Communist Purge Of Czechoslovakia Almost Completed
In Prague the Communist party said its purge of public life nears completion as action committees tighten control over the press army and government. The government seeks broad support in the 300 member assembly while ratcheting out non communists and expelling officers and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fpipal
Prague
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Constituent Assembly
Rude Pravo
Pravo
Frantisek Krajci
Georg! Dimitrov
Moscow
Balkan Satellits
Krajch
See Democrats
Gottwald
Parliamentary Action Committee
National Socialist
Slovak Democrats
Slovakia
Rudolf Slansky
Slansky
Action Committee
Central Action Committee
The
National Defense Association
Southern delegation pressures Truman foe McClellan nods
McClellan says Truman cannot win in November and urges a different nominee. Arkansas delegate Gov Ben Laney joined a protest against anti-lynching and anti-poll tax legislation. Four governors will report to southern colleagues next Saturday after a talk with Democratic Chairman McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Truman
Arkansas
Ben T. Laney
McGrath
Philadelphia
Senate
Brooks
R-Ill
Senate Rules Committee
House
Ferguson
R-Mich
Judiciary
Local officials approve contributions boost to 86 800 total
Number 13 Sam Hall Gordon To VY Tolur Pansey the Res 2 We Yeoman Ashford and Mayor J T White Cottonwood. Approximately $400 was trimmed yesterday to boost total contributions to 86 800 Chapman and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hall
Gordon
VY. Tolur
Pansey
We Yeoman
Ashford
J. T. White
Cottonwood
Chapman
Sparkman Calls Five Steps Toward Lasting Peace
Senator John Sparkman outlined five measures at a Civitan Clubs convention in Anniston Alabama. He urged strengthening the United Nations by limiting veto power, expanding cooperation to rebuild stability via the Marshall Plan, pursuing a disarmament program within the UN Security Council, creating a United States of Europe to ease trade and stabilize currency, and developing a psychology of peace. He tied Marshall Plan support to peace and Western Europe as a bulwark against communism and noted southern cotton interests in regaining global markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Ali
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Alsvaria-Mississippi
United Nations
Security Council
United States of Europe
Sparkman
Europe
Alabama
Earl vows to fire adjutant general after runoff win
The Feb 24 Democratic runoff winner Earl signals intent to dismiss Maj. Gen. Raymond Fleming, noting Fleming’s prior loyalty to adversaries. He warns against a rubber-stamp Legislature and laments civil service erosion if passed. Earl’s allies fear legislative hurdles while he seeks rest on doctor’s orders following a strenuous campaign. Alfalfa seed production notes conclude the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Huey
Raymond H. Fleming
Fleming
Sam Jones
O'Connor
Long
Jones
Louisiana
Ynes
Farr
Institutions and Welfare
Fen
Arizona
Red Cross Drives Seek Public Support This Week
Drive officials said volunteers will continue soliciting contributions through the week to help the local Red Cross chapter meet its 1948 quota. They urged residents to give a warm reception to callers and cooperate with the volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nounced. Drive
Citizans
Red Cross
Chapman
Refresher Course For National Guard Opens In Montgomery
A 13 week refresher course for Air National Guard and U S Army Air Force reserve officers opens at the Air University Maxwell Field Monday. It is the second course offered at the air command and staff school public relations announced. Enrolled Alabamians include Col Eldon J Hour editor and publisher of The Troy Messenger and Clarence C Harrick of Birmingham.
Southern Bell gets 14 percent intra state rate rise in Alabama
Alabama Public Service Commission grants Southern Bell a partial intrastate rate increase about 14 percent of the total requested. The unanimous order allows slight hikes on intermediate long distance calls but excludes local service. The panel says the higher charges will yield about $350,000 annually, with increases limited to calls about 10 to 96 miles and not applying to calls beyond 96 miles or short city pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Alabama Public Service Commission
Gordon Persons
Persons
Bessemer
Birmingham
Prattville
Gadsden
Attalla
Southern Bell
Jack Owen
Jimmy Hitchcock
Neighbor Claims Farmer's Children As Tax Dependents
A farmer told U S Revenue Collector Horace Thompson he was tired of a bachelor neighbor claiming his wife and children as dependents for income tax. The investigator found the complaint had just cause but did not name the parties or state possible action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
U.S. Revenue
Horace Thompson
Thompson
Barracks Fire At Yokohama Camp McGill Japan
A midnight fire swept three barracks of the first cavalry division at Camp McGill Yokohama injuring at least eight soldiers. Authorities could not confirm fatalities as rescuers continued to search the partially evacuated facility near Haya Inn. Acting commander Col. William Jennines led inquiries into the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
First Cavalry Division
Camp McGill
Army
Haya Inn
Here
Willian FL Jennines
Walthamb
Mass
Ins
Fragmentary OCR note on forest ministers and railway project
A damaged text fragment mentions forest ministers, conferences, and a proposed Western Germany railway project. It references state and federal levels, possible funding, and construction plans but lacks clear names, dates, or locations. The piece seems part of a broader debate on infrastructure and environmental oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State de Gare
Art Masterpieces to Return to Germany After War
The Army to ship 202 paintings back to Germany for restoration to the German people. Crown jewels worth 1.5 million dollars will be returned to the Hess family. The works, by Fra Angelico, Bruegel, Hals, Raphael, Rembrandt and Titian, will be shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington before shipment in April. The paintings were prewar German government property found in caves in Western Germany and stored due to Germany's postwar needs. International law requires their return, despite debate over ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Germany
Jack Durant
WAC
Kathleen Nash Durant
Durant
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Alabama Highway Patrol Reports February Traffic Totals
District 11 figures show climbs since January with 21 to 51 accidents in early February while injuries fall. January arrests 118, February 179. fines near identical at $3,079.25 in February and $2,669 in January. Patrols emphasize safety over revenue as assists to motorists surge. February sees 468 assists across six counties.
