Steel Chiefs Quizzed by FBI in Price Boost Probe
President Truman ordered a nationwide probe into steel price increases. FBI agents questioned executives at 16 major steel firms to determine if anti trust laws were violated. The Justice Department and Economic Council joined the investigation as lawmakers debate excess profits taxes and inflation responses.
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Washington
Truman
FBI
Caribbean
Congress
Commerce and Justice Departments
Council of Economic Advisers
Tom Clark
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clark
Justice Department
Economic Council
Edwin G. Nourse
Commerce Department
Taft
Ohio
Senate- Housing Economic Committee
Poulson
R-Calif
Sparkman
Mr. Truman
House
Knutson
Meyers Trial Opens in Washington Court
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers goes on trial charged with inducing a business associate to lie to the prosecutor. Prosecutor Fay says Meyers earned over 150000 in wartime air force contracts while defense argues profits are irrelevant to the perjury case. Lamarre, the associate, has pleaded guilty and is set to testify as a government witness.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Congress
George Morris Fay
Army Air Forces
Meyers
Robert T. Bushnell
Massachusetts
Bushnell
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Dayton
Senate
Lamarre
Devoted husband fatally shoots wife then kills himself at hospital
Bartow Florida February 24 police say Philip R Athon 69 shot his incurably ill wife 67 in her hospital room then killed himself with a .38 pistol. Witnesses describe his calm approach and panicked patients as the attack unfolded near a newborn and other rooms.
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Bartow
Fla
Guy Bostick
Philip R. Athon
City Hospital
Bostick
Athon
Athan Ha
Dixie Senators Assail Truman Against Political Split
Southern Democratic leaders denounced President Truman in Washington as they oppose his bid for a full term. Senators McClellan Byrd Johnston and others urged alternatives and discussed forming an official Democratic ticket to run locally, while seeking to remove presidential nominees from state ballots. Senator Overton called the effort dead serious as they framed a strategy to deny Truman and Wallace gains.
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Washington
Truman
White House
McClellan
Arkansas
Byrd
D-Va
Johnston
D-S.c
Marshall
National Party
Overton
D-La
Henry Wallace
Halt on Ex Nazi Property Removals Sought by U S
London reports the United States moves to halt removal of former German property from Austria until a four power agreement on an Austrian peace treaty is reached. Western powers protested Soviet transfer of Austria’s largest floating dock to Hungary. Separately US Britain and France begin confidential talks on Western Germany’s role in the Marshall Plan for European recovery.
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London
United States
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
Britain
France
Germany
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
White House
Wallace
Russia
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Truman
United Nations
Ruhr
U. S
Jurist Criticizes German War Trials
Judge Charles F. Wennerstrom returned from a Nuremberg war crimes trial and criticized the proceedings as lacking objectivity due to vindictiveness and personal ambition. He rejected charges of subversion from Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor, affirming loyalty to the United States.
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Westover Airforce Base
Mass
Charles F. Wennerstrom
Nuernsberg
Telford Taylor
Wennerstrom
Iowa Supreme Court
China Situation Described as Desperate in Manchuria
Fighting eased around Mukden but Manchuria remained perilous with outer defense cities encircled or held by communists. The government position in Manchuria was described as desperate as Chiang Kai-Shek focused nearly all attention on the crisis.
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Nanking
Mukden
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-Shek
Political Burglar Leaves Refund Offer In Victim's Home
A Seattle burglar took $30 from Henrietta Lippis and left a note promising repayment next Christmas if Henry Wallace is elected president. The note attached political strings to the theft.
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Seattle
Henrietta Lippis
Henry Wallace
Dems May Back GOP Tax Plans
Senator Barkley of Kentucky signaled possible Democratic support for a GOP tax cut up to 4.0 billion dollars while the administration sides consider a bipartisan path on the Senate floor. The plan emphasizes individual tax cuts with no corporate rate rise, with Barkley reserving the right to introduce an administration bill if needed.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Truman
House
Kentucky
America Calls For Defiance Of Russ Boycott
Lake Success February 24 United States and China urged United Nations elections in Korea in defiance of a Soviet led boycott. They backed free and independent Korea as vital to world peace while condemning Soviet non cooperation. Russia and five satellites boycotted the UN session. Korea was divided at the 38th parallel after Japan's defeat.
