Republicans vow to pressure Truman on red ink budget
Senator Brewster heads GOP campaign team saying voters will remember Truman's economic stance as Republicans aim to cut expenses and balance the budget in 1950. Democratic leaders retort that Republicans push a low mood as a political weapon while southern Democrats criticize the red ink spending plan and question the economic advisers.
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Washington
Truman
Brewster
McGrath
Rhode Island
Pensacola
Fla
George
Georgia
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
America
Farm Subsidy Fight Opens in House Tomorrow
A coalition of Republicans and Democrats prepares to challenge the Truman administration’s farm subsidy plan in the House. Rep Gore leads a substitute bill to extend the present program, while Brannan plan supporters push for a three crop trial in hogs potatoes and wool under subsidy. The split reflects broader tensions over farm prices and farm income. Palmer Brothers mill in Bozrah Conn suspends operations indefinitely and will decide on reopening after a board meeting in New York. 135 workers affected.
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Washington
House
Truman
Gore
Coaliton
Secretar of Agriculture
Rannan
Federal Treasury
Chairman Cooley
D-Nc
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
House Agriculture Committee
Goes
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Housing Agriculture Commitee
Bozrah
Conn
Palmer Brothers Company
J. Reid Johnson
New York
ECA Approves Tobacco Purchase for European Recovery
The Economic Cooperation Administration announces a $26.84 million buy of United States tobacco for Marshall Plan use as part of $40.87 million in Western Europe recovery allocations. Ireland leads with $10.28 million for fire cured dark air cured and flue cured leaf. Total ECA commitments reach $5.971 billion. $100,000 was approved for transport charges on aid to China.
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Washington
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States
Germany
Latin America
United Kingdom
U. S
Ireland
ECA
Western
Europe
China
Effort to End Marion Labor Dispute Gains Momentum
Governor Scott announced pledges from labor and management to maintain order after conferences aimed at ending the Marion dispute. He said both sides would cooperate to prevent further disorder following charges of a “reign of terror” by union organizers at the Drexel Furniture plant in Marion. The SBI report prompted the investigation and a follow up on page eight.
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Raleigh
Marion
Scott
International Union
AFL
Drexel Furniture Company
State Bureau of Investigation
SBI
Kansas Ends Prohibition Era With Liquor Licensing Rollout
Kansas moves to end 70 years of prohibition as the liquor control act licenses more than 260 privately owned stores to sell intoxicants. Beer under 3.2 percent alcohol had been legalized in 1937 and saloons remain barred, with liquor sold only in packages.
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J. FE. Lawson
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
State Liquor Control Office
Johnson Pushes for Expanded White House Control of Military
The House moved toward giving Secretary of Defense Johnson more power over the Armed Forces. A bill to reorganize military budget and accounting practices was set for brief debate and expected passage. Rep Vinson said Senate bill sections would be added later in conference. A presidential plan to reorganize by executive order was noted as ready for Congress.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Senate
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Father Of The Confesses He Killed Woman
William Draper a 29 year old father of three was held as the man who raped Mrs. Jennie O Keefe 73 and beat her to death in a Greece suburb field. A phone tip led police to the battered body four miles from the slaying site. Draper admitted the crime after viewing the victim.
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Rochester
N. Y
William Draper
Jennie O'Keefe
Draper
Brockport
Clarence Henry
Bloomer Girl Halts as Bug Drops on Stage
Dallas reports a bug interrupted the second act of Bloomer Girl last night. Star Nanette Fabray froze in costume and could not continue, revealing her insect fear. Management offered admittance to another show later in the season.
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Dallas
Tex
Nanette Fabray
Charles R Beeker, Jr
State Fair Casino
Meeker
Miss Fabray
Cicero Falls
Steel Men Hurrying To Capital
Three members of President Truman's steel fact finding board rushed into Washington for their first meeting. They will confer with presidential assistant John R. Steelman at the White House at 10 a.m. EST to discuss hearings and the start of proceedings as industry and unions watch closely.
