Arms Bill Signed by President Truman
President Truman signed a 1.314 billion arms aid bill to supply 14 nations in Europe the Middle East and the Pacific with weapons to resist Communism. The act aims to reduce armaments through United Nations cooperation and establish international control. A Pentagon defense committee led by Gen. Omar Bradley will draft strategy and form a standing group with British and French chiefs. Countries targeted include Norway Denmark Italy Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg Greece Turkey Iran the Philippines Korea and non Communist China area. Immediate funding of 125 million dollars starts the program.
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Europe
Middle East
far Pacific
White House
Truman
United Nations
U.S
Pentagon
defence group
Omar Bradley
U.S. joint chiefs-of-staff
Bradley
military production and
London
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
China
Gas Rationing To Return In Australia
Canberra Oct 6 Reuters. Gasoline rationing will be reintroduced in Australia on Nov 15 per Prime Minister Chifley. The scale mirrors the pre June 6 regime when the High Court voided the Wartime rationing law. The plan aims at fair sharing during the acute dollar shortage with 180 miles of pleasure driving monthly.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Australia
Chiefley
high court
commonwealth
Chifley
Bell and Dragon Inn Sold at Cookham on Thames
The Bell and Dragon at Cookham, a five century old inn famed for its riverside setting near Cookham lock, has been sold. The London correspondent notes its historic charm and picturesque location on the upper Thames attracting river devotees and admirers of ancient hostels.
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Thames
London
Ottawa Journal
Cookham
Cookham lock
Bouter’s
Cliveden read
England
The Sept Hand Corner
A brief feature captioned The Sept Hand Corner with a continuation note indicating more on page 16. The snippet suggests a sports or local notes column typical of a city newspaper card.
Truman regime accused in atomic energy talks
Senator Bourke Hickenlooper charged the Truman administration with violating the joint atomic committee agreement as James Webb announced possible wartime style partnership with Britain and Canada. Webb stressed congressional approval needed for any cooperative research and said talks would be intermittent.
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WASHINGTON
Bourke Hickenlooper
Rep
Iowa
Truman administration
senate house of representatives
James E. Webb
United States
Britain
Canada
Webb
Hickenlooper
joint atomic committee
state department
administration
congressional committee
Robed Churchmen Eject Shouting Trio From Church
In Bristol on Oct 6 two men shouting idolatry disrupted a St George's high mass. Robed churchmen and stewards ejected them and two others left quietly. A sixth man, MM. J. Perkins, National Union of Protestants director, was also forced out. His robes were torn as he was denied addressing the congregation. The group campaigns to remove high mass from Church of England services as Romish influence.
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BRISTOL
England
St. George's church
MM. J. Perkins
National Union of Protestants
Perkins
Church of England
Yugoslavia Departs Czechs and Poles Amid Diplomacy Row
In Belgrade five members of the Czechoslovak embassy and eight from the Polish embassy were expelled. Sources say the expulsions were reprisal for moves against Yugoslav diplomats in Poland and Czechoslovakia. The Yugoslav information directorate declined comment.
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BELGRADE
Reuters
Yugoslavia
CzechoNovak
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslav directorate of information
Mistreatment Of Americans Brings Stern Note
The United States sent a strongly worded note to Russia protesting the mistreatment of Americans in the Soviet zone of Germany. It cites two college students detained eight weeks and Private John J. Sinkowicz who escaped after ten months in brutal conditions. The U S note demands punishment for responsible Soviet officials.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Russia
Kirken Moscow
Americas college
Pte
John J. Sinkowicz
Merlin
Automatic Disrober Hits Irish Farmer in Illinois
In NaUvoo Illinois on October 6 farmer Sean Edwards, while operating a combine, stepped on the power take off and lost his clothes. He got up unhurt wearing only a shirt collar a wrist band and a shoulder strap from his undershirt, in a comical agricultural accident.
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NAUVOO
Sean Edwards
Queuille Resigns as French Premier Amid Coalition Split
Paris reports Premier Henri Queuille has resigned after a 13 month tenure due to a cabinet split over wage and price controls. President Vincent Auriol began consults to name a new premier as possible general elections loom amid calls from De Gaulle for a fresh mandate.
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PARIS
Henri Queuillle
Vincent Auriol
Queuille
France
Auriol
Charles De Gaulle
De Gaulle
Nationalists claim win in Hunan clash near Canton
The Chinese Nationalist ministry of defence said a sizeable victory over Communist forces occurred in Hunan today near Canton.
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CANTON
ministry of defence
Hunan
Mass Arrests Sweep Prague Church as Govt Tightens Control
Prague reports mass arrests of nearly 1000 citizens on Tuesday night amid sweeping church controls. The Czech cabinet votes to inventory church property and grant dismissal power over priests with questionable citizenship, to be run by a new cabinet ministry for church affairs under Gottwald. Speculation links arrests to possible treason trials analogous to the Budapest hearings.
