Truman Seeks Bipartisan Backing for Tariff Cuts
President Truman urged Congress to back tariff-reduction plans with genuine bipartisan support for the administrations foreign trade program. In his annual U.N. report he praised U.S. role in the world body while warning Republicans against undermining international economic policies. He stressed bipartisan cooperation in economic reconstruction, world trade, and U.N. aims, noting progress in international control of atomic energy and slower work by the U.N. military staff committee.
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Marshall's List Toped by Relief Measures To Congress
Secretary of State Marshall outlined 27 proposals to Congress, placing international relief at the top. The letter to Senator Vandenberg named Balkan peace treaties for Senate approval as the second urgent item to be signed in Paris on February 10. UNRRA operations end March 31, and new congressional action is needed for continued aid.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Paris
UNRRA
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Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Library board urges removal of Citizen Tom Paine
NEW YORK UP The board of superintendents recommends that Howard Fast's bestselling historical novel Citizen Tom Paine be removed from public school libraries as unsuitable reading material for children.
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New York
Board of Superintendents
Howard Fast
Tom Paine
Chilen
Four Dead in Rail Disaster Attracts Sparked Inferno
A Southern Pacific passenger train crashed into a tank truck and trailer near Fresno California, triggering a blaze that left four dead and about ninety injured. The San Joaquin Daylight from Los Angeles to Oakland became a wreck of flaming cars as passengers fought to escape. Firefighters and officials attributed the high toll to burning gasoline and a switch plug found at Redding.
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Fresno
Calif
Amos Alonzo Stagg
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San Joaquin
Los Angeles
Oakland
Thhe Railroad
Sara E.badgley
Dunsmuir
George Schneckenberger
Bakersfield
Ernest M. Comer
Kay Hansen
Pasadena
Schneckenberger
Philip Mayer
Souther Pacific
Roma Winery
B. W. Mitchell
Southern Palaific Division
San Francisco
Redding
Southern, Pacific
William Kearsely Dies In Heart Attack While Grave Digger
In Brial New Jersey William Kearsely aged 60 collapsed and died of a heart attack Tuesday in a grave he was digging for another man at a local cemetery.
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N. J
William Kearsely
CIO Philosophy Defined as Forum Audience Quizzes Eby
Kermit Eby CIO education head told a Coe college audience that workers must organize for collective bargaining because no individual can match corporate power. He outlined CIO policy, urged productive labor relations, and stressed debate over name calling while noting risks from racketeers and hypocrisy.
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the Gazette
Portal Pay
Innocence Proved By Safecracker Suspect Freed
Chicago report says William Buhle thirty was freed after a gun battle with police when he claimed to be an innocent bystander waiting for a street car. He was dragged into a real estate and currency exchange office by safecrackers seeking a vault with one million dollars. two gang members died. The two survivors Arthur Bull and Daniel McGeoghegan faced grand jury on bonds of seventy thousand and fifty thousand respectively.
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William Buhle
Charles S. Dougherty
Buhle
Arthur Bull
John O'Brien
Daniel McGeoghegan
John Walsh
Judge Picard Tells His Portal-to-Portal Parody
In Detroit a federal judge paused Mt Clemens Pottery deliberations to recount a Saginaw neighbor tale. A grocer asked five dollars for honey, the shopper protested paying two fifty previously. The grocer quips the bees now demand petal to petal pay.
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Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens Pottery Company
Saginaw
Mich
Twin Engined Cargo Plane Crashes in East
A twin engined cargo plane crashed into a wooded area in Harrington Delaware on Wednesday. Early reports said the pilot was killed and two other crew members were seriously injured.
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Arctic weather halts power in England forcing cuts
London reports a return of Arctic weather bringing widespread power cuts across England. Thousands woke to no electricity or heat at breakfast as authorities urged conservation and prepared for continued outages.
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London
England
Relief from Cold Short-Lived in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas saw partial relief as temperatures rose slowly on Wednesday but forecasters warned another cold wave from Canada would hit the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region. Snow flurries and lower temperatures were expected Thursday afternoon, with rail service gradually resuming and roads largely cleared, though some routes remained blocked and the Decorah branch faced ongoing issues.