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Department
State of
Alabama
Norris
Highway Patrol
Funfly
Florida
Houston
Geneva
Date
Henry
Coffee
Barbour
Miles
Acorn Woman Kept in Alabama Jail on Larceny Case
Jefferson County judge did not press a fugitive warrant against Mrs. Dorothy Kitonis, the so-called acorn woman. She faces possible extradition to Worcester Massachusetts on grand larceny charges amid a broader legal fight. Massachusetts issued an executive warrant signed by Alabama Governor Folsom. she is held in default of 10,000 dollars. Her five children were returned to Massachusetts, while she resists extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
G. ©. Bonner
Dorothy Kitonie
Jefferson County
Worchester
Mass
Govenor of
Massachusetts
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Rainstorm Triggers Road Closure Near Grand Bay
MOBILE AP The Alabama Highway Patrol closed a three mile section of Highway 90 near Grand Bay to buses and emergency traffic due to severe rainfall. Weathermen logged 8.99 inches of rain since Monday with up to nearly floor deep flooding in low areas. Authorities urged residents to avoid roads as more rain was forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alabama Highway Patrol
Grand Bay
Ala
J. D. Calloway
Ala.-Miss
Frank T. Cole
Mobile County
Board of Revenue
A. B. Jefferies
Escatawpa
Citronelle
Leakesville
Miss
Cole
Snow, flood fears hit Midwest as heavy rain lashes South
Chicago dispatch reports heavy snow in Iowa sweeping toward Minnesota and Wisconsin with flood threats rising in Iowa. Ground snow reaches 30 inches in spots and interior streams forecast to surge. Across the South and Mississippi Valley, rains flood records with New Orleans recording nearly 10 inches in 24 hours. drainage pumps failed, displacing families and blocking two highways as the rain belt stretches from Eastern Texas to Western Georgia.
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Chicago
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio
South
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Texas
Georgia
Board of Inquiry to Hear Oak Ridge Wage Dispute
President Truman named a three member board under the Taft Hartley act to probe the Oak Ridge Tennessee wage contract dispute between Union Carbide and the Atomic Trades Council. Hearings start next week with report due March 19, while parties hold current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
First
Board of Inquiry
National Safety
Oak Ridge
Teon
John Lord O’brien
Buffalo
Dean C. Caney
Balderston
University of , Pennsylvania Wharton School
Stanley F. Teele
Harvard’ Graduate School of Business Administration
Monsanto Chemical Co
Tom C. Clark
Alexander Wiley
R - Wis
Congress
United States
Dinkler Firm Buys Tutwiler Hotel In Birmingham
The Dinkler Hotels Co. Inc announced the purchase of the Tutwiler Hotel in Birmingham Alabama for cash well in excess of 1 250 000 The deal transfers all stock and property to Carling Dinkler Sr president of the chain which has leased the property for 23 years The hotel will be air conditioned throughout and remains on Fifth Avenue and 20th Street North with prior owners Temple Tutcher Sr and Robert Jemison Jr noted The Dinkler chain operates hotels in eight Southern cities including Birmingham Atlanta and New Orleans
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Atlanta
Dinkler Hotels Co., Inc
Tutwiler
Birmingham
Ala
Carling Dinkler, Sr
Fifth Avenue
20Th Street
North
Dinkler
Inn
Temple Tutcher, Sr
Robert Jemison
Nashville
Montgomery
New Orleans
Greensboro
Savannah
Louisville
Mississippi Democrats plan mass meetings in March
Jackson Mississippi (UP) statewide Democratic drive targets every county March 2 with Gov Wright speaking on civil rights policy and party aims. The state campaign committee elected Ed Lewis secretary and George Wallace treasurer, named finance and arrangements chairs, and authorized a $1 contribution from each Democrat. Delegates to the national convention face a walkout if nominees oppose open civil rights stances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Etoens
Fislding L. Wright
Lewich
Democratic Party
Wright
Washington
Lewis
George C. Wallace
Edmund Taylor
Greenville
Tom Dunn
Meridian
D. D. Quin
Tom Brady
Brookhaven
George Suggs
Democratic Executive Committee
Mississippi
Maner Sees Folsom Gains For President Hope
Pitt Tyson Maner, chairman of Cave James E. Folsom's candidacy, met Middle Atlantic leaders in New York yesterday. He refused to name attendees, saying some are pledged. He indicated Folsom is in the win and that strength has grown in a week.
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New York
Pitt Tyson Maner
Cave
James E. Folsom
Middle Atlantic
Maner
Ths
Tim
Big Jim
Washington
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Federal Savings & Loan Assn
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Japan
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
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