General Urges Aid in China's Commie Battle
Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer urged U S support for China against Communists and backed military aid to allies fighting totalitarianism. He joined Gen. MacArthur in pressuring stronger action, insisting economic aid must be paired with guns and planes. He warned the U S may pay in blood if Communism advances.
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China
Commie
Washington
Albert
Wedemeyer
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
MacArthur
Tokyo
Red-Curb Failure Feared by NLRB in Taft-Hartley Act
Washington March 4 government says Taft-Hartley may fail to purge Communists from labor leadership. NLRB notes a loophole allows officers to avoid non Communist affidavits by altering union constitutions. APL’s San Francisco convention axed 13 vice presidents, leaving only Green and Meany with affidavits.
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Washington
INS
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Congress
ANLRB
Department of Justice
APL
San Francisco
William Green
George Meany
AFL
Labor Board
Willie's Visit Sparks Quiet Family Debates
A short vignette describes Willie Willis and family talk as a father recovering from illness resists visitors. The piece notes the dad’s focus on arguing with guests rather than expressing pain, while visitors drift away without hearing his groan.
Mihai Rejects Abdication as Forced by Foreign Power
In London Mihai of Romania declares his abdication was forced by a government installed and maintained by a foreign country. He says the monarchy’s removal was an act of violence and refuses to be ruled by the regime, then sails to Southampton en route to New York.
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Mihai
Romania
London
U. S
Southampton
New York
Soviet Russia
Paris
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Europe
Petru Groga
Gieorghinderz
Red Showdown Looms in Italy Election Sparks Broad Party Battles
Europe watches Italy as parties rush to field candidates for the April 18 parliamentary elections. A Communist victory could shift Western strategy. 12 parties and coalitions filed national slates by nightfall, including the Christian Democrats and the Communist Socialist Popular Front.
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Rome
Italy
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Trieste
Wangers
Pali
Alcide de Galperi
Christian Democrats
Popular Front
Increased Subsistence for On the Job Veterans
Senate and House conferees agreed to higher subsistence ceilings for on the job training veterans. No dependents $210, one dependent $270, two or more $290 monthly, based on combined wages and allowance. Effective April 1 pending both houses approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Veterans Administration
Zoth Houses
Rogers
R.-Mass
House Veterans Affairs Committee
United States Planes Probed by Soviet Protest in Far East
Moscow radio reports a second Soviet protest over American air activity in the Far East and violations of merchant shipping freedom off Japan and in the Yellow Sea. The note to Washington cites repeated inspections and low flightings, with no U S reply yet. The broadcast notes additional Soviet protests regarding U S warships Marines in Italian waters and Tripoli airfield plans.
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London
Maroh
Russia
Far East
Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Japan
U. S
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Foreign Ministry
United States
Mellaha
Tripoli
North Africa
Iran
Security Council weighs partition or conciliation on Palestine
United Nations Security Council faces a critical choice between formal recognition of the U N partition plan or pursuing an Arab Jewish conciliation. Belgium backs immediate Big Five talks while the United States seeks to keep the partition option alive, banking on behind the scenes negotiations to sway votes. Russia aligns with the partition plan, but council members show reluctance to formal recognition as voting looms.
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Lake Success
INS
United Nations
Security Council
Holy Land
U. N
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Russia
United States
Palestine
Truman Intervenes To Avert Oak Ridge Strike
President Truman moved to head off a potential strike at the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant in Tennessee. He will sign an executive order creating a wage and working conditions board under Taft-Hartley to maintain status quo until the board is ready. The order affects Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co and workers represented by the Atomic Trades and Labor Council AFL.
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West, Fla
Truman
Atomic Energy Plant
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co
Atomic Trades and Labor Council
AFL
Congress
War Assets Administration
Eben Ayers
Capitol Hill
Ayers
Atomic Energy Research
Clinton Laboratories
National Laboratories
Ambush Kills 17 Jewish Militiamen Near Jerusalem Airport
Seventeen Jewish militiamen died when a Hagana road patrol was ambushed by about 200 Arabs north of Jerusalem near Kalandiya airport. Arab casualties were two wounded. a second Jewish group of about 25 men was driven off or escaped. The incident follows raids blamed on Arabs and reports of mines and a disrupted Jerusalem to Tel Aviv route.
