Loyalty of Officials Data Sought By Bridges
Senator Bridges asked the State Department to disclose loyalty records for John Carter Vincent and three other officials plus names of all employees who handled Chinese affairs since 1930 and those involved in postwar Germany policy. He pressed the request during Senate hearings, aiming to identify who was responsible for China and Germany policy.
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Washington
INS
Bridges
R-N.h
State Department
United States
Switzerland
John Carter Vincent
John Davies
State Department Planning Board
Walton Butterworth
Office
John S. Service
Department
Acheson
Peurifoy
Germany
Senate Appropriations
Jidges
China
U. S
Denise
F.D R
South
Walter F. George
Millard E. Tydings
Ellison D. “Cotton Ed” Smith
S.C
U.N. Unit Calls ERP Harmful to Europe’s Recovery
A United Nations commission in Geneva says the European Recovery Program and European trade policies are worsening disintegration in Europe’s economy. It notes ERP costs the United States over 4.5 billion dollars in its first year and criticizes postwar isolationism across European nations.
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Geneva
United Nations Commission
Europe
U.N
Soviet Bloc
United States
Commission
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Spain
Voice and BBC unite to beat Soviet radio jamming
Voice of America and the British Broadcasting Company pool 61 transmitters daily starting Saturday to pierce Soviet jamming aimed at Voice and BBC broadcasts to Russia. The move follows a two week period of Russian interference with American and British signals, prompting protests to Moscow and to the UN broadcasting agency in Geneva.
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Washington
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
State Department
Voice
BBC
Soviet Union
Moscow
United Nations Broadcasting Regulations Agency
Geneva
Railroads and Unions Agree on Liberal Vacation Pact
Five transportation brotherhoods and carriers sign a pact providing a one week paid vacation after 160 days or miles in a year, with a two week paid vacation after five years. The agreement, signed in Chicago, takes effect July 1 and covers 450000 workers.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Chicago
Embolism Fatal to George Chiverton
George Chiverton 43 of 1410 N street SW Cedar Rapids died at 3 45 a m Friday in Mercy hospital from a pulmonary embolism autopsy by Dr Regis Wieland found the clot originated in the pelvic region and was not caused by crash injuries Chiverton injured when a car was rear ended by a semi trailer driven by Donald Hunter 29 of Marion causing the car to 125 feet into a ditch Hunter said smoke from a grass fire blinded him four others in the car were slightly hurt He was born Nov 9 1905 a Maine lodge member Surviving Ralph Chiverton and sister Mrs Loyd McKee both of Cedar Rapids Services Sunday at Beatty chapel with burial in Linwood cemetery
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George Chiverton
N Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Regis Wieland
Chiverton
Donald Hunter
Marion
Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Mr Chiverton
Maine Lodge
1.C.C.F
Ralph Chiverton
Loyd McKee
Beatty Chapel
Glenn S. Hartong
Ruth Husband
Linwood Cemetery
Gag Clamped on Social Program
Washington committee imposes a gag on President Truman’s broadened social security program. Members refused to discuss actions while aiming to prevent public access to decisions until committee finishes its work, with a late May or early June completion target.
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Washington
Sns
Truman
House
Ways and Means Committee
Two Western Ambassadors Recalled from Moscow
London reports that British Ambassador Sir Maurice Petersen and Norwegian Ambassador H C Berg were recalled by their governments for consultations after Moscow radio broadcast the move Friday.
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London
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Sir Maurice Petersen
H. C. Berg
Air Force Announces Expanded Reserve Training System
The Air Force unveiled a broader reserve training program for officers and men, targeting over 135000 reservists with active and inactive duty pay for more than 75000. Currently about 42000 receive training and 25000 are paid. The plan, led by Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg and Lt Gen Elwood R. Quesada, will increase M day trained reserves across 70 bases and 23 reserve centers with two new sites and eighteen centers to be closed. Sioux City training center to be discontinued.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Chief
Regular Air Force
Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada
Tactical Air Command
Truman
Sioux City
Safecracker’s Torch Blast Burns Four Detectives
Gas from a burglar’s torch exploded in a locker at a midtown New York subway station injuring four detectives. Police had rounded up a quarter of young burglar suspects, including three students, linked to plans to break into safes of the New York Giants and a finance company. Acetylene torches, tubing, and oxyacetylene gas were found. investigators suspect a gas leak caused the blast.
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NEW York
Midtown
New York Giants
Man Lost in Woods of Minnesota for 10 Days
Virginia, Minn. a 64 year old railroad section hand David Maki wandered from near the Ash lake ranger station into the forest for ten days. He was found near the Ash river country and treated for malnutrition and exposure after emerging from the woods with no memory of the trek. He planned to hitchhike to a town about 40 miles south.
