Hard Budget Policy Holds Against Britains Labor Revolt
BLACKPOOL England June 7 The Labor Party conference quashed a revolt against the hard labor financial policy as unions led by Arthur Deakin backed Sir Stafford Cripps. Cripps defended the 1949-50 budget while warning Britain faces a tough economic period. Attlee urged party unity as elections loom.
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Blackpool
England
Labor Party
Britain
Arthur Deakin
Transport and General Workers Union
Stafford Cripps
Cripps
Lord Strabolgi
House of Lords
Herbert Morrison
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Clement Attlee
Puzzle About Three Minutes to Sum to One Hundred
A terse prompt invites solving three word puzzles under a strict three minute limit. It presents scrambled numbers and hints at forming an expression with digits 1 through 9 that equals 100, without Roman numerals or fractions, and then lists enigmatic sequences and codes as potential answers.
Truman Names North Carolinian Army Secretary
President Truman nom inates Gordon Gray 40 under secretary of the army to be secretary of the Army replacing Kenneth C Royall. Gray a Baltimore native and former North Carolina state senator began his career as a WWII private and led Piedmont Publishing in Winston-Salem before practicing law in NC.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Gordon Gray
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Gray
Curtis Calder
New York
Calder
Senate
John J. McCloy
Germany
McCloy
Bnk
Little
Francis P. Matthews
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Defense
Johnson
Baltimore
Piedmont Publishing Company
Winston-Salem
N.C
North Carolina
Firestone announces tire price cuts across lines
Akron June 7 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company said it will cut tire prices by five to seven and a half percent. The 600 16 Deluxe Champion tire drops to 14 75 undercutting 1939 prices. Goodyear soon followed with similar reductions and others in the industry are expected to move downward. Standard Oil of Ohio had already cut Atlas tire prices by 19 percent.
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Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Atlas
Army Engineer Probe Sought in Dam Issue
Representative Burdick urges an investigation of Major General Lewis A. Pick chief of the Army Engineers over the Garrison Dam project in North Dakota. He accuses Pick of a dictatorial land purchase policy and calls for a review of funds spent on the dam.
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Army
Washington
Burdick
R-N.d
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
N. D
Congressional Record
Pick
It Takes Time Some Bamboo Blossoms Every 32 Years
A feature notes that certain bamboo species flower in a rare event occurring roughly every three decades. The piece explains the irregular bloom cycle and its impact on local ecosystems and gardeners.
Tidelands Ownership Dispute Proposals Studied by Rayburn
Speaker Rayburn awaits views from Attorney General Clark and Interior Secretary Krug on a plan to settle tidelands ownership and revenue division. Texas Louisiana and California attorneys general outlined points seeking quit claim titles to submerged lands, three mile or three league limits, federal paramount rights in navigation, and a revenue split from offshore oil production.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Tidelands
Tom Clark
Interior
Julius Krug
Texas
Louisiana
California
Rayburn
Clark and Krug
Gulf
Louisiana Gets Tidelands Suit Formal Notice
The United States formally serves Louisiana tidelands suit summons requiring appearance before the Supreme Court by Sept 1 to answer for possession of oil-rich submerged lands. Attorney General Bolivar Kemp and Governor Earl K. Long received the papers after Kemp refused voluntary acceptance to avoid potential prejudice.
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Baton Rouge
United States
Louisiana
Bolivar Kemp
Earl K. Long
United States Supreme Court
Kemp
Reporters of Invasion Given French Medals
Forty seven American reporters who covered the Normandy invasion received the Medal of Liberation France in Paris on June 7. Among those decorated were Associated Press staffers Hal Boyle Edward D Ball and Peter Carroll as part of a European tour hosted by President Vincent Auriol.
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Paris
France
Europe
Republic
Vincent Auriol
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Nashville
Edward D. Ball
Peter Carroll
Production of Copper Shows Drop
Washington report says April recoverable copper mine output fell to 72,836 tons, down six percent from March. Arizona, New Mexico, Montana saw notable declines, with New Mexico's drop tied to the Kennecott Chino Mine in Grant County. States listed total by output, led by Arizona and Utah.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
New Mexico
Montana
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Chino
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Central District
Grant County
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte Summitt Valley
Colorado
Idaho
California
Texas
Missouri
Michigan
Mississippi
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Business Man's Office Supply
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Irestone
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King
Tidelands Suit
Lavaca
Lewis
US Naval Academy
Annapolis
Wesley A. Brown
Sylvia Johnson Hicks
Capitol
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Food, Drug
Barton Mfg. Co
St. Louis
Austin’s Finest Man's Shop
Skip-Dent
Manhattan
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Rabher
Dad
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