World watches communist trial and sentencing across nations
Global capitals follow the nine month Smith Act trial of 11 American Communist Party leaders for conspiracy against the U S government. Foremost issues reach the Supreme Court on appeal regarding free speech versus the act. Only two leaders remain at large, Foster and Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Communist Party
United States
Western
Europe
Harold R. Medina
Communist Party
Thelma Dial
Medina
Supreme Court
Liberty
William Z. Foster
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Housing A New High In September 1949 Builds Up
The nation started 100000 homes in September a 22 percent rise from a year earlier. The month nearly reached the postwar May 1948 peak and July August were record breakers. Through September 1949 nine months total 743000 new homes and apartments with rental dwellings rising. If trends hold 1949 may near one million units. Construction outlays rose to 1 902 billion dollars, the highest for 1949.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
Mayo Clinic surgeons test leg growth in puppies
Two Mayo Clinic surgeons report leg lengthening experiments in puppies aiming to aid polio victims. By linking the main artery and vein, blood flow increases and a leg grows longer during bone development, possibly benefiting children with shortened legs from poliomyelitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Clinic
J. M. Jones
J. E. Musgrovi
International Society of Surgery
New Orleans
Pentagon clash over Navy fate fuels House hearing
The Air Force and Army faced the House Armed Services Committee amid sharp Navy accusations that a Pentagon strategist clique cripples the Navy and endangers defense. Testimony denounced unification bias, overemphasized B 36, and warned that an atomic blitz theory is unsound.
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Pentagon
Air Force
Army
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Raymond Spruance
Fifth Fleet
William F
Bull) Halsey
Third Fleet
William H. P. Blandy
United Front
Louis Denfeld
Secretary of Defense
Louis A. Johnson
Stuart Symington
Capitol Hill
Joint Chiefs
Johnson
Paul H. Griffith
Defense
Naval
One Room Schools Decline as Consolidation Spreads
The U S Office of Education notes fewer than 80 000 one teacher schools remain, yet 45 percent of US schools still use this format. Dr Walter H Gaumnitz reports deep cuts in Ohio Washington Maryland and Indiana with South and North Dakota still near half one room. He cites community centers and access issues, while mass hysteria over Communism shocks Albany teachers. Senator Hubert Humphrey condemns witch hunts and loyalty investigations in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Red
U.S. Office of Education
United States
Walter H. Gaumnitz
Ohio
Washington
Maryland
Indiana
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
South
North Dakota
Dr. Gaumnitz
America
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
New York
Albany
Sen. Humphrey
In Short Wed Wed: Churchill and Beau Champ Tie Knot
Sarah Churchill daughter of Britain's wartime prime minister marries Antony Beau champ British portrait photographer at Sea Island Georgia predicted steel strike would idle millions harming economy if lasting till December 1 Congress adjourned passing 15.585 billion military appropriations including Air Force 58 group and foreign arms aid boosting minimum wage to 75 cents per hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Churchill
Britain
Sea Island
Antony Beauchamp
Commerce
Sawyer
Congress
Quotations from British Minister Bevan and U S Business Leaders
British Health Minister Bevan claims millionaires were kept worse off by design. Morris Sayre of the National Association of Manufacturers attacks the welfare state and planned economy as national imprisonment. Janet Latsha of Nacogdoches speaks of a first airplane ride as nearing Jesus. Russell Janney reports a renewed jury summons after seven months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aneurin Bevan
Morris Sayre
The
National Association of Manufacturers
America
Janet Latsha
Nacogdoches, Tex
Jesus
Russell Janney
New York
Dulles Lehman Battle Shapes 1950 New York Senate Race
The 1950 New York Senate contest features Republican John Foster Dulles challenging Democrat Liberal Herbert Lehman. Dulles accuses Lehman of communist ties and big government drift while Lehman branding Dulles’ rhetoric as dictatorship and warning of despotism. Governor Dewey aids the campaign as a symbolic advocate of freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epublicans
New York
U.S. Senate
John Foster Dulles
Herbert H. Lehman
Sen. Dulles
Lehman
Dulles
Dewey
Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
GOP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sidelights From Across the Nation in Brief
A collage of short items reports: Hansen served for burglary jury duty in Chicago. in Los Angeles two youths fire a revolver wounding and killing a younger brother. Pretzel consumption projected for 1949. Wild cats at the Tower of London amid rubble and supply raids. A Passaic wager ends with injuries. A Fire Prevention Week parade float catches fire but wins second prize in Ottumwa. Tallahassee finds a UF researcher confirms frogs sing in trios.
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Chicago
Howard K. Hansen
Los Angeles
National Pretzel Bakers Institute
London
Tower of London
Tower
Rabbies
Passaic
N. J
Ottumwa
Tallahassee
Fla
University of Florida
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Wilhelm Pieck
Berlin
Lowell Thomas
U.S
Tibet
Yangtze River
Shanghai
Jawaharlal Nehru
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Mme. Lakshmi
University of California
Milians
White Plains
N. Y
U. S
Cedric Worth
Navy Department
Symington
Franklin D’olier
US Strategic Bombing Survey
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
J. Lawton Collins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Akron Beacon Times
York
Lewisville
United Nations
Truman
U.N
New York City
New Zealand
Pope Pius
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Gaumnitz
Marquess of
Milford Haven
Romaine Simpson
Wagner
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