1950 News in Review Snapshot of Global Tensions
A 1950 timeline highlights wartime and postwar events. Hoover and Taft urged defending Formosa. Truman’s state of the union outlines policy shifts and budget plans. Britain recognizes Red China de jure while U.S. presses Korea and Formosa aid. Maoist and Soviet actions mix with labor strife as coal miners resist. Major incidents include deaths, shipwrecks, plane crashes, and espionage trials.
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Korea
Tibet
Indo-China
Hoover
Taft
U. S
Formosa
Truman
Congress
Britain
China
Russia
U. N. Security Council
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Force
Missouri
Hampton Roads
Rob Brinks, Inc
Boston
House
Senate
Admiral Sherman
Justice Department
McCarthy
Philip Jessup
Hermann Sander
Wales
Acheson
Owen Lattimore
Laurence Steinhardt
Ottawa
May Day clashes and global tensions flare in 1949 events
A May Day overview notes mass anti‑Red demonstrations in West Berlin with 500,000 protesters and a mix of international developments. France proposes a coal steel pool with Germany, unemployment climbs after rail strikes, and North Atlantic Pact members form a strategic board led by a top American. A South Amboy explosion kills four, injures hundreds, and a Chicago gasoline truck streetcar crash kills one. Additional items include a major atom spy capture in Philadelphia and a large East Berlin parade ending without an invasion.
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West Berlin
France
Germany
Board of Strategy
Atlantic
South Amboy
N. J
Harry Gold
Atom
Chicago
East Berlin
Truman
Charles Wilson
North Atlantic Council
Eisenhower
Walton Walker
Korea
8Th Army
Ridgway
10Th Corps
Hungnam
Pohang
Pusan
South Korea
McCarthy smear tactics challenged by GOP senators
A list of events covers early June when seven Republican senators denounce Senator McCarthy for smear tactics. The record notes Supreme Court rulings on desegregation, Truman’s 3.2 billion foreign aid bill, a perjury indictment of William Remington, and Hogan’s sensational U S Open win. It also mentions Greenglass’s 1945 espionage case, Dewey’s gubernatorial exit, Erickson’s gambling plea, and various Korea War developments including UN actions, Formosa guard orders, and MacArthur’s Korea moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.O.P
McCarthy
Supreme Court
Truman
War and political twists roll across August timeline
August reports show Russia door-opening at U N Security Council while Korea battles surge with U S Marines. Belgium moves royal power, Truman seizes railroads, and MacArthur polishes strategy as Seoul, Pyongyang heat up.
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Russia
U.N. Security Council
Jacob Malik
Council
China
U. S
Korea
World and Baseball Highlights From The News
October events report crossed 38th UN Commission on Korea hearing about 25 000 murdered men women children and war prisoners counted. New York Yankees beat the Phillies to win the world baseball championship in four straight games. Secretary Acheson pledges aid to Yugoslavia amid wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
38Th Parallel
U. N. Commission On Korea
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies
Acheson
Yugoslavia
Suf
Truman Era Crises and Early Cold War Milestones
A chronicle of 1949 events includes a failed assassination attempt on Truman by Puerto Rican Nationalists, Senate Republicans near-taking control, Taft reelected, and Sny der proposing a 75 percent excess-profit tax. Truman asks Congress for nearly 18 billion dollars for rearmament, Korean War actions escalate with Allied retreats and renewed commitments, and notable events mark mobilization, leadership changes, and wartime casualties.
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Truman
Senate
House
Lucas, Myers
Tydings
Taft
Treasury
Snyder
Planning Frittered Away By War Emergency Decree
The Dec 16 national emergency derailed six years of Air Force mobilization planning. Automakers were moved into aircraft production, sidelining idle war plants and unsettling the aviation industry. Officials say rapid defense needs forced shift, with Kaiser-Fraser and General Motors building aircraft in standby facilities while broader labor and capacity plans await.
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Ashington
Air Force
Truman
Secretary of Defense
Marshall
Kaiser-Fraser
Willow Run
Detroit
General Motors
Republic
Kansas City
Kan
Fairchild
Most of U N Staff Complete Move to New York Headquarters
United Nations workers from 62 countries have largely relocated to the 39 story secretariat building on the East River in New York. By next June all 3,000 secretariat staff will be in Manhattan, with remaining old headquarters at Lake Success closed or repurposed. The new site becomes the official UN address, while old quarters are prepared for Sperry Co manufacturing and emergency assembly needs shift between sites.
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U. N
New York
United Nations
N. Y
International
Long Island
Secretariat
East River
U.N. Capitol
42Nd
48Th Sts
Lake Success
Manhattan
Sperry Co
Security Council
General Assembly
Flushing Meadow
Europe
Congress
FBI
Seven baptismal names for the Duke of Windsor
The Duke of Windsor bears seven baptismal names: Edward Albert Christian after his grandfather King Edward VII and two great-grandfathers the Prince Consort and King Christian of Denmark. George Andrew Patrick David honors England Scotland Ireland and Wales patron saints.
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Duke of Windsor
Edward Albert Christian
Edward VII
Prince Consort
King Christian
Denmark
George Andrew Patrick David
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
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Klaus Fuchs
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Robert Vogeler
Budapest
Hungary
America
British Labor Party
Commons
Oklahoma City
Zoo Home
United Mine Workers
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
U.N
Miss Coplon
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Harry Bridges
Broup
Charles Binaggio
John Foster Dulles
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Kremlin
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Grand Jury
Commerce Department
William Remington
Ben Hogan
David Greenglass
Los Alamos Atom Research Center
Thomas Dewey
Frank Erickson
Crowns of
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Vogeler
Lake Michigan
North Korea
Seoul
Seventh Fleet
Gen. MacArthur
Kum River
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Naktong River
Taegu
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Belgium
Leopold
Prince Baudouin
Gordon
Burma
Seagrave
Dewey
Joe Hanley
U.S
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Ohio
Jan Smuts
Louis Johnson
Defense
George Marshall
Inchon
O’dwyer
Mexico
N.B.A
Ezzard Charles
Joe Louis
William Dean
FCC
CBS
Wake Island
Pyongyang
Stafford Cripps
Hugh Gaitskell
Henry Stimson
Suchon
British Commons
Bruno Pontecorvo
Yalu
Manchuria
Gustav VI
Gustav V
Wyoming Mountain
Red China
Sen.mccarthy
U.s.sr
Dokor Hermann Sanders
Comebach
Gloria Swanson
Attlee
Washington
Anna Rosenberl
Stengels
Phillies
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Juneau
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Canton
Eceer
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