Social Security Expansion Falls Short of Truman’s Goal
Washington officials debate the scope of Social Security growth with President Truman seeking 20 million added coverage. Estimates suggest about 10 million new workers may be covered due to admin hurdles, while 30 million are currently insured. Debate over home relief plans and state funding intensifies, with Taft warning of a welfare state and governors split on funding burdens.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federa
Associated’ Press
Florida
Fuller Warren
C. J. Maxey
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gram
House
McCormack
Mass
Shostakovich to Attend U S Peace Conference in New York
Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich will attend the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace in New York the first visit to the United States. He has faced criticism at home for alleged ideological impurities and publicly apologized for bourgeoin taint.
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Dmitri Shostakovich
New York
U.S
Shostakovich
Name Heads Of Public Drive Continues From Page One
Eight members of the Hagerstown teams organization will head a campaign that aims to recruit 492 volunteers. At a meeting last night at the Motel Alexander, Mr. Shields said the drive will offer a lifetime proposal to invest in greater health protection for families. He noted the hospital lacks certain facilities and urged the ablest and sincerest residents to support the effort under the leadership of the campaign commanders. The group seeks to raise a $1250.00 building fund goal.
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Hagerstown Teams
Unien Commandera
Alexander
Shields
Hagerstown
Egypt Backs Armistice Pact Amid War End Signals
Egypt approves an armistice plan detailing demilitarization of Bir Aaluj between Beersheba and the border, Egyptian troop movements through Israel during withdrawal from Jerusalem and the Faluja pocket, and prisoner exchanges within two weeks. The nine month conflict, which began with Britain's mandate termination last May 15 and the proclamation of the Jewish government, seems to be ending with Jewish control of most of the area.
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Bir Aaluj
Beersheba
Israel
Jerusalem
Faluja
Tel Aviv
Britain
Barren Negev Said to Be Spurred for Settlements
The text notes plans to populate the barren Negev with settlements and describes a transit schedule with 102 daily trips from Harriburgh. No exact arrival or departure times are given due to expected timetable changes, though rail and bus services remain 80 percent spaced to offer wide travel options.
Reds Drive Against Church Threats Across Eastern Europe
Official records outline a campaign against religious institutions in eastern Europe. Proposals include severing church-state ties, imposing subsidies or land reform to seize church property, and using favored churches as state instruments while cutting western contacts. Roman Catholics and Protestants are singled out for their international links.
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West
Rome
Europe
Windows Decorator Mrs Cearfoss Brightens Homes Daily
Mrs Cearfoss decorates windows with cut flowers dolls teapots and vases for holidays when possible she enjoys collecting antique teapots and keeps displays in her own home She once faced a late Easter crowd that found a dunce cap in the window Washingtons birthday display featured cherry tree stumps hats flags and hatchets Authorities seek weapon in fatal drunken brawl in Mt Vernon Ohio where Herbert Stevens 61 and son Harold 32 were found dead in their Fredericktown apartment.
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Gale
Mt. Vernon, O
Fredericktown
Herbert Stevens
Harold
Local diner chat sparks unintended listening lapse
Buck Howell and the narrator visit Bob's diner in Bale ville where friends discuss breaking news about Rogs. Luck interrupts with a lecture as everyone rises in a rhythmic stamping, then Buck confesses mishearing a conversation and failing to listen when a person talks.
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Buck Howell
Baleville
Bob
Rogs
Bolivian government crushes exile plot and arrests leaders
President Hertzog reports the Bolivian government has crushed a revolutionary plot by exiles in Peru and Argentina. At least twelve leaders of the National Revolutionary Movement have been arrested and deported. A later note recalls Olympe de Gouges and women’s rights as asserted in France in 1789.
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Enrique Hertzog
Peru
Argentina
National Revolutionary Movement
France
Olympe de Gouges
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