Flexible Defense Line Planned For Defending Western Europe
The United States and allies outline a three layer flexible defense along a natural barrier like the Elbe river. A small, highly trained force with anti tank weapons and recoilless guns would spearhead, followed by light armored units and a main maneuvering force with guided missiles. Strategic bombers would target the enemy’s war potential at its source, with basing potentially off continental soil.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Elbe River
Maginot Line
U. S
Russia
Germans Clash In Parliament as Communists Seized Hall
About a dozen West German Communist deputies tried to seize the hall during a parliamentary recess. Police dragged them out after kickings and slaps as ruler Max Reimann led the attack following his 30 day expulsion by Speaker Erich Koehler. The clash occurred amid debate on Oder Neisse frontier and West Germany’s Council of Europe membership.
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Max Reimann
Erich Koehler
Reimann
Koehler
Reichstag
Paul Loebe
Oder Neisse Line
Germany
Heimann
Oder-Neisse
West Germany
Council of Europe
Konrad Adenauer
King Gustaf V to Celebrate 92nd Birthday
King Gustaf V of Sweden turns 92 on Friday as the world’s oldest monarch. He has ruled Sweden for nearly 43 years.
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Stockholm
Gustaf V
Sweden
East German police flee to West Berlin in record numbers
Four East German police officers escaped today to West Berlin with one resisting capture at gunpoint. In the last month, 42 members of the eastern force, described as a secret Russian trained unit, have deserted and sought political asylum in the Allies’ sector.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Pistol Point
Senate Passes Local Option Rent Measure On Rent Controls
The Senate approved the local option rent measure 36 to 28 to extend wartime controls for about 8 million dwellings. The plan auto lifts controls in six months unless a local vote or referendum keeps them through June 30 1951. Any community may opt out before December 31 with no comeback. House leaders expect a close vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Federal Rent Control Authority
Rayburn
D-Tex
Truman
Rep. Wolcott
Michigan
Banking Committee
Rent control laws pass in New York and Wisconsin
The Senate, after Senator Cain of Washington ended a 12 hour filibuster, rejected 44 to 25 a Republican bid to send the bill back to the banking committee. Wisconsin and New York enacted their own rent control measures amid a broad spread of states considering similar action.
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New York
Alabama
Virginia
Nebraska
Texas
Utah
Arizona
Senate
Cain
Banking Committee
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