Atomic Group Seeks Billions for Continued Work
Senate leaders pressed the Atomic Energy Commission over funding and the education program for Communists. AEC chief Lilienthal faces subcommittee questions as O'Mahoney vows tighter control and no future fellowships for Communists. The panel also notes loss of uranium at Argonne, with most material recovered and FBI ruling out espionage.
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Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
Congress
Subcommittee
Russell
D-Ga
Ferguson
R-Mich
Appropriations
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
McMahon
Dconn
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
FBI
CIO Left Wing Faces Five Month Ultimatum
Washington AP report says CIO Left Wingers are told to sever all ties with the Russian dominated World Federation of Trade Unions within five months or face expulsion from the CIO. The 52 member executive board ends a fiery three day meeting and plans a blanket resolution against the rebel CIO minority.
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Washington
CIO
World Federation of Trade Unions
Bepas
Murray
Cleveland
Silver dollars fund Spokane man buys new car
Charles Hink of Spokane saved for five years to purchase a car with a heavy payment of 2600 silver dollars minted in 1921. He pointed to a wooden chest and watched the dealer haul a 170 pound box and stack the coins in the car as the deal closed.
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Spokane, Wash
Charles Hink
Spokane
Hink
Senator Byrd urges 500000 federal layoffs
Senator Byrd of Virginia calls for drastic federal payroll cuts as the Senate considers a five percent reduction proposal affecting about 1.465 billion dollars in agriculture funding. He cites a total civilian executive branch payroll of 2,111,257 and argues a further 500,000 layoffs are achievable without harming essential functions.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Virginia
Senate
Ferguson
R - Mich
Agriculture Department
Joint Committee
Virginian
United States
Executive Branch
Congress
Brazil U S Friendship Praised in Congress Address
Brazilian President Eurico Dutra told a joint session of Congress that Brazil and the United States share a perfect friendship that supports Western Hemisphere solidarity. He called ties 120 years old, founded on shared purposes and interests, and forecast stronger future cooperation and mutual esteem between the nations.
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Washington
Eurico Dutra
Congress
Brazil
United States
Senate
House
Dutra
Durtra
Editorial writer Elmer Fries dies in Columbus
Elmer P. Fries editorial writer and political columnist for the Columbus Dispatch died in Columbus at 64. A veteran journalist, he previously worked for Cincinnati Post and Tribune, Philadelphia North American, New York Post, and Chicago Journal. A Carson City native, he began at the Cincinnati Post as a high school student and later headed the Democratic State News Service before joining the Dispatch in 1935. He is survived by his wife Estelle Wild Fries.
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Columbus
Elmer P. Fries
Columbus Dispatch
Cincinnati Post
Old
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia North American
New York Post
Old Chicago Journal
Fries
Carson City
Nev
Cincinnati
Democratic State News Service
The
Dispatch
Estelle Wild Fries
Ohio House Approves Toll Turnpike Bill
Ohio House approves Senate bill allowing the Ohio Turnpike Commission to build superhighways with private financing. Vote 72 to 49. Senate earlier 26 to 5. Gov Lausche expected to sign. Other actions include party preprimary conventions, tax administration savings, and a state worker pay study.
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Ohio House
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Unchecked Maine forest blaze swallows camps and buildings
A major spring fire near Brownville Junction, Maine, burned 10 buildings on a six mile front, forcing evacuations and threatening long roadsless woods. Four hundred volunteers fought the blaze as Gov Payne banned fires in woodlands to prevent a repeat of 1947 disaster. losses were estimated at about 30 000 dollars for the Ladd lumber camp and several camps were destroyed.
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Brownsville Junction
Maine
Frederick G. Payne
Brownville Junction
Ebeemee
Schoodie Lakes
Ernest H. Ladd
Nationalists Hold River Front Near Shanghai
Nationalists held the Whangpoo River as Communist forces pressed from the east bank. Chinese gunboats and shore batteries fired on Red pockets while reports claimed heavy losses for the Reds after a ten hour battle near Liu chiahang and near Tungkow, with bridges seized and vessels risking the river passage.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Chienlangchung
Chinchia
Standard Oil Company
Liuchiahang
Tungkow
Pootung
Storms Head Toward East Across Tornado-Scarred Region
A line of thundershowers moved east from Illinois to eastern Oklahoma as Trinity River floods hit Fort Worth with nine deaths and extensive damage. Oklahoma and Texas totals rose with 19 weather-related deaths and about 163 injuries. Dallas levees hold 60 feet. Amarillo reported six dead and 63 injured, with more fatalities in West Texas. Weather Bureau tracked storms eastward from Chicago.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Oklahoma
Texas
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Oklahoma - Texas
Dallas
Amarillo
West Texas
Gould
Hobart
Oklo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Burns To Death In Home Fire In Pomeroy Ohio
William L. Offutt, 48, a State Highway Department worker, burned to death in a house fire early today in Pomeroy Ohio. His wife Lavina escaped by leaping from a second floor window to a porch. Firemen said a kitchen stove explosion may have started the blaze.
