Army Urged to Share in Atom Rule by War Secretary
Secretary of War Patterson urged Congress to include direct army navy participation in atomic energy control until bans on atomic bombs are assured. The piece notes a May test in the Marshall Islands with civilian and military roles, and discusses civilian versus military control in national security policy.
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Frances Music
Washington
INS
Patterson
Congress
America
CBS
Ross
House
S “Evaluation” Board
Marshall Islands
Capitol Hill
War and Navy Departments
War Secretary
United States
War Department
Armed Services
McMahon
Sen. McMahon
D-Conn
Secretaries of State
Navy
War
Control Commission
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Commission
Col
Evan Carlson
Carlson
Marine Raiders
Senate Atomic Committee
T. A. McIinerny
Ee Eo
Group Favors Price Powers For Anderson
Washington reports the House food investigating committee backs a butter price ceiling rise of 6 to 12 cents a pound to boost production and would shift dairy controls from the Office of Price Administration to the Agriculture Department. The panel also urges subsidy cuts by 1947, higher evaporated milk ceilings, and parity formula revisions.
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Washington
House Food Investigating Committee
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
House Committee
Chester Bowles
New York
Omaha
Mother of Two Killed in R. R. Crossing Mishap
Mrs. Floyd Shafer age 34 was killed at a Main street crossing in Vinton when her car collided with a Rock Island troop train. Her husband Floyd and children Esther 8 and Raymond 12 survived, with Mrs. Shafer dragged under the train. She left parents Clarence and Geneva Jacoby of Vinton and a brother Floyd. Funeral plans pending.
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Vinton
Floyd Shafer
Mt. Auburn
Rock Island
Main Street
Floyd
Geneva
Alcorn-Miller Funeral Home
Shafer
British French plan Lebanon evacuation dates
Paris reports the foreign office says French and British delegates agreed to withdraw troops from Lebanon with British evacuation by June 30 and French by April 1, 1947 at the latest.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Lebanon
Sumners 70 to quit Congress in blow at government
Rep Hatton W Sumners of Texas announced he would not seek re election after 34 years in Congress He blasted the federal government as an instrumentality of favoritism tyranny oppression and corruption citing concentrated power and wasteful spending as reasons for stepping down.
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Washington
Hatton W. Sumners
Texas
Congress
Sumners
House Judiciary Committee
Man Hurt When Struck by Auto on Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids story reports Louis Leo Mahoney injured after stepping from a Grande avenue bus in the 1500 block east on Third avenue. He was hit by a car driven by 17 year old Richard Birkicht and taken to Mercy Hospital with a possible skull fracture. police investigated and Birkicht filed a report.
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Louis Leo Mahoney
Third Avenue
Richard Birkicht
Fourth Street
Grande Avenue
Mahoney
Mercy Hospital
Vaude Fellwock
Jerry Navratil
Birkicht
Russia Secures Long Leases on Hungarian Airfields
London based Reuters report says Hungary grants long term leases to Russia for airfields and related land, including areas needed for future air fields and workshops, as part of a government pact. The Budapest dispatch notes the agreement covers thirty unspecified locations and is aimed at expanding Soviet access.
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London
INL
Edian
Reuter
Budapest
Fires on British ships raise alarm along coast
London reports nine baffling ship fires in 10 days spread to the aircraft carrier Victorious and the minesweeper Steadfast off Dover. One man killed seven seriously hurt after a boiler room blaze aboard Victorious. Steadfast fire under investigation. Queen Elizabeth fire probe and possible army guards proposed at Southampton docks.
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London
Britain
Victorious
Dover
Southampton
London Daily News
the Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Devonport
UAW CIO Split Deepens As Reuther Move Emerges
In Detroit 17 large UAW locals with about 235,000 members unveil a plan to oust president R. J. Thomas and back Walter Reuther. Reuther hedges on candidacy while charges of self serving and infighting flare, with tensions touching CIO leader Philip Murray and mediator James F. Dewey. A draft Reuther meeting is set for Pontiac on Sunday March 1.
