Republicans Sneak Budget Cut Through Congress
Republicans moved a deficit bill amendment to cancel a 641 million debt held by the Commodity Credit Corporation, boosting their claimed economy gains while shrinking the year's projected surplus. Senator Murray denounced a 375 million cut to Agriculture funding as harming west interests and urged protecting rural programs. President Truman must sign to fund agencies as requested.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Treasury
Commodity Credit Corporation
Murray Montana
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Murray
Soil Conservation Service
Immigrant Invasion Builds Fifth Column Says Legion Chief
Paul H. Griffith national commander of the American Legion warns at the DAR convention that about 1.54 million black market immigrants enter illegally each year. He calls immigration a lawless torrent undermining American life and a potential fifth column aiding Communism. Commissioner Carusi disputes Griffith figures.
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Washington
Paul H. Griffith
The
American Legion
United States
Daughters of the American Revolution
Canada
Philadelphia
Ugo Carusi
US Immigration Department
Griffith
Oil Men Hear Unitization and Water Flooding Talks
Closing sessions of the Mid-Continent District meeting feature papers on unitization of oil fields and experimental water flooding. Speakers include K. E. Beall of Phillips Petroleum and P. S. Ervin of Haynesville Operators Committee with sessions at the Herring Hotel in the Crystal Ballroom and a banquet scheduled for 7 PM.
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American Petroleum Institute
Division of Production
Amarillo
H. S. Kelly
Bartlesville
Bob Kay
J. R. Evans
Tulsa
John H. Murrell
Dallas
Crystal Ballroom
Herring Hotel
United States
K. E. Beall
Phillips Petroleum Company
Haynesville
Petit Zone
P. S. Ervin
Haynes
W. A. Bruce
H. J. Welge
Carter Oil Company
Rangley Field
R. F E. Poll
E. W. Olson
Solons Seek Prosecution Plan Against Communist Denials
Senators and House conferees work on a formula to bar Communist leaders from unions. Senator Taft outlined a plan to prosecute officials who falsely deny Communist ties as labor disputes bills move toward compromise.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
House Senate
Senate
National Labor Relations Board
Conference Committee
House
Admits Killing Woman Cab Driver in Forrest City
Sheriff R W West said Willie Lee Duke was captured near Forrest City Arkansas and admitted killing 35 year old cab driver Ethel Ellis Boyd after requesting a ride. Coroner's jury recommended first degree murder and Duke was jailed. The slaying occurred after Boyd left her cab stand and did not return.
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Forrest City
Ark
R. W. West
Ethel Ellis Boyd
A Bomb Waste Disposal Debate Warns of Forever Radiation
Dr. Waldo E Cohn of Clinton Laboratories cites burial or sea dumping as options for radioactive waste from atomic plants. He notes some materials decay quickly while others emit radiation forever, and favors burial under ten feet of earth as practical, with sea disposal being more costly.
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Chicago
Oak Ridge
Waldo E Cohn
Clinton Laboratories
Monsanto Chemical Company
Cohn
The
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
President Truman Tours Mother's Bedside In Kansas City
President Truman spent the day at his mother Mrs Martha Truman's bedside in Grandview Missouri noting she rested well and remained about the same condition as doctors assess gradual improvement General Graham cautions no retreat from hope while oscillating bed therapy supports circulation The president plans to return to Washington when her condition allows with wife and daughter Margaret joining him for support
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Grandview
Truman
Kansas City
Martha E. Truman
Wallace H. Graham
Meuhlebach
Washington
White House
Margaret
Kim
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
Amparo Sutibi
Hose A
Amparito
Johnson Grass
United Nations
Charles Ross
Concerto in Chopsticks Goes Unheard By The Iturbis
An interview with Jose Iturbi and sister Amparo unfolds amid a muted backstage scene at Tal mage Place. The famed pianist sleeps through the interview while a quirky narrator describes a penthouse setting filled with period furniture nuts and a self service elevator.
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AL Dewlen
Jose
Hose-A
Iturbi
Amparo
Talmage Place
Talmage
Bool Weevil Country
Crosby
Iturbs
Right to Laugh Upheld in Court
Samuel Hyder a 57 year old mill worker was told by District Judge William M Connell he may laugh freely without fear of further trouble. The court wiped clean a 4.60 fine for a charge of reveling and removed any record of the case. Police Chief Leonard Mills who ordered Hyder jailed for laughing loudly was absent.
