Truman Patients Labor Health and Farm Policy On Return
Congress returns as President Truman faces a tight start to the 1950 session. Top aides say repealing Taft Hartley, universal health insurance, and Brannan farm subsidies are core goals, with taxes and spending under debate as lawmakers eye deficit relief and budget balance.
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Truman
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Cpnts
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
MacArthur Stirs Interest With Self Defense Remark
General Douglas MacArthur told Japan that it has the inalienable right to self defense against unprovoked attack in his New Year message. The comment sparked discussion due to Japan’s war renunciation clause but he did not advocate remilitarization. Brigadier General Courtney Whitney noted Japan may seek defensive alliances without rearming.
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Douglas MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Ruhr
Mercy Death Case Doctor Delivers Baby After Indictment
Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40, accused of murder in the “act of mercy” death of cancer patient Mrs. Abbie Borronto, delivered a baby and resumed duties while awaiting grand jury action. He bonds out, vows innocence as grand jury convenes. case sparks debate about medical mercy and murder.
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Goffstown
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Dartmouth
Abbie Borronto
Hillsboro County
Sander
Elliot Hospital
Louise Crocker
William L. Phinney
Dr. Sander
Anyy
Critical Foreign Policy Year Ahead Faces Truman
President Truman and advisers expect a tough foreign policy year in 1950 with two main issues: stopping Communism in the Far East and preventing Western Europe from collapsing economically as Marshall Plan aid ends in 1952. State Department officials warn Congress must fund European recovery and rearmament, while Truman outlines a broad foreign program in the upcoming State of the Union.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Far East
Western Europe
State Department
U. S
Europe
Hunt Announces Voluntary National Health Plan
Senator Hunt introduces a new voluntary National Health plan aimed at winning AMA and ADA support. He says the proposal avoids compulsory taxes, follows Hoover commission ideas, and outlines a Department of Health with a voluntary government insurance program and a deductible system for medical and dental expenses.
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Washington
Congress
Senator Hunt
D-Wye
American Medical Association
American Dental Association
Truman
Fire Chief Killed As Car Hits Truck At Intersection
In Magnolia a Warsaw fire truck collided with an automobile at a highway intersection. Fire Chief Stack Britt aged 38 died. Firemen John Anderson Johnson and Billy Barnett were seriously hurt and rushed to a Wilmington hospital. James Norwood West had minor injuries and stayed home. Auto driver W. R. Wilson, 68, was held on reckless driving charges. The truck was en route to Rosehill to fight a residential fire.
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Magnolia
Warsaw
Stack Britt
John Anderson Johnson
Billy Barnett
Wilmington
Freman
James Norwood West
Duplin County
C. B. Iterson
W. R. Wilson
Rosehill
Germ trial in Siberia warned imperialists on warfare
Soviet press and prosecutors say the Khabarovsk germ war trial serves as a warning to imperialists about the horrors of bacteriological and atomic warfare. Twelve former Japanese officers received sentences up to 25 years for experiments with germs linked to Unit 731.
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Moscow
Russia
Khabarovsk
Izvestia
Siberia
Manchuria
L. N. Smirnov
Shiro Ishii
Kitano
Wakamatsu
Tokyo
Ishii
Kwantung Army
Governor Reviews First Year Progress On State Programs
Governor Scott released a report detailing a year of progress on the go forward program. He cited road building rural electrification and telephone service public health and welfare as priorities plus a larger budget and stronger finances. He outlined a $200 million rural road effort and $150 million planned for new schools over five years with state and local funding and supported federal aid without control. He reiterated support for education funding and federal aid while noting defeat on a statewide liquor referendum.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
Detroit Explosion Claims Five Lives in Refinery Blast
The Detroit oil refinery blast Friday killed five workers, including Enoch L. Griffin aged 42 and Julius Massey aged 18, with two more badly burned still treated at Lynn clinic. Ten children were left fatherless as investigators probe a spark from a hammer striking a steel pipe.
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Detroit
Enoch L. Griffin
Julius Massey
Lynn Clinic
Aurora Gasoline Company
George Kimball
North Carolina Sites Considered for Air Academy
The Air Force will study seven North Carolina locations for a planned air academy to rival West Point and Annapolis. Potential sites include Charlotte, Goldsboro, Maxton, Asheville, near Durham and Raleigh, Camp MacCall, Pinehurst, and the Winston Salem Greensboro High Point triangle. The Goldsboro site is preferred for an official survey.
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North Carolina
Air Force Academy
West Point
Army
Annapolis
Navy
Charlotte
Goldsboro
Maxton
Asheville
Durham
Raleigh
Camp MacCall
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
High Point
Kerr Scott Dominates North Carolina News in 1949
Governor Kerr Scott defined the year with his program battles and appointments, drawing top national and local attention. The year featured his rural road bond victory, the Frank Graham appointment, a Middlesex school bus tragedy, and the surge of dry forces statewide.
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Paul Hansell
Charlotte
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Associated Press
Scott
Conservation and Development Commission
Kerr Scott
Frank Graham
Middlesex
Hans Freistadt
Wake Forest
Unc-Notre Dame
Newton
Charlie Justice
Gordon Gray
Army
Broughton
J. Melville Broughton
Gov. Scott
Greater
University of North Carolina
South
Army Captain dies in accidental hunting incident
Capt. Robert B. Clarke 29 of the U S Army was killed near Louisburg while bird hunting with two companions in Franklin county. Investigators say his brother in law Hodge Newell 30 fired the fatal shot by accident. Clarke died at Dr W C Perry's office. A coroner hearing is likely next week.
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Louisburg
Robert B. Clarke
U. S. Army
Hickory Rock
Franklin County
Clarke
Hodge Newell
Henderson
Arther Inscoe
Newell
W. C. Perry
Walter Bartholomew
Willis Perry
Barrett Named Allen's Successor as Assistant Secretary of State
President Truman announced Edward Ware Barrett of New York as assistant secretary of state for public affairs in Washington. Barrett, 39, editorial director of Newsweek for four years, will lead the Voice of America program and related duties, succeeding George V. Allen who resigned November 29 to become ambassador to Yugoslavia.
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Washington
Truman
Edward Ware Barrett
New York
Voice of America
Barrett
Newsweek Magazine
Birmingham
Ala
George V. Allen
Yugoslavia
Captain Says He's Sailing With Orders
The American freighter Flying Arrow loaded in Hong Kong for Shanghai amid reports of crew pressure and mine threats. Captain David Jones said the crew, 43 strong, would sail as ordered by Isbrandtsen Line, despite fears of force. Some crew had hinted at protests or attempts to contact the United States, but officials reported no mass quitting or coercion.
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Flying Arrow
Red Shanghai
David Jones
Chicago
U. S
Frederick A. Hill
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Jones
Isbrandtsen Line
New York
United States
Hill
Jack M. Pattison
Hong Kong Sunday Herald
National Maritime Union
Tax Checkup Demanded By S. C. Senator
Senator Maybank of South Carolina pressed to add 3,000 Internal Revenue agents to curb tax evasion and oppose tax increases. He chairs a Senate appropriations subcommittee and will sponsor legislation to bolster enforcement. The White House may seek wartime tax cuts plus new taxes to reduce deficits.
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Maybank
D-Sc
Internal Revenue
Senate Appropriations
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Congress
White House
Administration
Ourgo
Charleston
US. C
Interal Revenue Bureau
Senate
House
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Air Academy
Carl Spaatz
Secretary of Air Symington
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