Truman Puffs Across Midwest On Birthday Train Stop
President Truman’s train rolled through the Midwest on his 66th birthday stopping at Galesburg Ottumwa Creston Burlington and Pacific Junction to collect birthday cakes and greet locals including Bobby Cowell a polio survivor. He warned that another war would invite attacks and outlined the farm plan on a Lincoln Neb speech.
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Nine Other Deaths From Weekend Drowning Tragedy
Upstate New York reported eleven boating deaths over the weekend as a northwest gale gusting to 70 mph capsized boats. Syracusans Alex Kaczmarczyk and Stanley Florczyk drowned on Black Lake near Ogdensburg and Gouverneur, joining others in Seneca Lake, Middle Saranac Lake, St. Lawrence River, and nearby areas. The report notes multiple victims including James Soibetta and Agnes of Batavia, William Mussin and James Repice of Schenectady, Hugh Patrick Donnelly of Louisville, and Ted Monroe of Long Sault Island, with the incident sequence beginning Friday night.
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Schenectady
Saranac Lake
Hugh Patrick Donnelly
Louisville
Ted Monroe
Supreme Court bans picketing to force union membership
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 0 that states may bar picketing aimed at compelling employees to join unions. Justice Minton delivered the opinion, with Justice Douglas not participating. The decision involved a Bremerton hotel owner Gazzam and a union, which had been fined and ordered to stop picketing. The ruling upholds state laws protecting workers from employer coercion in union matters.
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Washington State
Today’s Features and Page Guide
The page list shows sections including Comics with Ida Jean Kain and Dr Dean, Mary Haworth Horoscope, and regular features on pages 13 22 30 with city life radio and deaths noted. It also mentions Earl Wilson Winchell Esii trials letters and sports on pages 7 20 21 15.
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Dean
Mary Haworth
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City Life
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Man Bitten by Owner in Odd Kitchen Incident
Washington police removed a 23 year old man to a hospital for observation after they found him in his kitchen biting his own dog. The man claimed the dog was his and he could bite it if he wanted to.
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Washington
Europe sales barriers hinder postwar recovery reach
The Economic Cooperation Administration warned that Western Europe may not earn enough dollars to shed U.S. aid, facing competition from American producers, high tariffs, and import hurdles. The report to Congress covers late 1949 and was presented with a brief message from President Truman.
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Western Europe
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Marshal Plan
Recovery Agency
Congress
Truman
Eight Poles Resign From Frankfurt Consulate
Eight officials and employees of the Polish Consulate in Frankfurt resigned and sought refuge from West German authorities, citing pressure from the Communist government.
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Frankfurt
Missing Vassar Senior Alice Lindabury
Alice Lindabury a 22 year old Vassar College senior was reported missing to day authorities say she left Poughkeepsie by train Saturday and did not reach her Princeton New Jersey home Her father Richard V Lindabury an associate editor at Crowell Collier publications in New York is identified as his daughter’s parent.
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Crowell-Collier Publications
New York
Western Allies ease German controls on industry
The Allied High Commission in West Germany published a new anti-rearmament law transferring several control functions to German authorities. Maj. Gen. James P. Hodges said Germans are cooperative and that inspectors remain to prevent rearmament, with only necessary controls kept and some sectors exempt as not military threats.
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Dog Rampage Injures Schoolchildren in Bronx Yard
A large dog charged about 400 Bronx pupils injuring 12 as teachers tried to control the berserk animal. Patrolman William Carr leaped into the yard, twisted the dog's collar, and subdued the animal.
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Bronx
William Carr
Burton Hits Delay In Seaway Project
John E. Burton, chairman of the New York State Power Authority, told the House Public Works Committee that continued delay in the St. Lawrence River power project is an economic crime against New York and the nation. The committee reviews a bill authorizing the seaway and power project.
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St. Lawrence River
New York
Congress
John E. Burton
General Foods Cuts Coffee Prices Nationwide
General Foods Corp announces a two cent per pound wholesale price reduction on all brand vacuum packed coffees effective immediately, affecting retailers and consumers across the market.
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General Foods Corp
Popular Professor Egg Toss Sparks Classroom Fun
New York city college instructor Gerald Ehrlich earned the nickname the most popular professor after tossing eggs at students to keep them attentive. Students welcomed the playful antics and embraced the nickname.
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New York
Gerald Ehrlich
City College
Fire devastates Rimouski leaving 2500 homeless and vast ruin
A weekend blaze in Rimouski Quebec caused 20 million dollars in damage and destroyed 312 homes along with the St Joseph Hospital and several institutions. Winds up to 80 miles an hour and a snapped power line sparked the fire igniting lumber mills. Fire crews fought through Saturday night into Sunday as residents fled with belongings. By midnight Sunday control was reported, snow covering the still smoking ruins and Red Cross aiding the displaced.
