Senate Unit Warns of Rent Control Removal Effects
The Senate banking committee warned that removing rent controls now could raise rents 25 to 100 percent and trigger strikes and inflation. The report backs a 12 to 15 month extender with limited increases, while noting potential diet, medical, and clothing hardship for millions. The talks proceed as the House has passed a 15 month extender and states may take over control under varying bills.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
House
Cain
R-Wash
Paul V Betters
US Conference of Mayors
Committee To Be Given Defense Job
John M. Hightower reports a committee will be assigned a defense role. The article notes official action and expected assignments within departmental procedures.
Atlantic Alliance Plans Common Defense Against Russia
A U S state department booklet outlines a proposed North Atlantic pact strategy to coordinate military strength into a common plan across Europe from Italy to Norway. Officials see Russia as the main external threat and expect eight to twelve signatories with Spain and Germany not imminent. Meetings near April 1 will prepare for ratification and pre signing talks to ensure rapid alliance activation.
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Washington
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
High
Atlantic Council
State Department
Europe
United States
Italy
Norway
Germany
Spain
Senate
Tipsy U S Sailors Cause Uproar In Dominican Port
In Ciudad Trujillo three intoxicated U S sailors sparked a mob clash with civilians, police, and shore patrol after an alleged attempt to molest a Dominican girl. The Burdo crew apologized to police chief Col Luis Arzeno Colon, and the Mt Olympus remained in port with Burdo and Burke.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Républic
U. S. Navy
F Arres
U. S
Burdo
Burke
Mt Olympus
Col Luis Arzeno Colon
Ciudad
Trujillo
Col Colon
Mt. Olympus
U S
Roosevelt Jr Struggles for Congress Seat in New York
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, 35, seeks the Sol Bloom seat in Manhattan district 20. He faces Tammany Hall resistance over residency and past support for Eisenhower, with backing from Mayor O Dinger, Senator Wagner, and former Gov Lehman, plus CIO groups.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
Young Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William O’dinger
U. S
Robert F. Wagner
Herbert H. Lehman
CIO Political Action Committee
Miss Truman Opens Coast to Coast Tour October 13
Atlanta report says Margaret Truman will open a national concert tour on October 13 as the featured act of the 1949-50 All Star Concert Series. The soprano has studied with Mme Helen Traubel in New York this winter.
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Atlanta
Margaret Truman
Miss Truman
Mme
Helen Traubel
New York
Cedar Rapids group pushes for 12 million school aid bill
A Cedar Rapids citizen group formed by local teachers met to pressure for Senate File 448. They approved a resolution supporting 12 million dollars in general school aid on a per pupil basis and rejected Senate File 342 which would give 17.5 million with no breakdown. The group also endorsed the ISEA program including equalization, transportation, handicapped, and tax credit aid.
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Cedar Rapids
Senate
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Scientists Charge Meeting Barred Critics of Soviets
New York reports that a group led by Dr Sidney Hook accuses an international peace conference of suppressing Western critics while allowing Soviet voices. They form Americans for Intellectual Freedom and will stage a rival event next weekend to counter the session.
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New York
Russia
Sidney Hook
Newark University
Americans For Intellectual Freedom
National Council For the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Common Cause
New Education Board Member Named by Gov Beardsley
Gov William 8 Beardsley appoints W B Hamilton of Hampton to a six year term on the state education board. A Tennessee native, Hamilton graduated Iowa State College in 1920 and long served as Franklin county cultural agent and Farm Bureau secretary in Des Moines. He is an official of Farmers Hybrid Company Hampton.
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William 8. Beardsley
W. B. Hamil
Hampton
Tennessee
Hamilton
Iowa State College
Franklin County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Farmers Hybrid Company of
Truman Receives White House News Photographers Oscar
President Truman was honored at the White House News Photographers Association dinner with an Oscar like statuette for the outstanding news reel of the year. The award recognized his speech imitating commentator H V Kaltenborn during a critical moment of the campaign. Cabinet members, the supreme court and other officials attended the event and Frank Can of Acme News Pictures won the grand prize for a photo of Truman with the Chicago Tribune early edition headline Dewey Defeats Truman.
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Washington
Truman
White House News Photographers Association
H. V. Kaltenorn
Kaltenborn
Supreme Court
Frank Can
Acme News Pictures
Chicago ‘Tribune
Dewey
Small Lands Seek Global Alliances
Western diplomats debate regional defense blocs as alternatives to a single global pact. Pacific, Middle Eastern, and northern Mediterranean alignments are proposed, with Britain and others already linked to the Atlantic bloc. Philippines president Quirino urges U.S. leadership for a Pacific alliance.
