Acheson Says War Not Inevitable in Address in Dallas
Secretary of State Dean Acheson argued war is not unavoidable and urged solving problems through peaceful cooperation. He warned against isolationism and appeasement while rejecting preventive war and detailing a path of total diplomacy with allied nations. More than 2,000 attendees at SMU heard him, with Senator Connally introducing and explaining U S policy in the Far East.
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Acheson
Dallas
Tex
Dean Acheson
Russia
Soviet Union
Southern Methodist University
Civic Federation of Dallas
Community Course
SMU
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
U. S
Far East
China Nationalists To Attack the Reds
Nationalist Chinese warplanes prepared to test new Russian built defenses along the coast amid warnings of raids after waves of fighter planes bombed Communist installations. Leaflets warned of forthcoming attacks and civilians were urged to stay clear of Red installations and concentrations.
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Taipei
Red China
Red
For A New Meat Treat ORDER KELMOR RABBIT From Your Local Grocer
A meat treat for pets features Kelmo r rabbit product promoted by a local grocer. The ad emphasizes availability and urges readers to buy from area stores for pet nutrition.
Taft Offers Help To Speed Tax-Cut Bill In Senate
Sen Taft of Ohio offered to assist administration leaders to push through the Senate any tax cut bill he deems reasonable. He urged brief hearings and quick action if the House acts soon, while noting no details on what constitutes a reasonable reduction. The House Ways and Means Committee has approved excise cuts and faces a veto risk from President Truman if revenue losses aren’t offset.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
House
Ways and Means
Lucas
Ilinois
George
Dga
Presbyterians Vote to Stay in FCCCA Despite Criticism
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S voted 243 to 120 to remain in the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America while opposing centralization of power and the executive committee's authority. It urged the council to limit congressional appearances and protect church-state separation, and directed the new moderator to urge the president not to name a successor to Myron Taylor as U S representative to the Vatican. The assembly plans to reconvene June 7 1951 in Orlando Florida.
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Massanetta Springs
Southern Presbyterians
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U. S
FCCCA
Congress
National Council
Orlando Fla
Benjamin R. Lacy
Truman
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Senator Urges Officials Testify on 1945 Amerasia Case
Senator Hickenlooper urged that Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover be invited to testify at the Senate inquiry into the Amerasia case. He said both men could contribute information that might help.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Amerasia
Nine Are Killed In Airplane Crash Near Circleville W Virginia
An Air Force B 25 carrying nine crew members from Olmsted Field Middletown Pennsylvania crashed in the Circleville area Pendleton County West Virginia near the Virginia border. All nine were killed and bodies recovered. The craft was en route to Offutt Field Nebraska.
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Elkins
W. Va
Air Force
West Virginia-Virginia
Olmsted Field
Middletown
Harrisburg
Circleville
Pendleton County
Olmsted
Here
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Spruce Mountain
Big Monoongahela National Forest
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington
Nathan Strander
Middletown Elects New Mayor and Trio of Council Hopefuls
Middletown voters chose a new mayor by a three vote margin. Also backed three newcomers for the September council seats, with two definite wins for Joseph Dwyer and Martin Hann and Elonza Stickley tied with T. Ainsworth for the final seat.
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Middletown
Joseph Dwyer
Martin H. Hann
Elonza Stickley
Valley Sevice Station
T. Ainsworth
Economy drive to curb government costs backfires in Senate
In Washington a push to cut federal costs backfires as the Senate subcommittee led by Senator Russell boosts Agriculture Department funding beyond House totals. The full committee debates the lumped appropriations package including meat inspection, school lunches, housing loans, rural electrification and more.
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Washington
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Russell
D-Ga
Congress
Full Appropriations Committee
Governor Battle Offers Help In Milk Crisis
Governor Battle pledged to ship milk into the Alexandria area from other parts of Virginia if needed and to provide police protection if local plants operate. He urged coordination with Fairfax and county authorities and said 20 to 25 thousand gallons daily could be supplied, with the Milk Commission acting as liaison.
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Richmond
Battle
Alexandria
W. Guy Ancell
Marshall
Fairfax
Virginia
Ancell
Washington
Congress
Milk Commission
Peace Through Power Favored By Air Secretary
Secretary of the Air Force Thomas K. Finletter told a University of Pennsylvania graduating class that America must pursue a policy of peace through power to deter war. He urged building a strong fighting force for prevention of war and counter attack, noting the rising curve of military power globally.
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Philadelphia
Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
America
Finletter
University of Pennsylvania
United States
Barton to Head State Bar Group in Virginia
Col. Robert T. Barton Jr. of Richmond was elected president of the Virginia State Bar at a Roanoke meeting. He leads the group succeeding Thomas W. Phillips and will push for an administrative assistant to the Supreme Court of Appeals. Stuart Saunders and R. E. Booker were elected and re-elected to key posts.
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Roanoke
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Richmond
Robert T. Barton
Mr. Barton
Winchester
Virginia State Bar
Christian, Barton, Parker & Boyd
Col. Barton
Thomas W. Phillips
Arlington
General Assembly
Supreme Court of Appeals
Stuart T. Saunders
R. E. Booker
Pigs Die After Owner’s Expression of Despair
In Hayes England a dog named Bessie the sow reportedly turned away from her ten newborn pigs and ran into a pond, drowning. Owner Robert Du lieu said the animal appeared to have decided on self harm and was fed up with life.
