Soviet A-bomb Blast Speeds Agreement on Costlier Arms Aid
In a swift Senate House conference, lawmakers agreed in three hours on a $1.514 billion overseas arms program to bolster friendly nations against communism. The final authorization covers Western Europe, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Korea, and the Philippines, with immediate cash for Western Europe and more funds upon defense approval.
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Ashington
Senate House
U. S
Russia
House
Senate
Connelly
D.-Texas
Senate’ Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Western Europe
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Truman
Atlantic Pact Military Committee
Soviets Cannot Stockpile Atomic Bombs Says Senator
Senator O Mahoney argued Russia lacks the industrial know how and facilities to stockpile bombs. He contrasted with Hickenlooper who blamed loose AEC security for leaks, while McMahon defended the commission and said any leaks would have occurred during wartime Army control, not civilian oversight.
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Jack Bell
Washington
O'Mahoney
Russia
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Wyoming
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
D.-Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Hickenlooper
AEC
David
Lilienthal
Securisto
Army
Maritime Parley Ends With Victory for Right Wingers
In New York on September 27 President Curran’s right wing administration won a hard fought victory as the CIO National Maritime Union ended its seventh biennial convention after a noisy session. Curran secured an adjournment motion by three votes in a 569 ballot amid fistfights and internal clashes over referendum powers and anti Communist amendments. Delegates reaffirmed support for armed forces needs and the union’s pledge to man ships serving military needs during industrial disturbances.
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New York
Joseph Curran
C. I. O. National Maritime Union
Curran
Charles Keith
Jack Lawrenson
Keith
Lawrenson
Pea
Union
Shanghai Editor Sees Shanghai Crisis as Anarchy
Randall Old, editor of the Shanghai cald, said the office row with Chinese labor shows not a true test of communism but anarchy. He predicted Chinese practicality would bring better times, especially economically, though slower than he wishes. Gould arrived in Hong Kong aboard the General Gordon rescuing 1219 passengers.
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Hong Kong
Randall Old
Shanghai Cald
Shanghai
Gould
General Gordon
Stockton Ordnance Depot Won’t Close Says Army
Senator Know land reports Army assurance that the Stockton California ordnance depot will stay in operation. Residents had feared closure as the Stockton substation of the Benicia arsenal. The senator cites about one hundred letters from locals voicing concern.
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Washington
Army
Knowland
R.calif
Stockton, Calif
Stockton
Benicia Arsenal
Jap Volcano Erupts Spreading Smoke Over Tokyo
The Asama volcano, 100 miles north of Tokyo, erupted again today sending smoke plumes over 30,000 feet high. Seismic activity and ashfall prompted warnings and monitoring by authorities in the region.
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Tokyo
Mount Asama
Watchmen Mixup Stirs Suspicion in Twin Cities Alley
Detectives in St Paul chase a suspect who turns out to be a watchman from another plant. For half an hour he watched a suspicious man in an alley, while the other watchman planned to circle and approach from behind. The scene underscores caution in routine investigations.
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St, Paul
Minn
Japs Seek to Verify Buddha Ashes Legend
Tokyo scholars win a long battle with Buddhist priests to inspect a casket said to hold Buddha ashes. The bones and other treasure lie beneath Horyuji Shine at Nara. Excavation will start just before pagoda rebuilding on October 13.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nara
Horyaji
Vandals in Germany Break into Synagogue at Marktredwitz
Police in Marktredwitz report vandals broke into a Jewish synagogue last night. Doors were broken, an altar closet smashed, and prayer books scattered. Investigations involve German and American authorities.
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Marktredwitz
Germany
Prisoner Returns Home to Shave After Escape Claim
Undersheriff Ben Moss, in Clinton Oklahoma, found the escapee at his home. The prisoner insisted, I didn't run away, my beard was bothering me and I came home to shave. The remark followed his prior escape report and subsequent search.
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Clinton
Okla
Ben Moss
Moss
House U. K. Handed Military Pay Hike Bill Approval
The House accepted Senate amendments and sent to President Truman a bill raising armed forces pay. Senate changes were minor, with raises ranging from about $5 monthly for recruits to $300+ for generals. Conference will attempt to iron out differences as discussions shift to executive pay raises.
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Ware
House
Senate
Trumanta
Kilday
Texas
Hoffman
Reich
House 1
Truman
Mitchum marijuana case reopened by L A prosecutors
Los Angeles prosecutors reopen the Mitchum marijuana case amid questions of an extortion ring involving Mitchum and actress Lila Leeds. D A officials say they are reviewing reports the two were targeted by Hollywood extortion, with grand jury testimony and Behrmann's memorandum cited in the probe.
