Vote Today Decides Recreation Backed By City Bond Issue
Charleston voters decide if 350000 dollars will fund a municipal recreation center and ball park in Kanawha City. Mayor Andrews and former Mayor Dawson urge approval. opponent Attorney Moore speaks against. Polls open 6 30 am to 7 30 pm with 60 percent needed.
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D. Boone Dawson
Thomas §. Moore
Elk River
Andrews
Canana
Ball Park
Dawson
Uanese
Macs Corkle Av
35Th St
Forecasters Hold To Cold Outlook In Kanawha Valley
Charleston endures a misty day as forecasters warn of a new cold wave and snow flurries. The U S Weather Bureau predicts a high of 25 and a low of 18 today, five above tomorrow. Normal coal and ore movement resumes as mild spell ends.
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Kanawha
U. S. Weather Bureau
United Fuel Gas Co
Point Pleasant
Baltimore
Ohio River
Gallipolis
O. and
Willie's Wry Rumination on Equality and Lines
Cartoon caption by Robert Quillen questions if equality allows women to push ahead in lines. It riffs that if girls may cut ahead, why not the speaker who asks to do so too.
Lincoln Day speakers clash over Marshall plan funding
Republicans at Lincoln Day events blasted the administrations foreign and domestic policies while splitting over how much Marshall plan aid is needed for Europe. Dewey urged full funding and unity among Western European nations, Taft urged restraint focusing on essential aid, and Stassen warned the USSR seeks to undermine Europe while backing U.N. strength.
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Associated Press
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dewey
Taft
Boston
Truman
Harold E. Stassen
St Paul
Minn
Europe
Stassen
Germantown
United States
United Nations
Danish airliner crash claims 11 lives near Ulrichstein
An airliner crash near Ulrichstein Germany leaves 11 dead and 10 survivors. The Danish Air Lines C 47 plummeted into a fogbound wooded hill at 12 36 pm while en route from Copenhagen to Switzerland via Frankfurt. Survivors escaped before the plane exploded and investigators note belt warnings as it hit heavy clouds.
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Germany
Giessen
Frankfurt
Danish Air Lines
Copenagen
Switzerland
Investi ‘Gators
Copenhagen
Ins
Lodge Urges Tax Rebate To Firms Cutting Prices
U S Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr urged a tax rebate for firms cutting prices as part of a Republican 10 point program at a Lincoln Day dinner in Kanawha county. He blamed the Democratic administration since 1932 for price increases and said Marshall Plan action should come next week with caution on UNRRA mistakes.
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U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
R-Mass
Lodge
Daniel Boone Hotel
Kanawha County
Mienbateilion
Sen
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Committee
Sen. Lodge
Massachusetts
ERP Aid Tied to European Self-Help in Marshall Plan
Senate foreign relations panel voted unanimously for strict ERP language tying aid to European self-help and cooperation. It requires continued US assistance only with promised, and increased, production and adherence to multilateral and bilateral agreements, and allows termination if nations fail to meet terms.
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Washington
INS
Senate Foreign Relations
United States
Sen. Vandenberg
R.mich
Special House Committee On
Britain Denies Russian Anti Soviet Deal Allegation
A British Foreign Office spokesman rejected Soviet charges of a secret 1938 anti-Soviet deal with Hitler as unfounded while noting some documents are colorless. Britain did not deny the documents authenticity but cannot verify all details. The Soviet Information Bureau claimed Britain and France connived with Hitler regarding Czechoslovakia and Austria.
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London
Britain
Hitler
Foreign Office
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
France
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Ashes of Mohandas Gandhi Placed in Ganges Ceremony
In Allahabad a large funeral rite dispersed Gandhi ashes into the Ganges and Jumna confluence. Rizdas Gandhi touched the urn and poured ashes with milk of a sacred cow into the waters as Nehru spoke of Hindu Muslim unity and Gandhi’s enduring influence. The procession drew hundreds of thousands along the seven mile route.
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Ings
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Ganges
Jumna
Gandhi
Rizdas
Das Gandhi
Triveni Sangam
Devadas
Ramdas
Truman Sees Curbs Needed Despite Food Price Skids
After a sharp drop in U S commodity prices including soap and grain products, authorities discuss curbs. Global markets reacted to U S price declines with Singapore Manila and others seeing declines while Winnipeg and Alexandria cotton trade showed notable drops.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
U. S
D. S
Alore
Singapore
Manila
Grain Exchange
Alexandria
Egypt
Cotton Exchange
Maynard launched House inquiry into trading activity
A congressional committee opened an investigation into E. T. Maynard a Chicago operator who timed a grain price break. Rep Robertson charged the administration aided the break in a deflationary program. Senate and expenditures committee members pledge further probes into Maynard and other market operators.
