Government Reshuffle To Reduce Agencies
A Senate hearing story and Hoover Commission blueprint outline a sweeping government overhaul to trim 65 agencies into a leaner, executive-led structure. It proposes a managerial arm, expanded budget office, and power for rapid reorganizations, while omitting nine regulatory bodies from consolidation. The plan aims to streamline federal work for efficiency amid a tense political climate.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Storms Hit West Prompting Emergency Aid Request
Severe new blizzards sweep the western states with high winds in Wyoming, closing highways and rail lines. A Burlington bus with 36 passengers stalls west of Casper, while a convoy of hay hampers relief for snowbound ranches. The Pacific storm also hits Washington, Oregon and northern California. Nebraska Gov. Peterson expands emergency counties to 44, boosting rescue operations. Three deaths are linked to the weather in Missouri, Idaho and Oregon. Wool industry losses cited in Albuquerque as storms cut 37 million pounds from the 1949 wool clip.
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High Plains
Wyoming
Burlington Lines
Casper
Wyo
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Oregon
California
Lower Lakes
Ohio Valley
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Fifth Army
Montana
Missouri
Idaho
Albuquerque
N. M
C. J. Fawcett
Boston
National Wool Marketing Association
Norwegian Talks with U.S. Officials Over Security Pact
Norwegian Foreign Minister Halvard Lange arrived in Washington to seek U.S. guidance on backing either the Russian or American plan to guard Norway. Acheson was expected to urge alignment with the United States Canada and Western Europe in a firm North Atlantic defense, while avoiding any commitment to Russian base demands.
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Washington
Norway
State Department
U. S
Acheson
United States
Canada
Western Europe
North Atlantic
Ilalvard M. Lange
Russia
Lange
Reds May Offer Sweden Denmark Pact
Moscow observers say Russia may follow up its Norway nonaggression note with similar treaties for Sweden and Denmark. They caution no inside information exists, but predict further moves after the Norway démarche. Pravda blasts the Atlantic pact as aggressive and risky, while Norway seeks conditions for joining. Norwegian Foreign Minister Lange travels to Washington for pact information.
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Moscow
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
United Nations
U. S
Canada
Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Pravda
Lange
Washington
AFL Studies Steps To Add New Members
The AFL eyed adding up to nearly a million members to its eight million. The Executive Council debated restoring the International Association of Machinists to AFL membership and considered the Communications Workers of America joining. A sticking point remained William Hutcheson’s Carpenters Unions jurisdiction demands, as IAM seeks return with prior status after quitting three years ago over jurisdictional disputes.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor Today
AFL
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Communications Workers of America
William Hutcheson
AFL Carpenters Unions
Carpenters
Cronin's Father Jeremiah Cronin Dies in San Francisco
Jeremiah Cronin aged 79, father of Boston Red Sox general manager Joe Cronin, died after a long illness in San Francisco. The news comes as the baseball world notes Cronin's family ties to the sport.
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San Francisco
Jermiah Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Joe I. Cronin
Mindszenty Confession Questioned by Hungarian Refugee Witness
A Hungarian refugee disputes Cardinal Mindszenty s alleged confession as false on anti semitism claims and recalls Mindszenty s wartime anti Nazi actions. He asserts the court narrative is shaped by political power and cites Mindszenty s resistance to Nazism and efforts to save Jews.
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Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Mindszenty
Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty
Budapest
Istvan Dobi
Ait Mindesantse
Mindeventy
Writer Bela Fabian 17 Years in Hungarian Parliament
Dr Bela Fabian served 17 years in the Hungarian parliament and led the Hungarian Independent Democratic Party. He presided over the Hungarian Jewish War Veteran Association and served on the Jewish Boards of Hungary and Budapest. He was a World War I prisoner of war in Russia and later endured four Nazi concentration camps. He authored numerous books and articles.
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Sonally
Cardinal Mindzenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
Matyas Rakosi
Communist Party
Lusiow Rajk
Joseph Mindszenty
Zalaegerszeg
Hungary
Arrow Cross
Beta Telki
Budapest
Pest
Count Telki
Bela Fabian
Hungarian Independent Democratic Party
Jewish War Veteran's Association
Jewish Board of
Russia
Bela Kun
Catholics worldwide protest Mindszenty trial
Protests rose as a People's Court in Hungary prepared to sentence Cardinal Mindszenty. Catholics and Protestants globally urged prayers and warnings against atheistic Communism, while US church leaders condemned the trial as a mockery of justice and religious persecution.
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Associated Press
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Pravda
Budapest
Szabad Nep
United States
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Spellman
Cardinal Mindszenty
Msgr
Fulton J. Sheen
Catholic University of America
Catholic Hour
Constitution completes transcontinental Navy plane trip
The Constitution, a giant Navy transport plane, finished its inaugural transcontinental round trip arriving at Moffett Field from Washington. Weak tailwinds delayed the return flight to the west coast to 18 hours eight minutes, with a refueling stop at Olathe, Kansas. The craft carried 81 passengers and 19 crew on the Washington to Moffett leg, the largest crew and passenger total for a Navy transcontinental flight. A rain storm near Bakersfield was non fatal as the plane climbed to 21 000 feet to clear it.
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San Francisco
Constitution
Navy
Moffet Field
Washington
West Coast
Olathe
Kan
Moffett
Bakersfield
Cal
Police Seek 3rd Man In Slaying
Athens Ohio AP reports a third man is sought for questioning in the death of Eleanor Gifford a 52 year old church worker. Sheriff Bateman says the man may have joined Harry Dodds Jr 20 and Army Pvt Grover Rawlins 21 during a Jan 3 home robbery. Dodds has confessed to beating the victim with a claw hammer. Rawlins was brought from Fort Knox Ky after MP detention.