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Angeles
Robert Mitchum
District Attorney's Office
Mitchum
Lila Leeds
Hollywood
Se Ucu
Uae
Gente Mecestor
Miss Leeds
Laurel Canyon
Vicki Evans
Stanley
Vicki
Grand Jury
Paul Behrmann
Missiste
Ant Miss Evans
Behrmann
Efforts to Agree on Austria Treaty Prove Fruitless
United States Britain and France met Russia's Vishinsky in New York in a fruitless attempt to finalize an independence treaty for Austria. A communique said the four will likely try again tomorrow. The meeting, informal rather than a formal Council of Foreign Ministers session, followed deputies’ talks in New York and London with nine of 59 articles still in dispute.
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Sydney Mirkin
New York
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Vishinsky
Austria
Council of Foreign Ministers
CFM
London
U.S
Acheron
Schumann
Bevin
U. N.general Assembly
Flushing Meadows
Tax Revisions Top Priority for 1950 Congress
President Truman’s blocked 1949 plan for a $4 billion hike looms as a possible guidepost while House leaders push early 1950 tax revisions. Lawmakers may trim excises though some levies remain, as defense and deficit concerns frame balanced-budget anxieties.
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Y Francis M. LE May
Ashington
Truman
Congress
Rayburn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and
Clair
Man Doughton
D-N.c
Coughton
California Strike to Get AFL Support
Washington reports the National Farms Labor Union allied with the AFL to back cotton pickers on strike in California. About 30,000 workers have walked out for two weeks over wage cuts proposed at 250 dollars per 100 pounds, with typical earnings around 200 pounds per 10 hours.
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Washington
National Farms Labor Union
AFL
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Mother Dies After Quadruplets Arrive at Holy Cross Hospital
Mrs. Bernice Ecker aged 33 died within hours of delivering quadruplets two boys and two girls at Holy Cross Hospital Escago. Two babies survived the night, placed in incubators, while the others were stillborn or died shortly after birth. The mother had anemia.
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Escago
Bernice Ecker
Holy Cross Hospital
Ecker
Russian Roulette Wounds Patrolman in Jersey City
Patrolman Anthony Gastor was wounded while demonstrating Russian roulette to a bartender. He placed one shell in his 28 caliber service revolver, spun the chamber, and fired at his forehead. The bullet struck the frontal bone and he was admitted to Jersey City Medical Center on the danger list.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hudson County Boulevard
Anthony Gastor
James McNamara
McNamara
Jersey City Medical Center
Missionary Accused of Whipping Girls
In Miami Florida on September 27 a Creek Indian missionary named Stanley Smith was accused of whipping three Seminole girl members of his congress. Kenneth A Marmon superintendent of the Seminole agency said the action against Smith was taken due to him being a disturbing influence among Florida Indians. Smith had arrived at the Dania reservation in 1943 from Oklahoma and organized two churches drawing more than 200 members from among the 823 Seminoles on three reservations.
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Miami
Fla
UAA Creek
Congress
Bap
Seminole Agency
Office of Indian Affairs
Stanley Smith
Kenneth A. Marmon
Smith
Dania Reservation
Oklahoma
Man Faces Prison for Misuse of Wife
A Georgia furniture store executive was allowed to delay his three year federal sentence for using his wife in white slavery until Oct. 6 to arrange his affairs. James R Little of Austell Ga posted a 2000 dollar bond after admitting in court that he solicited women for his wife via a hotel bellhop. His wife denied being brought to Montgomery from Jackson Miss for immoral purposes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Georgia
C.B. Kennamer
James R Little
Austell
Little
Trez
Jackson
Mist
His Car Picked Out for Repeated Thefts
Police pursue Newark contractor John Fischer over multiple car break ins in Philadelphia. A sports jacket and later a second jacket and slacks were stolen from Fischer’s vehicle, with a chrorfum sun visor also reported missing as officers log his escalating losses.
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Philadelphia
John Fischer
Newark
N. 4
Fischer
Must Get Divorce or Go to Jail
In Boulder Colorado Mrs Helen Jean Pasko 21 faces a divorce or jail sentence for passing worthless checks totalling 350 dollars her husband Mike allegedly induced the acts District Judge Coffin noted probation cannot be granted while she remains married postponed action to November 28 to permit dissolution of marriage if she wishes
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Boulder
Colo
Helen Jean Pasko
Jai
Mike
CC Coffin
Yesters
Day
Pistol Shooting Law Test Ends in Arrest in Houston
In Houston on September 27 a man who claimed he wanted to be arrested to test pistol laws fired 20 shots from his rooming house over nine hours. Neighbors complained and officers moved in. he surrendered after being allowed to fix his hair and wear a tie. Capt. George Seber called in a county psychiatrist after the jailing.
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Houston
George Seber
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