Conferees Agree on Compromise Bill for 70-Group Air Force
Washington reports a belated compromise to authorize a 70 group air force, aiming to strengthen air power though not guaranteeing full strength. The measure also fixes authorized army strength at 22 000 and air force strength at 502 000 with 27 500 regulars, reflecting a long dispute between House and Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Air Force
Congressional
Congress
Purity of Food To Be Probed by Congressional Panel
Washington reports Rep. James J. Delaney 49 year old New York attorney to head a congressional inquiry into food purity. The panel will study chemicals, pesticides, synthetics in food production and the impact of fertilizers on soil and human health with seven members including four Democrats and three Republicans. Delaney said he will accept the assignment and may be the chairman.
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Washington
James J. Delaney
New York
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Delaney
William A Canar y Heads Bankers of Wisconsin
William A. Canary head of the Footville State bank was elected president of the Wisconsin Bankers association at the annual convention. Other officers named include O K Johnson executive vice president Whitefish Bay State bank vice president and Fred Goetz president Citizens State bank Cadott treasurer.
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Milwaukee
William A. Canary
Footville State Bank
Wisconsin Bankers Association
O. K. Johnson
Whitefish Bay State Bank
Fred Goetz
Citizens State Bank
Cadott
Stoning and Gunfire Hit Enka Plant Strike Standoff
At the American Enka Corp rayon plant in Morristown Tennessee a volley of stones and bullets struck three to four cars carrying night shift workers as they left after midnight no injuries were reported six bullet holes were found in the vehicles. The strike began March 28 with CIO workers seeking 23 cents an hour while the company offered 10 cents. The current average wage is 1.35 dollars.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corp. Rayon
Hamblen County
Robert Medlin
CIO
Powerboat Conquers Colorado River Rapids in 1950 Canyon Run
The 1950 Grand Canyon expedition pushes toward Hoover Dam after a four hour delay caused by a silted water pump. The Hudson travels toward Lake Mead, while two expedition members depart to Marble Canyon. Ed Hudson and son were rescued after the Esmeralda was abandoned in the canyon. Bert Loper’s death a year ago is recalled.
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Anz
Colorado River
Lees Ferry
Pierce's Ferry
Hudson
Lake Mead
Hoover Dam
Otis Marston
Berkeley
Calif
William Belknap
Boulder City
Nev
Wilson
Willie) Taylor
Ed Hudson
Paso Robles
Ed, Jr
Hudsons
Tonsils and All Young Patient Flees Hospital
Margueritte Brace nine years old fled Carbini hospital after being told she needed a tonsillectomy. Her father George Brace reported her missing, but she telephoned to say she had taken a taxi home to avoid losing her tonsils. Parents planned to have her readmitted.
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Chicago
Margueritte Brace
Mother Carbini Hospital
George
Margueritte
Cap Gun Bandit Is Tripped Up
In Angier North Carolina a bandit armed with a cap pistol robbed the Bank of Angier but was stopped within minutes. Harry Hamilton 30 of Harnett County fled after forcing two tellers into the vault and taking 52500. He was subdued by Henry Strickland and his father and the loot returned to the bank. Hamilton was held for federal officers.
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U.P
Bank of Angier
C. G. Fields
Harry Hamilton
Harnett County
Hamilton
Marie Roderick
H. C. Strickland
Henry
Stricklands
Crime Inquiry Will Shift To Chicago and Midwest Hearings Set
Washington and Tokyo review U S policy on Formosa defense amid a stance against military aid to Chiang Kai-Shek. Dean Rusk leads Far Eastern reviews in Washington while Tokyo hosts Johnson Bradly MacArthur discussions with bipartisan Senate leaders.
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Chicago
Midwest
Washington
U. S
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Chiang
State Department
Dean Rusk
Acheson
Senate
China
Formosan policy talks and Chicago crime hearings move forward
Senators consult with Rusk and Republican leaders on Formosa defense and China policy as MacArthur influence and Johnson’s Tokyo trip shape moves. Separately, Kefauver chaired hearings prep to probe Chicago gambling, narcotics, counterfeiting, and bookie race-news networks with witnesses including Virgil Peterson and Wayne Coy.
Boy Causes Dark Night After Joy Ride in Iowa Town
In Le Mars, Iowa, three year old Robert Johns started his parents car on a hill. The vehicle rolled 150 feet, struck a curb and a guide wire, turning over and taking down a power line. Electricity was out for about two hours. the boy escaped uninjured despite the crash.
