Senate approves overseas arms aid amid heated debate
The Senate voted 55 to 24 to approve an overseas arms program, with 19 Republicans and 36 Democrats backing the plan amid a battle over a $200 million cut. Leaders Connally and Vandenberg celebrated the passage as Taft warned of provoking Russia. The House still differs on total funding.
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Washington
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Rohio
Russia
Congress
House
Leopold parole bid after 85 year cut in murder sentence
Gov Adlai Stevenson cut Nathan Leopold's sentence from 99 to 85 years, making him eligible to apply for parole in January 1953. The pardon board cited good conduct and wartime malaria research as grounds for commutation. Leopold and Loeb were convicted of the 1924 Bobby Franks murder.
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Ill
Nathan Leopold
Chicago
Bobby Franks
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Leopold
State Pardon Board
Richard
Dickie) Loeb
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Franks
University of Chicago
Clarence Darrow
New Bus Routings Hearings End with Counter Proposal
A five hour hearing at city hall on the citys petition to the Public Service Commission for revamping local bus service concluded with Fred C Worden of Racine and Kenosha Motor Coach Lines presenting a counter plan. Worden said the plan would adequately serve the communities needs and would add about 125000 miles per year to total bus runs.
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City Hall
Fred C. Worden
Racine
New
KMC
Worden
Robert V. Baker
Kenosha Hospital
Community Fund kickoff in Kenosha County eight townships
More than 100 leaders are expected at a Bristol church hall dinner to launch the Community Fund drive in Kenosha County. County chairmen, township leaders, school district officials, and guests including George B. Price and E. W. Bernitt will participate, with numerous district chairs and vice chairs listed for multiple townships.
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Kenosha County
Bristol Church Hall
George B. Price
E. W. Bernitt
David L. Phillips
W. J. Lucareli
W B. Tower
Community Fund
Howard Shankland
Kenosha County Community Fund Campaign Seeks Kindness
The Kenosha County Community Fund launches its annual drive with a slogan likening it to a crusade for kindness. Fourteen agencies benefit from donations supporting character building youth activities hospital and visiting nurse care family services. About 1475 volunteers will participate and many will pledge time and effort.
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Community Fund
Kenosha County
Ben Gurion Eyes Jerusalem as Israel’s Future Capital
Israeli Premier David Ben Gurion opened Jewish New Year 5710 with the hope that Jerusalem will soon be recognized as part of the new state he leads. The statement frames Jerusalem’s political status as a priority for Israel’s young nation.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben Gurion
Jerusalem
Acheson Says Russian Atomic Blast Not Surprising
Secretary of State Dean Acheson stated the Russian atomic explosion was long expected and not a surprise to the U S government. He identified the blast as an atomic weapon but gave no further details.
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New York
Dean Acheson
United States
First Fall Cold Front Grips Wisconsin
Cooler air swept into Wisconsin lowering temperatures by up to 13 degrees from yesterday with frost expected in western and central areas. Darlington saw 35 and Land O Lakes 36 while Kenosha logged 50. rain fell lightly in Lake Geneva and Janesville. Thunderstorms hit the state's southern region as the noon temp stood at 52 in Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
Darlington
Land O'Lakes
Kenosha
Lake Geneva
Janesville
Wire Tap Probe Continued In Miami County Court
Six more witnesses testified as preliminary hearing resumed for three Miami men charged with wire tapping. Judge Davis recessed until Oct 1 when a key witness is expected to testify to end testimony. Defendants Mancino Gebhard and Hertz appeared. witnesses included Lt Riley and Thompson among others.
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Miami
Fla
W. W. Davis
Albert Frank Mancino
Edwin Nathaniel Gebhard
Sidney Hertz
Arthur J. Riley
Franklin Thompson
36Th Ave
Stanley G. Haukedahl
Beulah Hartwig
Walter Chase
Edward Kertz
Motor Vehicle Production Falls Week Over Week
Ward's Automotive Report estimates US production at 147,878 units this week, down from 152,228 last week and 92,230 in the lake week of 1948. The decline is blamed on the ending of overtime schedules in many plants. The total includes 127,588 cars and 20,290 trucks.
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Detroit
United States
Ward
Automotive Report
Soviet Delegate Says No Comment On Atomic Reveal
The Soviet Union delegate A A Arutinanian at the UN declined to comment on President Truman's claim of an atomic explosion in Russia. He said he had heard the statement before and offered no surprise, responding only I have no comment.
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Iu.p
Truman
United States
U. S
America
Russia
Potsdam
White House
Japan
Johnson
London
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Brien McMahon
Conn
Senate
Flushing
N. Y
A. A. Arutinanian
Gould Heiress Calls Off Third Wedding
Silvia Gould, heiress and granddaughter of Jay Gould, called off her 31 year old engagement to Lt. Comdr. Ernest Hoefer Jr. just 36 hours before the ceremony. Friends said she insisted he give up his naval career and work in New York, blocking the match and leading to an official announcement of mutual consent.
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N. Y
U.P
Silvia Gould
Jay Gould
Ernest Hoefer Jr
Hoefer
Miss Gould
New York
America
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