Connally urges cuts in foreign spending and united policy
Senator Connally of Texas calls for next year’s foreign spending cuts and a continuing nonpartisan foreign policy. He backs a single U S foreign policy, pushes to halt Communist expansion in Asia, and suggests up to 1 billion dollars cut from Marshall Plan and a substantial cut from the military budget. He also supports recognizing Spain and bringing it into the Atlantic pact and notes possible Europe arms aid after June 30.
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WASHINGTON
Sen
Connally
Texas
senate foreign relations committee
U. S
United States
senate
Sen. Vandenberg
Michigan
China
State Acheson
Asia
Wherry
Nebraska
Spain
Europe
Mrs. FDR Defends Logan Tent Claim in Memoirs
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt refuses to change her assertion that Logan county coal miners once lived in tents due to eviction and blacklisting. Fred Haislip, Logan chamber of commerce president, said the claim is untrue, while Mrs Roosevelt notes conditions were from many years ago and she makes no claim to have alleviated them.
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LOGAN
W. Va
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Logan county
Roosevelt
Fred Hauslip
Logan chamber of commerce
fom McCall's magazine
Harper & Co
Haislip
Historian Dr Tyler Dennett Dies in Geneva Age 66
Williamstown Mass Dec 29 Dr Tyler Dennett Pulitzer prize historian and former Williams College president and State Department adviser died today of a heart attack in Geneva New York He was 66 years old His death was announced by associates
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WILLIAMSTOWN
Mass
Tyler Dennett
Williams college
state department
Geneva
N. Y
associates
Morse Questions Use of T-H Law
Senator Morse argues the Taft Hartley act cannot halt a three day mine week or a coal rail service cut. He notes no actual strike exists though intercity rail and coal operations face shortages caused by the low production and Lewis led work stoppages. Morse warns emergency powers require a real strike or imminent threat to health or safety.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Morse
R-Ore
Truman
interstate commerce commission
John S. Lewis
Southern coal
Lewis
national labor relations board
Agents Promised For Tax Work
Washington December 29 1921 Representative Doughton of North Carolina said congress will supply the treasury with every agent needed to crack down on tax evasion. Fellow committee member Forand of Rhode Island estimated annual losses at up to five billion dollars. Both indicated the Ways and Means Committee favors tightening laws before considering tax increases. Doughton said he found the public demanding economy in government and tax relief.
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WASHINGTON
Rep
Doughton
D-NC
congress
the
treasury
house
ways and means
Forand
DRI
Coughton
North Carolina
Fortune in Russian Jewels Seemed Like Good $700 Buy
Mrs Fannie Gershnowitz was approached by two men on a Los Angeles street who claimed a fortune in diamonds and offered Russian writing. She bought a small parcel for 700 dollars that contained only cut glass, a ruse also swindling Mrs Anna Woloshen out of 2000 dollars.
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LOS ANGELES
Fannie Gershnowitz
Anna Woloshen
Top Democrats Confident Party To Keep Control
Washington December 29 The Democratic party foresees another term in power as Truman and Barkley express confidence in continued prosperity. Southern Democrats warn of spending and civil rights concerns yet expect the party to endure. Analysts predict possible modest gains for Democrats in the 1950 elections, challenging past patterns.
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WASHINGTON
LPI
Democratic party
Truman
Barkley
James F. Byrnes
senate
house
Sound Potential Source of Energy
A physicist reports that noises as loud as a paper bag pop may one day power engines or trigger explosions. Dr. Arthur Kantrowitz and Robert Perry showed shock waves converge to a point, creating enormous pressures and temperatures in split seconds, with potential military uses.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE
Arthur R. Kantrowitz
American Physical society
University of Virgina
Kantrowitz
Robert W. Perry
office of naval research
Cornell
Hiss Ends Long Witness Session
The prosecution finished cross examining Alger Hiss, former state department official, after nearly three days of questioning. Hiss testified in his own defense on December 19 as part of his second perjury trial.
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NEW YORK
Alger Hiss
state department
Hiss
Crawls From Wreck With Broken Leg Found Dead
The body of John Anderson, 35, of Houston, Texas, who crawled more than a mile after a plane crash seven days earlier, was found on Devil Step Mountain. Deputy Beecher Poteet said Anderson had crawled to within a mile of a country road and had been dead for several days.
