Prominent Senate Republican Seeks Cuts in Marshall Plan Spending
Senator Wherry urged trimming Marshall Plan funding, proposing a $1 billion cut from the $4.5 billion ECA appropriation for fiscal year starting July 1. He argued Americans should not finance productivity goals for ECA countries never before achieved.
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Senate
GOP
Washington
Wu.p
Tmatinedessa
Wherry
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congressional hearings weigh budget plan and reform steps
A committee reviews balancing the budget without tax hikes as Hickenlooper vows to reveal a detailed bill of particulars against Lilienthal. Labor legislation tops priority amid fair deal pressure, with Taft Hartley repeal and minimum wage hike debated.
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Democratic Party
Dean G. Acheson
Senate
House
John E. Rankin
Miss
Veterans Committee
Brooklyn man killed in crash with semi on Highway 14
Oregon Wisconsin report. Harry Hook, 71, of Brooklyn, died when his car struck a semi tractor-trailer on Highway 14 near Oregon last night. The note mentions corn crop damage by rats in Norfolk England.
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Oregon
Wis
Harry Hook
Brooklyn
Highway 14
Here
Norfolk
England
Gromyko Report Changed Soviet Foreign Policy
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko allegedly persuaded Stalin that the United States seeks peace and would provide economic aid to Russia and eastern Europe. The UN World report cites months of talks in Sochi and ties to a new plan elevating Gromyko and Vishinsky, ending with a shift to a cold peace and a possible dissolution of the cominform.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Andrei A. Gromyko
Stalin
America
United Nations World
Russia
Europe
Grmyko
Gromyko
Sochi
Crimea
Andrei Vishinsky
Foreign Department
Berlin
UN World
U. S
Ussr
Truman
U.S
Germany
Communist Information Bureau
Comintern
Cominform
Bucharest
Graduation set for record UW class of 3400 in centennial year
More than 3400 students will be awarded degrees at the University of Wisconsin commencement, the largest class in the university's centennial year. Fourteen honorary degrees will be given. Prelude events include the senior ball June 13, fun fest June 14, senior picnic, a library friends meeting, honors convocation and President Fred's reception June 16, and a June 15 honors convocation.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Friends of the
University of Wisconsin Library
E. B. Fred
Truman OKs Timber Cutting for Indians in Wisconsin Reservation
President Truman signed legislation allowing Indians on the Menominee reservation in Wisconsin to cut 25,000,000 feet of timber annually for 1949 1950 and 1951. The quota increases from 20,000,000 feet per year and is set for three fiscal years.
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Washington
Truman
Wisconsin
Murray
Wis
Speedy Action Seen for Pact
The senate foreign relations committee pressed the international wheat agreement toward quick approval. Five producing nations would sell and 36 consuming nations buy 450 million bushels annually for four years, with a top price of 1.80 and a sliding minimum from 1.50 to 1.20. Opposition faded as surplus crops eyed.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Labor May Seek Snap Election in England
Lord Woolton, Conservative party chairman, predicted Labor is very likely to call a snap national election in late October eight months early. He told 2,000 young Conservatives that the Socialists would be wise to hold it soon as their economic sins are surfacing. The government’s five-year term ends in July 1950.
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Yorkshire
Eng
Lord Woolton
Labor
Woolton
Brewster to Keynote Wisconsin GOP Parley in La Crosse
U S Sen Owen Brewster of Maine will keynote a Wisconsin Republican state convention in La Crosse on June 11. State Chairman Harvey Higley announced the event and outlined plans for the meeting.
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Sen. Brewster
Madison
Wis
U. S
Owen Brewster
Wisconsin Republican Party
la Crosse
Harvey Higley
Delegates to hear Rennebohm address Marinette meeting
Governor Rennebohm is expected to address the Marinette delegates. The principal business will be deciding if the constitution should be amended to require mandatory endorsement of candidates for state offices and the U S Senate. County officers and the State Federation of Women's Republican clubs will hold dinner meetings June 10.
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Marinette
Rennebohm
U. S. Senate
State Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Poor soil linked to anaemia in Western Australia
Dr. Lawson Smith of the West Australian Medical Department says chronic soil mineral deficiency causes anaemic children in parts of Australia. He traced the blood mineral shortage to soil conditions across regions.
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Lawson Smith
West Australia Medical Department
Surplus Funds Invested In Dividend Stocks On Atkins Avenue
Twenty three families in Lancaster's Atkins Avenue show how thirteen households invest surplus funds in dividend paying common stocks. The article promotes NYSE member firms offering information at no cost. It notes stocks from auto chemical steel railroads and utilities paying dividends for 25 to 101 years and offers a free copy of The Exchange publication upon request.
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Hauers
Atkins Avenue
Lancaster
New York Stock Exchange
Fred Hauer
Hamilton Watch Company
Exchange
Stock Exchange
Broad St
New York
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Walworth
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