Congress pressed to extend rent controls and housing plan
President Truman urged Congress to extend rent ceilings at least through April 30 1949 and boost housing credit with a 2 billion dollar increase in wartime mortgage insurance. He proposed a ten year 10 000 000 home program plus a five year public housing plan and slum clearance to aid builders and tenants facing rent boosts.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Tayuman
Taft
Robio
Detroit
Mr. Truman
Pretty Co Ed Strangles Infant To Avoid Disgrace
Muriel Ostrowsky, a 19 year old University of Illinois student, described by authorities as a bright unwed honors pupil, says she strangled her newborn to avoid bringing disgrace to her family. The baby, born in her Champaign boarding room, weighed seven pounds nine ounces and was placed in a clothes bag after death. No father’s name was disclosed. the coroner notes the case is under legal consideration.
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Champaign
Ill
Dr. Lamkin
Muriel Ostrowsky
John Bresee
Miss Ostrowsky
Jerry
Lamkin
Florence Tillitson
Max Apeal
Truman Ends Island Visit in Virgin Islands Trip
President Truman left the Virgin Islands after a two day Caribbean cruise aboard the USS Williamsburg. He urged Congress to renew the Virgin Islands Company charter and spoke of returning someday as a private citizen on a self supporting basis. The welcome on St Croix included calypso music and a tom tom drum parade as local children and a flag draped girl watched from the crowd.
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Christiansted
St., Croix
Virginslands
Virgin Islands
Congress
Virgin Islands Company
Frederiksted
William H. Hastie
U. S. S. Wiliamsburg
Guantanamo
Key West
Fla
Naval Submarine Base
St. Croix
St. Thomas
United States
Senate Toggles Tax Cuts Plans In Early Hearings
The Senate will begin drafting its own income tax cut plan next Monday aiming for less than the House's 6.5 billion dollar reduction. Chairman Millikin said the amount remains undecided while Knutson plans a broader tax overhaul as time allows. Secretary Snyder may testify as the first witness.
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Washington
Senate
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Knutson
Chile Extends Claim to Antarctic Lands Beyond Beagle Channel
President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla asked Congress to include all territories south of the Beagle Channel in Chile’s Magallanes province. He announced a separate Antarctic capital on Navarino Island and declared Chile extends from Arica to the South Pole. Britain protested Chile and Argentina activities as ships skirt the claimed areas.
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Punta Arenas
Chile
Gabriel Gonzalez Videla
Antarctic
Congress
Beagle Channel
Cape Horn
Magallanes
Navarino Island
Magellan
Arica
South Pole
Britain
Argentina
Nigeria
Lawyer Plans Defense Of Accused Killer 13
Chicago Feb 23 An attorney said he will show horror and crime movies cartoons and comic books influence juvenile minds at a mitigation hearing March 5 for Howard Lang 13 who pleaded guilty to murdering his playmate Lonnie Fellick 7 Lang changed his plea at trial from innocent to guilty He was accused of stabbing and bludgeoning his friend in a woods defense attorney Samuel J Andalman said Lang was an avid reader of comic books and frequented crime and horror films
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Chicago
Howard Lang
Lonnie Fellick
Lang
Woods
Samuel J. Andalman
Western Big Three Launch German Parley Amid Benelux Involvement
London reports the United States Britain and France invite Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg to join talks on Germany's future under the Marshall plan. Russia stays absent while Benelux faces uncertain full participation and definitive invitation terms await formal replies.
