Formosan policy reviewed as U S weighs Formosa aid
Washington and Tokyo review U S policy toward Chiang Kai-shek and Formosa amid debates in the Far East. Secretary Acheson era policy opposes military aid, but new discussions in Tokyo and bipartisan talks in Washington could shift stance depending on MacArthur and joint chiefs input.
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U. S
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Chiang
state department
Dean Rusk
Acheson
Defense Johnson
Omar Bradley
joint chiefs of staff
Douglas MacArthur
western Pacific
Rusk
senate
Far East
Europe
Taft
Ohio
Bridges
Brewster
R-Me
Millikin
R-Cole
Knowland
Calif
Wiley
R-Wis
China
Generalissimo
dang
Johnson
MacArthur
England to Aid Red China in UN
June 21 reports say Britain plans an active role in the bid to seat Red China in the United Nations, moving to oust Nationalist China. U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie leads the campaign to break the Russian boycott of 30 U.N. organs over the China issue. Lie said he will travel to Europe to speak in London on July 3 and visit the Geneva economic and social council session.
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LONDON
red China
United Nations
U.N
Trygve Lie
Russia
China
Lie
Lake Success
Europe
economic and social council
Geneva
Dow gets emergency insecticide order to save timber
The Dow Chemical Co. received an emergency order for insecticide to protect timber worth $90 million in Colorado from hark beetles. The delivery aims to stem beetle damage and avert substantial losses for the state and timber industries.
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MIDLAND
Mid
Dow Chemical Co
Colorado
New York Defeats Cleveland as Raschi Shines in Win
New York scored 14 runs while Raschi pitched through eight innings, with Berra and Wynn adding runs. Cleveland managed a lone run in the game as the Yankees dominated 14-1. Other action included Philadelphia beating St. Louis and Washington topping Detroit in a pair of incomplete reports.
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Cleveland
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Page
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Hegan
Brown
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St. Louis
nize Washington
Detroit
Boston
Chicago
Lausche’s Stand Confuses Ohio Voters in June Admission
Ohio voters faced confusion and mixed reactions after Gov. Frank J. Lausche, a Democratic leader, admitted he had not decided whom to back for U S Senator. He praised Ferguson as state auditor while admiring Taft as a serious senator, a move that sent shockwaves through labor, Ferguson supporters, and Republicans and sparked questions about his sincerity. The White Sulphur Springs conference statement was seen as a bold, potentially pivotal political gambit.
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COLUMBUS
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert A. Taft
Ferguson
Taft
Ohio Democrats
Lausche
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Switchmen's Union Plans Sunday Strike Across Rails
The Switchmen's Union of North America AFL announced a Sunday strike at 6 am local time by about 4000 members on six western and midwestern lines including Great Northern Chicago Great Western Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific. The action aims to enforce 48 hours pay for a 40 hour week.
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The
Switchmen's Union of North America
AFL
Arthur J. Glover
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
House Approves Rent Controls Extension Bill
The House passed a compromise bill to extend federal rent controls until December 31 with a six month optional extension for cities. The vote was 174 to 145, Republicans largely opposed. The current program expires at month end, and President Truman sought a one year extension without restrictions.
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WASHINGTON
house
senate
Truman
Boy Dies After Falling From Veranda Roof
In Hong Kong on June 21 Pi Lan un jen, 20, attempted to rest on a second story veranda to cope with the heat. He rolled from the edge while sleeping and fell twenty feet to the street, dying.
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HONG KONG
Pi Lan -un-jen
Conductor Turns Train Arrival Into Sound Effects
Omaha reports Richard Duncan, conductor of the city’s outdoor summer pops concerts, donned an engineer’s cap as a freight train rumbled past Peony Park. The train’s whistle punctuated the performance with a live sound effect, accompanying the ensemble’s version of Casey Jones.
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Omaha symphony orchestra
Richard Duncan
Peony park
Duncan
Casey Jones
Flying Saucers Turn Up Again Near Hamilton AFB
The Oakland Tribune reports a disc shaped object flying at an estimated 1000 to 1500 mph made five passes near Hamilton Air Force Base early today. Three air force non-commissioned officers described blue flame and a thunderous roar as it dived near a beacon north of the field. Corp. Roger G. Pryor said he saw blue flame and mistook it for a falling star before it vanished into speed, with first pass recorded at 11:35 a.m. and subsequent passes too rapid to observe.
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Calif
Oakland Tribune
Hamilton air force base
air force
Corp
Roger G. Pryor
Pryor
Passport Ring Inquiry Launched by HUAC
Washington June 21 The House Un American Activities Committee opened a new inquiry into claims that Communists ran a fake passport ring. Two witnesses were summoned for questioning at 9 30 a m EST about Communist activity as officials said the matter involved passport falsification.
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WASHINGTON
house un-American activities committee
Social Security Changes Approved
Senate backs a bill to roughly double old age and survivors benefits under Social Security. The 81 to 2 vote advances administration aims to cover about 10 million more people, with key disputes over disabled coverage, funding, and formulas to be resolved by a conference committee.
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Senate
congress
house
conference committee
Butler
Cain
Senators Quiz John Peurifoy
Senators investigating the 1945 Amerasia case turned to John E. Peurifoy for a formal reply to Senator McCarthy s charge of a payoff deal with a defendant. Peurifoy denied the accusation and prepared for a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing. Larsen, a former state department employee, was fined $600 for his role, while Jaffe refused to answer questions as the panel pressed for security tightening.
