Philadelphia Bars Parades by Strikers amid city protests
Striking CIO workers at Philadelphia General Electric faced permit limits as officials barred parades and police massed along the county line. In Detroit, General Motors talks stalled with no immediate agreement, while a nationwide CIO strike threat circulated among Philadelphia area workers.
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Detroit
Inft Uo
James I. Newsy
Walter P. Reuther
CIO Unified Auto Workers
Reuther
Asanemiel Cress
CIO
Philadelphia
General Electric
Goa
General Motors
Delaware County
James H. Malone
Poblie Safety
Auew
Pound
Dhentral
Stet
Meantimig
James Dewey
Industrial Union Council
Wilson
Kaiser Urges Congress to Extend OPA Controls
Henry J. Kaiser told the House Banking Committee that removing price controls would ruin the masses with limited purchasing power. He urged approval of legislation to continue the Office of Price Administration to prevent inflation and protect production and living costs.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Congress
Nest Coast
House Banking Committee
Kaiser
War Dads Lead Day's Gifts To Buhrman Relief Fund
Council Bluffs War Dads boosted the Buhrman relief drive with eleven more donors raising the total to 897.25 dollars. Public gifts, received at The Nonpareil, support three families affected by the Charles Street water tower collapse.
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Buhrman Relief Fund
Council Bluffs
Buhrmann
Charles Street
St. Johns Evan- Fellcal and Reformed Church
D. L. Clingsworth
Samuel Meyorgan
A. E. Hubbard
J.B. Lind
M. W. Jackson
Phyllis Wheeler
Barracks for Vets Housing Consider Barracks for Vets
Mayor Byers housing committee planned a Friday meeting to draft emergency housing plans for World War II veterans amid shortages. Discussion covered 20 barrack style apartment units on West Broadway and costs, with potential salvage of buildings after the two year emergency.
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W. A. Byers
Myers
Ray I
Rugs Meneray
Ivan Cohoe
Louis Hansen
Oscar Blesendorfer
The
Red Cross
May Bring Pressure on Franco's Spain
London reports the British government nears acceptance of an American plan to topple Generalissimo Franco. The proposal envisions a caretaker regime in Spain until elections, with France easing its frontier and severing commerce with Falangists.
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Spain
London
United States
Whitehall
France
Long Flight Ended Leary Enters Prison
Leary begins a five year term after conviction in Waterbury municipal fraud case involving three and a half million dollars. He was escorted to Connecticut State Prison by State Police Commissioner Edward J. Mickey, with wife and daughter Eleanor accompanying. The arrest followed a train sighting in Springfield and Chicago detainment.
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Waterbury
Flo
Eleanor
Springfield
Mass
Chicago
Toin
Red Cross
Spectacular blaze at Pittsburgh steel mill prompts six alarms
A six alarm fire swept through the Jones and Laughlin Steel polishing mill in Pittsburgh's south side early Friday. Fire Chief William Driva estimated damage at $125,000. A company spokesman said 29 workers were inside the mill and escaped.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
South Side
William. Driia
President Opens Food Conference to Fight World Hunger
In Washington a White House conference gathers former wartime officials and 41 prominent citizens to advise President Truman on a self denial program to ship food to war torn Europe and Asia. Hoover and Davis attend as advisers while Secretary Anderson pushes faster wheat movement to seaports to meet a 1,000,000 ton monthly export goal for early 1946.
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Washington
Hriday
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Chester C. Davis
White House
Hoover
Anderson
Midwestern
Arctic Weather Test On USS Midway Off Norfolk
About 2,500 officers and men on the carrier USS Midway prepare for an arctic cruise test of cold weather aviation gear. The Midway, a 40,000 ton Navy ship, leads a group including destroyers Charles R. Ware Stormes and Voglegesang for aviation experiments in north Atlantic arctic waters lasting about a month under Rear Admiral John H Cassady.
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Midway
Norfolk
Arctic
Navy
Charles R. Ware
Stormes
Voglegesang
North Atlantic
John H. Cassady
Catholic Church Condemns Soviet Policy As Attacks On Faith
Rome Cardinal Tisserant charged that cast of the Curzon line and Soviet policy seek the destruction of Catholicism, with priests and nuns deported from Ruthenian dioceses. The report accompanied by notes on the Red Cross and a Methodist board education update praising Sunday school comic visuals.
