No Sign of Departing Chinese Military Circles Report
Shanghai reports that Russia may land thousands more troops in Dairen and Port Arthur signaling intent to stay in Manchuria indefinitely. A Manchurian dispatch quotes the Soviet high command as saying all troops would be gone by an American China withdrawal, a timeline not officially confirmed. Public demonstrations against the occupation rise as Chiang Kai shek urges calm while Mukden shows a ruined industrial base.
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Shanghai
Chinhsien
Russia
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Manchurian
Changchun
China
Chiang Kaishek
Associated Press
Spencer Davis
Mukden
Child Kidnapping Alarm Shocks Charlotte Parents
The four year old Terry Taylor, daughter of Dr and Mrs Andrew Taylor, vanished after a nurse Rosemary Johnson escorted her yesterday. Detectives fear grave danger and suspect the nurse, a religious fanatic, may harm the child as she bought bus tickets to Danville Virginia and Richmond with the child. Police urge swift action following the disappearance.
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Charlotte
WN. C
Terry Taylor
Rosemary Johnson
Frank Littlejohn
Richmond
Littlejohn
Andrew Tayior
Case Is Closed in Nazi War Crimes Trial
United Nations war crimes prosecutors closed their case against surviving Nazi leaders. Court officials signaled the defendants would begin their final bid for life on Monday.
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Nuefrnberg
United Nations
Nazi Germany
Fatal crash and vehicle accidents in Amarillo area
Sergeant Scott died after being struck near Third and Polk while walking across the street. A car driven by 17 year old Arthur Vaughan fled the scene and is in custody. Two cousins James and Ralph Davis were hit by a passing car near North East Eighth as they exited a bus. both hospitalized earlier, Ralph released overnight. Local deaths raise Amarillo traffic toll to two for the year. Lynn DeShon pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated after striking a parked car on Harrison Avenue.
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Amarillo
Walter J. Scott
E. W. "Williams
North West
James C. Davis
Ralph W. Davis
Mountain Drive
Pleasant Valley
Scott
Third and
Polk
St. Anthony's Hospital
Amarillo Army Air Field
Davis
Garfield
Arthur
North East Eighth
Ralph Davis
Veterans Hospital
James Davis
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Mr. Williams
Army
New Guinea
Fort Bliss
Bill
James
Alma Ruth
LaVerne
Cecil Scott
Florida
Ruth Doughtry
Havana
Bowie
Bud Knocks
Lynn R. DeShon
Palo Duro
Harrison
L. O. Johnson
Truman Urges Voluntary Diet Cuts to Aid World Famine
President Truman called for a national program to reduce food consumption to meet acute needs abroad. He invited Hoover and other public figures to a March 1 White House meeting to craft an aggressive voluntary plan for private citizens, stressing government action plus voluntary citizen participation.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Asia
White House
Amarillo
Hoover
Philadelphia Picket Line Clubbed in Western Union Strike
Police dispersed 800 CIO pickets at the General Electric plant in Philadelphia after a court voided a wage-arbitrator appointment. In New York CIO members authorized a new Western Union strike over the wage dispute, while the plant remained closed from a nationwide electrical workers action demanding a $2 daily raise.
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Philadelphia
Western Union
Associated Press Club
New York
CIO American Communications Association
New York City
State Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Samuel Seabury
Supreme Court
CIO
General Electric Company
United States Back Move To Topple Franco In Spain
London reports say the United States proposed Britain and France condemn the Franco regime and back a caretaker government to replace Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Paris sources indicate France may accept in principle as cabinet factions press for joint action. France orders border closure with Spain as tensions rise.
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London
United States
Britain
France
Spain
Francisco Franco
Paris
U. S
Washington
Georges Bidault
America
Columbia Nears Return to Normalcy After Race Riot
Columbia Tennessee neared normalcy with only alert patrolmen and state guardsmen remaining after yesterday's race riots that left seven people shot.
