Senate votes on last plans to revamp reorganizations
U S Senator Taft voted against two disapproval moves on Truman reorganization plans, while Bricker backed both. The Senate, facing a midnight deadline, weighs the 21 proposed reorganizations including the Commerce Department and commissions like FTC and PFC amid Hoover Commission backing and House reluctance.
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Commerce Department
Senate
Truman
Capitol Hill
House
Hoover
National Labor Relations Board
Independent Maritime Commission
Federal Trade and Power Commissions
FTC
PFC
Washington
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
President Truman
Federal Trade Commission
U. S
John W. Bricker
Plane sinks near Kwajalein. 7 teens rescued
HONOLULU AP Seven teen persons were rescued today when a Navy flying boat sank after an open water takeoff at Maleolap atoll about 270 miles from Kwajalein. The Kwajalein Naval base commander alerted the Hawaiian Sea Frontier which dispatched a plane to drop emergency supplies. A surface patrol will recover survivors tomorrow. A Sea Frontier spokesman said the PBM struck a submerged object during takeoff.
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Honolulu
Maleolap Atoll
Kwaljalein
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Kwajalein
Sea Frontier
Peru City Earthquake Toll Spurs International Help
Cu Zco Peru disaster prompts aid from the Americas after a Sunday quake. Officials report 60 or more expected deaths, about 250 injured, with relief planes from Lima delivering supplies. President Odria and ministers fly to coordinate relief as historic churches and Santo Domingo ruin.
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Cuzco
Peru
Americas
Washington
Santiago
Chile
Manuel Odria
Lima
Santo Domingo
Despondent Man in Death Plunge
CINCINNATI AP Chester Taulbee aged 40 of Reading Ohio fell five stories to his death at Bethesda Hospital. Relatives said he brooded over a mental condition affecting his 22 year old son after a traffic accident a year earlier and the deaths of a daughter years before. He had been in the hospital after a bus struck him near Reading May 15. Police indicated he apparently tried to kill himself by stepping into the bus’s path.
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Cincinnati
Chester Taulbee
Reading
Bethesda Hospital
Toledo CIO Chairmen Stage Fistic Battles
In Toledo two CIO United Auto Workers local chairmen allege fist fights with Orville Beemer, aide to Richard Gosser, amid a revolt against Gosser. Beemer reportedly knocked Harold Billheimer and Carl Schick down, with Billheimer sustaining a black eye and a broken nose. Police intervened as a crowd sheltered Beemer inside the Toledo Union Council building.
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Toledo
CIO
United Auto Workers
Carl Schick
Spicer Manufacturing
Dana Corporation
Harold Billheimer
Toledo Scale Company
UAW International
Richard T. Gosser
Gosser
Orville Beemer
Beemer
Cio-Political Action Committee
Toledo Times
Billheimer
Toledo Union Council
Schick
Charles MacFarland
MacFarland
Emergency Civil Defense Plan Ready Soon for A-Bomb Worries
Washington AP says the Civil Defense Office will release a summer plan outlining actions for cities facing potential atom bomb attacks. A 23 point checklist and surveys in Seattle Chicago and other cities guide a fill in program for manpower and equipment. NSRB stresses no policy change nor federal bill paying.
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Washington
Civil Defense Office
Seattle
Chicago
Rnd
NSRB
NLRB
Illinois
U S Demands Russia Dissolve East German Militarized Forces
The United States urged Moscow to dissolve the East German police force described as a military unit of about 50,000. The State Department noted its infantry training and heavy weapons and warned it could become a German Army or internal security force, violating five agreements and eroding international trust.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Union
Paris
Germany
Nore
Inspecteur
Wilhelm Zaisser
Husband Wife Jailed In Mixup Over Their Baby
In Campbell Ohio investigators questioned 25 year old factory worker Andy Bednarik and his wife Althea after they brought their 28 month old Shirley Ann from Brookville Pennsylvania. Social worker Josephine Martz says the child was illegally taken and she agreed to adopt. The couple admit taking the child but deny agreeing to release her for adoption.
