Demands Continue For Longer Draft And More Money For U.S. Defenses
Congressional pressure on national defense funds and a longer draft persists despite a Hoffman forecast of Soviet satellite strength. House leaders Vinson and Cole press for a $350 million boost to a $13.911 billion defense appropriation as General Bradley urges a two year draft extension amid ongoing defense spending debates.
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Washington
Russia
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D-Ga
Cole
House
Armed Services Committee
Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States Chamber of Commerce
Stalin
General Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Soviet Union
Defense
Johnson
Sale of Women Is Now Forbidden in China
Peiping radio announced a new marriage law in Red China banning polygamy and the sale of women. Mao Tze-tung reportedly signed the law, granting women legal equality with men and making child marriage and child betrothal forbidden. A woman's consent is now required for marriage.
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Red
China
Peiping Radio
Associated Press
Mao Tze-tung
Stassen Attacks Truman as Worst President and Cleverest Politician
Harold Stassen in New York last night dubbed President Truman the worst president and the cleverest politician. He called Truman a product of a political school that teaches attacks on opponents and vote marshaling, urging Republicans to fight back, offer constructive solutions, and organize for a 1950 victory.
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America
Truman
Stassen
Uni
Versity
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Une
GOP
Ways and Means backs cigarette tax cut to 4.9 cents a pack
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to reduce the tax on economy cigarettes from 71 cents to 4.9 cents per pack. The move lifts total excise cuts past 1.06 billion dollars, with claims buyers would save about 90 million annually. President Truman remains opposed to broad tax reductions without offsetting revenue.
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Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Senate
Congress
Truan
Marriage Licenses Totals Show Decline in Winchester
A total of 218 marriage licenses were issued in Winchester last month, lifting the year’s total to 722. County Clerk Lee Whitacre issued 85 licenses, bringing his cumulative to 283, five below the prior year, while City Clerk Peyton Marshall’s 133 licenses lifted his total to 439, eighteen behind 1949.
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Winchester
Lee Whitacre
Peyton Marshall
Cugat Plans Wedding to Abbe Lane After Reno Divorce
Orchestra leader Xavier Cugat announced plans to wed 18 year old Abbe Lane of New York, a singer in his banda, after his present wife secures a Reno divorce.
Queen Elizabeth launches Britain’s largest aircraft carrier Ary Royal
Birkenhead England reports Queen Elizabeth launched the Ary Royal the biggest carrier Britain has built at 26,800 tons. The ceremony marks a milestone in naval propulsion and defence capacity for the Royal Navy.
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Birkenhead
Eng
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
AP Chief Says News Restrictions Threaten Free Flow
Associated Press general manager Frank Starzel warned senators that anti gambling legislation restricting transmission of news could be dangerous. He argued bans on horse racing news might expand to other fields and urged Congress to avoid curbing the free flow of information.
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Washington
Frank Stargel
Associated Press
Senators
McFarland
Dariz
Senate Commerce Group
House Commerce Committee
Starzel
Mattress Fire at Residence on Shawnee Ave
Fire crews responded yesterday afternoon to 324 Shawnee Ave where a mattress on fire at the home of Charles Wilson. Firefighters removed the burning bed from a window to prevent interior water damage. Occupants did not know how the blaze started.
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Winchester
Shawnee Ave
Charles Wilson
District Attorney Raiders Million-Dollar Gambler on Park Avenue
Manhattan DA Frank Hogan's office raided Frank Erickson's Park Avenue office after Erickson admitted running a $12.5 million yearly bookie operation before a U S Senate committee. Papers seized include betting records on horse racing and other sports. Sol Gelb, Erickson's attorney, vows to seek return of the documents and challenge the seizure as illegal.
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Park Avenue
Frank Erickson
Erickson
U. S. Senate
Manhattan
Frank Hogan
Bergeem
Sol Gelb
Gelb
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Hogan
Lattimore Denounces Low Point In U S Politics
In a Senate Foreign Relations hearing Owen Lattimore declares a new low in American politics after an attack on him through his wife. He defends academic freedom against McCarthyism while denying Communist ties and condemning Budenz's charges.
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Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Hickenlooper
Rrowa
Red
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Louis F. Budenz
Budenz
Daily Worker
Russia
Body Identified As Myers Wife In River Death
Newark police confirm the body recovered from the Passaic River at 3 59 p m on April 26 is Jewell Myers identified by her stepfather and sister The victim was married to Richard Myers who was arraigned April 28 on a murder charge and remanded to jail without bail awaiting grand jury action Myers had surrendered to officers claiming he forced his wife to jump into the river The man was returned to New Jersey as a parole violator as authorities sought his wife
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Newark
J. Thomas Boyd
Passaic
Jewell Myers
Boyd
Richard Myers
Myers
New Jersey
Dress & Skirt Sale Highlights Local Boutique
Announcing affiliation with Cinderella Beauty Nook Leah Shillingburg promotes discounts on dresses skirts and coats at R W Boscawen Street and nearby shops. Clearance events feature up to 50 percent off with final sale terms and shoppe hours noted.