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Pawtucket
Samuel Hyder
William M. Connell
Hyder
Leonard Mills
Mothers Block Traffic Over School Bus Safety
In Edgevale Village Ohio irate mothers formed a rain soaked barrier on Maryland Avenue as children fled a school bus to safety. They vow to continue the blockade until Columbus police provide traffic officers. Captain Frank Harrison warned of arrests and defended the 25 mph speed limit.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maryland Avenue
Edgevale
Frank Harrison
Police
George Staley
Harrison
Mass acquittal of 28 lynching defendants shocks and divides
Greenville South Carolina reacts to the acquittal of 28 white men charged in the Willie Earle murder. Some call it progress yet others condemn the verdict as shameful. Taxi drivers and locals defend the decision while protests ripple from Spartanburg to Greenville.
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Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
John Bramlett
Judson
Woodside
Riverside
Willie Earle
Pickens County
Wofford College
Spartan- Burg
A. G
Hog) Fowler
Bates Aiken
Fowler
Woodrow Wilson Clardy
Vernon Culbertson
Ernest Stokes
Roosevelt Carlos Hurd
Clardy
Hurd
Trishman
Commercial Cab Company
Greenville County
Keenan
C. Frank Pittman
Greenville Christian Ministers Association
Central Baptist Church
Winter Fuel Crisis Feared
Secretary Krug warns of possible severe fuel shortages next winter if oil refineries do not run at full capacity. Strike activity in Texas and other areas cuts daily output by about 220 000 barrels, sparking fears of nationwide heating oil and gasoline shortages. Conciliatory efforts continue as Shell and Phillips strikes settle, while losses at Pure Oil sites total 90 000 barrels daily. A Michigan fuel oil shortage report highlights rural heating hardships.
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Washington
Interior
Krug
Labor Department
Labor
Schwellenbach
Texas
Shell Company
Houston
Phillips Petroleum Co
Borger
Pure Oil Company
Nederland
Tex
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Toledo
Conciliation
R. D. Vanvelter
Dearborn
Mich
Ferguson
Michigan
Boxcars Ready Railroads Say They Can Meet Wheat Flow
Fort Worth May 22 railroads report confidence they can handle the flood of over 112 million bushels of wheat within two months despite a boxcar shortage. Elevators in Fort Worth Plainview Lubbock Wichita Falls Amarillo nearly empty. longer hauls may tighten turnarounds. Railroads list plentiful boxcars: Santa Fe 2700 Panhandle Burlingtons 2000 2500 Frisco 1200 MKT 1500 Rock Island 700 T&P ready. May 1 Texas crop estimate 112,425,000 bushels with some forecasts up to 140 million.
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Fort Worth
Star-Telegram
Plainview
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Agriculture Department
Texas
Santa Fe Railroad
Panhandle
Burlington Lines
Frisco Lines
M-K-T
Rock Island
Oklahoma
Indian unrest toll announced in Lords
The Earl of Listowel secretary of state for India told the House of Lords that four thousand fourteen people were killed and three thousand three hundred sixteen injured in disturbances in India over the last six months.
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India
London
U.P
Earl of Listowel
House of Lords
Maryland Court rules living together without improper relations allowed
In Annapolis the Maryland Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision removing Ida Pekar’s nine year old son from her custody due to public opinion concerns about her living with Oswald Robinson. Chief Judge Marbury noted an ordinary mind might view the situation as improper despite denial of misconduct. The son was placed with his father.
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Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Ida Louise Pekar
Oswald C. Robinson
Court of Appeals
Ogle Marbury
US Rushes Greek Funds Aid to Greece and Turkey
The United States moves quickly to start a 400 million dollar aid program for Greece and Turkey to stem communism and Soviet influence in the Middle East. It seeks a 100 million dollar RFC loan fund, appoint a leadership for the aid mission, and addresses Britain’s repayment questions and timing challenges.
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Washington
United States
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Truman
Kansas City
RFC
Ross
Britain
Senate
House
London
California study calls tired clerks top road danger
The Automobile Club of Southern California says the No 1 killer of pedestrians is the tired thirtyish clerk. A survey finds the typical offender is 36, married with two children, a light drinker, driving home in a 1939 car while emotionally upset, often striking pedestrians at intersections or stops.
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Los Angeles
California
Automobile Club of
Southern California
Public Safety Department
New Medicine Acts As Brain Fertilizer
A drug called glutamic acid is reported to boost intelligence in children and adolescents. In a study of 30 youths aged 5 to 16, most showed IQ gains up to 17 points after a year, with improvements continuing only with ongoing treatment. Adults’ effects remain uncertain.
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New York
American Psychiatric Association
Frederick T. Zimmerman
Tracy J. Putnam
Bessie B. Buremeister
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Zimmerman
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John R. Evans
Solons
Graham
Melchior
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Hope
Iturbis
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