House Faces Major Vote On Foreign Aid Bill
The House readies for a fierce vote on a 3.872 billion dollar one month foreign aid package. President Truman urged Congress to approve the full amount for the European Recovery Program and related aid, warning that cutting it would harm peace efforts and global stability. The plan includes 1.7 billion for ECA and support for Korean aid, development banks, and Arab refugee relief amid partisan and interparty criticism.
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Barney L. Livingstone
Washington
Truman
Key West
Congress
D-Wva
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Trimans
U. S
Cox
Pee
Com Milles
United Nations sifts Chinese representation row
UN Transport and Communications Commission may shift recognition from Chiang Kai-Shek to Mao Zedong with Britain abstaining. Russia may quit the UN Human Rights Commission as talks favor a compromise solution to the Cold War deadlock. Romulo advocates a special Security Council session to push toward mutual accommodation and coexistence.
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Bruce W. Mann
Lake Success
United Nations Commission
Transport and Communications Commission
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Mao ‘Tze-Tung
Thig
DN Security Council
World Organisation
Britain
Trygve Lie
UN Giale
Russia
Tle
Secretariat
Carlos P. Romulo
General Assembly
UN’ Security Council
Tan
Binal B'rith
Romuto
United States
Wheelchair Patients Narrad In Floride
In Floride a report describes wheelchair patients and a site reveal. Names and places appear in fragmented form, with references to individuals and programs, yet many terms are garbled. The readable items suggest medical and care contexts but lack clear events or outcomes.
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Floride
Forces Rally to Defend Acheson in Senate Fight
President Truman mobilized Administration forces to oppose Republican moves to oust Secretary of State Acheson. He defended Acheson as running the State Department admirably and held discussions with congressional leaders Rayburn Barkley Luган and McCormack about the legislative picture. Pace is among those considered for Army secretary as Gray steps aside.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Key West
Prm
Truman
Senate
Acheson
State Department
Bridges R
White House
Barkley
Speer Rayburn
Lu‘gan
House
Leedee McCormack
Reyburn
Frank Pace
Gordon Gray
Peanut farmers file individual gripes with PMA officials
Several Houston County peanut farmers registered complaints with the Production and Marketing Administration over a 30 percent reduction in 1950 allotments. Chairman David F. Snell said only a few complaints are expected from those whose acreage was slightly reduced as part of an equitable plan. Farmers may appeal to a special review board, while PMA awaits state guidance on Alabama’s increased acreage allocations passed by Congress.
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ED Dbiggers
Iaw County
Production and Marketing Administration Office
David F. Snell
Houston County Committee
Snell
PMA
State Committee
Alabama
Congress
Houston County
Epon
Texas
Yugoslav Elections Reelect Marshal Tito Front
Reports from Belgrade indicate Marshal Tito's People's Front won about 98 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections with turnout near 90 percent in many areas. The Ministry of Information said Romanian armed forces opened fire across the Danube during the election, three days of clashes near towns including Tadoxeve and Hetina.
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Yugoslavia
Aps
Marshal Tito
People's Front
Tito
Danube
Tadoxeve
Hetina
Stassen to Speak at Florida Drug Makers Meeting
Harold Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania will address about 400 executives at the 38th annual American Drug Manufacturers Association meeting in Boca Raton Florida tonight. Other speakers include Dr J H Means of Harvard on Tuesday Lt General Walter Bedell Smith former U S ambassador to Russia on Wednesday and Admiral William H Blandy president of Health Information Foundation on Thursday.
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Boca Raton
Fla
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Exchange Club Hosts Jaycees President Wednesday Speech
Exchange Club prepares to welcome the national Jaycees leader for a Wednesday luncheon at the chamber center. The guest from Aberneth, California will address members about civic affairs and local business involvement.
High Winds Sweep Wiregrass State Local Areas
High winds swept across Wiregrass areas and the state, damaging a large oak that fell on a car driven by H A Synco, injuring no one. Widespread wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, downed power lines, dust haze, and a squall line followed by a cold front prompted evacuations at Maxwell and Dannelly fields. Reports noted gusts at Jackson airport near 100 mph and a small twister near Phebs community with no injuries.
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North Appletree Street
H A. Synco
Synco
Western Union
Hig
Engle Othee
Civil Aeronautics Office
JL Ox
Montgomery
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Dothan
Bue Teay
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Miss
Air Force
Maxwell Base
Mac. di Field
Fle
Dannelly Field
Louisiana
Mississippi
Jackson
iLi
Weather Bureau
West Point
High Court Upheld Dennis Conviction Beams Contempt
The Supreme Court sustained Eugene Beams contempt conviction for defying a subpoena to appear before the House Un American Activities Committee on April 1947. Dennis denied a fair trial before a jury including government employees. seven federal workers sat on the panel. Justice Minton authored the ruling with Justices Black and Frankfurter dissenting.
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Supreme Court
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Communist Party
Dennis
Dennies
Minton
Black
Frankfurter
Justces Clark
Douglas
Vinson
Jackson
Reed
Buren
House UN - American Activities Committee
U. S. Disiillet
Lattimore Calls Charges Of Red Spy 'Moonshine'
Senator Taft and Senator Vandenberg urged a nonpartisan survey of foreign aid needs beyond the Marshall Plan. They pressed for an independent commission including all national life elements to study how far the United States should help anti-Communist nations after 1958, without harming American resources. The plan drew Democratic support and State Department interest.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R-Mich
America
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
State Department
Strike in Protest Halts French Port Traffic
In Paris a Communist led protest against American arms shipments halted traffic at French ports. About 35,000 stevedores quit for 24 hours, with Cherbourg sailors returning to work. Marseille Le Havre and Bordeaux saw small non Communist turnout as guards patrolled docks amid tensions over U S military aid and an incoming shipment of Hellcat fighters to North Africa. The U S liner at Le Havre cancelled a call and returned to the United States.