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Vandenberg and Connally Delay Moscow Delegation
Senators Arthur Vandenberg and Tom Connally declined full-time attendance at the Moscow peace conference. They will join later if needed to show bipartisan U.S. foreign policy support. Both will stay in Washington to oversee Senate duties and German treaty work, returning after preliminary Moscow tasks.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Tom Connally
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Truman
Senate
George C. Marshall
James F.byrnes
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Germany
Balkan
Marshall
Moscow
Vandenberg
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Russia
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Snyder Held on Murder Charge
Snyder 22 of Wyoming is charged with second degree murder in the death of stepfather Jerry Kostal 47 following a tavern dispute over cards. He appeared before Justice of the Peace and is held for grand jury action under 1500 dollar bond after Tuesday arrest by Sheriff Eichhorn. Kostal’s death was ruled heart failure caused by over-exertion and excitement by a coroner’s jury.
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Anamosa — Royal Junior Snyder
Wyoming
Jerry Kostal
Snyder
Justice of the Peace
George Lawrence
Henry Eichhorn
Kostal
Iowa House Delays Tax Bill Decision Until Monday
The Iowa House voted 60 to 45 to defer action on the state income tax rate until Monday. The Senate bill would keep the half-rate payments this year and return to the full rate next year. Leaders said the delay allows time for amendments and further study amid ongoing budget-note tensions with Governor Reynolds’ recommendations forthcoming.
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Iowa House
House
Edward J. Morrissey
Valeria
W. Eldon Walter
Bea
Fire destroys Kenridge trailer as mother saves girl
A Cedar Rapids trailer home owned by Mrs. Edward Diouhy burned in minutes Tuesday night. She rescued her three year old daughter Judy Ann as flames filled the structure. Firefighters prevented spread to nearby trailers despite sub-zero wind. The blaze followed another house fire on Louisa street the prior night. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Kenridge
Edward Diouhy
Dlouhy
Joe Dilouhy
Eighth Street
E. E. Jacobsen
Louisa Street
FBI nabs eight for aiding escaped Italian POWs
The FBI seized eight people in a crackdown on an underground movement that helped Italian prisoners of war evade capture. New York arrestees Teresa Pugliesi Mary Priore Carmela Priore and Joseph Castorina faced charges for harboring Cimino while in Kingston James Loverso and Joseph Lanzini were charged with harboring Cimino. Additional charges connected to the case include planned indictments against Henry Gaetano and relatives of Salpa. Salpa was arrested in Brooklyn as he tried to reach Chicago.
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FBI
Chicago
P.O.W
Teresa Pugliesi
Mary Priore
Carmela
Joseph Castorina
Miss Pugliesi
Castorina
Reds Yield on Disarmament Reds Yield on Disarmament
In New York Russia dropped its own disarmament proposals and backed a French plan seen as closer to U.S. preferences. Six UN Security Council delegates met to draft a framework for disarmament efforts with Andrei Gromyko proposing the French plan as a basis for discussion. The French resolution urges immediate general disarmament talks and study of atomic energy control, with council members to report on possibilities within three months.
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Russia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Council
Andrei Gromyko
Security Council
Three GOP Senators Seek End to Federal Rent Control
Washington-based report says on a Wednesday three Republican senators introduced legislation to eliminate the Office of Price Administration and end federal rent control by April 30. The bill was sponsored by Senators Wherry Neb Williams Del and Watkins Utah.
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OPA
Wherry
Neb
Williams
Del
Watkins
Utah
Government Seeks Enter Case in Portal to Portal Suit
Federal Judge Picard delays ruling for 24 hours on whether the United States may join the Mt. Clemens Forttery Co portal pay case amid a $5 billion claims dispute. Assistant AG Sennett says government wants quick Supreme Court return, arguing a direct financial stake including potential $88 million refunds to war contractors. Edward Lamb for plaintiffs objects to the petition as trial record details continue to unfold.
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Frank A. Picard
Mt. Clemens Fottery Company
United States
Portal To Portal
Picard
Portal Pay
John F. Sennett
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Supreme Court
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CIO
Sonnett
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High Court
Portal
President seeks line of succession change to place Speaker first
President Truman urged Congress to revise the line of succession so the Republican Speaker Joe Martin would be first in line after the vice president. He sent letters to Martin and Sen. Vandenberg renewing the push for this change, arguing in a democracy the president should not nominate his immediate successor.
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