Benes Swears In Red Cabinet In Prague Crisis
Prague reports Eduard Benes swore in a Communist dominated cabinet led by Klement Gottwald, as Communist control promises to reshape industry and society. Benes warned the move could have evil results and reportedly feared civil war amid resignations from anti Communist ministers. The United States Britain and France called the government a disguised dictatorship while Gottwald asserted parliamentary support and constitutional democracy.
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Klement Gottwald
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Czechoslovakia
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Munich
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Great Britain
France
State Department
Washington
London Daily Graphic
Hitler
Greek Turkish Aid Boost Is Asked
Two Republicans urged Congress to fold a Greece and Turkey military aid request into the 275 million dollar State Department total. They want funds found to arm Chiang Kai-shek's government against Communists by expanding the pipeline to Greece and Turkey after April 1.
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Congress
China
Marshall
Greece
Turkey
Taft
Ohio
Bridges
Chiang Kai- Shek
Senate
Marshall proposes aid split for Greece and Turkey amid Cold War
The cabinet official urges Congress to approve a $570 million economic aid package for China and outlines a broader Western strategy against Communists in Europe. Former senator Taft and Bridges warn that without military supplies for Chiang Kai-Shek and Greece Turkey, aid may fail. current program gives Turkey $100 million and Greece $175 million in arms and support.
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Russia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Turkey
Czech
Congress
Europe
China
Taft
Bridges
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pension Demand Faces Mine Owners
Washington report on United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis proposing retirement fund payouts of 100 dollars monthly to miners aged 60 with 20 years in the pits. Owners warn funding may require a 50 cent per ton royalty rise. trustees meet as a historical negotiating committee resurfaces without public hints.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Thomas E. Murray
Ezra T. van Horn
van Horn
House Appropriations Panel Orders $84 Million Cut Across Departments
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed 84.4 million from President Truman's 587.8 million request for the State Justice and Commerce Departments and federal courts. The 17 percent overall cut varies by agency from 28 percent for Commerce to under 1 percent for Justice, affecting the fiscal year starting July 1.
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House Appropriations Committee
Truman
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Commerce
Justice Department
Ohio appoints trio to study conservation activities
Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert State Agriculture Director Frank Farnsworth and Attorney James F. Atwood of Columbus were named to a postwar commission subcommittee to study Ohio conservation activities. The appointments were made by State Sen. C. Stanley Mechem chairman of the Conservation Committee of the Program Commission.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Frank Farnsworth
James F. Atwood
Ohio
C. Stanley Mechem
Athens
Program Commission
Snakes Exchanged For Two Children
Ravenna Ohio a Marine veteran Jack Lyon a Kent State student and snake fancier wanted to adopt his wife s two children from a former marriage. His father in law Howard J Seymour opposed snakes at home so Lyon agreed to ship his prized snakes to Staten Island New York in exchange for Seymour s approval of the adoption.
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Ravenna
Jack Lyon
Kent State University
Howard J. Seymour
Lyon
Recorder
Staten Island
N.Y
Seymour
Slayer Receives Life Sentence in Churchyard Killing
Edwin D. Young known as the churchyard slayer was sentenced to life in prison after a nine male three female jury found him guilty of first degree murder in the strangulation of Zora Hess Gerbes. The jury mercy recommendation made life imprisonment mandatory. He admitted involvement but denied premeditation. The 25 year old divorcee was found strangled in a rural churchyard last July 11.
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Marion, CO
Edwin D. Young
Young
Zora Hess Gerbes
One Man Killed in Cincinnati Laundry Burglary
A police squad surprised two men burglarizing the Central Laundry in Cincinnati. Vernon Davis, 22, died from a head wound and Harold Ormes, 22, was wounded in the thigh. Sgt. Robert Roneker reported the incident.
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Cincinnati
Robert Roneker
Vernon Davis
Harold Ormes
Rocker
House Group Unfolds Spy Setup Claim and Denial
Washington witnesses described a wartime claim that Soviet spies used a State Department official to route a telegram to Roosevelt via China, reaching Moscow before Washington. The State Department denied the allegation, labeling the affair unfounded. The committee noted a non identified senior official as the supposed intermediary.