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Virginia, Minn
Adolph Johnson
David Maki
Ash Lake
Maki
Ash River
Truman Signals Start of Fight on Taft Hartley Issue
President Truman declares the honeymoon over and says he has just begun to fight against repeal of the Taft Hartley act. He vows to pressure bolting Democratic lawmakers and pursues a four year administration plan to push labor reform. He hints at campaigning in 1950 and possibly 1952, with a focus on northern and eastern Democrats and southern bolters.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
House
White House
Author Maurice Maeterlinck Dies at 86 in Nice
Paris AP reports Count Maurice Maeterlinck, 86, Belgian author of The Blue Bird and Pelleas et Melisande, died in Nice. Nobel laureate in 1911, he fled Paris for the United States in 1940 with his wife as German forces advanced.
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Paris
Maurice Maeterlinck
Nice
Maeterlinck
Claude DeBussy
Fire at Hollywood Park Races Destroys Grandstand
A multi million dollar fire destroyed the grandstand club house and turf club at Hollywood Park race track in Inglewood California. One fireman was critically hurt, several arson suspects questioned, and plans to reopen May 17 were disrupted.
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Inglewood
Calif
Hollywood Park Race Track
Santa Anita Track
Arcadia
Cliff Freeman
Blizzard Stalls Wyoming Tourists as Snow Drifts Close Highway
A Wyoming blizzard halted traffic from Rock Springs to Rawlins with about 100 cars stranded on highway 30. Snowbound tourists filled hotels and jail cells while officials dispatched plows and noted an unusually harsh winter.
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United Press
Midwest
Atlantic Coast
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Rock Springs
Rawlins
Highway 30
VA to Dismiss 8000 Employees Nationwide
The Veterans Administration will send dismissal notices to 8000 employees on Monday to align staff with Truman budget limits for FY 1950. The cuts exclude hospitals and medical programs but will close 42 small offices in 23 states, with 30 days notice prior to separation beginning May 9. No Iowa offices are listed in the closing order.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Truman
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Gray
Iowa
People Spend Smaller Percentage of Earnings
Chicago report from Northern Trust Company notes consumers spend about 90 percent of their earnings, the lowest level since 1947, as price declines curb nonessential purchases and buyers focus on necessity. The bulletin cites a 5 point drop from a 95 percent peak in 1947.
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Chicago
Northern Trust Company Bulletin
the Bulletin
Bank
U S Urges Greater Japanese Role in International Affairs
The State Department on Friday urged Japan to gain increasing direction of its own affairs in international matters. It said resuming some responsibilities in trade, citizenship, property, culture, and scientific exchanges would aid Japan’s recovery and help avoid issues after a peace treaty. The proposal to the Far Eastern Commission faces objections from Britain, France, and the Philippines and awaits action.
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Washington
United States
Japan
State Department
Far Eastern Commission
Britain
France
Philippines
Police Break Barricades as Asbestos Town Eases Back
In Asbestos Quebec a 150-strong provincial police column entered the town after clashes with 5,000 striking workers. Work at Johns-Manville mills resumes with strikebreakers as company negotiators enter talks. strikers had demanded 15 cents more per hour and union security.
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Asbestos
Quebec
Sherbrooke
Johns-Manville Company
Hilaire Beauregard
Montreal
Catholic Confederation of Labor
Johns-Manville
Asbestos Corporation
Johnson Mines
Nicolet Mines
Flintkote
George K. Foster
Red Attacks on Shanghai Fronts Reported by Garrison
Shanghai garrison said strong Communist attacks developed on the southwest and northwest fronts. The southwest fight was held while the northwest attackers were beaten back. Reds also pressed central and southeast China as police in Shanghai executed alleged racketeers amid uncertainty over Chiang Kai-shek's whereabouts.
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Central
China
Shanghai
Hangchow
Kashing
Chengchih
Tai
Chiang Kai-shek
Lungwha Airfield
Formosa
Chiang
George Lu
Edith Barnett's Weight-Reduction Ordeal Draws Crowd
Edith Barnett, 22, became stuck Thursday in a weight-reducing machine at a reducing salon. Police ambulance, two squads, a fire rescue unit and staff responded. Several hundred onlookers watched as workers pried apart the device and freed her ankle. She cried that her secret about trying to slim down is now exposed, though she suffered only embarrassment.
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ST. Paul
INS
Edith Barnett
Miss Barnett
Telephone workers vote CIO tie up unionization
Communications Workers of America members approve joining the CIO by a two to one margin after a nationwide referendum. President Joseph A. Beirne announced 71,312 votes favored affiliating with the CIO while 34,419 voted to keep an independent union.
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Washington
Unications Workers of America
CIO
Joseph A. Beirne
Damage Award to Children Upheld in Minnesota Case
Minnesota Supreme Court affirms a $6,000 award to a 6 year old and siblings from Harold Monsen for enticing their mother away. The ruling says children have rights and may recover when a parent is drawn from them, reflecting changed family duties since early common law. The suits were brought by the children's father Lou Miller.
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ST. Paul
State Supreme Court
Helen Miller
Harold Monsen
Winona
Minn
Monsen
Monson
Lou Miller
Plane Falls in Channel Over English Coast
A two engined British cargo plane carrying seven people crashed into the English channel near Portland, England, with all aboard feared dead.
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Portland
England
English Channel
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