Labor Rallies To Back Reds In Czech Row
Prague reports labor leaders rally behind Premier Gottwald as anti Communist ministers face replacement. Delegates pledge a nationwide one hour strike to back his demand that President Benes accept resignations and permit pro Soviet appointees. Signatures of Zapotocky and Fierlinger referenced amid tense political clash.
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Prague
Klement Gottwald
Gottwald
Prague Fairgrounds
Eduard Benes
Benes
National Front of
Working People
Muhich
Soviet Union
Munich
National Farm
Antonin Zapotocky
Howard Levinson Dies Prominent Charleston Clothier
Howard Michael Levinson 54 founder of Howard Clothes Inc died of a heart condition Saturday night at his home 2512 Kanawha Blvd Born in Baltimore he moved to Charleston in 1917 and built a local clothing store He was active in Bnai Brith Elks Knights of Pythias and synagogues Married in 1921 to Mise Anna Shore Surviving include wife two children a grandson a sister and two brothers Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at the residence with Rabbi Levis Cashdan officiating Burial in Spring Hill Cemetery Body to be moved from Barlow Mortuary to the home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Michael Levinson
Howard, Clothes, Inc
Capitol St
Kanawha Blvd
Baltimore
Levinson
Charleston
Virginia St. Temple
B'nai Jacob Synagogue
B'nai B'rith
Elks, Dokies
Levis Cashdan
Spring Hill Cemetery
Barlow Mortuary
Ball's Plan Seeks Cut in ERP First-Year Aid
GOP senators hear Sen. Ball propose reducing the first-year European Recovery Program outlay to 3.506 billion dollars, cutting 1.8 billion from the 5.3 billion Senate panel endorsed. He ties his figure to Truman's estimates, omitting carryover funds and warning of pipeline needs, as Vandenberg signals resistance to deep cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Ball
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Minnesota
Treasury
Senate
Ip.cos
State Department
Europe
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
CIO to Shove Pay Demands
Murray says reduced food prices do not affect CIO wage push. He pledges substantial wage increases and anti inflation measures. Steel talks start in April as prices rise ahead of possible wage hikes. Republican leaders push housing bill. McCarthy sketches plan for low cost rentals to spur home building.
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Murray
Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel Today
Congress
Puerto Rico
Teuman
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
House Senate Housing Committee
Wisconsin
Joint Housing Committee
Truman
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Housing and Home Finance Agencies
Reuther Urges Militant Action In Liberal Coalition
Walter P. Reuther head of the United Auto Workers said ADA should pursue militant leadership to combat totalitarian threats. He joined AFL president William Green in supporting Americans for Democratic Action at its first national convention. Reuther warned the middle ground is under fire from both communism and extremism and urged ADA to contest both sides.
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Philadelphia
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
AFL
William Green
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
UAW
Communist Party
Europe
America
Strug
Veterans Protest Cost Of Ordnance Park Units
More than 225 veteran tenants of Ordnance Park in St. Albans protested to federal authorities against high prices for park housing now on sale. They sent messages to state lawmakers and national figures urging investigation and reappraisal, arguing the project cost 1,082,500 dollars and listing prices total 1,821,750, prompting questions about government profit and fairness for veterans.
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Ordnance Park
St. Albans
Truman
Walter Winchell
Drew Pearson
Navy
Jerusalem Blast Leaves 43 Dead. Area Devastated
Reports from Jerusalem describe a gigantic blast that killed 43 people and shattered a two block area. Jewish leaders told the United Nations that British forces are aiding the Arabs as the Palestine partition crisis looms. Marshall and Austin plan decisive talks in Washington on US policy toward UN partition and an international armed force to police the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
U. N
Washington
Palestine
Marshall
Warren R. Austin
United Nations
State Department
Truman
United Nations Commission
Holy Land
Congress
Austin
United Nations Security Council
Council Iit Self
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Heavy Snow Hits Coast Ohio Valley Renew Winter
The upper Atlantic coast and Ohio valley saw a winter renewal as heavy snows fell. Eight inches in eastern Pennsylvania and New York, five inches in Louisville, with rain farther south from Texas through Virginia. Florida escaped. Six Kent and Sussex villages isolated by seven foot drifts as cold continued across Europe.
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Atlantic Coast
Ohio River
Pacific
Yazoo
California
Rocky Mountain
Upper Plains
Midwest
Seaboard
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
New York
New York City
LaGuardia Eld
Ohio Valley
Louisville
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Florida
Mississippi
Greenwood
England
London
Kent
Sussex
France
Berlin
Netherlands
War Crimes Prosecutor Attacks War Judge Wennerstrom
U S Chief war crimes prosecutor Brig Gen Telford Taylor assailed Iowa Supreme Court Justice Wennerstrom in a Chicago Tribune interview. Wennerstrom criticized war crimes trials as biased and ineffective, saying German leadership lost to conquering forces. Taylor warned the remarks would fuel Germany's worst elements and undermine U S aims. Wennerstrom, en route home, halted in the Azores for maintenance and unavailable for comment.
