Truman Warns on False Economy and World Peace Plan
President Truman told Little Rock crowds that the United States has done only half the job toward lasting world peace and warned that cutting foreign aid would aid Communism. He outlined a threefold plan emphasizing a strong United States, allied free nations, and adaptable international machinery, and urged rapid approval of the Atlantic pact and its arms program.
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Little Rock
Ark
Truman
United States
Senate
Free World
GOP Leader Challenges Solons Over False Thrift
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg joined President Truman in warning that cutting Marshall Plan spending threatens world peace and recovery. Truman urged maintaining the $4.198 billion request for the next year, noting the program’s three-year span and ongoing Communist threat. Vandenberg warned arbitrary cuts would be a tragic blow, while praising Hoffman’s administration. Some lawmakers push for deeper cuts, with Taft and George suggesting 5–10 percent reductions.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Truman
Senate
Paul G. Hoffman
Little Rock
Ark
Congress
Vandenberg
Kenneth McKeller
Tenn
Hoffman
House
Robert A. Taft
Walter F. George
Coal Parleys Open Monday
Washington sources say John L. Lewis will launch a third front in contract talks with coal operators. He is to begin new negotiations with U S Steel in Philadelphia on Monday while Tuesday sees talks with southern producers in Bluefield West Virginia. A one week work stoppage started Saturday and will run until the first shift Monday June 20.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
Traffic Death Toll For Idaho Falls By Half
Idaho safety director George E. Vaughn said the state’s traffic fatalities dipped to 35 by yesterday, nearly half of last year’s 69 deaths reported by June 11.
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Boise
Idaho State Safety
George E. Vaughn
Stamp Out Communism GOP Conference Urges Hoover Plan
Eight hundred western Republicans gathered in Los Angeles for a two day conference urging stamp out Communism and support for Hoover era government economy. A second resolution backed Hoover program while officers including Leon Snyder and Ivy Priest were elected. Delegates proposed another Colorado spring conference to discuss reclamation tidelands and water issues. National Chairman Hugh D Scott Jr pledged continued cooperation with the Young Republican Federation.
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Los Angeles
Leon Snyder
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ivy Priest
Salt Lake City
J. M. Dawley
Olympia
Wash
Margaret Brock
Kathryn Woman
Wyoming
Colorado
National Party
Hugh D. Scott Jr
National Republican Committee
Young Republican Federation
Scott
Demos Open Farm Rally In Des Moines
The 16 state democratic farm rally in Des Moines Iowa drew no official delegates from the American Farm Bureau Federation or the National Grange though planned attendance by leaders of the National Farmers Union. Brannan defended the administration price support plan during a two day Midwest conference aiming to rally support for 1950 farm votes and Democratic strategy.
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Des Moines
Charles Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange
Farm Bureau
Brannan
Grange
National Farmers’ Union
Federation
Odom Crashes in Beechcraft Belly Landing at Stapleton
Denver report says global flyer Bill Odom made a forced belly landing at Stapleton after fuel pressure dropped to zero. He had two records in a Honolulu to Teterboro nonstop flight, then quickly flew another plane to Casper despite the mishap.
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Denver
Bill Odom
Stapleton Airfield
Odom
Honolulu
Teterboro
N. J
Casper, Yo
Pendleton Lumber Plant Destroyed by Fire
Pendleton Lumber Co. facility three miles west of Pendleton on the Umatilla River was totally destroyed by a late Saturday fire. Assistant police chief Hank Arkell pegged the damage at 250000 dollars after the blaze started in a drying kiln around 345 p.m.
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Pendleton, Ore
Pendleton Lumber Co
Here
Umatilla River
Hank Arkell
State Officials Defend Idaho Benefits After Taylor Request
Idaho officials across parties assailed U S Senator Glen Taylor over a call for a special legislative session to restore 10 percent cuts in old age payments. Rep Henry C O Leary and Secretary of State J D C Price argued cuts were the result of state actions and urged fiscal restraint while noting possible future aid if funds allow.
