Taft Campaign Targets Truman In Illinois Trip
Senator Taft accused President Truman of seeking a stranglehold over industry agriculture and commerce as he campaigned in Illinois corn belt. He claimed the administration keeps prices high to blame Republicans and warned against a new deal with police state powers. Anderson denied Wheat purchase plans while Taft outlined Indiana visits and Minnesota foreign policy talk.
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Bloomington
Ill
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Ohioan
Illinois
Blooming In Association of Commerce
Federal Bureau
United
Chicago
Anderson
City Board Reviews Revenue and Ordinance Changes
The city reports seven months revenue about 28600, with five months to cover a 408000 budget, if remaining revenue reaches 122000. West Virginia Water Service rate hearing postponed to March 15. City Attorney presents first reading of pool room ordinance with fines 50 to 100 dollars and possible jail. Gendarme costs set at seven dollars beyond fines to align with state law.
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West Virginia Water Service Company
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Luther G. Scott
Baruch Sees Break in Prices as Positive Outlook
Bernard Baruch told The Sun the commodity price drop is a good thing and does not signal a business depression. He said the world faces hunger, big crops and potential peace, noting people will work if offered opportunity. He declined further comment after acknowledging his Senate statement.
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the Sun
New York Evening
Bernard Baruch
Ndt
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Sun
Baruch
Retty
Senate
Margaret Truman Engagement Denied by White House
Washington reports that Margaret Truman is not engaged to be married. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross calls the rumor “positively no” and adds the president’s daughter was not available to reporters. Frank Handy of Ypsilanti said he stands by the denial after noting the White House statement.
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Washington
Margaret Truman
White Yf House
Charles G. Ross
Walter Winchell
Frank Handy
Ypsilanti, Mich
Reather Odum
Truman
Two Freighters In Distress Off Halifax in Atlantic
Two ships, the American freighter Pierre B. DuPont and the British Clunepark, reported damage and taking on water about 800 miles east of Halifax. Henry Baldwin and John Fiske moved to assist, while the coast guard cutter Duane aided the DuPont. DuPont’s Captain Eriksen said the vessel remained under control as it rode the seas.
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North Atlantic
Halifax
Nova Scotia
U. S
Pierre 8. DuPont
Clunepark
Henry Baldwin
DuPont
John Fiske
Coast Guard
Duane
Eric K. Eriksen
Brooklyn
Rouen
France
Hampton Roads
U.S. Lines
Wrater
Wright to call southern Democrats meet on anti southern law
Mississippi governor Fielding Wright says he will proceed with plans to convene a gathering of southern Democrats to rebuke party leaders over anti southern legislation. He notes the movement could extend beyond the region and has heard from supporters in Ohio and the west coast.
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Jackson
Miss
Fielding L. Wright
South
Ohio
Mississippi
Wright
Cold Air Mass From Canada Tightens Winter Grip
A new cold air mass pushed south from Canada, freezing conditions across the northern United States from Montana to New England. Subzero temperatures persisted in Montana, Wyoming, the Dakotas, northern Minnesota, and upper Michigan. Industrial shutdowns due to fuel curtailment caused widespread unemployment as snow fell in the central Rockies and plains.
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Canada
United States
Montana
New England
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Nevada
Plains States
Rockies
Great Lakes Region
East
Weather Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
Maryland
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Gulf States
Tennessee
Miami
Los Angeles
Charleston
W. Va
West
Light and Heat Company
Panhandle
Moundsville Bakeries
Hope Natural Gas Company
West Virginia
Jury to Probe Mine Violence in Barboursville KY
Knox county grand jury urged to open immediate inquiry into alleged violence at Wilton Coal mine. Angelo Indicanni said 300 men forced him and 40 workers to sign union cards, with seven armed men among them. Judge Johnson demanded swift action and witness subpoenas.
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Knox County Grand Jury
Wilton Coal Company
Angelo Indicanni
Ale Wales
Middlesboro
United Mine Workers of America
J. B. Johnson
Commonwealth of Kentucky
C. A. Mills
Grand
Storm Swamps Marine Boats On Maneuvers
Oceanside California February tenth report on Camp Pendleton amphibious drills states five LVTs with 35 men were swamped by 10 to 15 foot breakers. One marine died, one is missing, 34 rescued, 4 hospitalized, others treated on the beach. Two swamped LVTs missing but crew accounted for. Sea search ongoing as a 40 foot research boat also capsized at Scripps.
