Muddle on Surpluses Is Charged
Senate war investigating committee declared the overseas surplus disposal program a fused muddle. It faulted Britain for onerous restrictions, cited a $650 million settlement, and warned unsolved problems left $23.66 billion in U S army navy surpluses overseas with $11 billion civilian goods.
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Washington
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
France
Feeble U S Is Target of Commie Propaganda in Senate
Sen. Ball of Minnesota accuses Len Pepper and allied liberal front groups of pushing Moscow inspired propaganda to render the United States impotent. He warns that such lines threaten U S security and Europe Asia and the Middle East and opposes a Big Three meeting before UN council. Ball backs UNO energy control and armed security for peace.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Len Pepper
D-Fla
Ball
Pepper
Communist Party
Europe
Asia
Middle East
Olicy
Britain
Munich
Russia
United Nations Security Council
New York
UNO
UNO Security Council
Police Break Picket Lines at Yale and Town Factory
In Stamford Connecticut police escorted foremen and plant officials into the Yale and Town Manufacturing plant as about 1 000 pickets clashed with officers. Twenty one people were arrested after renewed violence in the four and a half month strike at the world’s largest lock factory.
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Stamford
Conn
Yale
Man 30 Charged With Attacking 14 Year Old Girl
Cedar Rapids man McAtee 30 was charged in district court with criminally attacking a 14 year old Negro girl last Friday night. Judge Thompson appointed Roy Cook to defend McAtee. hearing set for Tuesday morning. Bond $10,000, McAtee jailed. He was arrested Friday by Detective Hanna.
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Cedar Rapids
Hartzell
Harold McAtee
J Avenue
G. K. Thompson
Roy Cook
Independence
McAtee
Thompson
John Hanna
William W. Crissman
McAfee
General Weygand Is Placed on Trial
General Maxime Weygand, 79, former commander in chief of the French army, stood trial in Paris on charges of conspiring with Marshal Petain to overthrow the republic. Ill and fatigued, he was jailed in 1944 after Paris was liberated and he declared he never acted against France.
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Paris
INS
Maxime Weygand
Henri Petain
Weygand
France
Lay Those Scissors Down Babe Long Hair Prettier
Hollywood portraitist Arthur William Brown with four decades drawing beautiful women argues long hair is more exciting and sexier than short feathercuts. He says the bob is a milliner and beautician plot.
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Babe
Hollywood (Ap
Arthur William Brown
Brown
Curb Placed on Fraternization With Jap Women
American troops in Japan were barred from public displays of affection with Japanese women. Lt. Gen. Robert L. Hichelberger ordered ground forces to avoid arm in arm walking and similar acts as disorderly conduct. MPs to detain violators at the stockade, release only on company commander's request.
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Yokohama
Japan
Robert L. Hichelberger
Eighth Army
Eichelberger
Blind Man Shoots Former Wife’s Mother in Oklahoma City
O T Guthrie a 42 year old blind second hand store owner fatally shot his former mother in law while his divorced wife who is also blind stood by. He then called the police station to report the shooting. Assistant County Attorney George Sipe said Guthrie is held without charge in the city jail.
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Oklahoma City
O. T. Guthrie
George Sipe
Guthrie
Russia Will Not Easily Be Sold Another War
University of Iowa professor Prof. Jack T. Johnson told a Cedar Rapids audience that the Soviet Union is war weary and unlikely to be drawn into another war. He cited Russian desires for friendly boundaries and higher living standards and urged tough American policy to counter Soviet influence. Johnson noted misunderstandings between the U.S. and USSR due to language barriers limited exchange and called for freer press access and more accurate information to better judge Moscow.
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Russia
Johnson
Iran
Turkey
Jack T. Johnson
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
United States
Red Fleet
Civic Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Pte
Stalingrad
Iran backs U.S. stand against delaying UN Security Council meeting
Iran formally aligned with the United States in opposing a Soviet request to delay the United Nations Security Council meeting by 16 days. The protest concerns Russian troop presence on Iran’s oil-rich territory and follows Tehran’s diplomatic démarche to the UN.
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New York
Tiran
United Nations
United States
Security Council
Soviet Ambassador Gromyko Visits White House
Soviet envoy Andrei Gromyko made an unheralded call on President Truman at the White House. Secretary of State Byrnes said he will represent the United States on the United Nations Security Council during discussions of 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
Washington reports that Dr Pieter Lieftinck Netherlands finance minister announced the Export-Import Bank will provide a loan to the Netherlands up to 200 million dollars.
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Holland
Washington
INS
Pieter Lieftinck
Netherlands
Same Clothes For Officers Men Ordered
The War Department announced that GI Joe and the brass will wear identical uniforms after June 30 1948. Officers and enlisted men will don tailored to measure duty garb with olive drab jackets and trousers replacing current uniforms as shortages allow. Blue dress uniforms may be adopted for officers and enlisted for special occasions with tests underway.
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Washington
MNS
War Department
Brass
Army
Eisenhower
Department
Rent Increase Report Denied by OPA Official
Washington report states Robert R. Brooks, deputy OPA administrator in charge of information, rejected claims that OPA Administrator Paul Porter predicted rent and price increases. He said Porter only suggested possible price rises in some lines under the wage price policy, and that rents, food, clothing and basic living costs should stay near current levels.
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Washington
OPA
Robert R. Brooks
Paul Porter
Brooks
Porter
Chicago
Cut in Wheat Oil Servings Allowed
Washington AP reports the nation’s restaurants and hotels may cut bread and salad dressing portions without raising prices if customers do not object. The OPA allows reductions in wheat and oil servings in dining rooms including railroad cars, with a notice and prompt to supply normal portions on request.
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Washington
OPA
Defense of Hess Opened at Trial
Rudolf Hess defense opened in MERNBERG as Hermann Goering testified. Hess, via his attorney, accepted responsibility for all acts and decrees issued in his department, a stance echoed by Goering after nine days of testimony.
Stalin backs United Nations as peace tool
In a Radio Moscow broadcast, Josef Stalin urged action against war promoters and abuse of free speech, endorsing the United Nations Organization as a crucial instrument for peace. He called for a united global effort to counter war propaganda and affirmed Soviet support for UNO’s equality principle and role in international security.
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London
Josef Stalin
United Nations Organization
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Associated Press
Stalin
UNO
New World Organization
Russia
Iran
Courtroom Riddle: When Is Cylinder NOT a Cylinder
In federal court a patent suit pits Hunt against Pickwick over rubber fingers for a chicken picker. Attorneys clash over definitions of cylinder walls and cones, with Frye defending patent terms and Mabee challenging their scope as the case heads to further testimony.
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Pickwick Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
B. C. Frye
Akron
George R. Hunt
Alexander C. Mabee
Chicago
Pickwick
Hunt
Pickwick Ls
Greenbrier Company
Cleveland
Conrad B. Mueller
Mabee
Frye
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