White Australia Debate Intensifies Over Calwell Policy
News from Sydney and Melbourne centers on Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell enforcing the white Australia laws. The Truth raises calls for occasional concessions for Asians married to Australians, while supporters insist the policy maintains living standards. The dispute follows cases like Ser Lorenzo Gamboa, a Filipino-American held by the occupation forces in Japan, denied permission to visit his Australian wife and children.
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Australia
Arthur Calwell
Calwell
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Japan
Melbourne
Philippine House of Representatives
South Koreans Seek US Arms Aid to Match North Korea Threat
South Korea asks the United States for a military aid and arms program to double its 50,000 man army and provide 50,000 reserves plus a 10,000 man navy, aiming for parity with the North. Dr Chough Pyung Ok says a new military agreement like Greece's is needed, with no American troops required. The cost for the first year is about 175 million dollars.
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Russia
North Korea
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Rhee
Seoul
Cheju
New York Times
Cough Pyung-Ok
State Department
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Army
Chough
Acheson
Greece
Indepndence
Korea
America
House Group Orders Military PX Probe
Chairman Vinson of the House armed services committee ordered a probe into the multi million dollar business of military post exchanges ships stores and commissaries. A subcommittee led by Representative Philbin was appointed to conduct the study amid complaints and a note from the House small business committee that it would investigate if his committee did not.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House
Armed Services Committee
Philbin
D-Miss
Small Business Committee
Hard Pressed Japs Ignore Kathy Case
In Tokyo April reports note Kathy Fiscus story appeared in no Japanese newspapers. Editors say Japanese focus on rationing austerity and world events rather than the case of a single girl abroad.
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Tokyo
Kathy Fiscus
Army
Stars and Stripes
Japan
638 Million Pounds of Fats and Oils Exported
The Commerce Department reported on Tuesday that it licensed over 638 million pounds of fat and oils for shipment to European countries during the first quarter of 1949.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Petticoat Ticket Wins Again in Arkansas Denning
In Denning Arkansas seven years of women led local government continued with Lois Dixon elected mayor and a female slate defeating a male group in the municipal election held Monday night.
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Petticoat
Arkansas
Denning
Ark
Lois Dixon
Woman Admits Strangling Boy in Cleveland Case
A 64-year-old Cleveland housewife, Tillie Maschmeier, confessed to the brutal strangulation of four year old Robert Shaw late Monday. She signed a two page statement and twice tried to strangle herself in custody before a policewoman was assigned to her cell.
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Robert Shaw
Tillie Maschmeier
Shaw
Maschmeier
Accused Slayer's Case Postponed in Milwaukee
Milton Babich, 19, accused of murdering his bride to be’s teenage sister Patricia Birmingham, saw a preliminary hearing moved to May 4. The state alleges he shot her and dumped the body in a river. Babich claims the shooting was accidental. District Judge Harvey L. Neelen granted the delay at attorney Arthur Richter’s request despite DA William McCauley’s objections.
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Milton Babich
Babijch
Patricia Birmingham
Harvey L. Neelen
Arthur Richter
William McCauley
Richter
Chiropractor C L Vaughn Opens Practice at Rio Grande
A compact local note announces chiropractor C L Vaughn offering painless treatment with convenient parking at 1010 Rio Grande. Phone contact listed as 273 4.
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