Deep Freeze Gifts Stir Washington In An AFL Drive
A deep freeze gift controversy entwines White House aides and a Supreme Court chief with alleged influence buying. The AFL plans a $1 million 1950 campaign to target Taft and Donnell, aiming to shift GOP power while Syria forms a civilian-led three party coalition after Zayim’s overthrow.
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Taft
Capitol
Washington
White House
Harry Truman
United States
Vincon
U.S. Supreme Court
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Harry H. Vaughen
John Maragon
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American Federation of Labor
Ohio
AFL
Donnell
William Green
Tait
APL
Republican Party
Dewey
GOP
New York
Senate rejects cabinet welfare plan amid Hoover report
The senate voted 60 to 32 against creating a federal department of welfare with cabinet status, defeating Truman's proposal and shielding the existing federal security agency. Senator Taft defended Hoover while Senator Lucas criticized the approach as surprising from a Republican. A Maryland judge criticized laws punishing thoughts, not acts, in loyalty oath cases.
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Truman
Department of Welfare
House
Federal Security Agency
Ea Department of Welfare
Hoover Commission
Whch
Ohio
Taft
Hoover
Lucas
Minols
Maryland
Joseph Sherbow
Baltimore
The
Supreme Court
Sherbow
Communist Party
Jackson
West Virginia
Too Much Wheat The Farm Price Support Issue
The National Industrial Conference Board says demand for wheat will drop to the lowest level since the late 1940s. Domestic consumption for the year starting July is seen shrinking, while wheat in storage on April 1 rises to a record high except for 1942 and 1943. The 1948 49 harvest may be the third largest ever, with the U.S. holding over a quarter of last year’s crop, making price support a national problem.
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National Industrial Conference Board
U.S
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
Japan
MacArthur
White House
State Department
Mve
Barkley and the Widow Stir Up National Talk
The nation weighs Barkley’s friendship with Mrs. Carlton S. Hadley of St. Louis as a possible romance. Public curiosity surges with the veep pictured with the widow at events in Paducah and social affairs while MacArthur faces debates on return from Japan.
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Barkley
Soightly
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khen
Carlton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Folka
Paducah
Veep
Culpepper
Virginia
Puduesh
Sailors gain pockets as navy backs down on pants reform
The navy relents after a long protest by sailors dating to 1797 promising pockets in pants will appear before June 1952. Sailors can endure two more years awaiting pockets while also dropping the 13-button front in favor of a zipper style.
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Uncle Sam
Promigod
In a Blinding Flash The Blind Shall See
Hopkinton Massachusetts Edward R Ray 63 suddenly regains sight after 18 years of total blindness. He describes faces grandchildren and wife as wonderful and notes distance judgment remains imperfect. He lost vision after an accident at age nine and a drowning tragedy in 1929.
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Hopkinton
Mass
Edward R. Ray
Joan
Edward
Ray
Rey
Bulls and Bees Turmoil at Naples Farm Wedding
A wedding near Naples became chaotic when a bull charged a young boy in a red suit who fled to a car. The bull collided with a beehive angering the bees that chased it into the dining room as guests fled into a water filled ditch. the animal was eventually calmed with water and no one was hurt.
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Rome
Naples
Francesco Minniti
Francesco
Honeymoon of Lad and Bride Ends Abruptly
Federal narcotics agents halted an 18 year old groom and his 44 year old bride in Miami Beach when authorities arrested Katherine Bogart for fraudulently obtaining narcotics prescriptions from a local doctor. The couple, who eloped from Gary Indiana and married in Charleston South Carolina on June 10, planned a honeymoon in Florida.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Miami
Katherine Bogart
Herman Bogart
Huadband
Bogart
Gary
Ind
Charleston
S. C
Air Propulsion May Power Italian Barges
Air propulsion could power barges on Italy's northern inland waterways. The plan uses airplane propellers to move boats along the old Venetian canals, whose walls cannot withstand wartime underwater screws. Professor Luigi Sante Carlos presented the concept at the inland waterways conference in Padua after extensive study of adapting ancient routes to modern navigation.
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Romna
Italy
Padua
Luigi Sante Carlos
Man Never Gashed Pay Checks for Five Years
In Chester Pennsylvania, 70 year old Harry G Lamborn died leaving unopened weekly pay envelopes dating to 1644 totaling 6291 dollars found in his one room apartment. His will on wrapping paper left 2500 dollars to landlady Mary A McLear with residue likely shared among nine first cousins.
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Wkst
Chester
Harry G. Lamborn
Lamborn
Mary A. McLear
Madrid embraces dirt-track racing replacing bullfighting
Madrid speeds toward a shift in Spain the national sport replacing bullfighting with Speedway racing promoter Senor Gregoria Brendis in Madrid says dirt-track racing is gaining ground after a recent scouting trip to Glasgow to seek new talent.
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Spain
Madrid
Gregoria Brendis
Glasgow
Here Lies Military Pet Cemetery at Arlington
Washington readers learn of a small wartime pet burial plot near Arlington National Cemetery and Fort Myer. Begun in 1918 after a stray dog joined a Third Cavalry unit, the site holds about 100 pets including dogs cats an alligator a monkey and a rooster. Markers note affection from owners and a few graves honor notable mascots such as Smokie and Sgt Yardbird with Peepsle listed with Col and Mrs Martin du Fresne.
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Military
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Third Cavalry
Fort Myer
National Cemetery
Virginia
Fort
Smokie
Sgt
Yardbird
Battery C
65Th Field Artillery
Peepsle
Martin du Fresne
Fort Belvoir
Dentist Earns 100000 In 11 Months Under British Plan
In Edinburgh Scotland a Scots dentist earned 25000 pounds about 100000 dollars for 11 months of dental work under Britain's National Health Service. Sir William Marshall, chair of Lanark County Health Service Executive, told the Dental Estimates board the government pays dentists per patient treated. He added it is hard to believe patients received the painstaking care we expect.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Britain
William Marshall
Lanark County Health Service Executive Council
Dental Estimates Board
National Health Service
Wiliam
Expert Claims Women Waste Time On Trifles
Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic told Ramsey County Health Day that women spend energy on minor problems, and try to reform husbands into saints. He accused women of shopping long, delaying decisions, resurrecting old sorrows, and attempting to change active boys into quiet marionettes, urging women to be more sensible.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Walter C. Alvarez
Alvarez
Charles Boyer
Division of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Ramsey County
St. Paul's
Lord Fauntleroy
P. S
Dr. Alvarez
Gul
Mother and Daughter Enroll at Eastern Washington College
Cheney Washington. Mrs. Fred McDaniel enrolls in the education department while her daughter Mary Lou McDaniel starts as a freshman in business administration. A freshman daughter follows her mother into campus life at Eastern Washington college.
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Cheney, Wash
Fred McDaniel
Eastern Washington College
Mary Lou
Stagecoach Robbery Reported in Redwood City
A 50 year old stagecoach was reported stolen from a parking lot in Redwood City during the West Coast rodeo celebration. The incident occurred in a small West Coast town as part of local festivities.
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West Coast
Redwood City
Calif
Thera
West Caaat
Around the House Tucks and Fabric Reinforcement
A homemaking note advises reinforcing tucks pleats and darts by turning fabric and stitching back half an inch. It suggests reducing fire hazards when removing spots using a cotton cloth and outdoor work near a window. It recommends saving fabric scraps in a scrapbook for future patches and dedicating pages to each family member's clothes.
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Mary
Barb
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