State GOP To Sound Rallying Victory Cry
West Virginia Republican groups plan Lincoln birthday observances statewide next week featuring Henry Cabot Lodge Jr and other GOP leaders. Notable events include Franklin Pendleton County with Senator Zales Ecton, and Charleston headliner Senator Lodge with Logan Livengood at the Lincoln day dinner.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
GOP
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Franklin
Pendleton County
Zales Ecton
Montana
Haymond Maxwell
Clarksburg
State Supreme Court
Herbert S. Boreman
A. Logan
William S. Livewood
Pennsylvania
Boreman
Parkersburg
State Senate
Carroll Reese
Wheeling
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Clarence J. Brown
Republican National Committee
Lodge
Livengood
Logan
Lodge T
Daniel Boone
A. S
Chapman Revercomb
Toollow
National Republican
Dixie Governors Issue Ultimatum to National Democrats
Wakulla Springs Florida February 7 The southern governors conference unanimously urged the Democratic administration to halt civil rights attacks or face revolt. They set a 40 day limit for a new meeting to review developments and planned joint action to influence Washington and party councils.
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Wakulla Springs
Fla
Conference of
Southern Governors
Democratic National Administration
South
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
James Folsom
Alabama
Southern Governors’ Conference
Truman
Washington
Wright
McCord
Tennessee
Jester
Texas
Caldwell
Florida
Laney
Arkansas
Folsom
Thurmond
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
National Democratic Party
Young Slayer Of Father Acquitted In Virginia Trial
James Edward Shrader a 17 year old of Chapel Giles County Virginia was acquitted of murder in a preliminary hearing before Trial Justice J S Andrews at Pearisburg The court ruled the shooting a justifiable homicide The slaying occurred at the Shrader home January 31 and was witnessed by his mother and two sisters who testified the father had been drinking abusive and threatened them with a knife The youth fired a 16 gauge shotgun in self defense.
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James Edward Shrader
Chapel
Giles County
Maiden Shrader
J.S. Andrews
Pearisburg
Shrader
Young Shrader
New Cold Wave Strikes At Nation
A new cold wave hit the nation today, with freezing drizzle as blast from Canada spreads across the Midwest by tonight and reaches Virginia by tomorrow. Temperatures ranged from 18 below at Pembina, North Dakota to 78 in Miami.
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Chicago
Canada
Midwest
Virginia
US Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Gulf
United States
East Coast
Gulf Coast
Pembina
N. D
Miami
Army Adheres To Alphabet Policy At Bradley Swearing In
The army follows its alphabet rule for guests at General Omar Bradley's swearing in as chief of staff with Truman listed under the T section despite broader attendance. The note highlights rigid guest sorting by surname in the official program.
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Washington
Army
Omar Bradley
Truman
Skidding grain cuts a few cents off food costs
Grain prices slide but resistances persist as bread flour lard and pork cuts edge lower in some stores. Hog prices drop to 23.75 in Chicago, with forecasts of cheaper meat next week and a potential broader downward trend in prices.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Russia offers to buy 87 ships from U.S. lend lease
Washington reports Moscow has offered to purchase 87 ships seized under wartime lend lease while returning seven tankers and one cargo ship. The sale would be separate from the broader $11.2 billion lend-lease settlement. Talks are in early stages with possible congressional objections.
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Washington
Russia
U. S
Moscow
U.S
State Department
Congress
House Merchant Marine Committee
Maritime Commission
Alexander S. Panyushkin
United States
Soviets
Italy
Mediterranean
Far
Four Children Endure Night Outdoors In Freezing Weather
In Oil City Pennsylvania Sheriff says a father frightened the family from the home leaving four children exposed in zero cold. Frances King 16 and infant Raymond are critical, Ralph Sr. and Elsie 6 are fair. The father Howard King 54 is held on an open charge as searchers locate the children after a night in the woods.
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Oil City
John Cunningham
Frances King
Raymond
Ralph
Elsie
Cunnningham
Howard
King
Francis
Cunningham
Bradley replaces Eisenhower as army commander
General Dwight D. Eisenhower turns over command to General Omar N. Bradley in a brief ceremony attended by President Truman and top officials. Eisenhower plans memoir work and a stint at Columbia University, while Bradley faces urgent manpower challenges and memories of D Day.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
America
West Point
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Marshall
Bradley
The
Baltimore Sun
George C. Marshall
Columbia University
Florida
82Nd
101St Airbourne
Cherbourg
Europe
Edwin W Pauley Quits Army Department Post
Edwin W Pauley resigns as special assistant to the secretary of the army after serving since September on industrial mobilization and procurement. Royall calls his work outstanding while Pauley faces senate scrutiny over oil market gains and past confirmation fights.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Secretary of the Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Royall
Pauley
Department of the Army
California
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
Tidelands
Taft Seeks Quick Accord on European Aid Costs
Senator Taft predicts Republicans favoring a European recovery program will soon agree on cost limits. He backs a smaller cut than 2.0 billion and may strike a compromise with Vandenberg Millikin Bridges and others ahead of March 1 ERP debate. A group of 20 senators pressed amendments seeking independent administration and watchdog oversight.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Ohioan
Europe
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Midh
Millikin
R-Cole
Bridges
R- NH
Lewis Douglas
London
State Department
Michigan
Ball
R - Minn
Senate House
Speaker Martin Attacks Spendthrift Administration
House Speaker Martin charged the Truman administration still suffers from spendthrift excesses and vowed Republican cuts. He praised restraint but criticized high payrolls and government waste, saying inflation requires a Republican president and Congress to curb spending and power.
