India Proclaims Republic As Prasad Becomes President
India declares itself a sovereign democratic republic with Rajendra Prasad installed as first president. The ceremony marks end of colonial rule and breaks the link to the British Crown. Police clashed with a Communist demonstrator, injuring several. Violent incidents also reported in Indonesia amid unrest.
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Associated Press
India
New Delhi
Rajendra Prasad
Mohandas K. Gandhi
British Commonwealth of Nations
Bombay
Bern
United States
Indonesia
Tskarta
Furk) Westerling
West Java
Westerling
Federal Union of Indonesia
Lewis Holding Key In Strike
Washington AP report signals John J. Lewis could avert expanding strikes in soft coal mines and possible presidential intervention. As 6,000 miners face job cuts and furnaces bank, talks stall since last July 1. President Truman urged restraint. Taft-Hartley inquiry could be ordered within days if progress stalls.
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Sy Barold W. Ward Washington
John J. Lewis
Truman
Jamen Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Senate Labor Committee
Unoss
Railroada
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Walte House
Truman Relle
Boyd
Lewitt
Taft Horney
Coplen Gubitchev On Trial In Spying Case Today
In New York the government opened the trial of Coplen Gubitchev and Valentin Gubitchev. Raymond Whearty, assistant to the U S Attorney General, said he would prove the duo plotted to obtain U S defect information for the Soviet Union. Defense opening remarks were to follow as lawyers prepared.
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New York
Wacate aRaillot
Whearly
Miss Coplon
Gubltchey
Four Plane Accidents Leave 92 Uninjured
UNITED PRESS reports ninety two people aboard four planes escaped harm due to calm crew actions. Incidents near Chicago included three commercial emergency landings and a burned Air Force B29 crash near Fort Stockton Texas.
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United Press
Chicago
Air Force
Fort Stockton
Tex
Davis - Monthan Air Base
California
Minneapolis
New York
Midway Airport
Glenview
Midway
Bruce L. Smelter
Marion
Ind
Arrow Lines
Efosa
Continental
Pan - American Airways
U. S
Tokyo
Hill forms unopposed bid for re election in Senate race
AP reporting from Montgomery notes veteran Senator Hill formally begins his six year term bid with Democratic Party nomination in May. Unopposed for renomination, Parker of Attalahaa challenging, while other candidates vie for Alabama Senate seats in districts 2 8 18 and for secretary of state.
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Romer
Alabama
Judson C. Jocke
Marion
Senate
Bibb
Ferry
John Herbert Orr
Opelika
Lee
Russell
William Frenk Stone
Montgomery
Stong
Firms Accused Of Steel Hikes By ARTHUR EDSON
In Washington the CIO Browlworkera Union blamed steel price hikes on a public attitude rather than labor costs. Rome top steel executives said profits remain insufficient for future health, despite a $4-a-ton increase. The union contends prices are indefensible while industry officials cite higher costs from pension and insurance programs. Brubaker warned of inflated profits and criticized attempts to pin the rise on the union. The Senate Economic Committee heard testimony from union and industry voices on price boosts and cost factors.
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Arthur Edson Washington
CIO Browlworkera Union
Rome
Otis Brubaker
Pittsburgh
Brubaker
Senate House Economic Committee
Steg
Inland Steel
National Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Alleghany Lydium
Seagale
Clarente B. Randall
Ypland Steel
Congress
Ernest T. Weir
Jonai Steel Corp
Peanut Association Director John Wise Dies After Heart Attack
John P. Wise, 54, longtime Covington County farmer and board member of the Georgia Provida Alaee Suma Peanut Association, died after a heart attack. He collapsed Saturday night and died at a hospital yesterday. Survivors include his wife Mia, a daughter Betty Wise of Opp, and three sons Ronald of DePalak Springs, Jobe of Mobue, and Harold, a student at Auburn.
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OPP
John P. Wise
Georgia - Provida-Alae Suma Peanut Association
Covington County
GFA Peanut
Mia
Bernice Wise
Betty Wise
Ronald Wise
DePanlak Springs
Jobe Wise
Mobue
Harold Wise
Auburm
Weather In Nation On Climatic Binge
Nationwide weather swung wildly from bitter cold in the northern plains to unseasonal warmth in Virginia and Georgia, with a Pacific storm, record January heat in some cities, and dust storms in Texas. Tornadoes near Ironton, Missouri caused damage as cold fronts moved into the midwest and south, prompting warnings and forecasts of more freezing air.
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Associated Press
Eature
Orangahirg County
East Point
Atlanta
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Virginia
Mercury
Richmond
Norfolk
Ironston
Texas
Rls Grande Valley
Browanvakie Tex
St. Marks
Weather Bureau
California
Plains
Little Rock
Ark
Dallas
Tex
Midwest
Religious census in Dothan to survey city Sunday
About 450 workers from 15 churches will canvass Dothan for the 1950 religious census. The effort is led by Rev. C Hidreth and co-chaired by Rev. A Zhinden, with assignments issued at First Baptist Church. Church volunteers will cover several city blocks and collect cards from residents.
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Dothan Ministerial Association
C. Hiidreth
Letavene
F. Hickman
Baptist Associaional Missionary
A. D. Zhinden
First Baptist Church
Columbia Negro Boy Bitten By Rabid Dog
A year-old Col umbia boy named Sonny Cook is receiving anti rabies treatment after a dog bite. Mayor Wakefield warned parents and dog owners that several local animals may be infected. The dog wandered toward Baleburg and later bit a dog owned by William Pitenford, which was killed. The city plans vaccination as officials consider compulsory rules.
