medication, given as 60 milligram tablets every four hours at onset, is already used for hay fever and is an antihistamine blocking histamine released during allergic reactions.
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Halstead G. Murray
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Ted Steele
U.S
Labor Law
Columbia University
William E. Lilly, Jr
Los Angeles
Lilly
Paris
United
Tates
Buffalo Stadium
Sam
Newy
George M. Thomson
Esther May Thomson
Navy Nurses’ Corps
San Diego School of Nursing
Long Beach Naval Hospital
E. A. Gillis
Fort Worth
Tex
American Mothers’ Committee
Golden Rule Foundation
Evelyn Gray
Eileen Plemmons
Earle Gillis
Lewis Gill
Meta Marie Keller
International Farm Youth Exchange
U. S. Department’ of Agriculture
Walt
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicagco
ONE
Erie
Vancey Laboratories, Inc
Uttle Rock, Arkansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Doan
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