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Hayes
England
Bessie
Robert Dulieu
Prospects Called Good for Doubling U S Buying Power
The Committee for Economic Development said prospects are good for doubling the real income of the average American worker within 30 years. It attributes gains to higher output per hour and calls for stable growth, higher imports, and tax reform to spur investment.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Co
Winchester Council Forms Panel on Loudoun Street One Way
A committee including Claude Smalts Jr J Lee Miller and May Clowe was appointed by the Winchester common council to study making Loudoun Street a one way thoroughfare from Piccadilly to Cork They will report on July 11 Clowe chairs Public and Local Improvements Miller leads Street and Smalts Public Safety urging traffic reduction on the narrow street amid prior merchant opposition and a traffic survey recommendation
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Claude Smalls, Jr
J. Lee Miller
M. B. Clowe
Winchester Common Council
Loudoun St
Piccadilly
Cork
Clowe
Miller
Smalts
Winchester
Winchester council election narrows to six new members
A small voter turnout elected six Democratic councilmen in Winchester. Winners include Dr. C. R. Anderson, Dr. W. P. McGuire, H. William Butler Jr., J. M. Steck Jr., William S. Sargent, and A. Lee Coble. Write ins favored Henry Hary at two precincts. McGuire and Steck are incumbents. Sargent and Butler are first timers. Retiring members Glaize, Sirbaugh, Baker, and Peery did not seek re election.
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First Ward
C. R. Anderson
W. P. McGuire
H. William Butler Jr
Second Ward
J. M. Steck Jr
William S. Sargent
A. Lee Coble
Reuss and Friendship
J. Henkel Hary
Henry
Marshal Farmer
Friendship
E. W. Argenbright Jr
Reuss
Robert Jasper
City Hall
Dr. McGuire and
Steck
Anderson
Coble
Sargent
Butler
Fred Glaize Jr
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
E. B. Baker
Alan Peery
Paper charged with monopolistic practices in suit
The U S Department of Justice files a civil anti trust action in New Orleans federal court against The Times Picayune Publishing Co and four officers charging monopolistic conduct in newspapers advertising and distribution The suit alleges tying rates suppressive covenants and coercive vendor practices since 1933 through 1949 aimed at business rivals The defendants named include L K Nicholson John F Tims Jr Aubrey F Murray and Donald W Coleman and accuse them of pressuring advertisers and vendors to favor The Times Picayune and its associated papers.
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Washington
McGrath
Times-Picayune Publishing Co
New Orleans
U. S. District Court
L. K. Nicholson
John F. Tims, Jr
Aubrey F. Murray
Donald W. Coleman
Justice Department
Times-Picayune
New Orleans States
Times-Picayne
The
Item
Item Company
Classified
Times- Picayune
Times Picayune
New Orlean
Byrd and Robertson Oppose Nomination of Hutchinson
Senators Byrd and Robertson oppose Martin A. Hutchinson of Virginia for the Federal Trade Commission saying he lacks judicial temperament and is a political pick by President Truman. Hutchinson, a Richmond attorney, defends qualifications and free enterprise with some regulatory views.
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Washington
Byrd and
Robertson
Martin A. Hutchinson
Virginia
Federal Trade Commission
Hutchinson
Truman
Senate Commerce Committee
Byrd and Robertson
Richmond
Byrd
Byrd-Robertson
Congress
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Senate
Nelson Lee Smith
New Hampshire
Tobey
Bridges
Power Commission
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Trade Commission
White House
Virginia election results show incumbents win in Richmond area
Voters backed current office holders in much of Virginia with incumbents winning most races. In Richmond, Negro attorney Oliver W. Hill was the sole RCA backed candidate to lose by 46 votes, while Robert Throckmorton won the seventh seat with 13,130 votes as the lone non RCA winner. The proposed expressway failed.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
O'd Dominion
Oliver W. Hill
Richmond Citizens’ Association
Hill
Robert Throckmorton
Edward E. Willey
T. Nelson Parker
New
F. Henry Garber
Edward I. Hardy
W. Stirling King
Wade McCargo
Thro Morton
J. Randolph Ruffin
Robert A. Wilson
RCA
Soviet Union Allocates Massive Defense Budget for 1950
Moscow reports the defense appropriation for 1950 at 18.5 percent of the budget, about 19.85 billion dollars at the official ruble rate, with Stalin and Molotov present. Zverev notes a prewar decline in military spending, while U.S. defense totals are cited at over 13 billion dollars.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Arseny G. Zverev
Supreme Soviet
Stalin
Truman
Congress
U. S
U.S
Zverev
Alan Ean
John Nicholl
V. M. Molotov
Russia Finland sign historic trade pact in Moscow
Finland and Soviet Russia sign a major 1951 55 trade agreement in Moscow totaling 320 million dollars for 1951 55 and 30 million for 1950. Finland will ship 40 percent of exports to Russia next year rising to 70 percent by 1955 with Russia selling oil grain fertilizers steel automobiles machinery and optics. Wheat shipments of 110 000 tons and other goods are planned under the six month term while the prior one year pact expired last December.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Friendship E U B Church Lawn Benefit at Double Churches
A church benefit event is held on June 17 at the Friendship E U B Church lawn at Double Churches. Community members are invited to support church activities and programs.
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Benefit of Church
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Kurtz
George W. Kurtz, Inc
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State Bar Group
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S. Braddock &T
McGuire
Cable
Will Miller
Headley
M. A. Hutchinson
Defense
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