Truman Signs $3.12 Billion Foreign Aid Bill At White House
President Truman signed a $3,121,450,000 foreign aid authorization calling it a major contribution to peace and freedom. The act funds Marshall Plan programs and Point Four technical aid, including $36 million for technical assistance and $194 million for Korea, with allocations for Palestine refugees and UN child welfare programs.
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Mr. Truman
Congress
Windom
Korea
Southeast Asia
China
Republic of Korea
Des Daetetes Ee Eeee
Palestine
United Nations
Voting Ahead Of Two Years Ago In Primary Election
Voters turnout on the eve of the primary runs ahead of the two years prior. By 1 pm 356 votes were cast, 100 more than at the same time in 1948, with 1946 showing 198 votes. Totals: 1948 primary 2940. 1946 2456. 1944 1291. Precinct counts listed and polls close at 8 pm.
RUMORED GAMBLER SHOT AT TAMPA
Jimmy Lumia oil company executive described as in the background of Tampa gambling was shot in the head while alone in his car and died at Tampa municipal hospital. Lumia was president of Bay Oil, a Tampa bay area distributor.
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Tampa
Fla
Jimmy Lumia
Oil Company
Lumia
Tampa Municipal
Bay Oil Company
Tampa Bay Area
Weather Outlook With Fair Skies and Winds
Generally fair with little temperature change this afternoon to Tuesday. Southwest winds 18 to 25 mph this afternoon easing to 15 mph Tuesday. Mostly fair Wednesday and Thursday with a chance of scattered night showers Thursday night and Wednesday night. Cooler Thursday.
Liberals Win Big in Tokyo House of Councillors Race
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's Liberal Party leads in Japan's upper house with 69 seats including holdovers, while Social Democrats hold 30 and Independents 16. Communists threaten retaliation after government plans to outlaw the party.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal Party
House of Councillors
Social Democrats
Green Wind Party
Democrats
Farm Cooperative
Communists
Farm Labor Parties
Communist Party
Green Wind Society
Douglas MacArthur
Pope consecrates altar to Saint Peter in Vatican grotto
In a private ceremony Pope Pius XII consecrated the central Saint Peter altar in the Vatican grottoes after years of excavations. The event marks the traditional burial and seat of the first pope. The city council postpones its monthly meeting to tomorrow evening due to today’s primary election.
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Pius XII
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Vatican
Pope Pius
Rev. F. W. Simpson Dies Former Atlantic Pastor at 78
The Rev Frederick W Simpson 78 of Indianola former Atlantic Methodist pastor died at Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines after a week’s hospitalization He served at Atlantic 1917 to 1923 and later at Boone Des Moines Red Oak and Chariton Survivors include his son F D Simpson News Telegraph editor and daughter Mrs A W Wakeman of Los Angeles The funeral is planned in Indianola.
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Windsor
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St. Louis
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Iowa
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Asbury Methodist
Mass Funeral for Four Auto Crash Victims in Harlan
More than 1,200 people filled the Harlan high school gym Saturday for funeral services of four youths killed when their car collided with a truck after commencement. Victims were Jo Ann Andersen 18 Mary Ann Lindstrom 17 Robert Brockman 19 and Charles Ocean 19 all of Harlan. Dariel Chamberlain of Dunlap had services in Dunlap. Military burial was accorded Ocean by the American Legion post.
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Jo Ann Andersen
Mary Ann Lindstrom
Robert Brockman
Charles Ocean
Dariel Chamberlain
Dunlap
S. S. Kaldahl
Lutheran Church
Raymond Walker
A. Halvorse
Baptist Church
Andersen and Lindstrom
Ocean
Navy
Helmer
American Legion
Truman weighs creating a super panel on loyalty cases
A White House source says Truman may appoint a super panel to review loyalty cases of 81 State Department employees tied to McCarthy probes. The panel would assist the existing loyalty board, not replace it, with possible discussion at a meeting with Senator Tydings.
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State Department
McCarthy
Tydings
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tyding
Amerasia
Emmanuel 8
Larsen
Knowland
R-Calif
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Office of Strategic Services
New York
Amerasia Magazine
Chemical firm back in German hands
Bonn Germany The allied high commission turned control of the west German chemical industry back to Germans today except for products that could be used only for war purposes. The Germans gain control of some chemicals with war and peacetime uses. The commission also scrapped many controls over fine mechanics optics and electronics industries.
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Progressive Party Set for June Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines reports state Progressive Party leaders announce the party convention on June 17 and 18. William Smith of Cedar Rapids is named state party chairman.
