Vandenberg to Press Restoring Europe Asia Aid Funds
Senator Vandenberg called for the earliest possible testimony before the Appropriations Committee to restore funds cut from the Europe Asia aid program. The House approved 5.98 billion dollars for 15 months, while the administration sought 6.53 billion for 12 months.
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Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Michigan
Appropriations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Dirksen
R-lil
Rayburn
Texas
Politburo
Moscow
Marshall
Harvard
Taber
R-Ny
Israeli Forces Recapture Yibna and Press Egyptian Advance
Israeli forces recaptured Yibna in the latest push against an Egyptian thrust toward Tel Aviv. The Jewish high command said a sizable Egyptian force along the coast was cut off as the battle for the area intensified.
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Yibna
Max Boyd
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Jewish High Command
Jenin
Ton
Arab Triangle
Palestine
Bagdad
Nablus-Jenin-Tulkarin
Ramie
Akhbar el Yom
United Nations
Holy Land
Nekrasky Pasha
Egypt
Beirut
Lebanon
Haifa
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Senators Fight Langer draft rider amid war values clash
A bipartisan bloc of Republicans and Southern and Northern Democrats moved to table Senator Langer's amendments to the draft bill, challenging his bid to bar race discrimination in the armed forces. Langer vowed more fights as debate resumed next week.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Langer
Senate
North Dakota
Gurney
R-Sd
Armed Services Committee
Russel
D-Ga
Truman
Russell
McGrath
D-Ri
Democratic National Committee
House
Leo E. Allen
R-Till
Rites Committee
Georgia Delegations Seek Seat at Democratic Convention
Two Georgia delegations, one pro Truman and one anti Truman, seek to represent Georgia at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Rumors reach Senator McGrath and Dorothy Vredenburgh as credentials questions loom over hotel assignments and potential split seating.
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Philadelphia
Georgia
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Dorothy Vredenburgh
Vredenburgh
McGrath
Majestic
James S. Peters
National Credentials Committee
Cone
Washington
Peters
Ed Rivers
Ellis Arnall
Naval Officer Saves Daughters Lose Wife in Pensacola Fire
In Pensacola Florida Navy Commander George A Barrett woke to smoke at 430 am and led his three daughters Mary 16 Judith 7 and Cynthia 4 down an outside stairway to safety their home later burned his wife could not be saved in the blaze Local AP report dates the incident to June 5 with details of the rescue and loss.
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Pensacola
Fla
George A. Barrett
Mary
Judith
Cynthia
Old Fort Barancay
Columbia Flood Crest To Be Highest Of Year
The Columbia River flood crest is expected to reach 30.8 feet at Vancouver and 30.6 feet at Portland, with damage estimated at 140 million dollars across Oregon Washington Idaho and British Columbia. Vanport remains inundated with 26 dead. relief efforts and federal funding requests intensify as dikes fail and refugees seek housing.
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Columbia
William Phipps
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
U. 8
Tlver
Kxzmer Fisher
Vancouver
Wash
Fisher
Fraser
United States
Tesada
Vanport
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
British Columbia
Pacific
Crastskante
Longview
Kelso
Michael
Sally Bulcher
Norman Bulcher
Red Cross
Portland Housing Authority
Congress
Thse Public Housing Administration
Magnuson
D-Wash
Northwest
Truman Opens Fight With Attack On GOP Congress
President Truman denounces the Republican Congress for blocking his plans to expand benefits and fight communism with “more and better democracy.” He tours in Omaha and Chicago, promising housing, health, Social Security, schooling, jobs, and inflation brakes. Taft, Dewey, Stassen, and Wallace figures campaign across states as third party issues loom and Ohio weighs ballot eligibility.
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Associated Press
Truman
Republican Congress
Chicago
Congress
Omaha
South
East
Far West
Robert A. Taft
North Carolina
South Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Taft
Carolina
Roosevelt
Russia
Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
Congressa
New York
Dewey
Harol
Stassen
Bay Street
California
Karl Warren
Minnesota
Warren
Ohio
Henry A. Wallace
Northrop Flying Wing Crashes Killing Five at Muroc
Five crew members died when the eight engined YB-49 Flying Wing crashed and burned near Muroc Army field California during a routine test flight from Muroc to Mojave. The cause was under investigation and names of the victims were withheld pending family notification.
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Muroc Air Base
Calif
Northrop
Tocey
Army
Muroc
Mojave
Desert
Lewis Ready To Negotiate With Coal Operators
Washington June 5 AP John L Lewis prepared to reopen talks with the soft coal operators undercourt pressure from Justice Goldsborough. A pending contract expires June 30 and wage and pension issues loom as key obstacles.
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Lewis
Harold W. Ward
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Bill hiring security pay awaits Truman
A multi million dollar boost in Social Security payments to dependent children the aged and the blind awaits President Truman's signature to become law. The bill would add 184 million dollars annually for about 9.7 million people and raise federal contributions by five dollars a month for the aged and blind and three dollars for dependent children. Maximums would be fifty dollars a month for aged and blind individuals and twenty seven dollars for a dependent child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. LE May
Washington
Truman
Senate
Bernadotte Named Mediator Amid Israel-Arab Tensions
Sweden's Count Folke Bernadotte, chosen by the United Nations to mediate the Arab Israeli conflict, is famed for delicate negotiations and prisoner exchanges. A 53-year-old nephew of King Gustaf, he pursues a life of integrity and humility, preferring a bicycle to a luxury car, with a motto about making others happy.
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Ralph Bunche
United Nations Secretariat
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Bernadotte
Cairo
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
Israali
Tel Aviv
James M. Long
Associated Press
Long
Sweden
United Nations
Catal
Europe
Folke Bernadotti
Germany
Reich
Wal
Agdhe
Palestine
Isaael
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Jerusalem
Old City
Life Magazine
Senators
Tony) Mipe
Publo
Colo
Mia
Barbara Lipo
Northrop Flying Wing
Goldsborough
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph 2. Movody
Sora
UMW Cohief
Welly K. Hopkins
Alky
U. S. Steel Corporation
Benjamin F. Fairless
Hairless
George M. Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Humphrey
Fairless
National Labor Relations Board
Moody
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