Congress Accelerates Foreign Aid Bills Amid Debate
Congress pushes foreign aid measures forward after weeks of hearings. The Senate approved about 5.8 billion dollars for European recovery and other aid for twelve months, trimming funds by around ten percent. Debate covered arms aid costs and possible longer funding spans with proposals from both parties.
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Senate
House Committee
Great Britain
GOP
Congress
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Reds Win Big at Fourth International Film Festival
The 1949 festival in Marienbad Czechoslovakia ended in discord as Russia swept major prizes. An all Czech jury awarded the Grand Prize to Battle of Stalin grad, and the Peace Prize to Meeting on the Elbe. The Labor Prize went to An Inch of Soil. American talents won only for Native Land.
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Czechoslovakia
Russia
Stalingrad
United States
David Wolf
Leo Hurwitz
Paul Strand
Paul Robeson
Johnny Belinda
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Hoover Warns Against Collectivism At 75th Birthday Speech
At Stanford University in Palo Alto Herbert Hoover, elder statesman and former president, warned that government spending is steering the nation toward socialism or fascism. He urged schools and communities to debate federal policy, cited Hoover Commission findings, and warned that high taxes burden workers while liberty and independence are at risk for future generations.
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Herbert Clark Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Hoover
Hoover Commission
Congress
Republic
Europe
Nature's Wrath Strikes Earth and Forests Worldwide
This World This Week reports on deadly Ecuador earthquakes that killed thousands and left 100,000 homeless, plus major forest fires in the northwest United States and France. It notes airlifts, water shortages, landslides, and the dramatic impact on communities and responders.
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Krakatown
San Francisco
Ecuador
United States
Montana
Salmon River
Boise
Idaho
Clearwater
Nezperce
Patate
Pelileo
Galo Plaza Lasso
Ambato
Quotes from Officials and Figures Stir Public Comment
A collection of remarks from figures including Superior Judge Frank Swain on divorce grounds, Supreme Court Justice William Douglas on espionage rumors, Miss America 1948 Bebe Shopp on bathing suit attire, Miss Sally Butler on the role of women in government, and Dean Acheson warning of greater vulnerability to attacks on U S soil.
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Frank Swain
Los Angeles
Dorothy Lee Radford
Supreme Court
William ©. Douglas
Iran
Big Devil
United States
Little Devil
Bebe Shopp
Sally Butler
The
Federation of Business and Professional Women
Dean Acheson
U. S
Duke researchers explore selecting a baby’s sex by timing
A Duke University study suggests couples might influence baby sex by timing intercourse to the fertile window. Early fertile period conceptions favored females while later timings favored males. The work cites artificial insemination data and notes uncertainty over chance and broader implications for modern marriages.
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Duke University
Duke
Drs
Slayings and Life Notes From an Era
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. of St. Louis to 70 years for killing his wife's lover Byron Hartman. Mrs Sumner Welles dies in Switzerland where she accompanied her husband to help restore his health. The first Roosevelt great grandson is born to Mrs. Van H Seagraves in Portland Ore. A University of Chicago sociologist says grandmothers now dress differently and older people face loneliness, urging active, varied pursuits to ensure security in later life.
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Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Sumner Welles
U.S
Switzerland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
van H. Seagraves
Portland
Ore
Sistie
White House
Ernest W. Burgess
University of Chicago
Burgess
Laughing Religion founder and wild world brief
Sidelights report a new Laughing Religion sect led by Mein Zuiko in Japan. The item describes the founder’s joke philosophy and its lighthearted tenet. It also recounts rapid stunts of oddities and minor mishaps from across cities including Atlanta Urbana Newark Little Rock and London as AP Newsfeatures sketches.
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Japan
Mein Zuiko
Atlanta
Clarence Wallace
Urbana
Ohio
Newark
N. J
Elizabeth
Little Rock
Ark
London
Continental gathering dates and anniversaries listed
The schedule notes the International Daily Congress in Stockholm on August 15. It marks anniversaries for Korea and the Panama Canal while the American Philatelic Society meets in Boston. Additional observances include Bennington Battle Day in Vermont on August 16 and National Aviation Day on August 19. Veterans of Foreign Wars hosts a golden jubilee in Miami on August 21. A birthday for Princess Margaret Rose on August 19.
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International Daily Congress
Stockholm
Republic of Korea
American Philatelic Society
Boston
Panama Canal
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Miami
Fla
Princess Margaret Rose
U N Secretary General Sees 20th Century Peace Progress
Trygve Lie reports a year of progress toward a more peaceful world from Lake Success. He cites reduced fear of war, Berlin blockade end, and UN mediation in Palestine Kashmir and Indonesia aiding 500 million people, while calling for continued talks among great powers and new trust over former Italian colonies.
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U.N
Palestine
Kashmir
Indonesia
Lie
Middle East
World Peace Organization
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