ERP Chief Warns on War Aid and England Policies
ERP Director Paul Hoffman told the Senate appropriations committee that the United States will cut offensive aid to any European nation shipping war machinery to Russia. He pressed for full funds, urged strong ERP controls, and outlined conditions for England, stressing recovery and prudent finance for Europe.
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Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Sen. Cordon
R-Ore
ECA
Loffman
Sen
Dworshak
R.idaho
England
Britain
O’mahoaney
D-Wyo
Canada
United Kingdom
O'Mahoney
Europe
Congress
Advics
Reconstruction Finarze Corporation
They
Paul G. Hoffman
European Co-operation Administration
Lana
German Women Stage Hunger Marches in Munich and Coburg
German women in Munich and Coburg protested food shortages. About 5000 women marched on Hitler's former parade ground in Munich shouting we and our children are hungry. An additional 800 demonstrated at Coburg city hall demanding an end to the hunger government.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Coburg
Registration for June 1 primary election gains for Republicans
News brief notes a Republican percentage gain in the upcoming June 1 primary. Other items reference protests over rubbish control and international cold war hopes fading. Local features and various page references are listed.
Bandit Fatally Shot in Police Stakeout
Los Angeles reports a liquor store robbery last night ended with the bandit, Frank Neil Sen, age 23, fatally shot during a police stakeout. The incident stands as the latest in eighteen months of similar crimes.
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Los Angeles
al Bandit
Frank Neilsen
Smith
Poice
Jews oppose U S plan to nullify Palestine partition
Jewish Agency denounces the U S proposal for a Palestine high commissioner as increasing disorder and conflicting with the United Nations partition plan. The plan follows talks among President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall in Washington as Britain’s mandate nears end.
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Holy Land
U. N
Palestine
U. N. Assembly
Long Beach
Truman hopes for peace through UN after notes with Russia
President Truman said hopes for permanent world peace have not risen after the exchange of notes with Russia. He backed Secretary Marshall's call for action over talks and said he would meet Soviet leader Stalin if invited. The White House emphasized progress depends on a fundamental shift in Soviet foreign policy and continued work through the United Nations.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
State Marshall
Marshall
United Nations
Risso
Truman Iaid Marishall
United States
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Molotov
Soviet newspapers attack Marshall and Bevin in Berlin
Soviet controlled Berlin papers denounce George C. Marshall as a foe of peace and criticize Ernest Bevin for remarks in Parliament on Soviet American talks. They portray Marshall as opposing Soviet desires to discuss differences between the two nations.
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Berlin
U.S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Marshall
Miners Heard Taps as Rescue Reaches Flooded Mine
In Shamokin Pennsylvania rescuers tapping on a flooded mine wall 150 feet down gave hope one miner might be alive. Three men Peter Gordon Edward Heck and Charles Bashore all of Shamokin were trapped after a late drill strike near yesterday.
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Shamokin
Peter Gordon
Edward Heck
Charles Bashore
Lawyer Arrested in Beverly Hills as Drug Smuggler
In Beverly Hills a prominent attorney, 39, Henry Fischer, is accused of heading a narcotics smuggling ring. A vice squad raid followed a yearlong probe and a half ounce heroin deal with runner Wade Matthews, 28, leading to charges against both men.
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Los Angeles
Beverly ‘Hills
Henry Fischer
Main St
Ray Huber
Fischer
Mexico
California
Vice Squad
Wade Matthews
Huber
Mathews
Matthews
Violence erupts at Swift Armour plants in Minnesota strike
In South St. Paul Minnesota May 14 fighting broke out for a second day between pickets and nonstrikers at the Swift and Armour meat packing plants. Pickets seek to halt a back to work move defying a court injunction issued after a county judge saw street fights.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
Swift and
Armour
President Truman Opposes Outlawing U S Reds
President Truman voiced opposition to outlawing the Communist party in the United States at a news conference. He said existing laws suffice to deal with those who advocate overthrow of the government and argued that banning a political party contradicts American principles. He also discussed the Mundt bill and other topics including farm policy, aid to Western Europe, recognition of a Jewish state in Palestine, the Condon report, Maritime Commission vacancy delays, and the Eccles appointment.
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PRAM
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Haganah
Jaffa
Cairo
Mahmoud Fahmy Nekrashi Pasha
Interior Ministry
Tampa
Fle
Holy Land
Provi
Phibian Sional
Long Island
Bahamas
Ashington
Truman
Communist Party
Mundt
Commisnista
Harold
E. Stassen
Thomas Dewey
New York
Stassen
Dewey
Oregon
Congress
U. S
Europe
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
House
Executive Branch
Maritime Commission
Marriner Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Gold Theft Probe Shifts to Army Men In Siam
Siam police reported clues point to army involvement in a $2,000,000 gold hijacking. A gang of 20 to 30 men swooped on the shipment en route to the customs house and about $300,000 in gold was recovered.
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Bangkok
Siam
Dixie Senators Ready for Fight on Rights Issue
Southern Senators agreed to press their regional education compact bill in the Senate while facing a potential antisegregation amendment. A 3 p.m. vote was set to send the measure back to the judiciary committee, with 16 Democrats in a Byrd office conference opposing the move. Senator Russell said the plan should not be killed this session and relied on Republican leadership for a fair test.
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Washington
Senate
Dixie
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Russell
D.-Ga
Byrd
D.-Va
Drug Seekers Wound Policemen in San Francisco
San Francisco police officers were critically wounded after three gunmen raided a drugstore and held two officials hostage overnight. The trio fled in a stolen car and were believed to be at large as one of the city’s largest manhunts began.
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San Francisco
Bunmen
Sam W. Potter
Pace
Labor turmoil widens as strikes idle 225000 workers
Massed pickets clash with police at South St. Paul Swift plant while a nationwide strike threat looms over longline telephone workers. Union leaders accuse AT and T of stalling bargaining as 25,000 longlines workers face a possible nation wide walkout. Meantime C I O meat packing and auto plants join a broader wave idling 100000 and 73000 workers, with further action across construction, steel, and printing trades.
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United Brass
South St. Paul
Minn
Colv
South St Paul
Swift & Co
Moran
Federal Mediation Service
C. I C. United Automobile
United Press
Seattle
Milwaukee Brewery
Chicago
Philadelphia
East Peoria
Japanese puppet show manipulators demand higher pay
In Tokyo on May 13 union puppet show manipulators asked employers for higher wages without specifying an amount and sought a loan of 100000 yen to a sponsoring association.
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Tokyo
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Kenneth C. Royall
John R. Steelman
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