Prospects of Atomic Control Are Mixed Says Lilienthal
Washington December 28 David E Lilienthal said long term prospects for an international agreement on atomic energy control are good while short term prospects are remote He cited the fear of catastrophic consequences from no agreement and noted major advances in 1949 toward breeding but no achievement yet He also announced the release of 67 non secret patents and the formation of a metallurgical information group for public use and royalty free licenses
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Swettee OS
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
U. S
AEC
Commission
U. S. Patent Office For
United States
Acheson-Lilienthal
United Nations
Russia
Time magazine names Churchill man of the half century
Time picks Winston Churchill as the man of the half century noting his leadership through two world wars and his Fulton speech that spurred the Marshall Plan and Western defense efforts. The issue features a Baker portrait on the cover and a 16 page half century supplement.
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New York
Winston Churchill
Time Magazine
Churchill
Ernest Hamlin Baker
Time
Fulton, Mo
Fulton
Western Union
Western Europe
Truman Welcomes Indonesia as New Independent State
President Truman said the United States would support Indonesia as a democracy and self government. He noted its stand against foreign dictatorships and announced extended diplomatic recognition. Cochran named as first U.S. ambassador with potential loan and limited military aid to follow.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Indonesia
Russia
H. Merle Cochran
U. S
Community of Free Nations
United Nations
Pennsy Plans To Aid Hyndman After Fire Devastation
Governor Duff ordered state departments to cooperate in aiding Hyndman Bedford County after a Christmas Day blaze that destroyed most of the town. A meeting at Hyndman High School will map state housing aid under a 15 million dollar slum clearance program and discuss local employment. Adm Milo Draeme, forestry secretary, ordered land-purchase priority near the Shawnee dam for work related to Hyndman recovery.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Commonwealth
Hyndman
Department of Forests and Waters
Commerce
Public School Building Authority
Hyndman High School
Bedford County
Adm
Milo F. Draeme
Forests and Waters
Shawnee Dam
Truman Sets Broad Plan For Congress
President Truman, back in Washington from Missouri, plans to press Congress for a broad domestic and international program. He will outline in three messages including state of the union, economic, and budget, with a joint address likely midweek.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Congress
State of Union
State of the Union
House
Senate
Independence
The
St. Louis
Treasury
Snyder
Margaret
Charles G. Ross
Clark Clifford
White House
GE Breaks Off Contracts With UE
General Electric announced it will terminate its contract relations with the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America when the current agreement expires on April 1, 1950. The UE is expelled from CIO and in a dispute with CIO-sponsored International UE. GE's action affects about 125,000 workers in around 100 plants nationwide.
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New York
General Electric Company
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
International United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
George H. Pfeif
G. E
Pfeif
General Electric
National Labor Relations Board
Rita Hayworth Gives Birth To 52-Pound Princess Yasmin
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan welcomed a 52 pound baby girl in Lausanne, naming her Yasmin. The first grandchild of Aga Khan, the infant is described as healthy and Rita as doing well after a long birth. Aly Khan announced the birth from the hospital steps, noting both mother and child are fine.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Aly
Claude Payot
Yasmin
France
Olga Besson
Montchoisi
Aga Khan
Rita
Palace Hotel
Clothing Prices Dip To Lowest In Two Years
A government living cost index shows clothing prices at their lowest in over two years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes apparel prices fell to mid November levels not seen since August 1947, with a 7 percent drop from October 1948. Rents rose minimally while coffee and fresh produce gained in November.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Houston
Tex
Milwaukee
Anthony Adverse Author Dies at 60 in Miami
Anthony Adverse author Hervey Allen died of a heart attack at his Miami home at age 60. His wife Ann Andrews Allen found him on the bathroom floor around 1 p.m. local time. Dr. Franz Stewart failed to revive him. Allen was reportedly preparing to shave when he collapsed while finishing a sequel to Toward the Morning.
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Miami
Fla
Hervey Allen
Anthony Adverse
Allen
Ann Andrews Allen
Franz Stewart
United States
Bermuda
Green Rain Seen Over Cradock Gardens
In Portsmouth Virginia on a Tuesday, residents reported a green rain over Cradock Gardens. Police and navy investigators traced the color to water soluble fluorescent dye from defective smoke bombs burned at a naval ammunition depot. The navy said the dye is harmless.
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T. D. Barrow
Barrow
Cradock Gardens
St. Julien’s Creek Naval Ammunition Depot
Navy
National pension policy urged to avert strikes
Cyrus S. Ching, head of the federal mediation service, called for a new national pension policy to prevent more strikes as private employer plans grow through collective bargaining. He warned drifting toward a mixed system and urged a timely study to set a deliberate future course. He noted many workers find federal Social Security inadequate and some are exempt, with unions pushing supplementary pension schemes.
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Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Ching
American aid official Jacobson freed by Hungarians
Jacobson, 37, director of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Hungary, returned to Vienna after 12 days in a Budapest jail. He said he was questioned about alleged spying from Dec. 15 into the next morning and kept under long hours of detention before being released as not quite an agent.
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Vienna
Austria
Israel Jacobson
Budapest
American Joint Distribution Committee
AJDC
Hungary
Jacobson
Peter Gabor
Out
Excise Taxes Depress Trade In Wartime
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warned White House that wartime excise taxes depress retail sales. He cited jewelry, furs, luggage, admissions as severely affected and said a tax relief is the top desire of 3,000 businessmen from conferences across the country. He noted some improvement and projected steady business into early 1950.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
Northern Operators Move To Similar Action In Steel Coal Dispute
The Southern Coal Producers Association filed charges with the NLRB to end the three day work week as unfair labor practice. Northern operators voted to join, seeking injunctions to stop John L. Lewis from enforcing a 1949 50 contract policy and sweeping wage changes. Moody cited dire industry conditions and urged federal action while noting NLRB delays and a pending regional recommendation.
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Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph RK. Moody
SCPA
NLRB
John L. Lewis
Nlrb General Council
Robert H. Denham
Lewis
Moody's
Tne
Washington
Baltimore
John Panello
Denham
Moody
Labor Board
Act of Congress
Truman
White House
Pittsburgh
George Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
UMW
Love
Pennsylvania Railroad Foresees Profit in 1949
Philadelphia December 28. Despite losses from steel and coal strikes, the Pennsylvania Railroad is expected to post a profit in 1949. President Walter S. Franklin estimates income near 19 million dollars, after losses in 1948 and 1947 profits of 34.43 million and 7.29 million respectively, with strong December earnings suggesting the road will finish the year in the black. Through November the railroad ran red.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Walter S. Franklin
Franklin
King Farouk I to marry 16 year old Nariman Sadek
New York Post reports Egypt’s King Farouk I plans to wed Nariman Sadek, 16, fiancée of Zaki Hachian, amid royal opposition and censorship in Cairo. The couple’s engagement and shifting timelines spark speculation about a royal romance with international implications.
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New York
Farouk I
New York Post
Rome
William Attwood
Post
Cairo
Narriman Sadek
Zaki Hachian
Middle East
U. N. Department of Economic Affairs
Hachian
Associated Press
Washington
Farouk
Hadisan
Miss Sadek
Kamil Bey Abdul Rahim
Attwood
Hadiian
Fawzia
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Joseph E. Moody
President Truman
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ICC
UMW Welfare Fund
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Ahmed Nagib Pasha
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Corre
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