Campaign To Deport Reds Hits High Gear
Washington reports a postwar push to deport alien Communist leaders, with more than 30 arrests and six actual deportations. Justice officials call it a buildup of cases, led by Attorney General Tom Clark, aimed at non citizens deemed prejudicial to U S interests. The effort began last summer as pressure to enforce tighter immigration laws grows.
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United States
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Rae
Western Allies Press Ahead to Organize German Economy
United States rejects Soviet protest over a forthcoming London meeting of the United States Britain and France to coordinate the western German economy. Undersecretary Lovett says Russia bears responsibility for German division and that the talks aim to unify western Germany for European recovery.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Robert Lovett
Alexander Panyushkin
Lovett
Paoyushkin
Russia
London
Japan names Hitoshi Ashida premier amid Diet split
In Tokyo on February 21 Hitoshi Ashida a moderate conservative was chosen premier by the House of Representatives 216 votes to 180 for Shigeru Yoshida. The House of Councillors gave Yoshida 10 votes to Ashida 102 with 110 needed. If conference fails within 10 days the lower house decides. Ashida 39 a diplomat and former newspaper man was foreign minister in the retiring cabinet.
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Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Ashida
House of Representatives
Shigeru Yoshida
House of Councillors
Yoshida
Turtm
Russia Demands Cash From Austria Peace Talks
Russia presses for 200 million dollars in convertible currency as compensation for former German property in Austria and for a large share of oil, shipping assets, and German assets in nearby states. Western deputies push Koktjomov to specifics while insisting on Austrian sovereignty and removal of foreign troops.
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U.S
Austria
London
United States
Danjuhe Shipping Company
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
N. P. Koktomov
Koktojmov
Drought Forces California to Dim Outside Lighting
Drought prompts Gov. Warren to declare emergency covering 28 counties including Los Angeles and San Francisco. Public Utilities Commission orders drastic reductions in electric supply and outdoor lighting to save water, with power firms allowed to curb or halt service to industrial and agricultural users. Hollywood’s famed whiteways may fade to wartime dimness as rules take effect after Tuesday’s hearing.
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California
Hollywood Boulevard
Earl Warren
Los Angeles
Public Utilities Commission
Fes Ree
Warren
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Utilities Commission
Pacific Baseball League
IGOPbacks 30 More Days Of Rent Curbs
Republican leaders in Congress agree on a 30 day extension of rent controls to allow time for a longer bill. Present controls expire Feb 29. The House will vote Tuesday. Senate action follows. The 14 month extension would keep federal controls to April 1949, with penalties for violations and changes to eviction rules for low cost public housing units. Several amendments race through debates, including removing enforcement teeth and reapplying controls to residential hotel rooms.
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Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Rep. Wolcott
R-Mich
Wolcott
Sen. Millikin
R-Cole
Sen. Cain
R-Wash
Truman Seeks Puerto Rico Self Government Recognition
President Truman addressed crowds in San Juan urging Puerto Rico to determine its political relationship with the United States. He praised island governance and noted Puerto Rico’s first island-born governor, Jesus T. Pinero, as a step toward greater self government while visiting with local officials and schools. The trip forms part of a Caribbean tour with stops in the Virgin Islands and other ports, highlighting postwar U.S. policy toward territorial self rule.
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Truman
United States
Key West
William D. Leshy
White House
Isla Grande
Jesus T. Pinero
Pinero
Congress
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Potsdam
Bermuda
Mexico City
Ottawa
Rio de Janeiro
Caribbean
Williamsburg
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
William H. Hastie
Washington Negro Law School
Deak
St. Croix
Illinois, Blocked by Courts Seeks US Help Free Marino
Illinois asks the U.S. Supreme Court to free Tony Marino, an Italian immigrant serving a life sentence for a 1950s killing in Winnebago County. The state argues he was denied proper rights, while the high court previously ruled he lacked due process at trial. The case returns after a habeas corpus petition denial.
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U. S. Supreme Court
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Facia
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George F. Barrett
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Supreme Court Says Barrett Petition for Direct Order
The attorney general’s office sided with Marino, noting his trial was unfair. After the Supreme Court decision, Marino sought release from the state court but was denied by Judge William R. Dusher. A later federal petition faced the same denial, with Dusher questioning police and Illinois law. The piece references Justice Rutledge’s sharp critique of Illinois’ criminal appeals system as a “merry-go-round.”
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Supreme Court
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Dusher
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Rutledge
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Murphy
Iuinois
Mere 102 Now Man Sets His Goal to Reach 110
John Wesley Carrier, aged 102, has just left the hospital after recovering from a cold and plans to live to 110. He previously spent time in a hospital for a broken hip at age 94, and this cold was his second hospital stay in life.
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Tuscola, Ill
John Wesley Carrier
Barkley to Speak Here Next Month
Sen Alben W Barkley D Ky will address the annual Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Charleston at the Daniel Boone hotel on March 27 Arthur B Koontz National Committeeman announced the meeting will be the Democratic counterpart of Lincoln Day dinners and was delayed for better statewide travel conditions.