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Athens O
Eleanor Gifford
Bateman
Harry Dodds, Jr
Army
Grover Rawlins
Miss Gifford
Dodds
Rawlins
Fort Knox
Lads Prevent Train Wreck Near Hydetown Pennsylvania
Three teenagers Robert Cochran 16 Edward Myer 13 and Gordon Myer 17 found a broken rail two miles north of Titusville Hydetown and flagged a Buffalo Oil City freight with red handkerchiefs after calling the railroad. Engineer Ira Kibbe stopped the locomotive about 100 feet from the damaged track.
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Titusville
Robert Cochran
Edward Myer
Gordon Myer
Hydetown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Oil City
Buffalo Oil City
Ira Kibbe
16th Traffic Death In Cleveland
The pedestrian victim Mrs. Clara B. Sheffler 65 died last night after an automobile struck her Saturday. The 1949 Cleveland traffic toll rises to 16 with her death.
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Cleveland
Clara B. Sheffler
Axis Sally Nazi Propagandist in Treason Trial
John T. Lynskey, a crippled Pittsburgh man, testified in Mildred Gillars treason case that Axis Sally was a Nazi propagandist. He recalled meeting her in a Paris hospital August 12 1944 after being wounded and captured August 4 1944. He said she claimed to run a recording service for wounded to send messages home and that he and Gilbert Hansford discussed recording messages for relatives.
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Washington
G.I
John T. Lynskey
Pittsburgh
Mildred E. Gillars
29Th Division
Lynskey
Paris
Miss Gillars
Gilbert Lee Hansford
Cincinnati
Red Cross
Hansford
International Red Cross
Body Recovered of Cincinnati Man Bradford
The body of William A. Bradford, 72, of Cincinnati, who fell from an Ohio river barge January 28, was recovered yesterday.
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Cincinnati
William A. Bradford
Seven Killed In Auto Train Crash Tulsa Okla
AP report: six people died instantly in a car train collision Sunday and a 10 day old baby died later. Three other survivors remain in critical condition. The baby Jimmie Eugene Litterell is head injured. he is son of Wanda Litterell. Other victims include Mrs Kenneth Tinsley and her three year old Claudia Sue Aery, Mrs Claude Litterell and daughter Mary Sue Litterell, Helen Litterell and her two year old Johnny Wayne Litterell, and Kenneth Tinsley..png
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Tulsa
Okla
Jimmie Eugene Litterell
Wanda Litterell
Kenneth Tinsley
Claudia Sue Aery
Claude Litterell
Mary Sue Litterell
Helen Litterell
Rookie Officer Kills Suspect in Cincinnati
A rookie city patrolman shot and killed grand larceny suspect Willie Moton, 33, on a downtown street as the man broke away and tried to escape crowds. Detective Chief Clem Merz said charges of grand larceny and cutting to kill had been filed earlier. Patrolman Joseph Lind ordered Moton to stop before firing a shot to the back of the head.
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Cincinnati
Willie Moton
Clem Merz
Joseph Lind
Moton
Auto accident dispute ends in fatal stabbing in Excello
Elbert Powell of Excello surrendered after stabbing George Albert Tackett during an argument over a minor automobile mishap at South Excello. Tackett died at Middletown Hospital. Powell faces possible murder charges. Both men worked at Harding Jones Paper Co. Funeral plans announced for Tackett.
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Elbert Powell
Excello
Powell
South Excelle
Butler County
Richard Schuitheiss
Tackett
Jackson Bosch
Schultheiss
Louis Eldridge
Red Cross
Harding-Jones Paper Company
Expanded Rent Controls Urged by Federal Expositor
Washington AP report says federal housing expeditor Tighe F.E. Woods warned Congress the rent could rise 50 to 60 percent if rent controls lapse. He urged the House Banking Committee to back the administration bill extending controls to March 1951 and covering more accommodations. He argued recontrolling decontrolled areas is needed to curb a growing rental black market and would allow evictions regulation, criminal actions, and treble damages.
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Congress
Davis
Washington
Tighe FE
Woods
House Banking Committee
Clues Sought in $12500 Robbery at Overturf Home
Police in suburban Columbus Ohio interviewed neighbors and searched for clues after a weekend robbery at the home of Gerald J. Overturf a restaurant owner Missing were 2000 in cash and jewels valued at 10500 Wife and husband were away when they returned home early yesterday prompting the investigation by local authorities.
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Columbus
Bexley
Gerald J. Overturf
Overturf
Union labor shooting kills officer in Kentucky
In Lunch Kentucky a union labor organizer Lawrence Pennington Clov er Fork Ky affiliated with United Mine Workers killed Lynch Police Officer John Yelonoski and wounded Patrolman Harry Carroll during a demonstration at the coal mine commissary. Pennington was held under guard at Harlan Hospital as officers investigated the confrontation.
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Harlan, KY
John Greenlee
Lawrence Pennington
Clover Fork
United Construction Workers Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Greenlee
John Yelonoski
Lynch
Harry Carroll
Carroll
Pennington
Harlan Hospital
Lunch
United States Coal and Coke Company
Yelonoski
Harlan County
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Joe Cronin
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W. Va
Virginia
A. E. Andes
Harlan
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Super Williams
Princeton
Amonate
van Dyke Neal
Lee County
Dizney
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Smith Ball
Sheen
Augustine Mozier
Camden
N. J
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Piloate
United States Senate
Frederick Brown Harris
Daniel A. Poling
World Christian Endeavor Union
Archduke Otto
Austria
North Carolina
Stalin
Pius XII
Vatican
Sally
George Tackett
Middletown
Carmody
George Albert Tackett
Middletown Hospital
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