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Columbia
E. £. Wakefield
Oday
Wakefield
Sonny Cook
Baleburg
William Pitenford
Mod
Auffort Dimes Drive
Azalea Trail Queen Crowned by Trevis Tidwell
An Auburn athletic star will crown the Azalea Trail Queen at a coronation ceremony. Trevis Tidwell will preside as the headliner while the queen accepts her title and introduces her court during the event.
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Azalea Trail
Trevis Tidwell
Mobile
Pero ‘Trevis Titwek
Taille
Auburn Athletic Star
Cere
Aed
Talmadge Urges Cook to Defend Officials in Unit Vote Case
Gov. Hermon Talmadge asked Attorney General Eugene Cook to defend state officials named in a federal suit seeking to abolish Georgia's unit voting system. Cook said he would vigorously defend the parties named in the complaint filed yesterday in federal court by Harold Fleming and Bernard South requesting a three-judge panel for an injunction against using the unit system in the 1850 state primary.
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Atlanta
Hermon Talmadge
Eugene Cook
Georgia
Umit
Cook
Federal District Court
Harold J Fleming
Bernard South
Acheson Is Scored For Hiss Loyalty Fepc Backers Seek To Floor Action
FEPC backers pressed a new bid to move the civil rights bill from the Rules Committee through the House. Despite claims of a potential path via petitions signed by 218 members, southern senators warned of a filibuster in the Senate. Roosevelt and Powell filed competing petitions as House leaders clashed over procedure, with opponents touting the committee stance as a likely barrier to floor consideration.
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Washington
FEPC
House
Sabath
Dell
Senate
Dixie
Rules Committee
Rep
Roosevelt
D-Lib
Powell
D-Ny
Labor
Strike at Chrysler Halts Production Across Plants
CIO United Auto Workers launched a possibly month long strike at Chrysler following pension plan disputes. About 85,000 production workers in Michigan idle, daily output at 7,000 cars, with Briggs Manufacturing laying off 1,000. Talks may resume this week, while company and union show willingness to meet.
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Detroit
CIO United Awe
Chrysler
Ford
General Raptors
Michigan
de Soto Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs Manufacturing
Ines Ly
Wallace Denies Involvement in Atom Shipments to Russia
Former Vice President Henry A. Wallace told the House Un American Activities Committee he had absolutely nothing to do with wartime uranium shipments to Russia. He said he did not know Russians were seeking licenses and noted he headed the BEW which controlled export and import of war materials while the Manhattan District ran the atomic bomb project. Wallace praised the administration’s policies in supplying essential materials during critical wartime moments.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
House UN- American Activities Committee
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Lend-Lease
Manhattan
Bureau of Economic Warfare
Army
Board of Economic Warfare
BEW
Howe Committee
United States
Hartford Nurse Urges Dimes For Polio Fight
Hartford nurse Julia Hawley, a disaster worker for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, returned from Des Moines to promote donations to the March of Dimes. She told Hartford audiences the fund provides about 13 dollars daily for polio victims and urges contributions without regard to financial status. Her experience at a polio isolation center and hospital wards underscores the ongoing need for dimes, quarters, and dollars to support recovery efforts and care.
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George Whittington
Hartford
Julia Hawley
Des Moines
National Foundation For
Moody
Otha
Hawley
Rosé
Murdan Foretto
Laws
Midwest
Blank Memorial
Methodist Institution
Truman Asks Funds For Atomic Program
Washington AP reports President Truman asked Congress to authorize $87,850,000 in atomic contracts now rather than next summer. The White House sent the request without awaiting the next fiscal year's budget. The move follows speculation on hydrogen bomb development with costs estimated from 200 thousand to over 3 billion dollars.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
GOP Senators Attack Acheson Hiss Remark In Senate
In Washington AP Secretary of State Acheson faced Republican rebuke over his pledge not to turn his back on Alger Hiss. Senator Mundt led a three hour assault on Hiss and on Acheson’s policies, while Senator McCarthy pressed whether Acheson’s stance signals loyalty to other Communists. A mix of critics and supporters appeared on Capitol Hill with little immediate shift in support.
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Ay Edwin B. Harringon
Washington
Acheson
Alger Hiss
Roosevelt
Truman
Nott
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Hiss
Senate
State Department
Dean Acheson
McCarthy
R-Wis
Capitol Hill
Rep. O'Toole
Jury Picks Juror In Mercy Killing Slaying Case
Bridgeport AP report describes the selection of juror 12 for the trial of 21 year old Carol Ann Paight, charged with second degree murder in the shooting of her cancer-stricken father Sgt Carl Paight. The defense seeks mercy considerations in a high tension case.
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Bridgefort
Coon
Nike
Tures
Carol Ann Paight
Margaret H. Horton
Carat
Carl Paight
Stamford
Conn
Ogpiles
Ohock
Fairtlei¢ County
Mia
Alice Leopold
Carol Ann
Leopold
Travel Delayed By Fog In New York
Fog shrouded the New York metropolitan area delaying hundreds of planes and thousands of travelers. The mist kept many aircraft from docking and disrupted commuters and passengers aiming to reach destinations in Europe and beyond.
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New York
New York Wey
Otosa
Europe
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