Vandenberg Urges Swift Action on Europe Recovery Plan
Senate leader Arthur Vandenberg urged quick passage of the 5.3 billion ERP aid to 16 non communist European states. He warned aggressive communism threatens both old and new worlds and warned against delaying amid a House move to merge foreign aid bills.
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Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Europe
Michigan Republican
House
Charles A. Eaton
N. J
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vandenberg
Congress
America
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Robert A. Taft
Eaton
China
Greece
Turkey
Scientist Branded By House Group
A House subcommittee charged Dr. Edward A. Condon, head of the National Bureau of Standards, with links to alleged Soviet espionage agents. The panel urged removal or an official explanation, citing 1947 FBI memos and warning of a broader Communist strategy in the United States.
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American Activities Subcommittee
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Subcommittee
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Condon
Bureau of Standards
Commerce Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
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Dr. Condon
Bureau
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Special Congressional Committee
Bikini Atoll
Stalin
Europe
United States
Czechoslovakia
May Delay Czech Vote May Delay Czech Vote
Prague Czechoslovakia May 7 The national election set for June 7 could be postponed if the constituent assembly has not finished its work by that date social welfare minister Evzen Erban said at a cabinet press conference. He noted the recent crisis delayed assembly work and mentioned the shift to Communist dominated government as legally based.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Evzen Erban
Erban
Klement Gottwald
Senate panel backs limited entry of displaced Europeans
The senate judiciary committee approved admitting 100000 of Europe’s 900000 displaced persons into the United States by June 30 1950 under strict rules. Half must become farmers to ease crowding on coastal ports and land routes.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Europe
United States
Food costs rise as grains and hogs surge on market rebound
Chicago reports reflect a sharp price uptick in corn wheat oats and hogs as government resumes limited flour purchases. Feb declines give way to an eight cent limit rise for May corn and near ten cent limit marks for wheat while hog prices climb up to two dollars per hundred pounds across cornbelt markets.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Finnish Conservatives Oppose Military Negotiations with Russia
In Helsinki the conservative party, holding 429 of 200 seats, urged rejection of military talks with the Soviet Union after a secret session with President Paasikivi and Finland's top leaders. The party favored a treaty of friendship but opposed a military pact, warning of Communist agitation before July elections.
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Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Josef Stalin
Paasikivi
Stalin
Germany
Moscow
Arvo Salminen
Tornadoes Strike Texas and Nearby Areas
Two small tornadoes damaged homes and injured two people in Opelika Texas as storms pounded the southwest. A separate twister hit Mo Hank Texas with lighter property damage while flash floods and dust storms swept the region amid snow and sleet in the middle west.
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Middle West
Texas
Opelika
Mohank
Tex
Hearst backs MacArthur for U.S. presidency
Hearst newspapers embrace General Douglas MacArthur as the man of the hour in a front page editorial. They call for drafting him for the presidency, arguing the nation needs a statesman not a politician and that current candidates fail to meet the public need.
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New York
Hearst
Douglas) MacArthur
United States
Four alleged Communists begin hunger strike on Ellis Island
Four alleged Communists in custody on Ellis Island initiated a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment. The group includes alleged No. 1 Communist Gog Williamson and Ferdinald C. Smith of CIO unions, among others, amid ongoing wartime security actions.
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New York
Ellis Island
Wepe
ISC Finishes First Year As Degree Granting Institution
Idaho State College celebrates its first anniversary as a four year degree granting college after Gov. Robins signed the status change on March 3, 1947. A 2 p.m. address by Dr. Bernard Hyink follows a day of campus events including a 10:30 a.m. rally parades and open house.
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ISC
Idaho State College
Carl W. McIntosh
Frazier Hall
McIntosh
Idaho
State College
C. A. Robins
University of Idaho, Southern Branch
Carl W. Melftosh
Bernard Hyink
University of Redlands
Calif
Eva Weir
South Eighth St
Graveley Hall
Student Union Women’s
MelIntosh
Bureau Disbanded After Bus Strike Crisis In Mississippi
The Mississippi bureau of investigation was disbanded in Jackson after operating for three months as an invisible force under Gov. Fielding Wright. The MBI ceased at 12:01 a.m. because the emergency that prompted its creation a bus strike had ended.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation
Fielding Wright
MBI
ISC Gets Aid Pledge From State Board at ISC Banquet
About 350 Gridiron club members attend the second annual ISC banquet where Emory Owens head of the State Board of Education pledges support for Idaho State College including athletics. ISC officials discuss seeking broad backing and recruiting strategies plus student input on staffing and outreach.
