Eisenhower urges indefinite draft extension to meet world obligations
General Dwight D. Eisenhower told the House Military Affairs Committee that extending the draft indefinitely would help meet global obligations and release long-serving fathers. Secretary Patterson backed a yearlong extension plus a 20 percent pay raise to boost volunteer strength. both said without extension, manpower for the Army would fail to meet commitments and UN duties.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Eisenhower
House Military Affairs Committee
United States
Secretary of
Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Patterson
Thermy
United Nations Organization
Tterson
Behind Russia's Iron Curtain lives of Stalin's viceroys
NEA dispatches introduce a six part series by Jochen Joesten on the Soviet Union's new federated system and its satellite rulers. The first profile outlines Moscow's strategy of indirect control and the men who govern under Stalin in Finland Romania Bulgaria Hungary Yugoslavia Albania and their paths to power.
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Russia
NEA
Joachim Joesten
New York
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
White
Ukraine
United Nations Organization
Canada
British Dominion
British Commonwealth
Great Britain
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
Finland
Petru Groza
Romania
Kimon Georgieff
Bulgaria
Zoltan Tilgay
Hungary
Tito
Yugoslavia
Enver Hoxha
Albania
CIO To Organize Dallas City Employes Meeting Tuesday
The CIO will organize Dallas city workers at a meeting next Tuesday inviting the mayor and city council. The council and mayor pro tem J B Adone Jr declined the invitation.
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Dallas City
Dallas
City of
Used Car Prices Soar at Neely Greenhill Lowndes
Local insurance firm Neely Greenhill Lowndes advertises top prices paid for used cars. It lists Jack LoRelie at 10th and Fillmore as a contact point for inquiries and offers.
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes, Insurance
Jack LoRelie
Fillmore
Truman balks at postponing UN council meeting
President Truman rejected Russia's demand to postpone the United Nations Security Council session and declined calls for a new Big Three conference. He said the council would meet in New York as scheduled and that the U S would seek action on any quarrels before it.
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Truman
Washington
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Council
New York
Iran
Gromyko
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Boy Burns Escapes Overnight Absence From McKinley School
Mack Burns junior, a McKinley School student aged years, was found at school after being away all night. He left home with his parents reporting no trace until morning when he arrived, saying he was "around" last night. Parents describe a frantic night and fatigue.
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Mack Junior Burns
McKinley
Mack Burns
North West Twelfth
Lamar
McMasters
France Eyes Shift to Russia If US Aid Slips
Paris reports Foreign Minister Georges Bidault warns France may reorient economic policy toward Russia if American financial aid is not forthcoming. In an exclusive UP interview he says recovery cannot be delayed for years and France must seek help, potentially from Russia, if US assistance fails to arrive.
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Georges Bidault
France
Russia
America
United Press
Bidault
United States
Churchill Ends U S Visit Sails for England on Queen Mary
Winston Churchill ends his 66 day stay in the United States and sails home to England aboard the Queen Mary. The former British prime minister concluded a lengthy visit with events in New York before departure.
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U. S
England
Queen Mary
New York
Winston Churchill
United States
Workers Snub Strike Call at Westinghouse Plant
Scuffles and mass picketing erupted at the East Pittsburgh Westinghouse Electric plant as deputies and strike leaders cleared streets after a court order. In Bucyrus Ohio Crawford Steel Co workers joined the walkout while some crossed lines to work and others stayed in the plant.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ohio
Bn Linnce An
Westinghouse
Crawford Steel Co
Bucyrus
CIO United
Murder Search Tangles Motive For Texas Driver Slaying
Three days of intensive inquiry fail to link Walter Fowler’s death to suspect John Walker Twyman. Police trace Twyman’s movements from a Los Angeles trunk rebilled to Amarillo, a hotel stay, and a high powered pistol found in his room. Fowler’s funeral was held in Tulia.
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Walter Fowler
Cressing
John Walker Twyman
Twyman
Fowler
Morrow-Thomas Hardware
Tyler
Texas and Oklahoma Motor Freight Lines
North Rusk
Amarillo
Los Angeles
FI Paso
Louisville
el Paso
Nevada
St. Louis
FBI
Franklin County
California State Hospital
Stockton
Fort McDowell
Cal
Tulia
OPA to Announce Short Term Price Increases
CHICAGO March 21 UP OPA Administrator Paul Porter said that in the next few days the Office of Price Administration would announce price increases on rents food and clothing near the present level. He added a price bulge would be allowed and that auto prices would rise from 2 to 65 dollars depending on model. Porter also promised drastic measures against the meat black market to curb cattle diversion.
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Chicago
OPA
Paul Porter
Office of Price Administration
Porter
MacArthur Decrees Death for Homma by Firing Squad
General MacArthur ordered Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma to die by firing squad after the Tokyo decree. He criticized two U S Supreme Court justices who dissented calling the sentence vengeance rather than justice.
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MacArthur
Homma
Tokyo
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
U. S. Supreme Court
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The report notes considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions today and tonight with continued cool Friday. In West Texas, expect partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures this afternoon except near El Paso, with cooler tonight and partly cloudy Friday. Highs around 68, lows near 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Starved Japs Fought Over Spider as Food
From Tokyo a former Japanese sergeant, 33, describes hell in New Guinea where 1,800 men faced starvation. He recalls emaciated survivors crawling, cannibal hunger rumors, a commander urging suicides, and a soldier winning a citation for foraging.
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Duane Henn
Tokyo
South Pacific
New Guinea
Hell
Amarillo Army Air Field to go temporarily inactive after Aug 31
The Amarillo Army Air Field will be declared temporarily inactive after August 31 as a maintenance crew handles the field. Reports say about 20 000 trainees may be moved to the field around April 1, with activation resuming for summer training and a September 1 deactivation. Col. Joe K. Warner commands the base.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Washington
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Air Corps
Joe K. Warner
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