Brewster Fights Truman Policy Ahead of 1950 Elections
Senator Brewster heads the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee and says Truman’s policy of continued spending and a possible budget deficit will be a major issue in the 1950 elections. He argues for cutting expenses and balancing the budget, while Democratic leader McGrath counters the GOP critique and warns against a harmful economy. Other Southern Democrats George and Byrd attack or question Truman’s economic advisory council.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Brewster
Maine
Sen. McGrath
Rhode Island
Jefferson Jackson
Pensacola
Fla
Republican Party
McGrath
George
Georgia
Byrd
Ginia
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
America
President's Agent to Spend Billions in Economy Drive
President Truman's top domestic troubleshooter John R. Steelman will direct billions in federal spending to areas with high unemployment. He will coordinate action across 20 departments, acting as eyes and ears for the President while overseeing the economy drive and national security resources board duties.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Alabama College
National Security Resources Board
Department of Commerce
Labor Department
War With Russia Not Inevitable, Quakers Insist
Philadelphia July 18 The American Friends Service Committee states war with Russia is not inevitable and calls for peace efforts. A six month study led by 15 analysts criticizes economic warfare while noting embargoes and Marshall Plan refusals have limited effect on the arms balance. The report remains tentative and open to discussion, arguing recovery in eastern Europe could enable greater independence in the east-west conflict.
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Philadelphia
United States
Russia
American Friends Service Committee
Quaker Oranization
U. S
Europe
Australia Coal Tie-up Hangs On
Australia’s crippling coal strike entered its fourth week as hope for a settlement rose. About 900 miners returned to work in Western Australia but little coal is mined there. Some Canberra ministers said the tide has turned, noting unemployment and industry shutdowns, while a back-to-work campaign prompted some miners to seek arbitration for shorter hours and higher pay.
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Sydney
Australia
Western Australia
Canberra
Plane with 43 aboard forced to return to London
A Pan American World Airways airliner bound for New York returned to London after developing engine trouble over the Atlantic. The luxury airliner landed safely on three engines with engines and ambulances standing by. Passengers and crew were uninjured.
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London
Quick test promises cancer progress tracking technique
Los Angeles July 18 University of California researchers Dr F P M West and Jessamine Hillard report a new rapid and accurate blood test for cancer monitoring. The method charts ratios of two enzymes in the blood to detect changes in tumor activity, aiding early intervention and evaluation of treatments.
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Ls Angeles
University of California
Birmingham
Veteran's Administration
FP. M. West
Jessamine Hillard
Nationalist Red Fighting Flares in Central China
Nationalist and Communist forces clashed in Central China with reports of several Nationalist setbacks. Red troops captured Ichang and advanced toward Changsha while Nationalists withdrew from Paochi. Rice prices surged in Shanghai and the dollar weakened further.
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China
Canton
Hong Kong
Defense Ministry
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Changsha
Hunan
Ichang
Yanetze
Red
Peiping
Nanking
Piao
Hunan Province
Hupeh
Kiangel
Shasi
Yangtze
Kiangs
Kian
Kan River
Kwangtung
Pal Chung-Hsi
Henkow
Fire at San Joaquin County Honor Farm Causes Major Damage
A blaze last night destroyed more than half of the San Joaquin County jail honor farm near Stockton on Matthews Road. Sheriff Carlos Souza reported about 100000 dollars in damage and said the cause was undetermined as 270 inmates and staff fought the fire amid a water shortage to quell the flames.
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Stockton
San Joaquin County
Carlos Souza
Reds and Catholics Seek Common Ground Despite Vatican Decree
Communist leaders in Italy and France urged followers to unite with Catholics, claiming communism and faith can coexist. The Vatican warned excommunication for supporting communism, while priests in Czechoslovakia remained loyal to church authority amid pressure from the Communist government.
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Italy
France
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Pius Vil
Germin
Palmiro Togniatti
Rome
Togniatti
Catholica
Maurice Thorez
Grenoble
Abbeville
Jacques Duclos
Capital
Haymes and Nora Flynn wed in Beverly Hills ceremony
Crooner Dick Haymes and Nora Ailton Flynn married under an orange tree at Haymes home. The couple, twenty five, were joined by judge Edward Brand and Charles Farrell in a small wedding with Barbara Hodges as maid of honor. Nora had just obtained a divorce.
