Greek Turkish Aid Bill Soon To Reach Truman
Senate expected to approve a 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid bill and a 350 million dollar European relief measure. A Democratic source foresaw probable Senate rejection of Francis Biddle as UN economic and social council member, amid White House embarrassments from the Pauley nomination fight.
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Truman
Senate
Mr. Truman
Francis Bidde
UN Economic and Social Council
Biddle
Edwin W. Pauley
Swift House
White House
House
Democrats Seek Restore Cuts In Funds In House Move
In Washington on May 14 the half billion state justice commerce and judiciary appropriation bill faced Democratic opposition from the GOP economic plan. Democrats planned to restore funding for federal air traffic control towers after a prior year success, with Rooney of New York and Priest of Tennessee ready to amend to restore the $4,849,000 cut by the Appropriations Committee.
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Washington
INS
State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary
House
Rooney
N. Y
Priest
Tenn
House Appropriations Committee
Bevin To Confer With Occupation Leaders On Food
London May 14 British top military and civilian chiefs in Germany join Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin to seek relief for the acute food shortage in the British zone. Cabinet discussion will follow and measures include possibly diverting food from other countries. They hope the United States can speed up shipments to the Anglo American zones.
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London
INL
Britain
Germany
Ernest Bevin
United States
Coastal Steamer He Sinks After Explosion Killing Forty
An engine room explosion sank the coastal steamer He with forty lives lost. One hundred and ten passengers and crew were rescued by a passing vessel that hurried to the debris strewn scene. The He was traveling from Quepos to Puntarenas.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
INS
Pacific Coast
Quepos
Puntarenas
Daily Weather Report Summary for the Period
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending at 9 am with a maximum temperature of 68 and a minimum of 54. Precipitation recorded 0.45 inches and the river stage at 8.2 feet. The date a year ago recorded a max 66 and min 50 with no precipitation.
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United States
Ex-Congressman May to Testify in Garsson Trial Soon
Ex-Congressman May of Kentucky is expected to take the stand as prosecutors near completing their case in the Garsson conspiracy trial. Defense plans to move for acquittal of four defendants after Paisley rests, arguing May received about 55000 for services while chairing the House Military committee. The defense then will present its case if acquittals are denied.
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Washington
INS
May
Garsson Brothers
William A. Paisley
James Alio
Lewis B. Hershey
A. H. Waitt
Army Service Forces
Paisley
Henry
Murray Garsson
Joseph Freeman
Garsson
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Garssons
House Military Committee
Progress in attempts to end phone strikes with wage offers
The 35 day strike moved forward as Western Electric workers received a $3.43 to $4.23 weekly raise offer rejected by the union. New Jersey Bell workers approved about a $4.79 weekly rise, plus Detroit’s Michigan Bell reached a wage agreement with 5000 plant workers awaiting union voting on terms.
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Washington
National Telephone
Western Electric Company
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
Western Electric
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Four Die In Plane Crash Near Prompton
Four people were killed when a plane burned after crashing in a pasture near Prompton. Victims identified include Charles Bowlin 26 Rochester NY pilot and former Army Air Force member Bernard Moore 35 Norfolk PA Robert Morley 36 president of Morley Machine Corp Rochester and Jean Hatch 22 Rochester Morley’s sister in law. The craft streamed headlong into the ground en route from Bendix NJ to Rochester.
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Prompton
INS
Charles Bowlin
Rochester
N.Y
Army Air Force
Bernard Moore
Norfolk
Robert Morley
Morley Machine Corp
Jean Hatch
Morley
Bendix
N.J
New Government Sought For Italy
Rome reports President Enrico De Nicola sought party leaders' views on forming a new government after Premier Alcide De Gasperi resigned his four month old coalition. Christian Democrats quit after communists and socialists refused cabinet broadening. De Nicola reserved deliberation. most expect De Gasperi to be tapped again.
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Rome
INS
Enrico de Nicola
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic
de Gasperi
de Nicola
Explosion at Scisciano region ammo dump causes casualties
Numerous civilian casualties were reported in the Scisciano region after an allied ammunition dump exploded and sparked a fire, inflicting heavy property damage late yesterday.
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Naples
Ins
Scisciano
Frost Wipes Out Blair County Fruit Crop
Blair County fruit crop declared a total loss by fruit growers and County Farm Agent E G Hamill after recent heavy frosts and cold weather damaged blossoming orchards of early apples cherries peaches and plums in Altoona Pennsylvania May 14 INS report.
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Altoona
Blair County
E. G. Hamill
Detroit Man Shot To Death
Detroit police seek an ex convict linked to the killing of 33 year old bookmaker Fred A. Baraky. Baraky and Mrs Dorothy Cole were leaving the Vogue bar after celebrating his birthday when a lone gunman fired from a car. Baraky died at the scene and investigators consider the motive connected to the bar incident. Mrs Cole, estranged from her husband, witnessed the attack and described the assailant.
