Acheson Urges Western Allied Arms Pooling and United Front
Secretary of State Acheson urged the nation to join with Western Europe in balanced collective forces under the North Atlantic Treaty. Speaking before a joint session of Congress in the Library of Congress, he outlined London talks and stressed closer economic political and military coordination led by the United States. He warned that success hinges on strong congressional support and larger naval and air commitments.
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Truman
State Acheson
Europe
Acheson
House
Senate
Library of Congress
London
Congress
Judd
R-Minn
China
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Rankin Dmiss
Lie
Rankin
McCarthy
R-Wis
North Atlantic
United States
Western Europe
Germany
Berlin
Six Amerasia defendants to testify before Senate panel
Six defendants in the Amerasia secret documents case will face a Senate foreign relations subcommittee investigating communism in government. Emanuel Larsen will be first. others include Philip Jaffe Kate Mitchell John Stewart Service Mark Gayn and Andrew Roth. ROUGH testimony and loyalty checks accompany the case.
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Washington
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
Gov
Wednesay
Subcommittee
Edward P Morgan
Emanuel S. Larsen
China
State Department
Office of Far Eastern Affairs
Morgan
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Kate Louise Mitchell
John Stewart Service
Foreign Service
Mark Julius Gayn
Navy
Andrew Roth
Gayn
Service
Mitchell
Roth
Department
Justice’ Department
Bourke Hickenlooper
Roosevelt
Chiang-Kai-Shek
James M. McInerney
Justice Department
FBI
Louis D. Nichols
D. Milton Ladd
J. Edgar Hoover
Tydings
Big 50th Caller Wins $16.50 Merchandise Prize
A promotional offer promises that every 50th caller will receive merchandise valued at $16.50. The campaign details the grading of eligible calls and prize distribution.
West Germans Attack Returning Red Youth
Police rushed reinforcements to the tense Schleswig Holstein border as thousands of Berlin youth returning from a Communist rally faced anti Communist violence. Reports claim arrests and registrations as authorities enforce border rules amid sit downs and medical checks.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Berlin
Iron Curtain
Stalin
Brunswick Lice
Free German Youth
FDJ
Luebeck
Schleswig-Holstein
Ouiet
No Man's Land
Hamburg
Wilhelm Boeckler
Ener
Mecklenburg
Max Reimann
ADN
Three Electrocuted by Greenville Wire
In Greenville on Wednesday night three people died in two separate incidents after storms blew down power lines. Arch L. Stinebaugh and his granddaughter Celina Stinebaugh were struck by a 2400 volt line while exiting a car near a light pole, and W. A. Laird a city lineman died after contact with a 2400 volt wire on a cross brace.
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Greenville
Arch L. Stinebaugh
Celina Stinebaugh
Stinebaugh
W. A. Laird
AS YOU LIKE IT ENGLISH GARBAGE COLLECTOR BACK ON JOB
A city worker once fired after a queen related incident is restored to duty following citizen petitions. Bees hover over city and county offices as officials struggle with unusual swarms and scattered advice. A cocker spaniel retrieves golf balls, boosting his master’s business from lost balls. Rodeo season opens in Bastrop and Llano with major events starting Thursday.
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Bastrop
Llano
Food Prices Climb 4 Cents This Week
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose four cents to 5.94, the highest since January 1949, reflecting higher wholesale costs for corn rye oats beef hams lard sugar cottonseed oil eggs potatoes steers hogs and lambs. Flour barley butter and milk eased.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Memorial Day weekend toll hits 571 lives
The National Safety Council reports 571 Americans died in four days over Memorial Day weekend including 347 traffic fatalities 96 drownings and 128 in miscellaneous accidents The toll sets a new record for the period with state by state breakdowns listed.
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Chicago
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Washington
American Automobile Association
Walter W. Hubbard
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Hubbard
Associated Press
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District of Columbia
Austin fundraising drive boosted by business pledges
About 60 Austin business men gathered at City Hall to support the Community Chest campaign. They pledged to raise or cover 38 000 needed to sustain 17 agencies through October, with a promised 10 000 boost from the group. Mayor Glass and ex mayor Miller urged full effort as Thompson outlined a rapid subscription plan.
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Community Chest
Austin
Chest Fund
Ted Thompson
Taylor Glass
Texas
E. H. Perry
Thompson
Case
Ben Wayne Greig
Tom Miller
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Neal Douglass
Dark Rainstorm Hits Austin and Damages Aircraft
A violent storm struck Austin after 9 p.m. with 62 mph gusts and 10. the city endured power outages as crews repaired lines. An airplane at Municipal Airport was ripped from its moorings and demolished. Hospitals and traffic were affected while fire and police departments handled outages and accidents.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Fire and Electrical Departments
St. David's Hospital
Paul Simpson
McAllen Gins Nation's First Bale of Cotton
The country’s first cotton bale this season was ginned here Wednesday. Grower Pablo Rivera of La Grulla produced a 580 pound bale ginned Wednesday morning at Neville Farley Williams gin in McAllen.
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McAllen
Pablo Rivera
la Grulla
Neville-Farley-Williams
San Saba Census Shows 468 Jump
San Saba gained 468 people over the 1940 census, reaching 3 385. County population fell 2 390 to 8 682, as figures released Thursday show. Ralph Trollinger announced the new San Saba total from San Angelo.
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San Saba
Ralph Trollinger
San Angelo
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