France and Britain Seek West Europe Unity Amid Berlin Talks
In London on May 9, Acheson met Bevin and Attlee as France proposed pooling German and French steel and coal. Bonn joined the Council of Europe, signaling Western Europe integration. US favours German economic ties but not military. British and American officials see urgent steps to bolster the West against the Soviet Union.
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London
Europe
Russia
Bonn
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
France
Germany
Acheson
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Paris
Bevin
Robert Schuman
Schuman
United States
West Germany
Western Europe
US State Department
Charles E. Bohlen
John J. McCloy
Britain
Soviet Union
US to spend 64 million in Asia aid program
The administration plans a 64 million economic aid package for Indochina and neighboring nations. Indonesia Thailand Burma and Malaya would receive shares while Congress authorizes funds. The plan runs separate from military aid from a 75 million presidential fund.
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Asia
Washington
Congress
Indochina
Acheson
Paris
Indonesia
Thailand
Burma
Malaya
Truman
Truman Seeks Symington War Plans czar and RFC move
President Truman asks Congress to name W Stuart Symington as a centralized war planning czar and convert the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the Commerce Department. The plan also places RFC under overall Commerce supervision and trims its independent status while implementing four broad reorganizations.
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Truman
Congress
W. Stuart Symington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce Department
House
Senate
Symington
National Security Resources Board
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RFC
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National Labor Relations Board
Agriculture Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Security Resources Board
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Defense
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Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Air Force
Dream of passenger discs nears reality in Dallas
A Dallas inventor tested a model for passenger carrying flying discs and secured a backer to build a full size version. The report notes other pages with entertainment and crime items including a Dorothy Lamour act, a wrestling incident, and a bachelor farmer’s death with gifts to friends, all mentioned across sections.
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Dallas
Navy Convinced Lost Crew Dead From Red Action
A Navy spokesman said evidence from two life rafts and the Privateer nose wheel shows the April Baltic incident killed all 10 crewmen. Congress passed posthumous decorations. State Department rejected the Russian account.
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Washington
Navy
Congress
Latvia
House
Senate
State Department
Baltic
VP26
Port Lyautey
Morrocco
North Africa
Woman Loses Two Fingers In Manor Gunshot
A Manor woman Ruth Smith about 30 of Route 2 Manor was shot Tuesday evening at 6 30 p m and lost two fingers. She was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital at 8 30 p m for X rays and treatment of her left hand. The sheriff's department had not completed its investigation by Tuesday night.
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Manor
Brackenridge Hospital
Ruth Smith
Route 2
Sheriff's Department
Weather To Continue Warm and Humid Here
More warm humid weather with partly cloudy skies is forecast for Austin Wednesday. Temperatures expected from 75 to 88 degrees with a 87 high reached at 3 pm after a 75 degree low at 7 am. Thunder showers and light hail were reported on the south plains as a cool front moves into the state.
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Austin
Mercury
Associated Press
South Plains
Army Secretary Aide Named by Truman
President Truman nominated Earl Dallam Johnson a New York investment counselor to be Assistant Secretary of the Army. Johnson 44 served as a wartime Air Force colonel and will succeed Archibald S. Alexander who became Undersecretary.
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Washington
Truman
Earl Dallam Johnson
New York
Army
Archibald S. Alexander
Johnson
Air Force
Nebraska flood leaves at least 15 dead or missing
Sudden floods in southeast Nebraska killed or left missing at least 15 people after a day of raging waters. Victims include Harold McCall and others near Beatrice and Nehawka, with towns like DeWitt, Auburn, and Lincoln severely impacted. Rescue workers used amphibious vehicles as towns faced power and water shortages.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Harold McCall
Beatrice, NP
Forrest Kitch
Beatrice
Wilber
DeWitt
Lincoln
National Guard
Truman
Nehawka
Auburn
Neb
Kansas
Frank Pedrick
Virgil Krause
Dorothy Krause
Nebraska City
Carl Ryder
Berlin Russia Plan To Recall Troops Scored
Western Allied spokesmen and anti Communist Germans dismissed a Soviet proposal to withdraw occupation troops from Berlin as unworkable. The plan demanded supervised city elections and a restored Soviet veto, rejected by West Berlin leaders led by Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter and by US official Acheson.