Dixie states seek regional Harvards and Yales plan
A bill to let southern states pool funds to build Harvards and Yales in Dixie was introduced by Rep Hobbs of Alabama. Senator Holland of Florida said he would introduce a companion bill. Governor Caldwell urged combining resources to provide the best education, proposing regional universities for whites and for Negroes to meet court mandates.
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Washington
Dixie
Supreme Court
65 000 Pupils Hit by Minneapolis Teacher Strike
Minneapolis union teachers walkout over pay as 65 000 pupils begin unscheduled vacation. AFL federation backs strike after school board shortens year by four weeks to save funds amid a $2 million shortfall.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Union Public
AFL Federation of Teachers
Special UN Session Sought Over Palestine Crisis
Dr Alfonso Lopez of Colombia proposed a UN Security Council measure to study a special assembly session to revisit the Palestine partition approved Nov 29. The plan urges five great powers to seek joint action for peace, delay Britain’s mandate termination, and consider an extraordinary session to reconsider the partition. The US opposed the move. the council adjourned to resume debate tomorrow.
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Lake Success
Columbia
Security Council
United Nations Assembly
Alfonso Lopez
Regular Assembly
United States
Palestine
Dr. Lopez
Holy Land
Council
Britain
Palestine Mandate
Weather Patchy Rain Offers Mixed Wheat Prospects
Light rains moved across the nation from the Mississippi to the Pacific, improving winter wheat prospects in the southwest while bypassing drought-stricken California. A rain band extended from Texas to northern Florida as the north central states stayed moderately cold. Temperatures elsewhere hovered near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Southwest
California
Texas
Florida
North Central States
Mother Of Quads May Leave Hospital
Latrobe Pa Feb 24 Mrs Barbara Zavada mother of quad ruplets born Feb 15 may be able to go home tomorrow. The premature babies a boy three girls will remain at Latrobe hospital about two months. They are in good condition except that one girl has a slight touch of jaundice.
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Latrobe
Barbara Zavada
Latrobe Hospital
Rent Prices Cause Bad Heart Attack
A Spokane woman collapsed from a heart attack in an office building after an inhaler crew worked two hours to revive her. The official report cites rent prices as the cause of the attack.
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Spokane
Communists tighten grip as Czechoslovakia edges to one party rule
Prague reports Prime Minister Gottwald's party backed by security police advances toward total power. President Benes and former Premier Fierlinger's return strengthen anti democratic factions as police control ministries, offices, and presses. Slovak democrats lose influence while Catholic and nationalist groups falter. The crisis began with non communist cabinet resignations last Friday.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Zdenek Fierlinger
Russia
Social Democratic Party
Gottwald
Interior Ministry
Catholic People's Party
Lidova Democracie
Slovak Democrats
Council of Ministers
Social Democrats
Fierlinger
Communist Interior Ministry
Bohemia
Slovakia
Bratislava
National Socialists
Wallace Boosters Sign California Petitions
Henry Wallace supporters filed 482,499 names with county clerks across 52 California counties to qualify the Independent Progressive party for the ballot. About 300,000 valid signatures are needed. 278,500 were filed in Los Angeles and 56,668 in San Francisco, per state secretary Elinor Kahn.
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San Francisco
Henry Wallace
Independent Progressive Party
Wallace
Los Angeles
Elinor Kahn
Professor Called to Translate Diary in Grand Divorce
In Phoenix on February 24 a French professor was subpoenaed to translate a diary alleged by William H. Grimditch Jr. in a divorce case. The diary, kept by heiress Gioia Barker Grimditch, reportedly records alleged indiscretions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Gioia Barker Grimditch
William H. Grimditch, Jr
Jean Hunter
Phoenix College
Coal Land Restoration Fund Sought by House Committee
Washington February 24. The advisory committee of the National Coal Association urged an annual 100000 appropriation for reforestation research on coal stripped lands. Spokesman James W. Bristow cited surveys from the central states forest experiment station showing about 95 percent of mined areas suitable for reforestation. He noted current federal funding shortages hinder salaries and travel for follow up inspections and proposed extending the program to Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Washington
House
National Coal Association
James W. Bristow
Chicago
Central States Forest Experiment Station
Columbus
Ohio
Federal Experiment Station
Bristow
Wallace Bid Is Withdrawn
Henry A Wallace and his third party movement entered West Virginia politics but his candidacy declaration for president was withdrawn for technical revision. The Rev Clive D Knowles announced support from labor groups while Wallace’s team seeks 15 000 names to meet state petition rules. Committees formed in Charleston Wheeling Fairmont Huntington Cabin Creek and Logan County aim to maximize eligible signatures.