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Alben W. Barkley
Charleston
Arthur B. Koontz
Senate
Daniel Boone Hotel
Benes Defies Red Pressure Amid Czech Government Crisis
President Eduard Benes resisted Communist pressure to reshape the Czech government as anti Communist ministers faced mass resignations. He refused to purge non Communist officials and insisted on a parliamentary system with parties in the National Front. The standoff deepened after Fierlinger’s removal and a party split between pro and anti Communists.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Henes
Klement Gottwald
National Front
Benes
Lang
Zdenek Fierlinger
Fierlinger
Social Democrats
Catholic Peoples
Gottwald
Justice
Prokop Drtina
Tar
Grains Rally as Wheat Leads Market Turnaround
Chicago market closes with grain prices up led by wheat after a slow decline. All grains follow higher as short covering pre Washington’s Birthday holiday prompts buys. Hogs cattle and lambs steady. cotton futures up in New York and New Orleans. Wheat May delivery at 2.35 3 4 to 2 1 4 higher week. Corn and oats show modest gains amid cautious trading.
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Washington
Associated Press
Sen. McGrath
R-Rd
Democratic National Committee
James J. Patton
National Farmers’ Union
Edwin G. Nourse
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Joseph B. Dodge
American ‘Bankers Assoc
New York
New Orleans
Snow Begins in Kanawha Valley as Weather Forecast Predicts More
Snow, forecast for several days by the U S Weather Bureau, began in Charleston about 5 P M yesterday and spread through the Kanawha valley. Reports from Wheeling and northern Panhandle areas indicate about an inch fell, roads became slick, and cinder crews were called out. The Weather Bureau warned of continuing cold and rain and snow today with a high near 40 degrees and tonight's low around 24.
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Kanawha
Wheeling
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Parkersburg
Barboursville
Pt. Pleasant
Senate Said Determined To Pass Civil Rights Bill
A secret Senate poll has convinced Southern Democrats they cannot block civil rights legislation this session. A veteran Dixie senator says Republicans lack support to stop a gag rule on peace and other measures, with Truman anti-lynch and anti-poll tax laws accepted as political pressure. Fifty Democratic Southern House members press the program, while McGrath prepares to forward their protests to Truman as President heads to the Virgin Islands for a reception with Governor Hastie. Cloture could limit debate, but only 25 votes are assured, leaving 71 needed for passage if all 96 senators vote.
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Pease
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Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
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Arkansas
Jester
Texas
Tuck
Virginia
Thurmond
South Carolina
Cherry
North Carolina
McGrath
Virgin Islands
Wil
Liam H. Hastie
House
Reuther Asserts Labor Prepares New Wage Drive
Walter P. Reuther of Detroit speaks at a Munic ipal auditorium meeting launching CIO action to back labor friendly candidates. He links bread and liberty, urges informed voting, criticizes Congress for scrapping price controls and warns of rising prices without wage balance.
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James H. Herring
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
Mich
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Wheeling
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Political Action Committee
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Hitler
America
Reuth
Robert E. Silman Dies in Cincinnati
Robert Emmett Silman 61, a Charleston business figure and former city auditor under Mayor R. P. Devan, died unexpectedly in Cincinnati where his Silman Advertising Agency operated. Born July 20, 1686, in Charleston, he worked in banking and real estate before moving to advertising in 1934, leaving Charleston four years ago to run the Cincinnati agency. Surviving: two daughters Lyndall Harlow and Jana Taylor, two sons Robert and Richard, two sisters Jazel Higginbotham and Mrs. Fred White. The body returns to Charleston to Bartlett mortuary.
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Robert Emmett Silman
Charleston
R. P. Devan
Cincinnati
Silman
Mr. Silman
Peter A
Minnie ‘Katherine Jenkins Silman
Glenwood Bank
Security Banking & Trust Co
Lyndall Harlow
Lewisburg
Jana
Harold Taylor
Robert
Richard
Jazel Higginbotham
Fred
White
Clen
Denin
Bartlett Mortuary
Taft urges UN enforcement of Palestine partition plan
Sen Taft calls for United Nations enforcement of the Palestine partition decision and warns that without UN action there could be civil war. He says no new American policy should contradict the UN decision and suggests a UN force to maintain order during the transition after British troop withdrawal.
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Holy Land
Washington
Sen
Aft
R-Ohiot
United Nations
Palestine
USN
Taft
Ohio
U.N
U. N
New Ball Park Sketch Shown By Local Architect
Charleston's new ball park funded by a $200000 bond issue ratified February 13 is revealed in a Page 16 sketch. Architect Charles A. Haviland drew the rendering and will supervise construction.
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Ball Park
Charleston
Charles A. Haviland
Steel price rise prompts early congressional inquiry
Washington debate over a $5 a ton steel price boost advances to next Thursday as the Joint Economic Committee considers antitrust angles and calls in key players. Sen Ball questions price collusion while officials say the rise reflects market dynamics, with impact on employment and inflation under study for a March report.
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Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Taft
Robie
Senate House
Sen. Ball
R Mier
Tom Clark
Ewan 5S
Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tait
Economic Committee
United States Steel Corp
Lathe Steel
Ball
Sen
Justice Department
Fatt
Congress
Seeing Machines for the Blind Move Toward Reality
Scientists at Carnegie Institution report early steps in creating compact cane devices that translate light into sound or signal patterns to help blind users scan landscapes and read print. Dr. George W. Corner notes current devices are bulky and not practical, with the real barrier the uncharted psychology of teaching the mind to interpret sensory data. Dr. Vannevar Bush highlights wartime research support as a backdrop for these efforts.
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George W. Corner
Carnegie Institution
Corner
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Re
President Sets Sail On Ten Day Spree
The poem by Stan Arnold from 1941 notes the President departing for a ten day voyage before June. It hints at challenges ahead and uses a sea voyage metaphor to reflect political currents.
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Teupgrieht
Gunesse
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