Wherry and Taft Lead Fight on Point Four Plan
Senate leaders Wherry Nebraska and Taft Ohio attacked President Truman's Point Four plan delaying the foreign aid bill worth 3.12 billion dollars. They aimed to send the bill to a senate house conference for revisions to the 35 million Point Four program for world back ward areas.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
GOP
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Senate-House
House
State Department
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wherry-Taft
Republic of Korea
China
China Area
Red China
Grandmother captures forgery suspect after six block chase
In Minneapolis a 43 year old grandmother, Pearl Kennedy, chased 42 year old Hubert Brookson for six blocks after he tried to cash a bad check. Brookson was arrested after being grabbed by the shirttail. He faces assault and battery charges and forgery inquiries.
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Minneapolis
Pearl Kennedy
Hubert Brookson
Brookson
Mrs. Kennedy
Philadelphia Chemist Held as Atom Spy
A 39 year old Philadelphia chemist of Russian extraction is held on $100000 bail charged with receiving atomic bomb secrets from Dr Klaus Fuchs and passing them to the Soviet Union. Arrest of Harry Gold, senior biochemist at Philadelphia General Hospital, was announced in Washington by Attorney General McGrath and FBI Director Hoover. Gold appeared before Judge James P McGranery and was remanded to Moyamensing Prison with a June 12 hearing set for further action. The FBI says Gold and an unnamed co defendant agreed to obtain documents from Fuchs to aid the Soviet Union. Fuchs is in London for questioning after pleading guilty March 1.
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Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Aiuecia
Dr. Fuchs
Russia
Harry Gold
Washington
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James P. McCranery
Gold
Moyamensing
Philadelphia General Hospital
McGranery
U. S
Martin C. Epstein
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
John Doe
Union of Soviet Republics
Fuchs
London
Wavell Dies After Long War Service and India Viceroy Role
Archibald Percival Wavell one eyed British field marshal dies after abdominal operation on May 5 his 67th birthday. He led African campaigns against Italy and commanded in India and the Far East earning support and honors including the Legion of Merit from President Truman. He began fighting in the South African War and lost an eye in World War I.
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London
Earl Wavell
Africa
India
Archibald Percival Wavell
Britain
Wavell
Egypt
Cirenaica
Mussolini
Africa Corps
Erwin Rommel
Greece
Far East
America
Truman
France
Eugenie Marie Quirk
Viscount Keren
Acro bats and aerialists stun Newark with table etiquette breach
The National Society of Acro bats and Aerialists held their fifth annual convention in Newark New Jersey. Attendees ignored manners as acts like clowns extending onto tables and performers performing extreme poses while dining amused and astonished observers. The group voted at the session to begin shooting automobiles from cannons this year.
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Newark
N. J
National Society of Acrobats
Matty Jonensen
Mia
Slim Collins
Alois Smetona
400 Concealed Reds in U S Says Budenz
Louis F Budenz, former Communist, claims in a new book that about 400 concealed Reds operate within the United States as a fifth column. He asserts the party has a complete plan for S Day and a Red Army and air force offensive upon order from Stalin.
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New York
Louis F. Budenz
American Communist Party
United States
Budenz
Stalin
Quake toll climbs in quake-stricken Cuzco Peru
Six people were killed as buildings collapsed in 24 hours raising the death toll to 67 in Cuzco Peru officials announced.
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Cuzco
Peru
Auto Industry Sees Long Era Free of Strife
Detroit amid a new General Motors contract that anchors the auto industry in a two year plus pattern with Ford and Chrysler. The unprecedented five year GM pact bars wage reopenings until at least 1955 while Ford and Chrysler retain limited reopenings. Key provisions include escalator wages tied to living costs, guaranteed four cent raises annually, pensions, a modified union shop, and expanded vacation and medical benefits. UAW president Walter Reuther called the settlement worth 19 cents now and 35 cents later.
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Uaw-Cio
General Motors
Detroit
Mich
Auto Union
Walter P. Reuther
T. A. Johnstone
UAW
Harry W. Anderson
Louis G. Seaton
Anderson
Ford
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Walter Reuther
Postpone Strike On N Y Central
A strike planned for Thursday against New York Central lines east of Buffalo has been postponed until June 10 at the request of the National Mediation Board. Carl J. Goff of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen said about 290 miscellaneous grievances were involved, many individual cases, including disputes over interpretations of awards by the national railroad adjustment board.
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Cleveland
New York Central
Buffalo
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Carl J. Goff
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
National Railroad Adjustment Board
Truman Begins Federal Reshuffling and Draft Extension
A two year extension of the selective service law moves to the House for quick approval. The plan keeps 18 to 26 year olds registering while actual inductions wait on a national emergency declared by Congress. Reserves may be ordered into active service for 21 months with 18 year old reserves exempted. Congress aims to sustain Cold War military strength.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Defense
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Russia
United States
Continental
Chicago and North Western Discontinues Two Passenger Trains
The Chicago and North Western railway received authorization to discontinue two daily passenger trains between Janesville and Fond du Lac in Madison Wisconsin today.
