New German Democratic Republic Forms in Soviet Orbit
The Soviet backed East German state is established with Berlin as its capital. Otto Grotewohl becomes premier and Wilhelm Pieck president as elections are slated for October 15 1950. Gerhart Eisler leads information for the new republic as it aligns with the Cominform bloc.
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People’s Congress
Congress
German Democratic Republic
Otto Grotewohl
Wilhelm Pieck
People’s Council
East German
Congress Faces Shifts as 1950 Senate Balance Hinges on Key Races
Congress eyes three pivotal Senate contests in New York Connecticut and Idaho after the death of Idaho Democrat Bert H Miller. GOP Governor Robins expected to appoint a Republican, narrowing Democratic control to 10 seats. Dulles Lehman NY race could shift the tally further. The Truman program debates linger into next year with health insurance civil rights and Taft Hartley repeal on the line.
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New York
Connecticut
Idaho
Senate
Bert H. Miller
C. A. Robins
Miller
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
GOP
Truman
Congress
Navy Unification Battle Exposed in Pentagon Feud
The piece recalls the postwar drive to merge the Army Navy and Air Force into a single Defense Department. Despite early unity, inter service rivalries persisted, with James Forrestal unable to resolve differences amid public squabbling before a policy black out. B 36 program.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Department of Defense
James Forrestal
Defense
James van Zandt
R-Pa
Naval Reserve
Congress
House
Louis A. Johnson
Air
Stuart Symington
Cedric Worth
Navy Department
Worth
John G. Crommelin, Jr
Pentagon
Russians in Czech schools spark nationwide language drive
The Prague regime launches Russian courses for all ages in schools factories and clubs aiming for widespread literacy in Russian by year end. Teachers must read a Russian book monthly and discuss it. Ehrenburgs Tempest is mandatory. The same period sees church control take effect with priest salaries paid by the state and a purge of political unreliables.
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Prague
Ilya Ehrenburg
Czechoslovakia
Expert Fermi predicts 20 year peace if U S leads in atomic research
Nobel physicist Enrico Fermi says American supremacy in atomic research could keep the world at peace for 20 years and that the Soviet Union will resist UN inspections. He notes Russia’s late but rapid progress with limited German help and warns widespread civilian use of atomic power will await cheaper production.
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Enrico Fermi
United States
Soviet Union
Fermi
Los Alamos
N. M
University of Chicago
University of Rome
U.S
Truman
Russia
Tokyo geisha injured in work related accident
In Tokyo an intoxicated geisha named Igirt who escorted a patron home was found to be entitled to benefits under the workers compensation insurance law. Separately in Oil City Pennsylvania two holdup men forced a taxi office safe. a clerk retrieved a revolver and fired a shot, the robbers fled, leaving $100. Police found the dispatcher faint.
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Tokyo
Oil City
Richard Breene
Breene
International trade fairs planned in three U.S. cities in 1950
Chicago Detroit and Atlantic City announce first international trade fairs to boost world commerce. Chicago opens August 7 1950 with a two week event, Detroit aims for October, Atlantic City for November 20 1950, each run two weeks.
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Chicago
Detroit
Atlantic City
United States
America
Pans
Coal Gas From Underground Coal via Electricity Demonstrated
The University of Missouri School of Mines demonstrates electrocarbonization at Tiger Mine near Hume Missouri owned by Sinclair Coal. Dr J D Forrester says commercial scale use could lower public costs and unlock coal and oil deposits previously unrecoverable. Gas serves as a feedstock for synthetic gasoline or as heating fuel.
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University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
School of Mines
Tiger Mine
Hume
Sinclair Coal Co
J. D. Forrester
Yankees Clinch Twelfth World Title Over Dodgers in Five
The New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers four games to one to claim their 12th World Series championship. Star Joe DiMaggio, weakened by illness, homered in the final game while Allie Reynolds, Joe Page, and Vic Raschi led a dominant pitching effort. The series showcased two tired clubs but featured strong Yankee pitching and a memorable family moment with DiMaggio’s son.
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New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Joe, Jr
Pop
O.K
Joe, Sr
Yankee
Allie Reynolds
Joe Page
Vic Raschi
Brooklyn
Don Newcombe
Reynolds
Anniversary Dates and Territorial Changes Highlight Week
The record notes anniversaries and events including Alaska and Puerto Rico transfers to U S control, the 70th Edison lamp milestone, a British Parliament reopening slated, an eclipse on October 21, and the Camp Fire Girls conference starting in Portland Oregon.
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U.S
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Edison
Camp Fire Girls
Portland
Ore
World Order
Quotes on uranium supply and government efficiency
Senator George W. Malone predicts the United States will eventually discover all the uranium needed. Senator Paul H. Douglas argues many government secretaries and typists could be dispensed with without reducing efficiency. British prison wardens say hanging murderers is expeditious and humane.
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George W. Malone
Rnew
United States
Paul H. Douglas
D-I
In Short Announced and Other World Events
In Short Announced: by ECA a 95 million public works program for Italy underwritten by Marshall plan funds. Fired: Baptist Home Mission Board ousts Stanley Walker Smith 38 from Seminole mission at Dania Florida for whipping three intoxicated Indian girls. Freed: Chinese Nationalists hold two American merchant vessels for attempting to run the blockade of Chinese Communist ports. Agreed: 31 nations at Annecy France agree on new tariff schedules to lift world trade barriers. Estimated: Western powers say 250 million dollars needed to overcome Berlin blockade effects.
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ECA
Italy
The
Baptist Home Mission Board
Stanley Walker Smith
Dania, Fla
Annecy
France
Berlin
Church Militant Episcopalians Urge Militant Church
The Episcopal Church delegates in San Francisco ended a two week triennial convention with a bishops letter urging a militant church. The pastoral message calls for a three year campaign against a worldwide attack on freedom and cites religious illiteracy as a weakness.
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Episcopal Church of the
United States
San Francisco
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