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Des Moines
Progressive Party
William Smith
Cedar Rapids
Iowans Vote Today In Primary Associated Press
Iowans head to the polls in a Democratic primary that could influence the Brannan farm plan and its November fate. In California and South Dakota primaries tomorrow, James Roosevelt and Chan Gurney are key names, with Arkansas also holding a Republican state convention.
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Associated Press
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California
James Roosevelt
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
New Mexico
Arkansas
Senate
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Albert J. Loveland
Secretary of Agriculture
Brennan
Truman
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Otha 'D. Wearin
Earl Warren
Warren
Filipino Dies for Treason at New Bilibid Prison
Teodoro Barrameda, 66, became the first Filipino executed for treason in the war with Japan. He was electrocuted for aiding the capture and execution of four Americans and others who sheltered them during the war.
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Manila
Teodoro Barrameda
New Bilibid
Japan
Barrameda
Montgomery’s Kin Quits Army for Acting Career
Lt. Larry Gardner Montgomery, nephew of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, will end an 18 month military service on June 14 and switch to acting. He said he hated every minute and that his uncle must “lump it” over the career change.
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Great Yarmouth
Eng
Viscount Montgomery
Larry Gardner Montgomery
Newsmen Today
Social Christians win vote plan to return Leopold
The Social Christian party swept Belgium's elections and moved to restore exiled King Leopold III. They won 108 seats to 104 for anti Leopold forces. the interior ministry forecast Senate gains, while the anti Leopold Socialists warned of possible strikes.
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Senate
Prince Charles
Leopold
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Socialist Party
Six Injured In Crash West Of Atlantic
Six people were injured in a two car collision on West Sixth street road at Charley Hughes corner six miles west of Atlantic around 7 30 Sunday evening. Three remained hospitalized at Atlantic Memorial hospital with chest injuries and shock. Mrs Bair and daughter Karen released this morning Joyce Poole released after treatment. Jackie Bair, 3, had minor injuries and was not admitted. Enid Kline of Elk Horn drove the southbound car. the Bair car rolled over four or five times and was demolished.
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West Sixth Street
Charley Hughes
Here
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Myron W. Poole
Laurel Street
G. E. Bair
Spruce Street
Sears
Grady Nominated Ambassador to Iran by Truman
President Truman named Henry F. Grady as ambassador to Iran, entrusting him to supervise Iran's military aid program and continue his role as a top administration trouble-shooter. The White House released John C. Wiley's resignation letter as ambassador to Iran.
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Washington
Truman
Henry F. Grady
Iran
Grady
Greece
White House
John C. Wiley
Tran
Simpson College grants 117 degrees in largest graduating class
Sunday ceremonies conferred 117 degrees at Simpson College the biggest class in its history. Bishop Fred Pierce Carson of Philadelphia, chief speaker, led commencement duties as head of the General Board of Education of the Methodist church.
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Simpson
Simpson College
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
General Board of Education
Methodist Church
Britain drafts substitute for Schuman plan on European resources
A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain is drafting a substitute to pool western Europe's coal and steel resources while keeping doors open to the Schuman plan. The British approach remains secret with no timetable for publication and Britain has stayed aloof from the initial Six plan.
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Foreign Office
Britain
Schuman
Europe
Robert Schuman
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Germany
Luxembourg
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
High Court Rules 8 0 On Appeal of Washington Negro
The court upholds racial seating rules in dining cars with Justice Burton writing. He notes railways may designate separate tables for Black passengers under reasonable regulation but must offer vacancies to others when seats are available. The decision cites 1948 fair employment practices ties and confirms that such seating limits apply to Southern Rails and similar lines.
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Washington
Miketene Commerce Commission
Henderson
Supreme Court
Commission
Justice Department
Justice Burton
Burton
Roy A
Mey Railroad
Blast at Maytag Plant Injures Two Workers
An explosion in a dust conveyor pipe at the Maytag automatic washer plant in Newton yesterday injured two men. William Welch, 33, of Colfax, was welding the pipe when the blast hurled him 15 feet, fracturing a rib and causing burns. Mike Nalevanko, who held the ladder, suffered minor burns as windows shattered and conveyor pipes ripped open.
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Newton
Maytag Automatic Wesher
Wiliam Welch
Colfax
Mike Nalevanko
Welch
Doctor starts sentence in Minneapolis case at Fort Madison
Waterloo physician Dr. Gabriel Bickley Lichty who faced a criminal operation charge began a five year term at Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty last April. A $1000 fine accompanies the sentence.
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Gabriel Bickley Lichty
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Minneapolis
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