Truman Signs Housing Bill Amid Dismay at GOP Shortfall
President Truman signed a housing bill he called emasculated and far short of needs, blasting Congress for deliberate neglect of low income housing. The measure funds FHA guarantees, expands loan insurance, and accelerates affordable homes, but omits the Taft-Ellender-Wagner plan and criticizes Republican leaders for blocking full House consideration.
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Taft-Ellender-Wagner
House of Representatives
House Committee On Banking and Currency
House
Tobin Considers Offer By Truman
Tobin thanks President Truman for offering him the labor secretary post and says he will decide within 48 hours. The Massachusetts governor, 47, is seeking another term and was nominated just before the extra session adjourned. A recess appointment was made to the $15,000-a-year post after Sen. Taft blocked immediate confirmation.
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Taft
Ohio
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
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He Loves To Obilge But Enough Is Enough
Pittsburgh Aug 10 grocer Henry Verscharen helps push a car after two men claim they are out of gas. He then flags a police cruiser and has the motorists arrested. The car is identified as Verscharen's own vehicle.
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Pittsburgh
Henry Verscharen
Verscharen
Veracharen
Press Wins Row With Red Forces Press Wins Row With Red Forces
Geneva Aug 10 British French and American efforts to exclude locally hired foreign news correspondents from a proposed international convention on gathering and transmitting news faced opposition from the Communist bloc. The UN conference on freedom of information reviewed the draft at its economic and social council session.
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Switzerland
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Chile
China
Communist Bloc
United Nations Conference On Freedom of Information
UN Economic and Social Council
Britain
France
United States
Council
Committee On Human Rights
Pravda
Soviet Union
Human Rights Committee
South Carolina Negro Vote Boosts Burnet Maybank Lead
In Columbia, Aug 10, Senator Burnet R. Maybank led four opponents in early returns from the Democratic senatorial primary. Court-ordered polls opened to Black voters for the first time since 1876, with about 30,000 casting ballots amid no notable racial friction.
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Columbia
S. C
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
Berlin Crisis Talks Reach Four Power Stage in Moscow
London August 10 AP Diplomatic sources say Moscow talks reached a grim bargaining stage with each side ready to demand major concessions. Western powers pressed for a four power basis on all Germany issues, with Berlin currency and blockade to be addressed next. Molotov signaled unity in currency control but westerns insisted on joint management, while rumors of traffic resumption and Potsdam linkage circulated amid cautious official notes.
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Moscow
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Berlin
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Molotov
W. T. Babcock
West
Ideas Picked Up While Abroad Cause Divorce
Miami divorce records reveal Mrs. Robert B. Downes sought dissolution after alleging her naval husband returned from service with misogynistic ideas from Germany. She claims he forced her to walk behind him, a custom he admired after wartime duty aboard the USS Franklin, where he served as damaged control officer and later earned the Navy Cross.
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Miami
Fla
Germany
Robert B. Downes
Downes
University of Miami
Franklin
Kyushu
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Report Marshall to resign over Israel policy denied
Washington Aug. 10 President Truman denied reports that Secretary of State Marshall threatened to resign over differences on U S policy toward Israel The New York Star claimed a split existed and Marshall would quit Officials said there is no conflict between the president and Marshall McDermott noted no decision on full recognition or a $100 million export loan to Israel to aid economic development
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Truman
Marshall
Israel
New York Star
Charles G. Ross
Michael McDermott
State Department
the Star
U. N
McDermott
United States
Five Presidential Campaigns Forming Across Parties
Washington reports plans for five presidential tickets shaping up with Truman targeting labor and a Detroit labor day rally, Dewey set for Albany talks, Wallace launching in Bridgeport, Thurmond mobilizing in Houston, and Norman Thomas predicting a strong socialist vote nationwide.
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N. Y
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New York
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Progressive Party
Bridgeport
Conn
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People's Party of
Connecticut
Wallace
Democratic Party
South
Houston
Texas
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Norman Thomas Hitting
Congress
Socialist Party
Thomas
Socialist National
Harry Fleischman
Ex Secretary of West Virginia Dead at 86
William Smythe O'Brien, West Virginia secretary of State since 1932, died unexpectedly at his home in Buckhannon at age 86 after telling his household he felt tired. Governor Meadows ordered mourning and state offices closed for the funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. O'Brien had announced retirement last January and his son D Pitt O'Brien sought the Democratic nomination to succeed him. O'Brien previously served as attorney and schoolteacher and once represented the Third West Virginia district in Congress.
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W. Va
William Smythe O’brien
West Virginia
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Clarence W. Meadows
Charleston
William S. O’brien
D. ‘Pitt O’brien
Secretary of State
O’brien
Congress
Plane Explosion Off La Jolla Sees Parachutist Rescued
In San Diego California on August 10 an airplane exploded high above the coast near La Jolla. A parachutist was seen and rescued from the sea by a fishing boat. No casualties were reported as lifeguards and Navy planes investigated the scene. Observer Max Miller of La Jolla described two flashes and a loud noise.
