Hickenlooper demands full AEC records and security data
Senator Hickenlooper pressed the Atomic Energy Commission for a vast batch of records including Roosevelt Churchill talks from the 1948 Quebec conference and FBI security reports. He cited 87 percent turnover in 1947-48 as proof of mismanagement under Lilienthal while Chairman McMahon vowed a truth-seeking inquiry and warned against whitewash.
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Wilson
Congressional
Commission
Senate House Atomic Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
AEC
Roosevelt-Churchill
Quebec
FBI
Lilienthal
AKC
Army
McMahon
D-Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
Bullets Point To Clue In Ga Lynch Case
Irwinton Georgia June 1 AP two bullets and tire tread marks are key leads in the lynching of Caleb Hill Jr a 28 year old negro The sheriff says he may have suspects and will compare bullets to guns in mind Investigators search for witnesses after Hill was arrested at a roadhouse fight in which he took Sheriff Hatcher's gun and was seized back to jail Hill was later abducted from jail by two white men and lynched near Irwinton Hill was married with three children and supported relatives in an unpainted pine house The victim had enemies both white and black tied to his ownership of a 1946 car
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Irwinton
Caleb Hill Jr
George Hatcher
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Hatcher
Hill
Army Reports Bolivian Mines Under Control Amid Civil War Tensions
Reports from La Paz say Bolivia's army has taken control as tin mine strikes escalate. Reserve troops aged 19 to 50 mobilized after cabinet met in emergency session declaring a state of civil war. Miners seized officials, 200 troops clashed at Huanuni mines in the Andes southeast of La Paz. The government imposed a 90 day semi martial law siege and rail service halted, risking food shortages for 3,000,000 residents. Unrest linked to nationalist and communist elements, with several dead including two American engineers and a U.S. superintendent.
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Alberto Avestegui
la Paz
Bolivia
High Andes
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Patino
Siglo Veinte
National Revolutionary Movement
Huanuni
Howard Keller
U. S
Mine Heads Call Lewis Charge False
State coal mining officials in several states backed claims that John L. Lewis’s charges on miners’ safety were unfounded. Lewis of the United Mine Workers told a Senate subcommittee that seven states, including Pennsylvania, ignored federal mine safety codes. Alabama and Georgia officials disputed the claim, while Iowa and Wyoming inspectors said state codes suffice or are safer.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Pennsylvania
Arkansas
Georgia
Iowa
North Dakota
Wyoming
Harrisburg
Richard Maize
Maize
Alabama
A. Everett Erskine
Lyman Fear
Garland Peyton
Dade
Walker
North Geora
Peyton
John ‘S L. Lewin
Vets Pension Bill Moves To Senate After House Approval
The House passed a World War I and II veterans pension bill and sent it to the Senate. A contested unemployability provision was removed by a 172 to 57 vote. The measure totals about 65.0 billion dollars in added pensions and faces no other changes in the bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans’ Committee
Presbyterians Refuse To Quit Council Of Churches
The Southern Presbyterian Church General Assembly rejected a move to withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches citing lingering leftist influence. They set a $4,000,000 goal for 1950-51 for church agencies and benevolent causes and established a first General Council to direct agency reorganization between Assembly sessions. The assembly endorsed greater cooperation with the Presbyterian Church in the U S A North to heal wartime divisions while denying Knoxville and Meridian overtures to withdraw.
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Bem Price
Montreal
N.C
Southern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Federal Council of Churches
Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
U.S
General Council
Beore
Presbyterian Church of the
U.S.A
North
Knoxville
Tenn
Meridian
Miss
Federal Council
John
M. Alexander
Atlanta
Council
Committee On Interchurch Relations
J. ,N. Thomas
Richmond
Afterpeaker
West Nears Showdown On Berlin With Soviets
West forces tighten stance as Berlin crisis escalates with Soviet hardline posture and allied demands. Diplomatic channels remain active while troop movements spark global concern and potential flare up risk.
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West
Berlin
Gov Talmadge Addresses Meigs High Graduates
Governor Herman Talmadge urged Meigs High seniors to weigh free enterprise against rising socialistic trends citing higher taxes more regulation and socialized medicine He also discussed southwest Georgia industry and critiqued state school finances and Milledgeville mental institutions before moving on to other stops in his speaking circuit.
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Meigs
Herman Talmadge
Meigs High
Georgia
Whigham
Talmadge
Thomasville
Whigham High
Dodson‘s Grill
Eceoromique
Local Market Prices From State Farmers Market Report
Market manager A L Mathis notes butter beans moved in 2675 hampers at 1.75 to 2.40. Squash sold 0.75 to 4.60 for 611 bushels. Peas 2378 bushels at 0.75 to 1.35 for black eyes and 1.05 to 2.30 for crowders. Cucumbers 0.75 to 1.50 for 201 bushels. Tomatoes slow with 757 hampers at 1.00 to 2.60. Okra 0.50 to 0.75 for 344 bushels. Pole beans 218 hampers at 1.75 to 4.50. 500 dozen ears corn sold at 0.25 to 0.80 per dozen.
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Toen
A. L. Mathis
Gainesville Rent Controls Remain In Place
Gainesville landlords stay under rent controls as Gov. Talmadge declines to approve lifting limits. He directs Gainesville and Hall County officials to revisit a decontrol proposal for the defense-rental area and notes that removing ceilings could impact nearby regions.
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Atlanta
Gainesville
Herman Talmadge
Hall County
National Housing
Tighe Woods Gard
Striking Teacher in Atlanta Demands Funds for Cancer Care
Dr. Wille Melmoth Bomar a 54 year old Georgia home economics teacher began a sit down strike for 65 78 to cover cancer treatment. She will quit and resign her Wheeler county job so the retirement board will refund the deductions. She has stayed in the Atlanta retirement office since Monday morning and plans a trip to Rochester Minnesota for checks and possible treatment. The board previously refunded such deductions after questioning.
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Atlanta
Wille Melmoth Bomar
Glenwood
State Teachers’ Retirement Board
J.A. Yaden
Bomar
Wheeler County
T. C. Fulford
Yaden
Columbia University
Georgia
J. L. Yaden
University of Georgia
New York
Truce On Schools Reported In Georgia Board Talks
Atlanta June 1 AP Warring factions in Georgia s school system report a truce on major issues as Superintendent Collins advances points with State Board of Education chair George Whitman Jr and vice chair James Peters. Sources say talks focused on budgeting personnel and salaries with no public outcome. Local governments were urged to fund more school costs and bus needs, while county funding remains insufficient.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Br. M. D. Collins
Talmadge
State Board of Education
Collins
George -. Whitman, Jr
James Peters
Augusta Pollittcal
Roy Harris
Bald
J. Whitman
Peters
C. S. Hubbard
Harris
Whitman
Utman
Georgia Weather Outlook Mixed This Week
The forecast calls for mostly fair conditions in Georgia with varying temperatures this afternoon and tonight. Occasional light rain is possible in the extreme south as a mild air mass moves through the state.
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Georgia
Peratures Pene
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By Joseph E. Dynan
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