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Washington
Truman
Steel Fact-Finding Board
John R. Steelman
White House
Southern Furniture Market Opens Attracts Crowd In City
Registration on opening day drew about 1500 buyers from nine states Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and more as crowds toured the Southern Furniture and Rug Exposition building. Buyers started on the 14th floor and spread through the complex as they weighed quality style and prices amid cooler rain friendly weather.
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High Point
Southern Furniture
Exposition
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Reorganization Tense in North Carolina Government
Governor Scott seeks complete state government reorganization as he challenges Harris Sample's role in probation. The flawed pre system hinders top executives, creates buck passing, and shows appointment power limited only by boards. Scott demanded resignations of key officials before inauguration, highlighting executive influence without full responsibility.
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Scott
Harris Sample
North Caro
Sample
Charles Flack
The
Utilities Commission
Vance Baise
Flack
Baise
Priests Defy Red Regime In Czech Church War
In Prague July 18 priests spurn government orders and vow loyalty to church authorities. They read a resolution in masses declaring opposition to constitutional religious freedom violations and condemning government Catholic action as schismatic. Clerics say signatures were fraudulently obtained.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
Stock Market Takes It Easy After Advance
NEW YORK July 18 The stock market paused after a month of gains with fractional changes and a near balance of advances and declines. Notable risers included Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet General Motors Woolworth Oliver Chrysler Lockheed Kennecott Copper Phelps Dodge Westinghouse American Woolen Southern Railway Texas Co many others. declines featured Republic Steel Montgomery Ward Deere American Telephone Dow Chemical Anaconda Copper Owens Illinois Santa Fe and Twentieth Century Fox.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Woolworth
Oliver Corp
Lockheed
Kennecott Copper
Phelps Dodge
Westinghouse Electric
American Woolen
Esouthern Railway
Texas Co
Republic Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Deere
American Telephone
American Smelting
Anaconda Copper
Dow Chemical
Owens- Illinois
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Twentieth Centrary-Fox
Strikes Threatened at Six Lowenstein Textile Plants
Union representatives from six Lowenstein textile plants met in Rockingham and threatened a general strike. The TWUA CIO, led by Emil Rieve, drafted a resolution urging action across all Lowenstein plants over wage talks and company housing sales. The six plants named include the Lowenstein operations involved in the dispute.
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Rockingham
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Lowenstein
TWUA
Emil Rieve
Jury pool drawn for first degree murder trial of Charles Streeton
A venire of 100 jurors was drawn in Superior Court to hear the first degree murder case of Charles Gonzaga Streeton for the March 14 death of 28 year old Carl Davis. Judge George B. Patton presided as 12 jurors will be selected. the crowded courtroom heard Streeton plead not guilty.
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Streeton
McKinley Davis
Carl Davis
Charles G. Streeton
Wilbur Alexander
Davis
Ard
Haigh
Charles Gonzaga Streeton
George B. Patton
Franklin
Donald Phillips
Rockingham
Charles T. Hagan
Hagan
Shriners Set Diamond Meet Amid Chicago Jubilee
Chicago hosts the Shriners diamond jubilee convention drawing an estimated 50 000 to 60 000 visitors from other cities. Up to 100 000 are expected at Soldier Field for Harold Lloyd’s imperial tentare installation and President Truman’s address. Truman attends as president, not as Shrine member, and the secret ritual will be shown to the public for the first time.
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Chicago
Shriners
Ararat Shrine
Kansas City
Anization
Lloyd
Cal
State Motor Vehicle Department 48-hour collision report
Raleigh July 18 report shows 6 killed and 65 injured in the last 48 hours ending 10 am today. Total killed to date 409 with 358 in 1948 and total injured 4,654 with 38,774 injured in 1948.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicle Department
Vast New Front Opening Up In Asia Says Analyst
AP foreign analyst James D. White argues that after Europe, a vast new front opens in Asia as Communism targets nationalist movements and religious groups. He notes Asia’s unrest and anti colonial aims, contrasting it with European postwar production and the church state clash.
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Asia
James D. White
Dewitt Mackenzie
Berlin
Europe
East Asia
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