Vet Leaders Clash On Pension Bills In Congress
Washington debate pits Veterans of Foreign Wars backing a targeted need based pension plan against a broad Rankin proposal. Advocates warn of huge long term costs while arguing for aiding aged and disabled veterans without opening nationwide handouts. A V C endorses stronger social security, medical care, education, and survivor benefits for veterans.
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Lyall T. Beggsommangurns
Sakta'y
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United States
Plym- Jouth
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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America
Rankin
Friends of the Veteran
Friends of Democracy
Armenians Repatriated to Soviet Armenia from U S
Izvestia reports 162 Armenians arrived in Batum from the United States and will move to Soviet Armenia. One Armenian who said he lived in California praised life in the Soviet Union and thanked Premier Stalin for the opportunity to relocate.
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United States
Soviet Armenia
California
U.S
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Soviet Union
Government Breaks Newspaper Strike in Buenos Aires
Residents of Buenos Aires eagerly bought the first local paper in almost three weeks as El Mundo appeared with government printers. About 100 workers printed the issue after printers were ordered back to work, while unions had approved wage provisions in a contract not accepted by the striking workers.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
el Mundo
Nominations for 1949 Nobel Peace Prize Include Americans
Oslo reports twenty three nominees for the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize. Americans named are Eleanor Roosevelt Drew Pearson and Maj. Gen. Frank McCoy. Other nominees include Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi Sir John Boyd Orr President Juan Peron and Eva Peron of Argentina Karl Renner CARE and the International Red Cross were proposed. No prize awarded last year.
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Drew Pearson
Frank McCoy
United States
Far Eastern Commission
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European Parliamentary Union
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Food and Agricultural Organization of
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Eva
Argentina
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Austria
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CARE
International Red Cross
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London
Japan Yanks Housing Crisis Deepens in Occupied Japan
Tokyo reports 13220 housing units for occupation forces, with demand outpacing supply. Brigadier General Beiderlinden notes families wait as service members spend a larger share of foreign duty before arrival. Headquarters tightens procurement to stabilize the Japanese economy, and 3390 Japanese homes sit under Allied control while 830 housing units are built.
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Tokyo
Japan
W. A. Beiderlinden
Alfred B. Nobel
Crater Lake Freezes Over First Time in Records
MEDFORD Ore Feb 24 UP Crater Lake is completely frozen over for the first time since records began park rangers reported to Supt E P Leavitt yesterday The scenic lake in the crater of an extinct volcano had been gradually freezing for many weeks due to an abnormally cold winter.
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Crater Lake
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