Plan slashed 238 122 vote in Western European aid
The House passed a foreign arms aid bill by 238 to 122 after deep cuts. The measure trims 50 percent of the 1.16 billion for Western Europe while preserving aid to Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines. Restrictions include using supplies under the U.S. flag and limited noncombatant duties for troops. Ohio members split along party lines with several abstentions.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Congress
United States
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Southeastern Asia
U.S
Britain
Ireland
U. S
Ohio
Crosser
Feighan
Hays
Huber
Kirwan
Polk
Wagner
Young
Vorys
B Jenkins
McCulloch
Weichel
Secrest
Smith
Brown
Elston
McGregor
Bol Breen
Burke
Clevenger
McSweeney
Brehm
Jenekins
Cross Feighan
Polk Wagner
Gregor
Mece Sweeney
Breen
Bolton
Cutbacks Predicted in Rent Control Across Nation
Housing Expeditor Tighe E. Woods warned of further reductions in rent control and possible curtailment of agency activities nationwide. He said ceilings may be abolished in about one third of controlled areas, with manpower scaled from 5 600 to 3 000 as the budget tightens. It remains unclear which areas will be decontrolled. details await further study.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Douglas
Senate
Budget Bureau
Hawaii Dock Strike Talks Grow Gloomy In Honolulu
In Honolulu, talks to end 111 days of waterfront strikes stalled in gloom as wage issues dominate. CIO Longshoremen demand substantial raises from $1.40 to a higher rate, while 2,000 workers walk the picket line. Government stevedores load ships as non union workers begin government work.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
Ching
Harry Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Stevedores, Ltd
Radio prize curbs set by FCC
The Federal Communications Commission announced strict rules effective October 1 to deny licenses or renewals to broadcasters that advertise lotteries or offer prizes dependent on chance. The move targets many cash and merchandise giveaways and stems from a yearlong investigation. The commission says it can forbid using the air to promote a lottery.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission Today
Commission
Samuel Green Klan Leader Dies of Heart Attack
Samuel Green aged 59 Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan died last night of a heart attack in Atlanta. The Klan vows to continue under a successor while Green’s family asked that his association not be mentioned in his obituary. Green had led efforts to unmask the group and revoke local charters amid rising violent incidents and government scrutiny.
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Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
Dr. Green
South
Chattanooga
Tenn
Blue Hills
Georgia
Tennessee
Green
U. S
Tom Clark
Roosevelt
Selective Service Board
Klan
Canton Front Rounds Up Red Forces As Clark Confirmed
The Canton campaign widens with Communist advance on Tayu and Kukong threatening Canton. U.S. Embassy shifts to Hong Kong as Pai Chung-hsi’s forces claim a major victory north of Hengyang. Meanwhile Attorney General Tom C. Clark is confirmed 73 to eight and delays oath to the Supreme Court.
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Tayu
Kukong
Canton
Yangtze Valley
China
Pai Chung- Hsi
Defense Ministry
Pai
Hengyang
U. S
Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
Washington
John W. Bricker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Atty
Tom C. Clark
U. S. Supreme Court
Bricker
Taft
The Man Who Digs The Ditch
A tribute to essential laborers who dig the ditch behind construction. The piece praises machinists, operators, and workers who sweat on site, arguing none of the grandest monuments stand without the common laborer. It honors their role alongside engineers and builders in turning plans into stone and steel.
Mundt links Paris trip to gifts of deep freezers
Senator Mundt alleges a 1945 Paris trip by three Verley perfume firm agents ties to gifts of freezers to Maj. Gen. Harr H. Vaughan and others. Testimony shows Maragon arranged the Army transport to Paris. Hoffman claimed the travelers paid cash. Mundt says influence in high circles enabled the trip as troops were liberating Paris.
