Senate Group Will Run Citrus Probe
The Senate agriculture committee named a subcommittee to probe citrus distribution and marketing. Sen. Pepper and Sen. Aiken will serve, aiming to address disastrous citrus prices in the last two seasons and how to restore grower prosperity before the 1950 farm bill funds take effect in January.
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Senate Group
Citrus Probe
Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Pepper
D.-Fla
Sen. Aiken
R.-Vt
Capper
R.-Kan
Plane Crashes in Front Yard Near Van Nuys Airport
A California Air National Guard P-51 Mustang crashed last night in the front yard of a San Fernando ranch, six feet from a living room where eight relatives sat. Lt. Robert Drew parachuted to safety after the single engine plane burst into flame about a mile from Van Nuys airport, gouging a 10 foot hole in the lawn and starting three small roof fires.
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California Air National Guard
San Fernando
Robert Drew
van Nuys
E. E. Thomas
Thomas
$70,000,000 for China's industry reconstruction
American aid chief Roger Lapham announced an agreement with Premier Wong Wen-hao to allocate $70 million for China's industrial reconstruction, with at least half to be used for spare parts and machinery replacement after a survey showed dire conditions.
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Nanking
Roger Lapham
China
Wong Wen-hao
Lapham
Catholics Accuse Jews of Violence in Palestine
In Jerusalem on August 19 the Latin Patriarchate released a report by Monsignor Anthony Vergani accusing Jews of looting seven churches convents and hospices in northern Palestine and seizing religious objects. The document warns of potential continued expropriation of ecclesiastical property and its impact on the Christian world. A separate letter from Rev. G Rizik to Vatican officials protests the alleged church intrusion.
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Latin Patriarchate
Galilee
Palestine
Anthony Vergani
Patriarchate
Vatican
Jaffa
Apostolic Delegate
Neighbors Suit Forces 42 Children From Home
Forty two children aged three to thirteen, cared for by the Illinois Protestant Children's Home, became homeless after neighbors sued to enforce zoning ordinances. The Superior Court had injunctions blocking use of the house while attorneys argued over the fate of the children and a master in chancery considered dismissal of the case.
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Hicago
Wisconsin
Superior Court
William J. Lynch
Manly K. Hunt
Arizonan Blasts Foes of Project
Rep. Richard Harless of Arizona accuses California interests of legislative sabotage against the Central Arizona Project. He urges the next Congress to ignore these foes. California lawmakers oppose the project and seek Supreme Court review on Arizona’s rights to Colorado River water.
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Washington
Richard Harless
D.-Ariz
Arizona
California
Congress
Supreme Court
Colorado
Plaintiffs defend property rights as children housed downtown
The plaintiffs said they were not fighting the children but protecting property rights and the law. The children were placed in a downtown hotel by a newspaper.
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