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Youngstown
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Andy Bednarik
Althea
Shirley Ann
Brookville
Josephine Martz
OS Bednarik
Bednariks
Bednarik
Mercy Killer Freed By Jury
Detroit jurors acquitted Eugene Braunsdorf, a 52 year old former Detroit Symphony bass fiddler, of murder by reason of insanity in the mercy killing of his crippled daughter Virginia 29. The two hour deliberation followed testimony that she was hopelessly crippled and could never have a normal life. Braunsdorf claimed temporary insanity from concerns over her future after losing his job.
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Detroit
Eugene Braunsdorf
Symphony
Braunsdorf
Virginia
Detroit Symphony
U S Troops Not Joining Pact Nations
Washington officials say the administration has no plan to reinforce North Atlantic allies with American troops aside from the existing British force. Vice President Barkley floated a possible future role for U.S. occupation forces, but other officials deem it speculation. No action or serious discussion occurred at the London North Atlantic Council meeting.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Britain
Barkley
New Orleans
London
North Atlantic Council
Hartman Pleads Guilty in Grandparents’ Slaying
In Bryan Ohio, 18 year old Jack Hartman pleaded guilty to first degree murder for killing his grandparents, George W. Fisher 74 and Evelena 50, at their Melbern home last May 5. Hartman, who had eloped with a former cheerleader, was held for the Williams County Grand Jury as police described his statement that his grandfather refused money for a gun.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Hartman
Mrs. Taft Unable To Attend Republican Reception
Mrs. Robert A. Taft undergoing treatment for high blood pressure will miss a Wednesday reception planned by Senator Taft for Ohio Republicans. Doctors report her condition improving at a Washington hospital, according to her husband’s office.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Senator Taft
Ohio
Taft
Carl Strandlund Unable To Pay Back RFC Loans
In Columbus AP report the Reconstruction Finance Corp transfers reveal Carl G. Strandlund former Lustron president cannot repay 15.5 million dollars of RFC loans tied to 37.5 million dollars advanced to start porcelain on steel houses. Most plant assets face auction June 6 to satisfy a 36.5 million dollar RFC judgment. Strandlund admits failure to repay in RFC foreclosure response filed as the plant operates under court appointed receiver Clyde M. Foraker who also removed Strandlund from his 50 thousand dollar annual post.
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Columbus
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Carl G. Strandlund
Lustron Prefab Housing Corporation
Stradlund
RFC
Strandlund
U.S. District Court
Clyde M. Foraker
Chicago Waitress Wins Top Honor in 1950 Contest
Betty Jacobiec a 26 year old Chicago waitress at a no tipping restaurant won the nation's best waitress award for 1950 in a vote by a restaurant publication. She will receive a gold medal and 300 dollars at the National Restaurant Association convention. Tips from patrons are donated to a charity fund.
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Chicago
Betty Jacobiec
Betty
Don Nichols
National Restaurant Association
Acheson To Brief Congress On Pact Conference Work
Secretary of State Acheson will present to Congress a secret report next week detailing the Atlantic Pact conference in London. The briefing will cover aims and progress of the alliance discussions and related diplomatic efforts.
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Washington
State Acheson
Congress
London
United States Rubber hikes tire prices 21% and 5%
United States Rubber Company announced immediate price increases of 21 percent on conventional and low pressure passenger car tires and 5 percent on truck and bus tires. The rise takes effect right away, tightening costs for automotive owners and fleet operators nationwide.
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NEW York
United States Rubber Company Today
Ash Tray Curse in a Domestic Comedy
A humorous sketch contrasts the female obsession with dainty ash trays with a man’s need for a practical ash receptacle. He endures futile attempts to find a bigger tray, faces the scorn of his partner, and ends the evening at a club where men use a more generous ash tray.
