Czechoslovakia reels as action committees reshape state
Revolutionary action committees move to reorganize parliament and the Boy Scouts as Communist flags fly nationwide. President Eduard Benes weighs resignation after Gottwald forms a new cabinet. Reports say Benes will decide by tomorrow morning whether to quit. two students reported wounded in clashes as police fired on a sympathy march.
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Czechoslovakia
Revolutionary “Action Committees
Boy Scouts
Little Republic
United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Benes
Gottwald
Zdenek Fierlinger
Social Democratic Party
Hia
Beres
Benes accuses Gottwald of talking like Hitler and yields
Prague reports Eduard Benes, under Communist pressure, agreed to let Klement Gottwald form a cabinet giving the Communists control of Czechoslovakia. A close friend said Benes warned the premier during a tense meeting that denying would trigger bloodshed and civil war.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Hitler
Benes
Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Hittler
Willie Willis and a Painful Childhood Moment
A reminiscence recalls Willie Willis as a child facing discipline when his mother used a switch. He recounts stepping on a nail, injuring himself, and his mother’s sorrowful attempt to comfort him after the incident.
Marshall Urges $275 Million for Greece and Turkey Aid
Secretary of State Marshall urged swift congressional action to provide 275 million dollars more military aid to Greece and Turkey, arguing it safeguards freedom and UN principles. The plan, proposed in letters to Congress leaders, seeks funds through June 30, 1949 to continue weapons, artillery, and training amid Soviet pressure and Greek guerrilla threats.
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Washington
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Marshall
U. S
Ayes Oyun
Truman
United States
House
Martin
Senate
Vandenberg
Dardanelles
Russia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Markos
Strikes Threaten French Recovery in Marseille
In Marseille 2000 strikers blocked approaches to a sugar refinery near the Mediterranean port and clashed with troops. The unrest echoes last year’s disturbances feared to spark a national walkout, as right wing critics warn of a spring Communist offensive in France and Italy.
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Paris
Marseille
Czechoslovakia
France
Mediterranean
Italy
Belgium
Aix
Plan to Develop Oil From Coal Is Opposed
Dr. Eugene Ayres, research director for Gulf Oil, told a House subcommittee that synthetic oil from coal is wasteful and unnecessary. He warned steelmakers fear coking coal shortages within 10 years and urged prioritizing natural gas, shale, and tar sands before coal conversion to fuel.
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Washington
Eugene Ayres
Gulf of Corp
Congress
Ayres
Pittsburgh
House
Armed Services
United Nations urged to act on Holy Land crisis
Lie warned that chaos would engulf Palestine if the United Nations does not move quickly after British withdrawal. He said U N prestige would suffer if partition plan fails. Britain aims to end mandate by May 15 and remove all soldiers by August 1. A Colombian delegate called partition a corpse and suggested a Special Assembly reconsideration. Soviet stance remained unclear as Gromyko avoided comment on a Palestinian police force proposal.
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United Nations
U. N
Holy Land
Ty. N
U.N
Palestine
Colombia
Lhe
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
British Cruiser Sent to Honduras to Pressure Over Belize
A British cruiser, the Sheffield, sails toward Belize in British Honduras amid a Guatemala press dispute over freedom of the press and territorial claims. Guatemala accuses Britain of misreading remarks by congressmen during a heated debate on press freedom. The foreign ministry affirms Belize as Guatemalan territory under international law and public opinion.
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Guatemala
British Honduras
Sheffield
Belize
British Foreign Office
Britain
Allies Charge Dictatorship Over Czechoslovakia
The United States France and Great Britain denounce Czechoslovakia's new Communist controlled government as a disguising dictatorship in a public declaration. Western officials question Benes stance as Moscow directs the move, risking a loan denial from the Export-Import Bank and deepening concerns about Prague's future alignment.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
United States
France
Great Britain
Prague
Eduard Benes
Russia
Benes
Clement Gottwald
Moscow
Si Beries
Gottswald
Gottwald
Pattair
U. S. Exporthupert Bank
Salvation Army to Break Ground for New Citadel Today
Ground breaking at 2 p m today for the Salvation Army’s new brick and steel citadel on Tennessee Avenue with Maj Harry Ward city commander Theodore McKeldin former Baltimore mayor and J J Longino divisional commander Virginia and Southern West Virginia among participants.
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Salvation
Mack R. Mathews
Robert Clutter
Robert L. Smith
L. Newton Thomas
J. T. Crane
Citadel
Congress Examines Gray Market in Farm Equipment
Washington lawmakers probed a gray market for tractors and farm gear after testimony by J. Dixon of Memphis and dealer J. L. Holland. They questioned why a tractor lists for about 1800 dollars but sells for 3000, noting imports, delays, and limited use of newer adds ons in markets from Florida to Alabama. The hearing yielded no clear fixes as witnesses offered few solutions.
