Muddle on Surpluses Charged by Senate Panel
The Senate war investigating committee denounced the lend lease settlement with Great Britain and decried the overseas surplus disposal as a muddled program. It cited restrictive Britain policies, slow domestic action, and unclear gains from the UK cancellation of the unconsumed balance, with $23.66 billion in overseas goods still abroad.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Great Britain
United States State Department
Britain
United Kingdom
United States
Sen. Mead
D-N.y
Senate
State Department
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Army
Navy
Pacific
United
France
Feeble U.S. Is Goal Of Commies Declared in Senate
Sen. Ball of Minnesota charged that Moscow inspired propaganda aims to render the United States impotent. He argued Pepper's call to destroy atomic bombs mirrors Communist lines and warns that such policy would leave the U.S. in a position like Britain before Munich. Ball urged two way cooperation with Russia and UNO reform.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Sen
Pepper
D-Fla
Ball
Communist Party
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Finland
Russia
Iran
Turkey
Britain
Munich
United Nations Security Council
New York
UNO
UNO Security Council
Uniform Change Seeks Common G I Joe and Brass
The War Department announced that G I Joe and the brass will wear identical uniforms after June 30, 1948 with tailor made fits for officers and enlisted men. Duty garb from mid 1948 will be olive drab jackets and trousers while blue dress uniforms may be adopted later for dress occasions.
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Eisenhower
Army
Department
Stalin backs United Nations as peace tool in radio address
Joseph Stalin urged all nations to unite against war mongering propaganda and to expose promoters of conflict. He praised the United Nations Organization as essential to preserving peace and security and affirmed Soviet support despite tensions over Iran.
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London
Josef Stalin
United Nations Organization
Stalin
Radio Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
UNO
New World Organization
Russia
Iran
Cops Run Wedge Through Pickets
In Stamford Connecticut police and troopers cleared a massed crowd of about 1000 pickets to escort foremen and plant officials into Yale and Towne Manufacturing. About 21 people were arrested after renewed violence in the four and a half month strike at the world’s largest lock manufacturer.
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Stamford
Charge Man 30 Charged With Attacking 14 Year Old Girl
Cedar Rapids report says Hartzell Harold McAtee 30 of 438 J avenue NW faces district court charge for criminally attacking a 14 year old Negro girl last Friday night. Judge G K Thompson appointed Roy Cook from Independence to defend. Hearing set Tuesday morning. Bond set at 10000. He is married with five children. Detective John Hanna arrested him Friday morning. The girl worked for McAtee and his wife to care for their children Friday night. the alleged attack occurred about 9 p.m.
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Hartzell Harold McAtee
J Avenue NW
G. K. Thompson
Roy Cook
Independence
McAtee
Thompson
John Hanna
William W. Crissman
McAfee
General Weygand Placed on Trial in Paris
Gen. Maxime Weygand, 79, former French army commander, goes on trial in Paris on charges of conspiring with Marshal Petain to overthrow the republic. Ill and exhausted, he was jailed in 1944 after Paris was liberated and asserted he did nothing against France’s interests.
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Paris
INS
Maxime Weygand
Henri Petain
Weygand
France
Lay Those Scissors Down Babe Hair Cut Comment
Hollywood artist Arthur William Brown with four decades of work argues the long hair is more exciting than the feathercut bob. He claims the bob is a plot by milliners and beauticians to shape trends.
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Babe
Hollywood
Arthur William Brown
Brown
Curb on Public Fraternization with Jap Women in Japan
Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger ordered all ground forces in Japan to avoid public displays of affection with Japanese women. Arm‑in‑arm strolling or similar acts would be treated as disorderly conduct by military police. Officers must read and enforce the order, with MPs taking offenders to the stockade pending company command approval for release.
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Yokohama
Japan
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Eichelberger
Blind man shoots former wife’s mother in Oklahoma City
O. T. Guthrie, 42, a blind second hand store proprietor, fatally shot his former mother-in-law while his divorced wife, also blind, stood by. He later called the police to report the shooting and was held without charge in the city jail. Assistant County Attorney George Sipe said on Friday.
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Oklahoma City
O. T. Guthrie
George Sipe
Guthrie
Russia Will Not Easily Be Sold Another War
University of Iowa political science professor Jack T. Johnson told Cedar Rapids listeners that Soviet war weariness and a desire for a higher standard of living will limit fresh conflict with the United States. He noted Russia seeks friendly governments to secure borders and recalled his naval liaison duty with Russian sailors. Johnson urged tough American policy and stronger domestic unity to counter Soviet influence while calling for freer information to better understand Moscow.
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Iran
Turkey
Jack T. Johnson
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Russia
United States
Red Fleet
Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Iran Aligns With U S Opposing Security Council Delay
Iran joined the United States in opposing a Soviet request to delay a United Nations Security Council meeting by 16 days. The protest centered on the presence of Soviet troops in Iran's oil region and followed formal appeals to the UN.
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New York
Iran
United Nations
United States
Security Council
Soviet Ambassador Gromyko Meets President Truman at White House
In Washington Soviet Ambassador Andrei Gromyko made an unheralded call on President Truman at the White House. Secretary of State Byrnes disclosed he will represent the United States on the United Nations security council during talks on the Russian Iranian dispute.
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Washington
Andrei Gromyko
Truman
White House
Byrnes
United States
United Nations Security Council
200 Million Loan to Holland Authorized
Dr Pieter Lieftinck Netherlands finance minister said the Export-Import bank will grant a loan to the Netherlands up to 200 million dollars. The disclosure came Friday in Washington.
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Holland
Washington
INS
Pieter Lieftinck
Netherlands
Rent Increase Report Denied by OPA Official
Washington reports quote misattribution denied by Robert R. Brooks deputy OPA administrator in charge of information. Brooks said Porter did not forecast broad rent rises, though he noted some price increases in various lines under the wage price policy. He asserted no anticipated rent increases and that meat clothing and living costs may rise separately.
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Washington
OPA
Robert R. Brooks
Paul Porter
Brooks
Porter
Chicago
Cut in Wheat Oil Servings Allowed
Washington AP reports that restaurants and hotels may serve smaller portions of wheat and oil products without raising prices if customers do not object. The OPA requires visible notices and that the normal portion be available upon request.
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Washington
OPA
Defense of Hess Opened at Trial
Rudolf Hess defense opened Friday after Hermann Goering quit the stand ending nine days of testimony. Hess, via his attorney, said he accepts full responsibility for all acts and laws he signed and all decrees and directives issued in his department. Goering had made the same declaration.
Courtroom Riddle: When Is Cylinder NOT a Cylinder
In federal court a patent infringement case pits Pickwick corp against two Ohio men over rubber fingers on a chicken picker. Attorneys clash over terms like cylinders walls and cones as Frye and Mabee spar to pin down wording used in the original patent application.
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Pickwick Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
B. C. Frye
Akron
George R. Hunt
Alexander C. Mabee
Chicago
Hunt
Pickwick
Hut
Brief Company
Deedlaind
Conrad B
Mabee
Frye
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