The Hardin tribune-herald., 1949-12-29
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ISL W. 5-Truman asks higher
taxes. universal mill
.s5+ 5s@. tary training, wage.
price controls in the state-of-the-
union message. sas1. :
7-Secretary of State George G. Mar
:. shall resigns and is replaced BY
H-state departmen, policy statemen,
says us. will Join North Atlantic
defense alliance. t.
February
aTrumanc declares Constitution gives
him power to stop walkouts affect;
ing rational health and welfare. e
l7--Presidents says current price DE,
cline and unemployment increase
24-Hoover commission makes report on
government reorganiZa ton. Truman
saws he will stump nation To- defend
his program. stalled In congress.
Murch. 7~5@* >..'.s =
2-Air force B-5o makes first nonstop
trip around world.
3-Louis johnson replaces James For.
restal as secretary OF defense.
illus. senate rejects ruling against
filibusters. UNIV. announces two
30-President signs bill extending rent
control through June so. 1850
April
l4-congress passes second year E.R.P
authorization. House votes SIG oil
ls-Governmeni rests case in trial Of top
US. Communists.
28-Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan re.
signs in protest against cancellation
Of plans to complete super aircraff
carrier
Administration efforts to repeal
Taft-Hartley act come to temporary
sStrike OF s2.2so clio. workers
closes Ford Motor Co.'s River Rouge
1sLFrancis Patrick Matthews. Omaha
succeeds John L. Sullivan as secre
l7-Atomic energy commission under
fire as pound of uranium reported
missing. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jr:
elected to congress by New York
district.
25-Congressional investigation OF atom
ic energy commission begins.
June
3-Alger Hiss perjury trial opens. Three
top Communists sentenced to jail
for contempt of court.
7-Gordon Gray appointed secretary Of
army. -
s-John L. Lewis orders one-week mine
stoppage.
" work only three days a week
Judith coplon convicted as spy.
gets from 40 months to 10 years.
July
7-John Foster Dulles appointed to
us. senate.
11-Truman abandons tax increase plans.
and calls for deficit spending.
Aus. ratifies Atlantic pact. House
rejects Brannan farm plan.
28-Truman offers Attorney Genera
asks Senator J. Howard McGrath
To become attorney general.
August f.. 49,
5-State department white paper marks
off nationalist China as lost cause,
e-Five per center probers accuse Maj
Gen. Harry Vaughan OF influence
ll-Generai Omar Bradley appointed
first Chairman of joint chiefs oi
2s-House recesses without senate's per
mission. Probe Of corruption In B-3f
program collapses. John Maragon
alleged influence peddler, refuses 70
talk In live per centers" invest
CATION.
September
l0-President,s fact-finding board re
jects steel workers demands fol
fourth-round pay raises.
13-Federal Judge Sherman Minton nom
mated to supreme court.
1s-Government files antitrust suit tc
break UP A & p chain.
1s-Strike called by coal miners Johr
l.. Lewis.
October
500, 900 cIo steelworkers strike ovel
pension-weifare dispute.
3-Navy air force dispute brings on con
gressional probe.
1l-Eleven Communist party leader!
/ - convicted on charges of conspirac,
against US. government.
| l9-Dr, Edward c. Nourse resigns al
head of the Presidents Council o.
Economic Advisers. General omal
Bradley says navy criticism of de
session 81st congress ends. Pennsyl
vania Railroad drops "Jim Crow
| seating.
29-Dismissal OF Admiral Louis Denfelc
as chief of naval operations by the
President raises political storm. Tru
man freezes air force at 48 groups.
] 31-Bethlehem steel and steel unicr
front of steel companies during
strike.
November
1-Vice Adm. Forrest p. Sherman
| named chief of naval operations.
&c.I.o. Gusts ieft-wing United Elec
trical and Farm Equipment workers
| 2Eleven convicted Communists freet
on bail to press appeals.
| 8-Navy Captain John Crommelin rep
| rimanded for revealing navy's bit
| terness at defense setup. Fair Dea
| program triumphS In New York a!
Democratic Lehman defeats Repub
| lican Dulles in senatorial race.
| e-John L. Lewis issues back-to-worl
h order; postponins coal strike unit
11-United Mine Workers and US. stee
| sign pact, breaking back OF stes
l. strike. Undersecretary OSCAR L
Chapman succeeds Julian Krug a
T. secretary Of the Interior;
Sweden failed to show proper re
spect for him on recent visit.
| 17-Leftwing demonstrators In New YoiI
| City riot at National Maritime Unioi
| hall Alger Hiss perjury trial opens
2l-Whittaker Chambers testifies agains
as-David E. Lilienthal. Acc head. re
2s-John Z. Lewis calls off meeting witt
advisers as coal strike deadiin.
i Device iessi = to ne9 breed" e atomic energ:
/ fuel disclosed by US.
29-Rep. j. Parnen Thomas R.. Nj.
drops innocent plea TO charges
4 payroll padding. , n r
December
+ 1-Goyernlnent denies F.H.A. loans up
on racially restricted properties
Lewis orders three-day work weel