Senate Reopens Hearings on Foreign Arms Program
Washington Aug 16 Senators reversed themselves in a stormy session and ordered hearings reopened on the administrations 1 450 009 000 foreign arms program. Chairman Connally announced hearings will include Henry A Wallace and Norman Thomas, two former minority party presidential candidates, to begin tomorrow and run about two days. Johnson will confer on MacArthur Japan Korea situation, and MacArthur declined to testify. A compromise is likely as Vandenberg and Dulles amendments are debated to speed passage.
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WASHINGTON
Connally
D-Tex
senate foreign relations and arms services committee
Henry A. Wallace
Norman Thomas
senate
house foreign affairs committee
Defense Johnson
Douglas MacArthur
Japan- Korea
Johnson
MacArthur
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-NY
senate foreign relations and
army services committee
Yugoslavs Fire On Guerrillas Near Greek Frontier
Rome dispatch says Astra quoted a Greek rebel broadcast claiming Yugoslav troops fired on Greek guerrillas reorganizing near the frontier as they tried to flee across the border. The note recalls Yugoslavia as a base for Communist-led guerrillas before Tito’s widening split with Cominform and his plan to close the frontier with Greece.
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ROME
Astra today
Astra
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Communist International Information bureau
Cominform
Tito
Greece
U S Minister Calls on Stalin in Courteous Visit
Moscow August 16 U S Ambassador Alan G Kirk described his Kremlin meeting with Prime Minister Stalin as a courteous pleasant visit lasting about 45 minutes. It was the first encounter with Stalin by a high American official in nearly a year and the two discussed general subjects in an informal relaxed setting.
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MOSCOW
U. S
Alan G. Kirk
Stalin
Kremlin
Kirk
Bulgarian communist expels former deputy premier
Sofia reports the Bulgarian Communist party announced the expulsion of former deputy premier Nikola Pavlov on grounds of insincerity. The move underscores internal party discipline amid the August 16 announcement from Sofia.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Communist party
Nikola Pavlov
Morning Baseball Scores Across Leagues
Summary of incomplete OCR box scores across the American and National Leagues. Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, St Louis, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York are listed with mixed inning totals and pitcher notes. Night games planned.
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Detroit
Cleveland
Olx
Kreusn
Robinson
Renton
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Wilks
Pollet
Gere
veida
Dutel
Pittsburgh
Stocinnat
Phiadelphia
Brooklyn
Syrian leader Zayim executed after coup in capital
President Zayim of Syria was sentenced to death and shot when army officers seized power in a lightning coup. Premier Muksan Bey Berazi was also executed in the overthrow, ending his government swiftly.
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Zayim (above
Syria
Muksen Bey Berazi
Sami Hennawi
Hosni Zayim
Syria Plunged Into Civilian Rule After Coup
Damascus reports a civilian cabinet formed after Col. Sami Hennawi ousted the old regime in a Sunday coup. Marshal Hansi Zayim and Premier Mohsen Bey Berazi were killed. Rasem Bey Atassi, 80, named 11 politicians to run an interim government until a constitutional order is established. Hennach refuses political office, stating he is a soldier.
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DAMASCUS
Syria
Sami Hennawi
Hansi Zayim
Mohsen Bey Berazi
Rasem Bey Atassi
Col. Hennach
Radio Contact With Important China City Lost
Canton reports radio contact with Kanshien lost as Communist troops near the Nationalist capital. Foreign residents flee Canton aboard the Wuseh for Hong Kong. US planes may evacuate Americans if needed. consulate general ordered to close. China war news notes railway shifts and troop movements as Reds advance.
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China
CANTON
Kanshien
Hong Kong
joint commission on rural reconstruction
Tayu
Kwangtung
Kwangtung- Kiangsi
Canton-Hankow
Hengyang
Claire Chennault
Kungming
U. S
Clark Protest Joined by Taft
Washington August 16 Senator Taft Ohio joined Republican protests over the senate judiciary committee approving Attorney General Tom Clark for the Supreme Court He said the committee should not have reported the appointment without Clark testifying Ferguson Michigan senator voiced a similar protest and plans to press it when the nomination is brought to the senate.
