Senate Destination for Battered Arms Aid Plan
The administration’s Western European defense aid faced sharp House cuts and new restrictions with a 238 to 122 vote. A 50 percent reduction to 1.16 billion dollars was imposed while full funding for Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines was kept. The House also required half of supplies to fly the U.S. flag and tightened troop use limits.
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Washington
House
Senate
Harry Truman
Congress
United States
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Southeastern Asia
U. S
Britain
Ireland
Bridges Agrees To Accounting For Pension Fund Fees
Senator Styles Bridges promised a next month accounting of his 35000 dollar yearly services as a trustee for the United Mine Workers pension fund. He told a reporter the move was not intended for political embarrassment and cited acting as justification for personal professional counsel.
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Washington
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
United Mine Workers Pension Fund
Bridges
Senate Banking Committee
Glen Taylor
Didaho
Robert D. L’heureux
lHeureux
Welfare Fund
Lucas Says Congress Must Act on Big Issue
Senator Scott W. Lucas declares Congress will not adjourn until action is taken on major issues. He cites farm income support reform, liberalizing the Displaced Persons act, and raising the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour. He spoke in a Washington radio report carried by 29 Illinois stations.
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Washington
Scott W. Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Senate Majority
Illinois
McCarthy Seeks Links Between Paris Flight and Vaughan Gifts
Senate investigators, led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, receive tips from sources close to the President and Vaughan in the White House about Vaughan's influence. Sen. Mundt ties a 1945 Paris trip by Chicago perfume agents to gifts of deep freezers to Mrs. Truman and Vaughan. Vaughan and John Maragon are to testify as hearings resume.
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Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Harry H. Vaughan
McCarthy
Vaughan
White House
Karl Mundt
R-S.d
Paris
Chicago
Mundt
Senate Invesigations Committee
Harry S. Truman
John Maragon
Allied Air and Sea Maneuvers Near Honshu Reported
Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters says British and U S forces conduct combined air and surface maneuvers off the southern coast of Honshu Japan's main island today.
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Tokyo
U. S
Honshu
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Weather outlook with rain and cooler temperatures
Moisture moves across the area with occasional rain tonight and a gradual clearance by Saturday. Low temperatures tonight 60 to 65, highs Saturday near 80. Thirteen feet below spillway at Crab Orchard Lake Sunday and Little Grassy Lake thirteen feet below spillway. no Mississippi River reading at Grand Tower.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Illinois Weather Summary With Temperature Shifts
Illinois forecasts show average highs around two degrees above normal with a cooler tonight and a warmer Sunday then cooler Monday and warmer Wednesday. Rainfall ranges from 0.4 inches in the north to 1-2 inches in the extreme south with showers and thunderstorms tonight through Monday, heavier in the south.
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Illinois
Ingrid Bergman May End Film Career Today
Ingrid Bergman may finish her film work today as she shoots the last scene of a Rossellini film. Her representative Joseph Steele says a career retirement could be reversed, with a divorce filing expected soon in Rome.
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la Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Robert Rossellini
Steele
Miss Bergman
Divoce
Rome
Air Crash Kills 22 in England
A British European Airways Douglas transport plane crashed near Oldham while approaching Manchester in bad weather. Of 32 aboard, 22 died. 28 passengers and 4 crew were on board. Ambulances and medical staff aided survivors as the crash occurred in misty Dow valley.
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England
British European Airways
Oldham
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Manchester
Dow Valley
Yorkshire
London
Ex King Carol and Elena Lupescu wed in Paris rite
Former Romanian monarch Carol and Elena Lupescu married in a Greek Orthodox ceremony at his Esplanade residence in Paris. The Rev Hartinan Ivinovitch officiated as the couple, who had a long romance amid upheavals, were previously married civilly in Rio de Janeiro in July 1947 during Elena's illness.
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Carol of
Romania
Mme
Elena Lupescu
Estoril
Hartinan Ivinovitch
Paris
Carol
Elena
Rio de Janeiro
Pope to Proclaim Assumption as Dogma Next Year
A high Vatican source said Pope Pius XII will proclaim the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin as dogma, likely during the 1950 holy year. The declaration would define bodily ascent of Mary into heaven and mark disbelief as heresy.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Finland Moves To Smash Red General Strike
Finland intensifies effort to crush a Communist strike wave as police arrest leaders in Kemi after violence left one dead and nine injured. Government vows to defeat the Communists while 45,000 workers stay on strike and a new meeting is planned despite bans.
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Helsinki
Kemi
Eivil
Lahja Heikkilae
Finland
Kem
Red
Anto Varjonen
Bunche denounces Senate charge as irresponsible witch hunt
Dr. Ralph Bunche says a Senate judiciary committee circulating charges that the United Nations secretariat is terrorized by Communist agents is a witch hunt. He criticizes testimony by an unidentified witness and an agency of government for giving credence to the charges at a welcome home rally in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Ralph Bunche
Senate Judiciary Committee
United Nations Secretariat
U.N
Palestine
Subcommittee
Pioneer Jazz Musician Paul Mares Dies at 49
Chicago obituary notes the death of Paul Mares, 49, a pioneer in New Orleans jazz who helped shape Chicago's scene in the 1920s. He came to Chicago with George Brunis and formed an ensemble with Leon Rappolo, Jack Pettis, and Elmer Schoebel that played at Friar's Inn.
