House Panel Seeks 12.6 Percent Cut in Foreign Aid
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a 12.6 percent reduction in this year's foreign aid budget, totaling 1 353 024 900 dollars, down from 1 548 361 400 and aimed at limiting U S relief while signaling congressional frustration with Soviet influence over Poland and Hungary. The plan keeps key items like Greece and Turkey aid at 400 million, Greece Italy and others relief at 332 million, and 550 million for occupied areas, with various adjustments across the program.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Paris
Truman
United States
Greece
Turkey
Congress
Austria
China
Italy
Trieste
U. S
Germany
Japan
Korea
Storm Sinks Indian Ship Ramdas in Arabian Sea
About 70 survivors were found out of 721 aboard the 400 ton coastal steamer Ramdas, which sank near Gull Island 12 miles south of Bombay during the monsoon. Officials opened an inquiry as the Royal Indian Navy and Port Trust aided search amid high seas and bodies washed ashore.
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Bombay
India
Ramdas
Arabian Sea
L. Sheth
Indian Cooperative Steam Navigation and Trading Co., Ltd
H. J. Mills
Government of India
Bombay Port Trust
Royal Indian Navy
Gull Island
Port Trust
Alibagh
Shipping Company
Wife Stabbed: Writer Held In Red Lion
Mrs. Floyd Turner 49 remained in critical condition after a chest stab Wednesday at home in Red Lion Blair Brothers Hospital. Sheriff Gerald W. Couden said sister-in-law Mary Downing 48 is held on an open charge in connection with the stabbing. Downing said she was visiting from California and is a "Ghost" writer in Hollywood. She gave no motive.
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Lebanon, CO
Floyd Turner
Blair Brothers Hospital
Red Lion
Gerald W. Couden
Warren County
Mary Downing
Model Plane Discovered 20 Miles From Takeoff Site
Hugh Black launched a model airplane at Marion Airport on June 9. The craft flew and vanished, then a resident five miles west of Cardington reported finding it over 20 miles away.
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Bucyrus
Hugh Black
Marion
William Geckle
Cardington
Black
Nine Year Old Boy Dies Chasing Frogs in Johnstown
Columbus report states nine year old Harry Butler Hartsook of Johnstown bled to death after falling yesterday and severing an artery in his arm on glass from a jar used to gather frogs.
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Columbus
Harry Butler Hartsook
Johnstown
Prices soar in vast international gray market newsprint
U S publishers pay up to 290 a ton for newsprint from Canada Sweden France and Poland in a free market pricing out of contract. May and June stock levels were at record lows as dealers import via circuitous routes including re exports to Shanghai amid a widening supply squeeze.
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William D. Horgan
New York
U. S
Orient
Canada
Sweden
France
Poland
United States
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Curacao
Netherlands
West Indies
Midwest
South
Shanghai
Congress
What Those Hills Hide
Office workers on Sixth Street watched a man dressed as Mahatma Gandhi roll down the east slope of Silver Bridge past the courthouse on Viand Street. He wore a loin cloth and sandals, rode a bicycle with a spare wheel atop the handlebars, and waved to onlookers as he traveled by.
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Point Pleasant
Sixth St
Mahatma Gandhi
Silver Bridge
Viand St
Gandhi
Truman Signs Succession Bill Naming Martin
President Truman signed a presidential succession bill placing Speaker Joseph Martin in the line of succession if he cannot complete his term. The act shifts Secretary of State Marshall to next after Truman, with Senate president pro tempore Vandenberg following.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
White House
Charles G. Ross
Martin
Marshall
Senate
Senator Vandenberg
R-Mich
House
Secretary of State
UN Delegates Accuse Reds Of Filibuster In Balkans Session
United Nations delegates accused Russia and its allies of trying to filibuster to stall Security Council action on the Balkans after long sessions by Poland Yugoslavia and Russia. A message urged closing debate so a vote could be taken on an American proposal for a Balkans monitoring commission.
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Balkans
Britain
United States
Australia
Lima Killing Suspect Faces Two Indictments
Lester Nichols 42 of Silver Lake Ind faces two indictments for the May 6 fatal shooting of his father in law Rev Lew Whittaker 75 and the wounding of his wife Nora Nichols 44. Indictments include first degree murder and shooting with intent to kill. Arraignment set for tomorrow.
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Lima
Lester Nichols
Silver Lake
Ind
Lewis Whittaker
Nora Nichols
Mr. Whittaker
Nichol
Fifteen Cincinnati Churches Back Merger Plan
Fifteen Cincinnati Congregational churches expressed overwhelming support for merging with the Evangelical and Reformed Church, announced by Rev. J. Peter Wagner, moderator of the Cincinnati Association of Congregational Christian Churches.
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Cincinnati
Evangelical and Reformed Church
J. Peter Wagner
Cincinnati Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Tricycle Collision Fatal to 3 Year Old in Cincinnati
A three year old, Philip Hebenstreit, was fatally injured when his tricycle rolled down a hill into an oncoming car on a Cincinnati street. The death marked the 59th traffic fatality of the year in Hamilton County.