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Alabama
House Public Works Subcommittee
Macy
J. ©. Dixon
Memphis
Dixon
John T. M. Reddan
Perry
Fla
Kansas
Florida
J. L. Holland
Jine
Southerners Move to Bar Truman Name From Ballot
Southern Democrats moved to bar Harry S Truman from Southern state ballots. Rep Hoffman urged a presidential candidate acceptable to Southerners to break the Democrats’ 80 year southern supremacy. Virginia Gov Tuck asked for a law to keep presidential candidates off ballots, and to bar third party candidates including Henry A. Wallace. McGrath declined comment.
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Washington
Harry
Truman
South
Ensience Party
Hoffman
R.-Mich
Dixie Democrats
Virginia
Tuck
McGrath
J. Howard McGrath
Henry A. Wallace
Old Dominion Ballet
Two Arabs Die In Mortar Fire near Gethsemane
In fierce mortar fighting near Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane two Arabs were killed and Arab and Jewish casualties reported. Arabs claimed attack on Ha addsah hospital and Hebrew University on Mount Scopus. police said Arabs struck first and were driven back. Further clashes reported near El Ramle and between Jaffa and Tel Aviv.
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Gethsemane Garden
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Hadassah Hospital
Hebrew University
Wadi Joz
Palestine
el Ramle
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Pilot flew 15 combat missions with broken neck claim
Testimony to a House armed services subcommittee described 1st Lt. Thomas L. Frazer of Adrian Georgia flying 13 Pacific missions strapped to his seat with a neck brace after a crash in the China Sea. Medical staff later corrected the diagnosis to a broken neck and grounded him. Frazer and three other disabled officers urged Congress to reassess Army and Navy retirement rules.
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Washington
Fey
Pacific
House Armed Services Subcommittee
China Sea
Thomas L. Frazer
Adrian Ga
Carlos Ogden
San Jose
Cal
Frederick J. Breaty
North Wilbraham
Mass
Thaddeus S. Moore
Highland Park
Mich
Frazer
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Army
Navy
Price supports for farm products seen ending this year
Washington Feb 26 01 Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged early Congress action on future price support policies saying Steagall price supports may end after December 31 without direction. He listed basic and Steagall commodities including potatoes eggs milk poultry and soybeans and noted wheat cotton corn tobacco and peanuts may retain support.
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Washington
Congress
Anderson
Capper
R.kas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Department
Steagall
Balloting March 22 on $1.6 million federal aid plan
Kanawha County Court calls a March 22 election to raise 1.6 million via excess levy bonds to finish Kanawha airport, develop park area, and enlarge the county courthouse. The plan relies on $1.1 million local funds and $800,000 courthouse additions, with federal matching at stake and a three year bond maturity.
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Court House
Kanawha
Kanawha Airport
Carl C. Calvert
Calvert
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Calevert
John R. Allison
Pay Rebated Lamarre Says Pay Rebated Lamarre Says
Lamarre testified that most wartime salaries he and Readnower received from Aviation Electric Corp. went to Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers, who he called the boss. He said Meyers got about $150,000 as salary kickbacks and extra loans, with cashiers checks not appearing on books.
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Meyers
Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett E. Meyers
Lamarre
Aviation Electric Corp
Dayton
Ohio
Senate
Aultola
Aviation Electric
Thomas E. Readnower
Readnower
Readnever
Army Air Forces
Page Fourteen Fragment Notes
Fragmentary OCR text mentions page 14 and California. No clear event or names to summarize into a full-item brief.
Ripley Livestock Cited for Unlawful Weighing and Record Irregularities
Ripley Livestock Sales Co. owner O M Tip Pens faced probation after a Jackson county hearing with Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin. Officials charged failure to use licensed weighmen and beam scales, not recording weights on Uniform tickets, and manipulation of sales. Operators admitted irregularities including altered records and fictitious consignor names, harming purchasers. Page 16 Col 2.
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Ripley Livestock Sales Co
O. M. Tippens
Office of
Commissioner of Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Jackson County
McLaughlin
Four Diggers Die In Mine Mystery
Four miners were found dead in a small coal mine near Betsy Lane seven miles east of Pikeville Kentucky. The cause of death was not determined though gas was suspected. Wives of the miners who did not return from work alerted rescuers and the state bureau of mines sent a squad. Miner owners and crews identified the victims as Archie B Layne owner Raymond Gobel Gene Black burn and Junior Mole.
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Pikeville
Betsy Lane
State Bureau of Mines
Paintsville
Eddie Rowe
Archie B. Layne
Ine
Raymond Gobel
Gene Blackburn
Junior Mole
Texas Republicans Name Star Amid Debates on Dews Aide
A Texas political brief notes Republicans rallying behind a chosen figure as they vow to press ahead with support for Dews aide. The piece signals clear party unity and headline chase across local to national outlets.
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Sparkle
Texas
Dewsers
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