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Amerasia
John E. Peurifoy
McCarthy
Peurifoy
Wisconsin
Edward P. Morgan
JAFFE
New York
Lodge
R- Mass
Green
D-RI
senate appropriations committee
state department
Pearssoy
Connecticut
Emmanuel Larsen
Amerisia
Larsen
senate
Pearifoy
John S. Service
Soviet Claims U S Senate Backed Bacteriological War Funds
Pravda the Soviet party newspaper editorial says the United States Senate approved a bill providing large funds for expanding U S bacteriological warfare.
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MOSCOW
Pravda
United States senate
U. S
Officials Confer on Atomic Data Safeguards
Washington officials from the United States, Britain, and Canada meet to plan tighter safeguards for atomic secrets amid a wave of spy cases. The U S Atomic Energy Commission says security standards and procedures for jointly held information are under discussion, while declassification policies are not being debated. Attendees remained tight-lipped and the start date of the conferences was not disclosed.
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WASHINGTON
U. S. atomic energy commission
ABC
Chicago Crime To Be Probed
The senate crime investigating committee will focus on big-time gambling and crime in Chicago and the Midwest with hearings in Chicago and Washington. Virgil Petersen of the Chicago crime commission is set as the first witness. federal officials name Chicago as a center for narcotics, counterfeiting, and gambling, with potential spread to Indiana. Paul Cyr offers Lake County crime data for his campaign. Secret Service and narcotics chiefs accuse Chicago of leading a nationwide illicit operation and list hundreds tied to crime rings.
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senate crime investigating committee
Chicago
midwest
senate
Virgil Petersen
Chicago crime commission
Petersen
Indiana
Paul Cyr
Lake county
Cyr
Secret Service
A. E F. Baughman
congress
H. J. Anslinger
U. S. narcotics bureau
Largest Flight of B-36s Sets Record at Fair Field
FAIR FIELD-SUISUN AIR BASE California June 21 A flight of ten air force B 36 bombers was set today for a Pacific flight. The 36s arrived from Carswell Field Texas Monday marking the largest group flight of the giant bombers ever attempted.
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SUISUN AIR BASE
Calif
Pacific
Carswell Field
Texa
Expedition Reaches Lake Mead After Grand Canyon Trek
The first 1950 Grand Canyon expedition nears Hoover Dam after a four hour delay caused by a silted water pump. Otis Marston and William Belnap steer the powerboat Hudson toward safety while two members depart by air to Marble Canyon. Rescue efforts saved Ed Hudson and son. Mrs. Marston’s intuition aided the SOS reply.
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Pierce's Ferry
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Berkeley
Ed Hudson
Paso Robles
Calif
Ed, Jr
Grand Canyon
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Boulder City
Marston
George Bagley
Lake Mead national recreational area
Colorado
Britain Penalized In Proposed Plan
Washington June 21 AP Top ranking Republican senators drafted a plan to cut 340 million dollars of Marshall Plan aid to Britain unless Labour joins a Western Europe coal and steel pool. Senator Lodge weighs overriding opposition to tap 5 billion for rearming, with debate centered on offsetting costs and the pool plan's status.
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Great Britain
Europe
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
senate
Mars
graham Bryana
WesneLls WULUpee
Britain
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
senate appropriations committee
congress
British labor party
Schuman
France
Attlee
appropriations committee
LODGE
senate foreign relations and armed services committee
U.S
Ledge
Transit Strike Settled In L A
LOS ANGELES June 21 1 The Big Bunion derby ends in Los Angeles today Union transit strikers are getting 1100 street cars and buses rolling again to the delight of a million daily riders and thousands of Shrine conventioners who have been hoofing it since last Friday The union voted 753 to 622 last night to accept a new contract and go back to work Shopmen and maintenance workers began returning to their jobs two hours later The new two year agreement provides a wage increase of five cents an hour the first year over the average of $1 47 an hour an additional 3 cent boost after one year an eight hour day 40 hour week improved vacation and overtime plans The 4000 men of the union walked out to enforce a demand for a 20 cents an hour increase The best company offer until yesterday was 4 cents.
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LOS ANGELES
Union transit
Shrine
Purefood probe ordered by House
Representative James J. Delaney will head a congressional investigation into the purity of the nation s food. The inquiry may examine the impact of foods grown with soil fertilized by atomic bomb by products on human health. The House unanimously ordered the investigation yesterday.
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WASHINGTON
James J. Delaney
New York
Senate Race Debate Delays Peacetime Draft Action
Washington June 21 UPI A civil rights dispute in the Senate clouded the fate of the peacetime draft act set to expire at midnight Saturday. Debate centered on a test of President Truman’s order to end Negro segregation in the armed services with Senator Russell proposing units based on race. Democratic leader Lucas foresees votes to defeat the measure, hinting at an overnight session to finish action.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
senate
Truman
Russell
DGa
seme armed services committee
mve
Lucas (III
Lucas
Kootenai River Floods Farmlands
The Kootenai river dike failure floods 900 acres of northern Idaho farmland behind the shattered wall. An emergency dike near Bonners Ferry also collapsed while 17 homes were evacuated. In Canada, Fraser and Harrison rivers held by workers as flood levels approach 1948 highs, with about 1500 acres submerged in the Kootenai area.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kootenai
Idaho
Bonners Ferry
British Columbia
Fraser
Harrison
Freighter Blast Debris Located
In Suez Egypt on June 21 witnesses described debris from the blast that sank the British freighter Indian Enterprise. One surviving Pakistani seaman was rescued from the Red Sea by the freighter H Westfal Larsen. At least five British officers are believed lost and the cargo included 580 tons of explosive chemicals for the Indian government.
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Egypt
Red Sea
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