Civilian Air Defense Test Slated in East
Secretary of Defense Johnson announced Operation Lookout the most extensive air raid warning test since the war. Over 28 000 civilian volunteers will join 1300 ground posts along a 10 state east coast band from Portland Maine to Wilmington Delaware for a six day mock war supervised by the Air Defense Command with OCDP recruiting.
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Defense Johnson
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Wilmington
Del
Johnson
Military Establishment
Office of Civil Defense Planning
Aubrey H. Mellinger
Air Defense Command
Mitchell Air Force Base
New York
OCDP
Rand
Msj. Gan
Gordon P. Saville
President Truman Rejects Air Conditioning Suite
President Truman will stay in a non air conditioned hotel suite during his upcoming visit to Little Rock. Marion Hotel manager Ben R. Shelley said the President asked that the air conditioning be cut off in his suite, stating there was no other explanation.
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Ark
Truman
Ben R. Shelley
Marion Hotel
Shelley Neld
A.M.A. Prepares to Oppose Truman Health Plan
The American Medical Association plans its annual meeting in ATAN CITY with expectations of 16 000 doctors attending. The group opposes President Truman's compulsory health insurance, arguing it would regiment medicine and lower care quality, while backing voluntary prepayment plans. A special session will cover air pollution and public health concerns as debates on medical care policy continue in Congress. The AMA also proposes a $25 member assessment to fund an educational program, drawing criticism as a lobbying effort.
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American Medical Association
Truman
House of Delegates
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Vy State Medical Society
Donora
Association
House
Af Delegates
Congress
United St
Visions in Soviet Romania Prompt Debunking by Communists
Romanian oil city of 100000 faced reports of a Virgin Mary vision in a shop window. Authorities blamed reactionaries and kulaks, dispatching a militia to disperse crowds and whitewashing windows. Scantola countered that miracles are urged by former Iron Guards and landowners, with arrests for spreading tales.
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Scantela
Es. Scantola
Italy Decorates 11 U.S. Officers on Rome Liberation Day
Rome marks the fifth anniversary of its liberation with Italy awarding its highest decorations to Gen. Clark and ten other American World War II officers. The honors recognize valor and tact, courtesy, and comradeship with Italian forces and people during a delicate period.
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Rome
Italy
Clark
U. S.fifth Army
Atlantic Pact Clarified for Senate Voters
Senate foreign policy leaders reached a substantial agreement in a secret session on preserving Congress authority over use of American troops under the Atlantic Pact. Senator George said the forthcoming report will ensure the President cannot act without wartime congressional approval and that Article 5 requires congressional authorization.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Europe
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Ernest A. Gross
Vandenberg
States Department
George
Vander Berg
Court Order Bans Turlock Airport Use
Modesto reports Superior Judge H L Chamberlain halted airport operations to ease noise and dust for nearby residents. He issued an injunction and awarded damages to three complainants, with 25 families seeking 265000 dollars. The judge noted residents abandoned homes on Sundays and holidays and livestock suffered nerves and hens stopped laying.
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Modesto
H. L. Chamberlain
Turlock
Air
New Pay Bill Proposes Bigger Boost for Corporals Over Seven Years
The House Armed Services Committee unveiled a revised military pay bill offering higher percentage raises for senior corporals while keeping broader pay increases for all service members. Recruits would still start at $75 monthly, rising to $80 after four months, with wartime family allowances continuing through current enlistments but ending July 1, 1952. The plan lowers officer boosts, faces scrutiny from Rep. Sutton, and aims for House action the week of June 13.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
House
Kif Day
D-Texas
Armed Services Subcommittee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
The
Armed Services Committee
Rep
Sutton
D-Tenn
Kildry
Pair Knocked From Car Drowned In Irrigation Ditch
In Redding California on June 4 a freak accident killed two Oklahoma residents. Opal Cora Fryer, 23, of Meester, and Dan Horace Bescheras, 31, of Antler, were hurled through the car roof when struck from behind and plunged into an irrigation ditch.