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Guatemala
Guatemala & Oaks
Margaret L. Hodgson
Saturday Deadline for Voting Tax Payment
The notice states that Saturday, May 6, is the deadline to pay the capitation tax to be eligible to vote in the August primary and November general elections. City residents may pay at the City Treasurer W. A. Baker’s office, while Frederick County residents should contact County Treasurer Harry L. McCann.
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W. A. Baker
Frederick County
Harry L. McCann
Former Shipyard Executive Wins 1st District Race
Edward J. Robeson Jr., a 59 year old Newport News business executive, won the special congressional election in Virginia 1st District to fill the unexpired term of the late E. Otis Bland. Robeson led a heavy business labor vote, defeating Democrat William A. Wright and Blake T. Newton and Republican Nile Straughan.
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Newport News
Edward J. Robeson, Jr
Virginia
Virginia Association of Manufacturers
Washington
Otis Bland
Robeson
William A. Wright
Tappahannock
State Department of Conservation and Development
Blake T. Newton
Westmoreland
State Board of Education
Nile Straughan
Fredericksburg
Wright
Newton
Straughan
Missouri Officers' Grades Are Lowered After Grounding
Three key officers on the battleship Missouri were punished for the Chesapeake Bay grounding on Jan 17. Capt William D Brown former commanding officer, reduced 250 numbers. Commander John R Millett former operations officer, reduced 100 numbers. Lt Commander Frank G Morris Jr former navigator, reduced 350 numbers.
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Missouri
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
William D. Brown
Frostproof
Fla
Mighty
Brown
John R. Millett
Waterloo
Iowa
Cmdr
Frank G. Morris Jr
New York
Navigator
Washington to Go on Daylight Time
Washington moves to daylight saving time with clocks advancing one hour. President Truman signed the compromise after House and Senate differences. District of Columbia commissioners set 2 a.m. EST Thursday as the switch.
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Washington
House
Senate
Truman
District of Columbia
Evacuees From China Reach Hong Kong on Gordon
The General W. H. Gordon arrived in Hong Kong with 735 evacuees from Red China including 196 Americans. Among others were 179 British, 21 French and 377 stateless persons. The voyage, a private venture, followed an unsuccessful State Department evacuation attempt for 1,600 foreigners.
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W. H. Gordon
Red China
Taku Bar
Tientsin
U. S
Walter McConaughy
Shanghai
U. S. State Department
Russia
British-American Tobacco Co
Battaile Urges Checking Socialism at U S Dinner
William Battaile for the Winchester National Affairs Delegation warns Virginia leaders to watch creeping Socialism and high taxes as the State Chamber of Commerce hosts a dinner at the Hotel Washington. He says Congress must protect free enterprise and reflect home sentiment.
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Winchester
Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Congress
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Truman
Winchester National Affairs
Smathers Captures Florida Senate Primary Victory
In Florida, George Smathers defeats Pepper in a clear Democratic primary leading 349,211 to 283,084 with 1,412 of 1,595 precincts reporting. Smathers, calling himself a middle-of-the-road liberal, wins despite Pepper’s broad public services push and claims the nomination signals strength for the November race against John P. Booth. Pepper’s defeat follows national attention on the Truman era fair deal debates.
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Associated Press
Claude Per
Florida
New Dealer
George Smathers
Pepper
Smathers
Trunan
Pea Pepper
Dade
Miami
John P. Booth
Yesiday
Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
Joseph T. Ferguson
Cla
Taft
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhoods
National Party
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Sparkman
Con
Truman
Hill
Senate
Lawrence McNeil
Birmingham
McNeil
Gordon Persons
State Public Service Commission
Philip J. Hamm
Persons
Hamm
Ssee Senate Nomina
Ferguson
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Disalle
Don H. Ebright
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
U. S. House
Cecil Harden
Charles Halleck
William and Mary Coach Named at James Wood High School
Harry W. Caughton 28, coach at William and Mary College, is named head coach of the new James Wood Consolidated High School. The Frederick County School Board approved a one year contract and a 1950 51 calendar. They also bought two buses and hired English Construction Co. to build a roadway around the near completed school on Route 50. Caughton, a former All Southern tackle at William and Mary, will head the physical education department and launch the athletics program for football basketball baseball and track.
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Harry W. Caughton
William and Mary College
James Wood Consolidated High School
Frederick County School Board
English Construction Co
Caughton
R. E. Ayler
Caughron
James Wood High School
Johnson City
Tenn
William and Mary
Indian Grid
UN Official to Go to Moscow for Meeting on Cold War
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie plans a May 10 trip to Moscow to urge Russia toward a meeting of world leaders. He warned that splitting the world into two camps risks a third world war and urged the Other Road path toward peace and cooperation. Lie said he hopes Stalin will be open to the secretary general's plan and to discuss China’s representation as the UN seeks a solution.
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Paris
United Nations
Trygve
Pr Nda Acai
Gan Hs
Lie
Stalin
U. N. Security Council
China
Russia
U. N
Nations to Bolster Defense at Atlantic Council Meeting
Washington officials expect a stronger defense push among 12 Atlantic nations. They anticipate higher spending as Secretary Acheson prepares to urge rapid action at the London meeting May 15. The plan echoes the Hague accord from April 1 among defense ministers.
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North Atlantic
Acheson
Atlantic Council
London
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