Solons Clash Over ECA Cotton Cuts and Watermelons
Washington reports note Senators from cotton states rally against any cut in the cotton section of the European Recovery Program while melon cariers in Boston report first carload shipments selling at 50 to 75 cents each. The debate touches broader postwar aid, with critics pressing for economy and others urging continued funding for Europe recovery programs and civil works.
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Solon Attacks AEC Spending Of Gov t Funds
Senator Hickenlooper charges the Atomic Energy Commission with taxpayer funded excesses and secrecy. Carleton Shugg defends costs as improvements and unanticipated difficulties. Loyalty review program to be discussed in a closed session later.
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AEC
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Senator Hickenlooper
Owa
Atomic Energy Commission
Carleton Shugg
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Appropriations Group
Hanford
Shugg
Hiesenlooper
Eisenhower weighs federal aid to education push
Washington radar: Dwight D. Eisenhower signals cautious support for federal aid to education while opposing blanket grants. He backs aid only for states unable to fund high standards with safeguards against federal control in schools.
Eisenhower Eyes Education Bill Amid 1952 Tempers
The article notes debate over an education bill with Truman and Taft backing, while Eisenhower faces pressure from labor issues and ADA figures. It hints at testing 1952 political temperatures as Eisenhower, then head of a major teacher university, weighs in on education policy.
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Americans For Democratic Action
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Soong's Household Effects Reported Leaving China
Hong Kong June 14 AP Seven hundred pieces of household effects reportedly belonging to former Chinese Premier T V Soong were aboard the SS President Wilson bound for the United States via Kobe Japan Officials said the manifest did not bear Soong s name though a customs broker confirmed clearance of his belongings for shipment by the President Wilson Soong is said to be one of the world s wealthiest men and is Chiang Kai Shek s brother in law Madame Chiang Ying root in New York City
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Soong
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Madame Chiang
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President Lines
Western Berlin Union Votes to Continue Strike Amid Reprisals Threats
Western Berlin railway workers voted six to one to continue their 24 day strike despite Soviet threats of reprisals. The plan backed by US Britain and France would have ended the stoppage. 12 626 voted for continuation and 2085 against. The walkout halted rail freight and elevated trains affecting millions in West Berlin.
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Britain
Cotton Plan Opposed By Dept Group
Washington reports Agriculture Department officials opposed a Senate backed plan for cotton acreage and marketing controls as inflexible and likely to create a surplus. Senator Anderson noted the bill would deepen cuts. supporters urged flexible powers for all major crops and continued wartime price supports. The Beltwide Cotton Conference outlined minimum acreage and bale quotas and urged postwar price support despite no direct link to the bill.
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Beltwide Cotton Conference
J. A. Sweet
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Closure Demanded by Pickets Hits Alabama Mine
A mob of about 300 nonunion pickets forced the Cahaba Coal Mining Co. mine near Birmingham Alabama to shut down. Owners Hinz and McCormack Jr said they were assaulted and threatened as violence spread to other coal regions during the UMW led stabilization effort.
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Jormon Lewis
United Mine Workers
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J. A. ‘Erry
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Hinz
Carl McCormack Jr
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Alabama
Klansmen Cleared In Soperton Courtroom
In Soperton Georgia on June 14 three Ku Klux Klan members were cleared of disorderly conduct after the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The trial exposed tense local politics as Mayor James Peterson led the arrest and a jury trial was paused with further charges pending. The proceedings occurred in a hot bank rear room with defense lawyers contending the action targeted hooded robes rather than any crime.
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James Peterson
John Edge
Malcolm Bradidy
Joe Green
W. R. Lewis
J. Ross Sharpe
Peterson
Sharpe
Recorder's Court
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Invisible Empire
Jamey Waller
M. D. Ware
Joe Greene
Henry Wallace
New England Reports 12 Deaths From Heat Indirectly
AP reports New England counted 12 deaths attributed indirectly to heat over the past two days. No relief in sight as humidity worsens Eastern heat. showers brought brief relief to the Middle West. Burlington, Vermont reached 94 degrees.
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Midwestern Democrats back Brannan plan in farm belt vote
A 16 state Democratic Midwest conference backed Secretary Brannan's farm price plan, hoping for a 1950 victory. They endorsed the Brannan proposal despite opposition from the American Farm Bureau Federation and signaled voters may choose between Brannan plan and the Alken measure as the wartime price support system lingers.
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Andarmer
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Brannan
Truman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gnouem Ero
R-Vt
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Rotarians Hear Trygve Lie Talk at New York Convention
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie spoke at the Rotary International convention in New York, predicting no major war while the General Assembly sits. He cited Assembly checks for small nations, noted UN failures, and praised achievements such as lifting the Berlin blockade and keeping peace in Palestine, India, and Indonesia without armed enforcement.
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Trygve Lie
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
Rotary International
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Asia
Africa
Wations
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Palestine
Indias
Western powers seek four power commission for Germany
Paris June 14 The western powers proposed a four power commission for Germany with defined supervisory functions. The proposal followed a quick recess after the session opened. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky and his delegation left the palace while western delegates stayed. British officials indicated another session could be held later as ministers near the end of their meeting.
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