Dixie Voting Battle Shapes 1948 Party Line
Southern Democrats move to keep Harry S. Truman off Dixie ballots while Rep Hoffman urges Republicans to back a candidate acceptable to the South to break Democratic hegemony below the Mason Dixon line. McGrath denounces the plan as contemptible amid civil rights battles and political rifts across Virginia and the region.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
South
Republican Party
Rep
Hoffman
R-Mich
Mason- Dixon Line
J. Howard McGrath
McIsrath
Democratic Party
McGrath
Dixie
Truman
Virginia
Tuck
House
Ichigander
Mr. Truman
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
Arab Jewish Strife Flares in Jerusalem Clash
Severe mortar exchanges near the Garden of Gethsemane leave two Arabs dead and many wounded. Both sides accuse the other as fighting spreads to Mount Scopus and Wadi Joz, with hospital and university targets claimed by Arabs and confirmed engagements by British police. Additional clashes near Er Ramle report further fatalities.
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Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Wadi Joz
Mount Scopus
Mount of Olives
Palestine
Er Ramle
Flood Control Bill Advances in House Appropriations
The House approved a $538.9 million flood control and navigation construction program for 244 waterways projects as part of the Army civil functions package. The measure, passed by voice vote, goes to the Senate as recommended by the appropriations committee.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committee
Uniform Daylight Saving Time Bill Promoted
Washington reports Senator Reed introduced a bill to standardize daylight saving time nationwide. The proposal would shift clocks to begin at 2 am on the last Sunday in April and end at 2 am on the last Sunday in September.
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Washington
Reed
R- Aw
Tuck Sounds Call To Arms
Governor William M. Tuck urged Virginia lawmakers to bar the president’s name from the November ballot and to keep electoral votes free to be used for persuasion. He proposed amending election laws to block presidential nominees and to prevent a Wallace third party from appearing on ballots.
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Richmond
William M. Tuck
Truman
Virginia General Assembly
Wallace
Southland
South
Virginia
Tuck
House
Senate
National Party
Kanawha Voters Ballot Airport Improvement Levy
Kanawha county voters will ballot March 22 on a 1.6 million dollar three year excess levy to fund Kanawha airport completion 1.1 million dollars park development 200 thousand dollars and courthouse improvements 300 thousand dollars. Federal aid of 450 thousand dollars would be at risk for the airport project if not approved.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Carl C. Calvert
Calvert
Kanawha Airport
Byrd Opposes Seaway Plan in Senate Debate
Senator Byrd of Virginia announced his opposition to building the St. Lawrence Seaway “at this time.” He argued the project would cost at least a billion dollars, largely from American funds, and could not be justified given the large public outlay of funds materials and labor. The Seaway would connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic via canals and locks and provide hydroelectric power for the U.S. and Canada. A senate vote was scheduled for tomorrow at 4 p m est.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Canada
Pittsburgh Business Index Rises to 189.9 Percent of 1935-39 Avg
The University of Pittsburgh bureau of business research reports the Pittsburgh district index climbed to 189.9 percent of the 1935-39 average for the week ended February 21, up from 181.7 percent. This marks the sharpest gain in months.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Bureau of Business Research
Western powers denounce new Czechoslovak regime
The United States France and Great Britain condemn Czechoslovakia's communist government as a disguised dictatorship in a joint public declaration. Officials question Benes’s role amid reports of a cabinet aligned with Moscow and seek to explain Prague events and possible loss of a $350 million loan.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
United States
France
Great Britain
Prague
Eduard Benes
Russia
Benes
Clement Gottswald
Gottwald
Moscow
U. S
Sport-Import Bank
Gromyko Supports Twain Yet Questions Dutch Indonesian Pact
In Lake Success on February 26 Russia’s Andrei Gromyko praised Mark Twain while denouncing the Dutch Indonesian truce mediation by a UN Security Council committee aboard the U S S Renville off Java. He assailed the United States as proDutch and anti Indonesian and quipped Twain’s line about “a standard egg” fitting the committee’s efforts.