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London
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxemeg
Germany
United States
Britain
France
Ruhr
Russia
Luxembourg
Western Gemany
Pork Prices Drop On Livestock Mart
Live pork prices slumped as much as 1.50 a hundred pounds with hogs opening 25 to 50 cents lower and finishing 1.50 lower. top 23.60 there. Cattle and sheep held steady to firm with some medium grade steers rising to 33.50 a hundredweight. Markets closed for Washington's Birthday
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Chicago
Washington
Czech Reds Grab Power In Crisis
Prague reports indicate a trajectory toward a communist controlled government as a social democratic split widens. Communists already run Slovakia and issued police power and raids as Prague prepared to address the crisis.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Social Democratic Party
Slovakia
Social Democratic
Czech National Socialist Party
Vaclav Nosek
Eduard Benes
Prague Radio
Klement Gottwald
Communist Party
Europe
Ministry of the Interior
Tank Arch-Impact Kills Executive in Indianapolis
A 400 pound steel air compressor tank exploded and pierced the roof, killing James J. Mitchum 55, an executive at his desk in the Mitchum Coppersmith plant next to E. F. Ewing foundry at 426 South Pennsylvania Street. Mitchum Jr. was present with partner M. P. Schaefer and bookkeeper Bernard Noiewanger, but all escaped unharmed.
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Indianapolis
James J. Mitchum
E. F. Ewing
South Pennsylvania Street
Mitchum Coppersmith
Mitchum
James J. Mitchum, Jr
M. P. Schaefer
Bernard Nicewanger
$50,000 Rubens Painting Found At Circus Museum
The Ringling art museum in Sarasota identifies a grime encrusted work as a Rubens, valued at $50,000. Julius H. Weitzner, a New York collector, confirmed the attribution after museum director A. Everett Austin Jr. announced the find.
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Sarasota, Fla
Ringling Art Museum
A. Everette Austin, Jr
Julius H. Weitzner
New York
Peter Paul Rubens
Stolen Rug May Be Returned By Thief
Huntington West Virginia February 23 The owner H K Damadian hopes a superstition aware thief may return a $45 Oriental rug stolen from a department store display. The 100 year old Afghanistan made rug carries a Persian curse woven into its pattern warning that whoever possesses it will face tragedy.
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Huntington
W. Va
H. K. Damadian
Afghanistan
Damadian
Haji
Bradley Outlines Peace Plan Four Paths for U S
Army chief of staff Gen Omar Bradley in Atlantic City urges four routes to lasting peace. Support the United Nations universal military training aid Europe's reconstruction and avoid comforting aggressors. He warns universal training would not create troops, only basic military basics for civilians.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Army
Omar N. Bradley
United Nations
Europe
Asia
Bradley
American Association of
United States
Marshall Urges U S Leadership in Turbulent World
Secretary of State George C. Marshall told an American Legion Virginia Military Institute audience that the United States must lead or abdicate leadership in a world more disrupted than since the Napoleonic era. He warned against a passive stance while noting European recovery aims to stabilize postwar politics and pave peace treaties.
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Richmond
George C. Marshall
United States
American Legion
Virginia Military Institute
Washington
Marshall
Soviet Union
Europe
Third Party Convention Set for Chicago to Nominate Wallace
A national third party convention aimed at nominating Henry A. Wallace for president is tentatively scheduled for June 11-13 in Chicago. A planning conference will meet April 10-11 in Chicago to firm arrangements with national and state leaders from the Progressive Citizens of America and other third party groups. Wallace plans a major speech on April 10 at the Chicago Stadium during the state convention.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Illinois
Progressive Citizens of America
Wallace
Illinois Pca
Soviet Volga to Dock in Norfolk with Phosphate Cargo
Soviet ship Volga expected at Norfolk this week with about 4000 tons of phosphate for a fertilizer plant. It would be the first Russian vessel to discharge here since the war, though other Soviet ships have moved coal and UNRRA supplies in Hampton Roads and Newport News.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Newport News
Taylor Sides With Wallace In Campaign
Idaho senator Glenn H. Taylor announced as vice presidential candidate on Henry Wallace's third party ticket to back Wallace's peace effort. He faulted the Democratic Party as surrendering to Wall Street and the military, pledged to carry Roosevelt's legacy, and questioned party bosses and NAM influence while criticizing steel price rises and communism.
