Senate Debates Budget Cut and Delay Calls in Congress
The Senate rejected an armistice proposal to delay budget action and set limits on debate as it seeks a $4.3 billion reduction in Truman’s yearly budget starting July 1. Leaders warned a vote by Wednesday was unlikely, while calls to delay until April and to pause spending were defeated. The House already voted a $6 billion cut, with a final package expected as a compromise between chambers.
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Senate
Truman
Ben Murrey
Mont
J . Murr
Sen
Pepper Sass
Apalies Resol
Ion Pri Ary
Jamal Ee Weary Wing
Etary Man
Pepper
Congress
Atic
Barkley Off
Spalding Te
House
Senate House
Len Langer
R-Nd
Joe Stalin
Langer
United States
Poe
Moscow
Russia
Amete
Court Approves Annex to City Growth Plan
The Chandler's Branch area northwest of Charleston won court approval for annexation, adding about 2000 residents. Judge Julian F Bowdelle noted no objections at hearing as residents sought city fire police protection and sanitation benefits from the extension. The district lies bounded by Edgewood Route 21 Sugar Creek and the old corporation line.
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Chandler's Branch
Charleston
Julian F. Bowdelle
Edgewood
Sugar Creek
Corporation
Soviets Training Koreans in Army Reported by Radio
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge said the Russian radio acknowledged conscription of Koreans into the occupation army and that Korea unification talks now appear hopeless. He spoke after reporting to President Truman as diplomatic spats and a Senate urge to call Stalin also surfaced.
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Washington
John R. Hodge
Korea
U.S
Truman
Marshall
Moscow
State Department
Dean Acheson
Sen. Langer
Senate
Joe Stalin
Portal Claims Ban Approved
The Senate judiciary committee approved by a 3 to 3 vote a portal pay suits ban bill and sent it to the floor. It outlaw s all existing and future suits except limited industry or contract claims, with a two year statute and potential retroactivity issues subject to the Supreme Court. House action is pending.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Supreme Court
High Court
Subcommittee
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
House
Conference Committee
Bill Would Invite Iceland as State and Buy Greenland
Rep Gearhart introduced legislation to authorize the president to invite Iceland to become a U S state and to negotiate the purchase of Greenland and islands off U S coasts. He urged defense needs amid Russian expansion and imperial holdings by Britain and France.
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Iceland
Washington
IFI
United States
Greenland
U. S
Rep
Gearhart
R-Cal
Russia
England
France
Pork-on-Hoof Prices Soar To New Highs
Chicago records show all time high pork prices with hogs at 28 dollars per hundredweight and pork cuts up two dollars, as markets for grains cotton eggs and silver also rise. Wheat futures top two dollars, corn up, cotton gains, and silver climbs while oats and rye reach record levels amid widespread commodity strength.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Cmton
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Omaha
SS Man Held In Allied Nets
A former German SS captain who hired bands for US troops and entertained officers at Frankfurt’s Cogen House was seized in a major crackdown on a Nazi underground plot to restore German armed strength. British and American raids report widespread arrests in the British zone, targeting a network that claimed a secret biological weapon and sought to undermine Allied control. Werner Roepke identified as the ex-captain among those detained as raids continue to near completion.
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Franfurt
United States Army
Headquarters Command
Frankfurt
Werner Roepke
U. S
Cogen House
Nomination filings flood Republican primary race in city
Forty six Republicans, led by Charles B. Young of 849 Chester, filed for nomination with certificates of candidacy at the City Hall before the midnight deadline. Mayor Dawson announced his fourth term bid while several incumbents and challengers lined up for the 22 member council. GOP nominees include James A. McWhorter, Paul S. Edens, John A. Field Jr., and Charles Sleeth among others as Democrats prepare for their April 21 municipal election.
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Charles B. Young
Chester Duding
Dawson
F.o'dair Duff
Walnut
Slerk
Guy M. Massey
Clara St
Charleston
Paul Mansour
Joseph St
James C. Campbell
Eagan
St., Ath
GOP
D. Yewell
Hart St
Harold H. Neff
F. E
Gene) Simms
O. €. Richardson
Pasipiston
Paul S. Edens
Elm St
John A. Field, Jr
Staunton Av
Charles V. Sleeth
Hed Os” St
Harlan Wilson
Fayette St
Owaaraea
John Wooster
North Rand
W. Thomas
Jack Harner
Municipal Court
Don Heights Rd
15Th
Roy H. Pierson
29Th St
George M. Thomas
Stuart E BE
Lutherell
Park Av
Amherst
Editorial on House of Delegates and sheriffs' fee system
The Gazette condemns Judiciary Committee members who blocked an open vote on the sheriffs' fee system. It praises readers who defend the paper and argues the issue is not the Gazette but the committee’s attempt to gag debate. The piece urges accountability and notes the press in West Virginia is united against the gag action.
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House of Delegates
West Virginia
Judiciary Committee
Gas Conservation in West Virginia Amid Snow Emergency
West Virginia faces worsening gas shortage after a heavy snowstorm. Officials urge Ka nana wa valley consumers to cut usage to a minimum as cold weather persists. Wartime material shortages hinder pipeline capacity, and Wheeling Steel reports idle plants in Labell and Steubenville, affecting about 14,000 workers.
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West Virginia
Ka~anawha
United Fuel Gas Co
Wheeling Steel Corp
Labell
Steubenville, G
Wheeling
Von Papen Sentenced to Eight Years Hard Labor
German denazification court verdict Franz von Papen 68 receives eight years hard labor. Sentence seen as life effectively due to ill health. Austria seeks trial for his Vienna ambassadorship. Vienna reports no further prosecution interest.