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Washington
INS
Congressional
E. T. Maynard
Chicago
Robertson
R-Nd
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
House
Giito
Sen. Young
R.-Nd
Sen. Aiken
R.-Vt
Senate
Sen. Ferguson
R.mich
Proctor & Gamble
Lever Brothers Gan
Colgate - Palmolive -Peat
A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co
Decatur
New York
Boston
National
Assoc
Grain policy inquiry widens to possible inside info
Leaks quote Denica and Andresen and Young saying they seek to learn if Maynard was aided by inside information on government grain buying. Maynard denies having such information and the matter is being pursued.
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Andresen
Young
Maynard
Britain Enacts Broad Price Freeze to Tackle Inflation
Britain moves to curb inflation with a price freeze on most controlled goods. Sir Stafford Cripps tells the House of Commons the boards will hold prices at December to January levels and urges voluntary restraint by industry. He warns compulsion may follow if free negotiation fails.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Britain
House of Commons
Board of Trade
Federation of British Industries
Sir Stafford
Commodity price peaks seen passed says NYSE chair
ATLANTA Feb 12 The New York Stock Exchange board chairman Sir Robert Boylan said peaks in commodity prices have passed and rallies may occur though prices are unlikely to reach record highs. He cited government wheat buying withdrawal and ample wheat crops as drivers of lower prices and predicted eventual big reductions in retail staple costs.
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New York Stock Exchange Board
Robert Boylan
Assoc
Stock Exchange
Boylan
New Yorker
Europe
McCarthy Sees Bright Prospects for Housing Bill
Senator McCarthy says prospects are bright for a long range housing bill this session after talks with Republican leaders. He favors removing public housing from general plans and pushing it in separate legislation if needed. The TEW bill previously stalled in the Senate and House.
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Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
House Senate Housing Committee
Buck
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Joint Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Republic
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House
Severe Weather Restricts Freight Movement in New England
The Assoc. of American Railroads barred freight into New York state and New England amid severe conditions. Only vital shipments may pass east of Buffalo via the New York Central for the Boston and Albany system, with exemptions for livestock perishable freight petrol steam fuels and coal needed to run railroads.
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Washington
Assoc
New York State
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Central
Boston and Albany
Stolen Bride Says She Was Attacked in Escape
A 14 year old bride recounts a week long abduction by former boyfriend James B. Davis. She says she was taken from her husband at a roadside spot near Blackshear Georgia, then driven to Savannah and Lookout Mountain before being sent home with $2. She reports two sexual encounters and being slapped during the trip. Police await further details.
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Mildred Aspinwall Teston
L. L. Taylor
James B. Davis
Savannah
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Doniver Teston
Mildred
Taylor
Pizo
Davis
Macon
Brehm Calls for Taft Hartley Ruling on Political Activity
Rep. Brehm said the House labor committee should seek an Attorney General ruling on the Taft Hartley Act's political activity provision. He warned the CIO indictments over Murray's endorsement may be overblown and urged clarification to avoid arrests.
Bond Posted By CIO Chieftain in Taft-Hartley Case
PITTSBURGH February 12 President Philip Murray posted $1000 bond in federal district court for his appearance February 20 in Washington. Murray and the CIO are indicted on charges of violating the Taft Hartley Act by printing an endorsement for Edward Garmatz in a Maryland congressional race financed by union funds. Murray welcomed the indictment as a test of press freedom. He was accompanied by Lee Pressman who recently resigned as CIO and United Steel Workers counsel.
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CIO
Washington
Federal
Edward Garmatz
Mary-lang
Garmatz
Congress
Lee Pressman
United Steel Workers
Pressman
Truman insists price rationing still needed amid inflation
President Truman says rationing and price controls remain essential despite a seven percent drop in wholesale prices during the commodity market skid. He cautions inflation remains a grave risk and presses Congress to approve his 10 point program.
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Truman
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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House
Senate
GOP
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Hig
GOP Win Urged To Force Tax Cut At Lincoln Day Dinner
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr and Sen Homer Ferguson urged a GOP win in 4th quarter elections to ensure lower taxes and success of foreign aid. They argued the New Deal failed after 16 years and that a Republican Congress can balance the budget reduce debt and curb inflation through production and price relief.
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Peninsula
White House
St. Paul
Sen
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Philadelphia
New York
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Congress
Homer Ferguson
B.mich
Truman
Natonal
Waldorf-Astoria Hoste
Martin
Republican Congress
Massachusetts
Sam Goldwyn’s Quote Sparks Debate on Cutting
A garbled note suggests Sam Goldwyn’s stance on cutting film content sparks discussion. The fragment mentions The Gessie and Stan Arnold in a coy, uncertain context about movie pay and policy, with unclear references to the word cut as a directive.
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Wees Goldwyn
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