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Mark Twain
Parents Of Quads Sign 25000 Pact
Greensburg Pa Feb 26 Mr and Mrs Andrew Zavada parents of 4 newborn quads signed a 25000 advertising contract with Carnation milk. Barclay Westmoreland Trust Co guardians said 4000 paid upfront and the couple will receive 175 monthly for 10 years if the children survive. The quads three girls and a boy remain in incubators and are reported doing fine.
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Greensburg
Andrew Zavada
Barclay Westmoreland Trust Co
Nationwide
Carnation
Zavada
Three Killed When Plane Crashes Near Springfield
A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in a field near Springfield Tennessee killing three men from Chicago. Sheriff Frank James identified victims as Leslie W. Coombs pilot, Harry F. Brand, and E. A. Eich. Bodies burned beyond recognition. funeral home taken charges.
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Springfield
Tenn
Frank James
Leslie W. Coombs
Harry F. Brand
E. A. Eich
Chicago
James
Coombs
Czech President Eduard Benes May Quit Post
Prague report says Eduard Benes weighs resigning as head of the communist ruled republic he helped found in 1918. If he steps down Zdenek Fierlinger, a pro communist social democrat, is named successor pending confirmation. decision expected at 11 am after cabinet meeting.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Benes
Zdenek Fierlinger
Social Democratic Party
Klement. Gottwaild. Benes
Hapsburg
Marshall Denounces Russian Charges on Czechoslovakia
Secretary of State Marshall dismissed Russian claims that the United States refused to aid Czechoslovakia, calling them obviously untrue. He noted he would review records to explain why Allied forces halted near Prague and said declassification of related documents is being considered for public release.
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Washington
State Marshall
United States
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Marshall
Army
State Department
Lamarre Testifies Meyers Took Most Aviation Perk Profits
Lamarre testifies the bulk of wartime salaries from Aviation Electric Corp. went to Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, who he calls “the boss.” He says Meyers received about 150000 dollars, mostly as salary kick backs, with Readnower also involved and keeping a salary on the books after induction.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Meyers
Senate
Aviation Electric
Thomas E. Readnower
Readnower
Names of 5000 oculists sought in rebate case
Federal Judge orders Bausch & Lomb and four subsidiaries to provide the identities of 1500 oculists who received more than 500 in rebates within 45 days. The government already lists 2700 doctors tied to rebates as part of a 1946 anti trust suit naming American Optical and others. Wisconsin doctors join binding action.
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Chicago
Walter J. la Bay
Bausch & Lomb
Rochester
N. Y
Riggs Optical Co., Inc
San Francisco
Riggs Optical Co. Consolidated
Southeastern Optical Co
Richmond
McIntyre Magee and Brown Co
Philadelphia
12 Year Old Killer Placed With Prison Warden
Canon City Colorado where Warden Roy Best plans to raise 12 year old Jimmy Melton convicted of second degree murder. Best intends to educate and treat him as his own child rather than place him with other inmates. Melton killed his sister Phyllis Marie Melton last December.
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Canon City
Colo
Roy Best
Jimmy Melton
Best
Jimmy
Las Animas
Phyllis Marie Melton
Bud Best
UN Secretary Sees Chaos In Palestine
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie warned that chaos could engulf Palestine if the United Nations fails to act swiftly on the Holy Land partition plan. He said the UN would lose prestige if Britain leaves and the mandate ends, as the British set May 15 for end of the mandate and Aug. 1 for withdrawal of soldiers. Other notes include Gromyko's silence on a Palestine police force, Lebanon's expected partition stance, and votes on Korea and Junagadh in UN bodies.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Palestine
United Nations
U.N
Holy Land
U. N
Palestine Mandate
Colombia
Lie
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Palestine
Security Council
Lebanon
J. Gromyko
United States
Council
Good Offices
Indonesia
Farm Support Prices Likely End Soon Says Anderson
Washington reports indicate most price supports for many farm products will end this year unless Congress acts. Secretary Anderson urged early action and warned he would be reluctant to extend Steagall price supports beyond December 31 without clear congressional direction.
