Big peacetime military budget tops history on House floor
The $10.196 billion proposed for Army Navy and Air Force dominates the day as the Appropriations Committee warns of Soviet might. Testimony cites a Mediterranean fleet presence to deter aggression and rapid deployment plans with a 1,234,500 manpower goal.
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Appropriations Committee
United States
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Europe
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Louis E. Denfeld
Kearsage
Norfolk
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Army
Navy
Truman
Congress
Marine Corps
Omar N. Bradley
Russia
Air Force
House
Senate
Union Action Claimed Unjustified By Government
Federal Judge Goldsborough labeled a coal strike in coming weeks a national tragedy and rejected a temporary restraining order. The case pits United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis against the Southern Coal Producers Association over a soft coal contract amid looming June 30 expiration and possible no work if unresolved.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Goldsborough
Welly K. Hopkins
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
U.S. District Court
SCPA
United Mine Workers
UMW
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Moody
Truman Urges Observance of Flag Day June Fourteenth
President Truman called for nationwide observance of Flag Day on June 14 to honor the flag and national traditions.
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Washington
Truman
Ministerial Appointments Announced Across Ohio Conference
The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church names over 700 minister assignments for the coming year. Listings cover Athens to Somerset with multiple pastors and circuits, noting several chaplain and foundation postings and district designations across Portsmouth, Letart Falls, Pomeroy, Racine, Reedsville, Shawnee, and more.
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Columbus
Ohio
the Methodist Church
Anti-Red Bill Sparks Senate Debate Over Perfect Issue
Washington reports Leon Henderson of Americans for Democratic Action arguing that Mundt Nix anti Communist bill would give Communists a perfect issue to unite liberals and attack reformers. Fees for the House passed bill move toward final action as protesters rally after hearings. The measure requires Communist party membership registration and bans activities aiming to establish a foreign controlled dictatorship here.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
Communist Party
Robber Kills Grocer on Cleveland East Side
An alleged robber killed 71 year old grocer John Vargo on Cleveland's East Side. He fled bleeding as police and fire units blocked streets and searched rooftops for the wounded suspect who was also shot in the body.
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Cleveland
John Vargo
Vargo
Columbia Flood Crest Advances Toward Pacific
The Columbia flood crest neared the Pacific as four hundred civilian volunteers fought to raise nine dikes in the Clatskanie area. Evacuations spread along the river as Army engineers labeled the situation critical upriver and near Portland, with widespread damage, homelessness, and 20 known dead from the flood toll.
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Truman Trip Ready Despite Picket Threat
White House efforts to settle the railroad labor dispute proceed as unions plan possible picket actions against President Truman on his cross country tour. John R. Steelman convened negotiators from the three unions and railroad management to seek further concessions beyond the 15 percent raise and working rule changes already granted in 1947.
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West Coast
Instalment Buying Reaches High in May
Americans went 1.282 billion deeper into debt on instalment plans in the first six months after payment controls ended last November. A Federal Reserve report showed instalment credit for retail buying at 6.736 billion dollars at the start of May, the highest in history.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Landsborough case upheld sentence for morphine purchase
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a 15 month sentence imposed against Dr Arnold M Lands borough of Garrettsville Ohio for purchase of morphine.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arnold M. Landsborough
Garrettsville
Ohio
Senate seeks June 19 adjournment by fast-tracking refugees bill
Senate leaders push to finish must-pass bills by June 19 with Wherry vowing late sessions. Focused measures include a war refugee admission bill, a draft extension, and a reciprocal trade act renewal while civil rights and other major items are omitted from the push. A draft plan would enlist men 19 to 25 for two years, with 18-year-olds allowed a one-year voluntary term.
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The
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Republican Party
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Philadelphia
House
Senate Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
House OKs Benefits Bill Across Social Security Scope
A Republican bill approved by the House Ways and Means Committee would add 3.5 million people to Social Security. President Truman urged 20 million more into the program and higher old age benefits. The measure allows state and local government employees and some nonprofit staff to participate with local approval. No immediate benefit or tax increase is planned. 1950 automatic boosts and a $40 monthly earned income exemption are included.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Congress
Rep Reed
R-Ny
First Day Requests For Bonus Completed
The state bonus commission finished processing the March 1 mail from 850,000 war veterans. A total of 55,622 checks have been issued, while the remaining March 1 applications are held as incomplete or irregular.
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Columbus
State Bonus Commission
Jap Fugitive Killed By Marines in Pacific
Marines on Kwajalein Atoll shot and killed a Japanese fugitive on Hene Island after he opened fire during a capture attempt. The man had been hiding on the atoll since February 1944. A Navy spokesman said there may be another Japanese survivor.
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Marshall Island
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Hene Island
Kwajalein
Tractor Accident Claims Boy in Delaware County
Mark Cushman, 13, died after a tractor rolled over him yesterday in Delaware County. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Cushman.
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Delaware, CO
Mark Cushman
Robert Cuskyman
Arab Armistice Acceptance Amid No Peace Belief
Arab nations accepted UN four week armistice in Palestine with caveats they see no lasting peace while Israel exists. Jews had accepted with immigration conditions. Arabs warned continued Jewish immigration threatens Arab states. Scattered fighting continued in Jerusalem and other areas as cease-fire time remained undecided.