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Pomeroy
William L. Offutt
Offutt
Lavina
UN Rejects Polish Bid to Debate Eisler Case
UN delegates closed the spring General Assembly session by voting down Poland’s bid to discuss Gerhart Eisler, the Communist fugitive. Poland argued Eisler’s detention in England violated rights, but the plan was defeated 42 to 2 after Evatt ruled the move insufficiently noticed. The session also approved Israel’s admission as the 59th UN member and a news transmission treaty, while Italy’s colonial question and Spain representation were carried over to fall.
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New York
United Nations
General Assembly
Gerhart Eisler
Poland
Eisler
Israel
Italy
Spain
Assembly
Juliusz Katz- Suchy
England
United States
Katz-Suchy
Pole
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Evatt
Russia
Kuzma VV
Kisselev
Negotiations Drag On In Ford Strike As Talks Continue
Detroit AP report on the Ford Motor Co strike entering its ninth negotiation session with more than 100,000 workers idle. UAW President Walter Reuther returns to Detroit after weeks in Washington at CIO Executive Board meetings, fueling speculation of a proposal from the union.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
CIO United Auto
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Washington
CIO
Bakery truck crash kills Frank Hopkins in Ripley
AP report from Ripley Virginia says 24 year old Frank Hopkins was killed when his bakery truck lost control on Route 62 near Ripley and overturned on a gravel approach to a temporary bridge. The accident occurred yesterday and investigators are examining the scene.
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Ripley, VO
Frank Hopkins
Here
Russia Agrees To Arm North Korea Troops
Korean Republican officials said Russia agreed to arm nine divisions in North Korea and supply 220 aircraft and 20 patrol boats. The joint statement, prepared by Foreign Minister Ben C Limb and Defense Minister Sihn Sung Mo, urged the U S to provide matching measures for the Republic of Korea. The document claimed the USSR had an agreement to fully arm six infantry divisions and three motorized divisions with 20 patrol boats 100 fighter planes 20 bombers 100 reconnaissance planes and to arm police forces. President Syngman Rhee seeks American arms to double South Korea’s forces while insisting on protection prior to any withdrawal of U S troops.
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Seoul
Russia
North Korea
Ben C. Limb
Defense
Sihn Sung Mo
United States
Republic of Korea
Limb
Syngman Rhee
Republic
Russians Ease Truck Permits For Berlin Traffic
Maj. Gen. George P. Hays said Soviet authorities will allow freight trucks from West Germany to Berlin to move without written permits from the Soviet zone economic commission. Vehicles halted at Helmstedt on the inter-zonal frontier will be permitted to proceed to Berlin under new restrictions.
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Berlin
George P. Hays
U. S
West Germany
Helmstedt
Soviet Zone Economic Commission
Policy Clash in Berlin as Russians Restrict Imports
Soviet restrictions on western Berlin imports create a patchwork pattern with truck bans on the Helmstedt Berlin route while other roads see normal traffic. Acheson asks the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to review policy ahead of Paris talks on Germany, and he plans to meet Four-Power ministers. The situation follows East Zone elections, raises questions about future German freedoms, and threatens Berlin’s supply lines as rail and airlift remain crucial.
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Berlin
Helmstedt-Berlin
Washington
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paris
Russia
Germany
Senate Appropriations Committee
Spain
China
Vishinsky
West Germany
West Berlin
Western Germany
Western Berlin
Helmstedt
Speaker Is Cleared From Committee Room
A Progressive Party speaker, Hugh Delacy of Cleveland, was escorted from a statehouse committee room by a Senate officer and armed highway patrolmen after addressing a hearing on a bill to ban Communist and front group members from state jobs. Delacy criticized the bill and urged listeners to oppose it, while Sen. Bartunek defended the measure as a way to keep Communists from government. Veterans groups, including Ohio American Legion leaders Coffey and Halloran, supported the hearing’s focus on alleged Communist influence in schools and government.
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House
Senate
Senate Taxation Committee
Lausche
House-Senate
Highway Department
Columbus
Progressive Party
Statehouse Committee
Hugh Delacy
Cleveland
Ohio Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Delacy
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Veterans’ Organization
Joseph W. Bartunek
Dcuyahoga
Bartunek
Fred R. Seibert
Rouglaize
Ohio
Ohio American Legion
Martin Coffey
Middletown
Aaron Halloran
Springfield
Communist Party
Halloran
Coffey
AFL Attacks Soviet Action in Paris Talks Tone
The AFL says Soviet Russia has changed tactics not goals especially in Germany. It urges inviting Bonn to Paris, UN for Eastern Germany borders, return of kidnapped German workers and release of Nazi prisoners, and scrapping Cominform. The stance ties fate of Europe to Paris talks by the Big Four.
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AFL
Russia
Germany
Executive Council
Europe
Paris
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bonn
AFL International Relations Committee
United Nations
Cominform
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Argonne Laboratory
Walter H. Zinn
New York Daily News
NEA
Warren Austin
Ford
Canton
Journal
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