Belgian Socialists Call 24 Hour General Strike
Belgian Socialist action committees voted to strike in Brussels and southern Belgium in protest of King Leopold's return. Antwerp tied up 128 ships and 11,000 workers walked out. 20,000 more blocked foundries in Brussels Huy and Ghent. A Social Christian spokesman vowed Leopold would be restored despite the strike wave. Fourteen Czechs faced court on spying charges tied to US France and the Vatican. In Indonesia, Jakarta stores closed over devalued guilder as the government prepared to enforce the new money to curb wage strikes.
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Associated Press
Belgian Socialist Action Committees
Leopold
Brussels
Belgium
Social Christians
Antwerp
Huy
Ghent
Social Christian
House of Representatives
Switzerland
Moravia
France
Vatican
Jaromir Parizek
Southeast Asia
Jakarta
Indonesia
Finance Ministry
National Guard Officers Commissioned in Texas
Two Central Texas officers in the Texas National Guard were commissioned and assigned in orders issued Monday by Adjutant General K. L. Berry. Walter A. Gaetjens Jr. of Austin was made captain and named assistant finance and procurement officer at State Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment.
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Central Texas
Texas National Guard
K. L. Berry
Walter A. Gaetjens Jr
West 19Th Street
Austin
Horses Vanish From Riding Stable In Austin
City detectives search for two missing nine year old horses from the Austin Riding Stables. A gold wrist watch and a billfold with $12 were also reported missing from local residents.
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Jim Gillum
Austin
Lawrence Campbell
Comal
East 12Th Street
Crommelin Eyes US Senate Run From Alabama
Captain John G. Crommelin, furloughed military critic, may enter the US Senate race from Alabama. He said he received numerous calls urging him to run for Senator Lister Hill's seat next fall and suggested he would serve best in Congress if not in the Navy.
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San Francisco
John G. Crommelin
US Senate
Alabama
Crommelin
Lister Hill
Armed Forces Unification
Navy
Congress
Catholic Leaders Shun Czech Oath
In Prague on March 20 Catholic leaders refused to take a government loyalty oath as other churches did. Premier Zapotocky ordered Archbishop Josef Beran and the Prague bishops to appear to swear loyalty, but the bishops insist they will not pledge loyalty to a Communist regime.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Zapotocky
Catholic Board of Bishops
Josef Beran
Zapotocky
Race Student Talks On Africans Tonight
A University of California staff member delivers a public lecture at 8 p m Tuesday in Geology Building 14 on The Home Life of the Ovambo. Dr Edwin M Loeb ethnographer will speak, sponsored by the university committee on public lectures and the anthropology department.
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University of California
Ovambo
Edwin
M. Loeb
University Committee On
Anthropology Department
Take Off Ugly Fat With Grape Fruit Juice Recipe
A home fat loss claim promotes a simple plan using Liquid Barecentrate and grape fruit juice. Mix four ounces of the concentrate with a pint of juice, take two tablespoons twice daily, and request a money back guarantee if results are not seen.
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