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Washington
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Paris
Chicago
Harr H. Vaughan
Albert H. Verley Perfume Company
Harry S. Truman
Vaughan
Verley Company
Mundt
Truman
Maragon
Harry Hoffman
Milwaukee
Verley
Hoffman
Emmett King
New York
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Reds Leaders Arrested In Finland Strike
In Helsinki the government moved to curb a growing Communist offensive by arresting red leaders in Kemi where 1500 striking lumberjacks clashed with police leaving one dead and nine injured. Reports say Helsinki based agitators were operating in Kemi as 45000 workers statewide walkout.
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Helsinki
Olce
Red
Emi
Kemi
Lahia Heikkilae
Finland
Tyoekansan Sanomat
Aimo Aaltonen
TwoDeaths From Plane Crash Amid Baby Slaying Confession
In Chicago a 22 year old mother, Dorothy Skeoch, admits killing her six day old daughter Susan after initially telling police a prowler strangled the infant. In Manchester England a British European Airways Dakota crashes near Oldham, killing 22 of 32 aboard as bad weather and mist enshroud Dow Valley.
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Chicago
John Enright
Dorothy Skeoch
Susan
Manchester
England
British European Airways
Oldham
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dow Valley
Yorkshire
London
35 Service Men Survive Plane Crash Near Harmon Field
Thirty five American servicemen escaped drowning when their transport plane ditched in St George's Bay near Harmon Field Newfoundland. The craft was en route from the Azores to Westover Field Massachusetts to refuel. Men reached shore in dinghies and rafts. no casualties reported.
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Stephenville
Mld
St. George’s Bay
U. S
Harmon Field
Newfoundland
Azores
Westover Field
Mass
Polio Death in Cleveland Increases 1949 Toll
The death of William J. Hayes, 24, a structural iron worker, raises Greater Cleveland polio fatalities in 1949 to eight. Five new cases at City Hospital push the season total to 192.
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Cleveland
William J. Hayes
Greater
City Hospital
Posed as Officer and Robbed Theater Safe of $500
A neatly dressed man posing as a policeman robbed Times Theater assistant manager Gerald Reinhardt of more than $500 last night. He entered the basement office, forced Reinhardt to lie on the floor, and emptied an open safe before escaping.
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Cincinnati
Times Theater
Gerald Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Typhoon in southern Japan kills eighty dead missing one twenty three
National rural police headquarters reported eighty deaths and 123 missing after a powerful typhoon struck southern Japan earlier this week. The disaster prompted search and rescue operations across affected communities.
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Tokyo
Japan
Chicago bar siege ends with fatal shooting of Ernest Craig
In Chicago a three hour gun battle ends when police set fire to a home occupied by Ernest Craig after he wounded a child. Craig, 28, fired from windows, then died from bullets as officers closed in. two detectives were wounded.
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Chicago
Ernest Craig
Marshall Pidgeon
Lloyd Nebergall
Craig
Drake Atkins
Sunday features and local color in Monroe area cattery and sports
The paper highlights Mrs. Dellmar Reynolds cattery at 1727 Oberon Dr with Royal Siamese and Persian pedigrees as a Sunday pictorial. It notes Lemon Monroe High football practice and early coach headaches, Ralph Ashton and his team in Nearby Communities, and baton twirler Miss Billie Fullen earning national second place. It adds an Old West legend Whispering Smith with wife narration for a Sunday feature.
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Dellmar Reynolds
Oberon Dr
Monroe Way
Lemon-Monroe High School
Ralph Ashton
Billie Fullen
Middletown High School
Ann Arbor
Mich
Smith
Hollywood
Middletown
Wallace Attacks Arms Aid Plan In Senate Hearing
Henry A. Wallace denounced the arms aid program as harmful to both U S and Europe economies and military security. He accused Truman Acheson and military leaders of provoking war or masking weakness to rally support. He urged that Russia does not want war and criticized U S policy in Greece Turkey and China.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
U. S
Europe
Truman
Acheson
Progressive Party
Senate
Russia
Greece
Turkey
China
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Garth Delay
Kan
John O. Pastore
McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Rhode Island Charities Trust
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of
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R. I
Mortgage Guarantee and Title Company
Fred Vinson
By Gordon Martin
Martin
France
U. S. Army
John Maragon
White House
Reds
Wallace
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