Growing List of Legislators Favor ECA Cut
Senator McKellar and Republican Senator Vandenberg join a rising number of lawmakers urging a sharp cut in European recovery program spending. They cite Europe’s diminishing returns and say a significant reduction, potentially over one billion dollars next year, is likely after hearings. The ECA in 1949 allocated 3.778 billion to western Europe this year.
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ECA
WASHINGTON
McKellar
D-Tenn
senate
Hoffman
VANDENBERG
Paul Hoffman
economic cooperation administration
Tennesses
Michigan
Europe
U. S
appropriations committee
Taft
Ohio
Smog Blanket Hits Richmond Area Residents
A ground-hugging smog blanketed six miles of Richmond last night for two hours, causing 800-plus gasping calls. Two residents, Russell Hagy and his wife Catharine, were treated for lung irritation at Herrick Memorial Hospital. Industrial plants denied responsibility amid conflicting notices from an oil refinery official.
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RICHMOND
Calif
Russell Hagy
San Pablo
Catherine
Herrick memorial hospital
Berkeley
Closed Shop Held Illegal by Board
The national labor relations board ruled that the AFL International Typographical Union violated the Taft-Hartley act by insisting on the closed shop in negotiations with 22 mercantile print shops in Baltimore. The decision, unanimous, supported earlier ANPA findings and seeks enforcement in the U.S. circuit court of appeals against ongoing closed shop hiring with newspapers.
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WASHINGTON
national labor relations board
AFL International Typographical union
Baltimore
American Newspaper Publishers association
ANPA
U. S. circuit court of appeals
ITU
Recorded Coplon Talks Demanded
New York dispatch reports judges ordered 150 discs of recorded conversations involving Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev. Defense asks to suppress evidence from FBI wire taps as pre trial moves. FBI tapped Coplon’s calls from Feb 1 to May 2 and monitored Gubitchev, with later listening continuing after her Washington conviction.
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NEW YORK
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Sylvester n
FBI
justice department
Miss Coplan
Washington
Brooklyn
Gubitchev
James J. Lynch
Miss Copron
Daniel L. Gunn
Miss Coplon
Russia
Bank Clearings Reach 20 Year High in 25 Cities
New York Dec 22 Bank clearings in 25 leading cities for the week ended yesterday rose to a 20 year high totaling 17 253 006 000. The figure, highest since 1929s Oct 31 week, reflects stock market activity and widespread tax checks plus Christmas buying and dividend payments. Dallas clearings rose 60.8 percent year over year.
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NEW YORK
Dun & Bradstreet
Dallas
Tex
Japanese Protest At Soviet Embassy
Relatives of Japanese war prisoners demonstrated before the Soviet embassy in Tokyo for hours, then left after 9 p m. About 200, camped around bonfires, dispersed as spokesmen said a Soviet official ordered them to return December 28.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
Washington
International Red Cross
Nhe
allied council for Japan
United States
W. J. Sebald
council for
Truman Urges Defense Readiness in Armed World
President Truman declares the nation must stay ready for self defense while free peoples face captors. He warns fear bans appeal and notes a world split between liberty and captivity. At Arlington ceremony AMVETS received an electric carillon as a memorial. several embassies were absent or uncertain, including Russia and Poland.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Arlington cemetery
Mgr. Truman
supreme court
navy
air force
Russia
Poland
AMVETS
Josef Winiwicz
Vladimir Outrata
Sava N. Kosanovic
Yugoslavia
New Fight Looms Over Air Force Strength Debate
Washington December 22 UPI A clash between the Senate and House over the Air Force force structure is likely when Congress opens January 3. Rep Vinson leads the House opposition to removing the 70 group force language from a House bill while Senate supporters, backed by Secretary Johnson and the budget office, urge its deletion.
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WASHINGTON
senate
house
congress
air force
navy
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
house armed services committee
United States
United States air force
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
budget bureau
Bodies of Three Found in Tulsa Plane Wreckage
McKinney Texas police confirmed the discovery of three bodies from a Tulsa plane wreckage six miles west of McKinney. The aircraft, en route to Dallas, was found in a backland farming area after being missing since Monday.
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McKINNEY
Tex
Tulsa
Dallas
here
Transit Strike Leaves Cleveland Shoppers Stranded
A sudden transit strike stranded thousands of shoppers in Cleveland causing major traffic snarls and city-wide disruption. Public transit halted as workers walked off the job, leaving streets gridlocked and commerce impeded across the metro area.
