Millions Face Sleep Loss as Daylight Saving Time Arrives
About 60 million Americans will lose an hour of sleep when clocks jump ahead to daylight saving time. The shift splits regions by local option and state law, with DC awaiting a congressional decision. Airlines will publish timetables in local times, reflecting the change.
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House
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Tesk
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Norfolk
Illinois
Milwaukee
Wis
Portland
Ore
Pilot Roscoe Turner urges aviation education to cut crashes
Indianapolis April 25 Col Roscoe Turner barnstormer veteran says training should cover actual flight for mechanics and technicians as much as pilots. He cites weather misjudgment and mechanical faults, calls for slower landings and safer design while backing expanded flight instruction under the American Legion plan.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Msan
Roscoe Turner
Turner
New York
Los Angeles
National Aeronautics Commission of the American Legion
Legion
Eisenhower admin plans defense against mass unemployment
President Eisenhower aims to use the 1946 Employment Act machinery to offset unemployment trends amid an easing Cold War. He cites collaboration with the Council of Economic Advisers and Arthur Burns as key, while Walter Reuther urges a broadly representative conference to map full production and employment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Ason
Arthur F. Burns
Columbia University
Joint Committee
An. Reuther
Congress Top Probers to Meet Ike Amid Security Plan
Three of Congress' top probers for subversion Senators McCarthy Jenner and Velde along with Atty Gen Brownell will join President Eisenhower and Republican leaders for Monday morning talks The White House said Carlson and Reece will also attend The meeting may discuss the administration's new security program Brownell leads drafting a loyalty screening system for government service.
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Congress
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R-Wis
Jenner
R-Ind
Rep
Velde
R-Ill
Eisenhower
White House
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Senate
House
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
Reece
R-Tenn
James C. Hagerty
Jenner and
Texan Oil Official Warns Imports Threaten Domestic Producers
Ernest T. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, told the Interstate Oil Compact Commission in New Orleans that oil imports have jumped to 1,276,700 barrels daily, imperiling U S production and national security. He urged urgent action to curb imports and prevent weakening of oil and gas conservation. Kansas Gov Edward Arn noted foreign oil is replacing domestic output, evidenced by stricter state limits.
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New Orleans
Texas Oil
Ernest T. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Thompson
Texas
United States
Persian Gulf
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Kansas
Edward Arn
Commission
Leonardo da Vinci Film Star Misses Hartford Appearance
A Hartford cinema screened a 15th century Leonardo da Vinci film as a woman asked if the lead would appear in person. Assistant manager Francis L. Quinlan said he would like to, but cannot make it.
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Hartford
Conn
Leonardo da Vinci
Francis L. Quinlan
Treaty negotiated with Wyandot at Upper Sandusky in 1842
A 1842 treaty with the Wyandot Indians at Upper Sandusky Ohio ceded about 109144 acres of remaining Wyandot lands in Ohio.
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Upper Sandusky, O
Ohio
Western Pact to boost armed forces amid Soviet pressure
The Atlantic Pact Council signaled welcome for any genuine Soviet peace offer while ordering a notable increase in Western armed strength. The plan calls for addition of active and reserve divisions and a large rise in air units to about 5 000 planes, expanding NATO forces to 54 ground divisions. The October adjournment followed a highly regarded summit amid ongoing Cold War tensions.
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Kenneth Miller
United Press
Paris
Atlantic Pact Council
Sian
Russia
U. S
John Foster Dulles
NATO
Lord Ismay
Security Alliance
Europe
Smith Urges Caution In Negotiations
Durham April 25 Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith warned that Soviet commitments hold only if the U S shows strength He suggested recent conciliatory moves may be a reaction to Western defense buildup and noted eight reversals since 1919 Smith urged cautious optimism about genuine East West talks while keeping a strong posture for peace.
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Durham
N. H
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
Moscow
Smith
Kremlin
University of New Hampshire
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower
British Builder Shows House-Building Speed
George Warner an Ascot builder criticized Easthampstead Rural Council Berkshire for slow building. The council had called it impossible to build in a fortnight. With 17 men Warner finished two semi detached houses in eight days and started foundations for two more. Each house cost just under 4000 dollars and features sand faced brick and central heating.
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London
George Warner
Ascot
Easthampstead
Berkshire
Warner
Soviet Reply to Ike Plan Signals New Red Attitude
Moscow reports from Pravda and Izvestia frame Eisenhower peace proposals as a basis for deeds over words and call for mutual concessions in East West talks. The statement defends Soviet positions on Korea Indochina Germany and Eastern Europe while criticizing Dulles and stressing UN admission for Eastern European nations.
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Eisenhower
Ussia
United States
Ofoscow
Novers— Pravda
Et Communist Party
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Seech
Soviet Union
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Seahower
Korea
Indochina
Malaya
Germany
Russia
Ussr
West Germany
Europe
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Dulles
Biggest Quarter's Worth on Record
Salt Lake City event by the Salt Lake Junior League nearly collapsed when a saleswoman accidentally sold the receipts. A money bag with 400 dollars vanished among 25 cent items before buyer Reese H Westover reported finding the cash and restoring order.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Reese H. Westover
Mystery surrounds child death after bitter hailstones
In San Antonio a three year old boy died from convulsions after eating bitter hailstones. Ramiro Canales died. Lelon Stover, five, fell ill with fever and later burial was held. Officials would not state a cause of death on the certificate. Specimens were sent to Austin labs for tests amid speculation the hailstones carried radioactive material from desert tests near Las Vegas.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lelon Stover
W. E. Stover
Janie Kelly
Austin E. Hill
Lelon
Ramiro
State Department of Public Safety
Austin
Glenn H. McLaughlin
Las Vegas
Nev
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