Hoover Program to Be Advanced in Coming Year
Budget Director Frank Pace Jr says President Truman plans a major government reorganization next year. The move aims to complete Hoover commission work with new measures to Congress. Hoover outlined an eight point reform, claiming potential $2 billion annual savings. The two day Hoover conference lauded cost cutting and unified defense, urging public demand for reforms to preserve a free republic.
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Ching Defends Pension Drives in Cleveland Talk
Cyrus Ching, head of the federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, told 890 business leaders in Cleveland that workers demand pensions from fear of illness or loss of ability to work. He urged labor and management to expand federal social security to an adequate and equitable level, noting private pensions alone cannot solve the issue.
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Anti-Gaming Drive Opened in England
London report shows Britain's Protestant churches urged the government to restrict gambling as a major industry. The Anglican bishop of London admitted churches participate in some gaming. Views were given to a royal commission on betting gaming and lotteries considering tighter laws.
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LONDON
Britain
Witness Recalls Hiss Accusation in Perjury Trial
Former state department official Dr. Stanley K. Hornbeck testified in the Hiss perjury trial that William C. Bullitt spoke of Hiss as a Communist or fellow traveler in the early 1940s. Hornbeck, once Hiss’s aide, said he did not report the remark as hearsay and noted Hiss denied the accusation.
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Stanley K. Hornbeck
Netherlands
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William C. Bullitt
France
Russia
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Jury Delivers Quick Verdict in Houston Case
In Houston on December 13 a jury deliberated three minutes before returning a verdict against George Honey Young, 30, a Black man charged with a reported incident involving an 11-year-old white girl.
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MUA
George Honey Young
FEPC bill faces hard Senate fight in new session
Senator Lucas of Illinois announced plans to push a vote on the fair employment practices bill early in the next Congress as part of President Truman’s civil rights program. He said the FEPC measure is central to the administration’s plan, targeting job discrimination by color race or religion amid opposition and broader anti lynching proposals. The Senate will also take up a House approved repeal of the poll tax and discuss freight rate basing point reforms as well as expanding displaced persons admissions and social security benefits.
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Child Must Lose Sight to Live
Dean Ault whose left eye was removed by cancer in October faces possible death if the right eye is not removed. Doctors warned the 2 year old must undergo immediate removal to save his life, prompting his parents to seek care at a Portland eye clinic.
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Portland
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Hans Barkan
San Francisco
Lost Ruth Aberle Hunt Grows With Fresh Tracks Found
In Eelsol Washington 16 year old Ruth Aberle missing since Sunday sparked 560 searchers aided by flashlights in a rain soaked woods six miles northeast of town. Deputies reported four to six hour old tracks near the disappearance site while townspeople pressed on through the night and day.
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Costa Watts
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Watts
Washington city
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Ruth
Israeli Capital Move Considered
U N officials say transferring Israel’s government offices and parliament to Jerusalem would complicate the trusteeship council’s task of imposing an international regime. A spokesman says the move does not make Jerusalem Israel’s political capital immediately. The council will meet in Geneva Jan 31 for its winter session and work toward finalizing a statute for Jerusalem’s internationalization. The United States advised both Israeli and Hashemite Jordan governments against inflammatory measures.
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GOP Committee Discusses Strategy for 1950 Elections
Chicago dispatch notes the Republican national strategy committee meets to set plans for the 1950 congressional races. Earlier, the GOP finance committee approved a 1,952,450 dollar campaign budget, surpassing the 1946 fund by 27,450 dollars. Chairman Guy Gabrielson says the 23-member panel will report to the national committee after today’s talks.
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national strategy committee
New York
GOP
Sinclair Weeks
finance committee
congress
Guy Gabrielson
national committee
chaiman
Weeks
Massachusetts
Rockefeller Pledges 2 Million for Cancer Fight
New York December 13 AP John D Rockefeller Jr. pledged 2 million dollars to spur cancer research and care at Memorial Hospital in New York City. The donation highlights private generosity backing ongoing medical advances and patient services.
