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Truman, in lr to largest depts, orders curb on expenditures by curtailing pub works, credit programs and use of supplies
In protest against the methods used by District Attorney Miles F. McDonald and his staff in the Brooklyn gambling investigation, 6,000 policemen--one-third of the department--turned out yesterday morning for the funeral of Capt. John G. Flynn, who shot himself Sunday after he had appeared as a witness in the inquiry.
Sen Repubs continue attack on rept; Jenner charges Tydings whitewash of treasonable conspiracy, Sen; Repubs seek to deny rept status of being action of full com; Sen Flanders resolution would destroy rept cover; Sen Ives sees probe directed against McCarthy, subcom disregarding Sen instructions for wider probe; Lodge answers Dems queries, reiterating demand for new probe, defending refusal to clear Jessup and charging Tydings distortion of his acts
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The Army announced yesterday that it had started to call some non-divisional units of the National Guard and members of the Organized Reserves to active duty. The National Guard has ...
1950William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)[†]
William Lyon Mackenzie King was the prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Liberal, he was the dominant politician in Canada from the early 1920s to the late 1940s. With a total of 21 years and 154 days in office, he remains the longest-serving prime minister in Canadian history.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]