Vinson to Probe B-36 Purchases in House Inquiry
Chairman Vinson announced a thorough House armed services committee investigation into the B-36 bomber program. He said the inquiry would examine when the bomber was purchased how procurement occurred and any related cancellations and concerns tied to Consolidated Vultee and Louis Johnson. He noted the Senate inquiry may not proceed.
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Washington
Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Georgia
van Zandt
Louis Johnson
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Committee
Bridges Indicted Over Citizenship Case and Deportation Move
Harry Bridges ILWU president and two aides were indicted by a federal grand jury on perjury and conspiracy tied to Bridges 1945 naturalization. The charges carry up to seven years and 15000 dollars. The union denounced the move as political framing aimed at crippling the union.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Immigration Service
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
J. R. Robertson
ILWU
Henry Schmidt
Longshore Coast Labor Relations Committee
Communist Party
New York
CIO Executive Council
Washington
CIO
Robertson
Schmidt
Honolulu
F. Joseph Donohue
John P. Boyd
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Boyd
Rutledge Trial Ends as Wife Denies Seduction Claims
In Cedar Rapids Iowa jurors hear final rebuttal as Dr. Robert C. Rutledge faces murder charges. His six foot blonde wife testified she did not seduce Byron Hartman at the St. Louis electrical plant where they worked. Rutledge, 28, is accused of stabbing Hartman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room on December 14 to avenge alleged infidelity.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
Byron Hartman
Hartman
St. Louis
Rutledge
Hattman
Poppy Day Proclaimed by City Leader Axtell
City Manager A E Axtell issued a proclamation urging all citizens to observe Poppy Day by wearing memorial poppies to honor the 160 Kenosha men who gave their lives in defense of the United States in the two world wars.
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A. E. Axtell
Kenosha
United States of America
Committee May Probe West Coast Atomic Scientists
The House Un American Activities Committee may send an investigator to the West Coast to verify reports that atomic scientists belonged to a wartime Communist cell. A member said names of several scientists and others who attended a 1942 Oakland meeting are in hand.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
West Coast
Oakland
Calif
Lilienthal says AEC overruled security officer in two cases
Senator Lilienthal told investigators that the Atomic Energy Commission cleared two scientists for secret work despite warnings from security officer Valats. He named Dr. Edward Condon and Dr. Frank Graham as those cleared, amid Senate House atomic hearings on alleged AEC mismanagement.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lilienthal
Adm
John Gingrich
Condon
Graham
McMahon
Commission
North Shanghai battles as Communist forces tighten grip
Nationalist troops raise a white flag at Shanghai post office as Communists threaten to seize north Shanghai. Reds flank and attack from both sides near the Szechuwan bridge while the Garden bridge area, including Broad way Mansion, sees Americans trapped. U S and British consulates seek cease fire to allow noncombatants to escape.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
Szechuwan Bridge
Garden Bridge
Broadway Mansion
United States
Peking Road
Bund
U. S
United States to Spend 2.15 Billion in Philippines by 1951
Manila reports U S Ambassador Myron M Cowen announced that by 1951 the United States will have spent 2 150 000 000 dollars in the Philippines since the end of the war indicating large wartime and postwar aid and reconstruction funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
U. S
Myron M. Cowen
United States
Philippines
State Lobbying Called Serious Evil by D A
Madison Wis The district attorney R W Arthur said lobbying is the most serious confronting the state He announced a grand jury investigation into lobbying in the current Wisconsin legislature He cited liquor influence as a key factor and said investigators found extensive insidious operations involving gifts and parties with lobbyists for legislators He noted both past and current governors labeled lobbying dangerous and said six legislators were interviewed for details of parties alleged to be arranged by lobbyists
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Dist. Atty
R. W. Arthur
T Aday
Wisconsin
Arthur
Goodland
Dean Acheson
United States
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Russia
Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Bunche Proclaimed Father of the Year
Dr. Ralph Bunche named father of the year for his UN mediation work in Palestine. He is 44, father of three, born in Detroit, and a graduate of the University of California and Harvard. He resumed his post as director of the UN trusteeship division.
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New York
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Palestine
Bunche
Detroit
University of California
Harvard University
Wisconsin Snowless Cold Wave Drops to Historic Lows
Freezing temperatures and frost covered Wisconsin on the second day of a cold wave. Milwaukee logged a May 25 low of 34, while Land O Lakes noted a national coldest spot at 24 degrees. Kenosha saw 40 at the airport and 57 high by afternoon. rainfall was .11 inches. ClearFriday and possible warming early, forecasters said.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Land O’ Lakes
Kenosha
Assembly Favors Redistricting Plan Enlarge Wilmot district to include West of Highway 41
Kenosha county school committee voted to annex land west of U S Highway 41 into the Wilmot Union Free high school district. The change adds about three quarters of county land to Wilmot, boosting district valuation beyond 18 million dollars and altering tax equalization and transportation. Six townships are affected. Somers and Pleasant Prairie remain outside. parts of Brighton and Paris stay with other districts. Public meetings May 12 and May 23 supported joining Wilmot. order becomes effective May 25 1949. The commission’s signers include George Taylor and Margaret Diehl.
