House hands sound lacing to farm plan
In a 239 to 170 House vote, lawmakers rejected Brannan's farm subsidy trial run for eggs, potatoes, and wool, opting to extend wartime price supports at 90 percent parity. Senator Thomas signaled potential Senate action as debates on compromise begin, while repeal of the forthcoming law was approved without a record vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Senate House
Brannan
Treasury
Arms For Europe Program To Be Offered Monday
The White House announced President Truman will ask Congress on Monday to approve a foreign military aid program to support the Atlantic Pact. Vice President Barkley said passage is expected this session, with authorization and appropriation aimed before September 1.
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Arms For Europe
Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Barkley
Senate
Charles G. Ross
Rayburn
Treaty defense pact aims to unite West against Russia
Hearings on authorizing foreign military aid may begin in a House Committee Monday. The proposed authorization totals 1.45 billion dollars, with 1.13 billion to European allies under the North Atlantic pact. The administration bill bars atom bomb transfers and remains subordinate to the Atomic Energy Act. The 12 signers pledge mutual defense, marking the first U.S. security alliance with Europe. Despite attempts by Taft Wherry and Watkins to add reservations, the treaty gained broad Senate approval 82 to 13, paving the path for administration defense arguments.
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House Committee
Barkley
United States
West
Taft
Rohio
Wherry
R-Neb
Watkins
Utah
Senate
Connally
Texas
Arthur V. Watkins
Kenneth S. Wherry
U. S
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
NEA Telephoto
Ku Klux Klan Meets to Discuss Mob Violence in Alabama
In Birmingham a grand jury inquiry into masked lawlessness resumes as Klansmen plan an open meeting in Tar rant with mayor Felix Erwin granting permission. A Klansman identifies as Jack Smith and the grand jury revisits investigations into whippings threats and cross burnings. William Hugh Morris seeks release on contempt citation after jail for defying a grand jury.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Tarrant
Felix Erwin
Jack Smith
William Hugh Morris
Federated Ku Klux Klans, Inc
How They Compare Alliance Strength in the North Atlantic Pact
Washington reports a stark military comparison between the Atlantic Pact and the Soviet bloc. The pact totals about 5,758,000 armed personnel versus 5,171,000 in Soviet-dominated states, with naval and air power favoring the pact. Industrial output also leans to the West, with steel, pig iron, and coal leading, and oil in 1946 showing a ten to one West advantage.
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Soviet Bloc
Russia
London Dock Strike Ends After 25 Days
Striking London dockers voted to return to work Monday after a 25 day stoppage that crippled the port. The decision followed a mass meeting in Victoria Park and consultation with a Canadian Seamen's Union official. The CSU had earlier blacklisted two Canadian ships in London.
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London
Victoria Park
Canadian Seamen's Union
CSU
Two Men Hurt In Plane Crash Near Hillsboro
A surplus Army training plane crashed ten miles north of Hillsboro injuring two men. Passenger Lawrence Syfred of Leesburg suffered a broken neck and severe head lacerations, while pilot James L. Eakins of Leesburg sustained minor head and body injuries. They were taken to City Hospital.
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Hillsboro
Oap
Here
Lawrence Syfred
Leesburg
James L. Eakins
Rt. 2
van Pelt Farm
Churchill Plans Blast At Labor Government
Winston Churchill, now Conservative opposition leader, prepares a major speech in Wolverhampton to attack the Labour government as Britain heads toward the 1950 election. He faces Bevin in a political clash, with both men at the House of Commons policy debate as Bevin plans a rest at Evian with his health fragile and both set to attend the Strasbourg Council of Europe meeting.
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Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Wolverhampton
Churchill
United States
Bevin
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Germany
Evian
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Ford Workers Eye Strike Ballot In Michigan
Michigan's Labor Mediation Board prepares a secret poll of 75 000 Ford workers to gauge support for a wage strike to back UAW demands. A prior 106 000 member vote backed a walkout seven to one, though no action will occur until ballot completion.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
Michigan
Labor Mediation Board
Ford
UAW
Mediation Board
Noel P. Fox
Milwaukee
Auto Workers International Convention
State Labor Board
Ken Bannon
Engineer Hero in Train Fire Faces Death
MONTE BELLO CAL AP An engineer praised for steering Union Pacific City of Los Angeles through a wall of flames near death. The gasoline truck driver Harry G Heaton of Bell died overnight. Main engineer H E Byers 55 of Las Vegas burned critically along with second engineer Edward M Dennis 45. The truck driver said the drive shaft broke as it crossed the tracks.
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Montebello
Cal
Harry G. Heaton
Bell
H. E. Byers
Las Vegas
Nev
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
Byers
Edward M. Dennis
Sheriff's Deputies
Hawaii Strike Peace Parley Plans Halted
Honolulu AP report says employer objections halted plans for peace talks on Hawaii waterfront strike in Washington. Senate Labor Committee hoped for a three man session with CIO union head Harry Bridges, stevedoring firms rep, and Cyrus S. Ching. Employers rejected the plan, insisting settlement be achieved locally through bargaining.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
Bridges
W. Russell Starr
Convicted Slayer Must Pay Penalty
Gov. Lausche refused to spare James C. Osinski the death penalty for killing his wife Loret ta and her parents Raymond and Louise Ditmyer in an incident dated December 13, 1947. Osinski, 40, faced execution in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary after a failed appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. He abandoned his two children, one died from exposure, and he remains on death row awaiting the sentence.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
James C. Osinski
Toledo
Osinski
Ohio Supreme Court
Loretta
Raymond
Louise Ditmyer
Ohio Penitentiary
Refinery Blast in Baltimore Kills Two Men
AP report notes two men Charles Schepling aged 39 and William Emerick 49 died from burns after a dramatic explosion and fire at the ESSO Standard Oil refinery in Baltimore. Over 300 firefighters fought the blaze, injuring twelve, with no serious harm to crews and no immediate damage estimate.
