Lattimore Defends Wife Amid Senate Testimony
In a sharp Senate Foreign Relations hearing Owen Lattimore denounced an attack on him through his wife as a new low in American politics. He and Mrs Lattimore disputed recollections about lectures at a labor school tied to un american inquiry, while Senator McCarthy and Louis Budenz testified on alleged Communist links.
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Owen Lattimore
Senator Hickenlooper
R-la
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Hickenlooper
Eastern ‘Affairs Authority
State Department
McCarthy
Louis F. Budenz
McCarthy Tias
Johns _Hopkins University
Russia
Budenz
Daily Worker
UN Chief Plans Moscow Visit to Push Global Conference
United Nations Secretary General Lie told reporters he will fly to Moscow on May 10 to press Russia to back a conference of the UN Security Council and all world leaders. He proposed meetings with heads of state and cabinet members from all member nations to advance the effort.
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Tryge
Lie
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Moscow
Russia
Security Council
Spy Ring Foiled in Formosa Arrests Leader Hung Kuo Shin
Nationalist officials in Taipei said they smashed a Communist spy ring aiming to take over Formosa. The operation was led by Hung Kuo Shin, a Politburo agent, who was arrested.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hung
Kuo-Shin
Washington Observers Question Nationalist Lobby Role
Marquis Childs notes in this page fragment that observers doubt the Nationalist lobby shifts influence in Truman and Acheson policies. The editorial emphasizes ongoing debate over foreign policy pressures and political stance in wartime era Washington.
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Washington
Truman
State Acheson
Marquis Childs
City traffic panel weighs Clinton Warren two way plan
Francis M. Costello chairman of the Common Council traffic committee said the panel is studying a drastic revision of the city’s one way system. Proposals include returning Clinton Street to two way traffic and reversing Warren Street flow with parking removal on Clinton Street. Mayor Corcoran and Syracuse Transit Corp. officials will meet the committee to consider the plan.
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Warren St
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Syracuse Transit Corp
Costello
Chrysler Talks Go On In Prolonged Detroit Strike
The Chrysler strike entered its 99th day with no clear progress after last night's talks adjourned at 1 AM. Mediators ordered resumes at 9 AM as Chrysler officials accuse the UAW of scuttling a settlement. The dispute keeps 89,000 strikers idle and involves about 140,000 workers in the auto industry. Walter Reuther denies the charges, calling the claims ill tempered and unfounded.
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U.A.W
Herman L. Weckler
Weckler
Walter Reuther
Reds Order Check On Freight To West
The Russian controlled German Railways ordered that all Berlin freight bound for Western Germany must be loaded in the Russian sector of the city. Shippers say the move tightens control on Berlin trade with West Germany. Western shipments were formerly loaded in West Berlin. now they must move across the city for loading, with inspections likely in the Russian sector.
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West -Berlin
Saar Parliament endorses associate membership in Council of Europe
The Saar Parliament voted unanimously to accept associate membership in the Council of Europe. The lone Communist member opposed entry but was not present for the ballot.
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Secret nine month marriage under sleep talk revealed
New York dispatch reports a 19 year old drug store heir and a 17 year old blonde bride whose nine month marriage was exposed when the sleeping bride bared the secret. The groom is Tustin W. Dart Jr the son of Ruth Walgreen and Justin W. Dart president of Liggett and Owl. In North Dakota Earl Hubbard laughs off bats in the belfry gag as he braces for storms and heavy snow.
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W. J. Sloan
Suzanne
Tustin W. Dart,Jr
Dart
la Sierra ‘College
Arlington, Calif
Ruth Walgreen
Walgreen Drug Family
Justin W. Dart
Liggett and
Owl Drug Stone Chains
Dickinson
N.D
Earl DD
Hubbard
North Dakota
Trio Prohibited by Court for Parking Meter Theft
Three young men Lawrence Ramsey 22 Charles Ramsey 21 and Arthur Huber 92 were placed on probation for one year plus $25 costs and $175 restitution to the city after a drinking bout led to their removal of three street parking meters from their concrete bases.
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Detroit
Lawrence Ramsey
Charles
Arthur Huber
Unidentified Body May Be Gangster’s
Federal investigators probed if a dismembered corpse found on a New York beach ten days earlier is the missing counterfeiting syndicate ringleader Alfred Turiano, 45, who vanished from his home on January 10 after telling his wife he would return soon.
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INS
Alfred Turiano
Director Dodds resigns Syracuse State Fair post for federal appointment
Bligh A. Dodds resigns after decades directing the Syracuse State Fair to become executive secretary of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission at ten thousand dollars yearly. Millard Hawk tipped as likely successor. Dumond to appoint. The 1949 fair praised. Earl Foster key in success and will work with the new director. Dodds is Gouverneur native, former state and national fair leader and Republican activist.
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President Truman Urges Fight Against Smog
President Truman called on government and industry to unite in a battle against deadly smog. He said the effort requires all scientific knowledge and emphasized dangers to crops, property, and human life from air pollution in a message to the opening session of the U S Technical Conference on Air Pollution.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Socialist Leader Thom Testifies on Mundt-Nixon Bill
Washington veteran Socialist leader Norman Thom was called to testify before HUAC regarding opposition to stringent curbs on Communists. Thom appeared as the feature witness as the committee continued hearings on the Mundt Nixon bill.
