Civil rights battle stalls House action in 1950 session
Washington AP reports a mounting civil rights fight blocks House speed. FEPC bill struggles in Rules Committee amid southern opposition and cotton bill delays. Bipartisan petitions to force a vote face weak signings, risking a major issue in elections. Senate actions include oleo taxes repeal and an equal rights amendment proposal.
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Washington
House
Senate
FEPC
Truman
House Rules Committee
Korea
Russians End 10 Day Blockade on West Berlin Roads
Soviet guards let trucks pass frontier posts at Berlin and Helmstedt with only perfunctory checks marking a return to normal road traffic from the west to Berlin for the first time in 10 days. No reason given for the armistice.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Train Regresses Seven Miles On Central Washington Hill
A nine car Chicago Milwaukee St Paul passenger train rolled backward seven miles down Beverly Hill near Kittitas Washington with no one in the engine. Fire broke out in the electric engine going up the hill, crew fled, power cut, and brakes leaked. The Hiawatha resumed toward Spokane with a steam engine after a four hour and forty seven minute delay.
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Seattle
Kittitas
Eddie Maxwell
Spokane
Lireman Liberty
Bohnen
National Groups Form Anti Communism United Front
Representatives of 60 national organizations with a claimed 50 million members plan a permanent anti Communism coalition in the United States. At the All American Conference closing session at the Hotel Astor, George N. Craig urged loyal Americans to join, naming a 17 member National Steering Committee to direct the drive. A second conference was set within 90 days to solidify a unified organization amid warnings that world Communism threatens domestic security and the American way.
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NEW York
United States
American Legion
Hotel Astor
George N. Craig
Len Karl Mundt
Russia
Craig
Reds Prepare Hainan Island Attack
Chinese Nationalist Airforce headquarters reports new air assaults sinking 50 Red junks and destroying gun emplacements on Liuchow peninsula as 100,000 to 200,000 Communist troops are readied for an invasion of Hainan Island. Hainan command lists 100,000 regulars and 90,000 militiamen with 15,000 guerrillas ringed in northern mountains.
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Formosa
Ainnan
China
Liuchow Peninsula
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Reds
Cork Vierasai
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Hainan Strait
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Ae Wamacy
Haiyan
Hsueh Yueh
Red Concentra
Father Burns To Death With His Children
In Hannibal Missouri a 29 year old father Thomas Woodward Armstrong and three of his children died in a Mississippi River bank house fire after he cried I am going to get my babies or die with them. His wife Mrs Armstrong and a fifth child Norma Jean survived though she sustained burns and was reported in good condition. The blaze reportedly started when the 11 year old Sterling Owen poured gasoline into the stove and lit a new fire.
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Hannival
Mississippi River
Thomas Woodward Armstrong
Barbara Ann
Thomas Woodward, Jr
Pearl
Cleveland
Guy Cothern, Jr
Columbus
Peter Cluster
Toledo
Satourda
Cincinnati
Richard Ernst
William Fluegman
Florence Werner
Zanesville
R.L. Auchter
U S Military Chiefs Set for Tokyo Talks
In Tokyo the American Joint Chiefs of Staff arrive for first face to face talks with Far East field commanders. A stronger U S military posture in the region is urged, with expanded naval bases at Yokosuka, secured air bases, and increased carriers and support ships. Potential moves include Formosa considerations and extended guarantees for Yokosuka, as well as broader army and air power growth.
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Tokyo
Amercan Joint Chiefs of Staff
Yokosuka
America
Japan
Far East
Atomic Talks with Britain and Belgium in U S
In Washington, U S Belgium and Britain hold secret talks on atomic energy. They consider uranium pricing for Belgian Congo shipments and sharing Congo output, amid rising hydrogen bomb debate and evolving US Britain Canada cooperation on atomic weapon production.
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United States
Belgium
Belgian Congo
Congo
Britain
Washington
Canada
Klan consolidates groups to wage war on communism nation wide
The merged Ku Klux Klan factions in Jacksonville Florida announced a united campaign against communism and what it calls hate movements. Targets include NAACP B NAI B Rith and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Georgia group remains outside the merger.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
United States
Kian
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
B'Nai B'rith
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
New York
Federal Council
Klan
NAACP
KKK
B’nai Bi'rith
Federated Klans of Alabama
Southern Knights of the
Association of Carolina Klans
Samuel Ropers
Mail Car Fire Delays Train Near Dayton Ohio
A mail car fire at Dayton Union Station halted a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train for an unscheduled stop after five hours of efforts by Dayton firemen. The blaze originated in mail picked up in eastern coastal cities and was headed for Texarkana Texas.
