U S To Reject Soviet Protest Over Airfield
Secretary of State Marshall is expected to reject Russia s protests over American military moves in the Mediterranean. A reply to the Moscow note objecting to restoring Melaha airfield in North Africa is ready, and a second response rebuking naval visits to Italian ports under a peace treaty is being drafted.
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Marshallis
Russia
Mediterranean
Moscow
Meliaha
North Africa
Italy
Maliana
Hussia
Oil Exports Ordered Reduced To Meet Shortage
The Commerce Department ordered an 18 12 percent cut in fuel oil and gasoline exports due to a serious home shortage. Licenses for overseas shipments will be limited to areas where fuel can best be spared, denying licenses for exports from tight markets like New England while allowing shipments from California.
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Commerce Department
Congress
U. S
House
Senate
Department
New England
California
Britain balks at Palestine militia plans by UN commission
LAKE SUCCESS Jan 30 Britain informed the United Nations that no Jewish or Arab militias could be organized in Palestine while Britain maintained control. Sir Alexander Cadogan told the UN Palestine commission that Britain would not favor any partition decisions more than two weeks before the mandate ends May 18. He also said Britain would not accept responsibility for security if the commission arrived early and could not hand over administration piece by piece. the entire administration would transfer on mandate end. Observers say the replies may hinder the commission's partition effort.
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Palestine
Alexander Cadogan
Palestine ‘Commission
Patie
Holy Land
Commission
General Assembly
U.N. Commission
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City Bills Refuse Fees Go Out to Charleston Homes
The first batch of municipal refuse collection bills for a 15 month period from July 1 1947 to Sept 30 1948 went out yesterday in Charleston. City Collector R Everette Shamblin said over 17 000 statements will follow in the coming days to owners of city residential units. He stressed no penalties if paid by March 1 and urged presenting billing cards with payments. Incinerator fee pledge kept despite Supreme Court hearing.
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R. Everette Shambhin
Charleston
Shamblin
Natural Gas Shortages Extend Detroit Lay Offs
Detroit reports thousands of auto workers idle as a natural gas shortage lingers. Chrysler plans to recall most of its 50,000 laid off by Tuesday, while an estimated 200,000 city workers were out of work last week due to the shortage.
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Detroit Auto
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Chrysler Corp
Airman Survives Crashes in Alps
A survivor from a U S Air Forces B 1g Flying Fortress crash in the French Alps was found by ground rescuers among 22 aboard two American planes. Sgt Angelo LaSalle sustained internal injuries but doctors hope to save him. Nine others aboard the Fortress died. The DC 3 transport with three American wives, five children and four crew members, had disappeared earlier. Authorities reported heavy rain hampering rescue efforts as bodies were moved to a chapel in Chanelles. The crash occurred about 20 miles east of Digne and 12 miles northwest of the area near Cheval Blanc mountain.
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French Alps
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Cheval Blanc
Chanelles
Here
Istres
Marseille
Udine
Italy
Vaaio
Trieste
Brem
Erhaven
Germany
United
States
Orville Wright Dies At 76 Air Pioneer In Dayton
Orville Wright, co inventor of the airplane and a Dayton native born August 19 1871, died at 10 40 p m in Miami Valley hospital after lung congestion and coronary arteriosclerosis. His death followed a night of declining breathing and oxygen treatment as family and his physician Dr A B Brower watched. He and his brother Wilbur sparked flight with a motor driven heavier than air machine, changing aviation history at the start of the 20th century.
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Orville Wright
Miami Valley Hospital
Taf Wright
Brower
Wright
Milton Wright
United Brethren Church
Orville
Wilbur
McCauley Hanged At State Prison
West Virginia carried out the 82nd hanging in its penitentiary history as Mark McCauley 36, condemned for killing state officer Joseph P. Horne, died at 8 59 p m witnesses included 14 people mostly state police comrades. Andrew Landis of Keyser attended as a posse member involved in the arrest. Warden Orel J Skeen and chaplain Rev BE Flanagan observed the swift execution. The condemned offered no statement. The body likely to be returned to Davis in Tucker County for burial.
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Mark McCauley
West Virginia
Joseph P. Horne
McCauley
Andrew Landis
Keyser
BE. M. Flanagan
Orel J. .Skeen
Skeen
Davis
Tucker County
Flanagan
Horne
O. Gay Howatter
Cumberland Detachment
Maryland State Police
Cumberland
William Baker
Thones Berton
Minority Near Pact on House Tax Proposals
Democratic leaders in the House edge toward a compromise to blunt the Republicans tax cut. A substitute would keep individual tax cuts under $4 billion and remove about 10.2 million low income taxpayers from the rolls while reviving a limited excess profits tax to offset revenue losses. The plan faces slim odds amid GOP control and ongoing conflicts in the Democratic ranks.
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House
Truman
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
Ways and Means
Used Car Dealer Seeks Price Controls Sparks Senate Wager
A Washington hearing on fighting inflation features Oliver W. Wood of the National Used Car Dealers Assoc urging price ceilings to cap used cars to match new models. Tobey jokes about ammonia as the panel probes the idea while opposition warns of a police state. Meat rationing sparks more debate as Capehart calls for closing hearings amid Truman’s uncertain stance.