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General Confederation of Labor
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Tate Atlantic
Cherbourg
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le Havre
Bordeaux
Repu
Indo-China
Bizerte
French North Africa
Cartier Dixmude
U. S
Confederate Flag Raised In Blakely Sparks Unclear Reason
In Blakely Alabama a Confederate flag was raised by a caretaker tied to a local fundraiser. The action prompted questions as to who ordered the flag and why, with details obscured in the fragmentary report.
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Alabrely
Townes
Ris
Werosrthomes
Etay
Lewis Nash Geriieed
Tay
Pater
Ping
Stermen
Grergia
Tee Are
Solon Quoted As Naming Far East Expert Commy
Senator McCarthy labels Far Eastern expert Owen Lattimore as Russia's top spy in the State Department. Lattimore denies the charge as "pure moonshine" while en route home from a United Nations mission in Afghanistan. The Senate subcommittee on loyalty reviews the claim, with FBI and Attorney General asked to testify on evidence and file access. Lattimore, director at Johns Hopkins, awaits return for detailed rebuttal.
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Washington
Gwen Lattimore
McCarthy
Russia
State Department
United States
Lattimore
Associated Press
Afghanistan
United Nations
Wisconsin
Ray
Josie
Baltimore
Detlev
W. Bronk
Salinaly Hopking Universiy
Laimore
Walter Hines Page
Johns Z Hopkins
Drew Peat Gon
Soviet Union
Pearson
Owen Lattis
Seung
Senate Foreign Options Subcommittee
FBL
FBI
Chaef J. Edger Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
States' Rights Democrats to Meet in Jackson Anniversary Session
In Jackson Mississippi leaders of the States' Rights Democratic Party from southern states plan a policy meeting on May 10. Gov Ben Laney will preside with party chair Wally Wright, while 1649 presidential and vice presidential candidates Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright will attend. The gathering marks the movement's anniversary and aims to reaffirm the group's stance amid rumor of coalitions with Republicans.
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Wright
Democratic Party
Jackson Wreck Kills Two Men
A driver, Paul Hamilton, 28, of Grand Ridge, faces double manslaughter charges after a Sunday dawn crash near the Marianne airport on Greenwood highway that killed two men and injured several others. Hamilton, hospitalized in serious condition, and the Pittman and Rogers families are cited in the wake of the wreck investigated by state troopers. Funeral services for the victims are planned for 3 p.m. at Lovedale Methodist Church with burial in Bascom Cemetery.
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Specia
Paul Hamilton
Grand Ridge
Igg
Ernest Barnes
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Pittman
Auea
Barnes
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Greenwood Highway
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Rogers
Aarne
Hamrick
Lovedale Methodist Church
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W. Ross
C Farner
Bascom Cemetery
Hiewie
Lucy
Misa Iria Pittman
Quincy
J. G. Pittman
Egg
John Fency
Luther
Coby
Sullus Pittman
Marjorie
Bessie Rogers
Tallahassee
Elmer
Panama City
Owen Rogers
Thattahgochee
Sam and Warton
Bascom
Vida Newsome
Talia Nassee
Cora Byrd
Mra
Ruth Dunnawsy
Carl Neal
Funeral Plans For Judge's Mother In Florida
Julia Eldred Thom as mother of Florida Supreme Court Justice Elwin Thomas died after long illness. A pioneer resident, she and her husband moved from Carollton to Eldred on the Indian River area soon after marriage. Surviving are two daughters Mrs Edwin Colean and Mrs Edwin Radinsky of Fort Pierce, and a brother Charles H Eldred of Carronton.
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Justice
Thames
Edwin Colean
Edwin Radinsky
Pierce
Charles H. Eldred
Carronlten
Teachers All Set Cooking School Opens Tomorrow in Dothan
The Dothan Eagle reports advance arrangements for a new cooking school in Dothan. The four day program centers on meat preparation and cookery with demonstrations of various meat cuts and kitchen techniques at the Marcin Theatre, featuring instructors and likely attendees from local groups.
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Dothan
Amarrow
Marcin Theatre
Malanie
Solon Denies Papers Taken From Committee
In Washington AP a heated claim arose as Solon denied taking committee papers amid questions about missing correspondence linked to the American Slav Congress. An ex FBI undercover agent testified before the U S House committee detailing letters found by a former agent years earlier.
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House Rhcan Ate Uvnthes
Hu2
Atia
Congres
Pat
Justice Department
American Slav Congress
Agen
Pennsylvania
Gaveth
Pound
Rep
Kearney
R.- NY
Missouri Skipper postponed as courts martial loom
Norfolk report says two Naval officers face courts martial over the grounding of the battleship Missouri. Capt W D Brown, the Missouri’s skipper, slated for trial Thursday after a prior postponement. Lt Cdr Frank G Morris and Lt John E Carr may face charges. Rear Adm Allan E Smith ordered the proceedings after an 18 day inquiry.
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Missouri
Bots
Minsyuri
W. D. Brown
Omar
John Mildell
Toirible Shoals
Cmar
Frank G. Morris
Mos Navigtor
Allan E. Smith
Atlantic
Navy
Merliat
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Wng
John E. Carr
Brown
Hampton Row
Actiain
Naval Court of Inquiry
Beegan
Abe
NYC Faces Three Day Rain Spell Across Boroughs
AP reports New York City endures a three day rainfall period affecting travel and daily life. Forecasts show continued showers through Thursday into Friday with cooler temperatures and puddled streets in Manhattan and surrounding boroughs.
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Ature New
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