Arms Aid Depends On Needs Says Tydings
Senator Tydings urged military chiefs to outline in guns tanks and planes the arms aid Western European signers of the North Atlantic treaty require. He said the $1.45 billion request hinges on detailed needs and that Congress will fund what is necessary for defense, while some lawmakers call the sum excessive. Acheson to testify on revised measure as chiefs of staff prepare after Western Europe survey.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
State Department
House
Senate
State Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
George
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
Ford Fails To Halt Michigan Strike Vote
Detroit August 6 Ford Motor Company failed to obtain a court order to stop a strike vote among 80 000 Michigan employees. In Lansing Supreme Court Justice Leland W Carr denied Ford’s plea to alter the election setup prompting the vote to proceed Monday. Ford ran full page ads in Detroit newspapers urging workers to weigh their decision and alleging union leadership aims to drive a strike.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Lansing
Supreme Court
Leland W. Carr
State Labor Mediation Board
Ford
Michigan
Walter P. Reuther
Henry Ford
Maragon Linked to White House in 5 percenter inquiry
Senator Hoey said evidence shows John Maragon sought White House help on more than one government contract. The probe also involves a Detroit auto parts firm that cleared a $280000 Army contract after an Army official intervention. James V. Hunt announced libel action against the New York Herald Tribune over coverage of the matter.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Hoey
D-Nc
Mundt
R-Sd
Detroit
Maragon
James V. Hunt
New York Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
Hunt
Roger Q. White
White
The
Mohe
Father Killed Trying To End Sons Quarrel
In Chicopee Massachusetts a peacemaker, John Ray Lynch Sr. 49, was shot dead during a fistfight between his two sons. James Lynch 24 was held without bail on murder charges after a single shot wounded Everett Lynch 22, who was listed on the danger list. The elder Lynch was a veteran umpire in local baseball leagues for 20 years. The mother and three sisters were awakened by the gunfire as police investigated.
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Chicopee
Mass
John “Ray” Lynch
James Lynch
Everett Lynch
Springfield
Everett
Frank A. Kaveny
James
Justice Douglas Returns From Mountaineering Trip Abroad
Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas and his 17 year old son William Jr returned to the United States from a mountain climbing trip that drew official protests in Russia. Russian radio called Douglas a spy hunter and dubbed him The big devil from the United States. His son was labeled The little devil.
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New York
Supeme Court
William O Douglas
United States
Russia
Douglas
William
Tran
Big Devil
Slays Brother In Quarrel Over A Married Woman
In Pittsburgh area, 25 year old Paul shot his brother Edward Woods 2 in a bedroom in Shaler township. The blast from a 6 gauge shotgun struck the younger man in the stomach. Witness Mrs. Marion Bowman 23 said she loved the slain man but planned to marry the older brother Paul. She described his financial support for her and her child. County detective Weidle noted her statement and the tension over marriage plans.
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Pittsburgh
Edward Woods
Paul
Shaler Township
Marion Bowman
George Weidle
World leaders discuss Western Europe defense in Paris talks
top U S military chiefs completed a preliminary survey in Paris with Adm Louis E Denfeld calling the talks most successful though no decisions were made on NATO defense organization. A 5 797 644 000 foreign aid bill moves swiftly through the Senate while Berlin loans and Greek offensives are also noted.
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United States
Paris
Europe
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Organization
U. S. Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Berlin
Britain
France
West Berlin
Grammos
United Nations Special Commission On
Jesus Christ, Ltd
Australia
Alexei
Moscow
Bishops Laud Growth in Methodist Southeast
Asheville August meeting of the College of Bishops of the Southeastern Methodist jurisdiction reports stronger church growth and funds. Attendance, congregations, and ministry recruits cited. over 16 million raised for benevolent and missionary work. Mass meetings planned across the Southeast, including Charlotte October 18 for Western North Carolina conference.
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Asheville
College of Bishops
Methodist Church
Methodist ‘Urch
Charlotte
Arthur J. Moore
Atlanta
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Costen J. Harrell
Marvin A. Franklin
Jackson
Roy H. Short
Jacksonville
Man Celebrates 108th Birthday Says He Would Die If He Sat Still
Mattoon Indiana reports Lt. Aug 6. Alex Sanders born August 6 1841 in Owen County Indiana. Lives on a farm north of Battoon for 73 years. Widower with three sons. He keeps active cutting weeds with a sickle from a moving chair and insists he would die if he sat still.
