Bulgaria protests U S over 15 clergy arrests
The United States formally protested Bulgaria's arrest of 15 Protestant churchmen calling it terrorism and unfounded charges of treason and espionage. Sofia rejected the protest as church groups condemn the move and preparations for Friday's trial proceed with foreign observers possible.
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United States
Bulgaria
Sofia
Geneva
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
British Council of Churches
Sidney E. Donoghue
Legation
Britain
Cardinal Mindszentr
Associated Press
United Press
International News Service
Reuters
The
New York Times
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Boston
Baby Diaper Aims To Keep Babies Dry And Clean
H James Rand III unveils a new diaper designed to keep babies dry and unsoiled with a built in watertight container. Cleveland hospital tests report it passes strict safety standards and doctors say it helps prevent infection. Rand notes production by a major pharmaceutical house with hospital use before public release.
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Cleveland
H. James Rand III
Babies and Children’s Hospital
Rand
Abingdon Man's Tax Trial To Be Resumed
Isadore Pliskin, Abingdon department store owner, faces income tax evasion charges. The trial in federal district court in Richmond will resume tomorrow after the government failed to complete its case. He allegedly concealed more than $30,000 of income in 1942 1943 and 1944 to evade over $17,000 in taxes.
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Richmond
Isadore Pliskin
Abingdon
Federal District Court
Pliskin
Cleric Demands Truman Apologize For Language
Washington reports a church leader pressure for President Truman to apologize after using the term S.O.B. in defending his aide’s acceptance of an Argentine medal. Vaughan received a Mexican military merit award among 28 Americans honored for good neighbor liness. other notable recipients included Sumner Welles, William O'Dwyer, and Nelson Rockefeller.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
White House
Vaughan
Rafael de la Colina
Carl McIntire
International Council of Christian Churces
S.O.B
United States
Nathan
David
Elijah
Ahab
Jesus Christ
Anti-Filibuster Drive Set to Open Monday
Democratic senators vote to end the filibuster rule with a two thirds cut off debate. Southern members say they will filibuster the move to newly proposed debate rules. Majority Leader Lucas S. says the issue will be debated daily next week with action expected on the floor. Senator Russell of Georgia leads the Southern strategy opposing the change.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas S
Russell
Georgia
Lucas
Bristol Man's Death Probed in Multistate Case
Virginia Tennessee blinker James A Mahoney, 55, of Bristol was found dead in a New Orleans hotel room. Police say his killing involved a tied towel strangulation and blunt head injuries. Two Houston teens, Bobby T Smith 16 and Clarence Koch 15, were questioned after a pistol with two gray hairs was found and later tested. they admitted robbing Houston drug stores but denied knowledge of Mahoney's murder.
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New Orleans
Virginia
James A. Mahoney
Harry Daniels
Gusport
Miss
Pass Christian
Daniels
Hahoney
Mobile
Ala
Dudley MacFadyen
John Jackson
Bravo Woodcock
Bobby T. Smith
Clarence Koch
Houston
Tex
Woodcock
Ned Oreans
Mahoney
Christian
Bristol
Tennessee
Lad Makes Another Try At Cheating Death
Six year old David Dempsey of Hialeah Florida and his mother Mabel Palmer plan a Johns Hopkins hospital trip to Baltimore to fight adhesions that block his blood supply doctors say will end his life within a year. This will be his third serious health crisis following a prior illness and two accidents.
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Hialeah
Fla
David Dempsey
David
Mabel Palmer
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Allies Spurn Invitations To Red Army Fete
Western commanders decline Soviet Red Army Day party invitations in Berlin. Generals Clay Robertson Koenig send only liaison heads. Brig. Gen. Hess declines due to prior engagement. Soviet Armed Forces Day celebrated in Berlin with wreaths as airlift planes fly over the Allied sector.
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Berlin
United States
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Germany
Allied Control Authority
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Sir Brain Robertson
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Karlshorst
Walter W. Hess
Paul P. Roudakoff
Rudakoff
Moscow
Brandenburg Gate
Kremlin
Marshal Tito
Pravda
U.S.A
S. Shtemenko
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Warsaw
Europe
Marian Spychalski
Bucharest
Romania
Universal
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ardennes
Churchill
Stalin
Vienna
Oesterreichische Zeitung
Aliens to Receive Sanctuary for Aiding U S Spies
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill to grant sanctuary in the United States to up to 100 aliens yearly who aid American spies abroad. The measure aims to attract defectors with critical intelligence behind the Soviet bloc. The committee also advanced radar warning and long range missile testing funds.
