House leaders send lawmakers home for Easter refresher
Speaker Rayburn and majority leader McCormack send members home for a 10 day recess to smooth rifts over Taft-Hartley repeal amid threats of a northern revolt. Freshmen Democrats Taveriello and Wagner urge tougher moves against southern opponents, while Morse gains a secret bipartisan backing for a 1952 vice presidency bid within a reformist Republican bloc.
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Sam Rayburn
John McCormack
Rayburn
McCormack
G. O. P. Dixie
G. O. P.-Dixie
Anthony Taveriello
Buffalo
N. Y
Earl Wagner
Cincinnati
T'yve
Tauriello
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Congress
Morse
Labor
John Phillips
California
H. ®. Gross
Iowa
James Golden
Kentucky
Senate
Dewey
Truman Signs 5.58 Billion Aid Bill For Europe Recovery
President Truman signed a bill totaling 5.58 billion dollars to fund the European recovery program over 15 months with 1 billion available immediately. He marked the ceremony with pens given to seven witnesses and noted the act may look like a forgery. The bill allocates more than an eighth of the U S budget to foreign aid and ensures early funding for Marshall Plan nations while awaiting further congressional action.
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Truman
United States
Mr. Truman
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Europe
Congress
UN debates church cases and global peace limits
United Nations considers the trials of Cardinal Mindszenty and churchmen despite Hungary and Bulgaria objecting. The body voted 30 to 7 to place the issue on its agenda while Russia and its satellites threaten to reject invitations. Separately a study by the Chicago-based Research Council for Economic Security estimates U.S. costs for old age insurance rising to 13 billion by 2000, with broad coverage proposed.
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United Nations
Hungary
Bulgaria
Cardinal Mindszenty
World Organization
U.S
Benjamin V. Cohen
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Bolivia
League of Nations
Research Council For Economic Security
Chicago
Advisory Council On Social Security
OASI
Farm Subsidy Move Aims to Speed Direct Payments
Agriculture officials push to speed direct subsidies for pork and milk while surpluses loom. Brannan notes talks with President Truman as Congress debates a plan to let prices find equilibrium and the government cover the gap with cash payments. Critics warn the scheme could cost billions and raise taxes for both farmers and taxpayers.
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Truman
Brannan
80Th
Congress
Agriculture Secretary
New Cancer Blood Test Claim Sparks Hopeful Advance
A University of Chicago report described a blood test said to distinguish cancer patients from healthy individuals and those with non cancerous diseases. Professor Charles B Huggins announced studies on nearly 300 people showing high accuracy with cancer and non cancer categories, noting tuberculosis and acute infections could cause exceptions.
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University of Chicago
Charles B. Huggins
Haylift era begins as twine-tying machine aids harvest
In the 1940s a haymaking machine automated twine tying escalating output to seven bales a minute. This advance enabled farmers to stockpile hay for the 1948 blizzards and support airlifted grain and fodder that saved livestock.
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West
Planning a Tomato Garden for Year Round Use
The article argues for careful planning to supply a family with vegetables, focusing on tomatoes as essential. It details how harvesting can start July 1, with fresh tomatoes lasting until after frost and a 120 day window, needing about eight and a half bushels total per season. It specifies 50 plants, 10 pounds per plant, and a mix of early Break O Day and late Rutgers varieties.
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Rutgers
Jesus and Critics and the Question of Authority
Doc Foreman surveys Mark 11 12 showing how Jesus faced critics who sought to damage him by attacking his authority taxes and the greatest commandment He answers with mastery denying rivals a footing and offering a model for handling criticism in daily life The piece reflects a Protestant viewpoint and offers practical lessons on enduring judgment without breaking stride.
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Alben Barkley
Truman
Barkley
Jesus
Pointblank Range
Mark
Truman Extends European Aid for Fifteen Months
Weekly news analysis notes President Truman signs a bill renewing European recovery aid for fifteen more months. The United States launches a bond sale drive to finance postwar aid and reconstruction. Analysts attribute the move to sustain Allied recovery and contain communism, signaling continued wartime economic support and fiscal strategy.
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Truman
U. S
Men Who Found Kathy Remembered by Mail
The nation remembers the men who dug for Kathy Fiscus, 3, who died in a California well. Over 2,200 letters arrived for the rescue fund, with early offerings totaling $1,020 and donors ranging from 10 cents to 50 dollars.
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Kathy
Kathy Fiscus
California
Clark E. Bell
San Marino
Bond Drive Kickoff Promotes Opportunity Bonds Nationwide
President Truman opened the Opportunity Bond Drive aimed at selling one billion forty million dollars in U S savings bonds. He framed security as a shared nation and personal benefit, praising volunteers and urging purchases by all citizens including farmers and teachers. The event honored million volunteers and planned 250 000 newsboys to spread the message to 12 million homes amid concerns about recession and cash.
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U.S
Truman
No-Death City Highlight in 1948 Traffic Report
The National Safety Council found 92 cities over 10,000 population that had zero traffic deaths in 1948. Medford Massachusetts with 67 477 residents was the largest city to record no deaths in the year.
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U.S
National Safety Council
Medford
Mass
Rural housing needs pressed by senator in housing bill hearing
Senator Fear from Delaware tells a senate committee that rural areas still suffer some of the nation s worst housing conditions. He notes little discussion of rural needs in Congress debates over the multi billion dollar housing bill, though the demand is pressing.
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Fear
Del
Senate
Congress
Kiwi Hatch Grounds Hope for Endangered Flightless Bird
In Hawke's Bay New Zealand a sturdy male kiwi chick hatched at a game farm to join six known members of the solitary nocturnal species. The chick spent 81 days in the egg before breaking free, reviving belief in a once thought extinct family of kiwis.
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New Zealand
Hawke’s Bay
Talent alfalfa named after Oregon community
The alfalfa variety known as French alfalfa in southern Oregon trials has been officially named Talent alfalfa by the Oregon State College Experiment Station committee. Seed increases are under way to ensure early commercial release of Talent.
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Oregon
Oregon State College Experiment Station Committee
Handsewn Pattern for Simple Dining Chair Set
An advertisement offers a chair pattern No. 76 from EASI-BILD PATTERN COMPANY Dept. W Pleasantville for building four armless chairs and two with arms for a dining room. It promises low material costs for a complete set and includes full size outlines and patterns for chairs with or without arms and even a child size version for ages two and up.
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Easi-Bild Pattern Company
Dept. W
Pleasantville, N
Ask Me 9 Another The Questions
The item presents a numbered Q and A set defining terms and facts. It includes explanations such as bambino meaning baby in Italian, softest water being rainwater or melted snow, an ice hockey team having six players, lobbyists as people who influence legislators for business, and Magdalen Islands location in Canada near the center of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Magdalen Islands
Canada
Gulf of St. Lawrence
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