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CLEVELAND
Gable's Fourth Wife Divorce Granted in London
Sylvia Hawkes, fourth wife of Clark Gable, was divorced in London on June 15, 1948, by Lord Stanley of Alderley for desertion. She did not obtain the decree herself as previously reported. The couple plans to leave Gable's Encino ranch today for a liner to Hawaii, en route to a honeymoon in Honolulu.
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HOLLYWOOD
Clark Gable
Sylvia Hawkes
London
Lord Stanley of
Alderley
Associated Press
Gable
Encino
San Francisco
Warren Offered Choice of Bills on Lobbying Reform
SACRAMENTO Calif Dec 22 UP The California legislature left with Governor Warren the choice of three lobbying reform bills but not the broader measure he wanted The ten day special session ended in a Christmas scramble The three bills require registration of paid lobbyists and public disclosure of money sources and spending The sponsors are Assemblymen Coller Anderson and Coats Jr The legislature also sent to the governor a bill outlawing paid defeat fees known as cinch bills
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SACRAMENTO
California
Warren
Waren
busiess
assembly
John J. £. Coller
Los Angeles
Glenn M. Anderson
Arthur W. Coats, Jr
Yuba City
Midwest Ice and Snow Storms Halt Travel and Power
Ice and snowstorms sprawled across the central United States disrupting travel and communications. Subzero readings spread through the Dakotas and Minnesota as a mass of cold air moved in from Canada, with forecasts of sharper drops in the north central region. Quincy, Mississippi River city, faced telephone, power, and telegraph outages as a sleet storm hit. Snowfall ranged from 3 to 6 inches in eastern Kansas and neighboring states, with sleet and hazardous highways reported elsewhere.
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ASSOCIATEN
Dakotas
Minnesota
Canada
north central
Quincy
Mississippi river
Kansas
Neb Town
Wisconsin
Scientists Explore Missile Guidance
Washington December 22 AP reports military scientists weigh planting robot electronic sensors in enemy cities to steer guided missiles. A Defense Department pamphlet on semi active homing discusses radar beaming of targets and potential use of pathfinder planes to guide rockets toward distant targets, with countermeasures deemed harder if control resides inside the missile.
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WASHINGTON
defense department
research and development board
mitter
tbs
radar beany
Varnaera
Finance King By Fraud Dead at 66
Greenwich Connecticut December 22 1936 news reports the death of C Hopson 66 a financier once at the peak of a billion dollar utilities empire. He built a vast gas and electric holding scheme then collapsed under federal investigations and criminal sentences. His fortune faded after a 1929 crash and a five year prison term for mail fraud.
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GREENWICH
Conn
Den
C. Hopson
Brooklin Farms
Hopson
congress
New York
Hiss Trial Postponed For Christmas Recess
The Hiss perjury trial pauses for Christmas as Assistant U. S. Attorney Murphy presses cross examination about conflicting statements on an old Ford car. Alger Hiss, aged 45, sits weary on the stand as the court adjourns until December 27 for the holiday recess.
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NEW YORK
Alger Hiss
exstate department
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Murphy
Mother and four children die in farmhouse fire
A family home on the Kleinmann farm near Fairbanks was destroyed by an early morning blaze. Claudia Holcomb 44 and four of her children Lillie Mee 19 Flotasi dene 9 Louise 5 and Willie Lee 2 perished. Four other children were burned.
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HOUSTON
Dee
UPA
Kleinmann farm
Fairbanks
here
Claudia Holcomb
Lillie Mee
Flotasidene
Louise
Willie Lee
McGrath Orders Federal Agency To Seek Arrests
The article reports that McGrath directs a federal agency to pursue arrests. It mentions the involved parties and the legal context, noting a March date and specific procedural steps. Readers learn of the official action and anticipated outcomes from this government request.
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McGrath
Resolution Calls State Control of Drugs
A historical report notes a proposed measure by the Middishes County Board of Health requesting the state assume control of narcotics. The article mentions parties and committees debating regulation, with emphasis on limiting production and restricting addictive substances.
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Grand Rapids
China
foeign
Clarik Gable
Sylvia Stanley
Alisal guest ranch
Santa Barbara
Hawaii
Mrs. Gable
Joseph Ve Srug
Detroit
special invest
action ad
Albert Langtry
police scientific laboratory
inspectabe
United Auto Workers
y deing
Midwest
van pate
CNPEI
meade Ketel
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