Final Approval Granted for Overseas Arms Aid Bill
Congress gave final approval to a $1.314 billion one year foreign arms bill to supply $125 million in RFC cash and $450 million in surplus arms to NATO and allied nations. It directs funding to Western European countries and other allies including Greece Turkey Korea and the Philippines with defense oversight by commissions. A separate recovery bill of $5.81 billion to aid allied economies also advanced in conference.
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Washington
America
Congress
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate
United States
Russia
House
Friends of
Congressional Appropriations Committees
RFC
Atlantic
Atlantic Defense Committee
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Philippines
Iran
China
Berlin Airlift Ends Tomorrow After 462 Days
The Berlin airlift will end at midnight tomorrow after 462 days of operation. The U S Air Force announced the bridge of planes that broke the Soviet blockade will cease ops a month early due to sufficient Berlin stockpiles to meet any emergency.
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Frankfurt
Germany
WUP
Berlin
U. S
Mrs Lamoine McLaughlin Improves After Gift Home Crash
Eau Claire Wisconsin Mrs Lamoine McLaughlin who was seriously injured in a car crash the day she was to move into a gift home built by Eau Claire citizens is greatly improved it was announced today.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Lamoine McLaughlin
Two youths confess to 90 mph chase on Highway 42
Sheriff Jensen said Oscar Frese and Corwin Sylvester admitted leading city and county squad cars on a five mile high speed pursuit on September 9. The crash ended the run near Racine county with both in custody facing multiple charges.
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Leonard Jensen
Highway 42
Racine County
Oscar Frese
40Th Ave
Corwin
Jerry) Sylvester
Rt. 2
Jensen
William Schmitt
Eugene Schend
Jerry Sonquist
Schend
Frese
Reynold Houte
Donald Murphy
Sheridan Rd
Sonquist
Harold Bastrup
Racine
Kenosha
Sheriff's Department
Body Found of Sailor Ernest Jensen in Ship Canal
The body of Ernest Jensen, 23, a cook on the Norwegian freighter Vigor, was recovered from the ship canal at Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin today.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Ernest Jensen
Truman Tours Missouri For 1950 Democratic Campaign
President Truman led a Missouri political visit to kick off the 1950 congressional campaign. He attended a Masonic ceremony in St Louis and planned a Kansas City testimonial dinner for William Boyle with Cabinet members and party leaders expected. He aims to aid campaigns to unseat Senator Donnell, while remaining hands off on primary races.
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Truman
Missouri
Missouri Grand Lodge
Kansas City
William H
Bill) Boyle
Boyle
Barkley
Senate
House
Congress
Donnell
Mr. Truman
Missouri Lodge
James Bradford
van Buren
Plainfield
Ind
Martin van Buren
Indiana
Balcenies
Municipal Auditorium
Wife Killed by Bullet in Kenosha Home
The body of Mrs. Genevieve A. Nelson a 54 year old resident of 1912 54th St was found slain by a bullet in the living room at 3 45 am. Her husband Harry 58 suffered a pistol head wound and was taken to Kenosha hospital where he is in good condition. Coroner said no decision yet on inquest as police continue investigation.
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Genevieve A. Nelson
54Th St
Harry
Nelson
Kenosha Hospital
Jay B. Glerum
Leonard Mattson
Leonard
Mattson
William P. Schmitt
Glerum
Nelsons
Arthur J. Riley
Galeotti
Elaine Brown
Zion
Evening News
Harry G. Nelson
Genevieve
Russia ends friendship pact with Yugoslavia
Moscow announced the Soviet Union would scrap the 1945 friendship treaty with Yugoslavia after accusing Tito’s regime of aligning with foreign imperialist circles. The move followed the Budapest treason trial of Laszlo Rajk and raised concerns of further severed ties among Communist states and renewed Yugoslav expulsions.
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London
Soviet
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Soviet Union
Rajk
Hungary
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Albania
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Tito
Belgrade
Frosts Hit Wisconsin September Nights Reach Record Lows
Severe frosts swept Wisconsin with many areas recording the coldest September temperatures. Kenosha crops suffered especially in tomatoes, while county agent Marlon Nelson said damage is not yet known. Lows ranged from 18 to 25 in several cities, with 39 noted as the night low locally. Tonight's forecast predicts slightly warmer readings in the north and west, with lows from 30 to 35 in the southeast and 34 to 38 in the northwest.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Marlon Nelson
Land O'Lakes
la Crosse
Wausau
Green Bay
Madison
Kenosha
Three U.S. Vessels Detained Near Shanghai
The State department said three American merchant ships are detained near Shanghai by Chinese Nationalist blockade forces. The Flying Trader from Hong Kong to Shanghai, and the Flying Independent and the Flying Clipper leaving Shanghai are the ships cited.
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Washington
State Department
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Hints at steel agreement in eleventh hour talks
CIO chief Philip Murray entered late negotiations with U S Steel to avert a nationwide steel strike. He said an announcement may come soon, noting it involves another company not U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
U. S. Steel Corp
Murray
U. S. Steel
Ford Signs Pension Pact That Averts Ford Strike
Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a two and a half year pension agreement. Ford will pay 100 dollars monthly to eligible workers over 65, funded by the company, with a joint trustees board overseeing the plan. The pact, ratified by workers, ends a 35 hour marathon negotiation that nearly triggered a walkout by 115000 Ford production workers. Immediate retirements were planned for about five thousand workers, with pension payments to begin April 1 following a March 1 effective date.
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New York
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
John S. Bugas
Reuther
Bugas
Dynamite Blasts Hit Mines in Pennsylvania and Kentucky
Dynamite blasts damaged non union tipples in Butler county Kentucky and Grass Flats Pennsylvania on the 11th day of coal field unrest. Authorities blamed sabotage for the Grass Flats blast while the Kentucky explosion damaged a tipple and motor house. No injuries were reported.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Butler County
Grass Flats
Rosely M. Smith
Junedale
Fire damages Funk Seed Corn plant in Kentland Indiana
Fire at the Funk Hybrid Seed Corn company plant in Kentland Indiana caused damage estimated at 200000 dollars according to first unofficial reports. Nearby workers evacuated as flames were contained by local firefighters.
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Kentland
Ind
Funk Hybrid Seed Corn Company
Jury Renew Efforts for Tokyo Rose Verdict
A federal court jury resumed work to reach a verdict in the treason case against Iva Toguri D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose. The 33 year old Los Angeles born woman is charged with radio broadcasts to American troops in the Pacific during World War II.
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San Francisco
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Los Angeles
Mills Start to Bank Furnaces and Halt Production
U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers face a 12 01 a m Saturday strike deadline as mills across the nation begin emptying furnaces and closing ovens. U S Steel and Republic Steel propose small raises shared with worker contributions while Bethlehem Inland and others cut back. Union leaders say welfare and insurance funds must be fully company financed.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
U. S&s. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
U.S Steel
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
Pittsburgh- Youngstown
Wheeling Steel
Bethlehem, Inland
Republic Steel
Bethlehem
Joseph P. Molony
Nehru to Visit U S and Canada Next Month
Prime Minister Pandit Nehru of India will visit the United States and Canada next month. He will arrive in Washington on October 11, according to the state department.
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Washington
Pandit Nehru
India
United States
Canada
State Department
Manville sells two autos in full page ad
New York report says asbestos heir Tommy Manville bought a full page ad to sell a $23,000 Rolls Royce and a $25,000 Riley for cash. He said he sold them because the garage were becoming troublesome and denied rumors about his eighth wife.
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New York
U.P
Tommy Manville
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