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Washington
Glenn H. Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Wall Street
Democratic Party
Taylor
CBS
Associates
Senate
Taft Hartley
Russia
London Bomb Scare Near Parliament In Britain
A crude box suspected as a homemade bomb was found across from Parliament in a Colonial Office building after an anonymous warning. Police delayed examination as guards tightened security in government buildings while authorities suspended mail to Palestine.
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London
House of Commons
Jerusalem
Parliament
Colonial Office
Palestine
Paventen
Holy Land
Ex OPA Chief Named Head of ADA Party
Philadelphia February 23 Americans for Democratic action elected former OPA chief Leon Henderson as national chairman after a three day convention. ADA adopted a resolution condemning Henry A Wallace's third party bid and rejected efforts to ally with Wallace followers citing opposition to the Marshall plan and alleged communist backing.
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Philadelphia
Americans For Democratic Action
OPA
Leon Henderson
ADA
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Communist Party
Governors Urge Demo Revolt Across the South
A group of southern governors and Maryland's W Lane Jr denounce Truman civil rights proposals. They demand action to save the Democratic Party and preserve states rights. J Howard McGrath refuses to back two thirds rule or withdrawal of civil rights measures.
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Truman
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
W. Lane, Jr
Maryland
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Democratic Party
Tallahassee
Fla
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Natio
Ae. Sram ci G
Justice Department
Thurmond
Congress
Ols
Husbands Death Not Noticed By Wife
In Chanute Kansas coroner reports an elderly woman believed her 80 year old husband was ill and cared for him over a week after his death. Police Chief Rhodes found the body of Charles W. Miller as he inquired about the man’s health. The wife Minnie Miller 74 said he could not speak or hear.
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Chanute
Kas
Ralph Light
Ralph Rhodes
Charles W. Miller
Rhodes
Minnie Miller
Jewish-Arab Strife Grows in Jerusalem
Jewish, Arab and British forces faced escalating violence in Jerusalem after a Sunday bombing that killed 52 in the business district. A Jewish convoy opened fire on an Arab bus near Gaza killing four Arabs and wounding nine. Clashes continued around Hadassah hospital, Shiek Jarrah, and Montefiore as both sides suffered injuries.
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Jerusalem
Gaza
Mount Scopus
Hadassah Hospital
Holy City
Ben Yehuda Street
Klan Warns Anti-Nazi League to Stay Out of Alabama
The Federated Ku Klux Klan warns the Anti-Nazi League of New York to avoid Alabama. In a telegram, secretary William Hugh Morris says Alabama’s governor can handle issues without outside aid and defends home rule. The cross burning in Anniston is labeled malicious mischief by police and prank by the mayor.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Anti-Nazi League of
New York
Alabama
William Hugh Morris
Klan
Anti-Nazi League
James E. Folsom
Folsom
Ku Klux Klan
Anniston
E. D. Banks
Idaho Democrats Say Taylor Move Won’t Shift State
Idaho Democratic leaders state Senator Glen H. Taylor’s decision to join Henry A. Wallace’s third party won’t alter state politics. Dan Cavanagh and Charles Gossett say Taylor has “read himself out of the party” by choosing Wallace’s ticket. Weiser attorney George Donart notes the move follows a pattern of misfortune.
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Boise
Idaho
Glen H. Taylor
Henry A. Wallace
Dan Cavanagh
Twin Falls
Charles Gossett
Sen. Taylor
Wallace
George Donart
Weiser
Taylor On
Assert
Taylor
Taft Praises GOP Leader in Michigan Visit
Senator Robert A. Taft campaigned in Detroit praising Arthur H. Vandenberg as a darkhorse GOP presidential candidate. He lauded Vandenberg’s foreign policy record and criticized Truman’s China aid plan as insufficient military support, stressing the Far East’s importance to future peace.
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Detroit
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Economic Club of
Taft
Vandenberg
GOP
Europe
Truman
China
Far East
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