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le Mars
U.P
Robert Johns
Robert
Summitville
Ind
W. L. Downing
House Approves $2 Billion Price Support Fund Increase
The House passed a bill boosting government farm price supports by 2 billion dollars and sent it to the Senate. The roll call was 234 to 82. The extra funds extend the Agriculture Department's Commodity Credit Corporation authorities alongside the existing 4.85 billion. The program targets cotton wheat corn rice tobacco peanuts and related crops.
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Washington
House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Weather shifts from cool to warm with scattered showers
The forecast calls for cool start at 5 37 p m CST with warmer temperatures by Thursday. Scattered showers are expected in northwestern and west central Wisconsin tonight or tomorrow and in the northeast by tomorrow night. Highs reach 58 to 72 this afternoon with a low near 50 to 55 tonight and 75 to 80 tomorrow. Prairie Du Chien and Blair had 77 yesterday, Land o Lakes reported a 32 degree low, and Kenosha hit 61 at noon.
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Westcentral
Wisconsin
Mercury
Milwaukee
Howard Thompson
Prairie du Chien
Blair
Land o’Lakes
Kenosha
American Vice Consul In Frankfurt Kills Self
The U S high commission reports Clay H Henderson 33 a U S vice consul in Frankfurt died by self-inflicted gunshot wound in his apartment. Official statement says death was suicide and occurred yesterday.
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Frankfurt
U. S
High Commissioned
Clay H. Henderson
Henderson
Switchmen Strike Planned Across Western Rail Lines
The AFL Switchmen union announces a 40 hour week strike starting next Sunday with 4,000 switchmen walking out at 6 a m local time against Great Northern Chicago Great Western Rock Island Denver and Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific railroads. Also included: Kansas City Hotel official slain Marshall H Dean 35 assistant manager of the Hotel President.
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AFL
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Kansas City
Marshall H. Dean
Draft Conscription Act Stalls Over Segregation Fight
Washington reports a civil rights clash clouding the peacetime draft act set to expire at midnight. The Senate debates President Truman’s order to end segregation in the armed forces while maintaining universal draft registration for men 18 to 25. Russell pushes for race based unit assignment amid opposition from Lucas and Saltonstall.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lucas
III
Saltonstall
R-Mass
GOP
Antigo Posts Population Gain in Ten Years
Antigo, Wis., added 402 residents in the past decade, while Langlade County lost 577. Preliminary 1950 census puts Antigo’s population at 9,897, up from 9,495 in 1940.
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Antigo
Wis
Langlade
Senate Approves Social Security Expansion Bill
The Senate passed the expansion bill 81 to 2, widening old age and survivors benefits, adding about 10 million people, and moving toward universal coverage. It raises payroll taxes and maximum monthly and family benefits, with a conference to resolve House-Senate differences and debates over disability coverage.
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Senate
Congress
House
Butler
R. Neb
Cain
R. Wash
Indiana Senate panel to probe first district crime
Paul Cyr of Gary Indiana says a Senate crime investigating committee will expand its probe into Indiana's first district. Cyr, a 29 year old Republican candidate for Congress, claims Democrats in Lake county are linked to gambling and vice, tying his campaign to the inquiry. The district centers on Lake county within the Chicago industrial area.
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Senate
Chicago
Washington
Virgil Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Peterson
Paul Cyr
Indiana
Lake County
Cyr
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Congress
H. J. Anslinger
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
Continental Press Service
Senate Commerce Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Wayne Coy
Kefauver
Tenn
Gary
Ind
Special
Wiley
Wis
Senate Committee
Servel Firm Indicted On Price Fixing Count
The justice department said a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted Servel Inc of Evansville and 12 others on charges of fixing prices in the gas refrigerators market. They allegedly set prices for gas refrigerators sold to consumers in western Pennsylvania western New York eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pittsburgh
Servel, Inc
Evansville
Servel
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
West Virginia
Disc Shaped Object Reported Near Hamilton Field
Oakland Tribune reports a disc shaped object moving 1000 to 1500 mph made five passes near Hamilton Air Force Base north of San Francisco. Airmen described a circular, thick center saucer with blue flame and a thunderous roar, seen at 2000 to 5000 feet.
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Calif
Oakland Tribune
Hamilton Air Force Base
Air Force
Hamilton Field
San Francisco. Corp
Roger G. Pryor
the Tribune
Pryor
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