Truman says Communists not great threat to U S
President Truman assured the nation that home Communist influence is not a major danger while GOP critics push for broader State Department probes. He defended loyalty programs as successful and warned the real menace lies in Communism abroad. Senators Green and Lodge plan European inquiry to extend the review.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Brewster
Rme
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Federal Bar Association
Senate Foreign Relations
Green
D-Ri
Lodge
Tragedy Strikes Home Of Blind War Veteran
DETROIT AP Tragedy hit the home of blinded war veteran Earl Van Alstine in Livonia as a gas refrigerator flame ignited after gasoline was poured on a pilot light. His two young sons Sidney and Patrick were injured while three other children escaped harm. Sidney, critically burned, was taken to University Hospital as doctors awaited word on his condition. Van Alstine, blinded in Europe in 1944, and roomer J R Teeples acted to save the children before firefighters arrived.
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Detroit
Earl van Alstine
van Alstine
Katherine
Sidney
Patrick
Livonia
J. R. Teeples
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Francis
Robert
Gloria
Europe
Paychecks and Cyprus in the Cyprus Greek union drive
A covert Communist effort grows in Cyprus to join the island with Greece as a Greek Peoples Republic. Reds claim 35 percent support amid British bases and U S monitoring, while anti communists blame Britain for inaction. The island remains divided by church and party tensions as Kyrenia monitors Balkan radio.
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Cyprus
Greece
Albania
Bulgaria
Mediterranean
Paul
Britain
Kyrenia
U. S
Balkan
Middle East
Washington
Ezekias Papaioannou
Communist Ariel Party
Enosis
Plans for CWA picketing threaten nationwide phone strike
Labor clash over a nationwide Bell System walkout expands as 10,000 installers join the CIO Communications Workers of America and threaten to jam lines. The U S presidential deadline nears with arbitration a last hope while Ohio Bell prepares for localized picketing and cautious service expectations.
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New York
Bell
Truman
New York City
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Cook County
Chicago
Ill
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Cleveland
Ohio Bell
CIO Communication Equipment Workers of
American
Ohio
South Bend
Western Electric
Arab student hanged for 1948 Egyptian PM murder
Cairo Egypt AP says 23 year old Abdel Maguid Ahmed Hassan hanged for the 1948 assassination of Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. The condemned man was linked to an outlawed Arab extremist group.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
Abdel Maguid Ahmed Hassan
Truce Called In Scheduled Rail Strike
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen agreed to a two week truce with the government pushing for peace talks in Chicago to resolve a demand for an extra fireman on Diesel locomotives. The strike deadline was postponed to May 10 affecting four major railroads and divisions from Pennsylvania to New York Central lines.
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Washington
Francis A. O'Neill, Jr
National Mediation Board
Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Em Rinemen
O'Neill
Southern Railway System
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
New York Central
Buffalo
M. Y
Michigan Central
Detroit River
Big Four
Ohio Central
Senate Leaders Oppose British Loan Proposal
Washington AP reports three Senate leaders oppose Britain’s plan for the United States to assume a large portion of Britain’s 9 billion sterling debt. Connally Taft and Wherry condemn the exploratory loan request as presumptuous and unwarranted aid to Britain. Taft notes the 3.75 billion loan aimed to support a long-term settlement of sterling debts.
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Washington
Senate Today
Britain
United States
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate Policy Committee
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
India
Pakistan
Southeast Asia
Bus driver Key to 12 accident-free years in Loarain Ohio
John Kerchinske, 48, of Employees Transit Lines in Lorain Ohio, earned national honor in the 1949 miles-per-accident contest. He logged 35 372 miles without an accident and has driven over 350 000 miles for the company without a chargeable incident.
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Lorain
John Kerchinske
National Safety Council
Kerchinske
First Meeting Of Americans And Russians At Torgau
Five years ago today American and Russian troops met at Torgau signaling the approaching end of World War II. The scene mixed camp camaraderie with uncertainty about the future as Maj. Anaphim Larionov of the Soviet Guards spoke of peace.
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Torgau
Strehla
Elbe
Maj
Anaphim Larionov
Protestantism Faces Fight In East Germany
In Soviet occupied east Germany Protestant churches face a campaign by Communist leaders to coerce clergy into the National Front and to mobilize youth against religion. With 14 million of 18 million Evangelical adherents at stake, church leaders warn of an open break as authorities threaten imprisonment or worse, awaiting a Friday conference between Otto Grotewohl and Bishop Otto Dibelius.
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Berlin
East Germany
National Front
Free German Youth
FDJ
Soviet Zone
Otto Grotewohl
Grotenhaf
Otto Dibelius
Berlin- Brandenburg
House Economy Bloc Fights to Cut Public Hospital Funds
In Washington the House economy bloc pressed votes to block a 75 million dollar boost for FSA public hospital funds, aiming to reduce the larger 75 million to 29 million. Republicans and Democrats formed a coalition seeking a larger increase, while the economy faction faced losses on amendments including Coast Guard training and Post Office operating budgets.
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Washington
House
Federal Security Agency
FSA
Truman
Labor Department
Representative Tabor
R-Ny
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Coast Guard
Post Office Department
Prosecution Drops Charge in Maragon Perjury Trial
Defense in the Jolm Mara perjury case began its first day in court as prosecutors dropped one of four charges. The government alleges Maragon lied to the Senate last year about money and business relations with a government agency. Prosecution had also claimed he received $5,000 from his inlaw, a charge now dropped amid questions about evidence and potential witnesses.
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Washington
Marteagon
Senate
Marsgon
Beefblack
PB Dential
Vaughan
Kevin Goldstein
Agon
Maj. Gen
Senator McCarthy
McCarthy
Maragon
Olere
Ofta
Enya
Goldstein
Marason
Jacdde
Jennings Bailey
Senate Investicgaling
Ee Aly
Bailey
Senators
Mra
Hattie Johnson
Isbury, Md
Despondent Girl Takes Own Life in Massachusetts
Despairing 14-year-old Helen Schnitehel was found dead at her uncle’s home after four gas jets were left on a kitchen range. The note she left was not released, and police indicated death by her own actions due to despondency. A family history of tragedy includes the father’s 1942 death, and multiple relatives perished in fires and war losses.
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Stoughton
Mass
Helen Schnitehel
A. C. Woodward
Helen
Henry Schnitchel, Jr
Clarence A. Vines
High Salaried Civil Service Jobs Open in Government
The Civil Service Commission announced 400 top grade openings in three new grades paying from 11,200 to 14,000 dollars annually. Departments list vacancies and office holders, noting active postings and possible openings. total 1008 jobs were proposed for classification. Old ceiling was 10,330 dollars. distribution includes 300 at GS-16, 75 at GS-17, and 25 at GS-18.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Tragic Fire Claims Four Year Old In Wooster
Thia Walsh four year old daughter of Wooster Township School Principal Earl B Walsh died from burns suffered when her dress caught fire while reaching over a kitchen range. The accident occurred yesterday and she died today.
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Wooster
Thia Walsh
Wooster Township
Earl B. Walsh
Gambling In Newport Out Says City Chief
Newport Kentucky city manager Mal colm Rhoads announced after a closed meeting that gambling is now outlawed in Newport The unanimous city commission decision follows weekend raids and public statements by police and ministers The move comes after a pattern of on again off again casino closures and a raid on a book clearing house with police vowing tougher enforcement
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Newport
Malcolm Rhoads
Rhoads
Police
Newport Ministerial Association
Jack Thiem
Upshire White
Sledge Hall
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