Delay Threatens Draft Bill as Defense Funds Rise
Washington reports a clash between the Rules and Armed Services Committees delaying action on draft legislation while President Truman seeks 2.43 billion more for defense. The dispute centers on manpower plans and a draft versus volunteer system, with Senate anticipated to act on a combined draft and training bill.
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Washington
Rules and
Armed Services Committees
House
Truman
Congress
Armed Services Committee
Rules
Lec E Allen
R-1
Pates Group
Walter A Andrews
R-Ny
Armed Services
Allen
Andrews
Gromyko Plans Summer Vacation From UN Post
Soviet diplomat Andrei Gromyko announces a several month break from his duties as United Nations representative to return to Russia for rest. Jarob Malik, former envoy to Japan, is poised to replace him during the absence while Malik travels from London to assume duties.
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Marik
Vermont GOP delegates clash as Old Guard and youth vie
Vermont Republicans head to the national convention amid a bitter power struggle between the "Old Guard" led by James F Dewey and a younger faction backed by Gov Ernest W Gibson. The state traditionally sends an unpledged delegation, and this year is expected to follow suit.
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Vermont
Rare Abbey Relics Moved to Rome Library
Monastic relics from Montecassino, removed during World War II and spared from bombing, have been relocated to the Biblical College on the ancient Aurelian Way outside Rome. The sole remains of the Benedictine abbey are kept in a specially built room for scholarly consultation.
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Montecassino
Rome
Biblical College
Aurelian Way
Deaths and obituaries from Hastings to Jamestown
Obituary notices honor Otis Swift 77 nature editor of the New York World and founder of the Yosian Brotherhood in Hastings on Hudson. Sir Robert Henry Clive 70 former British ambassador to Japan and Belgium with ties to Forest Row. Piste Hitz 30 Swiss army pilot who aided US rescue efforts on Aguh Glacier in 1846. William Thomas Shaw 76 authority on North American birds and animals and professor emeritus at Fresno State College. Alwin G Ernst 66 managing partner of Ernst & Ernst CPAs in US and Canada, Cleveland. Christopher Evan King 65 retired official of General Annie and Film Corp and the Anseo Company, in Binghamton. Judson D Wright 73 former State Assembly member from Chautauqua County. Jamestown region obituary notes.
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Otis Swift
The
New York World
Rele
Yosian Brotherhood
Hastings-on- Hudson
Sir Robert Henry Clive
Japan
Belgium
Forest Row
Sussex
England
Piste Hitz
Aguh Glacier
William Thomas Shaw
Fresno State College
Freag Cabr
Alwin G Ernst
Ernst & Ernst Certified Public Accountants
Fices
United States
Canada
Cleveland
Christopher Evan King
General Annie and Film Corp
Anseo Company
Bnghamton
Judson D Wright
Felconer
States Assembly
Chautauqua County
Jamestown
States Urged to Get Out of Liquor Business
The national conference of State Liquor Administrators urged that state governments should exit liquor production and sales. They argued private enterprise, with regulation, better serves public interest than government control.
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New York
National Conference of State Liquor Administrators
Britain Raises 1948 Steel Target by Half Million Tons
The British government boosted the 1948 steel production target to 14,500,000 tons after output data showed the industry running above 15 million tons in the first four months of the year. Also reports note ships near Rio de Janeiro responding to SOS from the steamship Eugene F. Moron after a severe explosion.
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Congress
Megwauree UF
Repre- Washington P
Harley
Honal Coal Association
Lammakers
approxi-Hartley
Wisconsin
London
Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Jay
Eugene F. Moron
Rio Grande
Hanley Postpones South Vacation to May Speaking Duties
Acting Gov Joe R Hanley postponed a planned southern motor trip with his wife. He will instead speak at the States Young Republicans convention in Schroon Lake on May 22 and at American Day in White Plains on May 23.
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Albany
Joe R Hanley
Dewey
Tol
Mississippi
Hanley
Schroon Lake
White Plains
New Inquiry In Air Force Buying Urged
Four Democratic members of the old Senate War Investigating Committee call for new inquiries into Air Force procurement methods and personnel at Wright Field. They fault the Republican majority for the Hughes inquiry and say evidence shows no corruption by Howard Hughes, urging Congress to probe further.
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Washington OP
Howard Hughes
Hatch
Pepper
McGrath
Conor
Hughes
Wright Field
Omo
Brewster
R-Me
Bennett E Meyers
No 2 Air Force
Meyers
Railroads and Army Takeover Sparks Public Debate
Walter Kiernan comments on railroads operating under Army control and merchant concerns while noting officials’ ire at military takeovers. He jokes about a colonel with eagle insignia and cites opposition from Union leaders who call for restraint to European narrow gauge duties. A Montreal student, Ralph A Lee, with offers from MIT and four universities, will attend Columbia.
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Montreal
Ralph A Leegan
McGill University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rochester
Cornell Dinos
Columbia
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