Sees Kremlin Backing China Policy Says Moscow Signals
Sen George of Georgia suggested Moscow may guide Chinese policy toward American diplomats amid recent consulate seizures. Senator O Conor urged no recognition of the Communist regime and blocking China’s UN admission. Acheson to brief after postponed committee meeting at George’s request.
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Maryland
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Russia
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Manchuria
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Texas
State Department
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Truman may push House control clash this month
President Truman faces a rival bid by Republicans and Southern Democrats to restore the Rules Committee’s old power to pigeonhole bills. The move could prolong major bills, including the FEPC anti discrimination bill, as coalition forces battle over floor action and a potential 218-member petition to force votes.
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D-N.y
Congress
Former Senator Henry Allen Dies at 88 in Wichita
Henry J. Allen 88, a former U.S. Senator and Kansas governor, died shortly after 6 a.m. at his Hillcrest Apartments home in Wichita. A long-time newspaper editor and publisher, he had been ill for weeks and largely inactive for two decades.
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Brothers On Trial For Shirley Slaying In North Carolina
Two brothers Ben Ransom and Burton Ransom went on trial in Anson county for the murder of James M. Shirley a 37 year old man from Rockville Center Long Island. Shirley was beaten and stabbed and his car and money were taken after a lift was given.
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Red” Ransom
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Honea Path
Brther
Ohio
Guides Kill U S Professors in Philippine Mountains
Two American professors Marvin Pittman and Robert Conklin were killed by Ifugao guides while hiking near Calaban. The killers looted items, bought a dog with the money, and buried the bodies after weeks.
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Philippines Constabulary
Marvin Pittman
Chicago
Robert F. Conklin
Springfield
Mass
University of the Philippines
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Truman Rejects Taft Hartley Move in Coal Dispute
President Truman refused Senator Brewster s request to invoke Taft Hartley against John L Lewis to end the coal strike. The nationwide stoppage idled 79 000 miners in six states threatening steel output and power shortages while Denham weighs court action over the three day work week and alleged unfair labor practice.
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Pittsburgh
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
Proposed Housing Bill Shapes Middle Income Program Outline
President Truman urges Congress to create a housing program for middle income families. Senators outline a cooperative model where groups with incomesmostly 2400 to 4700 dollars vie for 125 units costing 8 thousand each. The plan involves HHFA preliminary support and a NMCHC direct 1 million dollar loan with a 50 year term and 3 percent interest, plus stock purchase.
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Truman Seeks Expanded Social Security Coverage
The Truman administration urged Congress to broaden social security to include nearly all employed persons and to raise benefits beyond the House plan. Social Security Administrator Arthur J. Altmeyer testified first at Senate Finance hearings, with about 60 days planned. The House bill would extend coverage to 11 million more people, bring total covered to about 35 million, and increase monthly benefits by roughly 70 percent for 2.6 million current recipients.
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Evacuation Ordered for 12000 in Mississippi Floodway
Army engineers and the Red Cross ordered 12,000 residents to evacuate a low Mississippi floodway as emergency plans take effect. Trucks from Charleston, Missouri, set to pick up residents near New Madrid and Birds Point where a levee plug may be blown. Floodwaters would relieve downstream dikes. decision to dynamite the plug pending.
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Holdup Man Shot Dead In Battle With Veteran
In Los Angeles a clash between two armed men in a cafe left Franklin George Debendier dead and Arthur Drake wounded. Debendier, 31, a writer by profession, was killed after both fired as Drake confronted him over his brother Harland Drake. Arthur Drake, 25, survived a shoulder wound and was hospitalized.
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Starlet Gives Up Hollywood For Religious Calling
Colleen Townsend, 21, says the glamour and money of Hollywood are unimportant as she leaves films to devote her life to serving Christ. She plans to attend theological school after her studio contract expires next month and is unsure of future plans. Townsend co stars with Dan Dailey and is a member of the Hollywood Presbyterian Church.
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Vandenberg Lets Colleagues Draft Republican Policy
Senator Vandenberg steps aside to let Taft and a 14 member Senate group draft the foreign policy section of the party platform. Taft plans to convene the committee and include House members and National committee figures to shape a final draft with input from other GOP senators. Kelland may join the drafting effort.
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Vandenberg
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Taft
Ohio
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Senate Committee
House
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Arizona
Bosley resigns as Duke Divinity School dean
Dr. Harold A. Bosley resigns as dean of Duke University Divinity School effective next June to become pastor of First Methodist Church in Evanston Illinois near Chicago. He has led Duke since 1947 and will pursue preaching. formerly he led Mount Vernon Place Methodist in Baltimore. The Evanston church serves about 3,000 members.
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Chicago
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Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
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Nebraska
World Armaments King Gustav Krupp Dies at 79 in Austria
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, head of the Krupp armaments empire famed for Big Bertha, died at his Schloss Bluhnbach estate in Salzburg at age 79. He had been partially paralyzed since World War II and avoided trial as a Nazi war criminal due to illness.
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Hydrogen bomb debate swirls around Truman decision
The New York Times reports admin officials urge Truman to reopen talks with Russia on control of all weapons of mass destruction before deciding on producing a hydrogen bomb. Lillienthal backs delaying resignation to discuss the issue as experts study the moral and strategic implications.
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Millions in China Facing Starvation
Hong Kong dispatch reports millions of Chinese peasants face famine in 1950. Up to 40 million in famine areas, with 16 million in east China possibly starving. Floods pestilence and Manchurian Russian trade deficits cripple harvests. Government plans relief, but peasants face subsistence levels and a large budget deficit.
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