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Charleston
W. Va
Henry A. Wallace
West Virginia
Clive D. Knowles
New York City
Knowles
United Mine Workers
Logan County
Wallace
Fairmont
Ira J. Partsow
Progressive Party of West Cver
D. Pitt O'Brien
Secretary of State
Walace
Wheeling
Huntington
Cabin Creek
Welch
Henry L. Harvey
Don S. Renn
Brown's Creek
McDowell County
Renn
Richard Parsons
Harvey
Progressive Party of
Keystone
Senate Extends Rent Control Amid new terms details
The Senate approved a 14 month extension with changes to rent controls and evictions rules. It allows certain 15 percent increases for leases through 1949 and freezes current rents for leases signed under existing law. Eviction rules require 60 day notices with exceptions, and the measure ends control on non housekeeping rooms. Congress debates and passes related housing provisions.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Cain
R-Wash
O'Daniel
D-Tex
Bricker
Ohio
Rayburn
Texas
Earl K Long Wins Louisiana Governor Runoff
Earl K. Long Hueys brother won the Louisiana governor runoff with 84,819 votes to Sam Houston Jones 43,246 as returns from 409 of 1,878 precincts showed. Heavy turnout despite rain marked a comeback after past defeats and the one party state politics.
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Sam Houston Jones
Louisiana
Long
Jones
Huey P. Long
Huey
Jimmie H. Davis
Jewish Mortar Fire Strikes Palestine Police Compound
Jerusalem February 24 three inch mortar shells hit the Palestine police compound authorities said fired by Jews from the district wrecked in Sunday's explosion One shell damaged the Billet area roof another fell near the maternity ward of the government hospital with little damage The Jewish claim Britons engineered the Ben Yehuda Street blast that killed 52 persons Britain denied the charges Arab sources cited Arab commandos The Arab higher committee claimed control over central Palestine hills where 30 000 men were ready to enter the Jewish Arab conflict in 48 hours.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Police
Billet
Government Hospital
Ben Yehudah Street
Arab Higher Committee
Palestine Hills
Gas Fume Blast Kills 1 Injures 4 in Pocahontas
A gas fumes explosion in Pocahontas Arkansas killed Henry Taylor 55 and injured Paul Allen and others. The blast razed three blocks and damaged many buildings near the square with damage estimates from 100000 to 300000 dollars.
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Pocahontas
Ark
Estel Bramlett
Henry Taylor
Paul Allen
Allen
Clyde Newton
Arkansas
Vandenberg Says He's Not Candidate for President
U. S. Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan dismissed rumors he will run for the Republican nomination. He told the Daily Princetonian he is not a candidate and asked friends not to present his name at the convention.
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Vandenberg
Princeton
N. J
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Princetonian Today
Young rail plan urges four goals for U S transport
Robert R. Young, chairman of Chesapeake & Ohio, urged four rail goals to meet national transport needs. Adequate rates, freedom from non competitive agreements, new equipment, and a positive labor stance, with consolidation to 15 20 major systems to restore service and speed.
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New York
Robert R. Young
Young
Chesaspeake & Ohio Railway
Federation For Railway Progress
Russia
America
Care Rer
Army Transport Sails With War Dead Cargo
After a brief morning ceremony the Walter H. Schwenck sails from Tanapag harbor Saipan on Thursday bearing 3,000 war dead for burial in the United States.
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Tokyo
U. S. Army
Walter H. Schwenck
Tanapag Harbor
Saipan
United States
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