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Washington
Norman Thomas
House Un-American Activities Committee
Thomas
Punished Missouri Officers Cut In Numbers
Three Missouri officers, Capt William D Brown Cmdr John R Millett and Lt Cmdr Frank E Morris, were reduced in numbers after a general court martial for grounding in Chesapeake Bay. Brown lost 250 numbers Millett 1000 and Morris 350, affecting their ranks on the Navy promotion list. Adm William Fechteler announced the findings.
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Chesapeake Bay
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William D. Brown
Frostproof
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Mighty Mo
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John ?R. Millett
Waterloo
Iowa
Cmdr
Frank &. Morris, Jr
New York
Millett
Morris
United States Naval Academy
Adm
William M. Fechteler
Atlantic Fleet
Topekafeen-Agers Battle in Streets
Police arrested 16 members of rival teen gangs the Quicks and the Punks after a prearranged street confrontation near the business district in Topeka Kansas. Officers dispersed a 300 person crowd and confiscated nine blackjacks and a gun from youths, mostly high school students. The feud started last month when a Quick beat a Punk at a school dance.
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Topeka
Kan
Mental Giants Prey On Harvard Students In Square Bookmaking Ring
Harvard Crimson reports a bookmaking ring in Harvard Square that targets Harvard men with a yearly business of up to 500000 dollars. Police say they have conducted 49 raids in the past year but cannot seize evidence as bettors memorize horse names and tracks and write nothing down.
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Harvard Crimson
Harvard Square
John R. King
The
Crimson
Benefit Boost Approved Pay as You Go Social Security
The Senate Finance Committee voted to place social security on a pay as you go basis and increase benefits by 90 percent. The plan would freeze the payroll tax at 144 percent until 1956 then rise to 2 percent in 1956, 2 percent in 1960, 3 percent in 1965 and 3 percent in 1970, boosting average benefits from 26 to 49 dollars monthly and annual total benefits from 700 million to 2 billion.
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Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George
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Rain Forecast Tomorrow Temperatures Rise and Cloudy Showers Expected
The Mercury reports warm weather with a low of 42 tonight and a high of 68 tomorrow. Clouds and scattered showers are forecast, with southeasterly winds 15 to 20 mph. Farther west snow falls in Montana and the Dakotas, while temperatures rise into the 90s in Florida. Duluth records 12 inches of snow.
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Mrs. Truman to Join President on Cross-Country Train Tour
The White House announced Mrs. Truman will accompany the President on a cross-country speaking tour by train starting Sunday. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said she may ride the full Pacific Northwest trip and back, but he was unsure if Margaret Truman would join.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. [Ross
Pacific’ Northwest
Ross
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Albany Mayor Studies Downtown Improvement Plans
Albany Mayor Erastus Corning says several downtown proposals are impractical now. He cites a Capitol racetrack to spare state workers trips to Saratoga and an escalator on State Street as ideas under consideration.
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Gondoliers Strike Hits Venice Waterfront
Venice city council met to resolve a gondolier strike over motorboats creating large waves that damage gondolas and frighten passengers. The dispute centers on safety and damages affecting the historical waterway trade.
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Venice
Italy
Man Struck Cop and Faces Multiple Charges
Mastrianov Mastriano 36 of 124 Peters Sr. was arrested after allegedly striking Patrolman Emil Kocher during questioning and later charged with disorderly conduct and leaving the scene of an accident. Bail set at 1000 dollars for May 18. A neighbor reported injury to Everett Fish, while Kocher sustained a facial injury.
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Mastriano
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Irving ‘Av
Everett Fish
Irving Av
Fish
Three Die In Bus Truck Crash North Of Ashland
A Greyhound bus driver Edgar A. Snyder of Columbus and a female passenger named Norma Hellner died after a Cleveland to Columbus route bus and an unidentified truck collided and burst into flames one mile north of Ashland. Five passengers survived with cuts and bruises. Sheriff M F Rickenbrod reported two bodies in wreckage.
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Here
M. F. Rickenbrod
Edgar. A. Snyder
Columbus
Greyhound
Norma Hellner
Airliner Missing Between Quito and Guayaquil
An airliner with 15 aboard went missing yesterday while flying a two engine route between Quito and Guayaquil prompting search efforts over the area. Local authorities and aviation officials are coordinating a recovery and rescue operation as crews scan the surrounding skies.
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Quito
Ecuador
Guayaquil
Pepper Loses Florida Senate Bid in Democratic Primary
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida falls to Rep. George Smathers in a tight Democratic primary race with Smathers leading by a wide margin as 1,466 of 1,595 precincts reported. Pepper conceded early and Smathers, a self described middle of the road liberal, faces John P. Booth in November. Pepper’s term ends January 3. Pepper carried Miami-Dade by 53 votes out of 131,665.
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Lberal
George Smathers
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Smathers
Truman
Dade
Miami
Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
G.O.P
Guy Gabrielson
Gabrielson
Taylor Invited to Ride Truman’s Special Train
Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho, who left the Democrats in 1948 to seek the vice presidency on the Henry Wallace ticket, has been invited to ride President Truman’s special train through Idaho. In a related development Republicans selected Senator Taft of Ohio to respond to Truman’s May 15 Chicago address, a speech seen as climaxing his western tour.
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Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Truman
Taylor
Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Quote from Moran on Russia France and England after the war
The late comedian George Moran in a Pittsburgh interview muses on how France and England reconciled with Russia after the war. He compares Americans to a banker visited by a Russian securities salesman and quips about being out or in at the caller’s discretion.
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