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Mattoon
Alex Sanders
Sanders
Owen County
Indiana
Battoon
Eleven Die In Montana Forest Fire Tragedy
A wind whipped blaze in Gates of the Mountains area near Helena killed four parachuting firefighters and left eight missing. Firefighters battled through the night as the fire scorched over 3,000 acres with reinforcements including 100 soldiers arriving from Great Falls.
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Helena
Mont
Gates of the Mountains
Here
Washington
U.S. Forest Service
A. D. Moir
Helena National Forest
Mann Gulch
Willow Creek
Missouri River
Federal Forest Service
Helena Hospital
Joseph B. Sylvia
Howland St
Plymouth
Mass
University of Minnesota
Bill Hellman
Kalispell
Moir
Robert J. Bennett
Paris
Tenn
James O. Harrison
Missoula
Forest Service
Canyon Ferry
York Bull Run
Great Falls
Guilford College Quakers Close 252nd Year Meeting
North Carolina Quakers at Guilford College formally closed their 252nd yearly meeting with a peace epistle urging renewed vigor and unity at home. The meeting approved three new ministers James Crabtree Don M Gates and Dr Frederic R Crownfield. Annie B Benbow retires as statistical secretary and Pansy Shore succeeds. Dr O Hershel Folger delivered devotional messages urging personal dedication to God Christ and Friends relations.
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Guilford College
North Carolina
James Crabtree
Galax
Don M. Gates
Providence
Frederic R. Crownfield
Cambridge
Mass
Annie B. Benbow
Greensboro
Pansy Shore
Pi’ Mountain
O. Hershel Folger
God
Christ
Vandenberg Urges Fresh Look at China Policy Far East
Senator Arthur Vandenberg Republican foreign policy leader argues the United States must re evaluate its China policy unhampered by prejudices or emotions He criticizes the white paper as a pro communist alibi and backs a new realist approach with Acheson to guide Far East policy.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Senator Vandenberg
United States
China
Michigan
Far East
Patrick J. Hurley
State Department
Vandenberg
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Refugee Dilemma Outlined by Gaza Relief Leader
Emmet Gulley head of the Quaker relief team in Gaza presents four UN solution options for the Arab refugee problem. He cites 250000 refugees in Gaza costing UN half a million dollars monthly and proposes feeding, letting them die, returning to Israel, or resettlement as possible paths.
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Philadelphia
United Nations
Emmet Gulley
Gaza
Palestine
Gulley
Israel
Sparta Man Shot by Intoxicated Son at Home
John Frank McMillan 36 is jailed in Alleghany on murder charges after he fatally shot his father Bruce McMillan 66 four times with a .22 rifle in the front yard of the Mouth of Wilson area home. The shooting followed an earlier argument with John Frank and his brother Robert 22 as witnesses.
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Sparta
John Frank McMillan
Wilson
Alleghany
Bruce McMillan
G. D. Richardson
John Frank
Robert
McMillan
Galax
Richardson
Earthquakes Devastate Ecuador Kill Thousands
Late reports from Ecuador indicate at least 1,400 killed with thousands injured after Friday quakes. Pelileo Patate and Ambato centers show high death tolls as communication lines fail and officials reassess casualty figures.
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Ecuador
Patape
Galo Plaza Lasso
Lima
Peru
Ambato
Washington
Shell Petroleum Co
Guayaquil
Ecuatr
Quito
Ecua
Cheaper Pork Chops On Way
The Agriculture Department forecast cheaper pork chops this fall and generally lower meat prices due to increased supplies. It projected meat consumption may dip slightly this quarter but rise sharply in late 1949 and prices for meat to stay steady until fall marketings begin.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Frogs Swarm Mobile Streets In Mass Invasion
Thousands of dime sized brown frogs invaded two Mobile streets at dawn. Residents described the creatures marching west from a water hole and a local duck flock reportedly ate many before eight in the morning. The scene drew curious onlookers as the amphibians covered the road.
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Mobile
Ala
J. M. Ramsey
Paul English
English
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Yangtze Valley
South China
Justice Douglas
U. .S. State Department
Li Tsung-Jen
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
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Ratate
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