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Columbia
Tenn
U.P
Nearly 250 Nurses Stage Sitdown Strike in Delaware
Nearly 250 student nurses conducted a 90 minute sitdown strike at Delaware General Hospital in Wilmington. Superintendent Clar ence A. Hume called the action a protest against enforcement of regulations while Dr. Joseph P. Leone cited objections to lipstick and rouge bans and rules on time off and on and social activities in the nursing school.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware General Hospital
Clarence A. Hume
Joseph P. Leone
Senate considers exoneration plan for Edwin W. Pauley
A Naval Committee member says a resolution to clear Edwin W Pauley of charges is being drafted with Pauley’s withdrawal of his nomination as undersecretary of the Navy as a possible condition. Ickes had alleged faults and the committee has not agreed on how far to exonerate. Pauley denied Ickes’ statement and acted undecided about withdrawing his name. President Truman continues to back Pauley.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Navy
Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Democratic National Committee
Ickes
Senator Tobey
New Hampshire
Naval Committee
Truman
Eichelberger Praises U S Troops in Japan as Best Fed and Entertained
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, said in Yokohama after returning from America that his troops in Japan are the best fed and best entertained in the world. He noted they are also the world's best complainers about slow mail.
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Yokohama
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. Eighth Army
America
Japan
Meat Price Increase Seen At About 80 Cents Per Person
OPA officials estimate the average American meat bill will rise about 80 cents yearly due to higher wages for packing house workers. The Agriculture Department plans a 16 cent per hour raise for 131,000 employees at 11 plants, with retail meat prices rising no more than about 1.5 percent.
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OPA
Washington
Agriculture Department
Swift
Armour
Cudahy
Wilson
John Morrell
Chester Bowles
United States
Bowles
American Meat Institute
Bowles Sees Wage Policy Aims for Modest 5 Percent Rise
Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles told Congress he hopes the new wage price policy will limit the cost of living rise to five percent in the coming year. He questioned Marriner Eccles estimates and urged extending price controls to keep inflation in check until production meets demand. Bowles supported a 20 percent federal pay raise to attract talent and urged shared sacrifice to curb inflation.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Congress
Marriner
Eccles
Federal Reserve
House’ Banking Committee
John W. Snyder
House Banking Committee
Bowles
House Civil Service Committee
Edward H. Rees
Kansas
Krug Selection May Relieve Tension
President Truman named J. A. Krug as Secretary of the Interior a move seen as likely to win quick approval. Krug, 38, former head of the War Production Board, emerged as a dark horse candidate, replacing Harold Ickes amid mounting cabinet tensions. Early Capitol Hill reaction suggested the pick could ease the political strain.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
J. A. Krug
Krug
War Production Board
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Capitol Hill
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas areas
The section notes partly cloudy conditions and a gradual warming this afternoon with fair skies tonight. Thursday is expected to be fair and warmer. In the Panhandle and South Plains highs will rise, with north portions reaching 50 to 60 and southeast up to 70 to 80. Temperatures tonight range from 20 to 40, dropping to 29 at noon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Redding Engineer Crowe Dies at 63
Frank T. Crowe, 63, who supervised the construction of 19 dams including Boulder and Shasta, died at Mercy Hospital in Redding, Cal., last night.
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Redding
Cal
Frank T. Crowe
Great Boulder
Shasta
Mercy Hospital
Billion Dollar Bill Aims to Spark Farm Output
The Agriculture Department seeks a 1.102 billion appropriation to fund peacetime activities including rural rehabilitation and electrification loans, farm conservation payments, and a major push toward increased crop and livestock production. The plan, praised by Secretary Clinton P. Anderson as an industrial revolution on the land, totals 1,102,017,000 with loan authorizations of 367,500,000 and 250,000,000 for rural electrification and tenancy programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Calls for Vigorous Plain Talk in U S Foreign Policy
Senator Vandenberg urged a vigorous plain spoken American foreign policy to counter Russia and shape world peace. He argued the United States must speak clearly, uphold its ideals, and lead morally while recognizing the two rival ideologies need mutual understanding to avoid jeopardizing peace.
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U. S
Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Russia
Senate
United Nations
London
Denberg
United States
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Fillmore
Sheldon Clark
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
Clarence Francis
General Foods Corporation
George H. Gallup
Henry R. Luce
James W. Young
J. Walter Thompson Company
William Myers
Cornell University
Chester C. Davis
Eugene Meyer
The
Washington Post
Ann Lord Strauss
League of Women Voters
Eric Johnson
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Emily G. Dickinson
Federation of Women's Clubs
Franco
Delaware
General Eichelberger
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes
Insurance
A Regal Co
Chicago
AFL
Rees
S Weather Bureau
Russell Stationery Co
Van
John Maynard Lbr. Co
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