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Chicago
Paul Mares
New Orleans
Mares
George Brunis
Leon Rappolo
Jack Pettis
Elmer Schoebel
Friar’s Inn
Barricaded gunman fights 125 officers in Chicago stalemate
Ernest Craig, 28, armed with two revolvers and a rifle, held off 125 police for three hours at 2639 West Washington Boulevard. Fire burned the two‑story home as officers fired machine guns and tear gas, finally ending with Craig slain after fires spread and he attempted to flee through an 18‑inch passageway. Drake Atkins, 2, was wounded in the earlier exchange. Spectators estimated at over 500 watched.
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Chicago
Ernest Craig
Craig
Marshall Pidgeon
Lloyd Nethergall
Drake Atkins
Lawrence Mack
Mack
Atkins
West
Washington Boulevard
Gas Bomb Explodes at Chicago Police Headquarters
A defective tear gas bomb exploded today at Chicago police headquarters injuring one officer and temporarily blinding three others. Visitors in court rooms on the upper floors felt fumes as investigators reported the bomb failed to explode during a gun battle with a 28-year-old suspect named Ernest Craig who was killed after a three hour exchange that left ten others injured. Sgt. John Nelligan sustained burns to chest shoulder arm and leg.
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Ernest Craig
John Nelligan
Mother Confesses Killing Her Six Day Old Daughter
Chicago police report Dorothy Skeoch 22 admitted she killed her six day old daughter Susan after returning from hospital. The infant was found dead with a plastic diaper knotted around the neck. Skeoch claimed a Negro prowler prompted the act and later implicated her husband’s unemployment and financial strain.
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Chicago
John Enright
Dorothy Skeoch
Susan
Plane crash kills flier on landing at Metropolis field
Staff Sgt. Willard Clairday 30 of Scott Air Force Base died after his BT 15 private plane missed the Metropolis runway on a second attempt and struck a tree. Authorities said lights were on and a help truck aided the approach before the craft spun in and crashed between a highway and the runway’s south end.
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Willard Clairday
Scott Air Force Base
Fisher Memorial Hospital
Metropolis
Metropolis Municipal
Herbert Goyert
Clairday
Wright-Patterson Field
Dayton
Ohio
James L. Clairday
Temple Hill
Dwayne Linton
Herrin
Southern Illinois
Linton
Train Wreck Kills Three Men Near Mackinaw
Three men died in a New York Central freight derailment near Mackinaw as an open switch half a mile west caused the crash. Engineers Hyatt and Chaney from Urbana and Bein of Farmer City died. conductor Chamberlain was injured and may have been trapped.
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Mackinew
New York Central
Indianapolis
Peoria
Co. E. W. Hyatt
Urbana
Frank Chaney
Roy Bein
Farmer City
Clark Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Mackinaw
H. G. Cooke
Danvers
Ill
Galesburg Teen Quietly Celebrates Birthday in Hospital
Ellen Bloomgren a 17 year old Galesburg high school student recovering from polio at St. Francis hospital had a quiet birthday party. Her fiancé John Heck 20 slipped an engagement ring on her finger as relatives brought cake. Ellen remains in an iron lung but was moved to a lighter chest covering respirator with nurses assisting her to view the ring.
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Peoria
Ellen Bloomgren
Galesburg
John Heck
Elmer Bloomgren
St. Francis Hospital
Ellen
Fight It Out Steel Labor In Wage Bargaining
Republic Steel Corp president C M White told a Trumans three man fact finding panel that wage talks must proceed and that strikes are possible if unions are wrong. He warned a 30 cent an hour raise from United Steelworkers would cost his company 38 million dollars yearly.
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Republic Steel Corp
C. M. White
White
Harry S. Truan
Harry S. Truman
C.N.O. United Steelworkers
Republic
Cool Air Mass Sweeps Nation with Mild Temperatures
A nationwide cool air mass kept temperatures at or below normal with many areas enjoying pleasant conditions. Kinross Michigan saw 41 degrees. most regions reported fair skies while the lower Mississippi valley and New England faced scattered thunderstorms. Topeka Kansas logged the heaviest rainfall at 2.89 inches.
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Chicago
Kinross
Mich
Mississippi Valley
New England
Topeka
Kan
Man Imbibes Gasoline Sets Self Afire in Suicide
Jeptha J. Allen, 50, of San Antonio, saturated himself with gasoline and ignited his clothing, dying in flames. Justice of the Peace John N. Ogden returned an inquest verdict of suicide.
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San Antonio
Texas
Jeptha J. Allen
Justice of the Peace
John N. Ogden
New rules threaten radio and TV prize giveaways
The Federal Communications Commission announced new rules effective October 1 that bar programs advertising lotteries or prizes dependent on chance. Violators risk losing their broadcaster licenses as the agency sets four conditions to deny programs that rely on audience participation for prizes. NAB President Justin Miller criticized the move, hoping for a court test, while industry officials privately predict most giveaways will move to studio audiences with no audience prizes.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
Miller
N.A.B
American servicemen escape drowning after plane crash near Harmon Field
Thirty five U S servicemen escaped drowning last night when their transport plane plunged into St George s bay near Harmon field on the west coast of Newfoundland.
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Stephenville
Mid
St. George’s Bay
U. S
Harmon Field
Newfoundland
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