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Russia
Rome
Pi— Eugene Cardinal
Tisserant
Congregation For the Orental Church
Curzon
Poland
Moscow
Warsaw
Red Cross
Buck Hill Falls
General Board of Education
The
Methodist Church
Eleven Seek School Board Seats in March Election
Filing closed at noon Friday for the March 11 school board race. Eleven candidates seek three three year terms, with Covert T. Brown unopposed for the board treasurer two year post. Ted Croyynn is among the late filers.
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Covert T. Brown
Soin
Ted Croyynn
Child Recovered After Kidnapping Suspect Held
Dr and Mrs Andrew Taylor of Charlotte reunite with daughter Terry four after three day disappearance. A nursemaid posing as mother was captured and held for North Carolina authorities. Tip from Helene Seay led police and naval intelligence to the Seay home where the child and nurse were found. The nurse claimed destitute widow status. child spoke with southern accent.
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Annapolis
Andrew ‘Taylor
Charlotte
N. C
Yerry
North Carolina
Naval Intelgence
Helene Seay
George Cameron Seay
Naval Academy
Seay
Seaysil
Terry
Aaid
Merry
Quin
March Weather and GI Leave Bill Move Forward
The report notes a quiet Friday with light rain and mild temperatures reaching around 50s, after a warm Feb 28 record. Separately, a House subcommittee advanced legislation to grant terminal leave pay to all enlisted personnel on the same basis as officers, with cost estimates up to six billion dollars.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Washington
House
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Survey of Mayo General Hospital at Galesburg Planned
A Veterans Administration spokesman disclosed a survey of Mayo General Hospital in Galesburg will be conducted on March 6 to determine if a staff can be obtained to operate the hospital. If accepted, it will be only a temporary measure.
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Washington
Mayo General Hospital
Galesburg
Veterans Administration
Fire follows explosion at Detroit area plant
An explosion at the Werner Bialhy plant near suburban Wayanville caused a fire. One worker died and another was seriously injured according to local authorities.
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Detroit
Wayanville
Radar experts seek defense against pilotless atomic missiles
The army plans a dress rehearsal at White Sands to test radar tracking and interceptor rockets against German V-2 missiles. Some 15 plus V-2s seized in Germany will be launched, with the air forces and signal corps coordinating radar tracking and interception efforts for next summer or sooner if possible.
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Washington
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
War Department
Army Ordnance Department
Germany
Air Forces
Signal Corps
Iowa Educator Morrow to Serve as Samoan Chief Justice
DRS MOUES, Dean at Drake University's law school, will sail to Samoa to serve as chief justice of the high court for a two year term. He is one of three magistrates on the MPA court as requested by the Samoan legislature.
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Jthue A
Morrow
Drake Unyvarsity Law School
Priday
Samoa
High Court
MPA
Des Moines
Jane
John
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Claude Swansson
U. S
Drake
University
Schick Hospital Definitely Out
The Veterans Administration says the Army's Schick General Hospital at Clinton, Ta, is rejected definitively and not to be considered for VA use. The Clinton Herald earlier reported that John Stelle indicated Schick was among hospitals VA would take over. Weather outlook for Council Bluffs area shows cloudy spells with mild warming and small precipitation chance into Tuesday. Temperature ranges around 60s during the day and 20s at night, with near normal to above normal readings through the week.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Army
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Clinton Herald
John Stelle
American Legion
Sciick Hospital
Red Cross
Council Bluffs
An&l
Nebraska
Isseyeye
War Crimes Trial Defense Appeals Branding of Nazis
Defense attorney Loeffler urged the tribunal to drop charges against six Nazi groups as unnecessary branding would provoke a postwar surge in Nazism. He argued many Germans had ties to these organizations and ostracism could backfire, noting millions linked to the SA and other factions.
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Noland Norgaard
Mernberg
PIA
Martin Loeffler
The
Adolf Hitler
International Military Tribunal
Loeffler
Oro Conden
Center Market Fire Destroys Washington DC Icon
A three and a half story brick Center Market in downtown Washington burned early Friday sending flames hundreds of feet into the air. Fire crews contained the blaze by 3 15 am with damage estimated near 1 million by I W Isnudsen manager of the Washington Convention Hall Company owner of the building. The market was the citys largest food distribution center and stood at Fifth and H streets northwest.
