Dewey Opposes Senate Move To Halt Forces to Europe
Gov Thomas E. Dewey urged Congress not to restrain troop deployment to Europe, warning the Wherry resolution would signal isolationism and undercut U.S. defense. He noted two divisions are in Germany and four more may join NATO forces under Eisenhower, highlighting GOP splits on the policy.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Europe
New York
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Len Wherry
Nebraska
Wherry
Senate
North Atlantic
Dewey
United States
Senate of
Fortress
America
Germany
Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Rockne's Son Seeks 15000 Damages in Civil Suit
William D. Rockne, son of Knute Rockne, files a $15,000 civil suit in Wichita. He alleges Joe Novacek shot him Jan. 20 after a forceful entry at the Novacek residence amid a liquor purchase dispute. A preliminary hearing on assault with intent to kill is set for March 9.
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Wichita
Kas
William D. Rockne
Rockne
Joe Novacek
Novacek
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
May Use Animals in Smog Experiments
Los Angeles County Medical Association proposes animal testing to study smog effects on humans. Dr. Fred Bryan of UCLA said $430,000 is needed to start the project and run it for a year using rats guinea pigs rabbits and possibly cats.
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Los Angeles (P
Los Angeles County Medical Association
Fred Bryan
University of California At Los Angeles
Paint Stolen From Police Station in Fitchburg
Lionel J. Raymond, a painting contractor, filed a larceny complaint at police headquarters reporting a $35 paint sprayer and three gallons of paint stolen from the police station while he finished painting the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
Lionel J. Raymond
New Hunt for Influence Looms in RFC Inquiry
A Senate subcommittee pursuing RFC loan influence cases signals a renewed probe into political favors reaching Congress. The panel cites letters from lawmakers to RFC and the White House may tighten scrutiny as President Truman plans RFC reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corp
House
Subcommittee
Joseph Short
Short
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
State Supreme Court Reverses Rail Verdicts
The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed two verdicts totaling 52578 in favor of Irma and Hermann Rogge from Lyon County against the Great Northern railroad over a train automobile collision. The court held Mrs Rogge failed to look for approaching trains, while Justice Gallagher dissented arguing a jury should decide contributory negligence.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Herman Rogge
Ghent
Lyon County
Irma Rogge
Great Northern Railroad
Rogge
Charles Loring
Frank T. Gallagher
Gallagher
Long Skating Season to Close Sunday
The city will close all skating rinks this Sunday marking one of the longest seasons in history. Recreation director Harry Strong cites mushy ice from rising water while noting record participation this year.
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Harry Strong
Strong
Washington Defense Dept Identifies 63 More U.S. Casualties
The Defense Department released List No. 234 naming six killed or died of wounds, 38 wounded, 17 missing in action, and two injured in an accident in Korea.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Korea
Survivors sighted from Norwegian freighter Florentine
A weather aircraft reported survivors adrift in a lifeboat about 275 miles southwest of Iwo Jima from the Florentine bound for San Francisco. A B 29 carried a droppable lifeboat with supplies and a navy tug Takelma moved to assist, expected to reach within 13 hours.
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Tokyo
Far East Airforce
Iwo Jima
Guam
Florentine
San Francisco
Philippines
Hastings City Votes to Discontinue Spiral Bridge Preservation
Hastings council ends efforts to save the historic spiral bridge over the Mississippi River. A new 1900 foot structure replaces it, with $9000 needed from subscriptions but not raised. Alma R. Elm of St. Paul continues fundraising as Okes Construction Co. begins dismantling starting Monday.
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Hastings
Mississippi River
Alma R. Elm
St. Paul
The
Territorial Pieneers
Okes Construction Co
Inflation Wins Coffee Price Rise At Eder Cafe
The Eder brothers Bill and Bud who pledged to cut prices when coffee rose have surrendered. They own Eder Cafe and Grille in Crawfordsville Indiana and join nine other downtown eateries announcing coffee will rise to 10 cents a cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville, Ind
Eder Brothers
Bill
Bud
Eder Cafe and Grille
Eders’ Grille
Group Urges Draft of 18s in UMTS Push
The Senate Armed Services Committee urged drafting 18 year olds to bolster manpower against Soviet Russia as part of the universal military training and service measure. Senate action on UMTS, including the 18-year-old draft, is set to begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
Senate Democrats
McFarland
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
United States
UN Troops Peril Red Road Hub
UN forces report peril at a Red Road hub as tensions rise near the disputed route. Officials cited increased threats and logistic strain affecting patrols and supply lines in the regional theater.
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Red Road
Allied push in central Korea with limited gains
American forces entered Hoengsong twice and challenged Chinese positions but failed to hold the key road hub. A tank infantry team withdrew after a three hour fight north of the town. Allied units pressed around Chipyong and Sanggosong as China pulls back toward a new defensive line north of Hoengsong amid a broader UN drive.