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Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Oliver W. Wood
National Used Car Dealers Assoc
Congress
Tobey
R - NH
National Assoc
Morris Sayre
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Truman
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Seaway I Feel Protest Threats to Defense
In Senate debate on the St. Lawrence seaway opponents call the project financially unsound and a national security risk. Senator Butler questions toll-based payback, while Revercomb warns Canada could control outlets and threaten defense. Aiken notes the dam would affect U S territory and cites Canadian credit. Backers prepare to speak Monday.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate Today
Sen. Butler
R.-Neb
Great Lakes
Sen
Querton
D-La
Canada
Revercomb
R.W. Va
United States
Aiken
Welland
Budget Cutting Drive Targets Truman in 1948 Bill
Republican negotiators unveiled a $991,583,551 independent offices supply bill a 30 percent cut to the president emergency fund. The measure trims the Bureau of the Budget forecast about six percent below estimates and adds funds for road construction. Key agencies retain most budgets while the emergency fund and council of economic advisers face sizable reductions.
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Truman
House
Appropriations Committee
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
White House
Council of Economic Advisers
Fire Destroys Goods Of Friendship Train
Paris observers report a major fire that destroyed more than 1,000,000,000 francs worth of food and clothing, including 2,000 tons from the American Friendship Train. Firefighters suspect arson as flames ripped through a seaside Charenton warehouse, with total aid losses possibly reaching 300,000 tons of gifts from Sweden, Taiwan, the Netherlands and Canada.
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Sbe-Atery
Charenton
Sweden
Telan
Netherlands
Cana
Rai
Four-way scramble for state secretary nomination forms
A four way contest for the Democratic nomination for state secretary intensified as Kenneth H. Hill, State Fire Marshal Robert D. Kidd, Sam Chilton, and D Pitt O’Brien all filed or indicated candidacy. O’Brien’s candidacy comes with his father’s retirement and Hill has long served Hancock County as sessor. Kidd has held state posts including fire marshal since 1943 and Chilton is a repeated candidate. Additional filings include Barbour County prosecutor William Taylor George and Washington Lee Campion for Congress, Theodore M. Bowers for Republican state senator, and Mrs. Harry J. James for Democratic executive committee elections.
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Kenneth H. Hill
New Cumberland
Hancock County
Sasessor
Robert D. Kidg
Sam Chilton
Charleston
G Ap
D- Pitt O'Brien
William S. O’brien
Panhandle
U.S. Navy
Kidd
House of Delegates
House
Chilton
Judge O'Brien
William Taylor George
Barbour County
Washington Lee Campion
Charles Town
Congress
George
Campion
House of Representatives
Theodore M. Bowers
New Martinsville
Harry J. James
Clarksburg
Weather Forecast Promises Snow and Staying Cold
Forecasters expect the area to turn colder after a brief warm spell that eased recent relief from extreme cold. Snow is likely today and Sunday with possible sleet and widespread clouds across the south. Charleston should reach 20 degrees today with a low of 15, dropping to near zero Sunday night. natural gas supplies remain tight despite milder weather, and conservation is urged as service pressures persist.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Charleston
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston Police Report Lists 580 Gambling Places
Police officers in Charleston identified 580 known or suspected gambling and bootlegging sites, though many overlaps meant not all were unique. Chief Harvey N. Rexroad had directed officers to sign and submit lists by Jan 28 1948, with five officers still absent or on official business delaying completion.
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Harvey N. Rexroad
Rexroad
Sat
C. Trubert Woodall
Jesse G. Workman
Leslie B. Cullifer
Sprague WN. Rutherford
James R. Beck
Set
J. Carl Davis
William _ W. Fisher
Elvin J. Cavender
Alf A Lilly
Keith F. Dunn
Sam Rodoff
John C., Lacy
Earl Tuck
William W. Walker
John W. Chappell
Ernest L. Greenleaf
William A. Silverman
van G. Brown
J. E. Marshall
Charles F. Honaker
Walter G. Sears
T. W. Taylor
Joseph A. Crowder
Ray L. Tompkins
G. BE. Pauley
R. L. Smith
British Aircraft Lost in Atlantic Near Bermuda
British Tudor IV Stad Tiger with 31 aboard vanishes after Azores flight. Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham among passengers. U S ships and planes search Bermuda area amid cloudy conditions. Coast Guard cutters and eight transport planes join the hunt. Four Fortresses carry lifeboats as rescue efforts continue.
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Bermuda
U. S
Arthur Coningham
Azores
U. S. Coast Guard
British South American Airways Inc
Mandley
Field
Sormu
Bsaa Line
Lisbon
New York
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Air Transport Command
Kindley Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Para
Gandhi Slain Sparks Bombay Riots and Calm Calls
News of Mohandas K. Gandhi's assassination triggered violent Hindu Muslim clashes in Bombay, with 15 killed and 54 injured. Nathuram Godse, 26, the gunman, was captured after beating and was claimed to act for political reasons. Nehru urged calm as mobs looted and troops were deployed. Gandhi died at Birla House after the shooting and a rapid decline following a six day fast.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Juma
Gandhi
Nathuram
Apostle of Peace
Bombay
Mahatma
Birla Mansion
Jawa Sharlal Nehru
Nehru
Birla House
Birlamansign
Manu
Ava Gandhi
Gandhi Death Spurs World Peace Hope Amid Grief
President Truman urged that Mohandas Gandhi’s assassination spur renewed efforts toward brotherhood and peace while Congress weighed potential impacts on global stability. Senate leaders and lawmakers reflected on the spiritual influence Gandhi embodied and the uncertain fallout for world peace.
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Truman
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress
Earl Mountbatten
Gandhi
Mahatma
Senate
Bark Rep. Klein
Sen. Ebert Aay
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