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United Nations
Palestine
Israel
Jerusalem
Negba
Tel Aviv
Hulda
Six Nation Talks on Western Germany Future Reach Agreement
A six-nation conference on Western Germany may produce a plan for its political and economic future after six weeks of discussions. The 80 word communique notes no major achievements but says a report on recommendations will be made public soon and reviewed by involved governments in about two weeks.
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London
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxemburg
Ruhr
Robbery Suspect Shot By Cincinnati Detective
A suspect in a string of bank robberies across the United States and Canada was shot and killed by City Detective Millard Schath during a raid on a Walnut Hills residence. Detective Chief Clem Merz identified the man as 30 year old Indian named James Labard.
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Cincinnati
United States
Canada
Millard Schath
Walnut Hills
Clem Merz
James Labard
Vet Workers' Rights Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld Civil Service Commission rules protecting war veterans in lay offs. Regulations require dismissing a non veteran before a veteran, even if the non veteran has longer service.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Peiping Bans 119 Pop Songs Amid Radio Censorship
Peiping authority bans a top suggestive radio broadcast featuring 119 songs labeled as modern Western style tunes. The move targets popular Chinese music deemed inappropriate for public airwaves.
James Cragom 97 Dies as Nation’s Last Grand Army of the Republic Member
James Cragom aged 97 has died leaving one of the youngest survivors of the Grand Army of the Republic which now numbers 51 members nationwide. He lived in Chicago and was part of a waning veteran community as aging members pass away.
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Chicago
James Cragom
The
Republic
Pope Pius XII Calls for Social Reforms in Address
Pope Pius XII urged just and necessary social reforms to address problems arising from global ruin and revolution. He warned Catholics to stay watchful against unseen enemies retaking gains, in a 25 minute Italian speech after Italy's April elections.
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Pius XII
Italy
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Holy College
Police seize arms in disarmed Japan Asahi reports
Tokyo police reported a six week period ending May 31 saw 8,000 swords 320 revolvers hunting rifles and 500 boxes of cartridges seized as part of intensified searches after rising armed robberies.
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Japan
Asahi
Stassen backs major U S Navy aid to Palestine
Harold E. Stassen called for sending a large portion of the U S Navy to Palestine in a Philadelphia arena speech. He said naval support was needed to protect residents of Israel from ongoing slaughter and to deter further violence.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
United States Navy
Palestine
Arena
Navy
Israel
Ohio Supreme Court Rebuffs Death Appeal for Clifford Gayles
The Ohio Supreme Court rejected Clifford Gayles's appeal of a first degree murder conviction in Butler County. The court set an execution date for July 2 for the slaying of Edna Adkins in August 1947.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Clifford Gayles
Butler County
Gayles
Edna Adkins
Train blast in Formosa leaves 173 dead or missing
Central News Agency reports 173 people are dead or missing after Friday's Formosa train explosion, detail by authorities continues to unfold as rescue efforts persist.
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Shanghai
Formosa
Central
NBC Offers To Quit Voice
NBC proposed to quit the Voice of America programs and lease its international radio stations to the government for $1 a year. NBC vice president Charles R. Denny blamed divided responsibility between the State Department and NBC while senators pressed for centralized government control over the propaganda effort.
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Washington
National Broadcasting Company Today
Voice of America
Charles R. Denny
Senate
Congress
Denny
Federal Communications Commission
State Department
Bricker
Ohio
Real Property Ruling Sought on Machinery
The Ohio Citizens Committee will ask Gov. Herbert to back an amendment defining industrial machinery as real rather than personal property. The move follows an Ohio Supreme Court ruling that large pottery kilns are personal property, a change that could shift tax losses to cities statewide.
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Cleveland
Ohio Citizens Committee
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio
Herbert Starts School Trip
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert leaves Columbus for an inspection tour of school buildings in Scioto, Lawrence, Jackson and Gallia counties to assess reports of unsafe conditions. Accompanying him are Education Director Clyde Hissong Industrial Relations Director William Rogers field agent Albert St Clair and Assistant Secretary Robert Ratheford.
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Thomas J. Herbert
Scioto
Lawrence
Jackson
Gallia
Herbert
Clyde Hissong
William J. Rogers
Albert D. St. Clair
Education Department
Robert L. Ratheford
Boy Dies After Cliff Fall At South Chagrin Reservation
A 12 year old boy, Thomas J. Hoban, fell from a 30 foot cliff during a family picnic at the South Chagrin Reservation and died yesterday. Police said witnesses reported the accident occurred on a hillside near the picnic area shortly before noon. The death is being investigated by local authorities.
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Cleveland
Thomas J. Hoban
South Chagrin Reservation
German Doctors Executed for Nazi War Crimes at Nuremberg
Seven German doctors and SS officers were hanged by American authorities at the Nuremberg war crimes court. They were convicted for brutal medical experiments in concentration camps, including high altitude, malaria, mustard gas, and sterilization tests. Gen. Karl Brandt led the executions, which came as part of a broader verdict against 25 defendants with seven acquittals.
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Nurenberg
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