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WASHINGTON
Taft
Ohio
senate judiciary committee
Tom Clark
supreme court
Clark
Ferguson
Mich
senate
Margaret Mitchell Dies After Car Crash in Atlanta
Famous author of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell, 43, died in Atlanta after a speeding car struck her and dragged her on Peachtree Street. Her husband John R. Marsh was informed as doctors failed to save her life at Henry Grady Memorial Hospital.
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ATLANTA
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Peachtree street
John R. Marsh
Henry Grady Memorial hospital
HUSBAND
Marsh
Stephens Mitchell
Hugh D. Gravitt
Smith college
the
Journal
Atlante
Pegty Mitchell
Georgia Power company
GWTW
United States
Tobin Forecasts Jobless Decrease
Secretary of Labor Tobin predicted a rise of about one million jobs by year end and a drop in unemployment as orders to rebuild inventories grow. He told reporters the improvement should begin mid September and noted returning students may aid the jobs picture. he hopes coal and steel strikes can be avoided.
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WASHINGTON
Tobin
Truman
White House
Bridges Resigns Trustee Post
U S Sen Styles Bridges announces resignation next month from his $35 000 yearly trustee role on the United Mine Workers welfare fund to await the fund’s first annual report. He and Ezra Van Horn have drawn those funds while John L Lewis, the union chief and third trustee, has not. Bridges cites use for legal experts and accountants in managing the $100 million fund.
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CONCORD
N. H
U. S
Styles Bridges
United Mine workers’ welfare fund
Bridges
Ezra Van Horn
John L. Lewis
New Argentine Minister Sworn In at Buenos Aires
Hipolito Jesus Paz, a 32 year old lawyer and newcomer to national affairs, was sworn in as the new Argentine foreign minister in Buenos Aires. He succeeds Juan Atilio Bramuglia, who resigned five days earlier after a dispute with Jeronimo Moromino, the Argentine ambassador to Washington, in a ceremony attended by President Juan D. Peron and high officials.
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BUENOS AIRES
Hipolito Jesus Paz
Paz
Juan Atilio Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Jeronimo Remorino
Washington
Juan D. Peron
Pazin
whenea Bone
Peron
MacArthur declines return to brief Congress on Far East
Washington August 16 General Douglas MacArthur has formally declined an invitation to return to the United States to report to Congress on the Far Eastern situation.
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WASHINGTON
Douglas MacArthur
United States
congress
Agencies Hit By Senate Bill Tieup
Washington August 16 The U S military establishment along with the interior department the veterans administration and the economic cooperation administration were penniless as temporary financing expired. Chairman Cannon said they cannot spend legally and some government people are frantic though the defense department said it can continue contracting for essentials while awaiting final passage of annual appropriation bills.
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WASHINGTON
United States
interior department
veterans administration
economic cooperation administration
Cannon
D-Mo
house appropriations committee
defense department
congress
house
senate
Catholic Ban On Reds Revised
Vatican City August 16 A decree from the holy office allows RC priests to wed Communists if children are raised Catholic It permits a militant Communist to marry a Catholic and two non active Communists to wed It does not state how active Communists would be affected Excommunication for exposed to Communist doctrine remains under the July 13 decree
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VATICAN CITY
holy office
Vatican
L’Osservatore Romano
Bradley Takes Oath As Staff Chief
Gen Omar N Bradley was sworn in as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff by Defense Secretary Johnson. He becomes the first to hold the post, created recently by Congress.
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WASHINGTON
Omar ‘N
Bradley
Defense
Johnson
joint chiefs of staff
congress
Bridges Defies Strike Injunction In Hawaii Labor Crisis
Honolulu reports Harry Bridges defied a territorial anti-picketing injunction amid a 108 day CIO dock strike. The government seized struck firms to operate docks while awaiting appeals and a possible contempt ruling against Bridges, ILWU president, as pickets guard the Matson line freighter Hawaiian Merchant at pier nine.