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Madison
Wis
Chicago and North Western Railway
Janesville
Fond du Lac
Weather snapshot from Wisconsin cities jumps to 90 in Kenosha
The afternoon high reached 90 in downtown Kenosha while Milwaukee forecasters predict cooler, partly cloudy conditions tomorrow. Thunderstorms are expected tonight. Forecasters say Memorial Day weekend should be pleasant. Statewide highs yesterday were in the 80s with Menomonie matching 90. Plymouth recorded a low of 53.
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Mercury
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Menomonie
Plymouth
Zeidler calls for investigation of Milwaukee sewer charges
Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler urged a grand jury probe into charges that city sewer inspectors accepted faulty sewer construction. In Hartford the libel trial of Paul Draper and Larry Adler against Mrs. Chester R. McCullough neared its end as both sides rested and arguments wrapped up before the jury. Green Bay ordered a maximum treatment unit for chronic troublemakers at the Wisconsin School for Boys in Waukesha. Fort Frances faced a flood emergency after Rainy Lake rose two inches overnight.
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Milwaukee
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee City
Hartford, Conn
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
Greenwich
Chester R. McCullough
Green Bay
Wis
State Board of Public Welfare
Wisconsin School For Boys
Waukesha
Strike Closes Restaurants Across 13 Downtown Venues
About 200 waitresses walk out at 13 downtown restaurants as Hotel and Restaurant Local No. 571 picks, delaying service. Pickets begin while officials and owners await outsiders for talks. Union seeks a four week probation for new staff, co owner membership, and more part time work. Apprentices earn 85 cents hourly and experienced staff 36 dollars weekly. Negotiations expected to draw in district reps Phil Valley Charles Paulson and Charles Kingsinger plus Wisconsin Restaurant Association chief Elmer Conforti.
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Phil Valley
Charles Paulson
Charles Kingsinger
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Elmer Conforti
Wisconsin Restaurant Association
Russians Block Berlin Barges Threaten Access to Rally
Russia halted 60 Berlin bound barges at a checkpoint in its zone between western Germany and Berlin amid a giant communist youth rally. British Maj. Gen. Bourne protested to Soviet Maj. Gen. Kotikov demanding release. The move also restricts inter zonal traffic on the western Germany Berlin highway. The three Western powers say such interference breaks a four power agreement guaranteeing access to Berlin.
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Berlin
U.P
Russia
Germany
Geoffrey K. Bourne
Alexander Kotikov
United States
Britain
France
Lightning Kills Man in Baltimore Storm
A severe thunderstorm swept through Baltimore yesterday killing one man and injuring three. The system caused flooding blocking streets, toppling trees, and disrupting travel and emergency response efforts.
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Baltimore
Truman reorganizes federal commissions and creates new maritime board
President Truman implements 16 of his reorganization plans including forming a temporary federal maritime board to oversee ship sales and maintenance. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming named undersecretary of commerce for transportation and four commission chairmen take executive power over major agencies. The new board includes John T. Koehler South Trimble Jr and Rear Adm. Paul L. Mather as acting members.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Maritime Board
Philip B. Fleming
Commerce
Transportation
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
Wallgren
Nelson Lee Smith
James M. Mead
New York Democrat
Federal
Maritime Commission
John T. Koehler
Navy
South Trimble, Jr
Commerce Department
Inland Water Ways Corp
Paul L. Mather
Raymond McKeough
David J. Coddaire
Grenville Mellen
Joseph K. Carson
Senate
Justice
Interior
Labor
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Trade, Federal Power, and Securities and Exchange Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trolley Bus Smashup Kills 7 in Scotland
A speeding trolley crashed into an overturned double decker bus during the morning rush hour in Glasgow, killing seven people and injuring 43. The bus was carrying workers when it toppled, and the trolley pierced the roof and stuck into the lower deck ceiling.
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Glasgow
Scotland
MacArthur Key to Vast Treasure Chest of Gold and Gems
A Washington hearing reveals General MacArthur holds the key to a chest seized from Japan containing jewelry gold and foreign currency. House investigators consider disposition plans while officials recount Nazi loot art and Goering holdings returned after the war and used to aid survivors.
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MacArthur
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Patterson
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Zeidler
Ontario
Fort Frances
Ont
Old Commission
Robert P. Patterson
Tokyo
Lucius Clay
Clay
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Goering
Hinshaw
R.-Calif
Beckworth
D.-Tex
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