House Voted Cuts In Foreign Aid Said Crippling
Washington officials warned that House cuts in Truman era foreign aid would hinder NATO targets in Europe. The Mutual Security Agency said reductions totaling 6.16 billion dollars, 1.74 billion below request, would cripple European defense unless the U.S. bridged the gap. The Taft faction led deeper cuts affecting economic and military aid to Europe and the Far East, despite Eisenhower opposition.
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Foreign Affairs Committee
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Three Confederate Vets Plan to Attend 62nd Reunion
Jackson Mississippi reports that three of eleven surviving Confederate veterans will attend the 62nd annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in Jackson from June 3 to 6. General chairman W. N. McGee notes attendees include Gen. John Stallings 107 of Port Blackmore Virginia, William J. Bush 104 of Fitzgerald Georgia, and A. D. Townsend 106 of Olla Louisiana.
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Jackson
Miss
United Confederate Veterans
W. N. McGee
John Stallings
Port Blackmore
William J. Bush
Fitzgerald
A. D. Townsend
Olla
Red anti Ridgway demonstrations in Paris end in arrests
Violent anti Ridgway protests in Paris last night left five police and 186 demonstrators injured or arrested. At St Lazare station crowds chanted Ridgway assassin and Ridgway go home as police used clubs. The unrest aimed to oppose Gen Ridgway who will replace Eisenhower atop Atlantic Pact forces.
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Paris
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
Dwight D. Eisen
St. Lazare
Ridgway
Ridgway Says U N Army Could Control Germ Attack
General Ridgway tells newswriters that U N troops in Korea have health measures to curb germ warfare and could control an attack if the Reds unleashed one. He says Communists may use germ tactics but believes U N measures would keep control manageable. He notes Asiatic troops need far fewer supplies than U N forces.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N
Korea
Reds
Ridgway
Constitutional challenge to Virginia redistricting
Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond says Virginia violated its constitution by not reapportioning districts after the 10 year cycle. He notes the last redraw was in 1942 and cites a push to force Governor Battle to convene a special session. Sixty seven lawmakers have signed petitions.
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J. Lindsay Almond
Virginia
Almond
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Alexandria
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Governor Battle
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Leaky Yacht Delays Atlantic Crossing by Ann Davison
Doquarnenez France reports the 23 foot Felicity Ann towed into port with a leak delaying British authoress Ann Davison's solo Atlantic crossing. Davison, widowed at 38, left Plymouth to become the first woman to cross solo by sea. Her earlier 70 foot ketch voyage ended after 19 days with the loss of her husband.
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Felicity Ann
Ann Davison
Atlantic
Plymouth
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Temperature of spring water and seasonal change
Underground water maintains a year round temperature. When it reaches the surface or near surface it shifts with prevailing air temperatures. Not all springs share the same temperature across the country.
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Taft Leads Delegates In Three States Fight For GOP Candidacy
In Washington Maryland and Minnesota the GOP delegate battles unfold with Taft and Eisenhower lines. Washington fans expect 22 of 24 delegates for Eisenhower while Seattle delegates may vote as a unit. Maryland favors McKeldin and Taft potential split after initial Ballot. Minnesota will name three at large delegates as Gov. Anderson and other Eisenhower supporters expected to win. Taft leads Eisenhower 393 to 339 in AP tally with 604 votes needed for nomination.
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Maryland
Minnesota
Dwight Eisenhower
Spokane
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Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Theodore McKel
Chicago
Taft
McKeldin
Minneapolis
C. Elmer Anderson
Thye
Harold Stassen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
W. Averell Harriman
Richard Russell
Georgia
Russell
North Carolina
Bitter Italian election campaigns draw to close in Rome
In the final day before municipal voting, clashes and arrests marked campaigns across Italy. In Rome 100000 cheered Mussolini ally Granziani while de Gasperi urged democracy, and Nenni promised moderation toward the church if elected.
