Palestine Policy of U S Firmed By John M. Hightower
Washington officials forecast a steadier U S stance toward Israel and Arab lands after the election, with lingering tensions with Britain over Near East interests and possible strain between the White House and State Department over Palestine policy. Some aides expect Lovett to resign while others say the matter is overstated. The issue now ties Palestine to Western cold war interests amid Britain’s pro Arab position and Arab attitudes toward communism.
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White House
State Department
Israel
United Nations
Britain
United States
White House State Department
Robert Lovett
Lovett
Truman
Palestine
Russia
Truman Cuts Budgets for Sixteen Departments
President Truman approved lower expenditure estimates for sixteen civilian departments and agencies, excluding the military services. Budget Director James E. Webb said the cuts are modest and aimed at balancing the coming fiscal year, with total figures not yet disclosed. The current budget stands at 42.2 billion dollars and a prior projection warned of a 1.5 billion dollar deficit next June.
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Washington
Truman
James E. Webb
Four Arab Governments Advised To Make Peace
A United Nations source said four Arab governments Syrian Egyptian Lebanese and Iraq were told their military position in Palestine was hopeless and urged to make peace after a three hour conference led by Dr. Ralph Bunche. Brig Gen William E Riley joined the talk as chief of staff of the UN truce mission.
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Paris
United Nations
Palestine
William E. Riley
United States Marine Corps
Ralph Bunche
U.N
Bunche
Henri Vigier
Plane Searchers Hear Distress Call
Seattle AP report says a weak radio distress signal was heard Saturday by a search plane hunting for three planes missing with 38 aboard. The signal came from north of Vancouver Island where a long-range Navy Neptune vanished Thursday with nine aboard. Weather blocked air searches around the island and hampered efforts for a Pacific Alaska Air Express airliner with 17 aboard near Sitka and Ketchikan and a Navy Privateer patrol bomber with 12 aboard out of Kodiak on an Aleutians flight.
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Seattle
North Pacific Rnmith
Vancouver Island
Navy
Pacific Aska Air Express
Sitka- Ketchikan
Alaska
Kodiak
Greek Cabinet Quits Monday in Crisis Split
Prime Minister Themistokles Sophoulis announced that his coalition government will resign on Monday amid a cabinet crisis sparked by Liberal deputy leader Sophocles Venizelos. Venizelos accuses ministers of political games and failing to address the guerrilla threat led by Markos Vafiades.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophocles Venizelos
Liberal Party
Sophoulis
Venizelos
Markos Vafiades
Violence Flares As Exiled Arias Returns to Panama
Dr Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panama former president and presidential candidate, returned from exile in Mexico City to a crowd of supporters. Police and teargas used to break up a welcome parade injuring eight people and one person reported dying, amid ongoing street dispersal by cavalry and gas-masked officers.
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Arnulfo Arias
Madrid
Arias
Mexico City
Truman Heads South for Florida Vacation
President Truman leaves Washington at 8 a.m. CST for a Florida vacation at Key West. He will be joined later by Vice President-elect Barkley and DNC Chairman McGrath at the Key West naval base. The trip includes White House aides and Mrs Truman with daughter Margaret joining in the second week. En route, a stop in New Bern, North Carolina for church services is planned.
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INS
Truman
Florida
Key West Naval Base
Barkley
McGrath
White House
John R. Steelman
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh
N.C
David Niles
Charles Murphy
Margaret
Key West
New Bern
Streetcar Bus Crash Kills Six Near Toronto
Six people died and about 50 were injured when a streetcar and a chartered bus collided head on on the western outskirts of Toronto early Saturday.
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Toronto
Ont
Ins
Free Alcatraz inmate Cecil Wright begins law career
Cecil Wright walked out of Alcatraz a free man after 18 years, planning to pursue law studies he began behind bars. At 41, he hopes to revive a romance in Indiana, visit his sister in Hammond, and seek film interest for his story as he resumes study of law and habeas corpus expertise gained during his confinement.
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Cecil Wright
Alcatraz
Wright
Rock
Fortress Rock
San Francisco Bay
University of Illinois
Hammond
Ind
Miss Brimberg
Maroon
William Denman
Joseph Karesh
FiveYearOld Boy Dies From Acute Alcohol Poisoning
In Grandauverne France Andre Bernier five drank brandy given each morning by his stepfather Bri caud. He collapsed in class and died from acute alcohol poisoning. A court sentenced Bri caud and Fri day to ten months for involuntary manslaughter and fined 1000 francs for illegal burial.
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Nantes
France
Andre Bernier
Bricaud
Andre
Grandauverne
Eric
Friday
Marshall backs full U S aid to China in Paris talks
United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall reportedly reversed his stance and favors rapid all‑out aid to China. Chiang Kai-shek may announce a policy shift, while Chinese leaders discuss defenses against Communist forces amid demands for major political reforms by the control Yuan.