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Calif
Camp Pendleton
John Diveny
Diveny
Coast Guard
Marine
San Diego County
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
la Jolla
Aliso Beach
Adm
High Communist Official Nabbed in New York Deportation Case
FBI agents arrested John Williamson labor secretary of the American communist party in New York and sent him to Ellis Island for a deportation hearing. Williamson born abroad posed as American. state officials say 11 employees were dismissed as bad security risks. Rep Stefan notes a report listing over 100 communist sympathizers on the State Department payrolls. AMVETS chief Corry urges communist registration and bans on public office runs. Gerhard Eisler also held on a deportation warrant at Ellis Island.
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FBI
American Communist Party Today
New York
Ellis Island
John Williamson
Justice Department
Communist Party
Williamson
Scotland
Department
California
San Francisco
Gerhard Eisler
House
America
Rep
Stefan
State Department
Communists Blamed For Terror Reign In Korea
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge accused Korean communists of leading three days of murder and destruction in South Korea, causing 49 deaths and damaging railways and communications to force the UN Commission on Korea to withdraw. He said rioting was instigated by paid stooges from the northern zone under Russian control.
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Korea
U. S
South Korea
John R. Hodge
United Nations Commission On Korea
Russia
Hodge
Stooges
Senate panel backs cabinet‑rank ERP head to run European recovery
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously proposed a cabinet rank administrator earning 20 000 a year to run the European Recovery Program taking it from the State Department. The plan includes a 12‑member advisory board and a roving ambassador with 25 000 yearly pay. A joint watchdog committee would oversee ERP policy.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Vandenberg
Rmich
Michigan
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R-Mass
House
Europe
Reed
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GOP
Congress
Truman
Republican Party
France
Senate
U. S
Italy
Austria
Government holds in Manchuria deepen fears
Americans returning from Mukden report the Chinese government’s position in Manchuria as grave. Officials and civilians scramble for plane passage to safety as Changchun is evacuated and consulates close. The exodus from communist-threatened cities strains China’s airlines.
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Shanghai
Mukden
Manchuria
Changchun
China
Arkansas Divorce Confusion Stirs After Supreme Court Ruling
Arkansas Supreme Court again refuses to recognize 1750 divorces granted by a special domestic relations court in Little Rock. Attorneys face unsettled status for remarriages and children born into the cases as questions loom on how to legitimize marital status amid the court ruling that the second division chancery court was created unconstitutionally.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
Aavab Elly
Valtmaotayur
Wwsstum
Arkansas
Charles Jacobson
United States
Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Pulaski County
Ruth Hale
Special Court
Name Sought for Wheat Trader Tipped Market Break
Washington lawmakers pressed Secretary Anderson to disclose the identity of a leading speculator who sold 1,000,000 bushels of wheat short as prices fell. Rep. Andresen alleges insider knowledge and a $400,000 gain, while Anderson denies any market tipoff and questions the congressman's motives. The dispute follows a House inquiry into commodity trading and government grain buying plans.
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Washington
August H. Andresen
Minn
Anderson
Andresen
Virginia's Oldest Confederate Vet Dies
Virginia mourns James Albert Spicer last night in Washington D C at his daughter's home. He would have turned 104 in May and served with Mosby’s Rangers and the seventh Virginia Regiment in Cedar Mountain and Petersburg campaigns. He outlived all but one Confederate veteran on Virginia's pension roll.
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Virginia
James Albert Spicer
Washington, D. C
Harry Lushbaugh
Miller
Mosby
Rangers
Walkers Methodist Arch
Madison County
Church Yard
Spicer
Pickett
John 8. Mosby
Cedar Mount
Petersburg
John Shaw
John H. Johnson
Slate Mills
Culpeper County
Washington
Orange County
Kremlin Suffers Staggering Propaganda Blow Says U S Review
Washington reports a sharp Russian counterblow after the United States released a 362 page dossier of Nazi documents detailing Hitler Stalin cooperation. Officials say Moscow’s reply focuses on alleged U S distortions and appeasement era causes, aiming to sway Europe rather than Washington.