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Jean Geneval
Germany
John J. McCloy
Paris
Potsdam
McCloy
Acheson
Poth
London
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Alexei Jelisarov
Russian Control Commission
East Berlin
Jelisarov
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Berliner Anzeigera
Benton Calls McCarthy Propaganda as Red Type Attacks
Sen Benton escalates the fight over McCarthy's anti communism charges, branding him a red type propagandist and urging Senate support for Truman civil rights measures. Field seeks another review to avert contempt. Tydings expects State Department loyalty files to reach the committee.
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Benton
D-Conn
McCarthy
State Department
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Chamber
Connecticut
Truman
Wisconsin
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Tydings
D-Md
US Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
Field
Tyd
Defense boosts pass as House pushes economy plan
The House boosted defense funds by 385.36 million mostly for new warplanes and tentatively approved 29.496 billion for the year. Lawmakers exempt Army Navy and Air Force from about a billion in cuts amid a wider push to trim spending with a 996 million savings plan.
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House
Air Force
Appropriations Committee
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Ae Leee
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Army
Thomas
Texas
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Senate Post Office Committee
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Vinson
D-Ga
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President Truman assails China famine policy in West tour
President Truman accused Chinese Communists of starving China to aid Soviet needs and said the United States will feed hungry Chinese via private agencies despite government ties. He spoke in Laramie at the University of Wyoming and earlier in Casper and Cheyenne, linking privilege to Western development and urging Congress to back small business credit and venture support.
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China
Russia
United States
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Casper
Cheyenne
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Soviet Union
West
Congress
Mediators Race to Avert Railroad Firemen Strike
Federal mediators pressed attempts to avert a four railroad strike set to begin at 6 a.m. local time. Talks continued near midnight with limited progress as carriers cut service and unions prepared to strike. Houston reports warned the Texas Chief and Texas Ranger may pause services while Pennsylvania Railroad voiced cautious optimism for settlement.
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National (Railway) Mediation Board
Houston
Texas
Santa Fe
Texas Ranger
Ranger
Purcell
Okla
Philadelphia
Walter S. Franklin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greece and Yugoslavia move toward normal relations
Athens May 9. Prime Minister Nicholas Plastiras says Greece and Yugoslavia in principle agree to restore normal diplomatic relations and to exchange ministers. Hurdles remain due to lingering bitterness from the Greek Civil War and past Yugoslav involvement.
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Athens
Greece
Yugoslavia
Nicholas Plastiras
Memorial Service Held For 5 Baylor Students
Baylor University honored five students killed in a Monday crash near Memphis Tennessee with a mass memorial service in Waco. Classes were dismissed for an hour as students packed Waco Hall. Dean Monroe Carroll the administration spoke, and clergy led prayers. A Tyler student named Ken How sang Nearer My God to Thee.
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Baylor University
Memphis
Tenn
Waco Hall
Monroe
Carroll
Guy Newman
W. R. White
Tilson Maynard
Ememanuel Baptist Church
Ken
Tyler
Trapped Well Digger Severely Burned in Brooklyn Rescue
Dominick Atteo, 49, a well digger, lay trapped for hours in a 20 foot shaft in Brooklyn after a wall collapse during a water well project. Police and emergency crews risked their lives to free him as he remained conscious but weakening, with Dr. Harold Gerson treating him at the scene and in hospital. A dangerous fire risk from a cigarette ignited by oxygen hampered efforts, while rescuers dug a tunnel and supported him with a steel drum to prevent sinking deeper.
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Harold Berson
Brooklyn
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Sr Pelice
Atteo
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