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St. Louis
House
Martin
Mass
Truman Administration
Republican Congress
America
Congress
Headache Drove Nazi To death by own action
Paris reports Nazi Gen. Otto von Stuelpnagel hanged himself in Cherche Midi prison while awaiting war crimes trial. The 69 year old former governor general of occupied France cited worsening health and chronic headaches in a note to his lawyer thanking guards and requesting mercy.
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Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Hitler
Cherche- Midi
von Stuelpnagel
Marcel Heraud
Heraud
Autoist And Helpers Get Stuck In Mud Near Memphis
Edythe E Marchisio’s car bogs down in mud and draws her brother’s help but his car also stalls. A sister and neighbor arrive with a truck yet only one vehicle is freed. A crowd of men finally pulls the fleet from the mud leaving one car mired to its running boards.
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Memphis
Ten
Edythe E Marchisio
Fliers Held In Revolt Plot In Caracas Bomb Plan
Six American airmen connected to a supposed plot to bomb Caracas were arrested in the United States and abroad. FBI Chief Hoover said two pilots would have received 30000 each to carry out a Latin American revolution. Four suspects were suspended by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
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Caracas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nicaragua
Miami
Panama
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bushfield
Georgia
Puerto Cabezas
Hoover
Olin D. Mason
A.W.O.L
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Harry A. Snow
R.A
Amarillo
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Snow
Pavlicek
Mason
Newcomer
Romulo Betancourt
United States
Romulo Gallegos
Cherres Fs
France and Spain reopen common frontier amid protests
France and Spain announced the border would reopen at midnight Monday for travelers and communications. Labor unions and communist groups criticized the move, warning of disrupted train service and denouncing pressure from Washington. The accord covers shared frontier zones, ports, airports, and extends to Morocco and Algeria.
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France
Spain
French Federation of Railwaymen
Generalissimo
Franco
General Confederation of Labor
L'Humanite
Washington
le Populaire
Russia
United Nations
Assembly
U. N
Morocco
Algeria
North
Africa
Four Soldiers Killed in C-47 Crash Near Saluda North Carolina
A C-47 air force cargo plane crashed into Mount Page near Saluda as fog shrouded the area killing four soldiers and injuring six. The aircraft was en route from Bolling Field Washington to Greenville air base when it descended for an instrument landing in poor weather. Rescue workers rushed the injured to Patton Memorial Hospital in Hendersonville. A survivor reported nine soldiers and one sailor were aboard.
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Upper Galilee
Holy Land
Saluda
N. C
Peaky Mount Page
Ere
Washington
Bolling Field
Greenville
8. C
Norman
Bayliss
Foy Weil
Hendersonville
Patton Memorial Hospital
Wall
Virginia GOP Sets April 10 Convention in Roanoke
Virginia Republicans vote to hold their state convention April 10 in Roanoke starting at 10 a.m. Lynchburg, Richmond and the Alexandria Arlington Fairfax area bids are rejected. Chairman Robert H. Woods heads arrangements with a 1,450 attendee estimate and delegates allocated by 1944 vote.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Roanoke
Republican State Central Committee
Richmond
Alexandria - Arlington--Fairfax
Robert H. Woods
A. D. Smith
Newport News
Thomas Woodward
Suffolk
Phyllis A
GOP
U. S. Senate
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Woods
Fred W. McWane
Lynchbore
Avblile
James P. Selvece
William B. Logan
Woodstock
Jesse James Hold-Up Suspect Is Held
Chicago police Capt. Michael Spatz said a young Black man confessed to staging the Jesse James holdup of the Interstate Express on Dec. 13. Wallard Ousley, 24, of Chicago, admitted the rear car raid that netted about 900 dollars and fled near 35th Street yards after being wounded during a loan company incident.
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Chicago
Michael Spatz
Jesse James
New York Central
Interstate Express
Southside
Englewood
Lasalle Street
Planned Parenthood aide in Pittsburgh welcomes triplets
Mrs. James H. Elkus, vice president of the Planned Parenthood clinic of Pittsburgh, is the mother of triplets born Friday night. She and her husband, a Blan Knox Steel Co. executive, already have a seven year old son. The babies are two girls and a boy.
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Pittsburgh
James H. Elkus
Planned Parenthood Clinic of
Elkus
Blan~Knox Steel Co
Plane Reaches Emergency Field After Fire and Ditch Scene
Eastern Air Lines Constella tion with 69 aboard landed at Bunnell Florida after engine failure forced an emergency ditch 80 miles off Jacksonville. One crew member died Gilbert Folz others injured as passengers jumped to safety. Notable passengers included Winthrop Rockefeller and Dick Merrill.
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Bunnell
Fla
Apy
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
Gilbert Paul Folz
W. E. Johnson
Boston
New York
West Palm Beach
Miami
Brunswick
Johnson
Hen
Dick Merrill
EAL
Plane Passenger Describes Mishap at Sea and Landing
Mrs. Alice Greenbaum of New York described a terrifying Constellation incident above the Atlantic. As flames erupted from an engine, passengers jumped from a wing near Daytona Beach and landed safely at Bunnell, with orderly evacuations and no panic.
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Alice Greenbaum
85Th St
New York City
Halifax Hospital
Daytona Beach
West Palm Beach
Miami
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Alice Grenbaum
Eas Street
New York
EAS Constellation
Bunnell
Fla
Carl Greenbaum
Daytona Bach
Atlantic Ocean
Greenbaum
Herbert Harris
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Harris
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