Sawyer Seeks To End Fears Over Truman
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, with President Truman's blessing, sought to ease business fears about the coming economic program. He left room for possible controls and higher taxes if the next fiscal year's military budget rises. He urged cooperation between big and small business to curb inflation and warned against inflationary profits and prices.
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Sawyer
Truman
New York
Charles Sawyer
National Assoc. of Manufacturers
Congress of American Industry
New York Stock Exchange
Washington
Congress
Sawyers
Slaughter Denies Lobbying Charge in Court
Former Rep. Roger C. Slaughter pleaded not guilty in federal court to lobby registration law violations. Judge Schweinhaut kept him on $1,000 bond. no trial date set. Slaughter, a Missouri Democrat, calls the charges politically inspired amid his feud with President Truman. He faced charges of lobbying Chicago, Kansas City, and Minneapolis grain traders without registering, claiming he acted as a lawyer. The grand jury said he was paid over $43,000 to influence legislation for grain interests.
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Washington
Roger C. Slaughter
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Slaughter
Sen
Missouri
Truman
House
Chicago
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Congress
Butter Worth Circled By Fathers
Willie Willis by Robert Quillen notes a Sunday School scene where a teacher asks what fathers say before meals and a Dad quips about butter costing eighty cents a pound. The humor reflects frugal wisdom and postwar price concerns.
Fists Clash as Social Democrats Drive Reds from Berlin Rally
In West Berlin the Social Democrats repelled Communist hecklers at a final pre election rally. Ernst Reuter denounced the Reds as traitors and urged a large turnout to repudiate Communism. He warned the Red dictatorship will fall and freedom will rise on both sides of the Brandenburg Gate. The Social Unity party boycotted the election while Soviet authorities prepared next steps.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Social Democratic Party
Ernst Reuter
Brandenburg Gate
Reuter
Social Unity Party
SED
Truman Stills Budget Please
President Truman orders a near silence on budget talks with the armed forces and agencies to avoid premature disclosures as he pushes a $15 billion defense ceiling. Secret directives urge extreme caution, with services keeping figures classified while public debate surrounds next year’s military spending.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
White House
Budget Bureau
Bride, 23, Victim Of Gun Accident
Belington reports a coroner inquest concludes Lucille Teter, 23, wife of five days, was killed by an accidental discharge of a .22 rifle while deer hunting. Her body was found on a rain soaked hillside near Belington after a lengthy search. One shell discharged. the rifle was partially under her body.
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Belington
Herman Watson
Lucille Teter
Watson
Jacob Wilmoth
Kenneth Hill
Goodman
Defense Pact Given Force
The Inter American treaty for collective action in case of attack became effective today as Costa Rica deposited ratifications. The pact, drafted in Rio de Janeiro, guarantees immediate aid and cease fire orders among American states with Greenland included in the hemisphere security zone. Ecuador indicated it would sign soon. Canada may join later.
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Costa Rica
Mario Esquivel
Pan American Union
Lovett
Sens
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Connally
D.-Tex
Hemisphere
Greenland
South Pole
Canada
Ecuador
Four Germans Hang For War Crimes At Landsberg
In Landsberg prison courtyard a German navy lieutenant Erich Wentzel and three other war criminals were hanged for the Borkum massacre of seven unarmed American airmen. Wentzel led guards as airmen were marched and beaten to death. 48 more executions are pending review.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
United States War Crimes Court
Erich Wentzel
Borkum
North Sea
U.S. Army
Wentzel
Robot Ear Hears Phone and Lights Up Home
A new device shown to doctors at the American Medical Association meeting uses a vibrating salt crystal to detect a phone ring and instantly switch on the light. The so called robot ear, from Omega Safety Razor Co in Cleveland, is marketed for home safety and on call use, including by FBI agents and undertakers.
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ST. Louis
American Medical Assoc
FBI
Cleveland
Fone-Lite
Omega Safety Razor Co
Bids Invited For Memorial Hospital Unit Construction
Memorial Hospital Assoc president David M. Giltinan announced that bids for the first unit will be sought after April 15, after completing detailed plans. A December fund drive aims to raise about 460000 to match a 1 million federal grant, with pledges possible through 1950. To reach the full grant, an additional 400000 must be raised by June 30, 1949, or federal support may be withdrawn. The project could proceed in 1949 with about 2400000 already available and potential total funding near 3000000.