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Kenosha County
Union Free High
Wilmot
Highway 41
Somers
Pleasant Prairie
Brighton
Paris
Union Grove
Bristol
Wilmot High School
Wisconsin
Union Free High School
George Taylor
Michael C. Kolowski
Fred C. Schmalfeldt
Edna L. Thom
Susan Beyer
Margaret Diehl
Wisconsin Assembly approves reapportionment commission
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a 56 to 31 vote approving a joint resolution to create a five member reapportionment commission if the legislature fails to redraw districts. The plan would place the Supreme Court justice, the governor, attorney general, Senate president, and Assembly speaker on the panel. The measure requires passage by next session and a referendum. Democrats propose a 25 percent income tax surtax to fund state revenue. The Senate passed conservation bills expected to raise about 750 thousand dollars annually and approved a mansion purchase bill for 47 thousand dollars.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
House
Senate
Pfennig
Burmassier
R-Wauwatosa
Supreme Court
Assembly
Assembly Democrats
Rennebohm
Conservation Department
Maple Bluff
Wisconsin
No Big Change In Foreign Aid
Washington reports a budget accord will allow the Economic Cooperation Administration to operate for a year with near President Truman request levels. The $629,730,000 cut remains, but spending may finish earlier. Leaders say they do not oppose the amendment. The ECA would receive $4,642,470,000 through May 15, 1950, averaging $344,000,000 monthly.
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Washington
House
Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Truman
Appropriations Committee
ECA
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep. Taber
New York
Webb
Trinity River Flood Strikes Fort Worth Area
The Trinity River crested spilling over levees and flooding three main streets near homes and businesses. Torrential rains in north and west Texas caused the rise and at least one death with significant property damage.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Trinity
Clear Fork
Texas
Berlin Braces For Airlift as Rail Blockade Persists
Western Berlin continues to rely on an 8000 ton daily airlift amid a Soviet blockade and stalled railway that left thousands of tons of cargo untouched. Striking workers demand 100 percent west mark pay and union recognition, while Allied police replace communist control in west yards.
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Berlin
Germany
Kommandatura
West Berlin
West Demands Russia Keep Berlin Promise
A British diplomatic source says the west demands Russia fully honor its pledge to end Berlin blockade restrictions. Western ministers seek assurances that ongoing difficulties, including tram and rail frictions, will cease, with potential Soviet intervention if unsatisfied.
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West
Russia
Berlin
Paris
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ho Hum Lights at 41 50 Fail Again at Intersection
At the intersection of highways 41 and 50 a four second amber signal proved ineffective. Deputies Bastrup and Krok reported all lights on 41 stayed red. Madison engineers were called to repair the new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Harold Bastrup
Edward Krok
County Highway Department
Madison
Milwaukee Principal Dies in Home Fire
Joseph F. Koelsch 51 principal of Forest Home Avenue grade school suffocated in a two story Milwaukee home blaze. Firefighters ended the blaze after forcing entry. he was dead on arrival at Johnston Emergency hospital. Cause undetermined. wife was in Detroit visiting a daughter. he had been on leave since April 4 due to illness.
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Milwaukee
Joseph F. Koelsch
Forest Home Avenue
Johnston Emergency Hospital
Koelsch
Detroit
Milwaukee Pedestrian Fatally Struck Crossing Street
Mrs. Ora Parish, 60, of Milwaukee, died after being struck by a truck while crossing the intersection of N 35th and W Wells streets. The incident occurred today in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ora Parish
N. 35Th
W. Wells Streets
Senate approves map adding Milwaukee Dane seats
By voice vote and without debate the state senate passed a bill to add two assembly members for Milwaukee county and one for Dane county by eliminating three out of state districts. The plan pairs Juneau with Adams Marquette Kewaunee with Door Price with Vilas and Ashland with Iron.
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Madison
State Senate
Milwaukee County
Dane County
Juneau
Adams-Marquette
Kewaunee
Price
Vilas
Ashland
End of Shanghai Battle Near as Nationalist Holdouts Surrender Imminent
Sound of battle faded tonight as the military changeover of Shanghai nears completion. Nationalist units along Soochow Creek held their fire while signaling willingness to surrender.
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Shanghai
Soochow Creek
Pee Gee
Funds Provided for Wisconsin Civil War Memorial Repair
The Wisconsin state senate approved a bill to spend $62,000 to repair the Civil War memorial at the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi.
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Madison
Vicksburg
Miss
State Senate
April production dip cuts industrial output to 179
The Federal Reserve Board reported April industrial production fell five points to 179 percent of the 1935-39 average, down from 188 a year ago and 187 two years ago, the lowest since July 1947. The Federal Communications Commission announced plans to open additional ultra high frequency TV channels by late fall without disturbing current channels.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
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Elston
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