Three Powers Agree to Paris Talk Amid Spain Tensions
London reports that three of the Big Four accept the U S plan for a foreign ministers conference in Paris on April 25, while Russia stays silent. Britain and the United States fear Moscow may split the Big Four and bolster Franco as Poland moves to bring Spain to the UN Security Council. The deadlock over German peace treaties and mediations, plus Russia demanding sole trusteeship over Tripolitania and Italy reparations, frame the diplomatic standoff. Moscow rejects oil concessions and stalls talks with the Western powers on postwar economic leverage.
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Jet Planes Set New West Coast Record
Capt. Mack A. Mitchell flew from Seattle to Los Angeles in two hours 14 minutes in a Shooting Star jet, averaging over 450 mph. Lt. Col. Robert L. Petit unofficially matched the feat with two hours six minutes after diverting to Burbank. Mitchell landed in drizzle with 25 gallons of fuel left, dropping two auxiliary tanks en route. The run covered 960 miles from Seattle to Municipal Airport Los Angeles. Mitchell claimed the total time from Seattle to Los Angeles as the official measure. He shaved 39 minutes from the December 1945 B-29 record.
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Yanks Plan Evacuation of Galapagos Base
The state department announced on Saturday that the wartime air and naval base in the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador will be evacuated by July 1. The future use of the islands as a U.S. military establishment has stirred political debate in Ecuador and across Latin America.
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Senate confirms Norris E. Dodd as undersecretary of agriculture
Washington AP reports the senate on Saturday confirmed Norris E. Dodd of Oregon as undersecretary of agriculture. He succeeds J B Hutson who resigned to become an assistant secretary general of the United Nations.
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Iowa faces flour spoilage as 1000 tons at risk
The famine emergency committee reports Iowa stores 1000 tons or more of first class wheat flour in danger of spoiling. Livestock feed firms hold similar amounts unsold to government or domestic buyers. Much is in small plants statewide and may spoil within weeks. Tie-in sales to obtain flour are deemed illegal by OPA rules. Chester M. Davis alerts UNRRA and the USDA and seeks government action.
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Communist Movement Smashed Across Avila Province
Spain reports police raids broke a Communist movement spanning 37 towns in Avila province. Plainclothes detectives entered a meeting in Arevalo and arrested those present, many of them teachers. Additional arrests were reported in Barcelona's workers districts.
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Cerignola Riots Leave Two Dead Men in Italy Clash
At Cerignola on Saturday clashes between Communists and Qualunquists left two people dead and many arrested. Police and local authorities reported a tense street confrontation that drew in multiple factions.
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Revercomb Wil son seek pay raise for enlisted men
Senators Revercomb and Wilson proposed a bill to boost monthly pay for army navy and marine corps enlisted men. The plan would raise lowest rank from 50 to 66 dollars and scale higher with class levels up to 99 dollars for third class sergeants, while keeping top grades unchanged.
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El Salvador Jurist To Head World Tribunal
Jose Gustavo Guerrero a 70 year old El Salvador jurist was elected president of the United Nations International Court of Justice. The court's 14 judges also elected Jules Basdevant of France as vice president and Edward Hambro Jr of Norway as registrar.
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Stoddard Group Urges Japans Language Reform
An American education mission led by Dr. George D. Stoddard urged Japan to switch from ideographs to Roman characters and to curb government control of schooling. The nine recommendations, presented to General MacArthur, aim to ease learning and guide long term reforms for Japan's place in world affairs.
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Happy Day for Sgt Littell Walks to Altar with Bride
Staff Sgt Harold H Littell 21, with artificial legs, marries Betty Van de Walker in a First Christian Church ceremony. Dr Marion H Williams officiates as the couple, who met as Franklin high students, exchange vows and begin their reception line, amid floral and candle backdrop.
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Arraignment Set for Mrs Worm in 1943 Murder Case
Mrs Dorothy Worm, 41, charged with first degree murder in the 1943 slaying of her husband Tommy Worm. Arraignment scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Bedford Iowa before Judge George A Johnston. Worm had admitted lover Henry Schmitt, 62, was sentenced to 99 years and testified for the grand jury.
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Jap General Blamed For Killing of 2000 in Philippines
Allied headquarters on Saturday issued war crimes specifications against Lt. Gen. Takeshi Kono for command responsibility in the killing of about 2,000 unarmed civilians in punitive campaigns in the Philippines. He is charged with beheading 17 American citizens at Camp Hospvale Panay and commanded forces on Panay Guimaras Tablas and Negros.
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Senate sends anti Petrillo curbs to White House
The Senate approved a 47 to 3 measure to curb James Petrillo head of the AFL musicians union over radio broadcasting. The bill imposes penalties up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine for coercive tactics to hire more staff compensate unions and block foreign or noncommercial programs. Only Senators Taylor Mitchell and Aiken voted against it with Taylor warning of hardship to radio performers from bans on strikes.
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High Spots From Army Day Speech
Highlights of President Truman's Army Day address at Soldier Field cover preparedness and military unification. He cites United Nations cooperation, atomic energy promise, and regional defense pacts for the Americas. He notes progress in Korea and the Philippines moving toward full sovereignty.
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Reds Fortifying Kuriles, British Newsman Claims
London News of the World correspondent Noyes Thomas reports Russians fortifying the Kurile islands with war material and huge airfields. He cites Japanese laborers forced to build coastal guns and claims material was manufactured in the United States and Britain. American officials could not confirm the report.
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Teen-Age Reporter Tells of Interview with President
A group of 17 year old high school journalists interviewed President Truman at the Blackstone hotel. Gregory Conners of St. Rita High School Chicago reported the President supported voting at 18 and stressed studying local and world affairs and citizenship.
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Truman Seeks Universal Policy Backed by Strong Military
President Truman urged a new universal foreign policy to oppose aggression and protect the weak. He called for extending the selective service act, military unification, universal training, and backed U S backing of the United Nations. He spoke to thousands at Soldier Field in Chicago.
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