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Three Prisoners Escape From Ohio Farm
Prison guards said three inmates fled London prison farm by swinging 50 feet from the roof to the ground. Identified escapees include Lucius Longworthy 32 convicted of receiving stolen property Lloyd Russell 30 and his brother Paul 26 both convicted of burglary.
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Victor J. Monte
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Lucius Longworthy
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Cold Wave Looms As Syracuse Braces For Freeze Tonight
Jack Frost grips Syracuse with a projected 30 degree low and a slight warming tomorrow. Dansville records 27 as New York State sees a 21 degree low in Caribou Maine. Yesterday’s high reached 63 with a 55 forecast for today amid snow in the West.
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New England
Colorado
Royal Trip Delayed in Malta Weather Halts Return
Princess Elizabeth, visiting the Duke of Edinburgh in Valletta Malta, postponed her return by air due to bad weather over France. The delay is officially attributed to unfavorable conditions.
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Duke of Edinburgh
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Strike in Balance Hits 2500 Bakery Workers Near Midnight
A 2,500 AFL Bakery Workers across 29 Continental Baking Company plants faced a midnight strike deadline with reports the union had called off the action.
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Continental Baking Company
Rail Peace Talks Snag Amid Firemen Dispute
Chicago reporters say the National Railway Mediation Board hit a snag in efforts to avert a nationwide walkout set for 6 AM Wednesday. The dispute centers on the union demand for a second fireman in the motor room of all diesel locomotives.
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Czech court sentences spy ring in Moravia plotting assassinations
A Sumperk court in Moravia sentenced one Czech to death and twelve others to prison terms up to life for espionage and plotting to assassinate government officials, Lidova Obroda reported.
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Czechoslovakia
Sumperk
Moravia
Lidova Obroda
Farm Hand Hurt In 65 Foot Fall At Ellisburg Silo
Theodore Parish aged 20 fell 65 feet from a silo on the James Sears farm in Ellisburg R D He was taken to St Josephs Hospital with possible fractured back fractured left arm facial lacerations and shock The sheriff deputy Henry Coughlin listed his condition as serious.
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James Sears
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Milk Trust Suit Charged by Independent Distributors
Sixteen independent milk distributors filed a civil anti trust suit in Federal Court against Sheffield Farms Co Inc and affiliates alleging a price war to drive them out of business. They claim Sheffield monopolized the New York metropolitan fluid milk market with unreasonably low prices and seek treble damages of 3.5 million dollars. The suit names 18 executives and traces the price war to October 13, 1949, with plaintiffs claiming losses of 1.17 million dollars.
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Right Wingers Win Big in Austrian Municipal Votes
In Lower Austria voters ousted 10 of 11 Soviet appointment mayors as the right wing Peoples Party captured 13,462 mandates across 1,583 communities. Anti Communist Socialists won 2,233 and the Communist Radical bloc 397. Russians had challenged the voting earlier but withdrew objections. The left bloc retained about five percent of the total vote.
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Peoples Party
Million Dollar Jamaica Bay Span Fire Crops Rail Link
A spring gale caused a million dollar blaze that burned the Jamaica Bay four mile Long Island Rail Road trestle between Queens and Rockaway. The fire destroyed a 2,500 foot section and halted main service as water shortages complicated firefighting. Authorities estimated 1.25 million in damage and issued emergency schedules until restoration.
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Atlantic Ocean
India Neutral On Reds in UN
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru says India will not take sides in any bid to expel Communist countries from the United Nations. He condemns Hoover’s plan to reorganize the UN without Russia and satellites, noting many countries refuse to line up in the cold war.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
India
United Nations
Hoover
Russia
Nehru
Primps for Death
New York reports Veronica Norman a 23 year old model found dead in a well furnished apartment after three gas jets were left burning in the kitchen. Authorities treat the death as possible suicide or accidental gas exposure.
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Veronica Norman
France seeks U S aid in Indo China war talks
Paris reports France asks the United States for financial and material help to wage the $500 million a year war against communist led rebels in Indo China. The talks include Acheson and Schuman with Bevin joining later as Western ministers meet to discuss policy.
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George Perkins
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Ate -Large
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Charles E. Bohlen
Schumann
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Ho Chi Hinh
Trucks detained at Helmstedt checkpoint near Berlin
Twenty eight furniture laden trucks bound for West Germany were detained by Russian forces at the Helmstedt checkpoint, located about 110 miles west of Berlin, in a security action during the ongoing tensions.
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West Germany
Helmstedt
Reform Bill Talk Draws Unwelcome Socialist Leader
George G Burdett challenges the reform bill in a public exchange. A teller of odd anecdotes notes a peculiar doorstep encounter where a shabby visitor begs charity and is sent for a bath, illustrating social tensions and generous responses in a single vignette.
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