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Naples
Colosseum
Rodolfo Granziani
Mussolini
Alcide de Gasperi
Piazza del Poplo
Christian Democrat
Pietro Nenni
Peace Partisans
Suspected man arrested on Euclid Avenue in odd attire
A 30 year old man walked Euclid Avenue in Cleveland wearing a coonskin cap with red visor a white dinner jacket zebra striped shirt a luminous green tie red plaid pants blue and white sneakers a false nose a white pipe and a luminous bag of trick gadgets. Police arrested him on a suspicion charge.
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Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Gainesboro Woman Sustains Broken Leg In Accident
Mrs. Samuel Brown of Gainesboro suffered a severe leg injury in a freak accident on Monmouth Street when Ralph Jones' Chrysler backed, pinning him between the open Buick and a tree as Mrs. Brown stepped from the curb. Kenneth Henry escaped serious injury as the Buick door opened.
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Gainesboro
Kenneth Henry
Monmouth St
Braddock
Maurice Lake
Henry
Ralph Jones
Arlington
Woman Dies in Head On Crash on Route 18
A Portsmouth woman, Julia Peck, 523 Rockbridge Road, was killed in a head on collision on Route 18 near Williamsburg at 12 30 a m. The Peck car, driven by husband William Peck, collided with a car driven by W R Mahoney of Fort Eustis transportation station. Zelda Myer, a passenger in the Mahoney car, was injured. All four were taken to Fort Eustis hospital. Mrs Peck died on arrival.
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Julia Peck
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W. R. Mahoney
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Fort Eustis
Zelda Myer
Mahoney
Nation's Railroads Returned to Owners
The nation’s railroads were returned to private owners after two months of government control. President Truman ordered the Army to turn the lines back after three rail unions signed a 16 month work contract with more than 130 railroads. He said interruptions in formal rail service no longer threaten.
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Truman
Army
Pace
Mosby Men Theme Of Author's Talk To History Group
W C Jones Curtis Publishing manager spoke to Winchester Historical Society on The Americanism of Mosby and His Men. He argued Americanism means attachment to America not the United States and praised Mosby's courage determination and humane conduct in Civil War forays that paralleled early American fighting.
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Winchester Historical Society
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Grant
Writer Disappears From Ferry Boat
Magruder Dobie 39 freelance writer and State Department employee disappeared from a Newport News Norfolk ferry last night. Coast Guard searched waters with two 40 foot patrol boats aided by the Navy. Dobie, a Naval Reserve officer, had written for the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines.
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Henry Robinson
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Two More Virginia District Conventions Held Today
Democrats and Republicans held two district conventions in Virginia. In Petersburg Rep. Watkins Abbitt was unopposed for renomination, with Sen. A Willis Robertson keynote. In Danville Republicans chose two delegates and two alternates for the Chicago convention.
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Appomattox
Abbitt
Congress
A. Willis Robertson
Dva
Danville
Chicago
Taft
GOP
Eisenhower
Byrd
President Truman Urges Memorial Day Prayer for Lasting Peace
President Truman calls for a universal prayer for permanent peace near at hand, honoring the Korea dead who proved aggression cannot pay. He says their sacrifices advance a near reality of lasting peace and vows not to let them down as the goal nears.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
U S Warns Allies Of Possible New Communist Offensive
The State Department disclosed it circulated a warning to 16 Korean allies ten days ago about the possibility of renewed Communist aggression. The department urged no faltering if the Communists attempt to engulf U N forces on the peninsula.
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Washington
United States
Korea
State Department
Department
U.N
10 000 Mourners Attend Garfield Funeral
In New York 10 000 mourners gathered outside as actor John Garfield was laid to rest in a 25 minute Jewish funeral service. The chapel was crowded with show business notables and others attending.
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New York
John Garfield
Shirley Temple II Born. Actress Recovering in Washington Hospital
Shirley Temple II is recovering from complications after giving birth to a son in Washington. Her husband Navy Comdr Charles G. Black says she likely will remain in the hospital for about two more weeks. Pleurisy and other difficulties followed a Caesarean delivery on April 28.
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Navy
Charles G. Black
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