Senate atomic fight looms over ties to President on Britain aid
Senator Knowland threats to take to the senate floor to block disclosure of atomic weapon information to Britain without congressional approval under the 1948 act. He cites executive branch limits and argues the president and the atomic energy commission lack authority to share know-how without Congress. Supporting and opposing views noted among lawmakers and officials. Local weather adds a partly cloudy, warmer Sunday with a high near 80.
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Washington
Knowland
Senate
Truman
Great Britain
Nowlafid
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress of the
United States
California
Congress
Blair House
House
Vandenberg
Rmich
Industriel
Hickenlooper R- Towal
Senate House Committee
David BE. Lilienthal
O Committee
Ft IY
Congress Oes
Ept
DDT spray at theater forces mass evacuation in Tulsa
Three hundred children were rescued Saturday after the theater’s air conditioning drew insecticide spray from outside as a polio prevention measure was applied nearby. No one remained to watch the matinee.
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Tulsa
Okla
City Health Department
Present Arms Plan Monday Will Cover Several Kinds Of Aid
President Truman will seek a flexible foreign arms program totaling about 1.45 billion dollars for countries on the cold war front. Key funds include 45 million for emergency use and 155 million to spur European armament production. European allies under the Atlantic security treaty would receive the bulk to counter Red aggression. Senators Vandenberg Taft and Smith favor a stop gap approach until the NATO advisory council names a defense assignments committee.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Senate
House
Vandenberg
R-sMich
Advisory Council
Taft
Ohio
Smith
United States
McCarran accuses State Department over China policy
Senator McCarran charged the state department with undermining Chiang Kai-shek and the legitimate Chinese government. He said he learned the department plans to issue a white paper on China and urged restraint from any official action at this time.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Department
China
52 20 Food Club Folds Monday Ends Unemployment Benefit Program
The 152 20 unemployment benefit program ends Monday night after distributing about 3.4 billion dollars to roughly 8.77 million World War II veterans since 1944. About 839,737 exhausted full benefits, while 690,000 veterans remain on rolls with some still likely to receive checks into August. Congress failed to extend the program, opposed by Rep Rankin and a Senate labor committee vote that would drop self employment provisions.
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Vern Haugland
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Rankin
House
Veterans
Veterans Administration
Shepherd Dog Hoofs 2000 Miles To Be With Owner
German shepherd Schultz traveled about 2000 miles from Wakorua Indiana to Seattle to reunite with his owner Private Richard B Anthony stationed near crew. The dog joined the Marine Corps mascot at the base before being shipped to his mother and eventually returned to Anthony. Schultz escaped around July 1 and was born into the Marines on March 9, 1942. He bears Sgt Hardy 3rd Marines identification and has a worn set of toenails on arrival.
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Seattle
Schultz
Wakorur
Ind
Marine Corps
Pfc
Richard B. Anthany
Crew
Anthony
Blackie
Marine Base
Ching
Sgt. Hardy
3Rd Marines
Witness testifies UN terror under Lie by mystery man
A hidden witness told a Senate subcommittee that Communist agents terrorize UN staff under Trygve Lie and force employees to become tools. The testimony urged ousting Lie and installing a capable successor. UN officials dismissed the claim as fantastically untrue.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Congress
United Nations Secretariat
Trygve Lie
Senate Judiciary
Lie
Lake Success
Byron Price
United Nations
Andrew W. Cordier
Cordier
General Assembly
Norway
Clyde Nicho S
Nichols
United States
Jackson
Arkady Sobolev
Security Department
Trygve
Milwaukee accountant is found shot to death in Wisconsin
Coroner in Oconto County says Emil A. Nordbeck a 44 year old Milwaukee accountant was murdered in his auto near Stiles junction. Nordbeck a Phoenix Chair Co. comptroller had $10 in his wallet and was killed by a heavy caliber gun. The car interior showed blood and a hitchhiker is suspected. The state crime lab assists.
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Oconto
Wis
Milwaukee
William Gallagher
Here
Gallagher
Emil A. Nordbeck
Nordbeck
Stiles Junction
Sis
Edward Coopman
Phoenix Chair Co
Sheboygan
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Gays Mills Harvests Large Dudley Apple Crop
In Gays Mills Wisconsin a very large Dudley apple crop is being picked as crews of 60 workers work under tree limbs to prevent breakage. The harvest follows two years of frost damage and marks one of the area's largest crops on record.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Dudley
Big Steel Pensions Still Not Forthcoming Says CIO
The CIO United Steelworkers charged that U S Steel employees can expect only hopeful notes on pensions. They detailed demands for a 150 monthly pension at 65 plus a 4 84 cent cost for the union insurance plan, totaling about 10 99 cents per hour after tax savings. A pension survey cites low current benefits and forecasts a decline, with strike threats amid talks and a fact finding board proposal.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
U. S. Steel
U.S. Steel
Murray Larimer
Big Steel
Truman
Paratrooper Nabbed After Bank Robbery in Conn
A 21 year old paratrooper from Newington Conn was arrested in Springfield Mass after police say he robbed the Fidelity Industrial Bank in New Britain Conn of 6000 dollars on Friday. He allegedly admitted the holdup and fled after greeting a bank employee.