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Congress
Roosevelt
State Department
China
Moscow
House Appropriations Committee
Department
Truman Advisors Say Policy Remains Same
Key West Florida report notes top flight advisors to President Truman affirm no drastic shift in policy. They say the administration will continue to evaluate appointments individually to the South, despite rumors of increased patronage to Negroes following the civil rights program.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Overdose Blamed for Death of Nancy Boyer in Springfield
Coroner Austin Richards ruled Nancy Boyer aged 25 dead in Springfield as presumably accidental from an overdose of sleeping medicine. Her body was found in a car in front of her boarding house after a two week trip with a married Greenfield attorney.
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Springfield
Austin Richards
Nancy Boyer
Billion Dollar Housing Program Aims for 1.5 Million Homes
Senator McCarthy outlined a draft bill to the House Senate Housing Committee proposing a government program costing about one billion dollars over five years. It seeks to spur construction of 1.5 million new homes annually for ten years, prioritizing rental housing for low income families with investor incentives and tax relief. Local governments would supply land labor and tax concessions.
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Washington
Congressional
McCarthy
R-Wis
House Senate Housing Committee
Truman
Congress
Couple Married in Hobson Nazarene Church Ceremony
John Mitchell Pomeroy aged 78 and Bertha Garrison aged 76 were wed in a single ring ceremony at the Nazarene Church in Hobson at 7 30 p m on Wednesday. Attendants included Sadie Condee, the bride’s daughter, and Frank Mitchell, the groom’s son. A reception followed at Frank Mitchell’s home.
Soviet to Tell Palestine Plans at Security Council
At Lake Success the United Nations Security Council will hear Andrei A Gromyko outline Soviet Palestine plans. The speech is expected to frame Moscow views on enforcing partition and open the debate as most delegates await the US and Russia before speaking.
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United Nations Security Council
Palestine
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kremlin
Moscow
Gromyko
United States
Russia
Car Dealer Wins Triple Damages Against GMC
Fred Emich, a former Chicago automobile dealer, won triple damages of 1,236,000 dollars from General Motors Corporation in federal court. The jury deliberated about 34 hours after a four month civil trial, finding GM violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by revoking his franchise for not using GMAC financing.
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Chicago
Fred Emich
General Motors Corporation
Emich
General Motors
General Motors Acceptance Corporation
Stassen Supporters Organize Ohio Committees
Supporters form Columbiana County committee to back Harold E. Stassen in the Republican primaries. In Akron a Stassen-for-President club names Raymond J. Finley as chairman with Akron to be a focal point for 14th district delegates.
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East Liverpool
Harold E. Stassen
Columbiana
Akron
Stassen-for
Jury trial set for Lillie Mae Bell in trailer fire
A jury is selected to try Mrs. Lillie Mae Bell on a first degree manslaughter charge for the fatal burnings of her two sons in a trailer fire near Warren Ohio.
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Warren
Lillie Mae Bell
Poland Romania sign cultural agreement in Warsaw
Poland and Romania sign a cultural accord in Warsaw today. Officials from both nations attend the ceremony to promote bilateral cultural exchange and cooperation in arts education and heritage projects.
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Warsaw
Poland
Romania
Train Kills Glouster Mail Carrier
O. R. Davis of Spring Street Glouster was struck by New York Central passenger train No. 2 at 11 44 AM one and a half miles south of Corning. Davis, about 55, was a rural mail carrier widely known in the area. The train remained on the tracks and continued after about thirty minutes.
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O. R. Davis
Spring St
New York Central
Corning
Davis
Bookies Had Wire Priority War Time Charge
A government report accuses bookies wires of wartime priority over U S Army for Western Union services and over war plants. Edmund G Brown asks halt to Pioneer News Service. Western Union and Pacific Telephone suspend service. Continental News Service linked to monopoly and 16 000 miles of wires.
