Reds Charge U. S. Allies Caused War
Moscow charges that American dollars and Allied diplomacy helped sow World War II. It claims postwar dealings with Germany after World War I and the Dawes plan fueled Hitler's rise, accusing Britain and France of engineering a 1934 non aggression pact with Poland to prepare aggression.
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Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
U. S. State Department
Poland
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Britain
France
Dawes Flan
Dawes
Ameri
Arab Chiefs Map Palestine Action Plan Under Shield of Secrecy
Cairo reports leaders of the Arab League held a secret three hour meeting to map an action plan against partition of Palestine. Abdul Azzam Pasha urged newspapers to avoid aiding the other side while rumors floated of a forthcoming Arab offensive and a possible second front from the Sinai to split Haganah forces.
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Cairo
Proglam
Partition of
Palestine
Arab League
Holy Land
Abdul Azzam Pasha
Damascus
Alahram
Ismail Safwat Pasha
United Nations
Sinai Desert
Haganah
Warplanes production tripled to meet unsettled world
The Air Coordinating Committee urged tripling military plane output beyond last year’s 1,800. In its annual report to President Truman the ACC recalled its 1945 aim of 5,780 warplanes yearly until peace is assured. The group said Truman asked Congress for fewer planes than the services and noted the current demand is higher than that request.
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Washington
Air Coordinating Committee
ACC
Truman
State and Commerce Departments
Civil Aeronautics Board
Budget Bureau
Congress
Air Force
Navy
Truman firm on proposals renews civil rights push
Washington feb 9 the white house said president truman would not retreat on civil rights plans despite southern protests. secretary foss dismissed as groundless a report he might soften travel segregation proposals. senator eastland urged southern bloc to block any democrat who opposes jim crow laws, warning northern machines would nominate only candidates with guaranteed southern support. mcgrath undecided on speech focus for march atlanta visit, while georgia governor thompson notes cooperation tone. continues on page 12 col 4.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. Foss
Sen
Eastland
Miss
Senate
South
Peacetime Arms Strengthen US
United States plans to build peacetime arms capacity to expand quickly if needed. Anglo American standardization could mirror 1929 41 Franco British orders, boosting military potential and reviving war industries like aviation. England leads in spreading arms standardization under Marshall Plan.
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J. 21. Roberts, Jr
United States
England
Europe
House Votes 30 Million For Synthetic Fuel Research Aid
Interior Secretary Krug told Congress that dependence on Middle East oil is an Achilles heel and the House voted to raise synthetic fuel research funding from 30 to 60 million dollars annually. The plan calls for three commercial plants costing about 100 million each to produce synthetic fuels from coal oil shale and agricultural products.
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INS
Krug
Congress
America
House
Acton
Senate
House Public Lands Committee
Middle East
Crawford
R-Mich
Jose
Mercury Weather Sends West Virginia Into Deep Freeze
The Associated Press reports another blast of sub normal temperatures across West Virginia. Hope Natural Gas cuts industrial fuel supplies 30 percent for three days, possibly longer. State Road Commission urges chains on secondary routes, notes ice on primary highways. Bad road conditions plague Preston, Nicholas, Webster counties. U. S. 219, 250 and state routes 41 and 39 icebound. Ohio River remains ice choked along the western border. Dam 17 near Marietta reports the longest winter closure since 1917-18, with seven to nine inches of ice. Sub-zero readings observed in the northern panhandle.
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Associated Press
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Preston County
Durbin
Pocahontas County
Nicholas County
Webster County
Ohio River
West Virginia
L. C. Foglesong
Dam 17
Marietta
Foglesong
Dem 17
Panhandle
Bareau St Huntington
Mar
Reds in Austria Bar US Food Aid Posters
In Vienna on February 9 interior minister Oskar Helmer said Russians banned posters in their zone declaring that three fifths of Austrian rations come from American aid. Socialist mayors in Lower Austria reported posters saying the truth. Soviet authorities ordered removal under threat of punishment. Helmer noted Austrians would have starved without the aid but that this did not prove Austria is chained to the West and condemned punishment for informing the public of food origins.
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Vienna
Oskar Helmer
Lower Austria
Helmer
Austria
Livestock Prices Tumble and Food Costs Drop in City
A Charleston survey found wholesale declines in grain and livestock prices reflected slowly in retail. Bread fell a penny in some chains to 14 to 15 cents, lard moved to 29 cents, bacon eased to 75 cents, beef and pork down about five cents per pound, and butter ranged 94 to 98 cents. Flour held at 1.99 for 25 pounds, with higher prices for premium brands. Merchants expect further household savings if wholesale drops continue, noting retail prices lag wholesale changes.
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Charleston
Kansas City
Seattle
East St Louis
East St. Louis
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Washington
Andresen
Andresen Probes Grain Price Drop Inquiries Begin
Washington Feb 9 congressman August H Andresen heads a new House committee inquiry into last week's grain market collapse to determine if insiders profited. Secretary Anderson rebukes Taft charge that White House actions aimed to keep prices high for politics. Anderson declines tying any plan to buy 50 million bushels, noting remarks were misrepresented.