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Detroit
INS
Fred A. Baraky
Jack Harvill
Baraky
Dorothy Cole
Vogue Bar and Recreation
British Zone Workers Strike For More Food
In Luneberg in the British zone workers staged a city wide sit down strike lasting one hour to protest food shortages. British occupation authorities faced threats of further strikes and resignations unless official daily rations of 1 550 calories were guaranteed. Officials from the Anglo American Food Committee in Stuttgart said they asked Washington for an emergency grain shipment of 120 000 tons for Germany to cover a 170 000 ton deficit the allies have not delivered.
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Hamburg
INS
Luneberg
Anglo-American Food Committee
Stuttgart
Washington
Germany
Order Operators To Ignore Pickets
Eight thousand New York long distance operators were ordered by their union to ignore picket lines and return to their jobs at AT&T headquarters tomorrow. The move aims to restore normal long distance service shut down since April 7. Norma F. Naughton, president of Local 1 AUTW, announced the executive committee decision.
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New York
INS
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Norma F. Naughton
American Union of Telephone Workers
AUTW
News blackout in Ruhr area sparks hunger fears
Hamburg May 14. A blackout was imposed on the Ruhr Valley amid demonstrations over food shortages threatening a breakdown of the British occupation. Franz Bluecher, president of the Free Democratic Party, warned that food levels in the British zone could lead to starvation.
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Hamburg
INS
Ruhr
Franz Bluecher
Free Democratic Party
Soviet Union backs partition plan in Palestine dispute
At the United Nations in Flushing Meadows on May 14, the Soviet Union announced support for partition if a dual Arab Jewish state cannot be achieved. Andrei Gromyko spoke for nearly an hour outlining Moscow's stance before the UN General Assembly as it prepared to approve the fact finding commission and its broad authority.
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Flushing Meadows
N. Y
INS
Soviet Union
Palestine
United Nations
Andrei Gromyko
Flushing Meadows N. Y
General Assembly
Special Army And Air Force Board Named
Washington May 14. Chief of Staff Eisenhower appointed a special army and air force board reporting only to him to guide military planning in future war. The board operates independently, with rotation to prevent stagnation and seeks to forecast warfare trends up to 25 years ahead.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Army and Air Force Board
Army
Air Forces
War Department
Lovett Named As Successor To Acheson
President Truman nominated Robert A. Lovett former assistant secretary of war for air as undersecretary of state to replace Dean Acheson. Acheson resigns to return to private life and Lovett's selection was announced previously.
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Washington
Truman
Robert A. Lovett
Air
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Lovett
Labor Bill Moves to House Senate Committee for Compromise
The controversial labor bill advances to a House Senate conference to blend divergent versions. Hartley and four conferees will meet with Senate leaders Taft Ellender to resolve disputes over industry wide bargaining and injunctive use against boycotts and strikes. If not softened, a presidential veto seems likely to be overridden.
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House-Senate
Washington
INS
Senate
House
Senate Committee
Hartley
N. J
House Labor Committee
Landis
Ind
Hoffman
Lisinski
Mich
Barden
N. C
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
D. la
Louisiana Democrat
Six American Airmen Killed In Japan Crash
Nagoya Japan May 14 The Fifth U S Air Force reports six army airmen died when a C46 transport plummeted into a Kyushu mountainside The victims are Lt Vernon C Boston Jr Los Angeles Lt Carl B Alwood Carlisle Pa Pfc Alpert E White Arvin Cal Sgt John Cravy Selma Ala Lt Horton D Brumfield Hammond La Lt Raymond R Crabb Milwaukee Wis
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Nagoya
Japan
INS
Fifth
U.S. Air Force
Kyushu
Vernon C. Boston, Jr
Los Angeles
Carl B. Alwood
West Ridge St
Carlisle
Alpert E. White
Arvin
Cal
John Cravy
Selma
Ala
Horton D. Brumfield
Hammond
Raymond R. Crabb
Milwaukee
Wis
Youth questioned in Lansdale child slaying case
State police from Norris town Pa are due in Union City to question a youth who identified a former friend as the description of the sex slayer of five year old Carol Thompson of Lansdale Pa. The child was lured into a car last Saturday and assaulted before being abandoned.
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Union City
N. J
INS
Norristown
Carol Thompson
Lansdale
Legislature Scrambles Over Teacher Pay Boosts
In Harrisburg May 14, lawmakers struggle to fund teacher pay raises within Gov. Duff budget limits. The House education committee pushes for $1,000 minimum salary boosts totaling $88 million per biennium, while a Duff plan targets about $600 increases within $453 million. The bill would raise minimums from $1,400 to $2,400 and boost annual increments, with masters and bachelors holders receiving extra steps.