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Cincinnati
Philip Hebenstreit
Hamilton County
Professor Gerrish Dies at 69 in Ohio College
William Churchill Gerrish 69 retired history professor died Thursday in Marietta Ohio. He taught at Marietta College and served in academia for many years. The obituary notes his scholarly career and local ties.
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Peterboro
N. H
William Churchill Gerrish
Marietta
Ohio
Senate Hurdle for Truman Tax Cut Looms Large
The House moved to override Truman's second veto of the Republican backed 4 billion tax cut but Senate opposition could kill the bill. Truman argued the plan was premature and unfair, warning it would fuel inflation and worsen fiscal stability.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Congress
Russia
Mine Chief Will Speak At Chauncey Chauncey Meeting
John Owens president of District 6 UMWA will discuss the new wage scale contract at a public mass meeting of Chauncey Dover miners Sunday at 1 p m in the Chauncey Dover school house Chauncey. He will explain the contract provisions and address a second meeting at Crooksville at 3 30 p m.
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Nelsonville
John Owens
UMWA
Chauncey -Dover
Chauncey
Owens
Crooksville
Senate advances St. Lawrence Seaway project to the Senate
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by a 9 to 4 vote legislation authorizing the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project. The measure would cost about half a billion dollars and the panel plans to report in the first week of the next session with a minority report. The project aims to fund itself through tolls.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Foremen Say Ford Broke Labor Promise
The Foreman’s Association of America claims Ford Motor Co broke its promise by firing 32 supervisors tied to the FAA strike at Ford. Union leaders scheduled a Sunday meeting of Ford foremen to discuss a new walkout and said they would file an unfair labor practices charge with the National Labor Relations Board.
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Detroit
Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Motor Co
FAA
Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Commutist Russia seen as future threat by weekly writer
A national weekly argues that Communist Russia aims to dominate the world and will escalate production and power. The author warns the United States faces danger not only abroad but from internal Communist and socialist elements, urging vigilance or adopting the rival ideology.
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Russia
Hitler
Germany
Two Women Escape From Ohio Reformatory
Dorothy Alexander 20 of Toledo and Jozelein Smith 24 of Cleveland escaped from the Ohio Women's Reformatory at Marysville last night. It was Alexander’s third escape since her May 1944 commitment for delinquency. Smith, sentenced for armed robbery in November 1942, had returned last December as a parole violator.
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Marysville
Dorothy Alexander
Toledo
Jozelein Smith
Cleveland
Ohio Women's Reformatory
Alexander
Smith
China Reds Nationalists Draw New Battle Lines
Reports from Mukden indicate a new large scale clash brewing southeast of Szepingkai where Nationalist and Chinese Communist troops prepare for renewed fighting following fierce recent battles in the Chinese Civil War. The outlook remains tense as forces mobilize in the region.
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China
Nanking
Szepingkai
Mukden
Weekend Cooler Outlook With Midweek Warmup
The forecast calls for temperatures about two degrees below normal with a cooler weekend and a slight rise near midweek. Normal highs are 82 and lows 61. Expect about half an inch of precipitation from showers Friday night through Saturday and again midweek, with activity around Wednesday or Thursday.
Ohio liquor ultimatum to 61 firms overstocking worries
Columbus report says state liquor warehouses hold about 40 million dollars in inventory versus normal 17.5 million. Department will not buy more liquor until further notice. Franklin County prosecutor handed Duniton’s report for possible grand jury action. Overstocked items include brandies and cordials. three firms ready to take back stock.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Dale Duniton
Ohio
Liquor Department
Daifon
Furether
Franklin County
Duniton
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Dunifon
British Bride To Hold Out For Apartment
Ex Corporal Ralph Crow arrived in Bayside Long Island hoping to reunite with his British war bride Faye Ann Crow who vanished last week with $1.50. The couple married in London in 1945 and had been staying with her aunt Mrs Violet Duncan in Columbus since her arrival in February.
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Columbus
Ralph Crow
Crow
Bayside
L. I
Faye Ann
Violet Duncan
Joseph Dear 77 Publisher Of Jersey Journal Dies
Joseph Albert Dear longtime chairman of the board of Evening Journal Association and publisher of the Jersey Journal died Thursday. He served with the newspaper for about 50 years in Ridgewood New Jersey.
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Ridgewood
Joseph Albert Dear
Evening Journal Association
Jersey Journal
Denham Praises Taft-Hartley Law Vision as NLRB Leader
Robert N. Denham, newly named general counsel to the enlarged NLRB, predicts the Taft Hartley Act will benefit labor and industry under proper administration. He rejects any czar role for labor or industry and notes his pledge to fair administration. President Truman also named Abe Murdock and J Copeland Gray to the board. all positions pay 12000 annually and await Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
NLRB
Abe Murdock
Democratic House
Utah
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
N. Y
Senate
Murdock
Gray
Paul Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds, Jr
Yessterday
Morse
R-Ore
Labor Committee
Elbert D. Thomas
John R. Steelman
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