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HONOLULU
Harry Bridges
Hawaii
CIO
Walter D. Ackerman, Jr
Bridges
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Ackerman
ILWU
territory
Matson line
pier nine
CIO Marine
Greek Army reports resistance gone in Vitsi area
Greek forces said their units in the Vitsi area west of Mikra had stamped out the last guerrilla resistance. Troops uncovered guerrilla installations and enormous quantities of war material near the Albanian border, according to a communique.
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ATHENS
Vitsi
Mikra
Vaughan Linked To Army Memo
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt testified before a senate committee that Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan asked him to prepare a memo listing eight officers fit for Waitt’s job as chief of the army chemical corps. Vaughan, Truman’s aide, allegedly sought Waitt’s estimate at a social gathering. Waitt also described a self‑review memo prepared for Vaughan’s delivery to President Truman. Generals Waitt and Feldman were suspended July 16 while investigations continue.
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WASHINGTON
Alden H. Waitt
Harry H. Vaughan
Waitt
army chemical corps
senate investigations committee
Vaughan
Truman
James V. Hunt
Hunt
Senator Mundt
R-S.D
army
Pravda
Moscow radio
White House
Herman Feldman
Gray
senate
Roy T. Evans
Evans
quartermaster corps
Tighe Woods
Jess Larson
WAA
Senate Leaders Talk Plan Recess Around Labor Day
Washington August 16 Senate Democratic leaders discussed possibly recessing the Senate for a week or ten days during the Labor Day period. The timing would vary with calendar and legislative progress, officials said.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
Cast-Iron Stomach Found Infant Has One
Kansas City, August 16. Us Mike, nine months old, was rushed to hospital after his mother feared a safety pin was swallowed. Doctors found the pin lodged in a tonsil and removed it. The child has a record of swallowing varied objects, including anklet toe, bottle nipple, cigarette and paper matches, adhesive tape, and a plaster feet. An X ray showed a metal fence staple in his intestines, which doctors chose to leave in place as it had already passed into the lower intestine.
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KANSAS CITY
Kas
Mike
Maurice O'Shea
Truman Assumes Reorganization Fight Command
President Truman personally commands the drive to pass two government reorganization plans. He met six Democratic senators at the White House to urge favorable action on Plan No 1 creating a welfare department and Plan No 2 moving the Employment Security Bureau to the Labor Department. The Senate opened debate on Plan No 1 as Truman warned that rejecting the plans would harm progress. Attending senators included Sparkman Hill Fulbright Johnson and Maybank. McClellan cautioned about possible disapproval if votes align.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
White House
Hoey
D-NC
senate
department of welfare
bureau of employment security
federal security administration
labor department
Barkley
Mr. Truman
Huey
Sparkman
Hill
Alabama
Fulbright
Arkansas
Johnson
Texas
Maybank
South Carolina
fees
McClellan
senate executive expenditures committee
New Germany Cabinet Called
Bonn Germany Aug 1644 The new west German government dominated by Conservatives will be forged here this weekend. CDU leaders summoned to conferences with goals to form a right wing coalition to gain an unchallenged majority over the Socialists and select the first chancellor since Hitler and recommend a president. Dr Konrad Adenauer, CDU chairman, emerged from voting as the most powerful figure in west German politics.
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BONN
Germany
Christian Democratic Union party
Christian Democrats
CDU
Hitler
Konrad Adenauer
west Germany
Showdown Called In Mississippi Democratic Fight
JacksonMiss Aug 16 Mississippians face a poll vote in the rights Trumanite dispute Gov Fielding Wright seeks to prove which faction is the Democratic party in Mississippi The test comes in electing executive committee members.
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JACKSON
Miss
Fielding Wright
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