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CRAB ORCHARD
renn
Dee
UPI
devil step mountain
Beecher Poteet
John Anderson
Houston
Tex
Holidays of Year Take 2717 Lives
The nation marked six holidays in 1949 with festivity yet 2717 violent accidental deaths occurred. The national safety council predicts about 330 Americans will die in traffic accidents over the New Year weekend of 1950, with other accident deaths not estimated.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
national safety council
Chain Letter Appeals for Taft Help in Campaign
A chain letter circulating in Joseph Missouri urges recipients to send one dollar to Taft campaign treasurer Ben E. Tate at 3204 Carew Tower Cincinnati. The missive, written from New York and signed by supporters, claims Taft faces political slaughter and urges mass donations to sustain his reelection bid in 1950.
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JOSEPH
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Ben E. Tate
Taft
Carew Tower
Cin
Jetter
congress
iittle
Holiday toll highlights in 1949 traffic deaths
The safety council cites 1705 total holiday deaths with 580 Christmas fatalities across three days, 413 of which were traffic related. Ned Dearborn says the toll exceeded Texas city disaster figures, while the period’s auto death rate ran about 54 percent above the ten month average.
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council
safety council
Ned 2
Dearborn
Texas city
Mysterious object sighted over Carolinas prompts chase
A strange aerial phenomenon described as a balloon or neon tube was sighted near Fayetteville and Hamlet and later Greenwood, prompting several pilots to pursue it for about 10 to 15 minutes. Reports place the object 20 to 30 feet wide, moving southwest at roughly 5000 feet.
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HAMLET
N.C
Fayetteville
Greenwood
S. C
rafter
Joe Poole
United Front Far Economies Republican Line
GOP leaders debate campaign focus in 1950s race on trimming Truman era spending. Bricker proposes merger with Southern Democrats while Lodge urges outreach to labor. Driscoll backs a conservative middle path, Dewey recalls Dewey era advice, and Wherry opposes cross roads with Taft on federal aid and welfare proposals.
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WASITINGTON
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Guy G. Gabrielson
DRISCOLL
Alfred FE. Driscoll
New Jersey
Arthur Vandenberg
Reich
Thomas E. Dewey
DEWEY
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Repeal A. Taft
Taft
Future Bright For Burned Town Hyndman Pa
Hyndman scene of a million dollar fire that wiped out the town business district spurs a bright future. Governor Duff ordered state departments to aid and meet town officials at the high school to coordinate relief efforts with industry showing interest in rehiring local workers.
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HYNDMAN
Pennsylvania
James N. Duff
commonwealth
State public school building authority
Lions club
Santa Fe Super Chief Hits Gas Truck in Fiery Crash
A gasoline truck was struck by the Santa Fe Super Chief on the Chicago to Los Angeles run near Azusa California. The blast and ensuing fire killed the unidentified truck driver in the flaming cab. Local authorities reported the crash occurred December 29.
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AZUSA
Calif
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hungary Seizes Foreign Firms Amid Nationalization Drive
Budapest reports claim the Crintutiet government seized numerous foreign owned firms for alleged espionage and sabotage concerns. It names International Telegraph and Telephone subsidiaries among those nationalized, with executives arrested and charged as part of a sweeping state action to wipe out foreign control.
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BUDAPEST
hungary
Deepa WPb
blevitic works
Anertane
International Telepone and Telegraph company
Americas sede Briton
tatager
OTHEIG
companiae
te ord
Geta ho
Robert Vegeler
Edlgar Saedere Rrifich
Gubitchev Denied Trial Immunity
A Russian engineer Gubitchev, awaiting trial with Judith Cegren, is denied immunity claimed via a United Nations post. The State Department reports there is no immunity for the accused spy Watertiin AC Cine bitchey, who faces trial.
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NEW YORK
Dee
state department for Federal trade
Sylvextor
larlas
Gubitchev
Judith Cegren
United Nations post
Research Policy Draws Criticism
A garbled OCR text fragment discusses research policy and criticism, with numerous unreadable sequences and interspersed names and terms. The readable portions reference policy debates and feedback from various actors, though specifics are unclear.
Untitled fragment on alert and retreat context
Fragmentary note describes a group or region being alerted to steep policy changes. Mentions Bere ce penerted and a beseeched response. Lacks clear subjects or locations to identify concrete actions or outcomes.
Missing Man Found After Long Absence In Ocean Park
The missing man Chavez, born in Sinaloa in 1842, was located by police in Ocean Park. His daughter Myadetephine Grecia tei noted he had been living independently and working regularly before a recent accident left him unable to care for himself.
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Call
Dee
prac
ted
Theatsien BOD
Sinaloa
Mexico
Chaves
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