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Henry C. O'Leary
U. S
Glen H. Taylor
Idaho
Glen Taylor
Taylor
O'Leary
C. A. Robins
Oregon
Washington
Boise
J. D. C. Price
Sen
Price
Jail Breaker Recaptured in Cassia County
Benjamin Franklin Harrison Jr., 21, escaped from Cassia county jail by kicking out a ventilator at 1:15 p.m. and crawling to an adjacent cell then to the corridor. He was picked up near the town’s edge by Deputy Darwin Oliver at 1:40 p.m., while facing charges of suspected illegal car sales.
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Burley
Benjamin Franklin Harrison, Jr
Cassia
Harrison
Darwin Oliver
Oliver
City Receives Purchase Offer for Airfield Lands
Mayor W. W. Halsey announced Mountain States Construction Co. made a bid to buy two acres at the municipal airfield. The offer covers hangars once used by Wilson Flying Service and adjacent city structures to be used as machine shops and storage space for construction equipment.
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Municipal Airfield
W. W. Halsey
Mountain States Construction Co
Halsey
Wilson Flying Service
Berlin Rail Strike Near End as West Accepts Plan
A 22 day Berlin rail stoppage appeared to near settlement as Soviet and Western leaders agreed on 75 percent payoff in westmarks for west sector workers and no reprisals. Union leaders signaled acceptance while talks in Paris aimed to lift the blockade and return trains by Monday.
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Berlin
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Paris
Lawrence Wilkinson
P. A. Krasjnin
Wilkinson
Frank Howley
Union
Mayor calls Monday council meeting on leases at Phillips Field
Mayor W W Halsey announced a Monday night council meeting to consider requests by the Army for leases on Phillips Field. Traffic Engineer Arch Bollong will attend after arriving from Seattle to conduct a three day traffic survey and present initial recommendations to ease Pocatello’s traffic problems.
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W. W. Halsey
Department of the Army
Phillips Field
A. W. “Arch” Bollong
Pocatello
Seattle
Bollong
Rail yard expansion plan to start in Pocatello
Union Pacific and Pacific Fruit Express announce a combined 2.5 million dollar investment in Pocatello rail yards. PFE will begin a 1.4 million dollar Gate City expansion immediately, while UP pledges over 1 million dollars for yard improvements including diesel locomotive shops within the next year. City leaders hail the projects as a sign of growth toward regional industrial prominence.
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Pocatello
Pacific Fruit Express
PFE
Union Pacific
Gate City
Gem State
Mendy
Union Pacific Railroad
Sun Valley
Idaho Potato and Union Shippers
K. V. Plummer
The
Post
Arthur E. Stoddard
Stoddard
United Press
Plummer
Idaho
W. W. Hiksey
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Gallafent
PFE Plans Major Expansion In Pocatello
PFE proposes a large expansion including a car repair shop refrigeration shops and new tracks capable of handling about 350 cars daily. Construction of ten buildings and multiple tracks will begin immediately north of the current plant along Gould street near the UP main line. The project aims to boost diesel locomotive service in the intermountain region as Pocatello grows as a western transport hub.
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PFE
Plummer
Express Company
Morrison- Knudson
Boise
Pocatello
Gould Street
Harrison Avenue
Union Pacific
Stoddard
Deisel
Mihe
Aia
Intermountain
Bike Hits Deer and Deer Kicks Back in New York Rural Tale
Clark Pounell, 39, Unionville, Conn., riding a motorcycle near Port Jervis, collided with a deer. He was thrown over the handlebars and landed dazed on the highway. The deer then walked over and kicked him before he could recover at St Francis Hospital.
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Port Jervis
Clark Pounell
Unionville
Conn
St. Francis Hospital
Pounell
Hickenlooper Backs Delay in Atomic Inquiry
Senator Hickenlooper urged postponing the Lilienthal mismanagement probe to allow access to classified material. He criticized the AEC for labeling records confidential and requested a closed session, while Brien McMahon pressed ahead with public hearings featuring J. Robert Oppenheimer testimony on isotope exports.
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Washington
Committee
Brien McMahon
Conn
Joint Committee
Hickenlooper
McMahon
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Commission
General Free Committee
Atomic Commission
Marine Corps Backed by Halsey for Permanent Force
Adm William F. Halsey voiced support for a permanent Marine Corps with a basic strength set at six percent of the Army Navy and Air Force. He outlined the proposal in Washington noting its strategic value and relation to overall military balance.
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Washington
William F. Halsey
Marine Corps
Army
Navy Air Force
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