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Gridiron Club
Emory Owens
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Idaho State College
Idaho Democrats May Penalize Taylor At Convention
Twin Falls Idaho. State Democratic chairman Dan Cav anaugh says the party may take action against Senator Glenn Taylor at the delegate convention in Idaho Falls on April 24. No action occurred at the Boise central committee meeting last Thursday. The convention would decide on resolutions against Taylor.
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Twin Falls
Dan J. Cavanaugh
Glenn Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Idaho Falls
Taylor
Democratic Central Committee
Boise
Cavanaugh
Navy jet fails in San Francisco Los Angeles record attempt
Lt. Cmdr. R. N. Elder flew from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 44 minutes 39 seconds but did not beat the 1946 Army mark by two minutes six seconds. He missed the landing field by about eight miles, circled to line up, and flew over the field control tower after drifting through clouds.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
South Carolina and Mississippi Move to Break With Truman
South Carolina and Mississippi Democratic committees vote to withhold support from Truman and threaten to bolt the 1948 nominating process over civil rights, urging electors to back only candidates condemning Truman’s civil rights program. Thurmond and Crump lead opposition while calls for staying in the party mix with boycott debate.
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Mississippi
Truman
Thurmond
U. S
Burnet R. Maybank
Southern state dissent grows over Truman civil rights policy
In Washington a split in the southern wing of the Democratic Party emerged as Rep. John Bell Williams urged President Truman to withdraw from the presidential race over civil rights policy. Sen. Lister Hill and Sen. John Sparkman urged caution and party unity while viewing state handling of race issues. In Key West Truman criticized efforts to retaliate by election law changes, calling the year unsettled and partisan bias possible in campaigning.
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U.S
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Truman
United Press
Washington
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Congress
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Miss
Mr. Truman
Lister Hill
Ala
Hill
John J. Sparkman
Key West
Fla
Senate
Water User Heads Named
Upper Snake river water users reelected Lynn Crandall of Idaho Falls as watermaster of irrigation district No. 36. They added Alex Coleman Ashton replacing Stanley Looslie and Roy Marquess Paul replacing H L Crawford. Existing committee members Kelle y Shelley Sharp Westeroth Stanger Goslin Ricks Severson stay on. Regional reclamation director Newell and Col Walsh spoke at the meeting.
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Idaho Falls
Snake River
Lynn Crandall
Irrigation District
Water Users’ Association
Alex Coleman
Stanley Looslie
Ashton
Roy Marquess
Paul
H. L. Crawford
Burley
John Kelley
Shelley
M. VY. Sharp
Filer
Charles Westeroth
Jerome
A. E. Stanger
Ival Goslim
Aberdeen
Ephraim Ricks
Sugar City
Hyrum Severson
Rigby
R. J. Newell
Col. O. E. Walsh
Portland
Corps of Army Engineers
Gate City Snow Truck Sighting Stirs Pocatello Postings
Pocatello readers report a snow truck parked at Jones Park service station on South Fifth Avenue. Bob McKee of Inkom drove the flatbed into town to show snow in the heat, with the bed three feet deep even after a day of warm weather.
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Jones Pop
South Fifth Avenue
Bob McKee
Inkom
Bob
Reuther denounces steel price rise during UAW meeting
Walter Reuther president of the CIO United Auto Workers called the steel price hike completely indefensible and scandalous at a Chicago press conference. He cited last year's profits as justification and said auto prices should not rise, while noting the market slump would not derail wage and benefit plans.
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Chicago
Walter Ruether
CIO
United Auto Workers
Reuther
UAW
Weather outlook with mixed clouds and possible snow flurries
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers or snow flurries and little temperature change. Highs reach 35 to 45 degrees, with overnight lows from 20 to 25.
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