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Dayton
Union Station
Pennsylvania Railroad
Texarkana
Texas
Bodyguard Albert Parlin Dies at 56 in Toledo
Albert C. Parlin, 56, longtime secret serviceman who protected Presidents Wilson and Harding, died in a Toledo hospital yesterday.
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Toledo
Albert C. Parlin
Wilson
Harding
The Desk Cleaners Beware Comic Office Ballad
A comic verse describes a meticulous office woman who tidies desks and steals notes. The speaker laments lost envelopes and pens while cursing the feminine neatness myth. He jokes about posting a sign warning women to stay away from tidy desks.
No Contract No Work Strike Surges Into Fourth Week
Pittsburgh AP report describes roving pickets and the no contract no work coal strike entering its fourth week. Western Pennsylvania miners largely stay home as whistles blare and production lags. Some central Pennsylvania mines operate sporadically. in West Virginia the strikers rise from 10,000 to 20,000 in the north, with about 110,000 diggers total in the state still not working.
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Pittsburgh
Ite
White House
Pennsylvania
United Mine Worker
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Companies
West Virginia
Mantz Forced To Give Uptn Speed Flight
Bad weather halted pilot Paul Mantz as he chased an east west trans continental speed record. Strong headwinds slowed the flight, forcing a refuel at Amarillo after five hours forty three minutes from New York. A battery failure in his P-51 fighter forced tow and repairs at Winslow before a possible continuation to Burbank. Mantz previously set the seven hour four second record in 1947.
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Winslow, Ariz
Paul Mantz
Mississippi River
Amarillo
Tex
New York International Airport
Burbank
Cal
FBI Probing Big Gem Theft in New York
FBI agents and police hunted known fences and underworld figures after burglars robbed Mrs Maxine Lanson, wife of a hosiery magnate, of about 428000 dollars in jewels from her 14th floor Madison Avenue terrace apartment. The thieves ignored inferior gems and synthetics, taking high value pieces that were insured, authorities said.
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New York
FBI
Maxine Lanson
Madison Ave
35Th St
Sanson
Roselawn Gets Liquor Store
The State Liquor Department announces a new store opening Thursday in Roselawn Cincinnati. Frank J. Pokorny notes the 7385 Brookcrest Drive outlet is an experiment to gauge Ohio residents acceptance of state stores near population centers. The shop serves retail customers and permit holders for an area of about 50,000 people and 75 permit holders.
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Columbus. C
Roselawn
Pokorny
Missing Plane Hunt Grips Fourth Arctic Day
WHITEHORSE Y T AP More men and machines join the search for the missing US Air Transport and its 44 occupants extending into a fourth day in sub zero conditions. Temperature at Snag Yukon territory was 10 below with colder readings expected as authorities pursue a lone clue from a forest ranger about a possible strike and explosion.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
U.S. Airce
North
Snag
Yukon Territory
Alaska
Anchorage
Great Falls
Mont
Mike
Kyle E. McMichael
San Antonio
Texas
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
President poised to act in soft coal dispute amid strike
President Truman nearing action as 88,000 United Mine Workers members pressed for five days, with a three day week in place. White House officials say a return to work by Monday could avert emergency Taftee Hartley powers, or other national steps.
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Washington
Truman
White House
John Islewis
Lewis
UMW
Mel Truman
Taft Expected to File Tuesday for renomination
In Columbus, Senator Robert A. Taft is expected to file his renomination petitions on Tuesday, with his campaign moving to Ohio Republican headquarters in Columbus by Tuesday or Wednesday. Taft aides indicate his staff will operate alongside Republican workers under state Rep. Gordon Jenner, with Taft slated to speak at the McKinley Day Dinner in Dayton that evening.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Republican
Rublican Organization
Gordon Jenner
Dayton
Anderson Named New Coach at Italy Cross College
Worcester mass AP Dr Eddie Anderson signs five year contract to coach the Crusaders at Italy Cross College Eugene F Flynn director of athletics announces Anderson will name his own assistants and staff
Ohio weekend deaths toll rises with 19 reported
The Associated Press tally lists at least 19 Ohio fatalities from weekend accidents. Among traffic crashes and other incidents are a sergeant killed by a propeller, a baby smothered, and a truck driver asphyxiated in his parked vehicle.
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Ohio
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