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Tokyo
Hoengsong
Chipyvong
Sanggosong
High Command
Missouri
Korea
Songjin
Chipyong
Hongchong
United Nations
U S Won't Finance Local Bomb Shelters
Washington reports that towns must fund large community shelters for A-bomb protection as federal money will not be supplied. Civil defense chief Millard Caldwell says costs in money steel and manpower are too high and emphasizes strengthening existing structures for public shelters with federal help for designs.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Millard Caldwell
Civil Defense
Caldwell
Lawmaker Pushes Tight Clamp on Bank Nights
Minnesota senator Ruth Pedersen introduces a bill to ban theater bank nights calling them a form of gambling and a menace to society. He cites a recent court ruling and urges constitutional consistency to stop large cash prizes from free chances. Governor Youngdahl to discuss two legislative issues on WCCO at 10 15 p m tonight.
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ST. Paul
Stat
Hans S. Pedersen
Ruthton
Sen. Pedersen
Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota
Youngdahl
WCCO
Wilson Calls for Giant Production Push
Defense Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson urged a three year program to boost US productive strength in war and peace. He promised action against profiteering and inflation, supported a quick tax levy, and signaled wage and farm price policy adjustments as he outlined the state of mobilization in a nationwide radio address.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Charles FE. Wilson
Wilson
Truman
Third Driver Pleads Innocent in Bus Collision Case
A third driver, August Baker of Austin, enters a innocent plea in municipal court after a fatal bus truck crash on Highway 218. Fellow drivers William Pullang of Minneapolis and Marvin Prescott of Jacksonville had already pleaded to careless driving and illegal parking respectively. No trial date set. injuries to three bus passengers improve. two women died in the crash.
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August Baker
Austin
Baker
William Pullang
Minneapolis
Jefferson Lines
Marvin Prescott
Jacksonville
Fla
Carolyn Mathews
Albert Lea
Louis Swehla
N. Kenwood
James F. Prescott
Shreveport
Mildred E. Fischer
Waconia
Leonard J. Brecht
Pullang
West Leaders Toast Soviets at East Berlin Anniversary
Western allied high commissioners from Russia, Britain, France and the United States exchanged toasts at the Soviet culture house in east Berlin. The gathering marked the 33rd anniversary of the Soviet army and featured a formal reception with General Vasiliy Chuikov hosting and Western officials sharing a meal of caviar.
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Berlin
East
West
Russia
Britain
France
United States
House of Soviet Culture
East Berlin
Vasiliy I. Chuikov
Red Army
Germany
Dominican Republic to Receive U. S. Aid
The Dominican Republic and the United States reached agreement for technical aid under President Truman's Point Four program. Dominicans will receive help developing economic resources educational programs and boosting productive capacity.
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Ciudad Trupillo
Dominican Republic
Foreign Office
United States
Truman
Automobile Prices May Be Adjusted
An Office of Price Stabilization official said prices of some cars may rise while others may fall in a general price order being prepared. Factory prices are frozen at the December 1 level, with the freeze set to expire March 1 and a new order expected before March 11.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Moore Dies After Helicopter Crash in Korea
Gen. Bryant E. Moore, 56, commander of the U S ninth corps, died after his helicopter crashed into the Han river north of Yoju. He collapsed in the van of Brig Gen H J D Myers. cause uncertain between crash injuries and heart attack. The craft lost power and plummeted. Moore and his pilot were aided ashore by U S engineers. Moore had been named ninth corps commander less than two weeks earlier amid the Chinese Red offensive. Previously superintendent of West Point, Moore succeeded Maj Gen Coulter as corps commander on Feb 13. He was the fourth UN general lost in Korea, following Gen Walter H Walker and Maj Gen William F Dean noted in previous incidents.
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West Central Front
Korea
Bryant E. Moore
United States
Ninth Corps
Han River
Yoju
Moore
H. J. D. Myers
24Th Division
U. S
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
J. B. Coulter
United Nations
Walter H. Walker
Eighth Army
William F. Dean
South Korea
Choi Pyung Duk
Republic’s
Stassen Urges Air Power to Secure Victory Without War
Harold E. Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, told senators a long range program to win without war. He urged building air power potent enough to destroy Russia’s war potential and bolstering western Europe’s armed strength to repulse a ground Communist assault. He spoke to armed services committees amid debate over a troops-to-Europe resolution from Senator Wherry.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Stssen
Russia
Europe
Stassen
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
U.S
Western Europe
Congress
Mild Weekend Weather Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports fairly mild weekend weather for most of the nation with fog from the Great Lakes to the Ohio valley and scattered showers in the far west. Chicago air traffic halted by zero visibility, while the northeast and far west stay near normal temperatures and thunderstorms build in Kansas Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Chicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
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