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Washington
U. S
United States
House Armed Services Committee
U. S. Central Intelligence Agency
Vinson
Dga
Congress
Canada
Armed Services
Israel and Egypt Accept Armistice Terms
Israel and Egypt agreed to sign an armistice tomorrow, opening peace talks with other Arab states. Bunche praised for driving talks, Egypt gained extra withdrawal time from Negev zones, and a banquet marked the milestone as Israel’s Negev gains are noted.
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Rhodes
Israel
Egypt
Holy Land
Iraq
Ralph J. Dundie
United Nations
Palestine
Syria
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Bunche
Trans- Jordan
Mohamed Ibrahim Seif Eddin
Cairo
Negev Desert
Walter Eytan
Foreign Office
Negev
United
Iowa Bill Seeks Poison Label For All Liquor
A Des Moines bill to label all Iowa liquor with skull and cross bones and the word poison was introduced in the legislature. The act aims to protect the youth and also requires labels to include antidote instructions to pour contents into the sewer and discard the bottle.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wallace Warns U S Losing Cold War Bargain for Peace
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee saying the United States is losing the cold war and should bargain with Russia for peace. He called the Marshall Plan and NATO a mad course risking bankruptcy and war. He warned the ERP funding and rearmament plans could force a two world policy and provoke costly counter measures.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Russia
Europe
Wallace
Soviet Union
Lodge
R-Conn
U.S
Martin predicts House passage of Rankin veterans pension
Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts said the House will pass the Rankin veterans pension bill despite critics warning of a heavy national burden. He noted administration forces dropped efforts to block its consideration and indicated the policy committee may discuss it next Tuesday.
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Washington
Martin
Mass
House
Republican Policy Committee
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Public Housing Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle
Washington reports a new federal public housing program clearing the first Senate barrier as a banking subcommittee approved a bill to build up to 810000 housing units over six years. The measure features a 1500 million slum clearance program, rural building aid, research programs, and a flexible low rent housing plan with escalation options.
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Washington
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Lucas
Bricker
Ohio
Cain
R-Wash
Secretary of Agriculture
Taft
State Senate Adds Tax Rider to Veteran Bonus Plan
In Charleston West Virginia the Senate attached a tax rider to a 90 million dollar veteran's bonus bill. The finance committee approved the rider 5 to 3 and the floor vote passed by voice amid 25 minutes of debate. The amendment would retire the bonds within 30 years via a higher two percent sales tax.
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Senate
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate Finance Committee
Hardesty
D-Marion
Allen
D-Pocahontas
Veterans Affairs Committee
Eddy
D-Monongalia
Scott
Raleigh
McKinley
Randolph
McNeer
Summers
Scrappy Labor Hearing Closes in Nation's Capital Clash
The Senate labor committee wrapped public hearings on the Truman labor bill amid discord. The panel will meet behind closed doors to decide whether to send the bill to the Senate floor or alter it. Key figures Taft and Leiserson clashed over Taft Hartley’s intent and effect as debate shifted to the bill’s future and related fiscal provisions.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Senator Taft
Ohio
William Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
Taft
Congress
Communist Party
William J. During
Precision Castings Company
Headquaters
Fayetteville
N. Y
Europe
Compensation Bills Rushed in Charleston West Virginia
The West Virginia house passed its workmen compensation bill while a senate judiciary committee amended a companion measure. Both would raise benefits, expand coverage to occupational diseases, limit attorney fees, and set filing deadlines. The senate version trims some increases and sets new rules for representation and medical hearings.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Workmen's Compensation
12 Year Old Goes On Trial In Death Charge
In Roanoke Virginia on February 23 a 12 year old boy Robert Neece is set to go to Hastings court for trial on charges of murdering his grandmother H T Neece 62 and wounding his grandfather on January 3. Defense sought juvenile court disposition but failed with attorney general J Lindsay Almond Jr ruling the lower court action does not preclude grand jury indictment. Plea in abatement to return case to lower court was overruled.
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Roanoke
Robert Neece
Hastings Court
H. T. Neece
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
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Bloom
D-N.y
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Capehart
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