Italy To Lose U S Aid If Communists Win April Election
Washington said the United States would cut all aid to Italy if a Communist government takes power in the April elections. The State Department stressed the Italian Communist Party would decide on future aid. Congress debates the $5.3 billion European Recovery Program as part of a broader foreign aid measure with China Greece and Turkey.
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Washington
State Department
Italy
United States
Communist Party
Michael McDermott
Senate
McDermott
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
Greece
Turkey
Eaton
R-Nj
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States Backing U N Hearing On Czechoslovak Coup
U.S. sources say Washington ready to back a United Nations debate on the Czechoslovak coup. The Security Council will consider Chile's probe demand on Russia's role, with Russia likely to oppose. Seven votes needed for agenda admission. U.S. stance is to support a hearing without pledging action.
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Warren R. Austin
State Department
U. S
Chile
U.S
U.N
Jan Papaneck
Papaneck
Prague
Turn
No. 12
Red Cross Campaign Reaches Half Way In Dale County
Ozark campaign leaders report the 1948 Red Cross drive has met 50 percent of its 4291 quota. Rain hampered solicitations as Ozark residents contributed thus far. Miss Susan Hughes, Atlanta regional representative, visited the local chapter last week.
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Ozark
Red Cross Fund
Dale County
W. L. Parker
Jack Kay
Albert Byrd
Susan Hughes
Atlanta
Western zones linked to ERP at Paris recovery conference
At the Paris opening, British Foreign Secretary Bevin and France proposed that the British and French zones in Germany join with the American zone to enter the European Recovery Program. Delegations met in the French Foreign Office with Switzerland and Iceland absent, marking a sharp East West divide.
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Paris
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Britain
France
United States
London
Europe
Switzerland
Iceland
ERP
Bevin
Kerosene Stove Explosion Kills Father and Four Children
A kerosene spill on a stove caused a blaze at a Cerro Gordo North Carolina farm home. Father Charlie Evans about 35 and his 13 year old son Bill died from burns in hospital. A sixth child Betty Lou, six, survived with noncritical injuries. Mrs Evans was in serious condition. The house two miles from town was engulfed before neighbors arrived on a call from a child. Three children were found among the ashes. searchers faced severe conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerro Gordo
N. C
Charlie Evans
Bill Evans
High Arabs Agree To Palestine Talks With Big Powers
The Arab higher committee for Palestine will consult with the Palestine crisis, Isa Nakhleh says, as US, USSR, France and China delegations enter their fifth and final session at the Empire State Building. No agreement on joint action emerged before reporting to the UN Security Council.
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New York
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Isa Nakhleh
Arab Committee
United States
Russia
France
China
Palestine
Empire State Building
United Nations
U. N
Nahkleh
Red Cross Drive Reaches Sixty Percent In Houston County
Houston County has about 60 percent of its 1948 Red Cross fund quota, with $15,485 set as the county target. More than $7,000 has been raised for the special gifts committee, including $1,691 from Dothan and $631 from Ashford. Campaign chair Charles Chapman says the drive aims to conclude this week despite heavy rain hindering canvassers.
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Houston County
Red Cross
Dothan
Ashford
Charles Chapman
Chapman
New Trial Denied Snake Handling Cult
Ten members of the Dolly Pond Church of God in Chattanooga Tennessee saw a new trial denied after conviction for violating a state ban on handling poisonous reptiles. Their attorney said the case would go to the Tennessee Supreme Court if needed. Each defendant was fined 30 dollars plus costs and placed on 350 dollar bond.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Dolly Pond Church of God
CG. W. Chamiee
Tennessee Supreme Court
L. D. Miller
Pry
Alaga Coach Line Reorganized After Sale Approval
The Alaga Coach Line Inc reorganized here following the transfer of stock from Mrs Elizabeth A Wilson Mrs Dorothy A Dawkins and J J L Wilson to Southeastern Greyhound Lines after an Interstate Commerce Commission sale approved February 13 Mrs Wilson as president secretary and director and Mrs Dawkins as vice president secretary were resigning New officers include H C Roland J B Eversole J G Montague Ross Adams and Charles H Bates with E D Drake named general manager The Dothan headquarters remain and operations continue under the Alaga name serving routes from Dothan to Columbus and Panama City plus Brewton.
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Alaga Coach Line, Inc
Iin
Elizabeth A. Wilson
Dorothy A. Dawkins
J. J L. Wilson
Southeastern Greyhound Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Dawkins
H.C. Roland
Tallahassee
Fla
J. B. Eversole
Jacksonville
J. G. Montague
Ross Adams
Lexington, Ky
Charles H. Bates
Dothan
E. D. Drake
W. Y D. Andress
Alaga
Columbus
Brewton
Panama City
Secretary Sibyl Pool Escapes Stuck Elevator
In Montgomery AP reports Secretary of State Sibyl Pool and others were stranded five floors up when an elevator stalled. Pool calmly escaped as panels opened and another car arrived, saying there was no danger while officials awaited the income tax expert’s update.
Charges Filed Against Two Drivers in Traffic Crash
Police say two Newton drivers faced charges after a crash early yesterday. Passenger Lucille Avan was injured. she rode with Raymon R. Avant who was charged with driving while intoxicated. Jack Alien of Columbus was charged with driving without a license.