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PRAGUE
Klement Gottwald
Budapest
Laszlo Rajk
Eisler Named Minister in East German Cabinet
Berlin reports a 14 member cabinet for the East German government with Gerhart Eisler named minister of propaganda. Eisler, 53, a German born Communist leader who fled U.S. prison terms and escaped aboard the Batory, is among nominees approved by the Soviet backed SED. Otto Grotewohl named chancellor with other posts filled by SED members and outside nominees. Hermann Kastner would be state president.
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BERLIN
Gerhart Eislér
Eisler
United States
Batory
Socialist Unity party
S.E.D
Communist party of the
Senator's Wife Dorothy Hardy Dies in Brockville
Mrs Dorothy Hardy wife of Senator Arthur C Hardy and daughter of the late Senator George T Fulford died at her Brockville home at 68 afterill health. She fell seriously ill last February during a West Indies cruise and had been in declining health since.
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BROCKVILLE
Ont
Dorothy Hardy
Arthur C. Hardy
George T. Fulford
Dodgers Tie World Series With 1-0 Win Over Yankees
Jackie Robinson scored the lone run in the second inning as Preacher Roe shut out New York on six Yankee hits. Gil Hodges delivered the game winning single to left after Robinson's double and an error by Johnny Lindell. Attendance was 70,053 as Brooklyn evened the series at one game each.
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ANKEE STADIUM
New York
C.P
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Preacher Roe
Arkansas
Yankees
Brooklyn
Vic Raschi
Raschi
Gerry Coleman
Gene Nermanski
Robby
Billy Johnson
Marv
John Cooper Victim of Brutal Assault in Lethbridge
Police issued a murder warrant for William Arcan 24 after John Cooper 41 died from head injuries believed to stem from a Wednesday riverbottom brawl. Robert Waylen a friend was uninjured. Dr N J Campbell treated Cooper who died in hospital at 10 00 am Thursday. Police and RCMP hunt Arcan as coroner notes intra cranial injuries.
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William Arcan
Lethbridge
R.C.M.P
Arcan
John Cooper
Cooper
riverbottom
Robert Waylen
Waylen
N. J. Campbell
Campbell
George Harvey
The
Herald
New Welsh Name Eyed for Canadian PM Residence
CITAWA Oct 6 Bessie Britain’s 10 Downing Street and the United States White House, Canada may range her own gorphwysfa. The Welsh term meaning haven of rest was found under rust on the main gate of the grounds of the former residence proposed for Canadian prime ministers. Some doubt the name and prefer the address 24 Sussex Street, sparking radio comment.
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Britain
Downing Street
United States
White House
Canada
gorphwysia
Sussex Street
Russians Reach for World Arms Census Plan
Lake Success, Oct. 6. Russia has left United Nations leaders guessing by promising a new world arms census plan to the Security Council on Oct. 11. Delegation head Jakob A. Malik, back from the Soviet Union, suggested Moscow may propose an atom bomb checkup after its recent atomic tests.
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LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Russia
United Nations
Jakob A. Malik
security council
Malik
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Robt. Hannegan Dies Suddenly
Robert E. Hannegan former United States Postmaster General and owner of the St. Louis Cardinals died at his home in St. Louis at age 46. He had recently sold his Cardinals stake citing ill health and was active in Democratic politics including leading the 1844 campaign and chairing the national committee.
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ST. LOUIS
Robert E. Hannegan
United States
St. Louis Cardinals
Hannegan
Cardinals
Uaichigan
Reds suffer string of defeats at Canadian Congress of Labour
In Citawa on October six, left wing opposition faced a day of losses at the Canadian Congress of Labour and Dual Action convention. Proposals backing ERP and the Atlantic pact failed, as did efforts to re affiliate with the World Federation of Trade Unions. The International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers faced suspension and probable expulsion, while a new Northern Ontario union gained support. The five point trade plan to curb foreign trade was also rejected by the convention.
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CITAWA
Congress of
C.C.S
Ontario
congress
Canada
United States
U.S
commonwealth
Guay To Stand Trial In Airliner Bombing Case
J Albert Guay, 32, a Quebec jeweller, was ordered to stand trial on murder charges for blowing up a Canadian Pacific Airlines airliner on Sept 9 killing 23 aboard. Crown evidence and witnesses prompted Judge Roy to proceed to a full trial, with November anticipated for the date.
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UEBEC
J. Albert Guay
SUDDEN
Guay
Quebec
Roy
Noel Dorion
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Rita Guay
Sault Au Cochon
Arthur Pitre
wairfeld
po- Nce
Bank Robbery in Suburban Montreal Nets 18000
Two masked bandits robbed a Canadian Bank of Commerce branch in Mount Royal today escaping with between 15000 and 18000 in cash after forcing manager A A Taylor and two employees to lie bound in a car outside. The robbers entered unmasked and used revolvers.
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MONTREAL BANK
MONTREAL
C.P
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Mount Royal
A. A. Taylor
HONOLULU
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
NORONIC
TORONTO
U.P
Smirle Lawson
OTTAWA
Hobbemsa
Calgary
Edmonton
Peigan
Brock¢t
RUSSIA
LAKE SUCCESS
N.Y
Ana«wia
Jakob Malik
United Nations security council
M.P.S
IC.P
A. D. Dunton
CBC
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