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Moscow
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Stalin
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Balkans
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Soviet Union
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France
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Plans Made For Lincoln Dinner Here
Preparations are complete for the Lincoln Day dinner in Bluefield at 6 30 p m Saturday in the West Virginia hotel ballroom. Rep Walter Christian Ploeser of Missouri will speak. Mrs J H Ridge leads the Bluefield Republican club and presides. more than 200 guests expected with state and local GOP leaders attending. Walter S Hallanan and Jim H Shott head a list of party luminaries.
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West Virginian Hotel
Walter Christian Ploeser
Missouri
Republican Man's Club of
J. H. Ridge
Whitethorn
Ploeser
Walter 8. Hallanan
Publican
Charleston
Jim H. Shott
West Virginia
Revercomb Calls for Tax Cuts At Lincoln Day Dinner
Senator Chapman Revercomb criticized federal fiscal policy at a Lincoln day dinner in Kenova West Virginia calling for substantial tax cuts. He urged individual tax relief benefiting the young and elderly and opposed raising corporate taxes as part of a GOP bill now before Congress. Other speakers lined up across the state as Republican events continued.
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W. Va
Chapman Revercomb
Wva
Kenova
Revercomb
National Party
Homer R. Jones
R-Wash
Kinkwood
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Lewisburg
Rep. Love
Lewis Declines To Discuss Spring Plans
John L. Lewis refused to discuss spring plans for the United Mine Workers. He gave reporters a polite no comment in a Charleston hotel barber shop and would not reveal his destination, saying it would be unwise to guess.
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Charleston
D. C
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
King Of The Pirates House Is Robbed
In Tampa Neil McMullen king of the pirates had his home looted while he led the Gasparilla invasion. A thief took jewelry and $10 from a piggy bank during the parade in downtown Tampa. Florida sheriff Hugh Culbreath reported the incident occurred yesterday as the invasion unfolded.
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Fla
King Gasparilla
Hugh Culbreath
Neil McMullen
The
Pirates
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Gasparilla
Stassen Urges Friendly Welcome for GOP Visitors in State
Minnesota hopeful Harold Stassen in a radio speech urged a courteous welcome and friendly hearing for GOP leaders visiting Minnesota. He asked that Senator Robert Taft receive consideration when in St. Paul and that Governor Dewey be given a good audience. He also called for a thoughtful reception for Senator Baldwin at a Lincoln Day dinner in Minneapolis.
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Anderson
Inland Daily Oe Association
United States
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Indiana
Gary
Hammond
St. Paul
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Minneapolis
Stassen
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Dewey
Sen
Baldwin
R-Conn
Food price slump lowers costs in Chicago markets
Commodities and stocks dropped sharply nationwide, lifting hopes for deeper cuts in food prices. Flour bread lard and select meats eased in some areas while all grain and lard deliveries hit daily limits. New York stocks and cotton also fell, and wholesale meat prices declined in Chicago.
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Chicago
United States
New York
Associated Press
Mercer Young GOP Club Names Directors
Mercer County Young Republican club announced its new board at a luncheon at the West Virginian hotel. Directors include Charles Stine Jr, J. R. Alston, Mrs. Sam Morgan, J. Raymond Tilson, Ira Mason Smith, Scott Wickham, Norman Lilly, Buck Cowling, John R. Munsey Jr, Ralph Thompson, and Paul Beresford. A luncheon meeting for officers and directors is set for February 17 at the same hotel. Plans were made for a supper dance in early March.
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Mercer County
Young Republican Club
West Virginian Hotel
Leroy Katz
Charles Stineson
J. R. Alston
Sam Moregan
J. Raymond Tilson
Ira Mason Smith
Scott Wickham
Norman Lilly
Buck Cowling
John R. Munsey, Jr
Ralph Thompson
Paul Beresford
Big Time Gambler Tony Stralla Shot in Beverly Hills
Tony Stralla a 48 year old gambler once linked to gambling vessels off the southern California coast was shot in his Beverly Hills home. Doctors say the bullet hit his abdomen and his chance of survival is about fifty percent. Beverly Hills Police Chief C H Anderson says several underworld figures have been questioned as investigators pursue the case.
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Tony Stralla
California
Beverly Hills
Stralla
Marcus Oe Rabwin
C. H. Anderson
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