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Memorial Hospital
David M. Giltinan
Memorial Hospital Assoc
Giltinan
Kanawha
P. O
Charleston
Association
Talmadge Pledges Negro Protection
Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge pledged protection for Amy James Mallard, widow of a murdered Black man, vowing to call out the National Guard if needed to stop lynching. He reviewed photostatic copies of evidence with Cleveland businessman Joseph M. Goldwasser and explained GBI investigative laws amid demands for murder warrants.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Herman Talmadge
National Guard
Joseph M. Goldwasser
Cleveland
Amy James Mallard
Toombs County
Goldwasser
Robert Mallard
Norman Talmadge
Talmadge
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Chinese Reds Northward for Decisive Battle Aims
House un American Activities Committee seized hundreds of microfilms of top secret State Department documents from Whittaker Chambers at Westminster Maryland. Mundt said evidence shows secret papers were leaked to Chambers feeding the Communist underground. Hearing to reopen on espionage and Hiss Chambers case to follow.
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INS
House un-American Activi Ties Committee
State Department
Elect Mundt
R-S.d
Westminster
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
Mundt
Communist Underground
UN- American Activites
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Carnegie: Endowment For International Peace
Madison
S. C
Com
Jews Improve Barter Status in Palestine Talk
Paris dispatch reports the U.N. political committee approving a plan seen as boosting Israel's hold on the Negev and Galilee while demilitarizing and internationalizing all of Jerusalem. It also blocks Trans-Jordan from claiming Palestine Arab areas and reduces the commission's powers to negotiate.
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U.N
Palestine
Negev
Galilee
Israel
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
Britain
U. S
Willow Run plant sold to Kaiser-Frazer for 15 million
The Willow Run plant, built in 1942 for B-24 bomber production by Ford, 35 buildings on 320 acres, passes from government ownership to Kaiser-Frazer for 15.1 million. Initial payment 1.51 million, 20 equal installments begin next December 1. Ford produced 8685 planes. Kaiser-Frazer has built 350,000 cars since taking over.
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Willow Run
Mich
INS
Mammoth Willow Run
Kaiser- Frazer Corp
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser and Frazer
Ford Motor Co
Ford
K-F
Willow Hun
ECA Chief Urges Faster U.S. Defense Buying Abroad
Paul G. Hoffman, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration, urged Congress to accelerate defense material purchases abroad and to strengthen Marshall plan provisions to spur American investments overseas. He spoke at a news conference before a world tour including London, Shanghai, Korea and Japan, and noted no special China guidance from President Truman. He advocated a long-term comparison of funds for stockpiling strategic materials and extending buying commitments beyond the four-year life of ECA.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Congress
Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
London
Shanghai
Korea
Japan
White House
Truman
China
The
Treasury
Asis
Madame Chiang Meets Marshall in Washington Visit
Madame Chiang Kai-shek met with Secretary of State Marshall at Walter Reed for a second time in 24 hours, calling the talks encouraging as she presses for stepped-up aid for the Nationalist government. She traveled with Mrs. Marshall, dined with the secretary, and remains a Leesburg guest seeking further U.S. support for China’s war against the Reds. President Truman has granted her an interview but did not specify a date.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
China
Chiang
Gen. Marshall
Mme. Chiang
Church Council Demands End of Racial Segregation
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America urged elimination of racial segregation and endorsed Truman’s civil rights program in principle. It called for a non segregated church and society, urging laws and moral action, with 27 denominations and 28 million members. The report urged the state to entrench rights in law while churches push for deeper conscience-driven change.
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Cincinnati
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
So Doling
America
Truman
John S. Stamm
Harrisburg
Council
Chris ‘Tian
Nationalists Pour Out of Suchow
Chinese forces clash near Suchow with government troops retreating south toward the Hwai river as Communist columns converge. Nanking braces with reinforcements and refugees flood riverside routes while U.S. advisories shift staff to Formosa and Canton.
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China
Formosa
Suchow
Hwai River
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