Indonesia Receives Marshall Plan Aid After Halt
Washington AP Indonesia will resume American aid under the Marshall Plan, about 40 million dollars earmarked for the Dutch East Indies. The move signals U S recognition of the end of hostilities with native Indonesians as sovereignty is promised next January 1. Aid will be cut off after that date and Congress must decide future relations. Funds will finance foodstuffs textiles and consumer goods over the next nine weeks.
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Netherlands East Indies
Economic Cooperation Administration
Indonesia
United States
ECA
Paul G. Hoffman
State Department
Indonesian Republic
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East Indies
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Congress
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Posters Call Middletown Nonmembers to Join Civic Drive
About 500 posters were distributed to industrial plants and retail stores in Middletown urging non members to take part in a civic association drive. Tom C. Venable said 200 posters go to industry and 300 to retail, highlighting 14 percent of workers are non members. A 10 day campaign begins Wednesday with solicitors singing a campaign song.
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Civic Association
Tom C. Venable
Middletown
Solicitors
British Film Magnate Threatens Exit Over Tax After Heavy Losses
J Arthur Rank, leading Britains film operator, says he may quit producing films if the 40 percent movie ticket tax remains. Rank reports a 746,747 pound loss for the year and says the group will make only six to ten films in six months to June 1950, after selling two studios to the BBC. The Odeon group, which runs 56 theatres, tallies major losses from production, loans and gifts, while also withdrawing funds and borrowing. Osteopathic doctors in Cincinnati to hold annual refresher course Wednesday and Thursday.
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London
J. Arthur Rank
Britain
Yorkshire
British Broadcasting Corporation
Rank
Odeon Theatre, Limited
Missile Launched From U S Submarine Off Hawaii
A submarine launched the Loon missile from the deck of the Carbonero off Hawaii. The craft sped 400 500 mph over 21 miles of course, then plunged into the sea 40 miles from launch. The test showed submarines can carry jet weapons in normal ops and evade anti aircraft defense aboard ships Valley Forge and Boxer.
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Hawaii
Carbonero
Navy
Valley Forge
Boxer
London
Town Voting Is Postponed In Clear Spring Md
CLEAR SPRING Md AP The town of 500 prepared to elect a burgess and three commissioners but no ballots were available. Retiring burgess Donald Ankenny failed to show with ballots, blamed a car breakdown after obtaining them from an out of town printer. A new election date will be set at a meeting.
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Clear Spring
Donald Ankenny
Ankenny
Reynolds Loses In Flight Test Around the World
Milton Reynolds conceded failure in his attempt to set a world flight record. He arrived at San Francisco airport at 9 30 a m after engine trouble on a Guam to San Francisco leg, using a Pan African flight plan. He was to proceed to Los Angeles, though the record stood at six days three hours and 15 minutes.
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San Francisco
Milton Reynolds
Los Angeles
Guam
Arrow Jamboree Plans Outlined
The Order of the Arrow discussed participation in the National Jamboree and the 1950 National Order of the Arrow Conference. A letter from Norman C. Wood was read, with Robert Moore assigned to reply. Alan Spindler outlined the Junior Leader Conference program and a date to be set after training. A dance team was proposed to perform at the conference and ceremonial costumes will be recon ditioned at a November 20 meeting.
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Order of the Arrow
Norman C. Wood
Robert Moore
Lodge
Wood
Alan Spindler
Spindler
Britain House Passes Bill to Aid Countess Mountbatten
In London the Labor government pushed through a Commons bill to lift 80 year old restrictions preventing married women from accessing inheritance funds left in trust. If Lords approves, Countess Mountbatten could use about 1.409 million pounds bequeathed by Sir Ernest Cassel.
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Nity
Viscount Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Britain
House of Lords
Countess Mountbatten
Sir Ernest Cassel
Pa ‘Ament
Physician Harvey Adams Moore Dies in Springfield
Dr. Harvey Adams Moore, a 7yearold New York City physician, died Sunday in Bancroft after a passing through Springfield where he was stricken less than a month earlier. Officials noted personal and medical strain from the sudden illness.
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Springfield
Harvey Adams Moore
New York City
Bancroft
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