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Washington
H. Andresen
R.minn
House
Anderson
Sen. Taft
R.ghia
Truman
Anderson-Taft
Taft
Solons Back ERP Director Plan in Foreign Aid Debate
The Senate foreign relations committee signaled general agreement that the European Recovery Program should be run by an agency outside the State Department. Debates centered on long term aid, with Republicans pressing for sizable cuts to 18 month ERP funding and some proposals to earmark loans totaling 1.5 billion dollars. Brookings Institution proposals for an independent organizing body were noted as likely guiding the committee’s approach.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Slash
Marshall
GOP
Ren. Herter
R.-Mass
George
Senate Committee
Brookings Institution
Jap Cabinet to Resign After MacArthur Meeting
Tokyo February 9 Japanese Premier Tetsu Katayama informed General MacArthur that his cabinet would resign the next day. After a two hour talk MacArthur said he would not interfere noting the cabinet faced inherent problems in the Japanese situation. He added the cabinet lacked legislative support to be truly representative of the people.
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Tokyo
Tetsu Katayama
MacArthur
Katayama
Heart Valve Operation Gives 21YearOld Girl New Hope
Hetty Lee Woolridge of Canton Ohio underwent a pioneering heart valve operation by Dr Horace G Smithy at the medical college of South Carolina ten days ago. The 21 year old, previously invalid since rheumatic fever, recovered well after a 90 minute surgery, with travel and hospital costs covered by Canton groups.
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Jay
Horace G. Smithy
Medical College of
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Hetty
Lee Woolridge
Canton
Betty Lee
Harry W. Beck
Associated Press
New York
Medical College
American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting
Howard W. Blakeslee
Science
Crippled Children’s Society
Rotary Club of
Mine unionized at point of gun near Corbin
Corbin Kentucky February 3 a strip mine superintendent Angelo Tudicanni age 34 of Wilton Kentucky for B Perini and Sons said 200 men arrived in cars and buses to force him at gunpoint to sign a union contract four men were injured including his brother in law Arthur Rodine who was taken to a Corbin hospital Tudicanni said he did not know the name of the union and that he was forced to sign after men displayed pistols and guns in a tense early morning confrontation
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Corbin
Wilton
Angelo Tudisoanni
Arthur Rodine
Senate House Unit Backs Rationing of Whisky Grain
Washington February 3 1946 a Senate House economic committee backed President Truman plan to ration grain for whisky distillers 8 to 0 vote. The measure would restore grain control prices through November 1 with allocations to distillers to be set by the Agriculture Department. The move follows a prior defeat and comes as Truman seeks anti inflation powers with a Feb 29 deadline looming.
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Washington
Truman
Senate-House Economic Committee
House
Congress
Economic Committee
Agriculture Department
Mgr
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
Standley Blames Communists for Rail and Mine Seizures
Retired Adm W H Standley former U S ambassador to Russia told a House committee that Communist influences caused government seizures of railroads and coal mines and fueled postwar labor pay demands. He urged publicity of known Communism rather than outlawing the party, noting past wartime government controls and labor unrest. Standley, 74, lives in San Diego and previously headed naval operations.
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Washington
W. H. Standley
Tver
U. S
Russia
Standley
House
American Activities Committee
United States
Isbor
Truman
San Diego
Cal
Roosevelt
Communist Party
Massive Kashmir Battle Leaves Thousands Dead
Indian army reports 1,900 Muslim attackers killed in the Naoshera clash near Srinagar. overall enemy losses exceed 2,000 dead and 2,600 wounded with more than 14,000 attackers estimated. Indian casualties run 29 dead and 91 wounded amid heavy automatic weapons. fighting continued at daybreak and night.
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Delai
Defense Ministry
Naoshera
Srinagar
Ooves
Muhammad Usman
Poonth
Naoshara
Truman to Take Caribbean Vacation During Campaign
President Truman will fly to the Caribbean for a two week vacation starting February 20, leaving after a keynote speech in Washington. He plans visits to Fuerte Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba and Southern Florida while mixing official duties with leisure. A March 17 speech in New York follows his return, as party tensions and Wallace’s candidacy loom.
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INS
Truman
Caribbean
White House
Fuerte Rico
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Florida
Sons of St. Patrick
New York
Democratic Party
Henry A. Wallace
Edward J. Flynn
Flynn
Wallace
Glutted Mart Spurs Drop as Prices Slump
Chicago reports a sharp fall in live stock prices with grains recovering. Cattle and sheep decline, hogs drop to 13 month lows. many hogs and cattle left unsold. Grain gains offset meat losses. retail food prices edge lower though not broadly. Washington probes possible insider profit from last week's market break.
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Chicago
France to Open Border to Spain
Paris reports the French Spanish border will open at midnight after nearly two years of closed crossings. Telegraph service will resume, trains cross after dawn, and first postal bags move in the morning. Merchandise through to a third country begins March 1 with trade talks to follow.
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France
Spain
Russia
United Nations
Francisco Franco
Jingling the News Married Blitz In Germany
A brief item notes a marriage plan in Germany between a woman identified as Sid and Frits Koabn. The piece Playfully remarks that the couple was expected to wed, but implies the groom eluded capture, with a witty aside from Stan Arnold Coppiiacht.
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Frits Koabn
Felow
Stan Arnold Coppiiacht
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