Lawmakers Debate Foreign Aid and Universal Military Training
Lawmakers from both parties scrutinize President Truman’s request for nearly 8 billion in foreign aid as the Senate weighs NATO funding and Europe defense. The House kills Universal Military Training, while other action covers Treasury and Post Office appropriations and Alaska Hawaii statehood debates.
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France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sen
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Congress
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Defense Lovett
Treasury
Snyder
Rep
Mansfield
D-Mont
Lovett
Western
Lisbon
Acheson
House
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Alaska
Hawaii
Earthquakes in Japan Trigger Tidal Wave Devastation
Warning services activated as one of the twentieth century’s strongest quakes struck northern Japan. Fires erupted in Kushiro after a mine collapse, with trains derailed and villages inundated. Roads and bridges damaged as vast areas suffered widespread destruction. Authorities awaited casualty counts.
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Japan
Kushiro
Hokkaido
De Gaulle shadow grows as French cabinet crisis stirs defense plans
The Paris cabinet crisis slows western defense work as France refuses funds for rearmament. De Gaulle's rising influence prompts calls to rethink alliances and European military plans while Indochina war funding and currency woes strain Paris. Washington warns of broader aid implications.
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U.S
Faure
France
Paris
French National Assembly
Indochina
Charles de Gaulle
Europe
United States
Washington
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic
Truman
Congress
White House to renominate Vandenberg for 14 month term
The White House announced Gen Hoyt Vandenberg will be nominated by President Truman for another fourteen month term as chief of staff of the Air Forces ending April 30. The report notes his four year tenure and approval from top officials.
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White House
Hoyt Vandenberg
Truman
James J. Moran
New York City
U.S
Mexico
William O’dwyer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Greece
Turkey
NATO
President Truman
Coast Guard
Voice of America
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
New Hampshire Post Time Nears in 1952 Primary
Voters in New Hampshire face a tight presidential primary race with Eisenhower and Taft leading the Republican field while Truman backs Kefauver on the Democratic side. Campaigns flood the state as supporters predict outcome and debate foreign policy issues and party influence.
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New Hampshire
U.S
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Democratic Party
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
Kefauver
Stassel
Boston
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Carlson
Kansas
Gov
Lodge
Connecticut
Herter
Eisenhower
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Stalemate in Korea Deepens As Truce Talks Stall
U N Aide Rear Admiral Libby says talks are back to Dec 18 position amid disputes over prisoner of war accounting and Soviet observer roles. Propaganda claims of U S germ warfare spread from Moscow to Peiping as UN forces report patrol clashes and air patrols above North Korea. Lubov Dimova, a Russian-held captive in Korea, expresses wish to marry an American corporal from Elgin, Illinois.
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Panmunjom
U.N
R. E. Libby
Red
Russia
Soviet Russia
Korea
United States
Matthew B. Ridgway
Washington
State Department
Tokyo
U. S
North Korea
Red Radio
Peiping
Moscow
Pravda
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung
San Francisco
United Nations
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Pusan
South Korea
Lubov M. Dimova
Elgin
Sidelights From Detroit and Nearby Areas
Detroit police surprised a thief robbing a meat packing plant and fired three shots in the air. An Indianapolis girl stabbed in the arm fled to a friend’s home and was bitten by the dog while calling police. A Green Bay area fertilizer plant agreed to shut down when winds blow north. A Richmond man paid a taxi and home address and was taken to jail. Tintagel Castle visit ends with pier damage. Battle Ground man W J Walters dies at 101 after doctor warns him to rest.
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Detroit
Indianapolis
Green Bay
Wisc
Richmond
Ind
Torquay
England
Tintagel Castle
Probers in Action Ames Finnegan Faces Federal Trial
Ames P. Finnegan, friend of President Truman, begins federal trial on bribery and related charges tied to his stint as St Louis internal revenue collector. Indicted Oct 11 on five counts, trial may span a week and a half with up to 35 witnesses. In D.C., Owen Lattimore is questioned by the McCarran subcommittee on potential Communist influence in U. S. Far East policy.
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Ames P. Finnegan
Truman
Internal Revenue Collector
St Louis
Finnegan
Washington
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
McCarran Internal Security
Institute of Pacific Relations
U. S
Far East
March events and anniversaries listed for 1936 period
A roundup of upcoming dates includes a congressional subcommittee hearing in Washington on economic stability, a second perjury trial in New York, New Hampshire primary election, Girl Scout Day marking the 1912 founding, General George C. Marshall receiving the Four Freedoms Award in New York, and the 33rd American Legion anniversary in Paris.
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Congressional Subcommittee
Washington
William Remington
New York
Girl Scouts of America
Gen
George C. Marshall
The
American Legion
Paris
Puerto Rico adopts new constitution for self government
Caribbean democracy voters approve a new constitution to form a freed commonwealth linked to the United States. The measure ends U S control over laws and officials while keeping Puerto Rico as a U S possession with potential statehood and U S armed forces access. Independence advocate Gilberto de Gracia predicted approval.
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Perican
Long Island
United States
Island
U S
Congress
United States Congress
U. S
Supreme Court
Puerto Rico
Independence
Gilberto de Gracia
Gracia
Centenarian quotes and marriages amid personal fortunes
On his 100th birthday Frank Leibfried jokes about dating, while Betty Calamusa of Houston vows divorce as a remedy for failed unions. Reno millionaire L. V. Redfield laments a $2.5 million theft, but stresses health and love over money.
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Frank Leibfried
Betty Cooper Calamusa
Houston
Tex
L. V. Redfield
Reno
Nev
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North Atlantic Council
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New Hampshire Post
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Ike
Manchester
Sion
C. C. Calcutt
Harry S. Truman
Douglas McCarthur
Alexander
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
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