Truman Urges UN Reach on Peace and Arms Safety
President Truman told the United Nations General Assembly he favors universal disarmament but favors rearmament to deter aggression as Korea is cited as a test of UN resolve. The piece notes rising living costs with a CPI at 173.9 and warns of insufficient action to curb inflation affecting fixed income groups.
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Truman
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations
World Organization
United States
Korea
U.N
South Korea
U. S
Russia
Eisenhower backs American Assembly at Columbia University
President Eisenhower and Dean Philip Young announce Columbia University’s American Assembly a convocation of business labor professions government and the university to address national problems. He also reiterates he will not run for president.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Philip Young
Columbia
American Assembly
Ike
Leaders comment on controls and Germany policy in postwar speak
Keyserling Symington and Eisenhower offer views on domestic controls and preventive war. Prague talks with Soviet satellites push four German demands while West plans rebuilding and an European army. Stassen proposes US Russia meeting. Pravda derides him. Stalin silent on reply.
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Russia
Prague
Korea
United States
Britain
France
Germany
West
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Joseph Stalin
Stassen
Stalin
Pravda
Soviet Union
Pennsylvania University
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner Hosts Dionne Quints
Vice President Alben Barkley chats with Dewey aide Guy Thom and Rep. Walter A. Lynch at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner where Canada’s Dionne quints performed.
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Alben Barkley
Guy
Thomas Dewey
Walter A. Lynch
New York
Alfred E. Smith
U S Employees Total at New High
Government salaries for 1950 cost the average U S family about 402 dollars, up from 155 in 1929, with federal state and local civilian employees averaging 6 05 million in 1950 and total payrolls around 16 5 billion. Demands of public payrolls rose as populations grew little, while unrest rumors from Soviet satellites suggested isolated anti Communist activity in Ukraine Slovakia and Romania.
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U. S
Northwestern National Life
Russia
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Slovakia
Kiev
Freedom Bell Rings in Berlin Symbol of Liberty
The 20 000 pound freedom bell arrived safely in Berlin after a night run through communist zones where Red agents reportedly tried to delay it. It was raised at Berlin city hall and dedicated by Gen Lucius D Clay with millions hearing the broadcast.
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Berlin
Red
Lucius D. Clay
Mili
Germany
National Committee For A Free Europe
Helmstedt
Bremerhaven
United States
Doctors Register for Nation-Wide Medical Draft
Maj. Gen. Lewis 8B Ilershey, selective service director, reports 21,101 physicians dentists and veterinarians registered in the national medical draft. The tally breaks down to 13,968 physicians 4,989 dentists and 2,144 veterinarians with a possible 21 months in uniform if volunteer numbers fall short.
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Lewis
Ilershey
Selective Service
Armed Services
Korea Rehabilitation Efforts Postwar Relief and Costs
The article notes a Korean war end with guerrilla actions fading and U N troop advances near the Manchurian border. It highlights a rough $200 million rehabilitation estimate and likely ongoing annual funding for years. UN officials report over $36 million in relief supplies received and member contributions totaling 12 to 13 million with another 5 million expected.
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U. S
Pyongyang
Manchurian
North Korea
U. N
Red
Manchuria
U.N
38Th Parallel
United Nations
Truman
General MacArthur
Wake Island
Reginald H. R. Parminter
Assembly
U.S. Debt Burdens Private Sector Far More Than Public
The Commerce Department reports the federal government’s net debt at 442 200 million, surpassing private firms and individuals combined at 405 600 million. Government debt rose 2 100 million in 1949 while corporations total 111 600 million and individuals 93 800 million. Farm mortgages 5 400 million plus other mortgages 51 500 million, farm debt non mortgaged 6 400 million, and non farm consumer debt 0 500 million.
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Commerce Department
U. S
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Carnegie Institute
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Eng
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Earth
P.S. 188
Lower East Side
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Board of Education
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Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
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Kari
David Greenglass
Los Alamos
Klaus Fuchs
Canada
Dionney
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Cecile
Papa Ovila
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Marie
Emilie
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Piper Laurie
Hollywood
America
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Elgin
von Camp
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Finkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dean
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