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Redding
Calif
Oklahoma
Opal Cora_ Fryer
Meester
Dan Horace Bescheras
First Woman Treasurer Nominated
President Truman nominates Georgia Neese Clark, Democratic national committeewoman from Kansas, as Treasurer of the United States. At 49 she would be the first woman in the post, succeeding W. A. Julian who died in a Bethesda Md car crash. Clark will sign currency designs and inherit a key patronage role in the administration.
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Washington
Truman
United States
White House
Senate
Georgia Neese Clark
Democratic National
Kansas
W. A. Julian
Bethesda
Clark
Tru‘tman
Factions Gird for Reopening of Taft-Hartley Fight
Washington June 4 The Senate prepares to debate labor legislation next week with supporters and opponents of the Taft-Hartley Act pursuing votes. Sen Paul H Douglas proposes a compromise repealing the law, while Sen Robert A Taft and southern Democrats push to keep the current framework. The plan includes government plant seizure in emergencies, free speech guarantees, union bargaining, financial reporting, anti Communist and anti Fascist oaths, and NLRB services. Coauthors include Senators Lister Hill Wayne Morse and George D Aiken.
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Washington
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
Douglas
National Labor Relations Board
Senar Lister Hill
D-Ala
Wayne L. Morse
R-Ore
George D. Aiken
Hiring Hall Practice Attacked by NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board seeks court enforcement of an order against the C I O National Maritime Union over Great Lakes hiring halls. The NLRB accuses the union of favoring members, violating Taft Hartley Act, while the union denies discrimination and contends the act is unconstitutional.
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National Labor Relations Board
C. I.0
National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
New York City
NLRB
U. S. Court of Appeals
Fiveman Board
Great Zabor
Court of
Stolen Wire Recordings Target Los Angeles Vice Probe
Electronics engineer J. Arthur Vaus reports theft of wire recordings from his Baldwin Park garage under guard by the district attorney. The tapes, allegedly exposing police-protected vice, are linked to Miss Brenda Allen and rackets involving Mickey Cohen. Vaus and guard dogs heard nothing. threats to his life followed disclosure.
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Los Angeles
J. Arthur
Vaus
Brenda Allen
Baldwin Park
Douglas. Burns
Burns
Miss Allen
Vansat Horney
Samuel Rummel
Mickey Cohen
Blues Singer Billie Holiday Cleared of Opium Charge
In San Francisco on June 4 1949 a six by six jurors acquitted blues singer Billie Holiday aged 29 of possession of opium. The district attorney said she tried to destroy 15 grains after a January raid. Manager John Levy was arrested but not indicted.
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San Francisco
Billie Holiday
Miss Holiday
John Levy
Levy
Unions Declared To Violate Taft-Hartley Law
NLRB trial examiner finds three West Coast unions violated Taft-Hartley during a two month Oregon strike. If not contested, examiner’s recommendation to cease illegal activities becomes NLRB order enforceable by court contempt. Unions include National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards C I O Pacific Coast Marine Firemen Oilers Watertenders Wipers Association Independent Local 12 ILU. Accused of picket line violence at a Coos Bay mill of Irwin Lyons Lumber Co in August.
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Washington
Taft-Harvley
Oregon
National Labor Relations Board
Examiner
NLRB
Charles W. Schneider
National Union of Marine Cooks
C. I
Pacific, Coast Marine Firemen
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Irwin- Lyons ‘Lumber Co
Coos Bay
City renames streets in Roanoke
Roanoke city council changes street names on George Washington Street to Truman Avenue, effective immediately, as part of a local readdressing effort.
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Shorter
Roanoke
George Washington St
Truman Ave
Adrenal hormone hailed as cure for alcoholism
Two New York doctors Howard W. Lovell and John Tintera told the American Geriatrics Society in Atlantic City that intravenous adrenal cortical hormone can curb liquor cravings in alcoholics. They reported treating about 200 cases, with dosage details and notes on gland insufficiency and potential widespread impact.
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N. J
New York
Howard W. Lovell
John Tinutera
American Geriatrics Society
Lovell
Geriatrics Society
Flower- Fifth Avenue Hospital
Tintera
St. James Riverside Hospital
Yonkers
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