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Detroit
INS
Uaw-Cio
General Motors
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Thomas
George Addes
Philip Murray
National Cio
Ford
Chrysler
Pontiac
Jack ‘Crellin
Dewey
Senator Wilson's Mother Is Indisposed With Pneumonia
The AP reports Senator Wilson's mother is ill with pneumonia, prompting travel and schedule adjustments as officials manage duties. No further details on location or identity are provided.
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Sen. Wilson
Kaltenbach Us Citizen Awaited By US For Treason Charge
Berlin reports say American citizen Fred W. Kaltenbach the Iowa born radio broadcaster known as Lord Haw Haw was captured by Russians last June 14 in Berlin. A Justice Department official said Washington would press for Kaltenbach’s handover without trade noting his treason indictment.
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Berlin
Pointblank
Fred W. Kaltenbach
Kaltenbach
Frau Kaltenbach
Landsberg
Warthe
Weimar
Lord Hee Haw
Oranienburg
Justice Department
Robert Best
Austria
Douglas Chandler
Baltimore, Md
Jane Anderson
Atlanta, Ga
Max Otto Koischwitz
New York
Anderson
Spain
Koischwitz
Labor Dept Attacks Short Wage Pacts in Building Trades
The Labor Department denounces short-term wage contracts between building trades unions and contractors as stop gaps that raise wages and housing costs. Arthur D. Hill Jr. says the wage adjustment board plans to reject pay increase requests under such contracts. Concurrently Wilson Wyatt campaigns to restore a 600 million dollar materials subsidy cut from the housing bill.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Building Trades
Department
Wage Adjustment Board
Arthur D. Hill, Jr
National Housing
Wilson W. Wyatt
House
Oe Hill
Halifax and Churchill Exposed to Chicken Pox
Washington AP reports Lord Halifax the British ambassador has chicken pox and embassy officials hold cautious hopes for his recovery. Churchill is exposed but not confirmed ill.
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Halifax
Churchill
Washington
Lord Halifax
Manchurian Industry Stripped as Reds Claim Chinese Losses
Changchun Manchuria March 5 An unnamed senior Chinese official says Russians fear world opinion and will pull out of Manchuria after stripping it of steel and coal. He claims dams and mines are damaged leaving a fuel shortage, and predicts Russia seeks concessions while keeping a strong Siberian garrison. Restoration of Manchuria’s capacity could take three years.
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Changchun
Manchuria
Pacific
Siberia
Russia
China
Coe Cornell End Rough Stuff For Trophy Contest
Coe and Cornell colleges launch a joint fall football rivalry trophy contest to curb rowdy behavior. Committees from both schools arrange a mutual program led by faculty and students. A war bond prize will reward the student whose trophy idea is adopted. Selection and announcement planned by March and April.
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Cedar Rapids News
Coe
Cornell
Walt Gray
Ken Claussen
Tim Langerbach
E. L. Clitheroe
Doris Glantz
Jerome Leksa
Red Cross drive in Linn county tops sixty three thousand
Contributions to the Linn county Red Cross campaign totaled 63,253 as the week closed. Reginald B. Figge announced the figure and said the goal 86,500 could be met by Tuesday or Wednesday. Two divisions surpassed quotas, including the mercantile division led by Gordon D. Barger.
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Linn County
Red Cross
Reginald B. Figge
Figge
Gordon D. Barger
Mercantile
John T. Hamilton II
Cedar Eeeeaesick
Ford
Iowa Broadcasting
Iowa Link-Belt
Chinese Red Uprising in City Feared
SHANGHAI AP dispatch reports Russian evacuation of Mukden completed as fires burn and Communist forces are feared to move on the city of 2,000,000. Chinese Central News Agency notes 14,000 Chinese troops in the area with no clear rebel strength estimated. Western observers question a broader Soviet withdrawal from Manchuria while American officials including Lt Gen Wedemeyer outline responsibilities on repatriation and truce operations.
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Shanghai
APJ
Mukden
Mukhett
Changchun
Central News
Port Arthur
Rugsia
Chungking
Manchuria
Siberia
Albert G.wedemeyer
China
Japan Mail by Air Moves Soldiers’ Mail Quickly
General MacArthur announced that all soldier mail will move by air from both sides of the Pacific with immediate effect. The change aims to speed correspondence for troops and families during wartime.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
Pacific
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Labor Dept. Hits Building Trades
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Wedemeyer
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