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Beverly Hills
Dick Haymes
Nora Alton Flynn
Ater
Edward Brand
Charles Farrell
Tress
Barbara Hodges
Smald
Nora
Sinner Texas Army Probe Reports Turmoil and Suspensions
Dallas reports detail a theater incident in Sinner where Nannette Fabray was hit by a bug on stage causing a sudden halt to a performance. The same dispatch covers Army contract probe steps with Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman and Alden H. Waitt suspended, and Rep. Shafer pressing for White House involvement in a broader inquiry led by the Senate committee. The piece notes Feldman’s long service and Waitt’s chemical warfare role, with hearing plans in about two weeks.
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Dallas
Texas
Starlight
Nannette Fabray
Charlier R
Fabray
Washington
Truman
Inspector General
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Herman Feldman
Gem. Veral
Alden’ HL Wiatt
de Cheatiensica
Goth
Sen
Hoey
D.N. C
Feldman
Waitt
Gray
Senate
New Yorker
Ensrating
Medford
Mass
Dallas Fisherman Sees North American Alligator in Pit
July 18 Dallas man E D Lacey spotted a seven foot three inch alligator surfacing in a water-filled pit near downtown. Lawrence Curtis of the Dallas Aquarium confirmed the sighting and noted the reptile’s unexpected northward presence in a landlocked urban pit.
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Dallas
Texas
E. D
Lacey
Lawrence Curtis
Dallas Aquarium
North America
Trousers Burn Delay Wedding in Gainesville Texas
A Gainesville preacher's pants caught fire while cleaning trousers with gasoline delaying his daughter's wedding by two hours. Rev Luther Pryor of the Church of the Nazarene says the gasoline ignited from a water heater in the Pryor home.
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Gainesvillee
Texas
Gainesville
Luther Pryor
Church of the Nazarene
Pryor
No Debris Found to Prove Air Crash
Searchers failed to locate any wreckage to confirm a plane crash near Boyle Tennessee on Saturday night. Tennessee highway patrol and Civil Air Patrol pilots scoured the area while the Civil Aeronautics Authority said no trace existed. A Kingsport woman reported seeing a plane fly over about 10 15 p m and described debris falling, but observers could not find any wreckage after the aircraft vanished.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Boyle
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Civil Air Patrol
Civil. Aeronautics Authority
Whitbnan
Times
Yanta
Chutes Fail stunt ends in Rutland death
In Rutland Vermont on July 18 George Beaudoin 22 of Montpelier died after his parachutes failed during a demonstration jump before more than 1000 spectators at Rutland airport. He leaped from a plane at 2500 feet as part of a model airplane contest program.
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Rutland
George Beaudoin
Montpelier
Beaudoin
Weather Fair in Most of Nation
A broad cool air front moves from Canada into Montana and North Dakota and trends south to Iowa Nebraska and east to Minnesota Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. Temperatures stay high in the south while most areas are near normal and may cool later.
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Chicago
Canada
Montana
North Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Picnicers Marooned by Flood in Tennessee
Five bathing-suit clad picnickers were marooned on a mountain ledge for 15 hours in Tennessee before rescue by firemen. The group including Virginia Sh and Virginia Crisp, aged 18 and 19, with Doi Ann Hutsell and her brother Sheridan Hutsell and Jack G. Fulks, were eating on a rock near Lula Lake Falls when floodwaters rose rapidly. They sought a bank, sheltered under a cliff, and were rescued after relatives alerted authorities in Chattanooga.
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Tenn
Ickaut
Mowenoon
Menene
Virginia Sh
Virginia Crisp
Doi Ann Hutsell
Sheridan Hutsell
Jack G. Fulks
Tattano
Nice Surprise Arms Bill Cut Over Estimate
Economy minded Senators learned from Senate appropriations clerks that Congress pared an earlier 968 million dollar house-voted armaments bill by about 108 million. Senator Elmer Thames calculated the reduction after hours of checking the figures.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Elmer ‘Thames
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