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Taylor
Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Telford Taylor
Charles F. Wennerstrom
Iowa
Nuernberg
Wennerstrum
Wennerstrom
Tribune
Hal Faust
United States
Azores
Faylor
The
Chicago Tribune
Dixie Governors Arrive for Battle over Anti-Lynching Law
Southern governors arrive in Washington to protest President Truman’s anti lynching poll tax and anti discrimination proposals. Gov J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina says “We really mean business” as they plan to press for party unity and prepare legal challenges alongside governors, congressmen, and lawyers. House hearings on a federal lynching measure begin with Rep Clifford Case leading the subcommittee.
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Washington
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Dixie
Truman
Congress
House
Clifford Caig
R-Nj
House Judiciary
Capitol
Ferguson
Judiciary
Senate
Rep
Fellows
Unfair Treatment Alleged by Agency in Palestine Debates
The Jewish Agency for Palestine charged Britain with aiding Arab forces against partition. It filed a 12,000 word memorandum to the United Nations Security Council and the Palestine commission, criticizing British neutrality and leniency toward Arab attackers. The agency warned of imminent full-scale Arab attacks unless international preventive action is taken to enforce the UN partition decision.
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Lake Success
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Palestine Commission
Palestine
U. N. Assembly
Holy Land
Security Council
U. N
United Nations
French plane with 19 aboard lost near Cherbourg
A six engine Latecoere 631 flying boat vanished off Cherbourg with 19 aboard including seven crewmen seven French air ministry officials and five Societe des Constructions Aeronautiques representatives. Debris and a body washed ashore near Utah Beach fueling crash theories amid ice and sea conditions. The craft had departed Le Havre for a fast experimental night then service to France and South America.
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Cherbourg
France
Ravenonvilla
Utah Beach
Normandy
French
Air Ministry
Societe Des Constructions Aeronautiques
le Havre
South America
Russia Warned Of War Danger Bulganin Says
London dispatch reports Soviet Minister of Armed Forces Nikolai Bulganin warned that imperialism creates a danger of attack and the Soviet Union must remain in constant preparedness. He spoke on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Soviet army and navy’s founding, stressing vigilance despite postwar rebuilding.
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Bulganin
London
Matecal Nikolai A. Bulganin
Russia
Soviet Union
Neas
Moscow
Tas
Germany
Japan
Moscow City
Stalin
Warmer Weather Forecast for Kanawha Valley
Kanawha valley residents received cautious optimism from the U S Weather Bureau predicting considerable cloudiness and less cold today. The recent snow snarled traffic, melted overnight leaving roads suitable for chainless travel, though chains were advised at points by state police. Temperatures stayed above 29 degrees last night and rose to 45 by late afternoon, with no weather related accidents reported.
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Kanawha Valley
U. S. Weather Bureau
West Virginia
Truman Tells Islanders Freedom Fight Unending
President Truman told Virgin Islanders that freedom goes beyond slavery and that the emancipation struggle is ongoing. Speaking at the 10th anniversary of emancipation in the Danish West Indies, he noted the 1863 decree preceded U.S. emancipation by decades and praised Governor Hastie, the first Black island governor. He did not address party civil rights debates.
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Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
Truman
Virgin Islanders
Danish West Indies
United States
Williamsburg
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Caribbean
William H. Hastie
Hastie
Bombing in Jerusalem Kills Dozens and Sparks Vicious Fighting
Two truckloads of explosives ripped through Jerusalem’s Jewish business district killing 43 and injuring many as clashes with British forces erupted. Arabs claimed Syrian trained commandos planted the bombs while retaliatory fighting left several British soldiers dead or wounded. Walls and shopfronts were shattered along Hen Yehuda Street and nearby areas.
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Jerusalem
Hen Yehuda St. Walls
Buckley
U. S
Bethlehem
United Nations
Palestine
RAF
Jewish Agency
Palestine Post
Syria
Mustapha
Ben Yehuda St
Please Turn to Page 0 Cai Celine 8
Fragmentary OCR note appears to direct readers to page 0 with a Celine Cai reference and the number 8. No clear event or outcome is described.
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Cai
Celine
Yemen's Monarch Assassinated as Civil War Looms
Cairo reports a civil war state after the murder of Yemen's 82 year old monarch. The Arab League plans two delegations to Yemen to aid the new government while noting possible foreign intervention. Aden says the Imam, premier, and secretary were killed last Tuesday amid unclear details.
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Cairo
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Genereral
The
Arab League
Yemen
League
Middle East
Arabian Desert
Aden
Yehia Hamid «l Din
Abdul bin Ahusein el Amri
Kadi Abdul Karim Muthar
Jingling the News Fighting Chance
Joe Louis signals a plan to stay in boxing or consider politics. Bescan emerges as a political contender while Stan Arnold notes a long boxing career and public buzz. The piece frames a press snippet on future directions for sports and public life.
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Joe Louis
Bescan
Gosh
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Depo
Howard Levinson
Robert MacDowell
Patchogue
L. L
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Taft
Willie Willis
Robert Quilien
Communist Front
Florence Eldridge
Fredric March
Los Angeles
State Senate
Coast
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Partition
Damascus
Howard University Law School
Islands
Interior Department
Iruman
Democratic Party
Gover Hor
Stan Arnold
Coordant
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