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Washington
Center Market
I. W. Isnudsen
Washington Convention Hall
Comprany
Alrugture
Weird world war iceberg airfield plan revealed
Washington reports a British blueprint for a 2000 by 300 by 260 foot self propelled iceberg airfield. Electric powered and armed, the floating base would have served as a North Atlantic aircraft carrier for anti submarine patrols at an estimated cost of 70 million dollars after a test in 1948 on a Canadian lake.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Ottawa
London
General Pleads for Strong Striking Force
Brig. Gen. Julius K. Lacey urged a strong offensive force for land and sea at a Waterloo NA association meeting. He warned defense alone fails against guided missiles and bombs. The general called for a force capable of delivering a mortal blow in the first days of war.
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Waterloo
UPI
Stelking
Julius K. Lacey
Attmutic Forge
National Aeronautical Association
Beal
Dr Hawkins Named President at Lenox College
Dr Don Hawkins, longtime field secretary and public relations director at Upper Town University, was elected president of Lenox College. The liberal arts institution, founded 1856, will reopen September 9 after wartime closure. Special courses for veterans and prospective teachers are planned along with the regular curriculum.
Pope to Celebrate Seventieth Birthday
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XI will turn 70 on Saturday. On the eve of his anniversary he sent a special blessing to all the people of the United States. He was crowned ten years after becoming pope.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
United States
New Policy Signals Tough U N Approach to Moscow
Secretary Byrnes outlines a stern foreign policy to counter Soviet influence in Europe and Asia. The plan calls for full U N Charter adherence, strong defense, and rapid troop withdrawals from liberated states while warning against unilateral Kremlin moves in Iran Austria and China.
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Stern
Byrnes
Moscow
Ay John Hightower
Washington
Red Army
Europe
Atawan
State Byrnes
New York
Russia
Kremlin
Tenn
Austria
China
Iran
Manchuria
United States
United Nations
Srv Weare
Pauley Confident on Navy Undersecretary Nomination
Edwin W. Pauley told reporters he will win confirmation as undersecretary of the Navy, rejecting withdrawal and predicting no committee freeze out. Democratic and Republican aides temper optimism as hearings continue. Meanwhile Cadmus K. Vardaman Jr. faces delays in federal reserve board scrutiny and possible extra witness subpoenas over prewar business ties.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Pauley
Naval Committee
Nollaw Ezho
Senate
California
Truman
Rail Brotherhoods Vote Solidly For Strike Action
Cleveland report states that 98.8 percent of ballots favor a nationwide railroad strike among 215000 Trainmen and 78000 Motive Engineers. Final results postponed to March 6 due to ballot delays. Leaders Whitney and Johnston say arbitration rejected and wage and working rule changes tied together. The next move rests with the railroads.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Lovomotive Engineers
Snd
A. F. Whitney
Alvaniey Johnston
Whitney
House Bans Ceilings on Old Houses
Washington voters rally behind price ceilings on all existing dwellings with a 154 to 68 vote. The plan adds a clause for new houses but faces opposition from critics who fear black market sales, while supporters say ceilings curb speculative price hikes.
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Washington,pi
Friday Am Administration
Fefl
Fine Peace Officer on Drunk Charge
A special officer, Richard White, employed at a beer tavern on Fifth Avenue, was fined $3 in municipal court on a drunkenness charge. Police responded to a 6:25 a.m. call from 218 West Broadway about a man intoxicated attempting to display a badge and needing a police car to take him home.
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Tichard White
Fifth Avenue
West Broadway
Wien
Red Cross to Establish 91 New Aid Stations
Red Cross officials in the Midwest announce 91 new aid stations to be set up along highways to provide first aid for accidents and illnesses. Existing stations total 410 in the state. Local Red Cross chapters and law enforcement will select the sites.
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Red Cross
Des Molwus
AL SL Highway
Midwest
St. Louis
Red Cross Chapter
Truman to deliver radio address Friday night
President Truman will speak from the White House Friday night inaugurating a nationwide Red Cross drive. The broadcast will be carried by all major networks as part of a coordinated nationwide appeal.
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Truman
Washington
White House
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