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London
United States
China
Turkey
Israel
Spain
Greece
France
Italy
Franco
Sree Acon
Britain
Africa
Pacific
Middle East
Canada
Central
South America
Elipidio Quirino
America
Widow of Axe Victim Acquitted of Slaying
Betty Ferreri, known as the axe widow, was acquitted of murdering her husband Jerome Ferreri. The jury found her not guilty after a lengthy trial with numerous witnesses. Charles Fauci also acquitted of related charges while Allan Adron pled guilty to a separate murder tied to the case.
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Los Angeles
INS
Betty Ferreri
Carhop
Jerome
Charles
Brooklyn
Charlie” Fauci
Allan
Adron
Ferreris
Ferreri
Fauci
Ferrerias
Luskin
Maine Senator Smith Stricken in Philadelphia
Len Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, the first woman elected to a full U S Senate term, fell ill on Saturday after alighting from a train at 30th Street station. Diagnosed as a digestive upset, she was taken to the Warwick hotel and treated by Dr Helen Hayes Ryan of Temple University. She hoped to return to Washington Sunday.
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Maine
Philadelphia
Len Margaret Chase Smith
Pennsylvania Railroad
30Th Street
American Association of University Women
Warwick Hotel
Helen Hayes Ryan
Temple University
Smith
U. S. Senate
Washington
Dartmouth Student Charged in Dormitory Fatal Brawl
Dartmouth College junior Thomas A. Daxsee, 21, of Fayetteville, N. Y., faces first degree manslaughter charges after Raymond J. Cirrotta, 21, of Lindex, N. D., died from a cerebral hemorrhage following a dormitory incident. Five others, including three football players, were suspended. two more students were brought to police and later added to the suspension list. Cirrotta was a World War II veteran and a Dartmouth junior.
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Dartmouth College
Andother
Husky
Thomas A. Daxsee
Fayetteville
Raymond J. Cirrotta
Lindexs
N . Daxsee
William (. Felton
Tiffin
Ohio
Robert A. Fox
Philadelphia
Arman
Studen
Charles T. McCarthy
North Andover
Mass
Glen B. Peck, Jr
Cambridge
Vishinsky to lead Soviet fight on pact at U.N. session
At the U.N. General Assembly opening in April, Andrei Vishinsky and his aide Andrei Gromyko are slated to spearhead Soviet opposition to the North Atlantic treaty. The delegation's exact lineup remains undisclosed. Western leaders including Robert Schuman Ernest Bevin and Hector McNeil are expected among other foreign ministers attending.
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Vishinsky
Paris
V. M Molotov
U.N
Vushinsky
North Africa
Mediterranean
Gromyko
Robert Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Two Bears Maul 13 Year Old at Forest Park Zoo
In St Louis a 13 year old boy named Ronald Carey was mauled for about 15 minutes by two polar bears in Forest Park Zoo after climbing a four foot fence and sitting on a wall. One bear pulled him into the pit and dragged him before zoo keepers rescued him. He suffered severe bites to arms legs and body. condition described as critical at City Hospital.
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ST. Louis
Onald Carey
Forest Park
Zoo Keep
City Hospital
Crippled Couple Wed in Fort Worth Church Arch
Warren Gilbert Goffer and Virginia Maserang exchanged age vows beneath floral arches in Fort Worth. Both are paralyzed. Goffer uses a wheelchair and Maserang crutches. Goffer, wounded in 1944, spoke publicly at the University of Michigan and sought evangelism after ministering at Fort Worth. Maserang, crippled by polio since age 10, and Goffer plan a Detroit summer, with vows at Mrs. Gorman Fuller’s home.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Warren Gilbert Goffer
Ginia Maserang
Coffer
Miss Maser
Germany
Quartermasters Corps
Detroit
East West Issue Factor At French Polls Today
French local elections to fill 1508 posts see six party contenders for unpaid general councillor roles. Most parties align with the United States while the Communists side with Russia. The vote may reflect anti Communist sentiment but will not decide the East West conflict. The Communist label the opponents as the American party and accuse them of aggression toward the Soviet Union.
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France
United States
Russia
Union
Soviet Union
Paris
Man On Fifth Avenue Hears Odd Ask About Alcoholics Anonymush
A passerby on Fifth Avenue is approached by a character who asks where to find Alcoholics Anonymush. The snappy exchange hints the caller wants to resign a press News, prompting local amusement.
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Fifth Avenue
Shay
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