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Mernberg
Germany
Franz von Papen
Adolf Hitler
von Papen
Austria
Vienna
Charleston Finalizes Field House Plan Meeting
City planners advance a Kanawha City field house project with a 1 p.m. meeting at the Daniel Boone hotel. The planning committee chaired by E. J. McDonough will confer with the financing group, including A. W. Cox and Harry A. Wallace Jr. Ex-officio member Frizzell attends both panels.
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Charleston
Kanawha City
E. J. McDonough
George L. Coyle
Guy W. van Horn
Rocco Gorman
A. J. Carey
Dick Hudson
A. L. Hardman
Daniel Boone Hotel
A. W. Cox
Harry A.wallace, Jr
Andrew Thomas
Fred Staunton
Robert L. Smith
Carl C. Calvert
Don A. Shanklin
Char A. Midelburg
Frizzell Ae
Publicity clash over sheriffs fees in Logan and State
Logan activists attacked the sheriff fee system as inhumane while Dean Meadows sponsors a bill to replace it with a prison feeding cost system. The House judiciary committee froze the Meadows bill and approved a two year extension with higher fees. Local taxpayers plan to press Representatives Flannery and Trent for explanations as editorials decry closed doors and a sheriff lobby influence.
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Logan
C. CG. Chambers
Logan ‘County Bar Assoc
House ‘of Delegates’ Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Fred Haislip
Logan Taxpayers Assoc
del Flannery
D.-Logan
del Trent
House
Haislip
Flannery
Trent
Parkersburg Sentinel
Sentinel
Judiciary Committee
West Virginia
Charleston
Meadows
Charleston Gazette
Editorial Tirade Fails as House Delays Sheriff Fees Bill
The Charleston Gazette drew ire from House judiciary members during a 52 minute tirade over coverage and actions, while the Senate passed four bills. Debate centered on extending sheriff fee levels from 1945 for two more years and shifting authority away from county courts, with editorials branded as arrogant. The House also approved Senate amendments to raise circuit judges' salaries by $1,000 annually starting July 1.
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Moore
Garrett
Associated Press
Del
Walter V. Ross
Charleston J Gazette
House Judiciary Committee
Rosa Dellared
Charleston Gazette
The
Gazette
House
Rose
State Supreme Court
Bayard Ennis
D. Earl Brawley
Kainawha
Senate
Refugee Group Urged by Truman to Join International Body
President Truman urged Congress to authorize U S participation in the International Refugee Organization to begin July 1. Senate leaders Vandenberg and Connally quickly introduced a resolution for a U S representative at 12000 dollars a year with two alternates. The plan includes future appropriations and sets the agency to take over UNRRA duties of locating and repatriating displaced persons as UNRRA winds down.
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Washington
Truman
United States
International Refugee Organization
Vandenberg
R.mich
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
State Department
UNRRA
Refugee Organization
Plane on Ice Marooned Fliers Rescue Near Thule Greenland
An 18 ton transport plane landed on Greenland ice to free 11 B 29 crewmen marooned after a crash. Lt. Bobbie Joe Cavnar piloted a C 54 rescue flight using wheels, not skis, with rockets providing takeoff impetus. Cavnar is recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross for this daring Arctic operation.
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Cap
New York
Greenland
Arctic 11 Army
Bobbie Joe Cavnar
Okmulgee
Oklo
Thule
Compmand
Westover Field
Chicopeer Falls
Mass
Cavnar
ATC|1
ATC
Takeo
Marveo
Willliam
Atlantic
Canada
Laddfield
Fairbanks
Alaka
Labrador
Green
Allis Chalmers accuses labor plot over seizure plan
Allis Chalmers charged Labor Department representatives with conspiring with unions to pressure government seizure of its plants during a decade long strike. The firm said the plan was floated by unions and Communists, while officials testified before a House labor committee. The strike began April 20 and centers on West Allis, Wisconsin Local 2483 of CIO United Auto Workers. Seizure powers expired with year end.
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Allis-Chalmers
Washington
H— Labor Department
Allis- Chalmers Co
Milwaukee
House Labor Committee
West Allis
Wis
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Brief
Truman
Schwellenbach
House Committee
Department of Labor
Bleacher Collapse Injures Scores at Purdue Wisconsin Game
In Lafayette Indiana on February 4 the east bleacher at Purdue field house collapsed during the intermission of the Wisconsin game. Eleven thousand spectators filled the arena as volunteers and medical staff aided numerous injured scattered on the dirt floor.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
Purdues
Wisconsin
Gordon Graham
Lafayette Journal-Courier
Blue and Morria Back End to Sheriff Fee Reform
Two House judiciary members who blocked jail reform shift stance to support abolishing the Sheriffs fee system. Del. William F. Blue says he would have stayed in committee to report the bill if he knew it would be taken up. Del. Robert Morris states he opposed indefinite postponement and believes the bill should be considered.
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Robert Morris
R.-Ritehit
House
Gazette editorial targets Kanawha sheriff over market fight
The Gazette denounces attempts to shift from war era policies, calling editors’ critics “Sheriffs’ Little Helpers.” It lists 13 committee names and accuses Sheriff Brawley of dislike driving political moves in Kanawha county.
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Ross
Supreme Court
Sheriff Brawley
The
Gazette
Earl Brawley
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Frankenstein
Leksing
Moscow meeting looms in battle of the century
One hundred aides are overawed as George Marshall prepares to take them abroad for a Moscow conference. Stan Arnold notes the event as a likely defining moment in postwar diplomacy.
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George Marshall
Moscow
Stan Arnold
Cragelter
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