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NEW YORK
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Memorial hospital
Intimate Radio Program Palls On Kendall's
FALLS CITY, Ore December 13. A famed intimate radio program in western Oregon is heard on the Kendall household radio. It features telephone calls from nearby Valselz that drown out regular broadcasts. After six months the Kendalls grew tired of it and called the telephone company. A repairman is to attempt fixes today.
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Ore
Oregon
Wallace Kendall
Valselz
telephone company
Mrs FDR Letter In Bridges Case
In San Francisco a letter purportedly from Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is central to the Bridges perjury trial. Defense lawyers push to admit the letter though government objections remain, as Bridges faces charges of lying about Communist ties at a 1945 naturalization hearing. Witness cross examination touches on a wartime president’s widow, Brooks Robertson and Henry Schmidt stand accused in related conspiracy counts.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
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CIO
Bridges
Henry Schmidt
wR. Robertson
Kermit C. Krolek
Long Beach
James Macinnis
United States
Coal Fund Suit Dismissal Asked
Washington alleges John L. Lewis urged dismissal of a suit claiming the United Mine Workers welfare fund was improperly disbursed. Judge Burnita Matthews deferred ruling pending case study. George H. Livengood, once a beneficiary, filed last September seeking removal of trustees and an accounting of fund spending. he was later expelled for dual unionism.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
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Matthews
George H. Livengood
Uniontown
Lewis
Livengood
Nineteen Escape Plane Crash Near Potomac River
A Capital airliner crashed into fog near a national airport, killing four of 23 aboard. Nineteen survived, many badly hurt and rushed to Bolling Air Force Base hospital. Authorities planned a prompt inquiry into the crash. The dead include Mrs. William Cherton of Brooklyn and Arlington government employee Neville Lassiter. pilots W J Davis and Lloyd L Porter were recovered from wreckage. Rescue crews worked through the night as wheels up landings may have reduced fatalities.
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Arlington
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Porter
Abandon Chengtu To Communists
Chengtu, once the short lived capital of China, was reported abandoned to the Reds today by nationalists. Arrival of Red forces in the inland city of 750000 was expected momentarily. Dispatches said Gen. Pai Chung-Hei was in Hanoi trying to negotiate passage of 30000 troops through French Indo China to Hainan Island. the troops have been trapped on the border by the communists.
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China
Pai Chung-Hei
Hanoi
Republican Hits Low Income Study
Washington December 13 a Herald report notes the Truman administration faces criticism over a program on mental health in schools cited by Rep Rich. Sen Sparkman questions the figures, urging deeper fact finding as three committee members condemn alleged political ties in the low income study.
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Truman
U S Bulgaria Relations Near Breaking Point
The U S states that relations with Bulgaria are on the verge of breaking. A bleak official assessment cites rising tensions and possible policy clashes amid ongoing diplomacy and regional concerns.
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U. S
Bulgaria
Income Question Compromise Sets Census Privacy Policy
The Census Bureau will let respondents skip income questions on a special form while maintaining confidentiality claims. Officials said data aid political campaigns and government planning, though some Republicans criticized including income data in the 1950 census.
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Racial housing ruling from Jefferson City court
In Missouri's Jefferson City the state supreme court ruled on a case involving a property owner who sold to Black residents in a racially restricted area. The decision, issued yesterday, addresses breach of contract and civil rights implications.
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Blow Back to North Pole Julia Slams Santa Claus
In Santa Fe the eighth year old girl Julia writes to Santa in the Santa Fe New Mexican accusing him of discrimination by seeking out older children and giving gum to them while ignoring her and her six year old sister. She signs the letter Jula.
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Tam
Son of Occupation Official Found in Berlin Mystery
A garbled report from Berlin references a son of an occupation official found amid unclear details. The fragment mentions a teen, some names, and a tense scene near a beach or path, but the text is largely unreadable and lacks verifiable facts.
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