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Springfield
Mass
New Britain
Tibetan rulers eject Chinese officials in Tibet
Canton sources report that Tibetan priestly rulers have expelled Chinese government officials in a bold move to curb Chinese influence in the highland region, signaling escalating tensions in the remote territory.
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Canton
China
Tibet
Earthquake Strikes Izmir Wrecks Karaburun in Turkey
An earthquake near Izmir, Turkey's major Aegean port, killed scores and toppled more than 100 houses at Karaburun. The quake lasted about five seconds at 5 08 p m disrupting lines between Izmir and Karaburun as hundreds fled.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Izmir
Aegean Sea
Karaburun
Tzmir
Silence Over Okinawa After Pacific Typhoon
A U S air force plane searched the stormy Pacific to reach Okinawa after a typhoon felled the island’s communications Friday. Weather planes report the eye about 40 miles across. Far East air force says there is little cause for alarm as outages are common with tropical storms.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Pacific
Okinawa
Far East Air Force Headquarters
Repeal of Wartime Excise Taxes Urged by Senator George
Senator George of Georgia urged quick repeal of wartime excise taxes in session legislation. He stated removal could stimulate business and employment by ending taxes on sales of fats, railroad and airline tickets, most jewelry, and other items.
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Washington
Congress
George
D-Ga
Senate
Truman
Steed and Lehman Back Mrs Roosevelt in School Aid Row
Rep. Steed and former Gov. Lehman defended Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt against Cardinal Spellman who called her column on federal aid to public schools anti Catholic. Spellman criticized the Barden bill proposing 300 million dollars yearly in federal aid to public schools nationwide.
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Washington
Steed
D - Okla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
Roosevelt
Lake Placid
N. Y
Lehman
Cardine
House Labor
Rep
Barden
D-Nc
Cardinal Spellman
Extra-Alarm Fire Destroys Chicago Garage
A Saturday night extra-alarm blaze leveled a one story brick garage operated by Roberts Cartage. The fire consumed 48 trucks and one tractor, offices, a shop and tire storeroom. Damage was estimated at 200000. About 10000 spectators watched from nearby streets as heat blistered paint on a distant firetruck. Cause remains undetermined.
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Chicago
Roberts Cartage Company
Michael J. Coverigan
Raymond Crane
Crane
La Crosse Water Worried by Federal Ban on Interstate Sale
Alderman W P Roellig and City Engineer John Herth defend the La Crosse water system as the U S Public Health Service bans interstate sale citing unimplemented state recommended changes. Roellig opposes chlorine and urges pumping-station improvements while a Monday utilities meeting considers bids for an engineering survey of a sewage dispute plant.
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W. P. Roellig
Common Council
Public Utilities Committee
John Herth Satureday
la Crosse
Barth
U. S. Public Health Service
State Health Board
Roellig
Roehg
Henry Ahrens
Msgt
Roelig
Bee City
Four Hurt In Car and Truck Crash On U S 16
Four persons injured none seriously and two escaped unharmed in a collision between a passenger car driven by Charles Karz and a tractor trailer on U S 16 near the 162 intersection at 4 p m Saturday. Karinz suffered shock while Mrs Theresa Karz and Mrs Alvin Karz had cuts and bruises and a passerby Mrs George Kirkwood had a dislocated shoulder. Kingsbury not hurt. owner Lawrence Morkerm and the truck were uninjured. Witnesses say Karz tried to pass another car and failed to return to his lane. The autos left the road. the truck tipped and trailer air hose broke. Injured were taken to La Crosse hospitals.
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Thia
U. S. Highway 16
Bangor Highway 162
Charles Kartz
Lake City
Minn
Highway 162
Charles Karz
Weukegan
Ill
Beverly Kingsbury
Zumbrota
Washington, D
Kartz
Theresa Kartz
Minneapolis
Alvin Kartz
George Kirkwood
Kingsbury
Lawrence Morkerm
Wanamingo
Kurtz
la Crosse
Count Police
Tresmont
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U. S. Public Health Agency
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