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Jerusalem
Hagaah
Kalandiya
Haganah
Ramallah
Tel Aviv
Haifa
Fam
Dewey Attacks Spending in Inflation Warning
Governor Thomas E. Dewey denounces Truman era spending as ruinous inflation risk. He spoke in Albany while courting Wisconsin supporters for the Republican nomination. Rep. A J Miller urges Gen. Douglas MacArthur to accept a possible Philadelphia nomination. Democratic tensions over civil rights persist as Wallace’s Third Party bids gain York, Pennsylvania supporters.
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Dewey
Washington
Thomas FE
Truman
Albany
Wisconsin
A. J. Miller
Douglas MacArthur
Philadelphia
Miller
U.S. House
Pennsylvania
Henry A. Wallace
York
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
McArthur
Haifa Bombing Report From INS Reporter Amid Arab Jewish Fire
Roving INS correspondent Kenneth L. Dixon reports Haifa rocked by a powerful explosion that wrecked the Municipal building and triggered a day of sniper fire. He describes near misses, shelling, and transport and telecommunication outages as he shelters and struggles to file.
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Dixon
Kenneth L. Dixon
Ells
Pales
Ape
Mar
Haifa
Municipal
Zion Hotel
Haifa Hills
San Francisco
Bay
Jerry Cooke
Hiroshima
Five Nations Talk on Mutual Defense Pact in Brussels
Diplomatic circles report a draft pact among Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg to form a mutual defense alliance for at least 50 years. The talks, tied to a Western European union to counter Communist expansion, aimed for a general agreement by Sunday with economic issues later resolved by multilateral pacts.
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Brussels
Belgium
Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Stafford Cripps
London
Cripps
Paul-Henri Spaak
Fernand van Langenhove
United Nations
Soviet to Fight Effort for World Press Freedoms
A State Department official warned of a clash with the Soviet Union at the upcoming Geneva UN conference over freedom of information. Lloyd A. Free said Moscow would oppose removing barriers to news flow and would prefer government control via the broad masses. He spoke at a government and private group briefing as discussions on a declaration to be adopted by the UN continued.
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Commerce Department
Edward VU. Condon
House un-American Activities Committee
Dr. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
One American Activities
Russia
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
House
Loyalty Review Board
Civil Service Commission
J. Parnell Thomas
ANJ
House Committee
Thomas II
Thomas
New Jersey
Washington
State Department
United States
Lloyd A. Free
Geneva
Free
U.N
Soviet Union
Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
House Refuses to Boost Voice of America Funding
The House declined to raise VOA funding by 28 million dollars to 334.387 million as part of the State Department budget for the coming fiscal year. Rep Gary urged broader international information programs while Rep Stefan argued the amount was excessive. Gary's amendment failed on a voice vote amid other salary amendments rejected.
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House
Voice of America
Washington
State Department
Appropriations Committee
Gary
D-Va
Stefan
R-Neb
Favors Described By Mrs Lamarre In Meyers Case
Mrs Bleriot H Lamarre testified she became private secretary to Maj Gen Bennett E Meyers to gain a $180 pay raise while Meyers faced charges over alleged influence peddling. She said she moved from Wright Field in 1938 to California in 1939 for the job and later separated from her husband.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamerre
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Air Forces
Bleriot H. Lamarte
Senate
Lamarre
Lamarres
Aviation Electric “Co
Dayton
D. Gen
Aviation Electric
Lamerre
Finns Harden Stance on Russian Pact Demands
The Finnish Social Democratic party hedges on Moscow's request for a mutual aid pact saying most Finns reject a military alliance and seek neutrality. Delegations may visit Moscow to assess Stalin's proposal while avoiding binding negotiations, as parties align behind the anti pact stance amid mounting Helsinki tension.
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Ned Nordness
Helsinki
INS
Social Democratic Party
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Onni Peltonen
Juho Paastkivi
Stalin
Alance
Spuin
Democratic
Swedish Peoples Party
Social Demgente
Nations to Guard Antarctic Rights Reach Pact in Santiago
Argentina and Chile sign a joint pact in Santiago to defend their claims to the South American Antarctic between the 25th and 90th meridians. The accord aims at juridical defense with potential military implications, as tensions rise with British Antarctic interests and a reported incident with a minesweeper officer.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chile
Britain
Antarctic
Santiago
Juan Bramuglis
Reuters
Nigeria
Parker
Brategg
Pascual de la Rosa
Argentine Antarctic Commission
Vergara Donosa J
Manuel Trueco
Bevin
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