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Lucille Avan
Newton
Raymon R. Avant
Avant
Meyers Gets 20 Months To Five Years In Jail
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers is sentenced by Federal Judge Alexander Holtzoff to 20 months to five years in prison for inducing a war time associate to lie to a Senate committee. He begins serving immediately and was convicted on three counts of subordination of perjury connected to the Aviation Electric Corp. scheme.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Alexander Holtzoff
Air Force
Meyers
Bleriot I. Lamarre
Senate
Aviation Electric Corp
Vandalin
O. Lamarre
Lamarre
Holtzoff
Leway
Holtzatt
U.S Court of Appeals
Taft Hartley Campaign Spending Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Ben Moore ruled the Taft Hartley Act ban on union political expenditures unconstitutional. The CIO and its president Philip Murray were cleared as the judge dismissed the indictment aimed to test the ban during the 1947 Maryland primary. The decision challenges a key provision restricting union political spending.
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Washington
Ben Moore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Moore
West Virginia
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Maryland
Quaker Widow Refuses Tax for War Expenditures
Mrs. Caroline Fouke Urie a 74 year old Quaker widow of a Navy officer refuses 36.6 percent of her income tax saying she will donate the rest to antiwar groups. She writes President Truman that she will not fund war and prefers jail to paying taxes. The note follows past protests against military spending and opposition to the atomic bomb.
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Yellow Springs
Navy
Caroline Fouke Urie
Truman
Internal Revenue Department
Urie
United States
Farmers Will Get More For Produce
Washington AP reports farmers will receive about six percent more for produce in the first quarter of this year. The Agriculture Department forecast notes higher farm income would have occurred if prices had not fallen recently. Livestock and livestock products are expected to yield about ten percent above the first quarter of last year, while crop receipts may total around 1.308 billion dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Fiercest Palestine Battle On Third Day Reported
The third day of fighting in southern Palestine brought heavy casualties with 28 Arabs and eight Jews dead. Haganah said forces attacking to relieve Gath broke into the Arab village of Faluja, destroying a municipal building post office and eight stores and houses amid mud and rain.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haganah
Gath
Palestine Post
Fl Faluja
Explosion at Harvester Plant Kills Two in Louisville
An explosion at the International Harvester plant in Louisville Kentucky killed at least two workers and injured about 26. Two others remained trapped beneath debris as rescue teams battled intense heat while fire crews and volunteers dug through the 150 by 75 foot engine test building. The blast occurred as the right shift was leaving and the day shift was reporting.
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Louisville
International Harvester Company
Fircmcen
Cty
Taft Campaign Plane Crashes on Maine River Ice
A Stinson Senator plane carrying U S Senator Robert A Taft and Senator Owen Brewster forced down on the Kennebec River near Vassalboro Maine. All aboard uninjured though the craft was damaged. Pilot John T Clark landed safely after engine failure shortly after takeoff from Augusta.
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Taft
Brewster
Maine
Vassalboro
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Kennebec
Stinson
Owen Brewster
t-Me
John T. Clark
Horace A. Hildreth
Augusta
Clark
Maine Aeronautics Commission
Augusta-Waterville
Hildreth
Brewater
Bangor
Bangor, Where ‘Salf Had A Speaking Engagement, In Governor Hildreth
Old Town
Army
Dow Field
Banpop
Senate
Bulgarian Premier Dimitrov Leaves for Moscow to Sign Pact
Premier Gear 1 Dimitrov and six Bulgarian ministers flew to Moscow to negotiate a friendship and military aid agreement with the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Upy
Dimitrov
Moscow
Russia
Miners Walk Out Across Soft Coal Regions Contend Pension Demand
John L. Lewis’s call for a $110 monthly miners pension triggers a broad strike with 112000+ United Mine Workers leaving work. Industry fears cuts in steel output as captive mines supplying Pittsburgh steel plants shut down. Reports detail widespread mayhem in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana, and other areas as thousands join the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Logan Field
Gulf Fields
Pocahontas
Illinois
Illnois
Taylorville
Springfield
Kentucky
Big Sandy Valley
Alabama
Tennessee
Lake City
Caryville
Pruden
Clairfield
Indiano
Terre Haute
Meat Packers Defy Strike Threat In Wage Dispute
Chicago AP Two of three major meat packers rejected an offer to arbitrate their wage dispute with the United Packinghouse Workers who have called a nationwide strike to begin at 12:01 a m tomorrow The arbitration proposal was sent to Swift and Company Cudahy Packing Company and Armour and Company Swift and Cudahy rejected maintaining a nine cent per hour wage boost The union had demanded 29 cents and would call off the strike if arbitration were agreed for the 20 cent difference Armour had not replied but the union said it would arbitrate with that company alone if it accepted Ralph Helstein union president said the offer would stay open until midnight tonight one minute before the strike starts The proposal provides immediate payment of the nine cent offer retroactive to Jan 12
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Chicago
Cro United Packinghouse
Sen
Swift & Company
Cudahy Wacking Company
Armour & Company
Swift and Cudahy
Armour
Ralph Helstein
Storms Threaten To Bury Trace Of Airliner Crash
Storms threaten to bury the last trace of a Northwest Orient Airlines DC-4 wreck on Mount Sanford north of Anchorage Alaska. The crash killed 30 people including crew and 24 sailors from Shanghai New York. Rescue attempts were stymied by clouds and avalanche risk, with the wreckage believed entombed on the glacier high on the 16206 foot peak.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Northwest Orient Airlines
Shanghai T
New York
Lance
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