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
House
Herbert P. Sorg
Senate
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Com
United States Advances Korea Development Plans Post Accord
In Washington on May 14 the United States proceeded with economic development plans for the American zone in Korea despite the Russia accord to resume talks on unification. Secretary Marshall ordered Gen. Hodges in Korea to prep for talks, which Moscow signaled might restart May 20 in Seoul.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Russia
Seoul
George C. Marshall
John H. Hodges
U. S
Molotov
Umber Deposit to be Mined in Pulaski Township
Carl Siegwart of Youngstown and Ernest Drexler of Leominster mass have bought the mine from Ball Associates. The Pulaski Amber Company charter is to be acted on by Lawrence County court Friday. Owners plan strip mining timber for paint production and have built new facilities as stripping begins.
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Tmber
Pulaski Township
Carl Siegwart
Youngstown
Ernest Drexler
Leominster
Mass
Ball Associates
Pulaski Amber Company
Lawrence County Court
Arctic Circle
Ambey
New Castle High Music Students Travel to All-State Band
Two New Castle High School musicians depart for the Al toona All-State Band of Pennsylvania. Edward Schwartz and Tom Wiand perform as first violin and cello while Don Levine cannot join due to his grandfather’s death. The event runs Thursday to Saturday with 210 participants and a grand concert at Graffa Mosque under conductor Guy Prazier Harrison. Joseph Replogle will attend Friday. the group returns Sunday.
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New Castle
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Don Levine
Edward Schwartz
Tom Wiand
Graffa
Guy Prazier Harrison
Rochester Harmonic Orchestra
Joseph Replogle
Armed Bandits Loot Chicago Poker Game Cash
In Chicago seven automobile salesmen were robbed after a night poker session. Three masked gunmen seized $2,815 in cash and $1,760 in jewelry, forcing players to place wallets watches and rings on the table and then herding them into a washroom before fleeing.
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Chicago
Death Notices in Ellwood City Area
Vincent J. Paladine, 59, of Ellwood City, died recently. Mrs Edna Crawford Uber of 306 North Mercer Street is listed as deceased. An infant named Barkett, of 426 East Long Avenue, is also reported as passing.
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Vincent J. Paladine
Ellwood City
Edna Crawford Uber
North Mercer Street
Infant Barkett
East
Long Avenue
Appendicitis Halts Bove's Tax Trial
James V. Bove, 50, former union boss on trial for allegedly concealing 194000 in taxable income, is hospitalized with appendicitis at Bellevue Hospital. Trial adjourned to tomorrow at 10 30 a m as doctors prepare surgery and the judge awaits further condition.
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New York
INS
James V. Bove
Union
Bove
Bellevue Hospital
Moses Poiakoff
Wilkin
Fire Breaks Out in Brooklyn-Manhattan Tunnel
A two alarm blaze erupted in the Brooklyn-Manhattan tunnel in New York on May 14. Flames swept a storage battery room as workers fled amid acrid smoke from acid in the batteries. Police and fire units with gas masks battled the flames inside the tunnel.
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New York
INS
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Earthquake Rocks Catanzaro Province Towns in Italy
A strong tremor shook many towns in Catanzaro province causing widespread damage. Hundreds camp in fields fearing to return home as the Vatican sends three truckloads of medicine and emergency supplies. Damage tops one billion lire.
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Rome
INS
Catanzaro
Vatican
President Truman signs portal bill to end six billion wage claims
President Truman signed the portal to portal pay bill outlawing union demands for back wages totaling about six billion dollars. He sent a lengthy message to Congress saying the action removes uncertainty and allows wage negotiations to proceed with business planning for production and price reductions. He urged a higher minimum wage to at least sixty five cents per hour and warned future court interpretation could alter fair labor standards.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Congress
Senate Advances 75 Million for European Relief Fund
The Senate unanimously authorized the RFC to advance 75 million dollars of President Truman's 350 million dollar European relief fund pending actual appropriations by Congress. The move, offered by Sen. Vandenberg, mirrors provisions in the Greek Turkish aid bill and passed without objection after Sen. Kem urged reducing the fund to 200 million dollars, the House level.
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Washington
INS
Senate
RFC
Truman
Congress
Sen. Vandenberg
Sen. Kem
House
Prisoners Injured In Moyamensing Riot Report
A riot at Moyamensing Prison in South Philadelphia injured several inmates. Superintendent Baldi asked federal authorities to postpone arraignments of U S government prisoners involved in the fracas.
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Philadelphia
INS
Moyamensing
Frederick S. Baldi
U. S
Bubble Gum Parade Sparks Mixed Feelings and Midnight Cracks
A narrator recalls bubble gum popping and cracks from a bubble gum parade, noting its appeal to children despite personal disapproval. The vivid images of teeth and faces are contrasted with a sense of unease, while the mention of a 63 degree night frames the scene in a nostalgic, informal voice.
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Daily Weather Report
By Charles B. Seib
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Ture
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Flushing Meadows Auditorium
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Brazil
Assembly
Political and Security Committee
Special Army and Air Force Board
Jack Dempsey
Pauline Betz
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
Dempsey
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