Berliners Hope for Freedom After Blockade Lifts
Berliners eager for travel and goods await May 12 after the Soviet blockade ends. West German plans continue in Bonn to form a western state while Berliners fear renewed pressure from the Soviets. Citizens express cautious optimism about prices, coffee, and cloths resuming, with warnings that the blockade could be reimposed if Western powers falter.
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U.S
Liesebeth Jorek
Germany
Constituent Assembly
Bonn
West
Watchman
Fans Zenau
Nixon urges House panel to stay away from grand jury probes
Representative Richard Nixon said Congress should not interfere with a federal grand jury investigating espionage. He endorsed a jury presentment asking the House Un American Activities Committee to keep hands off the jurors inquiries after Nixon testified for two hours.
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New York
Richard
Nixon
R-Calif
Federal
Grand Jury
House. un-American Activities Committee
House
Government employment rises to 2 302 043 in March
The Civil Service Commission reported 2,302,043 civilians worked for the Government at end of March, up 6,867 from February. Increases were led by the Air Force, Post Office, Treasury and Agriculture, offset by a notable decline in the Navy. The totals exclude Judiciary and Congress.
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Civil Service Commission
Department of the Air Force
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Department of “Agriculture
Department of the Navy
Commission
Federal Judiciary
Congress
In Minnesota Entomologist Warns of Grasshopper Build Up
State entomologist T. L. Aamodt says grasshopper populations in Minnesota are rising to levels seen in 1929 and 1930, foreshadowing another potential insect outbreak in the state’s history.
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Minneapolis
T. L. Aamodt
Minnesota
Kansas University Adds Airline Hostess Training
Lawrence Kansas. University of Kansas expands curriculum with airline hostess training reflecting growing demand for practical programs.
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Totes Lawrence, Kan
Kansas
University
Dewey Orders End of New York State Guard
Thomas E. Dewey orders abolition of all New York State Guard units. The national guard will assume more than wartime duties previously handled by the state disaster corps. Syracuse National Guard units now active include the 108th Infantry 138th Fighter Squadron 208th Warning Squadron 249th Field Artillery and Company C 232nd Combat Engineers.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York State Guard
Gote
National Guard
Syracuse
10814 Infantry
208Th
249Th Field Artillery
232C Combat Engineers
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