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West Coast
U. S. Army
Western Union
California Public Utilities Commission
Edmund G. Brown
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Pioneer
California
Continental News Service
Cleveland
Continental
Bakersfield
Fourth Army
Mazatlan
Mexico
Soviet Sends Treaty Plan To Finland
Finland faces a government crisis mood as Moscow sends a proposal for a new treaty to President Paasikivi. The foreign ministry confirmed a letter from Moscow, signed by Prime Minister Stalin, but gave no pact details. Rumors say Fagerholm may travel to Stockholm to brief Sweden.
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Finland
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Russia
Juho F E. Paasikivi
Stalin
Soviet Union
Balkan
Karl August Fagerholm
Parliaament
Stockholm
Manhole Lids Fly After Sewer Oil Fire
Oklahoma City residents witnessed a scare when an eight inch pipeline leaked crude into the sewer system and a group of high school boys set it on fire. Firefighters shut valves and flooded the sewers, extinguishing a second blaze six blocks away.
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Oklahoma City
R. L. Heflin
Reds Want Cohorts In On Reich Plans
Moscow radio reports Russia wants Czechoslovakia Poland and Yugoslavia included in planning Germany's future. Notes sent to United States Great Britain and France seek consultation among occupying powers and other nations on the German question.
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Waterways Bill Seen Fast Action on $539 Million Measure
Senate leader forecasts swift action after the House passed the record 539 million waterways bill funding 244 flood control and rivers and harbors projects across more than 40 states. Subcommittee hearings to begin soon, with aims to complete by mid March as European Recovery Program debate ends.
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Washington
Senate
House
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
Parole Granted Gunman After 23 Years in Jail
Levi A. Clark, once jailed for a hitchhike shooting that wounded Lynn A. Lyon, was granted parole by the Parole and Parole Commission. He faces release May 13 after a 23 year wait. his case drew protests that delayed eligibility.
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Columbus
Pardon and Parole Commission
Levi A. Clark
London
Clark
Lynn A. Lyon
Pomeroy Hamden Face Phone Rate Increase
The Ohio Associated Telephone Co. asked the State Utilities Commission for higher rates at 22 exchanges in its Jackson district. Present rates do not cover costs, and proposed rates would raise annual revenue by 68,349 dollars. Hamden and Pomeroy are among the affected exchanges.
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Columbus
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
Jackson
State Utilities Commission
Hamden
Pomeroy
CIO-UAW Sues Over Taft Hartley Political Spending Ban
The CIO United Auto Workers filed a federal suit attacking the Taft Hartley Act ban on union political spending. It seeks an injunction to bar Justice Department prosecutions for violations and argues the ban is unconstitutional.
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Washington
CIO
United Auto Workers
Justice Department
UAW
Easter Seal Drive Set for Feb 28 to Mar 28
Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert announces Easter Seal drive in Columbus from February 28 to March 28. State goal is set at $350000.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Oil From Coal Deemed Waste
Dr. Eugene Ayres, research director for Gulf Oil, told a House subcommittee that converting coal to oil is wasteful as half the coal’s energy is lost. He urged Congress to pursue natural gas and to exploit shale and tar sands before coal for synthetic fuels.
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Washington
Eugene Ayres
Gulf Oil Corp
Congress
Ayres
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Teamster Strike Idles 2000 at GM Chevrolet Plant Near Cincinnati
About 2000 production workers at the General Motors Chevrolet plant in suburban Norwood were idled by a Teamsters strike against four auto transport firms. Don Zimmerman said GM halted production though not involved, due to lack of space to park new cars and trucks.
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Cincinnati
General Motors Chevrolet
Norwood
AFL
Don Zimmerman
Dixie Senator Forecasts Post Election Democratic Shakeup
Senator George of Georgia predicts a reorganization of the Democratic Party after the 1948 campaign. Southern opponents of Truman civil rights plans may shape the party's future while southern lawmakers push to keep Truman off ballots. Democratic Chairman McGrath forms an executive committee to run the national convention.
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Truman
George
Mr. Truman
Dixie Democrats
Congress
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Georgia
Rep. Hoffman
Rmich
T. Howard McGrath
Solid South
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