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Washington
Congress
Anderson
Carper
R-Kans
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Steagall
Urge Congress Okay For Southern Schools
Senator Holland urged Congress to speed approval of a southern governors regional schools plan. A resolution consenting to joint use of state funds for the program was introduced on behalf of 29 southern senators. The Tallahassee compact, formed Feb 8, was defended as not stemming from racial issues.
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Washington
Holland
D-Fla
Congress
Tallahassee
Fla
British Cruiser Sheffield Deployed to British Honduras Crisis
The British cruiser Sheffield sails toward Belize to block any armed incursion from Guatemala amid rising tensions in the western hemisphere. The Nigeria reaches Port Stanley, as Guatemala presses a campaign over British Honduras and Falkland claims heat up in the South Atlantic and Antarctic regions.
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British Honduras
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Belize
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Falkland Islands
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Chile
Falkland Island Dependencies
Antarctic
Congress
Cartagena
Colombia
Adm
William Tennant
Bogota
Evening News
Auto Dealer Victor In Suit Against GM Gets 1 236 000
Chicago jurors awarded treble damages of 1 236 000 to Fred Emich a former Chicago automobile dealer who sued General Motors under antitrust law claiming his GM dealership was cancelled for not using GM financing service He had sought 1 305 000 and 435 000 in damages The 34 hour four month trial before Federal Judge Walter J LaBay was the longest in the district Emich said 15 000 dealers were praying for me
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Chicago
U. S. District Court
General Motors Corporation
Fred Emich
General Motors
Walter J. LaBay
Federal District Court
Emich
Moscow Says Notes Sent Western Powers
Moscow radio reported that Russia sent notes to the United States Great Britain and France urging Czechoslovakia Poland and Yugoslavia be given a say in Germany's future. The notes align with Prague's declaration that current zonal Western Germany setup violates Potsdam and Yalta and threatens peace.
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Moscow
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Prague
Potsdam
Yalta
Girl Found Beaten In Fraternity House
A 20-year-old Washburn University student, Virginia Schwemmer, was found beaten and in a slip at the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. She could not explain the injuries or how she arrived there and was hospitalized for severe shock and scalp wounds. Police believe the assault occurred on a residential street near campus.
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Topeka
Kas
Washburn University
Kappa Sigma
Virginia Schwemmer
Marshall Asks $275 Million For Armed Aid
Secretary of State Marshall urged swift congressional action to provide 275 million dollars in new military aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent a shift toward totalitarian influence. He warned the aid is essential to keep these nations free and aligned with the United Nations charter.
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Marshall
Washington
Congress
Greece
Turkey
U. S
Truman
United Nations
United States
House
Martin
Senate
Vandenberg
Congress Refuses To Prosecute CIO in Taft Hartley Case
Washington reports Congress will not prosecute the CIO amid charges of illegal spending under the Taft Hartley act. Senator Ball states the Labor Study Committee will not intervene in the case. The CIO and President Murray were indicted February 1 for using CIO News to back Baltimore candidate Edward Garmatz, who won the July election.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
CIO
Senate-House Labor Study Committee
Ball
R-Minn
Committee
Phill Murray
CIO News
Truman Awaiting Final Action on Key Bills in Florida
President Truman waits for two pivotal measures the rent control bill and maritime commission authority extension to pass. The rent control extends to April 1 and both must be signed by midnight Sunday or rent control ends and maritime powers lapse. He arrived after a Caribbean trip and resumed work as several vacations linger.
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Fla
Truman
Maritime Commission
Maritime Commission Authority
Caribbean
Gus
Wanahaa
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