Franco Italian Treaty Signed Aims For Customs Union
France and Italy signed a treaty to remove tariff barriers and pursue a Franco Italian customs union in 1950 with a goal of full economic merger by 1955. Foreign Ministers Schuman and Sforza framed it as a step toward European unity amid mention of broader multilateral expansion.
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Carl Hartman
Paris
France
Italy
Robert Schuman
Carlo Sforza
Schuman
Europe
Belgium
Luxembourg
The
Netherlands
Teen Age Baby Sitters Barred By New Service
Denver based Baby Sitters Inc bans teenage sitters by policy. Mary Louise Dunham runs the service now receiving about 1000 calls monthly with 200 sitters, charging $1 monthly registration and 60 cents an hour. Senior women and mothers are preferred to care for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mary Louise Dunham
Baby Sitters Inc
Frence and Italy Near Two Nation Trade Pact Approval
The article notes a Franco Italian tariff agreement awaiting ratification by both parliaments within about three weeks. Tariffs will end on the Franco Italian frontier after a year and identical duties will apply to goods from other nations into France and Italy. A bi national council will oversee implementation after 18 months of negotiations by French and Italian officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Italy
President Harry S Truman’s Middle Initial Debate
The note discusses whether the middle initial in Harry S Truman’s name is an alphabetical ornament or holds a specific meaning. It reflects historical curiosity about presidential naming conventions and the ambiguity around the initial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
Hunted Negro Caught by FBI
Matthew Horton, a Black man wanted by Morgan county officials for three and a half years, will be returned to Decatur this week. Sheriff Humphrey says Chief Deputy Nuby will go to New York City to secure Horton in custody. Horton was apprehended by FBI agents and held on a $10,000 bond. He faced charges of concealing and selling stolen property from August 1945, including two cured hams and a pork loin valued at $35 from Tip Top Food Store.
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Matthew Horton
Morgan County
Decatur
C. B. Humphrey
Garland Nuby
New York City
Horton
Federal House of Detention
FBI
Humphrey
The
Alabama
Tip Top Food
Locked Brakes Blamed for Ditch Crash on Joe Wheeler Highway
A 1941 Chevrolet, owned by Harold Koastoe of Bessemer, crashed into a ditch on the Joe Wheeler highway near Fish Pond branch early Saturday. The car, found on its top by Gregg Chevrolet wrecker, carried five people believed to be fishing party members. No injuries reported. vehicle damage about 350 dollars. Highway Patrol has no details on the incident.
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Harold Koastoe
Bessemer
Joe Wheeler
Fish Pond Branch
Highway Patrol
UNICEF Aids 700000 Polish Children With February Supplies
UNICEF Poland reports supplementary foods reached 700000 Polish children in February. Paul White of Buffalo New York, director for Poland, says UNICEF shipments into Poland total valued at 9.4 million dollars. Primary sources of February aid were the United States Australia Canada and Great Britain.
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Poland
Warsaw
United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
Paul White
Buffaloo
N. Y
Unicef
United States
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
Spitzbergen in play as pact nears signing
DeWitt Mackenzie and Sigrid Arne report that Moscow may target Spitzbergen to extend influence as the North Atlantic pact nears completion. The Arctic islands host weather bases and lie within bomber range of Leningrad and Moscow, prompting Western nations to tighten unity.
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Russia
Spitzbergen
London
Arctic Islands
Spitz
Norwegian
Leningrad
Moscow
North Atlantic
Kremlin
Scapa Flow
Scotland
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Norway
Payments To Princes Made
The Nizam of Hyderabad loses private estates and gains a fixed privy purse now set at 10 million rupees annually. Other princes receive smaller stipends. Patel explains rules in the assembly.
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New Delhi
Nizam
Hyderabad
Gwalior
Baroda
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Legislative Assembly
Tornadoes Add To Death Toll
A series of tornadoes ripped across Oklahoma Texas Mississippi and Louisiana causing deaths and injuries. Crowder Oklahoma suffered one fatality and $200 000 in damage with 20 residents injured. Springtown Texas also hit and a Texas power plant damaged. At least six people died in Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Mcalester
Okla
Crowder
Oklahoma
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Springtown
Eastland
Texas Electric Service Co
Jane Colbert
Tulsa
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Red Cross
State National Guard
Fort Worth
Desdemona
Alvord
Seymour
Benjamin
Dallas
el Paso
Albert Allen Avery
Princes Receive Capped State Revenue Share in India
About a dozen of India's 600 princes receive the maximum one million rupees per year from state revenues. The scheme taxes 100,000 rupees plus 10 percent on the next 400,000 and 7 12 percent on the remainder, with a hard cap at one million rupees annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Prohi Law Drive By Police Here Getting Results
Decatur police intensified efforts against prohibition law violators this month. So far in March they booked 20 persons on charges, with seven arrests in the past week and 12 in the past two weeks. Chief J. B. Whitmire noted the record for March is 28 bookings, and the department is near that figure with five days remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Wind damage hits Eastern Oklahoma villages and rail line
Wind in Haywood and near McAlester flipped two Rock Island freight cars derailing one as a freight train struck it. Damage was minor but roofs were peeled and power lines toppled in Muldrow Westville near the Arkansas line.
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Haywood
McAlester
Oklahoma
Muldrow
Westville
Arkansas
Spanish navy acquires 16th century palace in El Viso
The Spanish navy gains a historic palace in El Viso donated by the Marquis of Santa Cruz. Once home to Don Alvaro de Bazan, famed admiral in 1571 battles against the Turks, the 16th century castle now houses a valuable collection of period paintings.
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Madrid
Spain
Santa Cruz
el Viso
Alvaro de Bazan
Lepanto
For Rent Four Room Furnished Apartment
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