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Baltimore
Esso Standard Oil Company
Charles Schepling
William Emerick
Opium Seizure Hits Two Phoenix dens in raids
U S Treasury agents seized 25000 dollars of opium and gambling gear in twin Phoenix raids. Four Chinese suspects were found at the first location smoking opium pipes in basement rooms. The second site yielded opium four pistols and smoking equipment with pay windows and Chinese lottery tickets. Charges against the four Chinese are expected to be filed tomorrow.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.S. Treasury Department
Earl Smith
Department
Narcotic Division
United States
Smith
Lim
Drowns In Pool At Lima YMCA
Jerry Burden, 11, drowned yesterday in the Lima YMCA pool after a hike with 45 youths. Acting Coroner R. G. Hendershot said the boy was cooling off when the tragedy occurred.
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LIMA
Jerry Burden
R. G. Hendershot
Soviet Radio Assails Excommunication Edict
Moscow radio condemned the Vatican excommunication of Communists as a cold war ploy by Anglo American reactionaries. Boris Isakov’s English program called the decree a Vatican contribution to anti peace campaigns while urging unity of workers regardless of religion. The broadcast warned the maneuver would fail as people unite for peace.
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London
Moscow Radio
Vatican
United Front
Boris Isakov
Isakov
Soviet Union
Crewmen Escape In B-29 Crash Near English Base
AP report says all 12 crewmen parachuted to safety before a B 29 crashed near Weisbesch Eng Capt G A Harty of the American Third Air Division in London reported the pilot suffered a skull fracture and another crew member a broken leg the worst injuries Names were not released The bomber was stationed at Sculthorpe air base in Norfolk County northeast England
Slain teenage baby sitter lured by fake job in Ogden
In Ogden Utah Sheriff Mac Wade reports 17 year old Shirley Gretzinger was murdered by a man who used a staged babysitting job offer to lure another worker. Gretzinger, found nude in Riverdale brush, was strangled with her blouse and brassiere. Her fiancé George Middleton identified her.
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Ogden
Utah
Mac’ Wade
Shirley Gretzinger
Wade
Miss Gretzinger
Riverdale
Lee Rogers
Miss Rogers
George Middleton
Middleton
Varnish Plant Razed by Fire in Columbus
A spectacular blaze destroyed a varnish factory near downtown Columbus injuring no one reported and creating heavy traffic along West Spring Street. The plant housed in a one story brick building covered nearly half a block belonged to Hanna Paint Manufacturing Company with losses estimated at about 20000 dollars by general manager R P Elmer.
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Columbus
West Spring St
Hanna Paint Manufacturing Company
R. P. Elmer
Junior Police drive Miltonville youth club story
Sunday feature highlights the Junior Police led by Patrolman Theodore Thompson with youths from all city sections. Also featured is Miltonville's Eagle Hotel now a family dwelling, a 135 year old landmark recalling active local years. A diary by Mary Louise Harvey from a Mexico trip adds a college excursion angle.
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Theodore Thompson
Miltonville
EAGLE
Ohio
Mary Louise Harvey
Mexico
Middletonian
Beating and kidnapping of Lt McFarlane linked to Germantown arrest
Lt James McFarlane was beaten and locked in a car trunk for about four hours before rescue near Germantown. Patrick Johnson, 18, of Dayton, was captured near Germantown after fleeing with a second Dayton youth who remains at large. McFarlane, 26, a Wright-Patterson Field officer from Maine, is in serious condition with head injuries. Policemen tracked suspects from a Diamond Mill Rd find, while Johnson admitted being with a Dayton beer garden companion. Authorities report a trunk stash of beer and no further possessions found on Johnson.
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James MacFarlane
Dayton
Patrick Johnson
T Dayton
Germantown
James McFarlane
Wright-Patterson Field Hospital
McFarelene
McFarlene
Leo Ellison
Air Corps
Mareket
Cherry St
Ellison
Market St
Water St
Center St
McFarlane
Hamilton
Johnson
Diamond Mill Rd
Walter Rockey
Dean Phelps
George Dolph
Charles Lakes
Wiscasset
Maine
Wright Field
Blind Man Falls Pleads for Help Killed by Train
New York AP report: Louis Kerman a sightless newspaper vendor fell onto subway tracks in downtown Manhattan. He cried for help as a subway train approached and despite brakes being applied he was struck. His wife was informed by a police lieutenant.
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New York
Louis Kerman
Manhattan
Frank Marmier
Mrs. Kerman
Halted By Strike Shuts AOA Europe Flights
New York AP reports operations of American Overseas Airlines were disrupted by a radio officers strike. After canceling all Europe-bound flights yesterday, at least three eastbound flights were expected to be grounded today.
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New York
American Overseas Airlines
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