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Shanghai
George C. Marshall
China
Marshall
Wang Shih-chieh
Paris
United Nations
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Nanking
Control Yuan
Council
Father Flanagan Statue To Be Given Boys Town
A statue of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward Joseph Flanagan founder of Boys Town will be presented to Boys Town by Variety Clubs International in Boys Town Nebraska.
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Boys Town
Neb
Edward Joseph Flanagan
Haven For
Variety Clubs International
Postmasters Job Now Open in Cedar Rapids
After President Truman's win last week the Cedar Rapids postmastership reopened as the six thousand eight hundred dollar a year post nears vacancy. Frank Baldwin retires January 31 1949 and John Greenlee and William McLaughlin contend for acting or permanent postmaster roles amid party deadlock and expected state Democratic action.
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Truman
Cedar Rapids
Frank Baldwin
Dewey
G.O.P. Camp
Baldwin
John Greenlee
Greenlee
the Gazette
William McLaughlin
Linn County Central Committee
McLaughlin
Democratic
Knotty lumber woes prompt humorous telegram
A despairing contractor texted the lumber mill after receiving a carload of subpar wood. He quipped in a telegram that knot holes were received and asked to send the knots, reflecting widespread troubles with lumber quality.
15 Year Old Admits Killing Playmate In Chicago
A 15 year old boy Raphael Rocky Villasenor reportedly admitted choking William Gervais 13 to death with a belt. The body was found Friday in a manhole near Fuller Park. Police say several peers in a mixed white and Negro teenage group joined parties with drinking and sex.
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Chicago
William Gervais
Robert Dunne
Juvenile Court
Raphael
Rocky” Villasenor
William
Gervais
Fuller Park
Rocky
Cedar Rapids Taxes Rise 20 Percent Next Year
Linn county supervisors set the 110 district levies as Cedar Rapids mill rate climbs from 50.02 to 60.34 per $1,000, a $10.32 rise before exemptions. School district levies drive much of the increase amid a $2.5 million building program, with county and state funds also higher.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Soviets Claim Atom Plants and Shelters in Asia
Dr. Albert Parry reports in Science Digest that Russia has established three atomgrads deep in Asia. Atomgrad One sits in the Juznetsk basin, Atomgrad Two near it with six fortification belts, and Atomgrad Three in the Tuvinian region near outer Mongolia. He says the plants are guarded and that Soviet leaders may use shelters for Stalin’s ministers if war looms.
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N. Y
Russia
Oak Ridges
Asia
Albert Parry
Parry
United States
Colgate
Science Digest
Atomgrad
Juznetsk Basin
Siberia
Stalin
Moscow
Atomgrad Two
Number One
War Ministry
Tuvinian
Outer Mongolia
Nine aboard jeep wagon die in Des Moines area crash
A crossroad collision near Des Moines between a Burlington freight train and a jeep station wagon killed five people from one family and four others, with four more injured. The fatal wreck occurred on highway 60 near an embankment, as the train reportedly slowed to 25 miles per hour.
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Des Moines
Burlington
Broadlawns General Hospital
Harry E. Bullard
Dows
Grace
Robert
Marlene
Elaine
Robert Miller
Bradford
Bud Miller
Bea
Joanne
Miller
Harry Bullard
U N Draft Lists Basic Freedoms
Paris AP reports the first World Bill of Human Rights forming amid debate as 58 UN delegates on a social committee hammer out a declaration of fundamental freedoms. The draft includes the four freedoms and rights against torture, privacy invasion, and arbitrary interference, with Russia showing cautious support.
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Philip Clarke
Paris
United Nations
America
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Washington
Harvard
Malik
General Assembly
Assembly
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Human Rights Commission
Lake Success
Geneva
Lee
Seglegate
Bill Proposes Pay Raise for Top Officials
Three senators urge immediate pay raises for President's cabinet and about 200 top officials. The plan would lift cabinet pay to 20 000 dollars and extend increases to army navy and air force secretaries and select agency heads, with special assistants reaching 18 000 dollars.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vt
Baldwin
R-Conn
O’conor
D-Md
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Civil Service Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
West Coast Strike Peace Move Hits Snag
SAN FRANCISCO INS Harry Bridges striking CIO Longshore union Saturday night threw cold water on the peace proposal for the 66 day old West Coast waterfront strike. Employers had accepted the agreement in principle and early resumption of negotiations seemed likely if unions accept the proposal.
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INS
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshore
West Coast
National
CIG
Gaullist Gains Expected in French Upper House
Paris reports from political sources say De Gaulle supporters are poised for large gains while Communist candidates face losses as voters head to the polls Sunday for the Senate election.
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