Hoover says Communist fifth column in U S ready to strike
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned Senate that native born Communists and sympathizers could number up to forty thousand in the United States awaiting covert orders. He said the party seeks atomic, radar, jet, and industrial data and plans loyalty probes across states to expose members and their histories. He noted the global reach of Communism has grown and urged safeguards for internal security.
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J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
United States
Senate
America
F.bt
Sai
Hoover
Communist Party
Partx
Taft Urges War If Russia Invades Western Europe in 1952
Senator Taft outlines a one package foreign policy favoring war if Russia moves into western Europe and warns against broad bipartisan guarantees. He supports selective cooperation on specific projects with Republicans, criticizes the Atlantic pact concept and large arms aid, and notes Air Force camera tests for reconnaissance. He references Cold War tensions and West German youth rallies as context.
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Robert Taft
Ohio
U.S
United States
Russia
Europe
Taft
Congress
Avantic Pact
London
Wheat Crop Miss Billion Bushels in 7th Straight Short Year
Agriculture officials project a harvest of 944,514,000 bushels due to voluntary reductions, bad weather, and pests, marking the first billion-bushel shortfall in seven years and a potential hit to farmer incomes by about 400 million dollars. The forecast lags behind the 10 year average and may strain price supports. Prospects for the corn crop remain favorable at 1.98 billion bushels, while rye is pegged at 22.4 million. Sixteen scientists, educators, and clergymen urge total disarmament in a five point program, contrasting US rhetoric with action and highlighting debates over stockpile destruction and international controls.
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Agriculture Department
United States
U.N
Albert Eifstein
Louis Grom- Meld
Paris
Teuxsta
Gambling disrupts Las Vegas gamblers at mice table
A Las Vegas report recounts a chaotic scene at a casino table where four gamblers made twenty passes, causing a disturbance. The house quotes a win of 120000 dollars while a single gambler netted only seventy, highlighting risk and betting losses in a tense moment.
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Eurk Kambling
Las Vegas
Motoo Ulrrieis
Warbling
Consumers Buy More Heavily in April Economic Rise
The Commerce Department reports consumer incomes and retail spending rose to a 212,000 million year rate in April, up $800 million from March. The gain stems from higher payrolls and factory activity in durable goods, with farm income down year over year.
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Commerce Department
Potatoes and Propaganda in the Cold War Clash
A hundred million pounds of surplus American potatoes were sent to Soviet Germany to aid famine victims while a Soviet propaganda campaign claimed U S planes released potato bugs. U S officials dismissed the charge as false and suspected shipments to the Communist bloc. A New York broker moved potatoes to a Swiss firm in Hamburg and reports said 18 000 tons were planned for Frankfurt in Western Germany.
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Soviet Germany
United States
New York
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Germany
State Department
Senate approves six month rent control extension
Observers note the vote was 30 to 28 in the Senate and 202 to 163 in the House. Democrats backed extension after a caucus appeal by Majority Leader Scott Lucas to help defeat his Republican opponent Everett Dirksen in Illinois. A conference is needed to decide the exact extension length before sending to President Truman. The bill ties future municipal extensions to December 31 1950 or January 31 1951 and allows another extension to June 30 1951 if federal law lapses.
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Senate
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Everett Dirkson
House
Truman
Primary Winner Faces Indictment and Resignation Shadow
The report names Wilton W. Rumingtor of the commerce department and Michael Fate as figures tied to a $20,000 two year deal. A fired order surfaces and May Baa resigns. Remington faces perjury charges for denying Communist ties. Lee Tus refuses resignation amid loyalty hearing.
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Wilton W. Rumingtor
Commerce Department
Michael Fate
Baa
Remimgton
Lee Tus
Patrionam
Chicago Pride as Cow Town on World Stock Market
Chicago, home to the Union Stock Yard, is a major terminal livestock market famed for open bidding and a storied history since 1865. The yards handle 13,000 pens, 160 miles of rail, and 26 railroad lines with extensive facilities while prices are set by competitive bids across cattle hogs and sheep.
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Chicago
America
Chicago Union Stock Yard
Hillinn
Union Stock Yard
Inege
Packers and Stockyards Act
United States Department of Agriculture
Securities Exchange
Livestock Commission
Secretry of Agriculture
Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Snie
Chicago Livestock Market as World Barometer
Chicago is described as the world livestock barometer with agents and firms under government supervision based on business volume. The yards’ management claims no producer has lost money in any prior deal, all sales are cash and sealed by buyer consent, whether for a train of goods or a single animal.
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Chicago
Chicago Yards
Betting Across The Track And Senate Gamble Clash
A colorful feature mixes horse racing slang with political overreach as HADDIM condemns senate interstate commerce attempts to ban prerace information. The piece jabs at bets, weather guessing, scratches, and law enforcement, while festival talk of Goats and gossip hints at broader distrust of authorities.
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Inuuua Haddim
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
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House Committee On un-American Activities
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Noverber
Wanon
Wyoming
Serk, HiPhilli Or
Interstate Commerce Committee
Luther Bill
Les
Jin. Wilson
Wonderman
Miami
Yale
Los Angeles
Murry
Truman Ramer Dotny
Uae
Caiatea Cuentas
A. S. Beatty
Sra
Cornersville
Tenn
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
Calox Tooth Powder
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Bridgeport, Co
Mdiny
Doan
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