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Calif
la Jolla
Max Miller
Miller
General Ike discounts dangers of spy scare
Denver August 10 General Dwight D. Eisenhower said we can become hysterical about a spy scare but the government is aware and the dangers are not great. He noted major secrets have been kept and cited openness in policy but differences for technical matters. He warned laws may be inadequate yet administration and care can suffice. He spoke after arriving in Denver for a vacation, while remarking on democratic debate and caution.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Baby Sitters Prompt Radio Station Woes in New York
A New York radio station WOR warns at length about babysitters during evening breaks. The messages urge caution in kitchens for small children, quiet listening, not talking loudly with friends, and having emergency contacts and doctor numbers at hand. The notices stress babysitters stay awake and alert.
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New York
WOR
Two Russians Summoned In House Hearing
In a Washington hearing the House Un-American Activities Committee issued subpoenas for two Soviet citizens to aid its inquiry into communist intrigue. A third Russian remains at a New York consulate. authorities may subpoena her if reachable. The proceedings highlighted tensions with the Soviet Union and involved denials by several wartime officials named by Elizabeth Bentley.
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New York
Robert E. Stripling
Washington
House Un-American Activites Committee
Red
Koral
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Russia
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U.S.A
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
FBI
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Alexander S. Panyushkin
State Department
Samarin
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Thomas
Kosenkina
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Knights Of The Road Propose Half-Cent Coins
Cincinnati August 10 The knights of the road at their annual convention proposed minting half cent coins to curb half cent pricing. Jeff Davis of Cincinnati said the group would urge government to eliminate half cent prices or mint half cent coins. He added tours for underprivileged children to curb youth wanderlust, noting schools already run sight seeing trips but many cannot pay.
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Knights of the Road
Jeff Davis
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Hoboes of America
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Knights
Reds Deny U S Trieste Demands
Lake Success Aug 10 The Soviet Union rejected a U S demand that Trieste be returned to Italy and accused the western powers of creating a Bizonia in the Adriatic free territory Deputy Foreign Minister Malik told the United Nations Security Council that 21 nations had ratified the Italian peace treaty and any revision was unacceptable to Moscow He said Britain and France support the American bid and that the U S and Britain were seeking to dismember and annex Trieste to Italy Malik backed Yugoslavia's charges that the U N and Britain violated the treaty in their zone and accused Tito of trying to annex the area to Yugoslavia The U S British envoy Jessup denied the charges and Russia’s stance drew cautious interest in diplomatic circles He urged naming a governor for Trieste without delay and complained the U S had included Trieste in so called Marshalized countries in violation of the four power pact.
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Trieste
Italy
Adriatic
Jakob A. Malik
Security Council
Soviet Union
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France
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U. S
Germany
Yugoslavia
U. N
Philip C. Jessup
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Tito
Andrei A. Gromyko
Battle for Arkansas Nomination Narrows Lead in Runoff
Former Arkansas Attorney General Jack Holt and Garland County prosecutor Sidney McMath clash in early runoff returns. Holt leads 7346 to 7039 after 225 precincts reported as McMath had surged early before Holt regained the slim edge.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Jack Holt
Garland County
Sidney McMath
Holt
McMath
Hot Springs
Single Whiff Of Smoke Triggers Speedway Fire Response
Indianapolis August 10 a quick smoke alert sent Speedway City's fire crew racing to the motor speedway. They doused a blazing wooden grandstand as a precursor to replacing it with a steel structure, with Superintendent Jack Fortner Jr noting the blaze was staged to clear space.
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Speedway City
Tong
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Speedway
Jack Fortner, Jr
Taylor Denies Communist Domination of Progressive Party
Lewiston Idaho Aug 10 Sen Glen H Taylor D Idaho says reports the Progressive party is run by communists are false at Idaho progressives founding convention held in a roller rink. Delegates reached 263 by noon meeting state rule requires 200 to qualify for ballot. school board initially barred and then allowed the event with no funds collected.
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Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Taylor
Washington
Lewiston High School
Helen McCannon
Record Crops May Help Win War Of Prices
Farmers push record food production,-aided by favorable July weather-forecasts show a broad harvest with corn leading gains. The agriculture department predicts a year of record or near record crops across beans, wheat, rice, peanuts, pecans and more, signaling possible price relief for meats, dairy and poultry. Corn alone is projected at over 3.5 billion bushels, bolstering feed supplies and livestock expansion potential across Maryland Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and related states.
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Agriculture Department
Midwest
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
W. Va
Berlin Railway Work Nears End
Berlin Aug 10 Repairs to the Berlin to western Germany railway link nearly finished but no sign the Russians will reopen the line. U S deputy commander in Berlin says rumors of early resumption are unfounded. Reports from German press services differ on whether service will resume without Soviet authorization. The line was closed in June for alleged technical difficulties, a claimed reason western powers dispute as a fraud.
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Germany
W. T. Babcock
U. S
Kurier
Heichsbahn
State Railways
Berlin-Helmstedt
French Council OKs Financial Reform Bill
Paris reports the national assembly approved Premier Andrew Marie's financial reform bill by 325 to 215. The measure grants Marie and his coalition cabinet broad powers to address France's financial crisis amid days of Communist opposition.
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National Assembly
Andrew Marie
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France
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