Amerasia Case Reemerges in Congress Dispute
Fresh interest in the Amerasia Magazine espionage case surfaces in Congress as Senator Tydings and Representative Hobbs challenge secrecy surrounding 1945 arrests of six people including editor Philip Jaffe. Testimony linked OSS investigator Bielaski and Lt. Andrew Roth to alleged handling of sensitive government documents.
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Washington
Amerasia
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Amerasia Magazine
Senate
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Hobbs Wes
House
Navy
Andrew Roth
Roth
Naval Intelligence
Brooks
Hobbs
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Brooks-Bielaski
Reid
New York
Philip Jaffe
MO Officers Reassigned After Missouri Grounding
The Navy reassigned four top officers from the battleship Missouri after her grounding on a Chesapeake Bay shoal last January. Capt. William D. Brown, Cmdr. John R. Millett, and Lt. Comdr. Frank G. Morris Jr. were court martialed and convicted. Brown moves to command of subordinate group five at Green Cove Springs, Millett to DoD board in Washington, Morris to Surface antisubmarine detach ment in Key West. Exec officer Cmdr. George E. Peckham relieved and sent to Stanford University for graduate work in personnel administration.
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Norfolk, VA
Navy
Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
William D. Brown
John R. Millett
Frank G. Morris
Brown
Big Mo
Norfolk
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Millett
Department of Defense
Research and Development Board
Washington
Morris
Key West
George E. Peckham
Stanford University
West rail dispute opens talks to avert June strike
Washington AP reports government mediation began union management conferences to prevent a strike by 6,000 switchmen on 10 western railroads. Union seeks 40 hour week with 48 hour pay, time and a half for weekends, and Sunday overtime. The talks include Francis A ONeill of the National Mediation Board, Daniel Loomis, and Arthur Glover.
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Washington
Switchmen's Union of North America
Chicago
Francis A. O'Neill
National Mediation Board
Western Railroads
Switchmen's Union
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Arthur J. Glover
Legal excuse for desertion delays family reunion in Cleveland
John B McCahon 26 was arrested at Union Terminal while awaiting a train from Wheeling West Virginia and will be turned over to the Army as a deserter. He had moved to Cleveland a month earlier to work at an auto shop, and has been wanted since February 7.
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Cleveland (Ap
John B McCahon
Wheeling
W. Va
FBI
Union Terminal
Army
Cleveland
Congressmen Seek Early Adjournment
Washington AP dispatch says administration leaders pressed for a decision on whether Congress should adjourn early to avoid a Washington summer. Senators debate timing as Taft and Wherry urge action on key bills like social security, tax cuts, arms programs, and rent reform before a July 15 adjournment.
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Wherry
Nebra
GOP
Congress
Lucas
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Senate
Draft inductions may be necessary soon says Hershey
INDIANAPOLIS RP Draft inductions may be necessary soon says the selective service director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey. He noted manpower experts in Washington are evaluating recruiting. No inductions will be ordered until Congress acts on extending the peacetime draft beyond June 24.
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Indianapolis
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Washington
Hershey
Congress
Iion
War and politics blamed for water shortages
Philadelphia AP report on the American Water Works Association convention cites war and politics as key causes of nationwide water shortages. Harry E. Jordan argues the shortage is in delivery facilities, not supply, urging accelerated funding and urban water system expansion to serve growing populations.
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Philadelphia
American Water Works Association
Harry E. Jordan
New York
Association
Two Men Rescued From Lake Erie By Coast Guard
Two Ohio men were rescued in Lake Erie after their small boat’s motor failed for over an hour. E Judd, 44, of Wooster, and R Eddy, 40, of Bowerston, were returning from a fishing trip off Que' Canada when the Coast Guard crew spotted them and brought them to safety.
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Adr
Ohio
Lake Erie
Ane
E. Judd
Wooster
R. Eddy
Bowerston
Son County
Que' Canada
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